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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE finprrial Vatitaintitr. potruGAt Advices have been received from Portugal to the 18th instant. The reconstruction of the cabinet (all the chief men being retained) was suspended until the Duke of Pal mella should make known his final decision ; that this would be to accept office there was no doubt. The Ministers of Marine and Justice would certainly be superseded, and the latter was to be elected to the Presidency of the Chamber of Deputies. From the fencing and want of cordial co-opera tion with reference to the tariff reductions, to be considered in the supplemental article of the treaty, our correspondent announced positively his conviction that the convention would not be concluded for months to come, and that the mercantile community would not ,derive any practical benefit from the treaty during the year 1842. Our correspondent furnishes us with a rer►:me of the Portuguese Commission ers' labours, from which it would appear that no progress whatever had been made towards a settlement ; the report of the Commissioners had been referred by the Government to Baron Tojal for his judgment upon its recommendation. The Baron -eturned it with a favourable answer to the Go vernment on the day our correspondent wrote, and a con ference with the Portuguese Plenipotentiary would immedi ately follow, fortified by which he would make a proposition to the British Envoy. But this would not further matters very much, and the initiation of liberality would probably have to be eventually taken by our own Government. The exchange of the ratifications of the commercial and slave trade treaties would probably take place in about six weeks' time. Both Legislative Chambers were as yet occupied with preparatory labours. The elections, however, with very rare exceptions, had been pronounced valid. The Portuguese army was to be immediately increased by 4,295 men. A de cree had appeared for the immediate and effectual enforce ment of a tax of 10 per cent. upon every description of pro- HOUSE OF COMMONS.—THURSDAY. Sir R. PEEL requested of Mr. Hutt that he would not proceed with his motion relative to the Stade duties, as in the present state of the negotiations the discussion might lead to much inconvenience. Mr. HIiTT reluctantly consented to withdraw it, but at the same time protested against the adoption of any course in consistent with the rights of this country. On the motion of Sir. H UME, copies'were crdered of do cuments relating to the affairs of the Rajah of Sattara. The hon. member withdrew his motion respecting the financial difficulties of India, arising out of the Affghanistan and Chinese wars. Mr. I'. DuzycomuE moved a resolution to the effect that an address should be presented to her Majesty to represent the distress in the manufacturing districts as unabated, and that the suffering and privations resulting therefrom were rapidly extending from the working to the middle classes of society—that none of the measures of the government, how ever just in principle, had been adequate to afford timely and sufficient remedy for these great and pressing evils—that her Majesty's government could. not without the aid of par liament take the necessary steps for that purpose; and fur ther. to represent to her Majesty au anxious hope that if, after the termination of the present session, no decisive im provement should take place in the condition of the people, her Majesty would be pleased again, at an early period, to call parliament together with a view of giving fuller effect to those sound principles of commerce, which, if fairly and impartially carried out, more especially as regarded the food of the people, would, by giving an impulse to trade and in dustry, avert those calamities which the inclemency of win ter, superadded to want and destitution, must inevitably produce. The hon. member regretted the apathy which prevailed in the house respecting the distress of the country —distress so great as to threaten social dissolution, and which rendered the peace and tranquillity of the country not worth two days' purchase. Mr. WARD seconded and praised the motion as constitu tional, wise, and politic. Mr. D'ISRAELI not only admitted the distress, but he also thought there was but little prospect of immediate im provement. He could trace the distress of the country back to the time of the peace, and he was of opinion that the set- I at Bahia 27. tlement of Europe at that time was hostile to the commer- The departure of the Petrel from Rio being only four days cial policy of this country. Lord Palmerston had, he con - her Majesty's ship Actaeon arrived at Portsmouth, she tended, greatly contributed, by the course of policy he had "ttle additional information of a general or political pursued, to increase this