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opinion Of counsel was, that the appointment of schoolmaster w as vest e d i n the theseh oo l could not be old. ; and also th a t th e l and belonging to Mr. T. F. Rosteeee explained that it had been proposed to si ll the land, and invest the money in the funds for the purpose of increasing the salary of the master. Mr s' Tl,•l3En eested that power might be obtained by an act of partianientgb Air * J. 8. .LEIGH. YOU may do anything by act of parlia- M ent, but I doubt very much whether you can do this. _. Mr. CARTWRIGHT asked whether the duties of the school the Master were defined; and whether it would not be better or V" the vestry to fin his duties previous to Mr. Horsfall s mo s b eing put, because, in the event of it failing, it would uesei nece,aary to explain what the duties were. . Mr. T. P. lUSKELL then read the following abstract of the d etY of the schoolmaster, which, he stated, he had drawn up with Much care- We, 1 ' The duties to be erforrned by the successor of Mr. tiger, as schoolmastePr, are, to teach the children reading, writing, arithmetic, and English grammar. That his at teedane in the school shall be front half-past eight In the Morning to twelve at noon • and again, from till five in the afternoon. That ' there shall be a weekly .hol half-past one I daY on each Saturda • and there shall be a fortnight s „" ° , l idaas at Christmas Y a ' nd a week at Midsummer. That the 'euealinaster to be appointed shall devote his attention ex elusi i ve'Y n ot l l other things to the teaching of the scholars, piled sea . ~,,,t ,on any account, be engaged in any other trade, —'ession, or eat loyment, on pain of forfeiting- his office of bseehhoeoildnifaster. T P liat the situation of schoolmast er shall not h ell , or the life of the schoolmaster, but during his good Penftylear• That the schoolmaster shall be bound, oen_ ;ia!tY of his forfeiting his situation as schoolmaster, to re that In the scheol-house which he will have rent free. And mat he shall not charge 'any thing fur reading, spelling, and t gr ammar ; but in of to the salary arising from thane ' trust fo r e nd profits of some lands in West Derby held in be ,er e benefit of the Free Grammar School, he shall s , mitten to charge threes hillings a quarter for such as learn to te, end five gs a quarter for such as learn both eZ se w s rit i and arithinetic. Provided always that those children sesParents are parishioners but reside in a cottage under re;ZlPcntids a- Parishioners no charge whatever shall be made s for I naste r spellings; grammar, and writing, but . the (stiiainrotel; each whshall be allowed to charge them four shillings a i readi n hen they learn arithmetic. That copy-books, slates, ;edta g s.."°hB, and other requisites, for the use of the school, ar f e e ; `',e found by the Parents of each child, at the expense s"ct7l Parents in case they think fit, but if the he ma si s i t a e l i; cha rge em, which he shall not be bound to do ; That shy 4 I(' Profit upon them, but only cost price. That be nefit armed4.leLai books now in the school be for t o char the scholars. That the master shall be allowed .y. That Ugh for tire-money threepence per qter,tholelahe cnon the air, of the parish for the time . being s floodedb juevisitor of the school, and the judge of the master's want eseevmar, and that the vicar's report of the master's te vestrvestry tilg.?0!1 behaviour shall be conclusive, so . as to , give it M r , right of appointing a new schoulmaster. y to chs‘3. LECIGU, for one, approved of the of that to gr .ge the parents of the children anything,and also , suggestion esk, assse increase the salary of the master, but, he would Pd, ; 1 17 stile funds were to come from ? At present the W hich I,',l.lcavras the endowment, let for £4O. sehooroZsettnore t han it was worth. For that su a m -ye a a s r u , superior la , Mr, Ty:: °a libi not be obtained. e ta b r a y rgfrom --4 rfecommended the meeting to give a good sa e ss 'nods of the parish, in order to make no Mr.eills- the Parent s of children. iPeetabi Roskete thought it was impossible to get a re a:4o a Ya, e °lan to teach the boys in this school for r. T y . M r , T. -`,Ert.---Iteise the salary, then. fr° wi? 1 R°aleeet.—But where is the money to come Mr. T great des; s,.•,,lionseata. said if his - resolution was carried, a desisabl!'t eiscussion would be saved ; at the same timeitw h a e s rai sed, _7, (.0 ascertain the way in which the salary could defin e ' Sind also. that the parish should be in the con h d . ition to wa''7_ °Mrs duties. He --- confessed, that as a paris ioner he m' r g . a j ant of the condition of the affairs of the school. ~1_ Prop osec i S. • Leton observed that if it was at all probable ..t ti o e the shesicosannitt.ee could discover any funds belongienaesett_, he shou'diLoi which the master's salary could . be inci i were no s !lite no objection to it; but, as it was known there asi.. ,ersfunds, he did not Sie the necessity of the mastinot fremee`see HOES.ALL explained that the resolution w 4 deB,‘_._woitis the slightest hostile intention ; but solely from mrt.reettAnaeet the wishes of all parties. t ended that fora In a speech of considerable lengt t h, ne c e o e n s: easy to be . school of this description, it w" not and classics. it° master of of teaching allisite tT O able a man to hold a plough, , Inatierna s not re it taught advisee, hi Latin and Greek ; it the scholars were as ene te_ls, writing, and arithmetic, they were as . much ' ' 'en 4 d r e m d ers gh°4ld Possess, and for these reasons he re- Mr. ti tb at Mr. Musker's son be appointed. . ter:narks 7ZPALL observed that is considerable part of h the b la a s ° elr. Clarke when he spoke of there being aSe n I narkdilea Jeady.appointed had taken him by suprise, for• he n esenue2l,anOthltig Whatever of the individual who had bee. iti cossue€l. lie understood that they had Assembled there the ,"'.e4,llenee of the resignation of Mr. husker, to appoint , un inmvidu d• 11, a nd h e al Wh oh might appear best qualified fO . r . the sua- Poiet a - ought the adoption of his proposition . to iilit object. °°ltinsittee the snore likely course to accomplish that Mr, c i th e t esti. ttllvltlGnas said he had a few remarks to submit to the se ti. but before doing so he wished to know whether ed opted s ille ef duties, proposed by the churchwarden,. .was te etios 0 Ile wished to ascertain this, because it was his in point:tot move e ' ' - ` 8 an amendment, that the master be ap- M e , A'ew• (Cries.of " Yes, ves.") t° the e 'l!.c,G,'lr'non. though tlnh more time should be given , MCcartsn'eaera tolcoesider the scheme proposed. ier i , . aterveet giventtn i n 3 nter then addressed the vestry at i some r support of' the scheme, to which, he said, he had . eri4eiel4t attention; a d of which he entirely approved. . rePorte-shna“Pparoved of thnat part which stated that periodical Mr. k "" I m be made. tested fto.4.sc°4eGOlS. also aPproved of that part; and he sug : of the Bss4l,er that an annual examination should take plass.. issr ('.,,a4Olars, studies, le eiteI.,LWRIGRT after addressing the meetingatconsis "L'uiker '°`", the kho' i" ef n t l li a e v na nt amendment, now appointed master of I as a endment, that Mr. Thomas he w as 0 4 's His motive fo a r s erro• be Mr. Musker was, that iituation ill/erY,. worthy yimPog P is sing Mr. qualified for , the wriltbt con s i) ,, ° lnt of intellectual endowments. Mr. Cart fi"ledelltnerlct ; 4 " fi e r d by alleging ' three reasons in support of the t h wth r e , . Bto that Mr. Musker was sufficiently quail-w e ekelleeeP'et to intellectual endowments ; second a ly n , se lo it r Msilhe desiseefelftia moral character ; and tluri . ily, laL. `.4r.eri.ihotild be :he .authorities of the parish that e Mr. se P e P n o n i d n e ted t ._ After BS,,lleßot-r el h amendment. The C lime'' further discussio n of a desultory character, _ those ; Alexi h. ,in fav„„ AN took the sense of the vestry, by causing . t COO . - ' r uf the hill left,rch to ilia right,aarnnedutlitinoesnetto retire on that motion r e i , t i o t for the original mo emajority merit AerY l arge • • . and t he appeared in favour of the am.end hefA: Peetsulemejtaattatesei declared it to have been carr!ed. amend fu ? re the Bishop give the parish notice that I will go 1;on.) 0 P for this. (" Hear, hear," and some con +. J. c hoos e . S. leßinst, You may enter a caveat if you . 1 4r. ii, N 41':08ion to-ck''pllts.oN demanded a poll; and some warm dis ; ssitbrienastioancoefalthat subject but, eventua ti l ) set ese hi cal, r. T. B. HORSFAL I 1 4 '' •T. 13. li " L Mr. enderson eVu'ker behaving • wtsPeta.. said that the appointment of Mr. etlid " e ane th-° objection to theade, appointment of a Committee to tabl hitereektdutie% of the schoolinaster and look to the gene te/;:lette sho-uatticfbt_he_ Sech_ool. He suggested . that the vicar and eel : , other ~..,..s-i_sni mbers of that committee, and perhaps er't'erst'ag o, and A committee was thenappointe.tri., eye r r i4ht, 1,j.3.ar, the curate, the churchwarden, 1,1 1048 ,_ 1 parisill,Aolne.r3M:cgregor.. t bitt ee bY th ey h a l d consindteerreel itrao appointment explanations of the rea ointment of a corn behlß ri:whes),).rererable. course ; and e P fpressed themselves as es ( ht th e ,s4,,t,tafied with the decision of the vestry. 'ektitee'''''°n of Mr LEIGH ja the C...................:iutirn;anJ S; and 17 ' a vote of th an k s was Proceedings terminated IN slirr ----- DUMB. ....rtiN FOR THE DEAF AND Th e an th e Li,. 1141eXelidnation of the children being oh Wodr1)001 Institution for the Deaf and Dumb Royal Institu elect e!'l47 last, in the presence of a most respectable and e educated t p e place ci in tio ttlltory, in the Lecture -room of the CAMPBELL,Roy Ate%ido,,°,.bluitt-street. The Rev. AUGUSTUS , k r ." ef the institution took the chair. listity.tiiinillzib, the excellent and indefatigable bo o, ild ill, previously to the commencement ot the m ectin, l.hetv• 41.e8sed a few general observations to . h h ee examine of h e , apology luo Letttg that, aitho t : 1 h he could not plead as Iteri3io'"g a str4nger bge c o uld not help feeling a little appre• Del4t "en the CO ' ' . tio ed,. ot , umany shou , Id in some degree, . di l _ on„ former exan i _ oo,be 'east those who had attended a be sap.. It was one of the to , etuts, he had lost his best pupils. endure, the tetUov°44ll)rainful trials which the teacher had to e kttling ti3'l:,llB Pupils just at the period wliterritth _Y, ed however, to,t4ectilang be Pupil s important to him. v i e i r e y great disappoint s were he tlttugetie he kiZatttrioyttehxopue7ietricean y that institutions for t _ xtlle the '19%4 4 Of the deaf and gdumb were not unwor . h e , of i w to as annualkit o,l4tion of the British parliament, with ,. tlr (10413:4k4elotnethin of this sort, he would ( INkict ' g r B°l%lB bY an grant, If Sirtheßieovsbeerrrte,Peenedl deaf mute. resrplool`e.ceee,..,l7 the laigiting gratitude of everY.t. ' noble I, 4f e: o f the Lire remembered l• tel meeting with a every f Daennyiark, ordering that he ex - t e e ti p Ile 4')(if des child thornK ing i n o his kingdom, shol!''ttthem to th-4-?tti_ e otet.isitate, eceive an. educattoen(,r. qualifying it_4_tatoto Zbe sof society•_ lireari, 1 heita tat,ire ezetaZttliog never be repealed ( h r . i r ) id ) hoped lm e d d 'and furnished the ‘ s. we have ;re.t°rY at'l tfhen P p r ° P . re e ',f the children which we 411.111it„,!-e-d9tItoenhtly rd:toaderdheort. Progress ' o occasions. Much credit teren, wh o 7e One to the attention and perseverance of M . thoZttno h'_• 4B the different pupils prese.nted themselnvieesa,tienng ootettoi ir3tef explanations of the mode of commit In the ho d ;:e of hi s ranches of knowledge to the . scholars. to eto Itoinarks he incidentally mentioned .. that_ e a , lwibirflyl 4411, efthe'lettthilished for the benefit of the "pi"'rwhich the committee... bo oe d feel tittl had made diligent use, and that Aftteolent to la ig ri t k i fp) for , any books of a proper kind which the t hre e i r the clos e t Pleased to pFeser..