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PatilamEnts HOUSE OF LORDS.-73 ,, ,,,, y The Bishop of Exe.TEit gave notice, That otr the 25th instant he would call the attention of their lordships to the report of the committee on the national system of education in Ireland. Lord KLBOU Na stated, in answer to inquiry from the Mar quis of Londonderry, that there was no truth in a statement in the pnb:it journals, that in consequence of the interfeieuce of ber majesty, or her majesty's government, the appointment of one individual had been cancelled, and another made, to attend the coronation as the representative of France. The Earl of WirscHILSEA moved for copies of letters ad dressed by the Home Secretary to the Lord-lieutenant of the county of Hereford, with regard to the reduction of the yeomanry. . . . Lord Sh:LBOURNE said, that there was no objection to the motion. After some conversation, the motion was agreed to. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MoNDAY. Sir G. STR:cKL ND reported from the Flull election com mittee, that Mr. W. Wilberforce had not, and that Mr. Hutt ben duly elected; and that Sir J. C. James had been dui• returned. _ .iir E. Wit MOT intimated his intention to propose to defer the motion of which he had given notice, regarding slavery, till the 2.2,l of this month. Sir R. PEEL inquired, with the view to more efficient legis lation regarding `• juvenile offenders," on which subject there was a bill before the house, whether there would be any ob jection to write to those societies that had taken an interest in the qnestion for the results of their investigations, so that par liatnent might have the benefit of them? Lord S. ltirsssi:Lt answered, ►hat he was ready to adopt that course. _ _ . The house then avtin resolved into► committee on the benefices pluralities bill;the desultor► discussions and divisions on which occupied a considerable portion of the remainder of the sitting. HOUSE OF LORDS.—TuEsnAr. The poor law loan bill was read a second time. The Earl of Snit KWSBURY (after having stated, in answer to the Duke of Wellington, that he did not intend to take the. Huse of the horise on his na , ,tion.), proceeded to call the atten tion of the house to a copy of the despatch from the governor or acting lieutenant-governor of the Island of Malta to his late Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonial Department, re specting.the appointment of the Bishop of Malta to be a mem ber of Ile council of governtnent of that island; and also of the despatch announcing the refusal of the said bishop to take the 'oath required by law to be taken by him on the acceptance of such appointment, and his resignation of the same; together withidocutnents - received from the said bishop on occasion of such his refusal and resignation. ` His Lordship then moved fbr pipers, consisting iif correspondence, &c., with the view of showing that the oath had nut been repudiated at Rome. Much interesting discussion took place; hut the motion was withdrawn, Lord Mitt-BOURNE declering that the papers con , slated chiefly of correspondence with ecclesiastics, the produc tion of which wuuid be establishing a very inconvenient pre cedent. - - The motion being withdrawn, their lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TuzspAy. Leave was given to the Waterford election committee to ad journ till Monday, although Mr. O'Colmitt, made an effort to prevent it. The Farringdon-street (London) " improvement" bill was read the second time, after some interesting conversation as to the mode of paying for the proposed improvement. Mr. W A.K LEY mentioned that in the metropolis improvement committee a resolution for granting £150,000, forthe rebuilding of the Rural Exchange, had been adopted. Lord PA LMERSTON, in answer to Dr. Lushington's inquiry, said that the seizure of certain English vessels by the French, in 1831, on the coast of Africa, was the subject of negociation, and that the justice of the case being clear, he could not per suade himself that it would nut be attended to by the - French government. Lord 111 A HON intimated that he should move his resolutions regarding the trial of controverted elections as an amend►rfent upon Sir R. Peel's measure. FIRST FRUIT, ANT) TENTHS Mr. BA INES, who had given notice for a select committee, moved that the house resolve into committee " to take into con sideration the propriety of abolishing the first fruits of the clergy of England and Wales, and the more effectual rating, and the better collection of the tenths applicable to the main tenance of the clergy." Several attempts were made to "count nut" the house; af ter which there was a division on the main question, which was carried by 48 to 27, being a majority of twenty-one against the ministers ! The house then resolved into the committee, pro forma, re potted progress, and obtained leave to sit again on Wednes- Clay. Some returns having been ordered, and bilk► forwarded a stage, the house adjourned early. HOUSE OF LORDS.-WEDNESDAY ItOY4L ASSENT. . At font' o'clock the Lord ehancell;;;the Archbishop of Can terbury, and Earl Shatlest-nry, took their seats as Lords Com missioners, when the royal assent was given by commission to the following bills which had passed both houses:— The consolidated Fund Bill, the Benefices Clergy Bill, the Haileybury College Bill, the Ribble Navigation Bill, the West India Dock Bill, the Cookhain Bridge Bill, the Brecon Market Bill, the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Small Debts Bill, and se veral road and indosure bills. The house then adjourned during pleasure. At five o'clock the Lord Chancellor took his seat on the woolsack. TwO petitions were presented, and the house adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-WEDNESDAY. The Speaker took the chair at four o'clock. Mr. WADDINGTON took the oaths and his seat for the wes tern division of the county of Suffolk. The Curbridke (Oxford) Inclosure bill was read a second time. _ _ _ The Bristol and Exeter Railway Bill, the Birkenhead Im provement Bill, and the Oakhau - i Small Debts Bill, were read a third time and passed. A. great number of petitions praying for a total and immedi - - ate abolitidn ofslavery were presented. The Marquis of CHANDo►S presented a number of petitions fronfaifferent parts of the country against the Bonded Grain Bill. A great number of petitions containing a similar priyer, were presented by other ►members. BONDED CORN. CoL SEA La moved the second reading of the Bonded Corn Bill. Ttio , Marquis of CH ANUOS opposed the bill, on the ground that it would be highly injurious to the agriculturists of this country., He had given the measure his most anxious attention, and he was convinced it only held' out a boon to foreign coun tries at the expense of tba English farmer. (Hear, hear.) He should, therefore, move that the bill be read a second time that day six months. He was sure the agricultural interest, which was so stiong - in that house, would not allow the bill to pass in to a law. It would be unnecessary to detain the house with argument against the bill, as his sentiments wereso well known, and had been so often empressed. (Hear.) He should, there fore. content himself with moving, as an amendment, that the bill be read a second time that day six months. Mr. WARBURTON contended that the bill would be beneficial to the farmers, and nut injurious. It would give employment, and the agriculturists would reap the advantage of it. . He con sidered the noble Marquis erroneous in the opinions he had formed on the subject. . Mr HEATIICOTE strongly opposed the bill. He was convin ced it would tend to fraud and evasion. (Hear, hear.) In tact, it only an attempt to repeal the corn-lirw. (Hear, hear.) He was Well acquainted with the agricultural interest, and he knew the wishes and sentiments of that body were that they should be left alone. (Hear, hear.) They did not wish, vrbe❑ they were gradually returning to cone fort; fur parliament to interfere. He therefore cordially supported the amendment of his noble r.7rd Woustcv supported the bill. He did not think i would act injuriously to the farmers, but on the contrary. Sir 3:TvicHt.t, denied that the agriculturists were a selfish body. and contented that the bill would be must unjust and pre- judicial to the landed interest. Ntr_ t3iiilTiEaroN said, he should support the bill, but he trust:eit the lan.tlords would throw it out, as it would convince the country of the animus by which they were governed. Ht. P. Titomsow did not believe the house would reject the billi , It wriS impossible that it could act injuriously to the agri cultural interest of this *country. ( Hear.) ( Left sirtintr.) RAILWAY FROM CARLISLE TO EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW. the committee appointed to obtain a survey of the country from Carlisle to Edinburgh and Glasgow by Beattock, with the view of ascertaining the practicability of a railway by the route, have published a report from which we extract the following passages : By the Actual measurements, it appears that the distance from Johthifon's Bridge to Edinburgh, according to the survey pow made,,is 64 miles; and it being known that the distance from thence to Carl are, by a line of very easy gradients, cannot (supposing a taken by the thriving port and town of Annan) exceed 35 eiriles—tiret - whole distance from Edinburgh to Carlisle would be under WI - miles, or only about 7 miles farther than by the shortest turnpike-road now existing. 