The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-12-03 00:00:00

FoREIGN AA\D COLONIAL. UNITED STATES. The Hibernia, Captain Ryrie, arrived on Thursday night at ten o'clock, bringing New York intelligence one week later than that supplied by the Great Western. Nothing has occurred to change the character of the presidential election. Mr. Polk is the man who is to suc ceed to the presidential chair. i The elections have un doubtedly gone most decid-dly n his favour, and in the returns now received, in continuation of former advices, we find a very nearly proportionate majority maintained by Polk. It is perfectly needless entering into any analy sis of the returns from individual states, such matters being of no interest on this side. The American papers are enjoying A fine squabble in debating which party has bribed, robbed, and swindled to the gre test extent, but as may be expected there is great difficulty in settling these points. Each party admi , s a fair amount of delinquency, and as to the personating of voters and frauds in the elec tion returns, these are openly allowed to be perfectly fair ground for the exercise of electioneering ingenuity, and therefore in no way to be questioned. It seems that Mr. Polk is acknowledged by all parties as the new president, and we find the papers filled with a great deal of stuff and nonsense in the shape of specula tions as to his policy, and who will be the members of the new administration. Sorry> papers go at length into the question of the tariff, the Oregon territory, and the Texan annexation; and the New York He , atd, according to its usual custom, hatches a war with England on each and all these points ; however, as a war is always announced in that paper on the day previous to the steamer's departure, its readers pretty well understand that it is only a war of the kind so inimitably described by Mr. Dickens, in his account of New York ed torials. Our Canadian news is roo.t satisfactory and cheering. The conservatives have achie‘ ed a great victory. All the elections had terminated. and with a triumphant majority for the Governor General. The radical papers try to make it nut that he has not a working majority, but this is only the dying kick of a defeated faction endeavouring to soften down the nature of their overthrow. The American commercial intelligence is of no especial moment. Nearly all the state stocks had fallen in price. The cotton market was afso very dull. At New York the prices were for Upland and Florida, ordinary to middling at 5 a 51 cts., middling fair to fair 61 a 61, fully fair to good fair 61 a 7; and 1500 Mobile and New Orleans, or dinary to middling 5 a 6, middling fair to fair 61 a 71, and fully fair to good fair 71 a 71. together 5000 bales. The latest money article says — The banks are enabled to get a little higher rate of in terest, most of them get six per cent. for the ordinary run of paper, although some of the deposit banks discount aho t loans at five per cent. The cloying of the year is approaching, when the banks have to make up their annual accounts. The result of the election has caused a little feeling in the market; but it is believed it will have no immediate influence on the market. Stocks generally have receded, and the indication is that trade will be less active, and consequently that there will be less demand for money. " EXCHANGE — FOREIGN.—The bill market•has under gone no chat , ge in the rate. The steamer of to-morrow will not take a large amount; but on the contrary the re mittance will be light. Sterling bilk are held very firmly at 110 to 110*. and Paris rates at 5 21; hut at these rates the transactions have been small. The exports to Europe at the present time are very small, and no hills will he drawn against produce stripped for some weeks to come. Bills on London, 60 ds £ slig.. 110 to 1101 per cent. prem. , .. Bills on Paris 5.21 " FREIGHTS.—There is bur little cotton going forward indeed the stocks here are reduced very low. The Liver pool and Havre packets get full, but at very reduced rates. Many of our freighting ships are up for the south, but they get scarcely freight enough for ballast." THE LEVANT MAIL. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 7.—The principal event of last week has been the removal from office of Rifaat Pasha, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the appointment in his place of Shekio Effendi, formerly Amb rssador at the Court of St. James's. Besides his mission to London, he was engaged as a diplomatist in the negotiations upon the settlement of the Greek question, and afterwards at the conference of Adrianople. On the 31st of October Sir Stratford Canning was admitted to an audience with the Sultan, when be presented a letter announcing the birth of Prince Alfred. The reception was in the usual form. H is Highness has himself had an accession to his family in the birth of another son, being his third male child. Illuminations and rejoicings are to continue for a week.—Dr. Wolff is still at Me•hed, from which place he was unwilling to proceed till he had received an escort from Colonel Shen at Teheran. It is singular that, after crossing the desert of Mero and escaping from the Turco man hordes, he should shrink from encountering dangers and difficulties comparatively trifling.—Letters from Tre bizonde describe a very curious occurrence which took place there last month. A Mussulman Cadi having been murdered while on a journey, the assassins were seized by the Pasha, and, instead of being punished according to the usual forms of justice, were delivered to the kindred of man, by one of whom their throats were deliberately cut in the market-place. Such things were unheard of during the administration of Redschid Pasha. ALEXANDRIA, Nov. 6.—Things continue quiet in Egypt. Many surmises are made as to what steps will be taken by the Peninsular arid Oriental Company with re gard to the refusal of Mehemet Ali to allow their steamers to ply any longer on the Nile. The general opinion is, that they will have to remove their steamers and leave the transit through Egypt entirely in the hands of the Paella. —Mr. Bourne has done nothing as yet with regard to the arrangements with Mehemet Ali for the transit of the India mails through Egypt, and it is not unlikely that this gentleman will have to return to England without effecting anything.—Prayers have been offered to Allah at the principal mosques at Cairo, by command of Mehemet Ali, to stop the too sudden decrease of the Nile ; but, as this is the season for the water to run off the land, this pro ceeding is by the initiated supposed to be only a manoeuvre on the pact of the Pasha to induce the merchants to offer him higher prices for his produce.—The works of the new fortificatious of Alexandria, under the direction of the French Colonel of Engineers, Gallice Bey, are progressing very steadily. The stone employed for this purpose is brought from some catacombs, situate about a mile and a half from the Rosetta-gate. Intelligence has been received from Syria up to the 27th of October. That country still remains in a very unsatis factory state, occasioned by the weakness of the Turkish governm nt, which is de-pised and set at defiance by the various sheiks. Troops were arriving every week from Turk'y, whose object, it appears, is to disarm the popula tion, and enforce the conscription. The Sheik Aboo Ghosh had entered the towns of Jaffa and Saida, and mas sacred the Governor of each place. The crop of olives will be immense this year ; but little or no advantage can be looked for to the country, whilst the whole benefit is absorbed by the temporary Governors of the several provinces. It is said that Abd El Kader has dismissed the few sol diers who still followed him, and that he has removed into the interior of Morocco. 'I he Universal German Gazette states that the Russian Government has issued an ordonnonce forbidding all the inhabitants of Poland, without distinction, to marry be fore the age of thirty. TUE WILL FORGERS.—The Agincourt. with Barber and Fletcher on board, was at Simon's Bay, Cape of Good Hope, on thelSth of September. There have been no deaths on board except a soldier and child. TRIBUTE TO MOROCCO.—The tribute has hitherto been regularly paid by Sweden, amounting to 29.000 dollars. The amount annually paid by Denmark has been 25,000 do!hrs, but these countries are firmly resolved to pay no more tribute, even should the consequences force them to estrblish cruisers off the coast of Morocco for the pro tection.of their commerce. POPERY AT WORK.