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MMOOM Supplement to the Liverpool Standard. TUESDAY? OCTOBER 14, 1845. A BOLD PRESCRIPTION FOR THE REMOVAL OF IRELAND'S POVERTY. The calm and dispassionate reports of the Times " Commissioner," with respect to the real evils which be set unhappy Ireland, have drawn upon that gentleman the animadversions of men of all shades of political opi nion. The Repealer cannot endure to be told that any remedy is to be found for Ireland's present condition of social disorganisation except a Parliament in College Green ; whilst the native Irishman feels himself insulted when reminded of his improvident habits and his too-prevailing, though easily accounted for, in dolence and filthiness. The landlord class are indignant when told of the exorbitant rents which they draw from their distracted and impoverished tenantry •, and, when he points to the large quantity of improvable wastes to be brought under cultivation, they plead their mortgages and their comparatively necessitous condition—the com pulsion under which they labour to keep up their state and appearance, and their consequent total want of the capital to effect those improvements in their estates and Mode of their cultivation necessary to enable them to re pair the consequences of past improvidence. To the latter class of objectors, in summing up the conclusions suggested by his inquiries in the county Mayo, the " Commissioner" propounds the following somewhat bold suggestions, which, bold as they are, we cannot say are unworthy of the serious consideration of government : "Another plan for the Government to pursue I submit with greater diffidence, for I cannot quote precedent for it. It is this : —The majority of Irish estates are burdened with mortgages and settlements to such an extent that frequently the nominal owner is in a state of the greatest narrowness of means, and he finds it im possible to afford anything towards improvements, or to be able to do otherwise than exact the highest rent. His estate therefore de teriorates, his tenants are starving, and he himself is in a hopeless state of poverty. He cannot sell any part of his estate to free him self from his difficulties, because the mortgages and settlements are charges upon every part of it, and he cannot make a title for a purchaser; all this time he is paying 5 or 6 per cent. on these in cumbrances. I would suggest that the Government should pass an act of Parliament, enabling any landed proprietor to offer a por tion of his estate equal in value to the incumbrances upon it, at a fair valuation, to be properly ascertained and agreed upon by both Parties, and giving a clear title to the Government as the purchase of such pqrtion ; the Government, with the purchase money to pay off at once the mortgagees, or younger children having settlement claims, or to offer them funded securities as they might prefer. The Government then to offer in the market the portion of the estate purchased, with a clear title founded on the act of Parlia ment. There would be no want of small capitalists to purchase; and every such capitalist whe bought such an estate would set to work to improve-it, and spend money upon it. The original owner Would hold the remainder of his estate clear of incumbrances, and if anxious to improve, would then be able to do so. Fresh capital and energy would be let into the country. Vast and badly managed estates would be broken up into smaller and more manageable bulks, and a great amount of employment would be afforded to the People, whilst the immediate prospect of gain and competition would urge them on to improve, and into habits of steady industry. If Irish members of Parliament would turn their attention to some feasible object of this kind, and to secure a cheap jurisdiction by the barristers of loml courts over leases below a certain amount of sent—say £lO or £2O a-year, so as to insure that/ a lease shall be binding on both sides, then landlords would no longer be embar rassed, except by their own fault; they would be induced to give leases, tenants would be encouraged to improve, and! the people Would have employment and live in consequent comfort and con tent. If, however, they must have repeal first, or Protestantise the Whole country first, they will find that the chances of obtaining either object are about equi-distant : they will have ample oppor tunities of judging how profitable is talk,' but they will not remedy the evils of Ireland." Such a course as is here suggested might certainly do good, and is a practical course, although in its details it Might be attended with some intricacy of management. It is clear, however, that the particular evil, sought to be remedied by it, is very unlikely to be removed by May booth grants or academical bills; and equally clear it is that it is not one likely to cure itself, the habits of Irish proprietors considered, in less than a few generations. THE BISHOP OF ST. DAVID'S AND THE TOX TETH PARK PROTESTANT OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION. The Toxteth Park Protestant Operative Association in August last addressed to the Lord Bishop of St. David's the following letter, animadverting on some reported ex pressions used by his lordship on the occasion of one of the discussions on the Maynooth Endowment Bill in the Upper House : " To the Lord Bishop of St. David's. "My Lord ,—Our attention has lately been called to a Speech of your lordship's in favour of the Maynooth Bill, which appeared in the Times newspaper of the date of the sth of June last. In your speech as there reported, your lordship is represented as baying used some expressions which we humbly conceive to be altogether inconsistent not only with your lordship's high standing as a Prelate of the Established Church, but even with the feelings which should influence every true Protestant of whatever rank he may be. One of the expressions to which we refer, is as follows: The rule of never doing evil that good may come of it, however true in itself, is not applicable to the present case ; in this world it is applicable to a very few number of cases. There are very few instances of that unmixed good and unmixed evil on which such a rule can be brought to bear. If you strictly enforce this rule you will do no good, unless you can effect good of a nature perfectly pure and unmixed.' Now, my lord, this is the first time that we have ever heard it stated by a Protestant, that the Apostolical rule that we should not do evil that good may come of it,' admitted of any relaxation what ever. It is true, indeed, as your lordship justly argues, that we cannot in the present state of things attain un- Mixed good, but if your lordship means to assert (and in no other supposition can we see the drift of your argu ment,) that because we are placed in a dispensation of Mingled good and evil, we may therefore ourselves be the Promoters of the evil ; we confess we are unable to see the consistency of your lordship's views either with the word of God, or even with the dictates of sound common sense. In another part of your lordship's speech, you are re presented to have used some expressions which it is need less for us to quote ; but the avowed purport of which was to attempt to lower the high Protestant tone of the Coronation Oath, and to induce the Protestants of Eng land to believe that the terms Idolatrous and Super stitious' therein used, if applicable to Popery at all, are only so in a restricted and modified sense. Now, my lord, as simple-minded and (we trust) honest-hearted Protestants, we have hitherto been accustomed to call things by their right names, and we certainly never could have imagined that the day would come when a Protest ant Prelate would be found to assert in his place in the House of Lords, that the terms referred to when applied to Popery were one whit too strong. Were your lord ship's view of Popery correct, and were the terms Idola trous and Superstitious not applicable to that system of iniquity, we could in that case, hardly