% arid ettert,,t. Or the examination M feeling popil°Pin. At,.. "potopti_eitten by the more advanced I ir gratitude, first, _to . RHINO read two or too. tttitorgo 4-,l"t,_trerms, expressinig t 1.144 d to the uper ton, for an Inv' p ist on to visit New Brigh n ie._ IPulsi„._ . oPrietors of the pictures of the visit that interest- Ll.,ethlbit;:'_,,,,_tror allovving the pupil s to hit`:eytera! pupils e w e .of ciharge. Temptatio tlO4l he o . r:...11_._ tio iad learned to articulate, then exhncie disti f theitwker!, and Mr. RHINO stated kth‘avtithhesulffila neto oelng able, eventually, to spea . otiliblo,t4e4riooft :.,11_th.e ordinary purposes of life. . . were Dror_itri florin._ P7eirrieris of needle -work and knitting sufficient '4'he Iv Of the ahli,tie yroeeedings, affording most favourable latotoodr,"'eatton of the artszans. ~,_, l4.v. ,fga being closed, ; Ylt tt ie: ttector CAmPaELL addressed the trusted they ~.otiltr h lueY Were satisfied, as he hoped and had only meeting, olit`"Ost eart4with toeth result of the examination, he ossihly 4c;),tilti to preotly ret they would do all they p they Pos o r irte the interests of the institution, tioofieln he te,eould in the unfortunate dispense tiemidnnetoatcelos sti r fl Pro,i4ilyetlons lesseningwhic, by a mYsteirmdtalways him thiltier t a 4 Ni: e t they were exposed. 1407 pol io eti oho„,_, , Prti . o n of wonder that t l l i i!! (leaf . eoti ttol u t tU oe objects of such very inferior whyinterest, that 114 ti be the I° T l to the blind. He did not see s were k i , ttlite ,h4rie:!ve, yet the fact was the Blind A ylum and d re d s i t7in b for tO 'leaf 0..t4e!, generally spaking, and that reason et t"'% beia., (libel) were not. There could be - exhibition hilh Preka,,bit'!e ea e. He trusted that such an these__..... s in r s e titutions e,Ol eteatu-,L, In which it had been proved that of u e '; . theh,theito4its thei r e r B * who would scarcely have any power,ve ty tt tt . a O,Y whi4a3ont without such aid as was I.l.e;ory.bof am -1 tteiot, theY were restored to the p•ositi w o es to get Le o„41,11 livi'„42l4 enabled in a great man hoorgt Neet 6, An institution of this sort every feeling til (Il ear ,4e greatest possible intt.!restt.osct.u:l_dhniobtei?s'olit tho ittt thou: "e 4-2) Ile earnestly hoped R0,,),N1d ge e : pre would relat e to their There fri were two, vioi-,..14 whioi; Jul the present occasion. ...t. which ti0,...L1)1 atr;,tuey might assist the institution, one asu f ar as N "'Me, the -li c t it Pecuniary aid, and inducing, another oohYtln whiohrtiiiriends to?eunds whir litZt''ili Pp, nbjeo they illieht adssois-tliktehweiisneStitTurhiec;r:, :,""B:altit'eNrvat'hae.- i o . , t , whose benefit it was intende.e,r, hear.), -4131nitt -- 'tishould be co little known. (' ' ent num It ""4wgtit-adatis twine the pres ent ) her of pupils if they had them—a fact which be thought most singular in a town situated as Liverpool is ; for there must be, he should think, some mutes who bad never been in any asylum, who had not been benefitted by the aid to be afforded, both in this town and in the adjoining counties; yet it was a fact, that whilst the institution for the Deaf and Dumb in London was an object of extensive canvas whenever a vacancy occurred, the Liverpool Institution was able to accommodate twice the present number, if they could be obtained. The Institution, then, would be benefitted, and the objects of it also, by this fact being made known. The Rev. Gentleman then referred to the specimens of sewing and knetting, ob serving that the sale of such articles was another mode of benefitting the charity ; and he concluded by again request ing the auditory to make its utility and capabilities better known. The proceedings then terminated, having occupied about tw•o hours. CLAIM FOR WAGES-SHOCKING MA LTREAT MENT OF A STEWARD AT SEA. Yesterday, a coloured man named John McDovval, ap peared at the 'police-court to prefer a claim for a balance of wages due to him for services on board the ship Ann, of this port, Captain Salkeld, on a trading voyage hence to Bomba) and other parts, and back. The vessel is owned by a Mr. Johnson, who, it will appear, had employed the applicant for many years, had a high opinion of him, and to whom, of course, no blame can ,be attached for the treatment he re ceived on board.—Mr. Wardle 'appeared for the applicant, and Mr. Bateson for the defence. John McDowel being sworn, said—l shipped on board ofthe Ann on the 26th of May, 1841,as steward only, to go to Bom bay and back, at £3 10s. a month. After she had sailed a short time some words' took place between the captain and me as to the cooking of a duck, and a quarrel ensuing he put mein irons; and I was so kept for .33 days, on bread and water alone. I was put on the half-deck, and a man came down twice to see me when I lay very ill. The captain as signed no reason for putting me in irons. On the 6th of September we arrived at Bombay. The captain there wished me to take my discharge. 1 refused, stating that I had a wife and family, arid that I had shipped for the voyage out and home. I had been in the employ of Mr. Johnson for upwards of 1-1 years. The captain on my refusing to take my discharge, took me ashore to a magistrate. Ile told the magistrate I was of a very bad disposition, and said every thing he could aga i ns t me. H e gave him (the , magistrate) no reason whatever for putting me in irons. The magistrate said, " You must take him on board again." The captain then went down and took away the boat to prevent me from getting on board ; but I took another boat, and got on board. Ile then made me stand on the open middle of the deck for five days, and did not allow me to go below at all. He al lowed me no food for 19 days, and I had nothing but•what I got from the men who gave me a bit. I sat and stood as well as I could on the middle of the deck. I was taken again before the magistrate, and the captain wanted him to give me my discharge. The magistrate sent me to the " Sailor's Home," from which I have brought a certificate of character. I came home in the Ann 'Morton. to Port Glasgow, at £1 10s. a month. I was on board of that vessel five months and a half, and my wages were £8 ss. I have sailed in Mr. Johnson's employ a great length of time. (Several letters were produced. The letters, he said, were in the handwriting of the owner and the captain. They were handed in.) Cross-examined by Mr. Bateson.—There was an awning on the deck at Bombay for the men to work under. I had no food but what the men gave me, and that was not by the captain's orders. He wanted the magistrate to imprison me, but he would not. The irons were not taken off, except to let me wash, and they were then put on again. I was once told I might have them taken off. When they were off I said to the captain, " You put them on to please yourself, and now you have taken them off to please yourself," and he had them immediately put on again. Mr. Bateson said that the articles were endorsed, showing that the man was discharged at Bombay. Mr. Rushton said he had the articles before him ; they merely stated that several of the crew had been discharged, arid had joined the Indian navy, and that the complainant was sent from the ship with the clitain's permission ; but no cause was assigned. What was the defence ? There were two cases to be considered—first, the wages, and secondly, the treatment of the man. Mr. Wardle said he had intended to bring;on the case for the wa ges i n the first instance; an d afterwards to bring stronger evidence on the other case. Mr. Rushton said, that as the case now stood he would rather hear all the evidence at once : he thought this course, too, would be the most just to the captain himself. Mr. Wardle assented, and called • John M'Kelvan.—l sailed• with the Ann from Liverpool, as cook. The last witness was on board. He is a sober man ; he never drinks anything but a glass of ale. Wh en we got close to the li ne we were becalmed, and the ship rolled much from the swell. The last witness (the steward) fetched me a pie to bake, and I said I did not know whether it could be kept in to do, as the ve,,,sel rolled so much. It rolled out two or three times, and the gravy was shaken out. After that I heard nothing of the steward for three days, when I went into the hold f or wa t er , an d t h e mate abused me for going near bins, (using coarse language.) I did not see the steward for 14 days. I was then told he wanted me to g( and see him, as he was badly, and wished it. I asked the captain to let me go, but he said he would no; let an Irish. man go to see the d—d black b—. After dinner I was sent down to see him in the presence of the second mate. 1 found him laying on his back with his hands transfixed. He had handcuffs on—no other irons Here, Mr. Wardle and Mr. Bateson having consulted to gether, the former, addressing 'the bench, said" Will you allow us to consult together, sir ; we think some arrange. went— Mr. Rushton.—No; certainly not. If this which we have heard be true, or even anything like it, public justice requires that the case should go on. Sailors must be protected as well as others. The witness continued.--4 asked the captain to give me a physic (dose) of salts for the steward. He said he would not. The steward would not touch anything from the cap-, tain, unless it were out of my hand. I was not allowed to see him again. I saw him in Bombay. Cross-examined.—He would take nothing from the cap tain, but through me, for fear there was poison in it. I heard he was in irons the third day after they were put on. I saw him in fourteen days. A message was sent to me, that if I went to him I would be put in irons. I saw six holes bored in a piece of board to let him have some air, and to keep him from getting anything from the men. • Robert Evans was next swiorn.—l was a seaman on board. I saw Mcllowal on the second day after he was put in irons. I went down to get up some sails. He was down on the half deck. Ile was confined with handcuff's;' no other irons that I saw. He was there for thirty days, as near as I can guess. At Bombay he was kept in irons forty-eight hours longer. He was not allowed to go above to do the offices of nature. A bucket was sent down to him. After he was let out of irons at Bombay he was sent forward to live with the crew ; but no meat was allowed to him by the captain. None ever came forward for him, and we shared with him. The captain once came forward and found us giving him something, and said, "If I know you give him any, I will put you on allow ance, and a d—d short allowance too." 1 was not taken before a magistrate at Bombay, and don't know that any of the crew was. I was only once ashore. None of us were taken on shore, so far as I know, at Bombay. I remember the plaintiff being taken out of the ship there. He got on board again. He said he could not do our dirty work, which he was sent to. He slept on the top of a round-house. The mate and another found him one day not amidships, and the mate and the carpenter ordered him aft, to the place he was at before, and struck and kicked him. There, was an old lower studding sail on the top of the round-house, with holes in it. Cross-examined,--I never saw him in a small place in the cabin. The half-deck is as broad as the vessel, and about 20 feet long. Mr. Rushton put some questions as to the irons, and the plaintiff himself said that he was only hand cuffed. Mr. Beeson said he had not been sufficiently instructed as to the alleged assault to proceed with it then. Mr. Rushton said he would on that account adjourn that part of the inquiry. _ Mr. Bateson said he was instructed to say that the defend ant had been, insolent to the first mate, hut he offered no evi dence on that point. He again referred to the endorsement on the articles. Mr. Rushton read it at length, and said it did not affect the case. The magistrate bad cautiously worded it; no cause was assigned for taking the man from the ship, and he himself had not consented to be discharged. He (Mr. R.) then read the certificate from the Sailor's Home at Bombay. It certified that John M`Dowal, (the plaintiff,) of the ship Ann, of Liverpool, was admitted on the 13th October, and remained till the 13th November, 1841, during which time he conducted himself much to the satisfaction of the master, (whose certificate it was,) and was a sober, steady, and re- F pee t a ble man. A certificate from the owner, Mr. John Johnston. was also read, dated May, 1812, to the effect that lie had served live years in the brig Berkley, as cook and steward, and had given e ver y sa ti s f act i on, an d recommending him " a sober man, steady, and honest." A letter of the same gentleman to the plaintiff's wife in this town, dated Workington, 1811, in which the plaintiff is spoken of as " his" very old and respected servant, John M'Dowal, was also put in_ Mr. Rushton said the wages must be paid. The two at torneys .then settled the amount, leaving to be received by the plaintiff .