—We learn from Havre that six Domarcan f,iars had taken their passage in the last packet :or the United States, and two others for Marti nique. Eight other German missionaries, and 17 Ger man nuns, had also arrived at Havre, who were proceed ing, to the same destination. The latter intended to fouud a hospital in the United States, and were accompa nied by three lay brothers. TEMPERANCE SOCIETIES IN POLAND.—POLISH FRON TIERS, Nov. 11.—The cause of the temperance societies has received a severe blow in the kingdom of Poland. They had been particularly successful in those parts of the kingdom which border on the republic of Cracow and in Upper Silesia, where the country people, following the exhortation of the clergy, renounced in a body the use of brandy. But the Government has lately interfered to check the temperance societies, and has published a cit.= cular prohibiting them, and forbidding the clergy to pro mote by addresses from the pulpit an object which was so beneficial to the country-people.—Hamburgh papers. BLASPHEMY OF THE BISHOP OF TREVES.—Several of the German journals publish a letter from a priest, named John Rouge, to the Bishop of Treves, on his having made a public exhibition in that city of a- robe which he de clared to have been th 4 which was worn by Jesus Christ. M. Rouse comments with great severity on the conduct of the bishop, and brings forward several arguments to show that the delusion was a wilful one, as far as the bishop was concerned. in one part of his letter, the priest says, " Do not deceive yourself as to the affluence of this multitude, and be persuaded thlit, if some hun dreds of thousunds persons performed a pilgrimage to. Treves, millions are imbued like me with profound hor ror and grief at the sight of your disgusting comedy." A Berlin journal states that the letter of M. Rouge has produced a powerful sensation throughout Saxony and Silesia, where it has been reprinted and circulated to an enormous extent. IRELAND. Only five Protestants of Limerick attended the repeal banquet to Mr. O'Connell, in a company of about seven hundred ! The Irish Prelates in the next session of Parliament will be, the Archbishop of Dublin, and the Bishops of Aleath, Kildare. and Cashel. The stipeniary magistrates of Ireland; are GO in num ber, of whom 17 have been promoted from being sub inspectors or county .aspectors f constabulary. The Carlow Sentinel of Saturday says that not one far thing was collected for the O'Connell tribute on Sunday week throughout that enti e county. INSPECTORS OF THE NATIONAL BOARD.—We under.. stand that two vacant i ns p ector s hi ps in the Board' h av e been filled up this week—mie by a Papist, an d one by a Socinian. We are informed that of the 32 inspectorships riovr extant, 17 are' Papists, two Sociniana, three Presby. terinns; and 10 Protestants of the Church of Ireland. Sic ilur ad astra.—Dublin Paper. Cool.—The house of Hugh Kennedy, Esq., of Gor rane, a respectable Roman Catholic gentleman, was en tered on Sunday last, whilst the family were at prayers, by a party of nine men, who, atter having secured a very fine double-barrelled gun, a blunderbuss, and a case of pistols, made the servants put on the kettle and make tea for them. After partaking of this refreshment, they took themselves away, the fire-arms, and the silver spoons which were on the table.—Nenaph Guardian. DUBLIN TOWN COUNCIL.—The Repeaters have now extinguished all the lights of Conservatism in the Dubli❑ town council. Excepting in two wards, every man re turned has pledged himself to " Repeal." They had a clear gain of two on Monday ; first in putting in a Repealer for Merrion ward, Mr. Pearson, in opposition to Mr. Bolton; and in the Post-office ward in removing Alderman Put cell, and putting Mr. Staunton in his room: two of the newspaper martyrs, Dr. Gray and Mr. Duffy, are for the first time introduced to the council. DARING OUTRAGE IN TAKING OF ARMS.—On Mon day evening, so early as six o'clock, four men knocked at the ball door of Mr. John Watson, in the centre of the village of Castltconnell, county Limerick, which having been opened, they rushed up the stairs, demanding fire arms, and threatening to shoot any of the inmates that would attempt to look at thew. They succeeded in carry ing off two guns, a blunderbuss, and a pistol. Castle connell is a police station, and the residence of a police magistrate. IMPORT DUTIES.—There are commercial letters in town from highly respectable houses, stating. that the belief is strongly entertained in London, that Sir Robert Peel, in the ensuing session. core emplates making exten sive alterations in the duties on the importation to the United Kingdom of .he principal articles of consumption. It is confidently asserted that a further reduction of the sugar duties will take place—that 50 percent., that is 103. per cwt., will be taken off foreign butter, and that re laxations in the corn duties will be made in favour of those corn-growing countries who will reciprocally reduce their import duties on British manufactured goods.—Cork Reporter. DUBLIN UNIVERSITY.—We have reason to believe that an active correspondence between the Home-office and the Castle of Dublin, touching the projected re-construction of the Irish University. is daily surrounding Lord Heytes bury with more embarrassments than he was aware would fall to his lot on accepting the Lord Lieutenancy of Ire land. Maynooth, wa understand, and its claims to in corporation in whAever university system is to be adopted, constitute the perplexing difficul y. The most mysterious silence is observed in the diplomatic circle—a circumstance which augurs badly for the justice and honesty of the design—and great doubts are said to be entertained of the willingness of the Irish Executive either to recommend or adopt the proposed innovation. The Earl de Grey re fused to be a party to it—and it is by no means likely that a project which requires for its perfection so much secrecy, as to preclude any intimation of its provisions to the heads of Trinity College, will meet the concurrence of that learned body. Hitherto no official communication has been made to the board. All is mystery, all is menace ; and the sense of impending danger unrevealed may be purposely kept up to paralyse exertion. We cannot tell where the blow will be struck ; but for that reason we recommend the greater vigilance, in watching the move ment of the enemy ; and the greater determination to defeat his machinations. Forewarned is forearmed.-- Dublin Mail. REPEAT. ASSOCIATION. —The weekly meeting was held last week. Mr. O'Connell attended, and denounced Sir R Peel as a consummate liar, and Louis Philippe as the prince of swindlers. With refer , - nce to the threatened im peachment of the judges, the Liberator was compelled to withdraw his previous threats and to sing very sma'•l. He said—" I saw in a speech of a right reverend friend of mine (quoth the dutiful disciple) the Catholic Bishop of Dromore, that he had a decided preference to an inquiry before impeachment. He is right—we may get an inquiry —we cannot get an impeachment except as the result of the inquiry. I therefore adopt the suggestion, and will move that it be referred to the committee to report on the best means of getting an inquiry into the proceedings of, and consequent upon the trial." This withdrawal of the impeachment is followed up by another postponement of justice for Ireland on motives equally cogent. The" Pre servative Assembly" (such is the new name) is to be held in abeyance until such time as a successful evasion of the law can he devised. " I with to s'at. (quoth Mr. O'Con nell) that I am obliged to postpone still further my motion for the appointment of the council of 300, or the Preser vative Assembly. lam obliged to do so, as 1 find mare legal difficulties in the way than I was at first aware of ; and I will not bring it forward until I can produce it in such a shape that it can b laid before two or three of the crow❑ counsel for thefr opinion as to its legality." And so ends that farce for the season. After denouncing Fe deralism, as a thing unintelligible, and a name to be hated, the orator announced the ten propositions with which he is to " bother" the English till they have them by rote as glibly as the Irish have them ourselves. It is well to break new ground with exhausted matter. LAW INTELLIGENCA. The well-known Overbury case has been settled by Mr. Thos. Harris, the old parish clerk, withdrawing all further proceedings. The Court of Cassation at Paris decided on Tuesday, that Catholic clergymen could not legally adopt a child. In the Exchequer Court, on Thursday, verdicts for the Crown were returned in several cases of Custom-house frauds ; the total amount being for the single value of the goods ; and if the Crown enforces treble penalty, the sum to he paid will be £27,450. PARISH ORGANISTS.