understand on what principles the reformation could be justified, at least to the extent to which it was carried, nor on what grounds the Cranmers, and the Ridleys, and all the host of mar tyrs whose blood stained the annals of Queen Mary's reign, surrendered their lives in testimony against a re ligion which after all (if according to your lordship's opini. n it could neither be called Idolatrous' nor Su perstitious') differed but little from their own. My lord, we are shocked at the very idea of the tone of the Coronation Oath being lowered. We believe that our respected Queen in making that oath entered into a solemn compact with her people, and a compact that she Is bound to maintain, no matter what may be the opinion of her Constitutional advisers.' And we trust, my lord, that there is still sufficient Protestant spirit among the People of England to insist upon the maintenance of that compact in all its integrity, and that should the day ar rive, when any traitors to the Constitution would propose (what your lordship seems to think might, under certain circumstances, be desirable), viz., the withdrawal of the above-mentioned terms from the Coronation Oath, the People of England will come nobly forward, and for the sake of the British Constitution. for the sake of their na tional independence, and on behalf of that deposit of truth which has been so nobly won for them by the blood of their ancestors, insist upon the removal from her Ma jesty's Councils of men who are seeking insidiously to subvert from the constitution the very principles of truth to which her Majesty owes her position as Sovereign of these realms. My lord, our station in life is but humble, and our language may seem strong; but when we find that we are deserted in high places, when we see even some of our Prelates ready to betray the bulwarks of the Constitution we are forced to speak out, and to express our steady de termination to enter our earnest protest against such sentiments as those expressed by your lordship, and:though 'unfortunately held by one of the Prelates of the Estab lished Church, we are glad to be able to assure your lordship are disowned by the majority of thinking Pro testants in Great Britain. We have the honour to be, My Lord, Your Lordships most obedient Servants, The Protestant Operatives of Toxteth- Park, Liverpool. Toxteth-Hall, Toxteth-Park, August 18, 1845." To this his Lordship replied as follows : " Abergwele, Carmarthen, Aug. 22, 1845. " SIR,—I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter addressed to me in the name of the Protestant Operative Association : and I think I cannot better skew my respect for the persons who have adopted a denomi nation which has so many claims on my sympa th y than by endeavouring to remove a misconception into which th ey appear to have been led by an imperfect report of my speech on the Maynooth question. I therefore send a "Pl' of a more correct report of it, for which alone I de sire to be answerable ; you will see from this that I did not propose any relaxation whatever of the rul e ' we !should not do evil that good may come of it,' but con tended that it was utterly inapplicable to the question of the Maynooth endowment. The real question as I appre oended, was not whether it was l awful t o do evil that good blight come, but whether that which the opponents of the rueasure called, was really so, or on the contraryNts and Others thought, so right and just that no calculations of aP,Parent expediency should be permitted to prevent its n ooPtion. On the other topics adverted to in your letter , I must let the language of my speech vindicate itself, as I believe It will do sufficiently in the judgement of all unprejudiced readers, and I em the less inclined to e nt e r int o a dis c_ussion ot them, as I perceive that you have i n a dv e rtentl y v'nfound e d together two perfectly distinct documents , the f Royal Declaration required by the Act of Se ttl e ment a will a nd the Cor on ation Oatb, and your remarks are equally PaPplion ly cable to what I said with regard to each of them. remark in conclusion, that I find no reason ha rd mr , leCteci • ' -r`• „ ro ct 1 oot NettlitT- GitATIS.] whatever to complain of the language of your letter as too strong. On the contrary as compared with that in which I have seen similar opinions advocated in other quarters, it appears to me very mild, moderate, and becoming. But if it had been much stronger, I should only have re gretted in this, as I have in so many other cases, that feelings which are entitled to my warmest approbation and respect, should have been perverted, through mis apprehensions, to objects which I consider alike incon sistent with the safety of the empire and with true religion and pure morality. I am, Sir, Your very obedient humble Servant, C. ST. DAVID'S. C. Hunton, Esq." NOBLE AND DISINTERESTED CONDUCT. Whilst we hear from every side complaints of the grasp ing conduct of members of provisional committees, who appear to have got themselves elevated to that station solely for the purpose of securing allotments of shares for themselves and their friends, it is gratifying to have to record an instance of noble disinterestedness which has just occurred in our own town. At a meeting of the Bol ton, Bury, and Wigan Railway, held on Wednesday last, the circumstance in question transpired as follows :—On the original projection of the line, the advertised number of shares was regularly allotted ; but a large number of these allotments became forfeited, the recipients not coming forward to pay the deposit. When the company was, in other respects, ready to go to parliament, it was found that they had not subscribed capital sufficient to enable them to comply with the requirements of the standing orders. The dilemma in which they were thus placed was discussed at their board; when a member of it, Mr. John Crosthwaite, of Liverpool. voluntarily came forward and relieved them from their difficulty, by taking up himself and paying upon the 1,500 shares, of which they were deficient. These shares thus became legally and justly Mr. Crosthwaite's own; and he was entitled to reserve to himself the large profit which he could have realised by their sale at present prices, viz., £51,000. With a fine sense of honourable feeling, however, Mr. Crosthwaite, at the meeting in question, placed the shares so taken by him at the disposal of the company, of which he had all along considered himself in honour the trustee ; and the shareholders by a unanimous vote, expressive of admiration at his conduct, directed that 500 of them should be placed at the disposal of the board, as a reward for their invaluable services. Any comment of ours upon such conduct would be out of place here. The narration of the simple facts of the transaction is sufficient. EXHIBITION OF THE LIVERPOOL ACADEMY SECOND NOTICE. In resuming our remarks upon the paintings in this ex. bibition, we shall this day devote our attention to a few o those which pretend the least, although perhaps not the least in merit. Amongst these are two portraits in the third room, by W. Huggins, the same young artist whose painting of Satan at the Ear of Eve, we noticed favoura bly in our last, and which has since grown in our estima. tion. The features of the gentlemen they represent are admirably brought out, and the clothing, &c. are very cleverly managed. The Battle of Snaw, by A. H. Taylor, is a pleasing subject, well painted. Dolly Varden, by Miss S. G. Thorn, is admirably cha racteristic. The painting of the brocaded dress is ex cellent. Christchurch Gate, Canterbury, by F. Mackenzie, is one of the best water-colour exteriors in the room. Mr. G. M. Greig has two very pretty subjects in water colour, one of them, entitled " Sunday Evening," in par ticular. The repose of the young girl, seated to the pe rusal of her Bible, is fine and impressive. The whole scene, indeed, is one which we should like to see prevail in every cottage and home throughout the land. Edie Ochiltree, by Matthew Wood, another water-co