£8 16s. 6rl. and 3s. 6d. costs. The defendant had previously paid £lO. on account. The case for the assault with which the captain stands charged will be heard this day. The Overland Mail, via Marseilles is detained. Letter& will be in time, if posted in London on Tuesday next. DREADFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—A fatal accident oc curred on Thursday evening on the Arbroath and Forfar Railway, near Forfar. A carter from Glammis. named Bunch, had, it appears, delivered a load of wood at the depot adjourning to the Red-road, within•& short distance of the railway terminus, and was about to return, when the up train whistle sounded ; but in,place of stopping, he urged and hurried on his horse, putting it into a trot, with the view, it is supposed, of getting across the railway before the train. He was called to repeatedly by a person who saw the danger he was running into, but the warning was unheeded. The engine came up just as the horse was in the middle of the railway, or nearly so, with the man at the horse's head, when, dreadful to relate, both were killed on the spot. The cart was dashed to pieces, but no damage was done to the train.—Dundee Warder. DISTURBANCES NEAR BIRMINGHAM.—OII Tuesday night the western iicighhourhood of Birmingham was considerably excited and alarmed by rumours of disturbances amongst the turn-out nailors of Bromsgrove and the adjoining mining districts of Cradley, Stourbridge, &c. • About 7 o'clock a detachment of the Ist Royal Dragoons, under Captain Peel (the nephew of the Premier) left Birmingham at a band gallop, and arrived in Bromsgrove about half-past 8. The mobs had been addressed by several gentlemen; they con sented to retire, but expressed their unalterable determination not to return to work without an advance of wages. The following correct statistics will show the wretched state of Bronasgrove and its neighbourhood :—The population of the parish is 9,671 ; the number of houses assessed to the poor, 2,016; of these 1.763 are under 101. per annum, and 1,391 under 51. About 180 occupations are void, and the tenants of 619 are from poverty excused paying rates. The number of permanent paupers receiving regular relief is about 1,000; and on Friday last, in addition, 360 heads of families, coin prising about 1,500 people, received temporary assistance at the union workhouse. Such is the state of the nail districts in Worcestershire. DARING IMPOSITION.—On Friday a pretended ship's crew of lubberly-looking landsmen were placed at the bar of the police court, accused with having feloniously attempted to impose on Mr. G. Crawford, treasurer to the Merchants' Seaman's Fund of the port of Clyde, by presenting a false certificate, alleged to have been granted by two of Iler Ma jesty's justices of the peace, acting for the port of Cork ; and also by falsely representing themselves as being part of the crew of a vessel named Mary Anne, wrecked on the 3d current, while houeward btfund from Demerara. -It having been brought out in the evidence that the certificate was forged, and that no such vessel had been wrecked, the magis trate, after a suitable address, rewarded each of them accord ing to his merit, by sending the captain for 60, the mate 40, and each of the crew 30 days to prison, regretting at the same time that he had not the power of sending them to a higher court, where they would net have been 86 leniently dealt with. It would serve as a sufficient warning to all such impostors, could they only have seen how -blde• the seven looked when removed from the bar to the,Place of confinement, where•their manners, , it is to be hoped# will be reformed, and their hearts improved, under the aututary treatment of Mr, Drebnil6-..Olatgetv (Arattielai CORRESPONDENCE. DOCK WAREHOUSES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, Strt,—l perceive that the warehouse owners are severely attacked in the Albion of this week ; evidently by one, who, I am sorry to say, even now, is all powerful in guiding, and directing the dock affairs of this port. It is melancholy to reflect, that after the battle which the conservatives have so nobly fought and won, that one of their most deadly enemies—a man too, of " such manners and such morals"—should now be the real leader in that important trust ; and the consevative party ought to be warned, that if such men are allowed to guide the dock affairs, that that trust, which ought to be a tower of strength to them, will only prove a source of weakness. This man hates the ware house owners, first, because they are almost all conser vatives, and, secondly, because they were the main in struments in destroying the radical predominance in the Town-hall,—l wish 1 could add in the Dock-office. There is some presiding genius on the latter board, which, though neither openly seen nor heard, seems to check control and neutralise the conservative influence. I can give no greater proof of the truth of this remark than by stating that God's holy day is habitually profaned at the new dock works, the men working on that sacred day, as though they were living in a heathen rather than a Christian land. The first ground of attack upon us is, that the warehouse owners have tied down the dock committee not to erect one-third of the ware houses around the Albert Dock until the one part has been in operation for two years. Now, in my judgment, the ware house owners have done a wise thing ui that ; their fear, all along, has been that the dock committee, not spending their own money, would recklessly go to work, and the sequel has shown that their fears were not groundless. It is said the Dock Committee have spent upwards of fifty thousand pounds in the bringing up the foundations of the warehouses, which, if erected, cannot be insured ; they are, therefore, driven to the expedient of making their ware houses what is called " fire proof;" there again their folly is seen, the walls of the foundations are laid too far apart; or dinary beams will not carry the width, and they are com pelled to go to the expense of beams of an unusual length, which are of course very expensive. By the newspaper re port of their proceeedings, on Thursday, the 18th of May, I observe that the warehouses are to cost £36 ss. per square yard, which, with the land, may be called £4O ; and, as there are five rooms including the vaults, the cos t will be £8 per square yard of superficial warehouse ro om; now, the dearest warehouse in the port has never cost more than £2 per superficial square yard, so that if the Dock warehouses are to pay,—or in other words, if there is not to be a tremendous loss upon them they will have to charge four times the rate of rent now charged in the present warehouses, e. threepence per bale for cotton per week. But say their advocates we shall save in the fire insurance. Now the in surance would have to be £8 per cent to make up the differ ence between the rent now paid for cotton, (viz. one penny per hale per week,) and the dock warehouse rate, viz. 3d. per bale per week ; a rate, high as the premiums are at present, which, we are sure, never will be changed. The length, too, of the warehouses is such that the light cannot be carried from one end to the other; and it is very probable that gas will have to be burned all day long in them. Another charge is, that the transit sheds, which were a boon to the warehouse owners, are a failure. Every one knows the difference between a thing being worked by a friendly and an unfriendly hand ; were the transit sheds fairly worked, I know they would be more useful than they are ; but still I, hear of many instances, in which they have been very useful, and are found to be a saving of time to the ship owners, and of money to the merchants : and when 'they are more known, and the rules and regulations better understood, I venture boldly to predict, that they will be found to be a great bene fit to the trading interests. One word more about fires. If the origin of the recent fires is what it is now generally suspected to be, the dock warehouses would be no more free from them than any others, but the loss would be attended with- the additional aggravation of ships with the warehouses. In conclusion, however, let me o b serve th a t I thi n k some thing ought to be done by the owners of warehouses to put a stop to the frequency of fires. The trade of the port will be injured if these fires go on, and if they do not make some attempt to accomplish this, their property will be superseded by a different and safer kind of warehouses. A WAREHOUSE OWNER TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. London, May 31, 1843. SlR, — Your Numbers of the sth and 16th instant respec tively contain statements concerning some recent experiments made with a screw propeller, in a vessel called the " Liver pool Screw," constructed by Messrs. Mather, Dixon, and Grantham, of your town, which call for sonic remark, as they would tend, if permitted, to remain unnoticed, to lead to erroneous conclusions, not only as to what has been here tofore effected by other experimentalists, but as to • the abso lute value of propellers of this description, when compared to that of the paddle-wheel. The invention of the screw propeller is attributed to various persons. But the conception of the application of such an instrument to 'give progress to bodies through water, can no more be raised to the rank of a discovery than the first use of a paddle-wheel in a steam-vessel can be considered so now. The idea of using a screw, (under which name we• must class all propellers whose motion in the water is helical or spiral, whatever be the form of its blades,) is of great antiquity. The sole merit must, therefore, be derived from the mode of applying it, and it is•My object in this communication to in quire in what respect the Liverpool screw is superior to its predecessors, or wherein it merits the high encomiums which you have bestowed upon it? To the spirited gentlemen from whom it emanates I am ready to award the credit of having done something to advance our knowledge on this important subject. The screw propeller has been applied in various positions in the vessel, namely, at the bow, before the stern, by Brown, in 1827; one on each quarter by Captain Carpenter, and (with much the best effect,) in the dead wood by Mr. Smith. This last positi on i s se l ec t e d i n t h e ", Li verpoo l Screw," and, although in the details of her construction, the precise form - adopted by Mr. Smith has not been followed, yet I apprehend it w ill b e conce d e d b y any impartial person, that when the propeller is placed before the rudder, and in a space between the stern-post and the hull of the vessel, it is virtually placed in the dead wood. The position of the pro peller of the " Liverpool Screw" is clearly specified by the expression, " in the dead-wood," and if the mere change of form given for no obvious reason, is to constitute a novelty or an improvement, the mere application to an iron vessel, in which there can literally he no dead-wood, would have equally emancipated the projectors from any claim of Mr. Smith's. In the discussions which have from time to time arisen in our courts of law, the nature of " mechanical equivalents" has been well defined, and the substitution of an eccentric for a crank, or a wedge for a lever, has been held to be a " colourable imitation." Where, therefore, instru ments differing so widely in form and character, were still held to be imitations; there can be no doubt, but that sup posing Mr. Smith's claim to placing the propeller in the dead-wood to have been a new discovery at the date of his patent, any propeller placed relatively in the like position as regards the vessel and the rudder, will be considered an in. fringement of his patent. But the direct motion of the engine adopted in the " Liver pool Screw" is claimed as'a novelty. Now the direct engine has been adopted by Smith in the Archimedes, in her first trials, by Ericcson in the " Stockton," and by Weinshurst in the " Novelty." These vessels had also, like the " Liver pool Screw," high pressure engines and short strokes, whereby a greater number of revolutions could be obtained on the engine shaft than with a condensing engine. The only difference in the examples is, that the " Liverpool Screw" has oscillating