'The distance from Carlisle to Glasgow would also be under 100 miles. In computing this line, therefore, with the one proposed by Commook.and Kilmarnock, the committee beg to call the at tentiou'of the subscribers to the important fact, that in point of distance (ruin Carlisle to Glasgow, it will be 23 to 30 miles shAter, and this saving, they cannot doubt, will du a great sisal more than counterbalance every disadvantage there may be in the ascent of the Evan, as now reduced. And with regard to Ediuburgb, it is obviously almost 70 miles shorter than by any other projected line, frikm that city to Carlisle, and conse quently to Liverpool and Manchester, while by the Birmingham railway to these towns it will afford the nearest possible cons runnicatiou with London. The committee believe that the period is not now distant when the stiltect of a general railway communication from England to, both Edinburgh and Glasgow must engage the attention of the public and legislature, and when that arrives, they have no doubt it will be found that this is the only line whieh combines all the advantages necessary to induce capitalists to embark in such an undertaking. Under this impression the committee earnestly recommend the landed proprietofs of the counties of Edinburgh, Lanark, Peebles,, Dumfries, and Cumberland, to co-operate in the pro motion of a measure, which, by opening up the central districts t tjre south of Scotland, will increase their produce and value te. an extent sir which"no estimate can now be former].—Carlisle Patriot. tier 'Majesty, with a view to obviate, in some degree, the in convenience likely to be experienced by the trade of the metro polis from the coronation taking place at the early period at which t4 , is at present fixed, has been graciously pleased to in timp. bet .intention of giving a series of grand banquets and court bails immediately after the ceremony has taken place; by which it is presuthed many families will remain in trolvn, and the I.findon season probably be prolonged till the middle of A Liens'. BERFORCE Cc u En OF A TasTE FOR GAMING.—It was by this vice that he was himself most pearly ensnared. A brief diary of this period records more than - once the loss of £lOO at the ..h.ro.table.. • I-le.was:were oral from it in a mist characteristic Maarwr. "'We can hi,ve ri” /day to night," complained some 2f1441-fulY tj)e,club. ‘• for St. ;Andrei if unt here to keep ,i o llowrf • " i :lir. Ban kis ( tiho never joiued pp P. hip ) Aftk P,l,keep I will give ydu a guinea. '' 'Ube ;4 • , •e- d r,l • Li n t as the game grew deep, he .. "4t - of this was lost by those who utirt:;:fii-tune9 and could not, therefore ; meet W I • • „ - , :iventence. The pain he felt at their taste which seemed but too likely to ** 4 - WiNg irP 14 4 1 3 . fe of William lVilierforce, by his sons. - -4 "•1 t UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENC4i PREFERMENTS, BM-011 Wednesday, the 25th ult.. the Rev. Charles Fellowes, 8.A., was instituted to the rectory of Maut by ; and the Rev. Edmund Blake, 8.A., to the rectory of Bra merton, Suffolk, on the presentation of Robert Fellowes, Esq. On Friday, th?. 27th ult., the Rev. Charles Fellowes, 8.A., was instituted to the vicarage of Shotesham, Suffolk, on the `presentation of Robert Fellowes, Esq. The Rev. John Langdon, late Scholar of St. John's College, 'Cambridge, has been instituted by the Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells, to the rectory of Nailsea cum Bourton, void by the re signation of the Rev. T. L. Woolley. Patroness, Mrs. Brown, of Tavistock-square, London. The Rev. Charles Boathby, M.A., to the rectory of Barnolhy le Reck, Lincolnshire, by the chapter of the Collegiate Church of Soutbwell, Notts, vacant by the death of Richard Barrow, clerk. _ _ The Rev. Charles Samuel Pocock, M.A., to the rectorylof Rouslench, Worcestershire, void by the death of the Rev. Wil liams Williams. . The lord chancellor has been pleased to appoint the Rev. Mr. Weltesley, rector of Dunfold, Surrey, to the rectory of Woodivancote Sussex; and also the Rev. Erskine W. Hol land, rector of Warehorne, Kent, to the rectory of Dunfold, upon his cession of that of Warehorne. The Lord Bishop of Worcester has appointed the Rev. Ed mudd Hiley Bucknall Estcourt, M.A., vicar of Wolfore, War wickshire, to the office of dean rural of the deanery of Kineton. The Rev. William Greig, M.A., of King's College, Aber deen, to the pastoral charge of the new episcopal chapel, Bra- Tallale, Isle of Skye. The Rev. S. Westbrook, to the vicarage of West Hainpnett, Sussex. The Rev. Patrick Byrne, late curate of Stradbally, to the 'curacy of Dungarvan, vacant by the demise of the Reverend Edmond Sheehan. _ . The Rev. Thomas Thomas, curate of Llanelwedd, to the rectory of Cregina, with Llanbadarn-y-garreg annexed, in the county of Radnor; vacant by the cession of the Rev. Hugh Vaughan, now vicar of Llansaintffraid. OBITUARY. At Manchester, of typhus fever. the Rev. John Parsons, eldest son of Mr. Parsons, of South-parade, York, aged 3-1. Tne Rev. Robert Houseman, upwards of 40 years perpetual 'curate of St. Ann's, Lancaster: The Rev. John Knipe, 53 years perpetual curate of Middle ton, in the c y of Westinoreliar‘Lin his 79th year. The Rev. avid Richards, vicar" of Aberavon, shire, aged 30. At Castelltnawr, in the parish of Treleach (his father's resi dence), of consumption, aged 34,.1 he Rev. David James, curate of Wenvue and Merthyr-dovan, Glamorganshire. WHO IS THE QUEEN'S FAVOURITE? (From the Kidderminster Messenger.) It cannot but be a subject of deep solicitude throoghout the country, to know who is the favourite of their sovereign. We will endeavour to elicit an answer on this head, by publicly ask ing a few questions. I.—Who is the lady that was appointed the Roman Catholic governess of the Princess Victoria without the sanction of the country ? 2.—Who is the lady that was removed from the person of the young princess by command of King George IV., because she was a Papist ? 3.—Who is the lady that was brought back from Germany to manage the inexperienced and unstispectiug mind of the queen? 4.—Who is the lady suggesting, under th - e direction of a mi nister high in the councils. of his sovereign, one continued round of pleasures, to fascinate and occupy the wandering of our youthful queen? s.—Who is the lady that always attends upon the queen in alt her motions, whether in the palace, at the theatre, on horseback, or to the country; although she has no recognised office or em ployment requiring her to be there in attendance ? 6.—Who is the lady; being a Papist and a foreigner, On whose account the Protestant daughter of au English nobleman was pre vented filling a situation near the person of her majesty? 7.—Who is the lady upon whom his lordship really waits, when we read in the Court Circular that he " had an audience yesterday, and afterwards dined with the queen?" B.—Who is the lady that sat up until three o'clock in the morning to announce to the queen (who thanked her not for the information) the result of the motion respecting Canada? 9.—Who is the lady, that is endeavouring to introduce the -Jesuits into the palace, and caused the Archbishop of Canter bury to be degraded at the table of his sovereign, in older to 'convey ha intimation that the Rontan Catholic is to be the fashionable religion at court? 10,—Who is the lady that is employed to keep up the influ ence of the popish king of the Belgians at the court of Queen Victoria ? 11.—Who is the lady that recommends foreigners for domes tics to an English queen, such as the lady's maid, the hairdresser. &c., uud chooses them f-om that moral of all nations, France? 1.2.—Wh0 is the baroness Lehzen? THE REV. HUGH M'NEILE. We have great pleasure in giving insertion to the following letter, which, it may be proper to state, we du without any com munication with the reverend gentleman whose signature it bears. The addition of £2OO a-year, which it menbons, does but bring up Mr. M‘Neile's emoluments to the amount (E 600) which he surrendered in accepting the ministry of St. Jude's. The augmentation must be the more gratifying, inasmuch as it is not an act of the trustees of the church, but a voluntary testi monial of gratitude and esteem from members of the congrega tion . TO THE CONGREGATION OP ST. JUDE'S CHURCH. My dear friends and brethren,—Estimating my services in the balance of your own affectionate partiality, you have added £2OO a year to my salary as your minister. You have an nounced this to me, during my absence, in terms highly honour able to yourselves and flattering to me. I haVe written to you in reply, but without power to give adequate expression to my feelings. I am unwilling that our correspondence on the occasion, dic tated as it has been by the overflowing fulness of brotherly af fection, should be exposed to public view. At the same time I feel it due to you, to myself, and to the cause of our holy religion, in which it is my privilege to labour among you, that the fact itself should be made public. It supplies additional proof. if such were wanting, that where ever a clergyman of our church really gives himself to his sacred work, with all his powers, however moderate those powers may be, he finds, in his intelligent lay brethren, such a re sponse of cordial affection as longs for opportunities of maul festing itself in acts of kindness.