lour subject, is well conceived. You can see the rich, though mischievous humour of the old gaherlunzie work ing in his face, and might fancy that the artist had sketched him just at the moment when plotting his re venge upon the impostor Dousterswivel. The interior of an oratory, S. by Rayner, is another pleasing piece of water-colour painting. In the second room we have a very pleasing painting of Mariana, from Shakespeare's Measure for Measure, by Jas Eckford Lander. The melancholy of the character is finely expressed. A Village Scene, by F. R. Lee, R.A., in the first room, possesses considerable merit, as does the Interior of a Fisherman's Cottage, by Thomas Clater. The face of the old fisherman in this picture is an excellent piece of painting. H. Dawson has an excellent landscape in this room, No. 199, a Scene on the Trent , near Notting ham. The water is very finely painted. No. 177, An English Cottage Door, by G_ Lance, is ale° a meritorious picture. The quilled petticoat of the younger female is painted with great skill. No. 138, Windsor Castle, by C. Simms; No. 139, Young Deceivers, by H. Shirley; and 140, Chelsea Hospital, by C. Simms, are very appro priately placed together. They are three sweet little pic tures. No. 101, Sunday morning, by W. Collins, R.A., is a very pleasing subject, managed both with good taste and high art. A Light Supper, No. 81, by James Bateman, is a pleasing picture, full of humour and character. The dog, in particular, is well painted. Another picture, No. 90, entitled in the catalogue, " Morning—effect in the Catbedral at Modina during the Elevation of the Host," by S. A. Hart, R.A., is of high merit. The perspective and the lights are excellently ma naged, and the kneeling figures in the foreground display some excellent painting. No. 48, Morning. by A. J. Woolmer, is another pleasing picture of the unpretending order. We are glad, by the bye, to see so many paintings of this class appreciated and meet with purchasers. The public are generally too fond of running after the produc tions of known artists, whilst they neglect talent which does not assume and strive for notoriety by attempting what is beyond their reach. We see many large pictures in this exhibition by artists who would have done far bet ter if they had attempted less. J. R. Herbert's painting of the Pirates of Istria bearing off the Brides of Venice is one of those subjects which we cannot say that we greatly admire, although it ranks amongst the leading pictures in the exhibition. It con tains many fine pieces of painting, which indeed was to be expected from such an artist ; but in our opinion it is art and skill thrown away. There are not a few daubs scattered through the exhi bition under the denomination of portraits, which we really wonder to see where they are. Is there no recog nised standard of merit to entitle a painter to obtrude his works upon the public eye, or are such pictures intro duced as foils to their more talented neighbours? [POSTAGE FREE. whose deepest damnation will be his neglect of the fold of Christ. I write, sir, as a dying man to dying men. May the Lord of light, and life, and grace, and truth, have compas sion upon us, and pour out a new spirit upon us, binding our hearts together in love, our understandings in light, our lives in holy and united action. Above all, may He soon come who is to be "The repairer of the breach, the restorer of paths to dwell in." " Lord Jesus, come quickly." I remain, sir, Your obliged, obedient servant, JOSEPH BAYLEE. 29, Hamilton-square, Birkenhead, October 8, 1845. Eoral aith Vrobinrial 41.ttuO, Last week Lord L'ncoln made a tour of inspection of our river, docks, &c. On Wednesday, John Peeling, a brickmaker, died aw fully sudden in a brick field in Great Howard-street. On Sunday evenio4 week, two young men, (brothers,) named Riley, fell into the river at ,Seacombe Ferry, and one of them was unfortunately drowned. The Liverpool Exhibition, at Postoffice-place, is to be open to'the working - classes for three pence, at the close of the season. A respectable-looking country woman was safely de livered of a fine boy in the Bootle omnibus on the even ing of Monday week. The Preston Pilot says that the relative numerical strength of the two great political parties has not been much disturbed in North Lancashire by the late registra- tion. ADULT BAPTIST.—The right of adult baptism was per formed on the person of Miss Scholefield, daughter of Mr. Peter Scholefield, Leigh, in the parish church, on Sunday last, by the Rev. J. Irvine, vicar. In all probability the parliamentary contests at a gene ral election will not take place on the present list of vo ters, as, according to the best data now to be relied on, there will be no general election until 1847. TOWN-HALL DINNER. — On Thursday last, the Mayor entertained the Prefect of Paris and suite, and a party of about seventy gentlemen, at dinner, at the Town-hall. His worship gives his last official dinner on Thursday. ST. PALL'S WARD.—Mr. J. C. Thompson, the present very efficient representative of the ward, has been re ' quested to stand again, and Mr. Eyre Evans is the radical candidate. Mr. John Diggles, deputy-constable of Salford, and Mr. Ward, superintendent of the night-police, have been discharged from their offices in consequence of having paid to witnesses in assize cases less than the regular al lowance, pocketing the difference. SUNDAY SCHOOL SOCIETY FOR IRELAND.—A sermon will be preached on Sunday morning next in St. Anne's Church, Aigburth, on behalf of this excellent society, by the Rev. Dr, Drew, of Belfast. The society has at pre sent in connection with it 2,972 schools, containing 246,788 scholars, and 23,408 gratuitous teachers. DEFECTIVE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. —On Friday, a great number of informations for defective weights and measures, brought by Inspector Atkinson, were heard before his worship the mayor, at the sessions-house. The parties were all poor basket-women, inhabitants of coal cellars, &c., and the fines, in every case, trivial. BIRKENHEAD CATTLE FAIR.—The usual quarterly fair for the sale of horned cattle, sheep, horses, pigs, cheese, &c., was held on Wednesday last, at the vacant ground near the Gas-works. There was a good attend ance of butchers and dealers. The show of stock was, on the whole, considered indifferent. Some sales were ef fected in draught horses, and cows, and the former ap peared to be much in demand. The greatest amount of w business was done in pigs, which went off rapidly, and , brought good prices. Some few sales were made in cows ! and sheep, at extreme prices for good qualities. SUPPLE AND GENERAL C TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1845. The Watch Committee have appointed Thomas H. Redin, (superintendent of police at Essex , ) superintend ent of divisions, and Benjamin Ride (inspector of police at Birmingham,) and Inspector Anders, additional su perintendents. PROPAGATION SOCIETY.—Tbe donations from Liver pool during the past year on behalf of the Gospel Propa gation Society reached on the let instant the handsome sum of £1,368. Amongst the donors are Mr. R. B. H. Blundell, £100; Mr. John Crosthwaite, £100; Mr. C. Groves, £100; /tev. R. Leicester, £5O; Mr. W. Shut tleworth, £5O; and Mr. C. Turner, £5O. DEATH FROM EXCESSIVE JOY.—John F. Carter, a na tive of Staffordshire, who had been educated at Mr. Bar row's school, at Roby, but had been at America for six weeks, returned to this country on Friday fortnight. On the following day he went to visit his old master, and had not been in the house more than half an hour when be died. The opinion of the surgeon was, that death had been occasioned by excessive joy. REMOVAL OF TOBACCO UNDER BOND.—On the 15th day of October, no leaf or unmanufactured tobacco, of any description, unc'er bond, (save and except in the case of samples, duly ticketed and certified by the proper officer of Customs,) will be allowed to be carried or re moved from one warehousing port to another, or from warehouse to another in the same port, without a true and lawful permit, granted by the proper officer of Excise. THE MANCHESTER ATHENIEUISI SOIREE.