engines. But as such engines have been applied indiscriminately to every purpose for which steam is applicable, it surely cannot be assumed there is either merit or,novelty here, since there is no essential advantage in this individual application ' • and were the idea o f us i ng a screw an d o. oscillatin engines valuable, their adopti on i n t wo vesse l s b y Penn would b have anticipated these projectors on the score of novelty. Passing the minor question, however, of the value of an os cillating engine, we must enquire what are the characteristics which distinguish the direct motion from that of the inter vening apparatus of gear wheels, or other multiplying mo tions—what the efficacy of this method of producing a direct action—and lastly, are the alleged defects of a multiplied ve locity of the screw over that of the engine a really formidable detect? Our experience in paddle-wheels and in the theory of the resistance of fluids leads to the almost self-evident truth that the greatest effect in re-action, as compared to the im pulsive effort, is obtained by having the plane or surface of the impelling body at a right angle to the line of motio❑ of the body propelled. This is only obtainable in the paddle wheel when the float is vertical, and in the screw propeller no portion thereof can ever be in this position ; it is only possible, therefore, to approximate thereto, which is done by making the screw as flat as possible, or, as it is technically termed, having a short pitch. Hence it is obvious that, as the pitch is decreased for this purpose, the velocity of the screw axis must be proportionably increased. The rules which must be observed to get the best mean with reference to the difficulties on. either hand are beyond the sphere of these remarks—but suffice it to say, that in all cases the locity of the screw axis considerably exceeds that of the axis of a condensing engine, but does not necessarily exceed that of a high pressure one. Hence, we are reduced to the di lemma of either using high steam or of multiplying the mo tion of the engine shaft, and 1 shall now proceed to enquire the relative value of each system. The condensing engine may be considered as a pe r f ec tly safe instrument. I n te vast experience we have had in this country of every variety of vessels and engines, there is not an instance in my recollection of the life of a single passenger having been lost by the explosion of a well constructed low pressure boiler. On the other hand we have a melancholy list of fatal catastrophes which have been caused by even small increases of the pressure on the boiler beyond what may be properly termed low pressure steam. With this striking contrast in results, we cannot hesitate to designate the man a bold one who would send a vessel on a long voy age with a high-pressure engine. Rather, I will say, (advo cate as I am of screw propulsion, and sanguine, yea! confi dent as I feel of its ultimate general introduction,) let us stick to the much abused paddle wheel, which has been thu mercilessly attacked by the writer of the articles alluded to, but which, despite its effects, has produced those miracles in Trans-Atlantic Steam Navigation which have added to our country's glory. The worst that can happen to a paddle wheel leaves many chances of escape, but high pressure steam, when it causes explosion, must surely be attended with fatal consequences to many, if not all, on board, and from which there is no possibility of escape. The adoption of a multiplied motion by means of spur wheels (for I have no hopes that ropes or chains can be ren dered durable) enables us then to use a condensing engine, and our inquiry is next directed to the amount of drawback entailed by the gearing. Now we have numerous instances of such wheels having lasted upwards of 20 years, and there is an admirable specimen in the Mint, by Rennie, of wheels which have been in constant use for upward s o f thirty years, and which are still in good condition. It is futile then to talk of the " well known disadvantages of spur wheels." Machinery can never be so perfect as we desire it, and at every arrangement comprises advantages and disadvantages; experience arid judgment enabling us to strike the balance in favour of •the most efficient. No engineer would hesitate to guarantee constructing toothed wheels of any conceivable strength, and I have no hesitation in saying that with gearing judiciously constructed, we may insure a really simple, safe, and more economical arrangement than with either the direct high pressure engine and screw, or the condensing engine and paddle-wheel, subjected as the latter is to concussion and irregular resistance, from which the screw propeller is wholly exempt. Having, therefore, disposed of the alleged superiority of the direct high pressure engine, 1 may next consider the merits of the propeller itself. The modification now brought forward in the " Liverpool Screw" under th e name o f Woodcroft, is clearly enough d esc ribed in Tredgold, in the first edition of his Treatise on the Steam Engine, published in 1827, where, in a very brief notice of the theory of screw propulsion, he calculates the effect of using a screw with an increasing pitch. I could easily demonstrate such a modifi cation to be worse than v a l ue l ess . I shall not, however, stop to discuss that point, b u t reserve any demonstrations o , my opinion if it is challen ge d. h e " infer Liverpool tSheerre examplesw," sho T r l t se ly . r s e h s e u w lns in the are vastly nature,) are, in my opi n i on , a tt r ib uta bl e i n a great measure, if not wholly to the peculi ar f orm o f th e screw therein adopted.eperformanceofthepaddle of the wheel "Liverpool o S i cr evs• the portion , " proportion a of o beTehuepo 5 to 4. 1 must say that the writer betrays great want of en. gineering experience i n j ump i ng to thi s conclusion from such . imperfect data* W ith vessels of the same Power stud disnew In a vessel called th e " Mermaid," recently fitted by Messrs. Rennie with condensing engines of 90 horses' power, a speed of 13 miles has been attained with a midship sectio n of 52 feet. I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, NAUTICUS. [The two paragraphs to which the writer of the preceding letter refers, were written with the hottest intention of im partially describing the results of the experiments, or trial trips, which we ourselves witnessed in the " Liverpool Screw." If we have fallen into any technical error, or ascribed too much merit for originality to the builders of that vessel, our mistake was quite unintentional, and we have no objection of awarding to our correspondent the merit of possessing more detailed information on this sub ject than ourselves, though in all probability his statements will provoke a reply from some person better informed than ourselves.—En. L. S.] A grand dinner was given by her Majesty to the Queen Dowager, on Wednesday. WARLIKE PREPARATIONS.—We shall have some "crumbs of comfort" for the rebels on Friday. In the meantime, amongst other preparations, we may announce that Rear-Admiral William Bowles, C. B. is ordered over to hoist his flag as N ava l C omman d er -in-Chief on the coast of Ireland, and that a large fleet of war steamers and other vessels of war will be placed under his orders.—Dublin Evening Mail, of Wednesday, DARING ROBBERY AT HOLYROOD. —On Tuesday the police received information, that on the 22d ult. the throne room of the palace of Holyrood, Edinburgh, was entered by thieves, and a variety of articles stolen therefrom, the pro perty of the managers of the Exchequer of Scotland. The property stolen consists of six yards and a half of rich silver lace (gilt), 38 silver tassels, and 16 or 18 imitation pearls. We have fortunately the means of satisfying a very general but very natural curiosity—principally among our lady readers—as to the names which the royal parents have se lected for the infant princess. Her royal highness will, we understand, be called Alice Maud Mary, three names indis putably English, and the first and last of which have been long popular. Perhaps even the second, so long generally disused, may thus be restored to its former favour.—Times. STEAM-SHIP " PRESIDENT."-,While at Thatcher's Is land (Cape Ann), Captain Sturgis, of the revenue cutter Hamilton, was informed by the keeper of the light-house, that, during the severe easterly gale, last October, a board, evidently part of a vessel; was drifted ashore, with the words " Steam-ship President" cut upon it. The board was after wards destroyed or lost; but, from the description given, it seems not unlikely that this was a part of that ill-fated ship. —New York Herald. During the thunder-storm in the metropolis and neigh bourhood on Sunday, which was accompanied with continued and most vivid flashes of lightning, a lad belonging to the free-school in GreenWich, who was sitting at a window, was struck blind by the first flash that preceded the thnnder. An ox that was grazing oPposite the Royal Hospital on the Isle of Dogs was struck dead by the fiery element. Tne oldest inmates in the college declared that they did not remember on shore such intense peals of thunder as shook that noble and solid institution. THE LATE DISTURBANCES AT MANCHESTER.—By order of the Duke of Wellington a strict enquiry commenced at Manchester, on Monday, in the origin of the affray between the soldiers and the police. Lord Charles Wellesley, the colonel of the regiment (15th foot), has gone down for the express pupose of being present. Major-General Warre presided, and the Mayor of Manchester, the late mayor (W. Neild, Esq.), and the town clerk attended, but the re porters were excluded. It is expected that ground will be laid for at least one court-martial. AFFAIR OF nON OUR.—A meeting took place on Saturday last between Captain Beresford, late M.P. for Athlone, and Mr. Augustus Moore, of Moore-hall, county of Mayo. The former gentleman was accompanied by Mr. J. P. Somers, M.P., and the latter by Mr. William Bodkin, brother of the member for the county of Galway. After an exchange of shots, without effect, and a declaration, as we hare heard, on the part of the challenger that he was not satisfied, Mr. Moore was walked off the ground by bis friends. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM COMPANY.—The half-yearly meeting of this company was held in London on Tuesday last. The report, which was unanimously adopted, contained a recommendation that a dividend of three and a half per cent. for the half-year should be paid to the pro- prietors. There remained to the credit of profit and loss a balance of about £41,000, exclusive of the grant of £20,000 a year from the East India Company, as the first instalment of £lO,OOO was not payable until July. The Bentinek steam-ship will be ready for sea in July, and will go round by Southampton in that month. SINGULAR CIRCUNISTANCE.—Sometime ago two gentle.. men from Cupar witnessed a very singular circumstance while near the Pond of Monzie ; they observed a rabbit run ning from an old dike there direct towards the pond, fol lowed by a weasel. Just as the latter was about to attack the rabbit a crow, passing at the time, darted down and struck the weasel with one of its wings, which made it run back again to the dike. A few minutes afterwards the wea sel returned, and when about to make a second attack upon the rabbit the same crow returned, darted down a second time, and again put the weasel to flight, the rabbit thus mak ing its escape with life. —Caledonian Mercury. A singular occurrence has recently taken place on board the brig Triumph, the property of Mr. J. Parker, while the vessel was lying in the Victoria Dock, Hartlepool. On Friday, the 12th instant, the sails were loosened to dry, and furled again in the evening. They were again loosened early on the morning of the 18th, when a sparrow's nest was dis covered in the mainsail, perfectly formed, containing three eggs. What renders the circumstance more extraordinary is, that the vessel was moored at three different places during the interval. The captain and crew repeatedly observed the birds hovering about the sails.