—In the Bail Court of the Queen's Bench, on Monday last, Mr. Justice Patteson, atter hav ing taken time to consider, refused an application made by Mr. Pashley on a former day, for a mandamus calling upon the parishioners of St. Stephen's, Coleman -street, in the city of London, to proceed to the election of an organist. His lordship refused the rule principally on the ground that the parishioners were not compelled to raise a rate for the payment of an organist. and might, conse quently dispense with an organist altogether, if they pleased. In the Court of Common Pleas on Monday, in the case of " Grinnell v. Wells," an action for the seduction of the plaintiff's daughter, which has been twice tried. and in each case a verdict given for the plaintiff, a rule nisi, to arrest the judgment, was made absolute. At the time the cause of action arose the plaintiff's daughter was living in the service of the defendant • and the court was of opinion that as the plaintiff's declaration alleged no loss of service, the allegati , m that certain expenses had been incurred by the plaintiff, in consequence of the defend ant's conduct, was not in itself sufficient to maintain the action. RAILWAY IN Tit LLIGEA CB. The Porthcawl and Dyffryn Llynfi Company have de clared a dividend of 34 per cent., and the progress of affairs is said to be highly satisfactory. On Wednesday another fatal accident took place on the Midland Counties Railway. A guard, named Woodford, was killed by his head c,rning in contact with a bridge whilst he was engaged with some luggage on the top of the carriage. LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.-At a special general meeting in London on Wedesday last, a resolu tion was proposed in favour of forming a railway from Maxworth, Bucks, to Worcester, with lines to Rugby and Oxford, and also from Worcester to Dudley and Wolverhampton. The Chairman (Mr. R. C. Glyn) esti mated the expense at £2,500,000, and the nett revenue at £147,250. Several sharehold-rs opposed the project as an infraction of the agreement with the Grand Junction, but their objections were over-ruled, and the resolution carried. NEWCASTLE AND EDINBURGH LINE.—A special meeting of the proprietors of the Newcastle-upon Tyne and North Shields Railway was held in Newcastle, on Tuesday last, to assent to or dissent from the following proposals, namely—the extension of Newcastle-upon- Tyne and North Shields Railway from North Shields to the village of Tynemouth ; the making of a railway, or a communication by tunnel, or otherwise, from the Conduit Head-lane Bridge, near the terminus of the railway at Newca-tle to and with the Q arty, at or near the Folly Wharf ; the union and consolidation of the Newcastle and North Shields Railway Company with the Newcastle and Berwick Railway Company, about to be incorporated by an act, to be applied for in the next sessicat of parlia ment. The object of the proposed union being to take in a portion of the Newcastle and Shields line, in the route from Newcastle to Berwick-upon-Tweed, and thence to Edinburgh. The resolutions were carried unanimously. The Leeds and Selby Company have wound up their affairs by declaring a dividend of £2 Is. 3d. per share for the period from the 30th of June last to the present time. The company bere?fter will be incorporated with the York and North Midland Railway.—The last-named company is to pay £210,000 for the 2,]00 original shares of £lOO each ; and, with this sum, the Leeds and Selby Company have at their disposal, from bonus arising from sale of moveable stock, for mortgages, for rent due, by savings effected in interest on mortgage, &c., the sum of £232,799 14s. 4d. The disposable funds of the com pany are to be appropriated as follows :—From the principal money, amounting to £225,000, the sum of £lO5 18s. 9d. per sharewill be paid to the shareholders, being equal to £222,468 1 5 s. from the 2100 shares, of which the original capital stock of the company consists ; leaving iMthe hands of the directors £5,661 16s. 9d. for the discharge of the existing ascertained debts of the com pany, and the balance of £332 3s. 7d. to cover any re maining unascertained liabilities which may hereafter ap pear, and subject to such liabilities to be disposed of by the directors at their own discretion. DURHAM AND SUNDERLAND RAILWAY.---On Mon day a special general meeting of the shareholders was held in Sunderland, for the purpose of authorising the direc tors to make application to parliament in the next ses sion. for power to make an extension to the main line of their railway from the present terminus near the river Wear, in the township of Elect Barony, to the town of Bishop Auckland ; to construct a new branch line of rail way from a point in the main line at Shineliffeip the head o Old Elver, in the city of Durham ; to construct ano ther new branch line of railway from a point in the main line near to Brooinside Colliery, in the t.wnship of Pat tington Hallgarth, to join the Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway at the Sherbern station ; anu to con struct a new branch line of railway to Seaham harbour; to make a more eligible junction of their Haswell branch railway ; to construct and make certain deviations in the main line, in order that these branches and the train line .they be worked by locomotive power,instead of as at pre• sent, by stationary engines ; to make addit . onal quays, wharfs, &c., at Sunderland harbour; and lastly, to ob tain compulsory powers to purchase the fee bin ple of all tho lands over which the railway passed. The resolutions were passed unanimously. UNIVERSITY 4- CLERICAL NEWS. OXFORD, Nov. 28.—1 n a congregation held this day, I the following degrees were conferred :—Bachelor in Civil Law.—Thomas Henry Haddan, M.A., late Fellow of Exeter, senior scholar on the Vinerian Foundation.— itiasters of Arts.—liev. Frederic Edwin Lott. St. Alban Hall ; Rev. Fulwar Craven Fowle, Merton.—Bachelors of Arts.—George Butterworth, Balliol, Grand Com pounder; William Fred er i c k J o h n K a y e , B a lliol; John William Sleeg, New Inn Hall; Rev. Cullen Forth Words worth, Magdalen Hall ; Thomas Harris, Magdalen Hall; Richard Calthorpe Whitmore Ryder, Scholar of Wad ham ; John Goldsmith Orger, Wadham ; Thos. Balston, 13rassnose ; Arthur Hayne Hamilton, St. Jeliti's ; James Banks, Scholar of Lincoln • William Barrett, Lord Crew's Exhibiti oner o f Lincoln ; Edward.Tindal Turner, Scholar of T r i n i ty ; Frederick Lletcalfe, Fellow of Lin coln (incorporated from St. John's College, Cambridge.) CAMBRIDGE.—The following degrees were conferred last week :—B.A.—John Caddell Brereton, Trinity Col lege. M.A.—J. H. r!tcr mb. St. Peter's College; Leigh Spencer, Christ's BoPege ; Charles Smart Catlin, Caius College ; Bald wyn Wake, St. John's College. B.A.— H. B. Greenwood, Catherine Hall G. M. Hawkins, Magdalene College. PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS.—Rev. F Black ley, late of All Saints. Birmingham, to the curacy of North Harborne, Staffordshire.—Rev. C. T. Price, M.A., to be domestic chaplain to Lnrd Howden.—Rev. G. Wylie, M. to the rectory of Newnham, with the chapel of Mapeldurwell, Hants, vacant by the death of Rev. H. Hunter.—Hon. and Rev. tl . W. Bertie, 8.C.L., to the vicarage of Great Ilford, Essex.—Rev. J J. Prickett, to the incumbency of Markington, Ripon.—Rev. F. Goold, late curate of Bradfield. St. Clare, Suffolk, to the per petual curacy of Newhall, Derbyshirr.—Rev. J. B. Rey nardson, to the living of Carehy, with the chapelry of Holywell-cum Aunby, vacated by the death of the late J. R. Deverell.—Kev. H. T. C. Hine, M.A., reader of St. Jam s's, Bury, St. Edmund's, to the rectory of Quar rington, Lincolnshire. The Chester Courant states that Lord Powys will re new his app ication next session for the repeal of the St. Asaph and Bangor Union Bill. MR. OAKF.LEY'S APOLOGY FOR REMAINING IN THE CHURCH.