-1 am, my dear brethren, your affectionate pastor and faithful servant for Christ's sake. Belfast, May 4, 1838. tiuG 111'Ni:tit-E. PROP HETICS, [The following jeu d'esprit appeared some years ago in the John Bull. We trust that another opportunity may soon occur fur a repetition of such language.] E.ceunt Omnes ! The Whigs !—How they have clung to poser, Let sly-boots Tierney tell : The bud that pineS for April's show'r Loves not that show'r so well. They're out ! —Yet all, from Knight to Earl, May hope once more to reign ; For when a swine regards a pearl, They'll rule the land again. When winter sheds his whit'oing snows • O'er gentle Summer's green; When Brungh'm shall cease to twitch his nose, And Lambion to be mean; When I ruder fell ipecac uanha to champagne, A od ducks shall sing, and linnets quack, The Whigs will rule again. When beauty's eye shall love to squint, And beauty's cheek to fade, And lamb, divore'd from sauce of mint, In oyster sauce be. laid ; When tailors' legs refuse to cross, And fops no more are vain, And misers deem their gold but dross, The Whigs will rule again. When face of soot-hedizen'd sweep Shall match the lily fair ; And head of butcher's boy (to keep It warm) a hat shall wear; When hackney coachmen dread to toe A sky portending rain, And loathing doctors spurn a fee, The Whigs will rule again. When Jews shall lick the watering lip . if roasted pork appear; 'When bees snail gall, fur honey, sip, And spring commence the year ; When Hunt and Wright shall cease to puff, And Calintre hate Tremaine ; And ev'ry female chin grow tough, file Whigs will rule again. When with'ring age shall love inspire, And blooming youth disgust ; And water freeze upon the fire, When jealous husbands trust ; When tears from hypocritic eyes Shall wash out knavery's stain ; And slander deal no more in lies, The Whigs will rule again. They'll get their places as before, When gout shall soothe the toe; When shipwreck'd seamen dread the shore, And fleas to lobsters grow; When Christians all forgive their foes, And Crockfrrd vice restrain • And 'not an eye in church shall doze, 'the Whigs will rule again. When blacklegs act on honor's laws, And black eves melt like blue; When silliest coxcombs gain applause,. And truffles spoil a stew; When English beauties smoke cheroots, Like the brunettes of Spain; And glorious Warren dims my boots, The Whigs will rule again. When these three things shall me delight- 7 - An old mans tale twice told— And on my bead a hat that's tight, And in my head a cold ; When toes thrice blest with corns shall choose (What makes them now complain) A hard and pinching pair of shoes, The Whigs will rule again. When true wit means a manual jest, And beards are shaved with axes ; When addled eggs make custards best. And we are freed from taxes; . And when most copious draughts of gin • Shall not disturb the brain; God bless the (Queen) !—She'll then take iu The snivelling whigs ag►ain. Ei.was, Trts Misge.—l asked him (Wilberforce) if be re membered the miser Elwes, in the [louse of Commons. " Per fectly; and that question rensinds me of a curious incident which one day beret that strange being. In my youngerdays we °Pen went to the house in full chess, on nights, for example, when any of us were going to the opera. Bankes, on an occasion of this kind. was seated near Fibres, who was leaning his head forward just at the moment when Baukes rose hastily to leave his seat, and the hilt of his sword happening to come in contact With the miser's wig, which he had probably picked off some scarecrow, it was unconsciously borne away by Baukes, "" walked in his stately way down the house, followed by Elwes. full of anxiety to regain his treasure. 'rile house was in a roar of merriment, and for a moirent Bankes looked about him wondering exceedingly what bad happened. The explanation was truly amusing, when he became conscious of the sword-hilt which he acquired."— Wilberforce's Life. "fiE LIVERpooL STA NDARU. RoCHDA I a FLANNEL NI APART, NIONDAY, Ma , . 7.—We have had a very brisk market to-day, and a great of pieces have been sold. Though there may not ue a general ad vance in the price, yet in some instances inure money has been obtained. The wool market has undergone little change since last Monday, and its former price has been fully maintained to day. BREACH 01 , ritoNtisE.—A singular inethqd,of . ,:obttkipim.r, sa tisfaction for the nod•fulfilment of a marriage cniitract, is deli lineated in a Mississsppi paper. The disappoinAed.svcAin has advertised the fair one, in order, as he says, "'it) keep any honest man from being duped by her perfidy." STEAM COMMUNICATION WITH IRELAND.—Steam-boats have done more to cement the union between England and Ireland, thati.all the acts of parliament which have passed since the reign of the second Henry. Agricultural industry. in the sister king dom, has received an extraordinary iinpfilse from the opening of new and steady markets, where demand increases faster than supply. The total value of live animal Imported from Ireland, at Liverpool alone, .during the year 1837, amounted to nearly four millions sterling; and the importations to Bristol are scarcely inferior. Mr. Porter, in his " Progress of the Na tion," says that " the value in money, of one seemingly unim portant article, eggs, taken in the course of the year to t he above two ports from Ireland, amounts to at least £lOO.OOO. The pro gress of this trade affords a curious illustration of the advantage of commercial facilities in stimulating production and equal izing prices. Before the establishment of steam-vessels, the market at Cork was most irregularly supplied with eggs from the surrounding district : at certain seasons they were exceed ingly abundant and cheap; but these seasons were sure to be followed by periods of scarcity and high prices, and at times it is said to have been difficult to purchase eggs at any price in the market. At the srst opening, of the improved channel for con veyance to England, the residents at Cork bad to complain of the conStant high price of this and other articles of farm pro duce ; but as a more extensive market was now permanently open to them, the farmers gave their attention to the rearing and keeping of poultry, and, at the present time, eggs are pro curable at all seasons in the market at Cork, nut, it is true, at the extiemely low rate at which they could formerly be some titneS brought, but still at touch less than the average price of the year; a like result has followed the introduction of this great improvement in regard to the supply and cost or various articles of produce. In the apparently unimportant article— feathers—it may be stated, on the respectable authority above quoted, that the yearly importation into England from Ireland readies the amount of £500,000." IMPORTANT SALVAGE CASE.—.4dmira/ty COU7 t, Thursday.— In this case the Columbia, on her voyage from Bombay to Li verpool. with a valuable cargo, met with rough weather in the Atlantic, On the 29th of January last, by which she lost her rudder, and became completely unmanageble. A vessel (name unknown) came in sight, but did not bear up to the Columbia. On the ❑eSit day, however, when all the crew had determined to leave the vessel, a Dutch ship, which turned out to be the Phenomene, 'Captain Trans P. Hoodmaster, on a voyage from Batavia to Rotterdam, hove in sight, and being hailed, came to the assistance of the Colunibia, rescued all the crew and pas sengers, saved all but one of fourteen cases of specie, (amount ing, to £11.000,) and some dispatchea belonging to the East India Company, stayed with them during one night, and carried them (their own vessel being lost) safely into Portsmouth. For the preservation of the thirteen cases of specie, salvage-Money is now sought by the owners, master, and crew of the Pbeno mene. The fttcts of the case are undisputed ; the only question for the consideration of the Court being the amount of compen sation for the services rendered. Sir John Nicholl expressed his opinion that the services rendered were of the most valuable nature. The crew had determined to leave the vessel, therefore she must be considered derelict. The weather was most tem pestuous. Even• attention had been paid to the passengers and crew on their voyage to Portsmouth. The property saved, bullion, and despatches, were of great value. The Cotirt would not allot less than a Moiety of the property saved; and, as the opinion of the Court with regard to the distribution had been requested, it would follow the example of Lord Stowell, in the case of the Waterloo, and allot half of the sum given to the owners, one quarter to the captain, and the remainder to the crew, to be divided accorctipg to their rate of wages. CONFESSION OF HOIISE STF.ALING.