—Durham Advertiier. A MODUST LEAGUEII.I-111r. George Wilson, the chair. man of the league, informed his audience, at the city meeting, on Monday, that " all the interests of the com.: munity were represented on that platform—the agricultural by Lord Ducie! the professions by Mr. Moore (!) and Par filament ,' !) by—Mr. C o bd en ! Shades of Pitt and Fox, of Bnrke and Sheridan ! how must ye have stood petrified, had ye been present, to hear that the British senate—the noblest assembly in the civilized world—was represented in the person of this small man of cotton and calico, this man of fustian and rent ! The agricultural body, too, represented by this lord of tolls and shambles, Lord Ducie—the land by the landless !! and the professions by Mr. Moore—the bar of England by the briefless Irish barrister !I ! Exquisite; Mr. Gsorge Wilson ! you have a most original idea of repre sentation ! PERTH.—Tire MILITARY AND INHADITANTS. - -The fol lowing is an extract of a letter from Perth, dated on Friday. We should hope the statements which it contains are exag gerated :—" Last night, a dreadful riot took place in this town, in consequence of a quarrel between some of the trades lads and the soldiers (we believe a depot of the 68th.) A party of the military sallied out of the barracks, and in re. venge attacked the people with swords (query, bayonets) and sticks, when a fearful commotion ensued. The constables were called out, and the provost had the riot act read. The' riot, however, was not quelled before the soldiers were se verely beaten, and a number of the constables so seriously in. jured that they are not expected to recover; indeed I have heard that some of them are already dead. There are several of the soldiers in prison ; and it is said that the military are ordered to be removed froin the town, which it is 'to be hoped, will take place without further mischief, thong!) this is greatly feared by many people here"- Caledonivn. Mercury: ALL NAMES ORIGINALLY SIGNIFICANT.—Names among all nations and tongues are significative, and not vain sense less sounds. Among the Hebrews, it is certain out of Sacred Scriptures, St. Fleirome, and Philo. Likewise among the Greeks, Romans, Germans, and French, &c. ; yea, among the barbarous Turks, for,with them Mahomet signifieth glo. rifled, or laudable ; Homer, lively ; Abdalla, God's servant ; Selimam, peaceable ; Agrrid, good ; Haniz a , rea d y ; Neama, pleasant. And the savages of Hispaniol a , an d a ll America, name their children in their own languages, Glistering-light, Sun-bright, Gold-bright, Fine-gold, Sweet, Rich, Feather, &c. ; as they of Congo by names of birds, precious stones, flowers, &c. In most ancient times here the Britains had their peculiar names, for the most part taken from colours (for they used to pa;nt themselves) which are now lost, or remain among the Welsh. Afterward they took Roman names, when they were provincials, which either remain cor rupted among them, or were extinguished in th e greater part of the realm, after the entrance of the Engli s h S axons, w h o brought in the. German names, as Cridda, Pe n d a , O swa ld; Uchtrect, Edward; 'Edtnuntl; &e. ' Then to ' sa p nothing of the Danes, who no d ou bt brought in their na mes , as S ua y n, Harold, Knute, &c. The • Norman's conquest b roug ht in originally other German na m e s , for they used the German tongue, as Willia m , Henry, Richard, Rob er t , H ug h , Roger, &c., as the Gr ee k n ames, Ablabius, i nnocent ; Aspas i ous, delightful; Boethiui. synimachns, h e l pe r ; Toxatitis, ar cher, &c. were hrOnght into Italy after th e divi s i on o f t h e empire. After the c onquest, our nation ( w h o b efore w o uld not admit strrnge and unknown names, but avoided them therefore as unlucky) by little and little began to use Hebrew and sacred names, as Matthew, David, Samson, Luke, Simon, e h ne have dic e s ha to ngßeepoist, Stephanus to rne &c., which were never received in Germa n y unt il a f ter t h e death of Frederick the Second, about soietrto into ie years since. Johannes Observe into how the Jean, Fren B e tu Eslien, Radulphus to Raoul; how the Italians have changed Johannes into Giovanni, Constans into Costante. Christo. phorus into Christophano, Jacobus into Jacobo, Rodulplais into Ridulpho, Laurentius into Lorens. How the Welsli have altered Johannes into Evan, iF.gidius into Sihn, George into Sion, Lawrence into Loweis, Constantinus into Custc. smith. How the English have changed Gerrard into Garret, Albric into Aubry, Alexander into'Sanders, Constantine into Custance, Benedict into Bennet. How the English and Scottish borderers do use Roby and Rob for Robert, Lokkie for Luke, Jokie and Jonie for John, Christie for Christopher; &c. That I may omit the Spaniard, which hath turned John' into Juan, and Jacobus into Jago, and Didacus into Diego; as the Germans which have contracted Johannes into Hansel and Thioder9 into Derici-- , o7aindoett lietnaine4 • . sions there are frequently local causes which produce such irregularity of results that we are seldom warranted in draw- ing conclusions without repeated experiments, but by the method in which the conclusions are now drawn, not only are there no data from which to institute a comparison, but the only fact given, (namely that of the slip of the screw be ing apparently less than that of the paddle,) is referable to a cause unknown to the writer. I know that a good screw is at least equally effective in smooth water as the paddle wheel, and that in bad weather it is more so, but I also know that the seeming difference of slip furnishes no ground for calcu lating the relative efficiency. The reason is that the paddle acts in fluid which has acquired little relative motion, while a screw in the dead wood acts in a following current. This circumstance has produced some seemingly anomalous results, such as in more than one well authenticated case, having given a greater absolute motion to the vessel than if her screw had beeii turning in a solid7aresult only to be accounted for, by taking into consideration the effect of the following current as it fills up the cavity which would otherwise be left by the progress of the vessel through the water. The draught of water of the " Liverpool Screw," is stated to be 3 feet 9 inches, and as " the propeller is below water," its diameter must be less than 3 feet 9 inches. By the same statement the speed appears to be about 10 miles per hour, a rate from which, I suppose, the proprietors would not be in clined to deduct anything. The pitch of the screw is not given, but I have stated that it must be a certain proportion to the diameter to be at all effective. I will, therefore, as sume it to be four feet. Now, to produce a velocity of 10 miles, such a screw would require to make 254 revolutions per minute, instead of 85 as alleged. On the other hand, to give the screw a pitch sufficiently elongated to get the re quired action of 85 revolutions, we should require to increase it three-fold, or to 12 feet, thereby increasing the diagonal loss, so as to absorb two-thirds the power of the engine. As this would be an absurdity, I must conclude that the speed of the engine is really more than double the alleged velocity, and as the power must be calculated from the velocity of the piston, it will be found that this little " skimmer" is really working at an expense of 40-horse power. The dimensions of the competing vessels are not given, but I must not omit to notice, that while credit is taken in the Skimmer for expand ing the steam, the full effort of the steam and vacuum is de bited to her opponent. I should have been glad to have had more accurate data by which to have given the actual performance compared to this large power, but as no midship section is stated, I must be content to guess that her area of displacement cannot exceed 36 feet, which it would be if nearly flat-bottomed. Now the " Archimedes' section of displacement is 142 ft., and her power is only 80 horses' ; and as she also beat the Government tender, which " was certainly left behind" by the " Liverpool Screw," we find therefore that 40 horses' power only gives the same speed to 36 feet that 80 horses' does to 142 feet. LAW INTELLIGENCE, (From the Oxford Herald.) VICE-CHANCELLORS' COURT, SATURDAY REV. T. MACMULLEN V. REG, PROF. OF DIVINITY VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, FRIDAY (Before Dr. KEN YON, Assessor.) MACMULLEN V. HAMPDEN The Res;. Charles Marrio . tt, - Feili . m 7 ,;for - lei - C - ollege, then entered into stipulation for the payment of the costs to the amount of £50., on behalf of the plaintiff; and the Rev. William Haward Cox, Vice-Principal of St. Mary Hall, the same on behalf of the defendant. The Rev. H. Cary then put in the libel, and the case was adjourned till the next Court day (Friday, June 2.) THE SCOTCH CHURCH. GENERAL ASSEMBLY On Saturday, the committee appointed to enquire as to the status of Ministers and elders of chapels of ease, &c., gave in their report. It reccommends the immediate recognition of elders of quoad sacra parishes as elders of the church, and in present circumstances, the prospect of some final arrange. ment of the subject by the legislature being immediate, in structs presbyteries to make arrangements, in the mean time, for the due exercise of discipline in such churches or chapels. The report was unanimously approved of. It was also moved, and unanimously agreed to, that in all ' cases in which the procedure of the church courts had been interdicted, in respect that their deliverances were, vitiated by the votes of quoad sacra ministers, instructions should be given to the various presbyteries now to proceed as they thought best for edification, in accordance with the previous laws and practice of the church. The most unfair and untrue allegation, that the civil courts were endeavouring to shelter the delinquents, was solemnly repudiated. Now that the process can be followed out in competent form, the church will prove her zeal to maintain the purity of her membership. A committee was then appointed to superinted arrange= ments for the interim supply of vacant parishes, and reorga nising presbyteries that are left without a quorum. Sub committees for carrying these arrangements into effect are appointed to sit in all the principal towns throughout Scotland. The act of the last assembly, repealing the act of 1799 re garding the admission of ministers of other churches to the pulpits of the establishment, was rescinded on the motion of Dr. Cook, and a committee appointed to take the whole subject into their consideratiOn and report. An overture for the revision of the eldership throughout the church was also agreed ro. . - On Monday, Dr. Cook, adverting to a conversation which took place in the House of Lords on Friday last, in the course of which Lord Aberdeen intimated his intention of introdueing a measure for the settlement of quoad sacra ministers, stated that the bill in question referred only to the admission and settlement of ministers; but that govern ment would be ready forthwith to introduce a separate measure in reference to the position of quoad sa cra m i n i s t ers , in accordance with their declared intention. The report of the Committee on Public Accounts was read, and a committee appointed for the purpose of raising funds to liquidate a debt - of about £7OO, which it exhibited. , ~. The draft of an answer to the protest of the seceding clergy men was read, and, after some discussion, handed over_to a cominittee to 'report to tht;. meeting of Commission in , August.