distress, by injuring our commerce, The dissolution of the chambers had given rise and more particularly so in having neglected to complete the to a great deal of angry feeling on the part of the deputies commercial treaty with France. The remedy for the exist favourable to the opposition, and it was feared that some in- ing distress, therefore, was not to be found in the repeal of surrectionary movement would take place in San Paulo, the the corn-laws, but by suffering the Government to pursue native province of the two Andrados (the heads of the late during the recess a sound career of commercial diplomacy. ministry), as soon as those senators should arrive there. Mr. EWART contended that the true remedy was to be Four steamers had been despatched to Santos with troops, found in the corn-laws. which disembarked there on the 18th of May, and proceeded Mr. BRUTHERTON took precisely the same view of the at once to the city of San Paulo. This prompt measure was subject. The people, he contended, met with no sympathy. calculated to restore order, and accounts were daily expected They did indeed meet with lip sympathy in that house, but at Rio th- - 'gay had been establ , • d. - "Bctions ther and as nothing Lnat tranquil i He to the new chambers nad not commenced, although the writs were issued when the Petrel sailed. _ " smooth words buttered no parsnips, was done for their relief this lip sympathy was of no service to the poor. If the present course were persevered iu, the result would be a revolution, or some calamity equally frightful. Mr. RICAR.DO, in supporting the motion, made a strong representation of the distress prevailing in Staffordshire. Sir J. GRAHAM said he had never contradicted the exist ence of great and wide-spread distress, but he must say that it would be unjust to the rest of the country to take the dis tress in Staffordshire as a criterion by which to judge of its severity, or of the causes from which it sprung. Wages in Staffordshire were 4s. a-day, with full employment, and the only question in dispute there was, whether wages were to be 4s. or 3s. 6d. a-day. At the same time, in justice to the workmen, he must say that the origin of the misunderstand ing which led to such unhappy results, was not their fault. It rested with an extensive firm which threw its labourers out of employment, without giving them the fortnight's no tice to which, by the custom of that part of the country, they were entitled. The motion of the hon. member for Finsbury was very fairly brought forward, but still there was nothing in it to induce one to imagine that it was anything more than a peg upon which to hang another discussion on the corn laws. As to calling the Parliament together, the time for doing so should be left to the discretion of those who were responsible—the ministers of the crown ; and it would be unconstitutional and ill-advised to interfere with that re sponsibility by such a pledge as that embodied in the motion. Mr. HAWES said tbat the corn laws would continue to be discussed, both in and out of the house, until they were settled upon a just and proper basis. The hon. member, in reyly to Mr. D'lsraeli, contended that the loss of our foreign commerce was to be attributed to our refusal to take the corn and timber of the states of the continent. As to this motion being a peg upon which to hang a discussion of the corn laws, he had no hesitation in saying that he would seize hold of every opportunity as a peg upon which to hang a speech against the corn law until it should be placed upon a proper footing. The present corn law was _a mere makeshift. weich must give way when public opinion was got up so as to bear upon it with its fullest influence. Mr. M. PHILIPS said he should not shrink from taking his share in any debate on this subject, in whatever way it might come before the house. Every day convinced him more and more of the truth of the arguments used on his side of the house respecting the causes of the distres, and if Parliament separated without applying itself to a remedy, the country would think that its time had been misspent since the commencement of the session. He feared that the new tariff would do little towards relieving the distress, for the trifling change of prices which it might occasion would never reach to those in the lower ranks of society, who bought necessarily in quantities infinitely small. It was said that trade was improving in Manchester, but he was unable to perceive the slightest indication of anything of the sort. Even a good harvest would have little effect in relieving the distress, for nothing could remedy the evil hut a demand for labour, and that demand could only proceed from an increase of our foreign commerce. Many of the manufacturers, hav ing appealed so long in vain to the justice of the house, were now contemplating—and many of them he knew to