—Mr. Oakelev, of Balliol College, and of Mar garet-street Chapel, London, has been the most overt of the Romanising faction. He has adopted both the doc trines and the modes of worship of Rome, so far as possi ble. He has just published an apology for remaining in the Church of England, in the form of a letter " to a Ro man Catholic friend." He says the pope has not formally pronounced upon the question at issue, and writes thus : —" Let the Holy See apply itself with its wonted vigour and profound spiritual saeacity to the wonderful and un precedented fact which Europe has exhibited since the sixteenth century, of whole nations professing Christianity, yet apart from the chair of St. Peter; let it investigate es pecially the case of the Church of England, and receive and sift the evidence producible in favour of the Christian, nay, even of the saintly graces which ha 7e thri , en, and are actually thriving within it; and a decision which should he founded on an inquiry so conducted, would undoubtedly be entitled to the gravest consideration on the part of all those who bear in mind with what breathless expectation the formal acts of the Roman see have ever been awaited, and with what dutiful attention received by the Church at large." THE OFFERTORY AT HURST.—On Friday an influen tial meeting of the inhabitants of Hurst, Berkshire, was held at the church-house in that parish, to take into con sideration the innovations which have been recently intro duced into the church service by the perpetual curate, the Rev. Mr. Cameron. A long discussion ensued, during which several of the parishioners present condemned the changes lately made, and intimated an earnest drsire that they should not be persisted in ; and they trusted that Mr. Cameron would yield to the wishes of the pari•hioners upon this subject. Mr. Cameron, who was present, hav ing heard the var;ous statements made by the parishioners, observed, that he felt bound to follow the injunctions of the Rubric, by which he was ordered to read the sentences in the Offertory, and the prayer for the Church Mill - ant. With respect to the weekly collection, he intimated an in clination to yield upon that point; though he refused to give a positive pledge that the discontinuance of the col lection should actually begin next Sunday. Another strong appeal was then made to him to yield also upon the re maining points, as by insisting on them he would seriously diminish the usefulness of his ministration, several farmers present having declared their intention not to attend the church while the innovations continued. Mr. Cameron promised to confer with the Bishop, and to inform the Chairman of his decision within a fortnight. SCRIPTURAL EDUCATION-NATIONAL BOARD. We gave in our last a portion of a letter from the Rev. R. J. M'Ghee to the Rev. Dr. Martin. The reply of the latter reverend gentleman was chiefly occupied with sta tistical details and computations, to prove that the Pro testant people of Ireland have not contributed, and there fore are not likely to contribute, anything approximating to the needful sums requisite to carry out the scriptural system of education in competition with the National Board. Prior to the receipt of this Mr. M`Ghee had ad dressed a second letter to the Dr., and from that we quote the following heart-stirring and ardent appeal. "I believe in my soul, it ever God put a test upon a na tion—if ever God put a test upon a church, to try if they would be faithful to their trust, to their principles, to their religion, and their God—or whether they were ripe to rottenness for destruction—He puts the national Board of Education as a test upon the Protestants and church of Ireland. It is not whether they will be sound and faithful in one principle, or one truth, or one doctrine ; but whether they will be faithful to the standard of all principle, all truth, all doctrine, all religion—the very Word itself of the God whom they profess to . worship. If they ate sound, and faithful, and true, then there is a brighter day in store for the church of Ireland. Then God is on our side ; and God and the weakest Church are stronger than the Devil and ti , e Papacy, and all the_ poli ticians that can aid their cause. This is not a time, then, my brother, for a standard-bearer to faint. If ever there was a moment in our country's history when " ON WARD" was the word for the cause of truth, that mo ment is now. Our warfare is not a war of hatred, but of love to our countrymen. " The weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty, through God, to the pulling down of strongholds." The eyes of Europe are on Ire land at this moment—on the Church of Ireland, and on the Church of Rome. The powers of darkness and of light are arrayed against each other in the field of Ire land. Our Roman Catholic countrymen have their eyes fixed or us ; the. are ignorant it is true, but they are keen-sighted—they are clever—and above all, they are sincerely devoted to what they believe to be the true re ligion. They will not be slow to see—yea, they are see ing daily more and more, and growing disgusted at the sight—that their warm hearts, and generous hands— generous even in their poverty—are only made the sport and spoil of knaves, who live upon deceiving them. They see the difference between zeal for politics and love for souls, and they know as well as we do that Repeal is not Salvation. Let them but see us firm and faithtul to God, to truth, to the Bible, and to them, and even our firm fidelity shall preach to them throughout the land. But when we see and know the work that is going on, the spirit of inquiry, the love of the Bible, of Scriptural edu cation and of truth, that is pervading and leavening the hearts of our Roman Catholic countrymen in many dis tricts of Ireland—Oh, what a blot upon the cheek of fair and true religion, if they should see the men who have appropriated to themselves the name of ministers of Christ, shrinking, and tailing, and truckling to the mean and cowardly policy that bargains with their tyrants, not only for the liberties. but for the souls of the people. How must they thipk, that, after all, they made the Bible but a too! .or politics, and never had a heart sincere and upright before God ? _ _ _ I know not how you might feel, my rev. brother; but for my part, I could not dare to meet the Homan Catho lics of Ireland, putting every other consideration out of the question, if I were How to join the National Board of Education. I can look them in the face this moment, and when I bear my testimony against the cruel system that blinds and enslaves them, I can lay my hand upon my heart and call God to witness that I long for their souls in love, and that " my heart's desire and prayer to God for them is, that they might be saved." But, if I were to join that ungodly anti-Christian system, which supports the very foundation of all dick errors,--rejection of the Bible- I should fear to show my face upon a public platform to speak to them ; 1 should be afraid lest some honest Roman Catholic would stand up and address me thus : " Aha ! a short time ago you taunted us with sravery to our priests ! you upbraided us with the tyranny of our church, and branded it as a mark of false hood on ber forehead, th , t she would not allow her children to be edu cated in the Scriptures. You objected this not only against us, but against the National Board of Education, because it provided for the maintenance of this principle of our church. You raised a mighty clamour in Lord Grey's administration, and in Lord Melbourne's adminis tration. Then ' Scriptural education," the Bible,' and conscience' were mighty weapons in your hands. But were they, indeed, but levers to raise your party into power ?--a trumpet for politics—a standard for statesmen to rally knaves arid hypocrites around them. Where are they now ? Has Sir Robert Peel locked them up securely in his cabinet, and does he open these sacred treasures with a golden key; to disi•ense them to those humble ex pectants, who will use them conveniently at his own dis cretion. Away from the face of honest men ! Prate to us no more of your principles and your religion. For twelve long years have you pretended to hold up the Bible as the only standard of education, and now, at the beck of a prime minister, you surrender what you have called a fundamental principle of your own religion, and consent to carry into effect what you have denounced as the fun damental error of the church of Rowel!" If I were to join the National Board—if my motives for joining it were as pure as those of an angel—l dare not incur such an "appearance" of evil in the eyes of my Roman Catholic countrymen—l dare not encounter such, at the very best, apparently deserved reproach. Were Ito be so addressed by one of them, I dare not look him in the fice—l should feel I must shrink abashed from his presence. And now, if after twelve years of faithful opposition, the clergy were to join this system, each man, of course, must take his motives to his. Goa ; but they need never mention