• : • , . l'iteevening sederuntof Monday was chiefly occupied in the disposal of special cases, fox, which we must refer to our report ; after which the assembly was dissolved in the usual form by the commissioner. The commission met on Tuesday, and after disposing of a few cases which had been left over from the assembly, adjourned to August. ASSEMBLY OF THE SECEDERS On Saturday the report of the committee on the system to be adopted for conducting the secular affairs of the church was approved of. It recommends that the administration should be divided into five separate branches, each having a distinct agency. The first branch to superintend the in gathering of the general fund ; the second to consist of a Board of trustees, in whom the funds realized might be vested for behoof of the church ; the third to undertake the admi nistration and distribution of the annually accruing fund ; the fourth to manage the secular affairs of particular congrega tions, which management it is proposed to place in the hands of deacons, elected by the congregations. The fifth branch of administration is to be intrusted to a separate committee, whose duties shall consist in revising and checking the ac counts of the several committees and of the treasurer, and generally of seeing that the whole management of the funds shall be conducted in accordance with the regulations agreed to by the Assembly. On Monday, Dr. Cunningham brought forward the report ou the _election of. office-bearers. It recommends that the election of ministers should be made by the male communi. cants from a leet selected by the kirk session, the whole to be under the superintendence Of the Presbytery, who reserve to themselves the power of judging of the qualities and quali fications of•ofce-bearers. The report was approved of, and the committee re-appointed. After hearing and approving of the report of the Law Com mittee, Dr. Chalmers brought forward the financial report, in a speech of great length,'in the course of which he stated that the sum already subscribed amounted to £232,000. On Tuesday Mr. Wood gave in the report relative to the debt of the Church, incurred by litigation, the total of which amounted to £5,440. It was proposed• by Mr. Henry Dun lop that the eldership should be burdened with the liquidation of this debt, which was agreed to by acclamation. On Wednesday, after the transaction of some rather unimportant business, the assembly adopted an interim con stitution, and adjourned for six months. The above is an outline of the business transacted. But throughout their proceedings, the new secession has been cheered by various incidents of a character to encourage them in perseverence in their present course. The most remarkable of these is the adhesion of the Marquis of Breadal - ba'ne, which was formally notified on Thursday. Among the other adherents who have declared themselves since,our last, we may particularly notice Mr. Ewing of Levenside, who accompanied his adhesion with .a subscription for £2,000; Mr. Gilmour of ()attends, who has subscribed £lOO per annum for five years, and has offered to grant a site upon his property for the erection of a church; and Dr. Burns of Paisley, whose adhesion is remarkable on account of its apparent inconsistency with his previously expressed views. The total number of ministers adhering is now officially stated to amount to 444, of whom 398 have actually signed the deed of demission. The following from Sir George Sinclair, Bart., was read in the Convocation Assembly on Monday,—" Thurso Castle, May 26, 1843.—Dear Sir,—As the awful calamity has taken place which I used my utmost efforts to prevent, I trust it will be ultimately, overruled for the glory of GOD and the good of His cause, although the event is, to all human ap pearance, not joyous,• but. grievous. Whilst I retain my opinion that there is no adequate ground for the step which many of our best and most devoted ministers have deemed it their duty to adopt 'in leaving the church, of their fathers, I shall not throw anv impediment in the way of the seceding parishioners of Halkirk, who wish to erect a place of worship for their'own accommodation and that of their families; and any of my tenants in the pariih who may be willing to appro piate a piece of. uncultivated ground for that purpose have my, full sanction to do so, and shall have any necessary con firmation of my promise to give 'no hindrance either now or at any future period. I remain, with best wishes to your self and the parishioners, very faithfully yours, G. SINCLAIR. To Mr. A. Munroe, preacher of the . Gospel, Halkirk." SINGULAR ACCIDENT—iWO 'HORSES STRANGLED:r -k very singular accident h ppened at the stable s o f M r . Rickets, of Stockwell Farm, near Birdlip, a few'nights since. On the carter going into his stables in the morning, he found two valbable horses lying quite dead side by side. On ex amination, it was discovered that both the horses had been strangled in one halter; that the one horse must have put his head under the rein of the other, become entangled, and it, his struggles to liberate hiCaself, forced the other horse back, and both were thus strangled.—Glocester Journal. A DOG KILLED BY A RAT.—On Tuesday last, Mr. William Moore, at Colne.bridge, caught two large rats in a trap, and took them to Mr. France, a neighbouring publican, who keeps a rat' dog for the destruction of such vermin. When one of them was let into a room the dog made a " grab" at it, but missed his mark, and the' rat turning round, bit the•dog on the tongue, which immediately swelled to a great extent, and the.dog died almost directly ! Our Colne correSpondentadds—" This is an actual fatt ! and can be verified ! and I think it will' rank among the marvellous things which happen in Yorkshire." We think so too.— Relifax Guardian. The arrangements for the ensuing BirMingham Musical Festival, which will take place in September next, have been conduCted with a spirit that cannot fail in continuing this great meeting in the foremost rank of musical attractions. We are much pleased to find that the managers are about to dispense with foreign aid for the morning sacred perfor mances, reserving it for. the more appropriate place in the Concert Room in the evenings, and that British talent of the highest class has' onsequently been put in requisition, to give effect to the sublimity of the oratorios. The choir is now in full practice, and the choruses bid fair to be sung with a power, and at the same time a finish, never yet surpassed. The lovers of good music may therefore look forward to a treat seldom placed within their reach. NEW TARIFF. REDUCTION •OF THE DUTY ON THE IMPORT OF LRATHER.—We are induced to notice this sub ject from the groundless alarm with which this measure of Sir Robert Peel's was received. .It is now generally admitted that, as regards the principal article of consumption, sole leather, the new duty is sufficiently protective. On the other hand, we are happy to observe symptons of an export demand for this important manufacture. We hear of some large sales having been Made for, export, with a prospect of a speedy repetition: it is understood that the destination is China. Should this newly-acquired opening, with her 300 pillions,' take a part of her supply from this country, there is lie cal culating the extent of demand it may occasion, and the bene fit that may be thereby reaped by the British manufacturer.. Sf !MIRE OF COLLEGE PLATE FOR POOR-RATES AT Ox- FORD.—At the recent Oxford City Session, an appeal was beard against the poor-rate of St. Michael's parish, on the ground that the Colleges of Exeter and Jesus (the whole of the.site being' in that parish) were not fairly rated. After hearing evidence as to the rateable value, the court ordered the rate to be amended, by increasing Exeter College from £3 lss. to £23 2s. per rate, and Jesus College from .£1 Is. to £l9 Bs. 6d. Upon the parish officers demanding the rateo both colleges refused paying, whereupon distress warrants were granted, and three dozen of silver forks were seized from the former college, and three silver tankards from the latter. Exeter immediately redeemed theirs by paying cash ; and Jesus College did the same on Saturday. It is expected that actions will be at once commenced against the parish officers for an illegal seizure, as the colleges claim exemption from poor•rates for the greatest part of the bnfldingac This case, which has excited intense interest in the Uni versity, and in which as our report will show, the prelimi nary steps only were taken yesterday, arises out of the fol lowing circumstances. Every candidate for the degree of B.D. is required to read exercises on two theses, the subjects of which it has been customary for the Professor to assign. Mr. Macmullen is well known as a warm adherent of the Tractarian school of Divinity, and Dr. Hampden appoiuted him the following subjects for discussion, with a view, no doubt, of ascertaining his exact opinions on the cardinal points of the controversy. Ist. The . Church of England does not teach, nor can it lie proved from Scripture, that any change takes place in the elements in consecration in the Lord's. Supper. 2nd. It is a mode of expression calculated to give errone ous views of Divine Revelation, to 'speak of Scripture and Catholic tradition as joint authOrities in the matter of Chris tian doctrine. These propositions it was open to Mr. Macmullen to affirm or deny as he might think proper, but he refused to deal with them at all, tendering instead two theses on subjects of his own selection. On this ground it appears that the Regius Professor has declined acting as Moderator in the Divinity School, and in consequence of the injury sustained by this refusal Mr. Mac. toullen brings his action of damages. The question at issue is, whether or not the candidate is bound to accept the theses propounded by the Professor, or is at liberty to choose his own subjects. The Rev. IL Cary appeared as Proctor for the plaintiff, and the Rey. J. W. Hughes as Proctor for the defendant. Damages were laid at £5. On - the defendant being called on to put in his appear rice, Mr. Hughes raised some objections to the form feitation, which were overruled by the assessor. IRELAND. THE REPEAL AGITATION. By neither Charleville or Mullingar has Longford been left behind in the race for repeal-agitation notoriety. Over " 250,000 men " graced the gathering, it is asserted, on Sun day last. From the hour of eight o'clock in the morning, large bodies of the peasantry, headed by the parish priests of the various districts, and in many instances preceded by musicians, dressed in military costumes, continued to pour into the town throughout the day. Mass was celebrated at so early an hour as four o'clock in the morning, and imme diately afterwards the several congregations, headed by their clergymen, commenced their progress to the scene of meet ing. Notwithstanding the vast area of ground thus occupied, every window and house-top from which a glimpse of the meeting could be obtained had its occupants also. At the lowest computation there were 250,000 persons present when the meeting commenced'; and the pressure in this enormous mass of people was so great that there were scarcely any females among the crowd. Mr. O'Connell, who slept in Mullingar, arrived in town about two o'clock, and was received in the most enthusiastic manner by the thousands assembled. He was accompanied by Dr. Higgins, Dr. Cantwell, R. C., bishop of Meath, and Mr. Steel, and attended by a numerous escort of respectably dressed persons on horseback. After passing through the streets of the town, he proceeded to the platform, which was ornamented with banners, having on them such inscriptions as " Ireland for the Irish, and the Irish for Ireland," Sre. The principal platform, and several smaller ones erected near it, were crowded by the clergy and farmers of the surround ing districts. The several movers and seconders of the resolutions spoke to them at considerable length, and the substance of their ob servations was, briefly, that they would never rest content until repeal was achieved—no matter how great and exten sive the other concessions might be which the government should choose to make. Dr. Higgins, in returning thanks, said that his rev. friend Mr. M' Aver had given utterance to a sentiment which might, by possibility, be liable to misconstruction. The language which his rev. friend had used was strong, but he was, at the same time, honest in his purpose; yet proud as he (Dr. H.) was of possessing the confidence and love of the people, he would forfeit them, and lay down his unworthy life also, ra ther than that it should be for a moment supposed that he entertained any but sentiments of veneration for the charac ter of the pious, learned, and revered Archbishop Murray ; and although in his own wisdom (and who would dare to dictate to him) he thought proper sometimes to frequent the castle, he (Dr. H.) knew that he went there in pursuance of the most noble and charitab:e purposes. lie (Dr. H.) never went to the castle himself, and boasted only of being the humble chief of an humble priesthood, who, however hum ble, at least possessed the confidence of the people. (Cheers.) . He felt that, although he was not an old roan the grave was not many years dist an t f rom hi m, an d that that day would soon arrive when he should render to his God an account of all his acts, and in that holy presence he now pledged him self that while he had an idertin his head, or a drop of blood in his veins. he would be at. the command of his beloved country. (Cheers.) He would