—In addi tion to the distinguished persons who have already accept ed the invitation to a soiree on the 23d instant, Mark Le mon, Esq. (the editor of Punch), and Gilbert A'Becket, Esq., one of its distinguished contributors, have expressed their intention to be present. With these gentlemen, Douglas Jerrold and Charles Dickens, the soiree bids fair to be a glorious " Night with Punch." NORTHERN HOSPITAL.—The new building which has been lately erected in Great Howard-street, to replace the old hospital in Leeds-street, was opened on the 30th ult. for the reception of patients. This large and handsome structure, which is situated in one of the most populous parts of the town, and where such an institution is most required, is fitted up with every kind of convenience which can render it suitable for the purpose for which it was designed, and when in full operation, the building will afford accommodation for above 200 patients. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS —MORGAN'S IMPERIAL HOTEL.—The Earl of Gosford, Lady Blayney, Lord and Lady Olford, Lady Catherine Sanderson, Sir Francis and Lady Robinson, Sir Geo. and Lady Fetherstone and Family, Colonel Ward ; Major Webb, Captains Morris, R.N., Gloag, Bell, and Sanderson ; Geo. K. Pollock, Esq., Lady, and Family; Downing Haig, Esq. ; Rev. Mr. Atwell ; Geo. Whitfield, Esq. • Mrs. Sidney Cosby and Family ; A. Allison, Esq., Lady, and Family ; Mrs. Baldwin ; Messrs. Elvey, T. H. Thompson, M'Cully, Holroyd, &c. &c. DOCK COMMITTEE, THURSDAY.—The Harbour-Mas ter reported satisfactorily as to the working of the berth, at the Salthouse Dock, for vessels in the Lisbon trade, and also those at the Canning Dock for the Glasgow trade; and recommended that the plan be continued as at pre sent. Owing to a complaint as to the difficulty and in convenience of landing timber at the Brunswick quay, arising from parties not attending to the regulations, it was directed that for the present, until some more effi cient plan could be devised, the Superintendent and Har bour-master should restrain those discharging timber within proper limits; and in case of non-compliance with the regulations, the fines should be enforced. BILLIARD-TABLE LICENSES.--An application was made on Friday to Mr. Rushton, by Mr. Eyre, keeper of billiard-rooms, for a license under the recent act of the Sth and 9th Victoria. Mr. Rushton said, according to that act, before any license could be granted, it was im perative that notices should be given in the same manner as for a spirit license. Such notices, however, were re quired to be given in June and July, in each year; but as the act only received the royal assent on the Bth of August last, it was impossible to give the notices during the pre sent year. He should therefore advise Mr. Eyre to carry on his business as he had hitherto done ; and as far as he (Mr. R.) was concerned, no information would be enter tained for penalties under the act. Mr. Eyre thanked the magistrate, and withdrew. BLUE COAT HOSPITAL.--On Sunday morning last, after a most excellent sermon by the Rev. Rector Camp bell, the sum of £25 ss. was collected in St. Nicholas' Church, in aid of the funds of this institution. We re gret to learn, from a printed notice , distrib u ted in the church, that the annual subscriptions are at present £3OO less than they were a few years ago ; and an anxious ap. peal is made by the trustees to the liberality of a benevo lent public for increased support, to enable them to main tain the charity in its present efficiency. We sincerely hope this appeal may not be made in vain, especially when it is considered that the advance which has taken place in the price of provisions will unavoidably augment the ex penditure. The institution provides a home for the or phan and fatherless, and numbers have found an asylum who might otherwise have remained in total ignorance of the saving truths of the gospel, and have become outcasts to society. NEW FIRE-ENGINE.—On Tuesday, a new fire-engine, made by Mr. Farmer, of Birmingham, was exhibited at the Fire Police Station, Temple-court. The engine, which is very simple in its construction, is capable of throwing eighty gallons per minute to an altitude of forty feet; six men are required to work it. It consists of :a cistern about four feet long by two feet wide ; the water is drawn from the cistern by what the inventor calls the rotatory engine, which is simply a wheel of four fans, made to revolve in a circular box with great rapidity ; the water is by this means drawn from the engine by one pipe, and delivered through another, simultaneously . It will be useful for fires in hay-ricks or houses ; it would also be of service. in cooling salvages, for which purpose a rose-headed pipe is provided, distributing the water ex tensively ; but it appears to want power for such fires as occasionally happen in this town. SCOTCH CHURCH LAY ASSOCIATION.—On Wednes day, a public meeting of the friends of the Established Church of Scotland, for the purpose of promoting the schemes of the Church of Scotland, was held in the As sembly Rooms, Great George-street. Mr. Alderman Nicol was in the chair, and stated the object of the meet ing to be to induce their friends to support the five schemes of the Established Church of Scotland, namely, first, the education scheme; second, the foreign or Indian missions; third, the home mission ; fourth, the colonial mission ; and, fifth, the conversion of the Jews. The treasurer's account for the past year allowed a balance in the treasurer's bands of £3 4s. 6d. The meeting was subsequently addressed by Robert Rankin. Esq., the Rev. Robert Frazer, Rev. Mr. Herdman, J. McFie and George Grant, Esqrs., the Rev. J. Reid, and the Rev. Dr. Cumming; and resolutions proposed, embodying the sentiments of the meeting. BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS.—At the monthly meeting of this board, on Tuesday, the proceedings of the lighting and watching committee, recommending fifty additional lamps in the streets, with six constables, and one additional inspector, were referred to the Finance Committee. The tender of Messrs. Walker for the erec tion of the two grand entrance lodges to the park was confirmed, and three pairs of young swans for the lakes were ordered to be purchased. The proceedings of the Ferry Committee, which were confirmed, comprised an order to light the new parade on the slip with gas, and the erection of a red light at the ex re cnity ; the acceptance of a tender for the erection of the lighthouse, and ten lamps, at a cost of £265 ; the erection of a pay gate for the new north slip, which it was stated would soon be ready for opening; and the building of another new boat to meet the increased traffic. The Finance Com mittee reported that they did not thing it necessary to purchase land for a new fair and cattle market ; the rent of the lodges in the new Park were fixed as follows •—No. 1, £25 ; No. 2, £35 •, No. 3, not finished ; No. 4, 15 ; and No. 5, £l5. The board adjourned until the 17th instant. THE WEATHER AND THE HARVEST.