more their church, their religion, nor their Bible to the Roman Catholics —nor, indeed, to the honest Protestants of Ireland. Mav I not now believe with confidence I have said enough to lead one whom I have ever thought my uptight, single-hearted friend, to feel that expediency as well as principle—patriotism as well as truth—character as well as virtue—c.nsistency as well as religion—the cause of union, of efficiency, among our brethren—of fidelity to our own church and our own flocks, as well as to the souls of our Roman Catholic couutrymen, forbid such a fatal THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. step as a faithful minister joining the National Board of Education. - --; I feel with you most cordially the dangers aid evils that encompass us. Ido not wonder you teel almost in despair when you see with what a niggardly hand and miserly heart the cause of Scriptural education is sup ported, or rather deserted, by the Protestants of Ireland. While the poor Roman Catholics, and the poorest amongst them too, out of their poverty, send forth their contribu tions to swell the coffers of those who seek to revolution ize, to overthrow the Protestant Church and Protestant government in Ireland—the landlords of Ireland whose properties, you know as well as I do, are at stake in the question, with very few exceptions, close their hearts and their parses against the cause of God and of their church in the country : that is, they close them against the only possible means, under the Divine blessing, of saving themselves and their children from being turned out of their inheritances. 1 write it with as certain confidence as I believe I exist when I write, that if by God's mercy, Popery is not crushed in Ireland, not by laws nor by military force, but by the only lawful or possible means —that is, God's truth enlightening the people—if the bishops, the clergy, the laity, by the faithful discharge of their Christian duties, in preaching, in Scriptural edu cation, in honest fidelity to the souls of men, and in giv ing liberally and largely of their means, according to their means, according to their respective stations and purses, to promote these objects—if they do not at this eleventh hour act thus, for the deliverance of the Roman Catholics of Ireland, I believe that by the righteous judg ment of God, seeing that so many warnings are thrown away on them, the c h urc h, th e un i vers ity, th e P ro t es t an t institutions in this country will be overthrown, and handed over to the Papacy. I believe the landlords will be turned out of their properties, and that the laws of Rome, now in operation for these purposes, will be effectually carried out to the total subjugation, if not extermination, of the Protestants of Jr land. I repeat again, that I believe God puts the cause of his own Word as the last test upon the church, and I believe in my soul the existence of all they hold dear depends at this time on their fidelity to God." The next letter from Dr. Martin, which will probably close the correspondence, will enter into the principles of this all important question. and we shall probably give this in our next. At the close of Mr. M'Ghee's letter. from which the preceding extract is taken, there is a pro posal to Dr. Martin to come to Dublin and devi,e means for raising by a voluntary tax on the Protestant gentry a sufficient sum to extend the blessings of scriptural edu cation. THE COURT 1' FASHIONABLE WORLD. It is rumoured that ber Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, Uill proceed to the Pavilion at Brighton, pre viously to the departure for the Continent of her Majesty's illustrious relatives. Thursday was the birthday of the Princess Mary. The Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg Gotha and the Duke Ernest of Wirtemberg, are likely to prolong their visit to her Majesty until the 16th instant. Her Royal Highness the Princess Sophia Matilda expired at her residence on Blackheath on Friday morning after a short illness. She had been unwell at intervals some time past. The lamented lady was in the 72d year of her age, having been born on the 23d May, 1773, and was sister to the late Duke of Gloucester. She had resided many years in the parish of Greenwich, and was the Ranger of Greenwich Park. The Earl of Ellenborongh and Sir Arthur Aston last week had the honour of knighthood of the order of the Bath conferred upon thtm. The Queen has presented T. T. Grant, Esq., of Gos port, (at whose house her Majesty, the King of the French, and Prince Albert, took refuge from a storm, when about to embark at Gosport,) with an elegant vase or tazza, mounted on a high stem and, foot, enriched with musks and open scroll work, portions of which are in silver, the rest in gold, perhaps best known by the term of parcel gilding. THE QUEEN DOWAGER.—On Sunday, her Majesty and his Serene Highness Prince Ernest of Hesse Phillips thal, attended divine service at Whitley Church, the Earl and Countess of Brownlow and Ladies Cust, &c., being present. On Monday, Captain Chandler's hounds met at Witley Court, when there was a numerous field, perhaps the largest ever mustered in that part of the country. The Queen Dowager graced the meet with her presence, the weather having been remarkably fine. Prince Ernest of Hesse Phillipsthal was among the equestrians. Mer Majesty's income is 3id. per second more than the income of his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Her Ma jesty's income produces 31d for every second of time, and that of his Royal Highness only id. So much difference is there between the income of £500,000 a-year, and £30,000 a-year. FASHIONS FOR DECEMBER. (From the " London and Paris Ladies' Magazine of Fashion.") Much simplicity is ob.ervable in the make of dresses; the ornaments, however, are various in gimp, passemen terie, byrinths ; but the most elegant is the d ntelle de velours, which possesses the advantage of matching the colour of the dress. Embroidery is also used on silk, cloth, cashemire, and the finer merinos, and 'often inter mixed with velvet. Black lace, though no longer a no velty, is as much in fashion as ever for every variety of toilette. There is some diminution in the width of dresses, and for walking they are also made shorter ; but for dress. on the contrary, they are still longer, approach ing almost to a train. Berthes continue to be worn either the same as the dress or of lace, and the short sleeves are with trimmings extending below them. Spen cers of black velvet are very fashionable, with jackets, to be worn with skirts of satin, trammed with bands of vel vet. Cloth is much used for walking-dresses of the demi-d4mazone form ; they are embroidered or richly or namented with gimp. The manteaus under the various names of pelisse, purdessus, paletots, carnails, crespin, are now seen in all variety : the materials are equally va rious, from velvet, satin, silk, to the plaids in flannel ; they are all with sleeves, very few are full at the t o p, b u t very wide at the bottom ; the pelisses of black satin are frequently embroidered in soulache, braid, or silk ; and more simple ones are with numerous rows of narrow vel vet. The pelerines Russes are the great novelty of this season ; they are very deep behind, and form scarfs in front, and are either of ermine lined with blue, or marten with violet or crimson. Feathers are very generally used for velvet capotes: sautes marabouts, in blending shades, from pink to cerise, deep blue sky, orange to citron, &c. ; the flat feathers are either spiral or placed flat on the capotes of velvet, matching either the velvet or ribbon that forms the trim ming. The horizontal coiffure, forming the intermediate between the high and low, is the style now preferred ; the little caps, fanchons of lace and muslin caps, should all be adapted to the coiffure. A style of coiffure, suitable to young ladies, is composed of several rows of very nar row velvet, which unite round the plat, and terminate with a mewl of broader velvet, with ends. The Druid wreaths of oak•leaves, and leaves of gold, encircling the head twice, will be worn this winter. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LATEST BETTING AT MANCHESTER. FRIDAY EVENING.—The business transacted during the week has been of a lukewarm character. A few bets were made on the Derby upon Thursday last, correspond ing in a great degree wiih the London figures of the pre vious afternoon. THE CHESTER CUP prices on the field, Foig-a.Ballagh having the call. THE DERBY.-10 to 1 offered agst Alarm, 20 to 1 agst Kedger, (t.) 25 to 1 agst Idas. TATTERSA LL'S. —THURSDAY. DERBY. 