—A poverty-struck look ing man, attired in a groom's stable dress, who gave his name John Jones, and represented that he had last lived in the service of an innkeeper at Lichfield, was biought before the magistrates of Chester, on Wednesday last. Mr. Hill stated that the pre vious night he was relieved at the police office, and soon after he called again, and said he had stolen a horse fifteen years since, and had not been easy in his mind since. Mr. Hill warned him that he was confessing to a transportable offence, and at his own request took his confession,' to the purport, that fifteen years ago he had lived in the service of the late Dean of St. Asaph as a groom, for about 7 years, and was dischaVged, After his discharge he went to the stable at night, and took away a valuable horse, the property of Dr. Warren, of London, who we believe was a son-in-law to Dean Shipley, which he disposed of at Manchester. He was taken into custody at Salford, and I r a kept fifteen days,. and then discharged, because no case c old be made out against him. The affair had lain upon his . •nd ever since; and be would rather be transported than lea the life he had done. Mr. Morris asked him many questions about the Dean's farriily am: connections, and from the answers it was evident that so far as having lived with the family his state ment was correct. He was remanded, in order that the parties Might be commdnicated with. GAIETY OF HEART OF THE FRENCH.—We were talking of the levity and gaiety of heart of the French, even under the severest misfortunes. This drew forth an anecdote, which had been related to him by Mr. Pitt. Shortly after the tragical death of Marie Antoinette M. Perigord, an emigrant of some 'consequence, who bad made Mr. Pitt's acquaintance at Ver sailles, took refuge in England, and on coming to Downing- Street, the conversation naturally turned Upon the bloody scenes of the French revolution ; on their fatal consequences to social order; and, in particular, on the barbarity with which the unfortunate Queen had been treated. The Frenchman's feelings were quite overcome, and he exclaimed, amidst violent sobbing, " Ah, Monsieur Pitt, la Pativre Reine! la pauvre Reine ?" These words had scarcely been uttered, when .he jumped up as if a new idea suddenly possessed him, and Woking towards a little dog which came with him, he exclaimed. " Cependant, Monsieur Pitt, it faut vous faire voir mon petit chien danser." Then pulling a black kit out of his pocket, he began dancing about the room to the sound of his little instru ment, and calling to the dog, " Fanchon, Fanchon, dinsez, dausez." The little animal instantly obeyed, and they cut such capers together that the minister's gravity was quite overcome, and be burst into a loud laugh, hardly knowing whether he was Most amused or astonished.—Life of William Wilberforce. ELEcTiticrrv.—Why is the fire-side au unsafe place in a thunder-storm ?—Because the carbonaceous matter, or soot, with which the chimney is lined, acts as a conductor for the lightening. Why is the middle of the apartment the safest place during a thunder-storm ?—Because, should a flash of lightning strike a building, or, enter it at any of the windows, it will take its direction along the walls, without injuring the Cen tre of the room. ATIUOSithERICAL' PHENOMENON.—As the Rev. Stephen Bland wad returning borne at half-past ten o'clock, from his ministerial functions on Sunday evening, the liith ult., in coin pany with His son, during a most severe storm of snow and hail, their attention was arrested by the bright and lucid appearance of the turrets and weather-cock of the church steeple of Burn sall, each resembling a mass of fire, whiCh remained so long that, when they reached home, the inmates had the gratifica tion of witnessing this extraordinary appearance of luminous vapours. produced by the bad state of the atmosphere and at tracted by the iron which has remained in a fixed position for centuries.—Leeds lntelligencer. A CaTcu.—The following description of a catch by Dr. Call cott, is given in the Musical World; the words run thus : " Ah ! how, Sophia, can you leave Your lover, and of hope bereave ! Go, fetch the Indian's borrowed plume, Yet, richer far, than that your hlooni ; I'm but a lodger in your heart, And more than one, I fear, have part." Now, in reading the above, there is nothing partictilar to be seen, but when the words are sung as Dr. Callcott intended they should be, there is much to hear; for one singer seems to ren der the first three words thus—" A house on fire," repeating phia, phia, with a little mixture of cockneyism, fire ! fire I Another voice calls out lustily " go fetch the engines, _fetch the ' engines , while the third coolly says, " I'm but a lodger, I'm hut a locl,er," &c. consequently he does not care whether the house be burned down or not. This elucidation will give a pretty gam; idea of the real meaning and character of this mu sical catch. ---- ----- EXTRAORDINARY FACT.—About a fortnight ago, a COW, the property of Mr. Edward Yeals, farmer, of Low 9rantlev, n ear Ripon, gave birth to two fine calves, wh ich with the mother are doing well; and on Wednesday evening, 2 7 th u lt., emerge d into life from the teeming womb ofanother of his favourite cows, other two fine calves which also are doing Well; and to use the exprelsion of o.:r informant, they are three bulls and one why. —Leeds Intelligeneer. lAN UNACCOUNTABLE PIG.—" You Socrates," said Mr. Seth Harris, of Poughkeepsie, to his col oure d f e ll ow t h e ot h er day.—" You Socrates, have you fed the pigs?"—" Yes massa, me fed 'urn," replied Socrates.—" Did you count them?"— " Yes massa, me count 'urn all but one."—" All but one ?'%-- " Yes massa, all hut one—dere be one little speckle pig, he frisk about so much me couldn't count him ." ' ALLEGED CHILD MURDER AT STOCKEOBT.—On the morn ing of Ffiday week, an unmarried woman, named Ann Bs rom, the daughter of a green grOcer at Stockport, wag apprehended on suspicion of concealing the birth of a child; and her mother was also taken into custody, it being supposed that She was an accessary The examination was to have been entered into before the borough justices the followingday; but, in the course of Friday, a man who had been employed to drag the river at the place where it was supposed the prisoner had thrown in the body of the child, found it, tied up in a piece of wrapper, with a piece of rag tied tightly round the neck, having the knot under the right ear. The case was accordingly removed from the magistrates' to the coroner's court, the inquest being held be fore Mr. Hollins on Sildrday week. It appeared by the evi dence, that the prisoner even birth to au illegitimate child; and that, on the Thursday night, she had been observed by a neighbour (who suspected the fact) carrying something in a large tin can to the Vernon Bridge, over the battlement of which she threw the contents of the can into the river. The body of the child was found near this spot. A piece of rag or tape, which appeared to be the remainder of that which was tied round the infant's neck, was found in the house of the pri soner's mother. The surgeon who had examined the body stated, that he had no doubt that the string had been tied round neck during the child's life, and that death had been caused by strangulation. When found, the tongue of the child protroded between the gums.—The jury, after a few minutes deliberation. returned a verdict of "wilful murder" against Ann Byrom, who was then committed under the coroner's warrant, to Ches ter castle, for trial at the next assizes.—The mother, who ap peared to have had no positive knowledge of the birth of the child, much less of the capital offence with which her daughter was charged, was liberated, from custody and her evidence re ceived, which tended to corroborate the testimony of s 9ther wit nesses as to the birth.—Manchester Guardian. LONDON AND BIRMINGH AN BAILWA Y.—The traffic on the London and Birmingham Railway having much increased. ad ditional trains commence running to-day. The departures from 13irininahain are at nine in the morning for this immediate dis trict; and at twelve and at half-past one for the passengers from Lancashire, and other distant parts. It is not intended to take more than ninety persons to London by each train ; but there is no limit to those who go only to Rugby, or choose to pro vide their own conveyances from thence onward. A trait) at half-past four in the morning from Denbigh Hall will forward to London the mail, and all persons who may be conveyed to that station by the night coaches.—Aris's Gazette. MINERAL PRODUCE OF GREAT BEITA IN.—We give the fol lowing estimate of :he mineral produce of Great Britain, on an average of years and prices, from the Alining Review:— £ Quantity. Value. Silver 10,1)N)) lbs. Troy 30,000 Copper Tin 5,500 tons Lead 46,01)0 tons • • . 950,000 Iron 9t/0,000 tons Coal 25,000,000 tons ... 10.000.000 Salt, alum, and other minor produce, inure than.. 1,000,000 Totol value probably exceeds..£2o,ooo,ooo NEO.US, Earl Fitzwilliam is opposed to the immediate emancipation of the slaves. He refused to take the chair. or be present, at an anti-slavery meeting at Peterborough last week. Lord Francis Egerton, who has been suffering for the last six weeks from a violent attack of gout, which incapacitated him from attending to his parliamentary duties, is now convalescent. His lordship has been sojourning at Bath fur the benefit of the waters. LONDON AND SOUTHAMPTON RAILWAY.