be men of wealth and respectability—joining the ranks of those who advocated measures stronger than any he had ever supported in that house. Mr. PARKER believed that had the measures of the late Government been adopted, millions would be employed who were now in a state of starvation. Mr. THORNELY supported the motion of Mr. Duncombe, contending that the recent corn law was utterly inoperative. Sir it. PEEL said it appeared that hon. gentlemen oppo site seemed to treat all that had been done as if good for nothing, and everything depended upon that which had not been done. He had no doubt that the distress was very ex tensive and very severe, but lie did not think the state of the country so gloomy as those hon. gentlemen seemed to think. He by no means despaired of its recovering, ere long, from the depression which now existed. With regard to an observation respecting his declining to receive a depu tation upon the subject of the distress, he was compelled to say that while nine hours of each day was o ccupied by parliamentary duties, and while also other duties devolved on a Minister of the Crown, out of the house it w as ver y dif ficult for him to find time to receive deputations ; more par ticularly when it too frequently happened that those depu tions, instead of confining themselves to a statement of facts, allowed themselves to be actuated by a desire of oratorical display. The right hon. baronet then entered into some calculations, and quoted some returns, in order to prove that hope might reasonably be entertained of better times, arising from the operation of the new tariff and the new corn law, neither of which had as yet had a fair trial. With respect to the motion it was utterly out of his power to assent to it, for it was neither more nor less than asking for a pledge to repeal the corn laws early in the next session of Parliament. The motion went the length of asking her Ma jesty to summon Parliament—a circumstance not unprece dented, but if it were frequently to happen it would be a violation of the constitution, for it would make that house, and not the crown, the judge of the exercise of the royal prerogative. The matter should be left to the discretion of the responsible advisers of the crown, in whom, as yet at least, Parliament had not shown any want of confidence. Lord PALMERSTON said, that the argument during that debate was all on his side of the house. There was an old saying and a good one—" When you have nothing to say, say nothing;" and accordingly hon. gentlemen on the minis terial benches, having nothing to reply to the arguments used on his side, very prudently held their peace and said nothing. The noble lord then proceeded to reply to the speech of Mr. D'lsraeli, and defended the foreign policy of the late govern ment, which he said had paid special attention to commercial relations with foreign states, and had actually concluded nearly half the treaties now in existence. He agreed with Sir R. Peel that there was a principle of vitality in this country which would raise it again to prosperity if it were not kept down by injudicious legislation. The motion of Mr. Duncombe was certainly open to some objections, but in the present crisis he thought those objections ought to be waived, and he therefore hoped the motion would be agreed to. _ _ . Mr. Hung, moved the adjournment of the debate until Saturday, which was opposed by Sir R. PLEL, on the ground that it would interfere with the committee of supply. Mr. COBDEN said if they went to a division that night he would raise the question of distress again, upon going into committee of supply. Mr. HuME ultimately withdrew his motion for adjourn ment ; and Mr. STANSFIELD addressed the house in support of the motion. Mr. DUNCOMBE then replied, and said that, whatever might occur in the ensuing winter, his side of the house had done its duty, and would not be responsible for the conse quences. The house then divided, and the motion was negatived by a majority of 147 to 91. Mr. M. GIBSON gave notice that, on going into commit tee of supply, he should move for a committee of the whole house to consider the distress of the country. FUNERAL OF THE DUKE OF ORLEANS The following is the programme of the arrangements making for the funeral of his Royal Highness the Duke of Orleans : INTERIOR OF THE CATHEDRAL. The nave of the Cathedral of nitre Dame will be h'ing with black drapery, decorated with silver ornaments. The tribunes will be all lighted with funeral lamps in silver. The transepts will be formed on the right and left into two large amphitheatres, where will be seated the members of the two chambers. The upper part of the choir will be ornamented to correspond with the nave. The high altar will be lighted with ninety silver lamps, and ornamented with funeral em blems of the most costly description. Three hundred wax lights will