12 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Alarm (t. to .£100.) 18 1 Colonel Peel's Cobweb colt (20 to I t.) 20 1 Lord Chesterfield's Pam (take 21 to 1.) 22 1 Lord Stradbroke's Idas (rake 25 to 1.) 25 1 —Mr. Coleman's Young Ecipse (1000 to 35 taken twice.) 30 1— Mr. Jaques's Anti-Repealer (t.) 35 1— Mr. Gully's Old England. 2000-30—Lord Eglihtoure Lycurgus (t.) 2500-50—Mr. Lintctt's Cabin Boy (taken and after- wards offered.) _ 1000-10—Mr. Wortley's John Davis (t.) The above list contains all the bets that were laid, and renders comment superfluous. CHESTER CuP.—(Enter or not.) 400 to 10 each agst the following horses in one bet : Ratan, Alice Hawthorn, Motpeth, Croton Oil, Foig-a- Ballagh, and colt by Gladiator dam by Capsicum. Liverpool Grand National Steeple Chase is fixed for Wednesday, the sth of March ; there will also be a race on the flat the same day, as a key to the Chester Cup and other forthcoming events. THE ASCOT Curs.—The Emperor of Russia having expressed a desire that a piece of plate given by him to be run for at Ascot should be a weight for age race, for the best horses, it has been determined that this prize shall take the place of the old Ascot Cup, which will be discon tinued, and the money hitherto added to it Iron. the fund will be appropriated to other races. Her Majesty's Vase will be run for on the first day, and the Emperor of Rus sia's Cup on the third. PERKIN WA RBECK (LATE BLOODSTONE.) -- The stewards of the Jockey Club have decided that this horse can run in 1815 as a maiden four-year old. DONCASTER RACES, 1845.—Since the last Doncaster meeting the corporation of that town have requested the members of the racing club to adopt the alteration first proposed, viz. : that the races should commence on Tues day, and finish on Friday. It is presumed that the plan now proposed will be generally acceptable, and the stakes are therefof e advertised, with the sanction of the stewards, for a meeting of four days. The cup and usual public money, amounting in all to £l,OOO or upwards, will be given. COURSING AT SOUTH PORT, Nov. 27 AND 28. SOUTH LANCASHIRE CLUB. THE SCARISERICK CUP.—(AII aged dogs.) Mr. Petifjoan's Chairman (late Birdeatcher) beat Bird lime, belongitig to the same gentleman, and won. THE CHURCHTOWN STAKES. Mr. Bake's Director beat Mr. Robinson's Empress, and won. THE FLEETWOOD CUP.—(For puppies.) Mr. Reade's Hogue-me-no-more beat Mr. Robinson's Stella, and won. THE BLOWICK STAKES. Mr. Bake's Butterfly beat Mr. Peacock's Alarm, and won. THE PORT STAKES Were won by Mr. Slater's Scrutator ; Mr. Coupe's Young Mat run up. ___ THE CHASE. The CHESHIRE HOUNDS meet on Wednesday, Dec. 4, at Thursday, 5, at Saturday, 7, at Monday, 9, at Norton Priory Wednesday, 11, at Taporley Thursday, 12, at... Stamford Bridge Saturday, 14, at W.;rnaingham Mill Each day at half past ten o'clock. Sir W. W. WYNN'S HOUNDS will meet on Wednesday, Dec. 4, at .. . Friday, 5, at Saturday, 7, at Wynnstay Each day at half-past ten. OXFORD UNIVERSITY BOAT RACES.—The annual four-oared races on the Isis, for a Siver Cup and Medals, given by the University Boat Club, was decided on Wed nesday. The trial beets came off on the two days pre vious, when St. John's heat Exeter, Baliol beat Trinity, St. John's beat Baliol, and University beat St. John's. The final heat between the University crew and the Oriel crew, the holders of the cuu and medals, caused consider able interest. The University crew were the favourites, although the Oriel bad procured a fine new boat to row in, differently constructed from the Oxford boats, being made after the fashion of the Newcastle boats. The dis tance was from (Miley to Oxford. rather more than a mile. The University crew went off at a slashing pace, and although much pressed by the Oriel crew, who were close upon their stern, maintained the lead throughout, and won gal'antly by two boats' lenghths. This is the third time within four years that the cup has been won by the University crew. The crew on the present occasion con sisted of Messrs. A. K. Dawson (bow); Follet, 2; A. Gray, 3; F. C. Walsh (stroke) ; C. H. Shebbeare (cox swain. GENERAL MISCELLANY. Mrs. Hofland, the authoress, died the week before last. Henceforth English letters to Belgium will only be charged eightpence, and newspapers are to go free. The gallant Sir Robert Sale, G.C.B. the he ro o f Jella labad, has left t own t o resume his military duties in India. The Duke of Devonshire has contribUted £lOO to the Father Mathew fund. The Society of Innkeepers, London, refused, last week, to drink the health of the present lord mayor. JERSEY.-Mr. Carus Wilson has rejected the offer a the Royal Court to liberate him on his own bail. PARLIAMENT.—At a privy council meeting on Thurs day, parliament was further prorogued to the 4th of Feb. Sir Henry Pottinger. Bart., was, last week, by command of the Queen, sworn of her Majesty's Most Hon. Privy Council, and took his place at the Board. The subscription to the Rowland Hill testimonial closed on Saturday. The amount collected considerably ex ceeds £lO,OOO. . One hundred and two fat cattle were, last week, im ported into Hull by the steamers from Hamburg. The Emerald Isle, from Rotterdam, also brought 62 sheep. Five thousand eight hundred and ninety-four pecks of onions were, last week, brought into Hull, from Rot terdam. The mayoralty of Tiverton, Devonshire, was this year was offtred to a man who can neither read nor write. He had, however, the good sense to decline the honour. A young lady named Gulliver, daughter of Thomas Gnawer, Esq., of Bloxham, committed suicide last week, by drowning herself in a mill-dam near Banbury. The Bank of England have given notice that they will lend money on approved Bills of Exchange at 21 per cent. The vestry of Leeds have given £l.OOO, realized by selling land to a railway company, to purchase garden al lotments for the poor. On Saturday week. John Hobert, coachman to the Earl of Haddington, was found, with his skull fractured, lying in the park. A young man named Hannah is sus pected. Sir James Williams, of Edwinsford, has set the liberal example in this county, of giving his ten,ws permission to kill game on their lands, or of inviting any qualified person they think proper to do so.— Welshman. DANGEROUS EMPLOYMENT.—The history of Eyam records the number and names of forty-one persons, who have been killed in the mines of that village in little more than a century. The d-epest lead mine in Derbyshire is in Eyam Edge—the " New Engine," nearly 160 fathoms. " LIVES OF THE ENGLISH SAINTS."—The series of little works continues in much the Name spirit as it com menced ; the writers, if there is any d•fference, seeming to get rather more Popish es they get older.—Tublet, a Ro man Catholic paper. AN ATTORNEY TRANSPORTED.—On Thursday, at the Central Criminal Court, London, Mr. Bleadon, the at torney, was sentenced to seven years' transportation, for having obtained half-a-crown and a pint of wine under false pretences. The convict was excessively astonished. A GAMEKEEPER SHOT.—On Saturday night last. Mr. Green, gamekeeper to J. S. Leacher, Esq., of South Weald, was wounded by a gun shot, in an attempt to apprehend a poacher, who escaped, Mr. Green lies in a dangerous state.—Essex Herald. HYDROPHOBIA.—A man, who was bitten by a dog, supposed to be mad, in September last, died last week, in the d• speasary at Wrexham, under all the symptoms of hydrophobia. Two other men and a girl were bitten by the same dog. They are under medical treatment. Mr. Bro vn, a partner of the well known medical prac titioner, Mr. Tupper, is about to be united to Miss Me redith, who for many years has resided with Miss Burdett (;putts. This intended alliance has given rise to a report of the wealthy heiress being about to be married. _ _ Mrs. Blomfield, mother of the Bishop of L9ndoo, died on Tuesday. at Bury St. Edmunds. His lorthhip was expected in his native town to officiate at the re-opening of St. Mary's Church. Strange and melancholy to say. his arrival took place at the moment of dissolution. A man named Cogger pleaded guilty at the Maidstone Assizes, on Wednesday, of havi' g practised as an attor ney at the Maidstone Quarter Sessions without being duly qualified or admitted to practice in that capacity. Judg ment was postponed. FREE-CHURCH COLLEGE.