—This line to Woking Common is to be opened to the public on the lo inst. On the 14th there is to be an excursion along the line, of the proprietors and their friends; and, we understand, some fifteen or twenty of the proprietbrs resident in Manehester intend pro ceeding to London to participate in it. OLD SPORTSMEN.-Sir George Hewitt, who has attained the great age of 93, joined the queen's stag-hounds last week, with all the ardour of early das, and was iu at the death. Christie and Manson sold the other day, in the dispersion of The picthres and drawings of the late Mr. Vine, the original sketch of the Chelsea Pensioners, by Sir David- Wilkie, for £199105. The artist disposed of this sketch in the first instance for £5O. We sincerely rejoice to learn, that the miners employed in sinking for coal at Workington have this week come at an eleven•feet band of metal, Othich they are now using every ex ertion to tvin, and With every prospect of success.—Whitehaven Herald. A few days ago, an English lady at St. Omer brought into her bedchamber a number of aromatic plants in flower. fresh from the conservatory. During the night she was so affected by the scent, that it became necessary to call in a physician, who had great difficulty in recovering her front a state of insen sibility into which she 'had fallen. RA ILROA DS a. CANA I.S.—The proprietors of the Grand Junc tion Railway have made offers to the manufacturers and others to carry goods between Birminghani and Liverpool, at is. 6d. a cwt., being exactly the sum charged by the canal, the trade of which must be superseded if the tonnage dues ace not imute, diately lowered.-IVoicester Journal. TRYING YOUR LUCK BY A di:ay.—We understand the Mid land Counties' Railway Company offered Mr. F. Needhain £l5OO for the land required by them a few hours before the in quiry took place. Mr. N. claimed £2,300 10s. The jury awarded him £1260. Loss by going to a jury, £2lo.—Leicester liercurg.—[There would be the expenses besides.] STATVOF TRADE.—We believe the demand for twist was somewhat slacker yesterday, though we did not hear of any lower prices being submitted to. In power-loom cloth, and es pecially of gdbd qualities, there was a fair demand ; and gene rally, we may say, there is a pretty large business doing in ma nufactured goo%is. The fine weather, we understand, as might be expected, has brought an accession of country buyers into the market.—Manchester Guardian. Hosais . ry REWARDED.—On Saturday, a young man named Clarke, a weaver and teacher amongst the general baptists, picked up a purse, which he,.saw contained a large quantity of bank notes. Without exanfining the contents, he asked a gen tleman walking with a lady through the market, whether he had lust anything: the gentleman felt, with some anxiety, in his pocket, and found that his purse, containing £6,000 in notes, was gone, on which the young man restored It to him. The gentleman asked Clarke how he could serve him; but he refus ed to accept money, on which the gentleman went to the book- sealers, and purchased for him a large quantity of books.— Halifax Express. JUDGE PAIIK.—If some are, under existing legulations, im prisnued too long, others find loopholei by which to escape with i a shorter term than they merit, so that thus the scales of justice are balanced. We shall relate an instance of such an escape, .which, as it is related to us, occurred recently at the Central Criminal Court. A learned judge, whose religiotts bias is no toriously strong, was presiding there in the trial of a man char ged with stealing "a faggot." The case was as clear as day ; more than one witness had seen the prisoner enter certain premises, and carry therefrom certain property that was not his own ; but this was not enough fur lawyers. They must, of course, bring forward a faggot, and call upon the witness to prove its identity. The faggot was unscrupulously identified, upon which the learned judge, While making his note of the circumstance, said (as he thought to himself—but he was in the habit occasionally of soliloquising in rather to loud a key), " Why, how can he swear that's the same faggot ?—one fag got's as much like another as one egg's like another." This was heard by Mr. C. the counsel for the prisoner, who was seated just below his lordship; he instantly started up. and, recalling the witness, said, "You have sworn that this is the same faggot yousaw the prisoner take."—" Yes."—" Why, how can you swear that it's the same ? One faggot's as much like another as one egg's like another." The learned judge dropped his pen, and fixed his eyes expressly upon the council. '- Mr. P." said his lordship, in a very toletnn tone, somewhat tremul ous with emotion and awe—" Mr. P. I see the finger of God in this case. That very reflection, in the very form of words you employed. was passing through my mind at the very moment it occurred to yours. 1 certainly shall nut let thiS•case go to the jury upon such evidence ;" and the cage, as our in fo'rmentsaith., was stopped. —Monthly Chronicle. [This anecdote is literally true; but the editor of the Chronicle is mistaken as to the place in which the circumstance occurred, which was at Salford, and not in the Central Criminal Court: the patties were Sir James Allan Park and Mr. Charles Phillips.] STEAM NAVIGATION WITH INDIA.—The pacha of Egypt contemplates laying down a railroad between Cairo and Suez, and, it is said, requires pecuniary aid from our government. Let it be granted. A footing in Egypt of this nature would be Invaluable, since at all times it would give us a right of passage. Shez may be considered the most eli g ible terminal post for the transmission of merchandiSe and phsseugers. The upper part of the Red Sea cresents no greater impediments to a steamer than the lower. If the railroad is laid down, all difficulties be tween Suez and Cairo disappear; but if not, as the distance is only 32 miles, and as it is as level as any road in England, we have only to establish wheeled vehicles on it, which would have beet, long since done had the country been in European hands. The rising of the Nile offers no impediment to the conveyance of goods through Egypt; but by filling the canal which connects one of its principal branches with the poet of Alexandria, the communication is maintained by water between Cairo and that city at other periods of the year. A passage by the Euphrates has been held to possess superior advantages to that by the Red Sea. Though the difficulties of this route may be great,, yet, if surmounted, should war Or pestilence interfere with the Red • Sea route, we should have another at our command, and this line might benefit and extend our commerce in the countries through which it leads; and here we that' mention the fact that the partial opening of trade by the late expedition has already inure than doubled that of every portion of the Levant at all connected with its operations.— Wellstead's Travels in Arabia. CAGE _Btftps, -Of all the unhallowed instances of bird•in carceration (not even excepting the stupid cruelty - of shutting up a robbin in an aiiary,) the condemnation of the sky-lark to perpetual imprisonment is surely the most repugnant to every good feeling. The bird, whilst his happy brethren ate corralling far ttp in the sky, as if they would storm hea.venitself with their rush of song, just at the joyous season— '• When wheat is green, when hawthorn buds appear," is doomed to pine in some dingy street There, in a den, with a solid wooden roof, painted green outside, and white, glaring white, within—which, in bitter mockery, is called a sky . -lark's cage, ke keeps winnowing his wretched wings, and beating hi s breast against the wires, panting for one—only one—upward flight into the free air To delude him into the recollection that there are such places as the fields, which he is beginning to for get, they cut what they call turf—a turf dug up in the vicinity of this smoke-canopied Babel of bricks, redolent of all its sooty abominations, and bearing. all the marks of the thousand of tons of fuel which are now suffered to escape up our chimneys, and fall down again upon our noses and into our lungs,—tons, which, when our coal mines begin to shrink alarminglv-jtis no laugh ing matter, the time must come—some future A rnott will, per haps too late, enable the public to save, while he, at the same time, bestows upon them the blessing of a pure atmosphere. Well, this abominal lump of dirt is presented to the skylark as a refreshment for his parched feet, longing for the fresh morning dews. Miserable as the winged creature is, be feels that there is something resembling grass under him; and then the fond wretch looks upwards and warbles, and expects his mate. is it possible to see and hear this desecration of instinct unmoved ? and yet we see it every spring, and moreover we have our So ciety for Preventing Cruelty to Animals..—New Monthly May. THEORIES of METALLIFEROUS VEINS:—M. Becquerel, who is well known to have long preceded Messrs. Fox and Crosse in the production of crystalline substances by the action of elec tricity, in the fifth volume of his treatise, De L'Electricite et du Mcuptitisme gives a chapter to a discussion of the opinions of Mess's. Fox and Henwood on the origin of metalliferous veins. After entering at great length upon the merits of the arguments' on each side, he gives his decision decidedly in Mr. Henwood's favour, and against the electrical theory proposed by Mr. Fox. THE LORD HIGH ADMIRAL'S HAT ON A BEADLE.