—The weather latterly has been very unfavourable for tarvesting opera tions, though the greater part of the corn was cut and se cured in tolerably good condition previous to the present wet weather setting in ; the wet days being immediately followed by very dry ones, the corn which was cut was soon in a sufficiently dry state for the barn or the stack, but not so since the wet weather, which ensued on Wed nesday night week, when it rained heavily nearly all that day and the succeeding night; the consequence was, a great overflowing of all the lowlands in this neighbour hood. Corn on the lands in Lea, Sowerby, Inskip, We sham, and other places in the Fylde, which had been cut and not housed, was " band deep" in the water ; many acres of potatoes were also flooded. Yesterday week, and on Saturday forenoon, a great quantity of rain also fell ; Sunday, and the greater part of Monday, was fair, but on Monday night it rained again ; Tuesday was a dull showery day ; indeed, towards the close of the day, and at night, the rain poured down copiously, so that the ground continues wet. Wheat sowing, and even plough ing, is suspended. The corn that is cut, and not yet se cured, is prevented from becoming dry; some Wheat is yet uncut; a considerable quantity of Beans are cut, the crop of which is very good, but the wet weather is inju ring them. Potatoes and turnips are in general a good crop, although the former has suffered much from the rot and the frost, and both have been injured by the wet wea ther, even where the floods have not reached them. — Preston Chronicle. Intelligent as most certainly the community now are, comparatively with the state of society in former times, still there appears to have been one essential matter over looked in the search for intelligence and happiness. How often do Medical men recommend exercise to their pa tients for Indigestion, Liver Complaints, Costiveness, Sick Head-aches, &c. Females leading an inactive and thousands of both sexes are, through their sundry avocations, debarred from that exercise in a pure atmos phere which is essential to health ; to all sub, therefore, we would recommend the occasional use of that excellent Family Medicine, " Frampton's Pill of Health," which, as a restorative, a gentle aperient, and a promoter of a healthy action of the system, stands unequalled in public estimation. WHY IS A RAILWAY LIKE A BLANKET ?---BeCaßfe it's laid upon sleepers. CORRESPONDENCE. CHRISTIAN UNITY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. - - Sia,—l have read with attention Mr. Tod Brown's observations upon my recent letter to you respecting the late conference, and heartily respond to his kindly-ex pressed wish that we could think more favourably of the principles and designs of the conference. I can truly assure him that I shall give an earnest and prayerful perusal to the promised account of its proceedings. I wish to be nothing but a scriptural minister of Christ; and although no one is - responsible for any statements in this letter but myself, I can answer for my brethren of the Liverpool clergy, with whom it is my happiness to ace, that we desire in all things to follow the Lord's re vealed will. It is no pleasure to us to be separated from those who, we think, have without sufficient cause se ceded from us. For my own part, I have very strong opinions about church order and discipline, because I believe them to be in accordance with the mind of God as revealed in his word. To that blessed standard I desire to refer every thing, and if Mr. Brown can shew it to be scriptural, I will most gladly unite with his proposed plans. But, sir, I am much struck with the want of reference to the holy scriptures in all the religious controversies of the day ; and on reading Mr. Tod Brown's observations upon my letter, I was forcibly reminded of the same deficiency. Difference of opinion is the result of human judgment : true unity of opinion can only be found in divine teach ing. It is no wonder that we have so many unhappy divisions when we have so little appeal to scripture, and, I fear, still less waiting for the teaching of the blessed Spirit. May I not appeal to the heart and conscience of every true Christian, and :ask him, Is it the Holy Spirit's teaching that has rent the body of Christ into the party names which disgrace the fair face of true religion ? Is it either bigoty or intolerance to say that it is not scrip tural Christianity to be torn asunder into Free Church, Relief Church, United Secession Church, Wesleyans, Independents, Baptists, &c. ? Has not the Holy Spirit said, " Whereas there is among you envying and strife and DIVISIONS, are ye not carnal?" (I Cor. iii. 3.) Now, sir, how stands the case between the Scottish delegates and the Liverpool clergy. Seven denominations come amongst us, inviting us, not to Christian union, but to co-operation in the diffusion of Scriptural Christianity, and in the removal of grievous - errors. We believe that Christian union ought to precede Christian co-operation. We gladly acknowledge all that is good amongst our Scottish brethren, but when they ask us to unite with them, we feel that the very importance of the proposed ef forts renders it still more important that the means to be employed should be scriptural. Without in the least im pugning the personal piety of our brethren, I cannot shut my eyes to the character in which they have presented themselves to us, and in which they have addressed Eng lish Christians. They designate themselves delegates of the Free Church, Relief Church, and five other rents in the body of Christ. They address English Christians as simi larly torn. One would have hoped that the object of their address would have beenito unite in humiliation and prayer for the removal of such a blot upon the Christian name, and such a practical denial of divine teaching. But, alas ! It is far otherwise. They subscribe their hands to their unscriptural divi sions. They propose no remedy for the same—they ex press no humiliation for them, nay, they are still recent with the guilt of a new division, and in such state they come amongst us to combine against Puseyism and Popery. May I ask Mr. Brown to tell us from Scripture, is it or is it not a sin for Christians in Scotland to be rent into seven denonainatinns ? Is it a carnal condition, and one of spiritual babyhood? 1 Cor. 3., ver. 1-3. And is carnality and babyhood the state in which we can expect to be successful warriors for Christ ? I write this, sir, in much anguish of heart. Let not my dissenting brethren count me their enemy because I tell them the truth. The Lord in his mercy grant them grace seriously to lay it to heart. My objection may appear to Mr. Brown but "the sha dow of a shade," and yet I am not without hope, that on referring to his bible he will see that we have done well to pause, before we unite with Christian brethren who ex press no sense of humiliation for their own unscriptural schisms, when they invite us to co-operate against the er rors of others. But Mr. Brown says, being men of piety they felt it, and that " if Mr. Baylee consult the prelimi nary documents he will find that such a sense of humili ation is both implied and conveyed." I have consulted the documents and have been unable to discover it. To the second objection referred to by Mr. Brown he has offered no other answer than a simple assertion. He declares that the "dissenting brethren of the seven deno minations, and the evangelical ministers of the established churches," are agreed as to what Popery, Puseyism, and Christianity really are. Would to God, sir, that they were. I cannot consent to Mr. Brown's definition of scriptural Christianity, namely, "Those cardinal truths, the knowledge, belief, feeling, and practice of which will, with God's grace, save the soul." They are part of scriptural Christianity. But although the most important, they are only a part. Scrip tural Christianity is that whole system of doctrine, discip line, morals, revealed by God in the Chtillstian scriptures. We are invited to unite together for the diffusion of scrip tural Christianity, and then we are compelled to accept as scriptural Christianity, the retention of some parts and the omission of other parts of revealed truth. I would ask Mr. Brown, does he believe unconditional election, the baptism of infants, and the endowment of the church by the state to be parts of scriptural Christianity ? If he do, why call that scriptural Christianity which consents to omit them ? If he do not, why retain them ? I would tremble at writing such a statement as that, " they do not differ in their views of what is INDISPEN. SIBLE in scriptural Christianity." Our blessed Savi our's words on this subject are very solemn, " Whosoever, therefore, shall break one of THESE LEAST COMMAND MENTS, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven." Math. v., 19. I thank God for the amount of agreement between the seven denominations and us upon the great doctrines of scriptural Christianity. It is because of this that I recog nize and love them as dear brethren in Christ. But I cannot consent to man's curtailment of Divine revelation and calling it scriptural Christianity. I am still unable to see any " sophism, polished and pointed," in my statement that " unity of action must be the result of unity of mind." I believe it is a truth which will commend itself to every man's judgment. May we be more in prayer to the Author of Unity for that true unity which comes alone from him. Mr. Brown seems to think it an answer to my assertion that there would be amongst the delegates " such an amount of disagreement as would be quite sufficient to mar true and vigorous unity" to say that the conference did agree. He has failed, however, it, shewing that they have true and vigor ous unity. 