avail himself of the oppor tunity which that glorious spectacle, of nearly half a million of human beings assembled together, afforded him to admi nister another pledge, to which no man should respond with out putting his hand to his heart and swearing to observe it in the presence of his Creator. (Cries of "We will.") Let all promise to co-operate with the libt rator. (Cries of "We do promise.") He took his leave of them, then, and hum ble as he was, they might believe him when he said that he was able to take their part in England and his own .too. (Loud cheers.) Mr. O'Connell next addressed the meeting at great length. In England they could not understand the people of this country resisting the terror of their landlords, and the tempt ation of bribery. There never had been a parliament in which bribery was so extensively used as the present, andle proudly contrasted it with the conduct of the independent men of Longford. (Cheers). One of his reasons for com ing there was to help them to repeal that union ; and another was the obligation he owed to their venerated bishop, who lived iu the hearts of his people. What a paltry thing for any miserable mongrel English Catholic to assail such a man. Mr. O'Connell then proceeded to describe the various meet ings he had lately attended, and went on to say that it had been asserted there would be a civil war, if they persevered in their present course. If there was to be a civil war, they would at least put their enemies in the wrong, for it should be of the making of their enemies, and if they attacked the people, in the name of the people be defied them. (Great cheering.) He was not a slave, nor would ever consent to be one. If they passed an act of parliafnent he would obey it, but probably he would find means of .unning a coach and six through it. (Cheers.) He promised them that whatever law was passed, they should be protected, and when that was done in the name bf the Queen and the constitution, he Set their enemies at defiance. (Cheers.)' . He then proceeded to advert to his deprivation of the office of magistrate by the Lord Chancellor, who, he said, was b rea ki ng the law by in terfering with the right to petition. In two days the com mission of the peace would he taken from their chairman ; and for what ? Because he attended a meeting to petition parliament. ( Hear, hear.) The nsual petition to parliament having been adopted, the meeting separated. TILE DINNER, At six o'clock between 400 and 500 persons assembled at dinner, in the old Roman . Catholic chapel of the town. The chair was filled by Dr. HIGGINS, upon the right of whom Sat Mr. O'Connell, and on the left Dr. Cantwell, the Roman Catholic bishop of Meath. The cloth having been drawn, Dr. HIGGINS rose and said that the humble individual who stood before them had become lately the object of obloquy hitherto unexampled. He had been reported to have used at Mullingar certain sentiments, the most of which he stood by and would until death. (Loud cheers.) Obscure as he might be in the mind of Lord Wicklow, and others of his class, he had light enough in that obscurity to see their dark ness, and he reiterated that all those sentiments he had ut-' tered proceeded from his heart, which would continue un changed until it ceased to throb. (Cheers.) He had been accused of saying that there was no hope for Ireland but in the repeal, and he now reiterated that assertion. (" Hear, hear," and cheers.) He also reiterated that he had the most unbounded contempt and hate—not as he had been reported to have said, for the aristocracy, but for their vices. (Re newed cheering.) By the lying and immoral presfi of Eng land he had been called something like a rebel. He was reported to have roused the priests of his diocese, and to have maddened the people to such a pitch that there was no safety either for life or property, while such firebrands ex isted: Could he convert himself into a general, his clergy into captains, and his people into an army—if it was in his power to convert the towns of Longford and Athlone into garrisons, how did the villains dare to suppose that he would tarnish himself by such acts. (Loud cheers.) No; he would sooner die than attempt such things, whatever amount of power he might possess. (Hear, hear.) He would at the same time let the people of England know that if it was attempted to carry into execution the threats which bad been held out lately against the people of this country, he would make every chapel in his diocese a repealing 'place, and would go into every sanctuary to proclaim repeal. (Loud cheers.) Dr. Higgins then proceeded to advert to the speech recently delivered in Parliament by Lord Beaumont respecting him, and said that for what Lord Beaumont had uttered respecting him he forgave him. He gave him a carte blanche to revile him, and the more Lord Beaumont said against him the more he would conclude that he was properly performing his duties in the sphere in which he was placed--- (" hear, hear," and cheers). Another noble lord (Wicklow) had said that even if the bishops of Ireland were all repeaters, they would not have chosen so obscure a medium of com municating their sentiments as he (Dr. Higgins) was, and he also denied that Dr. Murray was a repealer. Now he (Dr. Higgins) had the authority of a most respectable clergy man, who could verify his statement on oath, that Dr. Murray had declared himself a repealer before a numerous company, and when or where had he since contradicted that statement?—(loud cheering, which lasted for several mi nutes). With all the respect which every man of common sense and judgment must entertain for the aristocracy, when they are entitled to respect on account of virtues descended through a long line of ancestors, he still stood to the senti ments he had uttered in Mullingar, and embodying the sentiments of his clergy and people, he defied them all to the death--(loud and continued cheering). Dr. CANTwEr.i., Roman Catholic bishop of Meath, in returning thanks for his health, stated that he concurred in .all the sentiments put forward by Dr. Higgins that night. His opinion represented 150 Catholic clergyman and 250,000 of the people of his diocese, and that opinion was, that the union was a robbery, and that they could be respected by no man if they did not persevere in demanding a restoration of their rights—(loud cheers). Mr. O'Connell has announced to Sir Edward Sugden his determination to impeach him in the Irish parliament for dismissing him from the Irish magistracy. REPEAL RENT.—The Dublin Mail, of W e d nes d ay , says " The repeal rent for the week ending on Monday, exceeded £2,ooo—the amount acknowledged being £2,205 Pis. Bd. a pretty little contribution paid by a people too poor to be subjected to the income tax! As a set-off against the supersedeases issued by the Chan cellor, ten barristers, headed by Sir Colman O'Loghlen, son of the late Master of the Rolls, subscribed this day to the funds of the Repeal Association, and were by acclimation admitted as members. This bar-motion has caused a great sensation. MODESTY or O'CONNELL.—Mr. O'Connell, at a recent repeal meeting, thus modestly propounded one of his many wants. " I want to get three hundred gentlemen who shall enjoy publics confidence by bringing in one hundred pounds each, and that will yield a sum of £30,000, as a fund to pay the expenses which may be incurred." THE QUEEN'S VISIT.-It was whispered in " well-in formed circles," as the phrase goes, that letters had reached the high places, announcing positively h er M a j es ty' s d eter mination to eschew the " Emerald Gem " for this summer at all events. Extravagant as it may appear, this announce ment is unlooked for by many, who affect to think that the Queen, In the teeth of all the turmoil, and threatened " plaenriling " and " petitionCrig," will face the cortege of 500,000 repeaters, to be, in the event of her coming, can toned at Kingstown.—lrish paper. PUBLIC PRAYERS FOR O ' CONNELL.—We understand that some, if not the majority, of the bishops of Ireland are about addressing pastoral letters to their clergy, directing the in sertion of the name of Mr. O'Connell in the public prayers after the name of her Majesty, before the commencement of the holy sacrifice of the mass. In consequence of the diabolical threats of assassination held out against the Liber ator, propitiatory sacrifices are deemed necessary, lest the Almighty would permit the violent removal of the only man who can at present direct the mighty storm of public opinion. They know full well that if aught happened to O'Connell, it would be impossible to keep the Irish people from taking a bloody and tearful revenge on all whom they suspected to be, we won't say privy to such a nefarious proceeding, but on all whom they believed ,to coincide with them in opinion, or who would rejoice at such an event ; and, in mercy even to the anti-Irish in Ireland, it ,is fervently to be hoped the prayer to be offered will be effectual, and will prevent so great a calamity.—Athlone Sentioel.— [What au extraordinary compound of cant, blasphemy, and treason.] The Athlone Election Committee have decided that John Cobbett, Esq. was duly returned for that borough. DUBLIN, May, 26.—1 t was mentioned in the Hall of the Four Courts yesterday, on what was considered good au thority, that Chief Justice Pennefather will not again resume his seat on the bench.—Freeman's Journal. A subscription is now raising in Belfast for the• purpose o. presenting some enduring testimonial to the Rev. A. C. Ma cartney, vicar of that town. £430 has been already sub scribed. fTHE PoTnioi 'CROP.—In many of the rural districts the early sown potatoes have failed to a great extent. Several fields in the baronies of Condone, Fermoy and Barrymore have been resew'', as the seeds first put in were found, in stead of springing up, to be completely rotten. The circum stance is not, it appears, owing so much to moisture as to the last crop having been dug' too early, and consequently wanted mature ripeness for the seed. It would be well if farmers, whenever so favorable a season as the last occurs for the early getting up of their potatoe crops, would leave such quantities as they intend for seed to acquire a perfect state of ripening. The wheat and other crops in these districts ap , pear very promising, nit hough the weather contintes harsh; with frequent boisterous and cold showers, rather.reaenibling March weather than that bf Ma • • Vo.4* Coiodifircio4 y,-- . • .. . REPEAL IN THE ARMS' (From the Dublin Evening Mail.) measures.. At the . weekly meeting of the "Loyal National Repeal Association," held on Tuesday last, in the Corn Exchange, Mr. Ray, the secretary , and , as su ch, the official organ of that body, read a letter (we follow the reports of the liberal papers) from " Cornelius O'Callaghan, Esq., (author of the Green Book,) in which he refers to official documents as to the composition of the British army." The following i s an. extract : " From these documents it appears that there were .i n January, 1830, in the so-called English army—of English men, 44,329; of Scotchmen, 13,800; of Irishmen, 4 9 ,897 • and in January, 1 810 , there were in the same force— of Eng . : 1i5hmen,"51,559 ; of Scotchmen, 15,239 ; of Irishmen, 41,218. It will be remarked how much more soldiers, as compared with the size and population of England and Ireland, the latter country furnishes than the former; while the Scotch, of whose feats in the British army we are scarcely allowed b y their writers - to hear any end, bear no comparison, in point of numbers, to the Irish. I may likewise observe, that while Ireland, which certain folk would tell us must be nothing but a province, is superior in population to 18, and in territorial extent to 15 independent European states, the Irish, from a number of experiments, but particularly from a comparative examination made amongst the various European armies as sembled in France after Napoleon's fall, have been allowed by the celebrated Scotch and Belgian professors, Forbes and Quetelet, to be the-strongest race of men in Europe. And, by the way, if England should think proper to crush public opinion on the union in Ireland by mere force, and the Irish Catholic Church, knowing repeal to be the right of Ireland. were, through the medium of its patriotic prelates and their subordinate clergy, to set its face against any more recruit ing for the so-called English army in Ireland—pray