—On Easter Monday, the parishioners of St. Mary-le-Strand elected as their beadle, Mr. West, the late toaster of their poor-h6use ; and, strange to record, Mr. Cowell, the purchaser of the 'ward robe of William the Fourth, has sold to the parish authorities the Lord High Admiral's hat, with its gorgeous gold-lace trap pings as worn by the king, so that the hat which once graced and encircled the brows of majesty will in future bedizen the sconce of a metropolitan parish-beadle. Lary OF LIBEL—An action was brought in-the Small Debt Court, Perth, last week, by a shopkeeper iu Perth, against a residenter in Bridgend for solatium and damages, on the - ground that the defendant on the Bridge of Perth lately, in the hearing of- a number of individuals, called the pursuer a villain and a blackguard, and used other opprobrious epithets towatdi him. The case having gone to proof without objection, Mr. Sheriff Barclay threw out a doubt as to the language libelled being actionable. The proof being concluded, the facts de posed to were—that two dogs bad been fighting on the .bridge, one of which belonged to a brother of the pursner, who Avis present at the time, upon which the defender, who is a con stable, seized the pursuer by the collar, and called him a low blackguard and a villain, and said that he kept fighting dogs for annoying people, and that he ought to be put in gaol. After the proof a discussion took place as to whether the language libelled and proved to have been used by the defender was ac tionable. The sheriff held that it was not actionable, and stated that if he had any doubt on the general question, still he would not have awarded damages in the circumstances of the H esent case. The action was accordingly dis►nissed. In giving his opinio❑ the sheriff observed that the term blackguard, was one generally used among the vulgar without reflection, and without any intention of casting a stain on one's character. Or it meant one of the 42d regiment, who we're all black guards, but amongst whom there were many gentlemen. As for the term villain it was originally one of respect.—Perth Courier. Surctrift.—On Wednesday morning,. Mrs. Brumtnitt, the wife of Joshua Brummitt, who lives in Stanley-street, Salford, and is one of the turnkeys at the New Bailey, carried him some cof fee into his bedroom, in pursuance of a request he had made to her. She did not find him in, but heard him moan in an adjoin ing room. She tried the door, but it was fast. She then sent for Mr. Woolley', their landlord, who came and broke the door open, and found the unfortunate man laid on the floor with his throat frightfully cut, and endeavouring to stop the effusion of blood by his pocket handkerchief. Mr. Hancock, the surgeon, was immediately sent for, but Brtiminitt was quite dead when he arrived; and Mr. Hancock said that if assistance bad been rendered immediately, the gash was so deep that it was impossi ble that the man's life could have been saved. An inquest was held on the body the same day, and the jury found a verdict of temporary insanity. The deceased had been in a desponding mood for some time, and had been a few days absent from his employment on account of a slight illness. STEAM NAVIGATION IN TOIIKEY.—The steam navigation, of which C o nstantinople has become the central point in Turkey, is constantly increasing. The Austrian Danube Steam Company now take the lead, and are erecting extensive factories at The ra pia, where their numerous vessels may be refitted and repaired. They have recently established a branch steam-vessel between this r w rt i a n n a r k l i S n agl immenseon i ca. T i The profits, fi t s : is s teamers eac o h n v t ( h )3 e i a i ze r z y o d a ve station been ae fully loaded with merchandise, and have carried also about 300 passengers each. The sultan has refused to' ratify a promise which had been given for a finnan to permit an English steam= vessel to carry Frank passengers up and down the Bosphorus. The porte is building two steam-vessels; but v.hen they will be completed, it is impossible to say. Eler Nlajesly will be nineleeu yeays of uge Ike 2lth of thid month. The customs revenue of the port of Liverpol, i t novi one fourth of that ut the whole kingdom. Trirvellers by railroads, though divided into different different classes, all find themselves upon a level. The measles have caused frightful ❑tortality at Brussels, ha ving carried off nearly sixteen hundred persons. Sir Jacob Astley's title will be, it is said, Baron Delaval of Seaton Delaval, in the county of Northumberland, and Melton Constable, i❑ the county of Norfolk. It is a singular fact that within die space of three hours on Tuesday morning we had hail, snow, thunder, lightning, wind, rain, and sunshine.—Maidstone puper. The East India Company has voted a sword, of 2000 guineas value, to Captain Chads, for his exertions in suppressing piracy in the Indian seas. The Scots' Greys are to bear the (inure of a French eagle on their standard, in commemoration of the eagle captured by the regiment at Waterloo. It is stated that a marriage is' in contemplation between Lord Charles Wellesley, younger son of the Duke of Wellington, and the Lady Honoria Cadogan, youngest daughter of the Earl and Countess of Cadogan. A bachelor observed that he would marry, if certain of a wife perfectly good. A bystander begged bun to bespeak une, as few such were to be had ready made. James the First used to say, that the happiest lot in life was that which set a man below the office of a justice of the peace, and above that of a petty constable. The total costs of the Metropolitan Police, for one year ending the 31st of Dec. last, exceeds £22,000. The Bishop of Worcester has stated his intention trot to ordain any gentleman noire than 30 years of age. The expenses of the Hull Election Committee are calculated to amount to, if they will not ext eed, £50,000. " 1 have encountered fraudulent debtors," said the great Lord Mansfield, " but where I have encountered one fiaudulent debtor, I have met nine hundred fraudulent creditors?' Crockford's losses this season are said to amount to little short £30.000 in cash ; against this may be placed securities amounting to uearry L 90,000 • which, assuming the latter to be good, give a balance in the great hell-keeper's favour of £60,00U. ENGLISH AND WELSH REPI:ESENTATION.—AS the English and Welsh representation- exists, the number of members re turned fur cities and boroughS, exceeds in fearful disproportion those who represent counties, for while a country population of 10,000,000 in. round number's, with a constituency of 510,000; returns but 159 members ; n borough population, of nut quite 5,000,000, with 28.3,000 electors, returns 341 tepresentatives. CHANGES TN DEPOTS TUTS Mown-1.-51h Peptd, fromtPorts month to Dublin; Bth. Cork to Guernsey; 11th, Cork to Chat ham ; 15th, Cork to Plymouth ; 18th, Dublin to Portsmouth ; 32d, Plymouth to cork; 334, Dublin to Liverpool; 35th, Derry to Glasgow; 36th, Plymouth to Cork_,- 37th, Plymouth to ; Cork ; .46th, Cork to Plymouth 6oth, Liverpool to Dublin ; 64th, Glasgow to Derry ; 69th, Dover to Cork; 70th, Guernsey to Dublin; 724, Dublin to Glasgow ; 76th,_ Fort George to Dublin ; 824, Curk to Sheerness; 85th, Cork to Plymouth. CA LIT'ION To SERVANTS—Fitters.—Many fires occur in the metropolis through the negligence of servants, bUt the fire insurance offices have, within a few days, thrown a " light" on the affair, by sending round tq-insurers au extract of the act 14th Geo. 111, cap. 78, sec. 9, Whereby servants are liable, in the event of fire occurring through their negligence or carelessness, to a penalty of 1:100, and, in default, to 18 months' imprison ment ; and the companies have suggested that the notice should be put up in 'some part of the house, where it may be seen by all the servants.—Morning Herald. SALVAGE.—Dr. Stork, judge of the Admiralty Court, Dublin, gave judgment on the 7th inst. in the case of the owners of the Herald, steamer, against the barque Alexander Robertson, awarding £5OO, (in lieu of £s(xoo claimed for services rendered by the steamer,) the amount lodged in the court by the de fendants, and £75 costs. This judgnient is of great importance, as being likely to induce a more moderate scale by salvrirs ap plying to this court; and this is the first decision of the new judge, who recapitulated the whole of the evidence in a very clear manner; and though the salvors have given notice of appeal, the probability of their following up this step is con sidered very doubtful. Apprehensions of the most painful nature have been excited, that the vessel (commanded by Captain Farquharson) in which Mr. Macauley sailed from India, has foundered at sea. The only present ground for a rumour which carries with it the greatest alarm and anxiety is a letter received by a well-dnown merchant in the city of London, and which reached him by the messenger who brought over-land despatches to government. It states that four sailors had escaped. No intelligence respect ing this, has, however, been received either at the India House or by the government. —Courier.. New LIGHT Housx.