1 call upon him to chew, from scripture, that a combination of seven denominations agreeing to con tinue rent asunder is true unity. Can he reconcile such a unity with that enjoined by the Holy Ghost, " I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you ; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind, and in the same judgment." 1 Cor. c. v. 10.—Sir, these are solemn words, and it is unbelief in the Spirit's teaching and grace to think them impractic able. My next objection, quoted by Mr. Brown, is, " We feel that to agree together to suppress large portions of what some of us believe to be Divine truth is not scriptu ral unity." To this Mr. Brown answers that there is a great difference between not pressing and suppressing, and asks if 1 would speak to a convinced sinner about election or episcopal coders. I answer that the cases are not paral lel. The Scottish delegates call upon us to acknowledge as " Scriptural Christianity" revealed truth, with large suppressions. What parallel is there between this and bringing before the sinner those portions of Divine truth which:his case most needs? "I am pure from the blood of all men, for I have not shunned to declare unto you the whole counsel of God," was the blessed saying of the true minister of Christ. Acts, c. xx., v. 26-27. 1 have now examined all Mr. Brown's statements, and cheerfully leave the matter to the prayerful judgment of your readers. As ministers of the Church of England, I believe that we have a scriptural title to a position in the Church of Christ which we are not at liberty to relinquish ; that no body of christians, separate from the church, can show scriptural grounds for their separation. In leading the devotions of our people, we solemnly pray, From all heresy and schism, good Lord deliver us." The Canons of our Church, agreed upon by the assembled clergy in convocation, dictate that there are no bodies of christians separate from us, which have a true claim to the title of a Church of Christ. The Bible commands us to be one body" as well as " one spirit." The Saviour's almost dying prayer was, that we might be one. We would, therefore, be most unfaithful to our solemn trust did we not warn our dissenting brethren of their unscriptural polf sition. we are wrong in all this, let it be shown. Let it be shown from Scripture, and I, for my part, will most gladly acknowledge my error. Truth, sir, is the interest of us all. I have the deepest and most solemn conviction that our church is right in her declarations against heresy and schism, and whatever odium it may draw upon me, I trust I am prepared to en dure it for the truth's sake. The great searcher of hearts knows that I write this in no unkindly spirit. He knows how earnestly I pray for a larger outpouring of the spirit of love, and light, and peace upon us all. He knows how far lam from a vain glorious boastfulness respecting our church. I reverence her as a divine institution, I believe separation from her communion to be a sin. But I mourn over her sins and imperfections. I feel far more unity with a pious dis senting minister than with a Tractarian clergyman or a worldly-minded one. The first I regard as my dear bro ther in Christ, in a bond which will be perfected and per petuated in Heaven. The second I regard as a perverter of the Gospel of Christ. The last is an unhappy being, TO THE REV. JOSEPH BAYLEE, M.A., &c. &c. Paget Priory, Kilcock, Ireland, Oct. 8, 1815. REVEREND BROTHER, — The violence that too often disgraces the pulpit and the platform, with the want of christian charity, visible in the clergy of all denomina tions, being totally irreConcileable with the spirit of the gospel, and of our religion, founded thereon. I shall be excused for expressing the great pleasure I felt in reading in the Liverpool Standard of 30th ultimo (accidentally met with) your " Thoughts upon the means of promoting true christian union," introduced in the latter part of your " Reasons for not attending the meetings of the Scottish delegates," on the Ist instant. It is indeed lamentable that " the spirit of true cbristian love" you advocate does not fill the minds of all our brethren, and I have no hesitation in expressing my con viction, that its absence forms a principal cause of the continuance of dissent, and operates as a powerful barrier to conversions from the Church of Rome. Amid the excitement of party and the tumult of fanati cism, " the common brotherhood of all who call upon the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord," is equally forgotten with the fact " that they are our baptized brethren !" and it is cheering to see the clergy and laity reminded of both, in the tone, and with the energy you have employed, " hold ing fast the profession of your own faith without waver ing," while raising the character of our holy religion, and placing it on a true vantage ground, by excising the wen of bigotry, and extinguishing the embers of perse cution. That your example may produce imitation, and imitation tend to unity and conversion, is the heartfelt wish and prayer of Reverend brother, Your obedient servant, E. TIGHE GREGORY, D.D., LL.D., Rector and Vicar of Kilmore, Meath. Orntrai ;INlsrellanp. Lord Brook, Conservative, will be the new member for South Warwickshire, Mr. B. King having retired. Mr. Newman has resigned his Oriel fellowship and re nounced a connection with the Church of England. There are 2,695 brewers in the United Kingdom, and 86,234 licensed victuallers. At the Middlesex registration court, last week, nine teen persons claimed to vote on a house belonging to a building society, and had their claims a)lowed. A man named Brooks is now in custody at Bath on a charge of having married no less than FIVE wives, his first being still alive, as well as the second and fourth. There is some talk of the conversion of Bristol into a free port, the Corporation purchasing the docks and har bour, and laying a borough rate for their support. The Rev. Ambrose St. John, M.A., student of Christ Church, Oxford, has resigned his studentship, and con formed to the Roman Catholic. Church. RIGHT OF PEERS TO VOTE AT ELECTIONS.—The re vising barristers, at the East Surrey registration at Croy don, decided this question the other day in the negative. A groom at the Greyhound Tavern, Clapham-road, was killed on Wednesday by the wheel of a carriage pass ing over his body. Captain the Hon. W. 11. Leicester, of the Grenadier Guards, brother to Lord de Tabley, has burst a blood vessel, and is not expected to survive. M. Thiers arrived at Southampton on Thursday even ing from Gibraltar in the Queen. The wine crop has failed in the Douro. On Monday week, a house in Fleet-street was set on fire by the explosion of gas, which had been allowed to escape from the pipes. A woman and a boy were fright fully burnt. By the death of Lord Spencer a pension of £1,340, granted to the late Edmund Burke for the lives of the Princess Amelia, the last Earl Spencer. and the late Wil liam Cavendish, Esq., determines. The death of Mr. Ramsbottom has created a vacancy in the representation of Windsor. Several candidates are named, among others Sir John de Beauvoir, Mr. John Walter, and Col. Reid. The Times " Commissioner" has written to Mr. John O'Connell, denying that he was the author of the letter signed " John Foster;" and Mr. John has therefore withdrawn what he said personally offensive to the former gentleman. ANOTHER OF MR. NEWMAN'S PUPILS.