—Dr. Welch, in a letter, has announced that he has obtained £19,000 for this ob ject from ninety en subset fibers of £l,OOO each. £20,000 was the sum required, and there is no doubt it will be immediately raised. The College is to be in Edinburgh. Mr. Parsons, the popular dissenting minister of B, Ilan chapel, Mlle-end-road, unfortunately met with his death on Friday by falling down the stairs of his house, when his head came in contact with some flower-pots and was so severely cut as to render medical aid unavailing. He was only 47 years old. On Thursday Miss Ellen Richardson, the daughter of a physician at Brentwood, was held to bail on the charge of stealing two leng hs of a piece of gros de Naples, the property of a linen draper at Brentwood, part of some goods which had been sent to her lather's house for in spection. On Tuesday last an inquest was held at Stockport, on the body of Eliza Jones, who had been killed by her husband on the previous day. She was in a delicate state of health, was the mother of six children (two of whom only are living), and was far advanced in pregnancy. She was 34 years of age. The husband has been committed on a charge of manslaughter. STRIKE OF THE FISHERMEN.—No fewer than sixty &b.ing smacks, belonging to Barking,- in Essex, arc, at this moment, Icing in the river, a little below Woolwich, their crews having brought them home from sea, and struck work. The demands of the men are fur increased wages and shorter voyages. Their present rate of wages is, men 14s. a week, and mates 16s. They want this to be advanced 2s. in each case, and the time of absence to be limited to one month. A PRIZE FOR TIIE HISTORIAN.—A most interesting discovery has been made in the secret repository of the Equestrian Order at Stockholm—viz., several chests full of documents, which have not been examined for these 30 years. Amonz them are original documenteconcerning the revolutions of 1719, 1772, and 1789. Most of the documents are written, arid some elegantly blond, and several have silver clasps. Geyer's third volume of the papers of Gustavus causes some sensation. " BETTER TO BE BORN FORTUNATE THAN RICH."— It is currently reported at Sleaford, and we believe cor rectly so, that a well known millwright (a working man) of that place, by a recent decision in. the High Court of Chancery, immediately comes into the possession of a large estate near London, of the annual value of .£13,000, as well as arreaas of rent for the same for the last twenty years, amounting, of course, to the sum of £260,000. — Lincolnshire Chronicle. THE CASE OF INFANTICIDE AT WOLVERHAMPTON.-- On Friday, Mr. John Sheriff, Mr. Hildreth, Mrs. Hild reth, and Miss Jane Railton, were again brought up; and after a few preliminary proceedings, Miss Railton was fully committed to take her trial for concealing the birth as principal, and Mrs. Hildreth, Mr. Hildreth, and Mr. Sheriff, as accessaries. They were admitted to bail. A second cha ge was preferred against Mr. Sherriff, for feloniously administering drugs for the purpose of bring ing about abortion. Miss Keaton was admitted as evi dence against him ; and be was committed also on this charge to take his trial at the assizes. Bail was accepted. FATHER MATBEW.—We are told that Father Mathew is in difficulties. And not one word more can we obtain. How he tell into difficulties; for what cause. or to what extent, we are never told. He may be in debt for £5OO, or for £20,000. He may have merely become security for some friend in a bond for £lOOO, or he may have undertaken to build a new Popish cathedral to the tune of £50,000. Never before, so far as we can recollect, were the public called upon to subscribe to an object without DON.—On Sunday 30, and ogmneefinoMefeotndoaf having the slightest information furnished them, even as to the sum required! . were alto EXTRAGIRDINARY ARRIVAL OF SHIPPING AT LON m gis e Lir r i at ead l am e ntt r et e wlyt El e,cretgAki hy mit,lthyDehereai average te,s u rti haseAgterimcah,d-ruaehrsneiotvgdouaemslni Archangel, ,roel Tuyr were about France.ytli oapnu w as. dtr e tt r 3. s e : top f afet r id o tti reys v. b C wau E riTr i fg n , luhdl e es: , h p a r v o e d produce n ha a s bl c e au to se o d b a . dockste a t e n c t fu o al of ln employment. such m m immense n v se a s number übAe r importation ioa fr y v 7 esils sh h ip a s s been entered outwards. Dec. 3, !Sit DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.—On Tu. sday night, shortly et el twelve o'clock, the warehouse of Messrs. Wilson and DJ of Arundel-lane, Sheffield, manufacturers, was disenve r " to be on fire. The fire was discovered about a qua r t et' past twelve o'clock at night. With all the e xertions!, the police and firemen, under the direction of Mr. RaY ° T it was nearly six o'clock in the morning before the It mainder of the property could be considered in a etch safety. The whole of the extensive warehouse, to ~ portion of the premises the fire was confined, i s entire destroyed, the outer walls, with the stone staircase, CO standing. THE IRON TRADE .—The men in Stourbridge distri.ct; instead of wanting work, have now more than they are dined to execute. This and similar cases are the res°lt of the improved conditi on o f th e i ron t r ade, in e eri branch of which, with th e excep ti or . o f na ili ng , the greatest the s activity prevail s ; em pl oymen t i s p l ent if u l, the men getting better wages, and, consequen tly. many of are disposed to do l ess wor k. W e b e li eve there is net of iron work in this di s t r i c t now s t an di ng , an d the pric e , bs iron, of almost every description, has advanced since; last quarte r -d ay , an d h as st ill a ten d ency u pwards.- - n °r, tester paper. THE COAL -MINERS —Various circumstances wh ich have recently come to our knowledge, seem to indicate!: intention on the part of th e L ancas hi re C o lliers U° l l o to cause a general strike ere long ; and we propos! ig notice a few facts connected with that agitation wh, i "k. now so industriously f omen t e d amongst t h e b o dy 001/r o d ing colliers, with the view of making the public aeV ain bie with the object of this intended strike. The r ewarke feature of this agitatio n i s t h e proposa l b y the °f miners to their employers to fo rce a r i se i n the pri c y t io coals, by contracting and diminishing the supply With public, and then to a llo w th e coa l- m i n e rs to s hare 1 1 4 1 them the profits which wou ld re . u lt f rom t hi s arti nc. scarcity and consequent de , rness of an article will cb ' this season of the year, may be termed a p r ime necess ar , of life. It may be said that we are not fairly re presel o t ing the views and obje c t s o f th e coal-miners an d t , 11 ,. 5 a 1 they have no intention e ith er t o i n d uce , or, b y a g",Tn strike, to coerce the ma s t e r s i n t o a genera l I eombiat i l for the avowed object of ma ki ng an d keeping coals Manchester Guardian. THE LIFE OF AN OUTCAST.—A boy, named NlL et b ; who draws crowds to ge th er i n th e s t reets of Lore standing on his head on the spike of an iron railing , on Saturday, at Marlborough-street, charged with sul ly , ing on his head on th e ra ili ngs o f S t. J ames ' s Char He expressed a great dread of the workhouse, and said% preferred a prison ; a n d o n b e i ng as k e d b y t h e Magialre,le how many ti mes h e h a d b een i n pr i son, be thus replieu'as'' "Tell yer worship the whole lot. First of all I got WI days in Coldbath fields for begging. Ven I come ee l ; gave up that dodge, and stole a penny loaf, and got afo"2 . : night at the mill. N ex t, me an d my partner stole ll..eur horranges, and the be a k gu y a mont h ap i ece at Totla''' fields. Arter that got seven days fir jumping Jim COI Arter that two months cos a pleasma n cotc h e d me,byt a l , l l scruff of my neck, and I hey a stone at him, wot mis• him and hit a boy behind a slap on the nose. Next three weeks at Horsemonger, for notink as I know er e Arter that 305., or three veeks at the New Prison , breaking vinders, cos they chucked water over me; s e ,,, that's all, except this here, which is either B r i x ton or t'" verkhus, rot yer vership pleases."—This history of Co ll i victions was given without the slightest hesitaion, an as a matter of course. Mr. Hardwick gave the boy option of making his election between a prison asaie, Marylebone workhouse, as h e appeare d to h ave a settle' atu ,, ,. went in that parish. Th e b o y, a ft er a s h ort pause, "", cided on giving the prison another trial. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY.—Daring Sunday week a rabbi took place at the batik of Messrs. Rogers, Olding. te l t Co., St. Clement's-lane, and notes and gold to the a rose, of £40,000 were stolen. It appears that the money W a deposited in the iron safe; and, as usual, a clerk was sr pointed to watch over its safety during the day, and tine; ther clerk to perfo rm th e like duty duri ng th e n i g ht. ( i n of the partners remaining a t h ome on S un d ay, the tl% clerk asked permission to go ou t f or a f ew hours, wbiv was granted. At the accusto me d h our i n t h e e vening other clerk came, and re ma i ne d d ur i ng t h e n i g ht; u s , when business was resu m ed on M on - a y, an d t h e i ro n as'" opened with the ordinary k e y, it was f oun d ent i re l y erntli and yet no force whatev e r h a d b een use d to r id t h e ches t of its valuable contents. Of course , a ll i s con jectur: upon the subject. Notes to the amount of £35.000 115% ; been stopped at the Bank. It is a remarkable circumstan connected w th this robb er y, th a t on th e morn i ng o f Me el day, when it was first discovered, there was no extern appearances from which suspicion could be entertaioe upon entering the office that any robbery had been pet De' trated, or attempt at robbery had been made. Every thiage was in its accustomed order; th e i ron sa f e i n w hich the cash arid securities wer-. regularly deposited was locke d ' and the iron chest in which it was usual to deposit t,U, master-key of the safe, to which there were two 100 , 1 7 was also secure. A large handbill was issued on Motl e ,,ii containing the particulars of the stolen Bat k of EoP e '' s notes, which amount altogether to £40,710. Of the,,s - notes there are 168 for £5, 40 for £lO, 37 for X . P l ' 10 for £3O, 12 for £4O, 9 for £53, 10 for £lOO, 5 for X2uui• 1 for £5OO, and 35 tor £lOOO. Th e h an dbill s tates tha t further particulars of the bills of exchange will be lished, and that whoever g i ve su i h i n f orma ti on as wi r lead to the apprehension of th e gu ilty p ar ty or parties, c' either of them, and re cover y o f th e p ro p er ty, o r any p art thereof, shall receive £3,000 reward, o r a part thereo f, proportionate to the sum which shall be recovered. of THE CORN TRADE.—The arrivals in the Thana... - kue wheat since the last market-day have been again lerge n t r ' s. . as the principal quantity of them is from Spalding, D ° a ton, and other places of shipment in Cambridgeobire Lincolnshire, the Mark-lane corn-factors have r eceive' , " but little, if any, benefit from this circumstance. These principle of c e b orn%e a ee purchasedere tthe u portsn er f the new Sir shipment,a Robert s being Pee the cheapest markets, at prices below mediocrity, by the London town millers, and therefore commissions of mid dlemen have been saved on the , e transactions. These gentlemen, following out this modern system of com merce, as soon as they have converted into town-made flour these wheats of north country growth, will most na turally send their manufacture for sale into the dearest market, which is always found by them in the British me tropolis, because there, and nowhere else, are the prices of fancy of household bread regulated and fixed by , the millers themselves. Whilst, therefore, the farmers of Lit!' colnshire and of Cambridgeshire are receiving for their wheats prices scarcely equal to the expenses of the pr o 's duction, even on new and on alluvial soils, the inhabitap ts of this populous metropolis receive not the slightest belie' fit from the depressed prices at which British wheats are now selling everywhere throughout the united kinetlu el ... From all quarters the intelligence received in Londo n within these last few days is far from being favourable to the British agricultural interest. From many of the coo try markets inferior qualities of th e l as t w h ea t crop an ruinously low prices are universal s ubje c t s o f cornets° 0 whilst from abroad, pu rc h ases o f uncommon l y fi ne forek, wheats are weekly now announced f or s hi pmen t to t 1 ; 1 ' country, as soon as, the navigation beco m e s practicable' scarcely any old wheat of Briti s h grow th rema ins this country, if the corn t ra d e was now i n a wholesOr and in a natural state, a prosp ec t at a ll events o f bette r times, after the conclusion of this m o s t un i on una te yea r ' l d " would at present cheer the spirits of our wheat farnxer e ' but with little short of half a millio n of quar t ers o f f o rd wheat already bonded in this country. and with thece e. . tainty of large importations from the Baltic, from the I diterranean, from the Canadas, and from the United Stat e :. of North America. as soon as shipments can be made "0 1 , safety to the cargoes, little chance i n deed ex i s t & of mu"; prosperous times. It is perfectly unnecessary h e for or e even to allude to the condition of the great mass of tb, agricultural labourers, for it will be ellfficult indeed, und er further depression in the cor n trad e , t o ren d er it CO' ... than it now is.—Mo• ning Post. DOMESTIC TRAGEDY.—Perhaps one of the most e f. fecting suicidal tragedies that has happened in the inette, polls for many years occurred on Monday at a very earl : hour. a t e dwelling of a Mr. Duckett, an ac c ountal No. 9, Raven-row, Mile end, viz., the self desti matte° Charles WM. Duckett, aged 21, son, and Elizabeth Barns, aged 22, lovers, f rom th e e ff- cts of pruss i c a c It It appears that for up war d s o f n'ne years the unfortun ate young persons who h ave f a ll en a sacrifice by the i r hands were closely attached to each other, and were titl e d known to have quarrelled. .On Sunday afternoon they h e t tea at Mr. Duckett's house, and took their departur e a t about half-pa s t fi ve o ' c l oc k, at the sane time stating tj they were going to church ; at which period they seen ) in excellent s pi r it s . Th e even i ng wore on, an d elce e rs o'clock havin g arr i ve d, th e usua l t i me f or t h e i r r etu d, having pas s ed, th e family became somewhat alarm Soon afterwards two brothers of the ill-fated girl visit e d Mr. Duckett, and inquired if hi s son or t h e i r s i s ter W ho been seen, she having not mad e h er a pp earance , a nd t o ') lateness of " the hour induced them to thi n k th a t they ti , io met with some accident. Unpleasa n t f ee li ngs o f were then felt by all. Messengers were despatcher' 11, round the vicinity in search of them, but without av,, e , t s At last, bstween one and two o'clock, whilst Mr. Dill',." o l was searching about the house, in the hope of fiou.,' s , some letter which would mention where they were g°, l l,e he discovered that his son's bed-room was fastened 011 1 ,' s t inside, the key being in the door. It being surmised t" 0 1 he had returned unknown to the family, and retired 0 6 rest, the door was broken open, and there, perhaps , 1 1 1 of the most saddeni ng scenes t h a t cou ld b e imagined ;Is presented to a pa ren t. Th e b o di es o f th e young ce ll ya r • were stretched o n th e b e d, lif e h av i ng b een extinct oPrei rently for some time, with their arms round each otTi s tr neck. Cup s were f oun d on eac h o f t h e i r sides, c"".1. smelt of prussic acid, as also two b o ttl es on th e tos e i rir. piece, which had contained that deadly poison. es t Deere, a surgeon of Mile-end-road, was promptlY S ib fi t for, who pronounced them to ha v e ex pi re d from * es t effective poison. As the bodies lay, it appears they fe t t l e have sat on the end of the bed when they committer' cry act, and fallen back. The poor girl's fe a tures were I be prepossessing. "It is our last wish .that this lever o f delivered into the hands of the above lady. Such is the l final request, and whosoever may find this, we praY 0 may give the same to her."—E. W., C. U. D. oft handwriting is that of the young man, and displays ° Oa firmness, being clear in the extreme. The borders Wes apparently been inked by one of them ; the lette e n sealed with black wax, with the following wo tl . v a o io l " Absence pains but cannot altar." No idea can be o r n . by the families of the deceased of the cause of the ot h ile rable occurrence. Their parents move in .the ru; s a ranks of society. The letter addressed to Miss ChsP be n was found to contain two epistles both addressed to' oil One was a piece of poetry in twenty-four verses• tt eD title is, " The Last Lay of Two Broken Hearts; ' 5 , 1. 4 / 0 and composed by C. U. D." The letter states , id be ere she (Miss C.) had received that epistle they svo il ,,io in the sweet sleep of death. Fate had marred his Lila this world. He was prepared to leave it, and sh e pr e whom he had lived had told him, if you die with o l, , 4 ol you will be my murderer,' and to use the words or . i" 0 01 Jane Grey, 'Death had no terrors.' " Both produ ct ' had deep black borders round theta.