—ln consequence of some accidents having occurred from the light-houses of Grinez (Pas de Ca lais) and Dungeness being in very foggy weather mistaken the one for the other, a small additional light will be placed on Cape Grinez, 50 metres less elevated. The additional light will be varied by bright lights, which will succeed each other every three minutes, and will be proceeded and followed by short intervals of darkess. In Ordinary weather the new light will begin to be perceptible at from three to four maritime leagues. It will commence from the Ist of October next. CORREGGIO.—When it had been determined to ornament the great cupola of St John, Correggio, though then a young man, was selected to paint it; and, like Raffaelle, his genius expanded with the opportunity. After Raffaelle, Titian, Michel Angelo, Da Vinci, and Bartolomeo, who would have thought that another style, independent of either, and unlike any thing else in the world, could have burst out ? But so it was. Of all the painters that ever lived in the world, there is no accounting for Correggio. Unlike Greeks, Ruffians, and Italians, out he came into the world, in colour, drawing, light and shadow, composition, expreSsion, and form, like nature, and unlike every body else, who ever studied nature at all. Michel Angelo, Raffaelle, Titian, we can trace ; we see upon whom they were grafted, when they budded and burst forth. But who is Cor reggio ? Nobody is certain. One swears he was poor, another that he was well off; another says he died in consequence of a fever which he caught by carrying all his money in copper, the price of a picture, another protests it was no such thing. Meng's account is the best, and Vasari's mostly without authority.— Haydon's Treatise on Painting. Tile REv. Loan Wm. SOHERSET.—We feel regret that our notice of the late fatal accident near Wrexham should, by a misstatement, have given pain to this nobleman, who, we un derstand, is a most exemplary paroChial clergyman, and a gen tleman of most humane feelings. We were led into the error of stating, that a verdict of manslaughter had been rettirned against him by the coroner's jury, through the vagueness of the account transmitted to us by our correspondent; the fact being, that the verdict was against his son, a mere youth, the noble lord not being present at the time of the accident. From Statements laid before us, we are led to doubt the correctness of the verdict, though probably it may be in accordance with the evidence adduced before the jury. Our readers will recollect it was alleged, that the horses of the timber carriage hid been cut at from the dickey Of the carriage, and that in consequence they sprung into a gallop. and that the deceased parties were jerked from the axle tree where they were seated, fell under the wheel, and thus were killed. The contrary statement, and it is sworn to by respectable witnesses, is, that the timber carriage was twice driven most furiously past the carriage in which lady So merset and her two daughters were, the young gentleman being on the dickey, and that the fatal accident happened before the alleged cut of the whip was made. At the time the parties fell off the axle tree, they were 'behind Lady Somerset's carriage, and fast pressing upon it to the great danger of the vehicle ; and as they rushed past the carriage, then, and not till theu, the alleged cut with the whip was made. We have thought it just to say this much, because the naked facts are of a character erto give pain to the family of Lord Wi lliam Somerset; and w re gret much that that pain should, even in the slightest degree, have been aggravated by any error on our part. We under stand that application will be Made to the Court of Queen's Bench to admit the young gentleman to bail; and from the nature of the evidence, we cannot doubt but that it will be granted.—Chester Chronicle. THE RIVAL STA ENISHIPS.—Tbe race across the Atlantic be. tween the Great Western and Sirius steam ships, continues to attract considerable attention, particularly at Bristol, where heavy bets ara said to be pending on the result. The course is probably the longest ever run, and the jockeys on both sides are experienced and skilful. The Sirius had a start of 700 nautical miles; but still the confidence of the Bristol people in the powers of the Great Western is unbounded, and the following is their calculation of the chances iTher favour :—The Sirius was spoken with on the 17th April in lat. 45 N., long. 37 W. The Great Western was spoken on the 15th in lat 46 26, N., long. 37 W. At these respective dates the Great Western had run 1,305 miles in seven days, from King's road ; and the Sirius, 1,305 miles, in ten days from Cork. The Great Western aver aged 1864:miles per day; the Sirius, 1304 miles: Great Western gained on Sirius 56 miles per day. The Great Western aver aged 71 miles pet hour; the Sirius barely averaged 54 miles, per hour. Great Western had to run 1,806 nautical miles, and and according to the past average, she would'accomplish the Aernainder of the passage in 94 days. Sirius had to run 1,6 0 0, 'lnd according to her past average, she would accomplish the remainder of the passage in not less than 1`24 ; days. The gene ral opinion at Bristol is, that if the weather continued adverse after the 15th, the Great Western will have reached New York first. if the weather was fine after the 15th, it is thought that both ships may have arrived on the same day. The race home ward will be one of high interest. A secret, which has long excited the public curiosity, has just been divulged. The late Joseph Grassi, professor of painting at the Royal Society of Fine Arts in Dresden, had in his apart ment bessde his bedroom, a room, the door of which was always covered with hangings, and into which, since his his - return in 1804 from his last tour in Italy, no one has been allowed to en ter not even his children. He always carried the ke y of it about and his hywa p s er o so f un der b hciasupseildlotwhew will,. d h o e . n y l o i ef thiswent tn mysteri ousbrd; chamber to be built up i n p ; re l c )u a t ut it ion, or dered that this chamber should not be o p ened fur th ree months n, 1835. In his M . Grassi after hi s s dea th , s a teatin d gthat i bequeathed he had all nut itse communicated o nteiits to Duke to eAugaunsy tus, of Gotha ; one what it contained, it was to give an agreeable surprise to this prince, who had been his benefactor. This room has only just been opened by the executors of M. Grassi, who found ;n it seventeen pictures of the most famous ancient painters. Tha duke took possession of them, and placed them in one of the saloons of the Royal Academy at Dresden, where they will be publicly exhibited for three months They will then be sent to Gotha, and placed in the Ducal Museum of that town. A mong them ase a Titian, a Carlo Dolci, a Salvator Rosa, a Correggio i , , &c.—Galtynani. HAYDON'S ESTINATII or REAM ANDL—Reraloandt van Rhvn was next to Rubens in po nt of art, and more than equal to him in originality. Whether in portrait, landscape, or historical pictures large and small, he was like nobody ; as wonderful as any, and sometimes superior to all. His bistre drawings are exquisite, his etchings unrivalled ; his colour, light and shadow, and surface, solemn, deep, and without example; but in the naked form, male or female, he was an Esquitnaux. His notions of the delicate form of women, would have liightened an Arctic bear. Let the reader fancy a Bil lingsgate fish woman, descending to a bath at a moment's notice, with hideous feet, large knees and bony legs, a black eve, and a dirty night cap—and he will have a perfect idea of Rembrandt's conception of female beauty. Though his histori cal pictures are often remarkable for pathos and expression, his characters are sometimes absolutely runculotts. His Abrahams • are Dutch old clothesmen ; and yEt his Jacob's Dream is sub lime beyond expression. Whatever he painted, he enriched ; his suitaee was a mass of genius, and his colour a rainbow, darkened by the gloom of twilight. In portrait, sometimes his .lignity was equal to Titian, but the characters he painted were inferior.— flaydoles Treatise on Painting. W HITIMEA o.—Whithread was a rough speaker; he spoke as if he had a pot of porter at his lips and all his words came 'brought it. I remember his drawing tears from me upon the lottery question. After Canning's speech on*Lord Bexley's resolution about a pound note and a shilling being of equal value to a guinea, he said to me, "Well, I do envy him the power of making th a t speech." This was very curious to me, because I never could have guessed that it was. at 04 the model to which he aspired.—Life tf Wilberforce. N1...y 11. 