—Mr. J. D. Dalgairns, M.A., of Exeter College. Oxford, who has been some time resident with Mr. Newman, at Little more, has made his formal submission to the Romish Church. CURTSEYING. —Among the advertisements in the Times we find the following novel announcement :—" The art of curtseying taught in four lessons, for one guinea, from the reception-curtsey to that most in vogue in elegant society." MAKING HAY WHILE THE SUN SHINES.—I under stand that the Times, Chronicle, and Herald, are each at present making from £3,000 to £4,000 a-week by railway advertisements !—London Correspondent of Inverness Courier. On Monday week, at Camberwell, a dispute about eighteenpence arose between John Walsh and a person named Booth, which led to blows, from the effects of which Booth died. The men lodged in the same house, and the deceased was in bed when he was attacked. On ISteurday week an elderly man named Fisher was attacked by a cow at Ossett, near Wakefield, which caught him with her horn in the inner part of the thigh, and tore his body so severely that he died in about a quarter of an hour. An explosion of combustible materials occurred at the house of Mr. Jackson, firework maker, of Harlow West Marsh, a few days ago. The upper part of the house was blown to pieces and the unfortunate occupier and his son were killed. The British Fishery Society have incurred penalties to the amount of £7OO by net having a life-boat at Wick, as required by Act of Parliament. This sum will be de manded for behoof of the surviving sufferers. Eight lives appear to have been lost. PRESENT TO PRINCE ALBERT.—A few days ago, a' miner named Jones, residing at Gwern y rnynydd, sent a dozen walking sticks as a present to Prince Albert; and on Sunday a note from his Royal Highness acknowledg ing the present was received, enclosing a £5 note. At Ruthin fair on Tuesday and Wednesday, upward; of ten thousand sheep were penned, a great number of which were sold at improxed prices. The cattle fair was small ; and no great quantity of business was done, in consequence of the absence of English buyers. The pig fair was very brisk. DEATH FROM SMOKING.—A few days ago Mr. C. Sewell, chemist, Boston, Lincolnshire, died from the effects of an inveterate habit of smoking cigars. He fre quently consumed thirty a day, which had brought on so great a debility, that he died from the rupture of a small blood vessel. THE PARISH AT LAST.—John Matthews, aged 114, residing in the parish of Llandilo-Tolybout, together with his daughter, applied for relief, for the first time, at a meeting of the Swansea board of guardians, on the 18. h inst. He was formerly a farmer and cattle drover, but for the last thirty years bad been supported by his chil dren. An order was made for 6s. a week.—Cambriun. AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS FOR NORTH AMERICA. —On Saturday week the Toronto, 700 tons burden, sailed from the St. Katherine's Docks, London, having on board 60 steerage passengers, all agricultural labourers. from the counties of Bedford, Buckingham, and Oxford. On board the same vessel the collection of wild beasts belonging to Van Amburgh proceeded on their voyage to New York. A few days ago a poor woman, who was five or six months advanced in pregnancy, the wife of a labouring man, and mother of two healthy children, residing at No. abdomen. negv ethrye between luinm bownßah and d m t a ch u i l n d i r o e n n e a x r i e s ts e x c f r e o e m d n the 7 , Gloucester-place, London, was delivered of still-born c f tw e i h oe m e lni s a t fc l e no t rn o m t d h t n u e s i n n hf d ea e tu ve re n , e t x h c is ep i t s ing no th t at a por de formity. They measure 12 inches long, and are 2lbs. 30z avordupois weight. Their features are well made and re gular. BROTJGH HILL FAIR, WESTMORELAND.--This most important cattle, sheep, and horse lair, took place on Tuesday and Wednesday week. It was attended by the largest dealers from Scotland, Ireland, and the most southern parts of England. The show of Scotch and Irish cattle of various descriptions was a very large one, but in consequence of a number of the droves being affected with the murrain, not so much business was transacted amongst them as otherwise would have been, and great numbers remained unsold ; still it could not be said that there was any falling off in the prices. Back ward calvers were in great demand. There were many thousands of Scotch and other sheep en the hill, many of which had the disease, which was the means of causing the farmers and dealers to be cautious in making pur chases. A good deal of business was done amongst the sheep at excellent prices. The show of horses was not so large as in former years, and there was a scarcity of valuable and first-rate horses, which were much looked after by the dealers, and those which were sold brought good prices, varying from .£3O to £6O and £65. Good roadsters were soon sold at fair prices. There were a number of south country dealers who looked after good strong draught horses, the best of which were sold at from £l6 to £35 each. There was a fine show of High land ponies. MMERCIAL ADVERTISER. - 6z_ i d aw i r ly.,“,,e, ( ?,zz, , 5 Z e e l I / 2 A iitl ,s"rltia-tr? ,/iwdt,;e7,y WM /I.c/a "fa ( aeel 3,4,i..e,A,1ep )4,/ ENT TO A LUCKY DISCOVERY.--A few days ago, as Mr. Bette. of Stowmarket, was about to repair an old chest of draw ers he had purchased at an auction a day or two before, to his agreeable surprise he found money to the amount of .£240, all in Bank of England notes, upwards of 110 years old.—lpswich Express, A Goon SPECULATION.—Many of our rea,:rs may remember " the cabbage eater" of old London -bridge — a hulking fellow, with the happiest face of ravenousness that ever beggar possessed—who used to sit half naked upon the old bridge, greedily devouring raw cabbage leaves from year's end to year's end for many years. He calculated that as 50,000 people crossed the bridge daily— and as one in a hundred, moved by his apparent wretch edness, would give him a halfpenny—he would realise more than a pound a day ; and, though his private dietary made ample amends for his meals in the open air, it was said at the time of his death, some dozen years ago, that he died worth one or two thousand pounds. NEW MODE OF PAYING ATTENTION.-011 Saturday, a young fellow, eighteen or nineteen years old, named Davidson, whose father is known as a coach-shaft painter, was charged at Worship-street police-office, w i t h ta theannn nocHamilton said actress sel a y t e t s h s e n : irn i g . she was returning home from the saloon, about half-past annoying ianr gace Th e atrical r Miss ofE a m s p m a ol Saloon, iocne Ha m ilton, o ns tH orton, ab l and nmd ifsasl eleven last Saturday night, when she first saw the prisoner, who told her that his inspector had instructed him to fol low her in plain clothes, and see her safe home. She told him he must be mistaken in the person ; but he said " No, you are Miss Hamilton ;" adding, a letter had been received at the station, requesting that it might be done, as certain parties had laid a scheme to carry her off. Several nights he followed her in the same way, and, in answer to objections from her, said that, however dis agreeable, he must do his duty, and see her safe home He subsequently told her that his sergeant had fined him• fifteen shillings for neglecting his duty on Tuesday. Complainant said she became rather alarmed, and mentioned the matter to her friends, and on Friday night. the prisoner having met her in the usual way, was de tained by some of her friends. The prisoner admitted that there was no truth in any of the statements he had made, and that he had no connexion with the police, but thought he should be a policeman when he became of age. He gave no account of his reasons for his conduct towards Miss Hamilton. The magistrate sentenced him to pay a mitigated penalty of 20s, or be imprisoned one month. The prisoner was committed in default of payment. EXPENDITURE FOR RELIGIOUS PURPOSES A parliamentary paper, obtained by Mr. W. Williams, the member for Coventry, has just been issued, contain ing further returns of grants for support of all religious denominations, and for building and repairing churches, &c. The first part of the document has reference to all grants of public money for the support of all religious de nominations in the united kingdom, and elsewhere, ex cept the colonies, including expenses of visitations and excursions of bishops, archdeacons, and clergy, or con nected with foreign embassies and missions, distinguish ing the amount received by each denomination. It ap pears that from 1830 to 1844, inclusive (a period of 15 years,) the Church of England had grants of public money amounting to £4,441 38. 