where wonld that army be then ?" The concluding question is pertinent enough. But there remains one to be asked still more to the purpose—lf the forementioned prelates and priests were to direct the con sciences of the Irish Roman Catholic soldiery in favour of repeal—pray what Would that soldiery be then ? This question we can only answer by saying, they would be what the agitators wish and suppose them to be to a very great extent—repealers—ready to desert her Majesty's stand ard, and to range themselves under the oriflamme of the church repealant. Let us take take warning in time : let us draw instruction from the. vaunts of the enemy. The Galway Vindicator is a priest's paper—the Popish organ of the province of Connaught. The following is among his recent lucubrations " REPEAL IN THE ARMY " Surely . Sir Robert Peel displayed either a lamentable ig norance of the truth, or is 'more culpable ignorance of the state of the public mind respecting repeal. Had he consulted the material of the army, and found that it contained forty one thousand ardent ready Irishmen, he would have scab barded his brulumfulmrn, and saved Ireland the necessity of deipising his impotence. " We, as repealers, preach peace and order—crime and in subordination we condemn And deprecate. We would not rejoice at any efforts made on our .behalf, if those were not sanctioned by every principle of justice ; and in referring our readers to our other columns for an expression made use of by a rifleman in Drogheda, we shall reserve our comments. " Contagion is easily spread-4(we, remarked u p on i t we m i g ht unconsciously be inoculating our garrison ; but we shall not either applaud or damp the enthusiasm of the sol diers under existing circumstances, as it might not be our province to blame o r our duty to approve." The last number of the Pilot is more specific. It names a regiment sa idto „ be ß i e n p fe e c al te i d n . the H A ea r d i7l in y g ,,, o h n e preoofcebeids o his columns tprova with the words his case : "The following proof (quoth he) of the repeal spirit, ex isting the troops, will not come with gre a t surpr i se on those who put any faith in the reasonings or prophecies of the Pilot. Our readers may depend upon it our correspondent is correct '' ' MANCHESTER " There bas been a great disturbance here for the last two nights, between the 15th regiment and the police; the polisol diers were fighting for the repeal of the union in a public thhooussee'ianndthtell.ece took three of them into custody, whe n barrack turned out, broke the station-house and beat the police . There are some of them now lying ix; the infirmary (FROM ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT.) iment ha s " A What will Wellington say when be bears'ttiat his 1 ,,,, regiment (the 15th foot), of which he is colonel, are for o th -- ,,, repeal ? The poor fellows, who were vehemently a ppl aude ,i by a number pea nglish folk looking on, had just given th ;, cheers for rep, O'Connell, and old Ireland, when the ' t o -- lice interfered, and the row commenced. The reg since been removed out of town. Any of the repealers who were aware of the occurrence looked quietly on, interfering- in no manner with either party." • We bave ourselves with th in this mischievous repo r t . and we copy it merely view to produce an authorised denial of its truth. So far as the examination into the riot at Manchester has gone, nothing has transpired which in ves the regiment in any suc h disgrace. vol If the Pilot wou ld consult the A rm y List, lie woul d find that the Duke of W e llington is not the colonel of th e 15 th foot. His grace's sou, Lord Charles Wellesley , is lieute nant colonel of the regiment. ma r k a p b o l r e o h fe e a s f i t o t g r e Il i n , withi r;, but ini S e l s GN th S a O t ------- bullets are e I —lt iis everywherea remarkable the eve on from grocers throughout the province. At first tl P ie t e e i e .. - F th T e li p il ea T sa lm nt s r s y . mmstance was not noticed, but there is now strong reason . :0 believe that the tea-lead is purchased for making otherwi why purchase it in such quantities, and for little or nothing? lt is not very generally ` nown that n the last few months, several French pri or missiona r i e arrived in Ireland, and have visited 'not only c ad° have several parts of the country. They are considered , and the peasantry to be endowed with superhuMan Power, they perform miracles. Now, a question arises, that what h e them here at this moment Are they. missionaries to oug4t ro pogate the tenets of , their religion, or are they French emissaries? Whether their mission be one of peace or movements. The country swarms with foreigners w_ their wise, it would be well if the Government had an members of the monastic order, not one of whom is 11 0 ar e tered on the books of any clerk of the peace, unde re Relief Bill, the penalty for the omission of which, is 1. the Here is another subject worthy of public attention. A i n spectable ROWS!) Catholic has written to us a very i m 1-e -tent communicaion, which we regret we cannot Parer- We are, however, at liberty to state that on Sunday last la--• Roman Catholic clergy of the entire colliery district ,• sus_ nended their religious instruction and and harangued theirus flocks on the necessity of enrolling themselves a,, repeaters, and, above all, to attend to re p ea l meeting at Ballye s which was to have been held on Thursday. They are gore, an d our respected correspondent, to work in earnest, abg says the people d supporter of the Union, •re i n . f • firm Jr is rum onred that 1 ' ri ghtful state of excitement." of p noctural meeting s are being held in the neighbourhoodof men aulstown, mu g 8 of Kilkenny, and that large masses of tiran a m n e d n ß are occasionallyY seen moving in the direction en • nett s b 'd • 1798 the population or • 11 ge It is certain that since th is , • this coup . was not so much excited as at moment, an d in a try measure owing to sueh wild and in fl ammatory t harang ues that of Dr. Higgins, which are.re-ec Ted from almost 8"8 counties. Ihe from every altar in the neighbourin Armed in that P pie, we are in formed, are every where lld and read y part of the count - Kilkenny, to which we a 0 , for mischi e f a Y of ; circumstance we can thet a moment's warn.ne, a c knowledge of the fact more readily believe„ from our t 0 _ and that at the 1 ,,, eleetion thousands he coon y .. f . y peasantr " varied this county, armedar with k pt LS fire -arm s and Y In-- tinned their soage forays on. its peaceable . inhabitants, at during a month; at times, ;stopping g, her Ala' ' mails, living on free quarters, and threatenine Jesty s . Mr• 0' ' ' t'° murder ho dared to diso ey •Connell any one w 's insteucti Sentiit.ons. —Carlow The late Lord ......--eseiitegerld_left his small estate . 11 Limer ick, o f £2OO a year, t_o is brother, the present penearr; in Clare sud Galway the rents of his estates , to aecun I - until the death of the e bequeaths resentlord, to whose heir,'u ate when 1 the ' attains the age of 21, he . said accutnuated sum but ill failure ef male issue the moue a— and estates, t sons of his sistersy a nd . es tates descend to the eld.eso ter, , the widows the fo af Sir Mahon and Basin Ic His LordshipriTer the Galway,. tire latter the Clare esfate• leaves to his two 5. personal property, exceeding £150,000, he , illegitimate ehildri , one of whom is married to an eminent physician in. London. r- He also bequeaths £5,000 Mrs.to Baron Foster. Tie ' cipal executor is his late private secretary, son of Mrprin of Dawson street , —Limerick• Dublin. C h ronicle. Cane , Meanta.—A labourer of the name of Cand e I Allan Mak, about 82 years of age, atresidiehgended last week near Avonbridge, i this county, was apnre • der, perpetrated under the following circumstances :.....Intaur pears that on the morning of Sunday, the 14th instant, aP- I arose between him and an old woman wh o quarre a 'ng some triflin g c i rcum stance,tired with him as his wife, concerning her and beat her dreadfully onthe when he swore at and chest with stick. Tire • head, arm • a large neighbours, hearing _ s' cries, ran to the spot to render her assistance, but Ma her learning their intention, with bort id imprecations , ir, on who should approach. 'll s, threatened to shoot anyone They were thus pelted to desist, as be was_ known to be a reckless corn rms. In the morning„ however, . person and to possess fire-a • information was given to the police, who proceeded to the house, and ' finding the wom an very ill in bed, immediately took Alai; into custody. Her arms and chest were dreadfully lacerated, n her bead bruised, and the injuries altogether of a nature a n d ev re that she lingered in great agony till early on Tars day morning, when she died. A post »torte, a. • • - of the body immediately took ? elimination place, and we uncle • t report of the medical gentlemen was. that the understand he . . woman died in consequen ce of the injuries sire received. :Hair has I examined by the sheriff and fully committed to Stirling s gaol .een on a char of murder.—Slirling Advertiser. ImPOSTANT TO CHFMISTS.—At Kingston-up n T on the 27th ult. two informations were preferred e -; 'lames most respectable chemists of that .. against two half a Ott of spirit of wine to a person belonging to the ex cise, and who has been making a practice lately of going to the shops of varioas chemists for the - re express purpose of en trapping those who may not unfortunately be duly licensed to sell spirituous liquors. After «lengthened s earch into the merits of the case, and after a minute inquiry into the q uo animo with which the spirit had been bought and sold a nd put into the hands of the informer, whether as an article of general commecee or as a medical componnd, it was unani mously agreed upon by the magistrates that, according-to the legal construction of the must f erl hound client, wisig though however bard it might bear upon the two tlefe ~ , they :wished it to be understood that they were .con.inced that neither Mr; Jones nor Mr. Gould had the s light( st in tention of coireeittiiig a fraud upon the revnue. And Dr. Roots, one of the n3agistrates present, having,i most em phatic:ally inquired whethe fine, informer you reap any a‘d vantage or portion of the observed, that although the law might sanction such modes of detection, yet it was against the feelings of well regulated minds that c ommon informers should be upheld, and reap rewards, where no undue in_ fringement of the law was absolutely intended ; and he was of opinion that it would have been far better for the officers of e xcise in the district to have cautioned the chemists and all other parties liable to fart into similar errors, instead of setting spies and informere catch them unawares.---[The gentleman who thus stronglyreprobated this improper prac tice, must have a very di ff erent notion of propriety in s u c h a case to that entertained by our worthy stipendiary. The latter functionary indignantly rele;iked a gentleman the othJr day in the Polite -court, for applying the word .spies as de scriptive of the police who are employed, under what are in our of ion much more reprehensible circumstances to watch for bOUIC trivial offence committed by an unfortunate publi can, and in some instances take upon themselves, if not in strutted So too do, to "entrap," as Dr. Roots has' it, their unsuspecting victim. Such conduct, says this - , gentleman, is repugnant to the feelings of " well regulated _. , i Bo( li.S , " W 1 la 114 3 . &NA{ Whether the agitators, clerical or lay, who conducted emancipation to a successful issue, had actually corrupted any portion of the Irish soldiery or not, is a question more im portant than capable of solution. They professed that they had done so; and the ministers of the day not only acted but spoke as if no reliance was to be placed on the loyalty of the army. But, whatever may have been the case at that time, there is no doubt at the present that the agents of the Church of Rome are busily engaged in similar endeavours ; and if the reports we alluded to in a recent number—viz., of regimental contributions to the repeat rent, &c., be true, there is but too much reason to apprehend that their artifices have not been unsuccessful. Enough has at least transpired to put the authorities, both civil and military, on the alert, and to warn them of the necessity of preventive and precautionary