1-38. THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. FOR. THE BEN El' IT OF MR. & MRS. WOOL). And t wsitivelg the Lust Night ref their Eugagerneat, On which occasion will be repeated tin consequenceof the en-- • thusiastic applause with which it was received on Wednes day evening, by a brilliant and fashionable au dience) the grand opera of - CINDERELLA, to conclude with the two-last • acts of the highly popular opera of MASSANIEI.I. O . THIRD WEUE OF MR. MARTIN. Frill IS present FRIDAY EVENING, the 11th instant, will 1. be peach urea fur the second and last time this SeaSOnt th e. grand opera ut CINDERELLA. Cinderella Mrs. Wood. Wood. Baron Pompolino.p . ...... Mr. G. Horncastle. Pedro Clorinda . .Miss Grant 1 Thisbe.....M rs: F. Beawell. Fairy Queen Milt W. H Bland.. To conclude with the two last acts of the grand opera of MASANIELLO. Elvira.. ..... ......Mrs. W , erd Masaniello Mr. Wood. Pietro Mr. Martyrs. Don Aiphonso M r. G. Horncastle. The popular actress, Mrs. risTistmli. of the Theatres-royal Drury-lane and Haymarket is engaged for a limited number of nights, and will make her appiarance here on MONDA Y. next, the 14th instant, in her celkirated character of Constaocer in Mr. Knowles's play of the b'OVE-CHASE, as performed b y her eight successive nights in succession at the Haymarket Theatre. Trueworth, Mr. Stuart; fir William Fondluve, M r. Baker; Master Walter, Mr. W. Howard • Wildrake, Mr. W - - 11. Bland; Widow Green, Mrs. Clarke; Lydia, M rs. Baker— . Farce of THE MARRIED RAKE. Mr. Flighty, A ll. - W. H. Howard; Mrs. Flighty, Mrs. Baker; Mrs. Victrac, Mrs. Nisbett, as originally performed by her in Loudon. To conclude with (positively the last time) the new comic pinto mime of HARLEQUIN IN SICILY. TO THE PUBLIC. Owing to the very liberal encouragement which we have received from our advertising friends, and for which we beg leave to tender our grateful acknowledgments, we have come to the resolution TO ENLARGE TIM LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TO TUC EXTENT OF SIX ;AD DITIONAL COLUMNS Hitherto we have frequently been under the neeessity of excluding various articles of local interest, and a large proportion of general news, in consequence of the great press of advertisements with which we have been fa voured. We have often, also, been forced to the alter native of materially curtailing our reports as well as our editorial remarks, on the same account. The pro posed enlargement will enable us to embody a greater share of such intelligence as may be generally useful, and to extend our reports of the various public meet ings, 4-c., which may be held in the neighbourhood, as well as to present to our readers a mass of amusing and instructive extracts from modern publications, tehich latter we intend to make a prominent feature in the STANDARD. It will also afford us great pleasure to avail ourselves of the opportunity which the contemplated enlargement of the STANDARD will give us for advocating more fully those conservative principles for which we have uni formly contended. The extended patronage which we enjoy shall operate as a stimulus to increased zeal and energy in defence of that glorious cause to which we feel do ardent attachment—the cause of the Monarchy. the Church, and the constitution of Great Britain. - - We are happy ta announce that arrangements are in progress for colisiderably increasing the nuitiber of agents for the stile of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD. When these arrangerrients are matured, we anticipate a material increase in our circulation, an advantage which we feel confident will be duly appreciated by our advertising friends. We also 'latter ourselves that the great increase of matter which the STANDARD will contain in its enlarged form will procure for us ad ditional support from the conservative public 1 . 7 1 Liverpool. The proposed enlargement will take place in THE FIRST WEEK IN JUNE, after which the LIVERPOOL STANDARD will contain TWELVE COLUMNS OF ADDIVIONAL MAT TER PER WEEK, without any increase of price. TO COHRESPOFDENTS. is "A Constant Reader' positive that he is not labouringunder any mistake? There are two "Town Missions" in Liver pool, one of which is in connexion with the Unitarians. Per haps his remarks apply to the agents of that society. We shall make some inquiries on the subject. Questions on points of law do not come within our province, but we are always ready to answer them, when it is in our power to do so. A correspondent has sent us the following en quitios—yerhapa some of our readers will be a bl e t o afford a satis f acto r y answer Mr. Enyrou.—Sir,-can you inform ine of the year drat Mr. Young, the tragedian, left the stage? and the year the late , Edmund Kean died in ? also the year Geo. F. Cooke died in.? , Yours, &c. _ TuEsets• " An Admirer of Pickwick" is informed that most of the parti culate to which he alludes are incorrect. We cannot give satisfactory answer to either his second or third questiott• Perhaps the following may not prove uninteresting—lt ap peared some time ago in the Durham Advertiser: "BOZ, vErisus, HIS AUTO-BIOGRAI'HER, DR. • MACKENZIE. We have received from the great and glorious Boz hiMself• —the highly taledted Charles Dickens—the following contra dictions to the statements put forth by Dr. Mackenzie, or Liverpool, aed which were copied into our columns a fortnight. ago : " Darlington Saturday Morning. " St e,—Waiting in this pl ace f or a Darlington , coach, this morn ing, I chanced, in the coutse of the few minutes 1 staved hem, to take up your paper of January the 26th, in which saw a brief auto-biography of myself bylir. Mackenzie. Dr. Mackenzie, whoever he may be, knows as much of me as of the meaning of the word auto-biography, in proof of which, may I beg you to state on my authority, that when I commenced the Pickwick Papers, I was not living on five guineas a week as a reporter on the ItiorninyChroniele-1 - that Messrs. Chapman and Hall were never persuaded with some difficulty to become the Pickwick publishers, but on the contrary first became known to me by , waiting on me to propose the work; that no such pecuniary ar rangement as the paragraph describes ever existed between us::. that by the Pickwick Papers alone I have not netted between £2OOO and £3000; that the sketch called " Watkin's Tattle" never appeared in the Mooning Chronicle; that 1 am not novir in the receipt of £3OOO a-vear; and that Mr. Bentley does not give me £lOOO a-year for editing his Miscellany, and twenty guineas a sheet for what - I write in it. have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient Servant, CHARLES DICKENS. To the Editor of the Durham Advertiser."' We are not aware of any source from which the desired infor mation may be obtained. "An Admirer of Pickwick" will most likely have his curiosity giatified upon consulting any friend of his who may be in the habit of frequenting any of the clubs iu London. The rumour to which "Quin" alludes is, we believe, correct, but, for obvious reasons, we must decline entering upon auy particulars. his last question we reply " Conservative." R. M" must be a very careless reader of the public journals,. or he would never trotible us with his silly questions. "An Honest Radical" is a questionable designation. We should almost as soon think of calling anyone an honestroyue— The lines to which " P. A. J." subscribes her name are stolen: from the Mercury. We almost suspect the writer of having._ stoleu the long-missing umbrella. Ebt Eiberpool ,i.Ltanbarb. FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 11. 1838. • The Publication of the STANDARD corarnenced.this morn,- log at 6 o'clock. JAMAICA.—We have received files of Jan3aiixt. papers.-. to the 24th of March, inclusive. The packet by which , . they arrived, the Linnet, has brought about £.5,40 0 .1° 4 % height. She sailed from Barbados on the 21st of *MI". Jamaica, 23d, and St. Tinimas, 31st. The crops in Ja maica are likely to be plentiful. • In spite of the eggregions mismanagement of the pre sent administration there is every probability that mat ters may still prove satisfactory in Jamaica. Though the cultivation of sugar and coffee, the two staple products: of the West Indies, may experience a ruinous change; when the apprentices have fulfilled their period of servo tude, it appears that the planters, have ether sources 01 profitable investment within their reaoh. Of these, the introduction of the mulberry tree for the purpose 0- 1 ; rearing the silkworm seems to be the most promising.. On this subject we find, the following remarks in the. Kingston Chronicle of March 23 " As our sage. governaietn rulers seem inclined to afford: every license to, the apprentices to resist agricultural lab Our„ and to abandon the cultivation of the island staples, we are re joiced to dud that any new substitute can be found likely to. afford a living to the landedproprietors who are obliged to throw up their sugar and coffee plantations. It seems the mulberry tree thrives very well in the island of Antigua and at Monts errat and we can bear witness to its having been planted with success , and even bearing frnit, in the mountain lands of St. A ndre Upon the leaves of the mulberry tree the silkworms at Mont serrat have been reared with success; and, as Mr. Harker has . also discovered another tree, called the ramoon, substitute for the mulberry, we suppose, as two plants will grow in the country, upon which the:silkworm will feed, there can be little doubt that the silk of Jamaica knight, with some attention, soon become an article of commerce. It is lamentable to o bse ..n the destructive policy of the prassat ministry, who are srva a c : misery an.d rucrs amongst she,labouring classe; both of which is a good_ their , La i sties and parent state. Fur, tViii4tt their measures have pare the agricultural industry of the west, their free fisreiyn trade ha t,