2d.; the Church of Scotland, £349,908 10s. 9d. ; the Church of Rome in Ireland, £136,152; Protestant Dissenters, England, £27,514 12s. 3d. ; and the Protestant Dissenters, Ireland, £424,261 Is. 9d. In the same period the expenses of the clergy connected with foreign embassies and missions amounted to £88,742 17s. 51d., and the expenses of bishops and clergy on journeys of visitation and passages out and home, £7,199 ls. 10d. The expenses of building and re pairing churches and chapels, including the drawback of duty on materials used, were—in England, £226,952 18s.; in Scotland £65,791 ss. 9d. ; and in Ireland, £277 7s. 9d. The amount received by the Church Building Commis sioners for interest on Exchequer-bills, loans, &c., was £59,665 Bs. 9d. The amount of the arrears of tithe and the expenses, &c., under the tithe million and other acts for the relief of the clergy in Ireland, was £957 ,496 13s. 7d. The expenses of the commissions for building new churches in that period amounted to £56,349 16s. 10d., and the expenses of the commissions for the commutation of tithes in England and Wales were £317,800 10s. 3d., and those under the head of " Ecclesiastical Purposes," £23,300. The result shows that, in the year mentioned, £2,745,853 Bs. id. was expended for the purposes set forth. The second branch of the return shows the grants of public money for the " building and repair of churches and chapels" of all denominations from 1800 to 1829. In England the total was, for churches, £1,588,401 19s. 7d. ; in Scotland, 68,564 15s. 6d. ; and in Ireland, £633,745 14s. 2d., of which £2,113 3s. Id. was granted for building and repairing Roman Catholic chapels. The grand total applied under the second head of the return was £2,290,712 9s. 3d. The details of the two returns are given in papers annexed to them. THE REVENUE. An Abstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue of Great Britain, in the Years and Quarters ended the 10th of October, 1844 and 1845, showing the Increase or De crease thereof. YEARS ENDED OCT. 10. 1844. 1845. Incr. Decr. £ £ Customs .. 20,243,505 18,652,552 . 1,590,953 Excise.. Stamps Taxes Property Tax 5,158,470 5,127,126 .... 31,344 Post Office 672,000 688,000 16,000 Crown Lands.. 135,000 145,000 10,000 .... Miscellaneous . 696,357 902,960 206,603 .... Total Ordinary Revenue.... 49,603,514 48,774,504 793,28 7 1,622 , 297 Imprest & other Moneys.... 181,515 406,619 225,104 .... Repayments of Advances Total Income 50,741,622 , 50,506,883 1,387,558 1,622,297 150,741,622 Deduce ;50,506,883 Increase . ;1,387,558 1 1,622,297 1,387,558 Decrea .se on the Year.. 234,739 QUARTERS ENDED OCT. 10. 1844. 1845. 1 Incr. I Decr. £ £ I £ Customs 6,002,855 4,848,363 1 .... 1,154,492 Excise Stamps Taxes . Property Tax 1,938,711 1,823,883 .... 134,828 Post Office Crown Land , Miscellaneous 220,961 465,102 244,1411 .... ----- Total Ordinary Revenue.. . . 14,220,544 13 , 312,908 387,62811,295264 Imprest &other Moneys .... 28,117 24,591 .... 3,526 Repayments of Advances .. 123,692 473,881 350,1891 .... Total Income ,14,372,353 13,811,380 1 737,817 1,298,790 114,372,333 Deduci 13,811,380 ;Increase L 298,790 737,817 Decrea: ;e on the Qi tarter... 560,973 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. The celebrated race-horse Hebert de Gorham, which broke down while running for the Cumberland Plate, at the Carlisle races, has been sold at Duncaster for £5OO. At a trotting and galloping match, at Wimbleton-com mon, on Thursday, Mayler's pony beat Cable's horse for £lO aside. A quoiting match between Mr. D. Weir, of Glasgow, and Mr. A. Smith, of Mauchline, for £lOO, was won, after five days play, by Weir, who scored 290, whilst his antagonist only scored 265. Weir has now gained two out of three games. FOOT RACE. — The great Foot Race, for £lOO. between Atkin-on, of Spark-bridge, near Ulverston, and Tetlow, of Hollinwood. near Manchester, came off on Wednes— day, on a mile of measured ground on the highway, be tween Lowick Bridge and Nihthwaite, eight miles from Ulverston. Atkinson had 25 yards advance given of his opponent, and he maintained decided advantage during the first quarter of a mile, when Tetlow made a spring and bolted up to him in grand style, and afterwards left him in the rear. Poor Atkinson gave up the contest when about 600 yards from the winning post, completely exhausted. PHILOSOPHY OF TOYS.—Give a child a shut box and it will probably examine it all round, and in a very short time toss it away. The sight gratified for a little, but a change of image was desired, and this was the most obvi ous method of procu'ing a obange. By this act the child brings up the consciousness of exertion ; and the sight of a moving thing reproduces former images of motion and activity. Show it that the box opens, and it resumes the study of it—shuts it itself, opens it again ; thus reverting from image to image, and delighting in the transformation as the work of its own hands. It will now be long ere It orepar tof melody the resort to the extreme step of throwing it away, and seek ingother observations on childhood, we can see that a toy, which has nothing moveable or changeable about it, is a it back to throw it away again. From this and all very imperfect thing ; it has little source of thought in it. With a finely- fi nished ornamental toy—an e ffi gy of a man. a dog. or bird—a child will not lose much time ere it treat it as it would a stick, .. or a spoon , or an old cannister, produce m " o it u h th it to to rest ideas of life and . motion, and self-exertion —toss it away of sucking the breast. It is a very common error to con found toys with ornaments in amusing children. We hear a nurs e, . on holding up a pretty bauble to an infant. — v i z o . ; apply bea beat the it t t : b it l s e and d asura the saying, " See, such a pretty thing ! " as if the child's Ca pacity of enjoyment as yet contained nothing but a love of dazzle. It !s common, too, to present to the eye what is not given into the hand—a very thankless indulgence. The sense of beauty and of nice imitation are of late growth. What childhood needs is copiousness of images. resembling, and fit for restoring those broad palpable ideas which it has been able to g ain —to keep the faculty of identification and recovering of the past working all the day long. It is thus preparing itself for the highest oper ations of intellect in mature life. By indulging it i n noises and rapid motion s o f all kinds, we are . besides ideas breeding happiness, cultivating of activity, bustle, ! and life, which are the foundation of the habits of the L smart active workm an or man of business, the animated, - rapid, vehement orator, or the stake-all enthusiast. — Westminster Review. b to poe' d `l ,ir ' 300' 0( 1°4 e ais , I . 40 Ilv Mr s ' t S t ' f i 003 abet ust le s e° o th° to° ho rs ' R og e ' 3 ,10, ~c 0" jso ll ' We re t di° :0 I t l ' .• :ie t° et it io? t ; it sl Otie Dl' s tab ' e sto , f or co es , .01 0 fro 13• d 01 0 at re ,fir, A 01 3d•