burn round the body. The catafalque. with its surrounding embellishments, will be upwards of 50 feet in length and 48 in width : 50 banners will be suspended from the roof, bearing the initials of the deceased duke. The lighting of the cathedral will be most refulgent ; besides the lamps and the wax light, there will be upwards of 40 large and splen did lustres. The total of the lights, it is estimated, will be upwards of 6000. EXTERIOR. The decorations of the portal will rise to an elevation of 100 feat ; the lower part will be ornamented with large escut cheons, bearing the names of Antwerp and Algiers, and sur rounded by wreaths of cypress. The centre escutcheon will bear the initials of the prince, surmounted by a ducal crown. At the height of the King's gallery there will be a rich ban deau, covered thickly with silver stars, ducal crowns, and terminated with a rich bullion fringe. The Place du Parvis, in front of the Cathedral, will be em bellished by a variety of emblems of mourning, and at the entrance will be placed two masts, 120 feet in height, sur mounted with black streamers, studded over with silver stars and the initials of the deceased. The towers of the cathedral will be surmounted by flag-staffs 50 feet in height, also bear ing black banners thickly studded with silver stars. CORTEGE. The cortege from Nenilly will be headed by a small fune ral car, in which the royal remains will be afterwards con- veyed to Dreux. This car is in the form of a close carriage, of the style of Louis XIV. The top is ornamented by a chi seled border of silver bronze. The cloth, both within and without, is ornamented with embroidery in black silk and silver lace. Next to this car will follow the grand funeral car, constructed with great splendour. and gorgeously orna mented. The upper part is surmounted by plumes of fea thers, supported by four figures, representing genii ; the whole profusely ornamented with mil►tary trophies, emblems, tri color flags. &e. This car will be drawn by six black horses, caparisoned in the style of the middle ages, each horse led by a groom and a postillion, in deep mourning. Following the car will come a mourning coach, drawn by six horses, also clothed in mourning, in which will ride the princes of the royal family. Another carriage, drawn by four horses, will contain a prie DIEU, on which will be placed the urn containing the heart of the royal duke. In this carriage will ride two priests, who mill recite prayers over the urn. Sixteen other mourning carriages will close the procession. The charger of his royal highness will be led next the car, richly caparisoned. The ceremony will, it is said, take place on the 30th July, and for the three following days the body will lie in state, ►n the Cathedral of Nitre Dame ; and on the night of the 4th will proceed to its last resting-place , in the family mauso leum at Dreur. LEGAL INTELLIGENCE. VICE CHANCELLOR'S COURT-SATURDAY SCOTT V. KIRBY AND ANOTHER. Ilia Honour delivered judgment in this case. The suit was instituted by the plai ntiff a g ainst his partner and a Mr. Elgie, and sought that it might be declared by the court that a dissolution of the partnership had taken place on the 19th of March, 1840, on which day a deed for that purpose had been executed by Mr. Elgie, Kirby's brother-in-law, acting under a power of attorney, which had been left with him when he (Kirby) had quitted the business at Liverpool and proceeded to Mexico. The questions were, whether the acts of Kirby in quitting England, and proceeding to Ame rica, were, under the circumstances, sufficient to justify the plaintiff and Elgie in declaring a dissolution to have taken place, and whether Elgie was authorised in assisting the plaintiff in cart ying it into effect under the power of attorney. His honour decided both questions in the affirmative. It appeared that Mr. Elgie had guaranteed the plaintiff against alt liabilities between him and his brother, up to the date of the dissolution. The accounts and liabilities of the re spective parties must, therefore, be taken up to that period, and the question of costs must be reserved. EXECUTION OF TAMAR DICK FOR THE MURDER OF HIS MOTHER, Richard Edwards, alias Tamar Dick. who. at the last Glamorganshire assizes, was found guilty of the m urder of of his mother, Tamar Edwards, underwent the extreme pe nalty of the law, on Saturday morning last, on a gallows erected in front of the county gaol, Cardiff. Since sen tence was passed upon him, this wretched man, whose life has been one continuous scene of dissipation and crime. has manifested a sullenness of disposition for which he has been character ised ; but as the awful period fixed for his execution ap proached, he yielded to the expostulations of the Rev. Mr. Stacey, chaplain of the gaol, and has directed his thoughts to his sinful and wretched condition, and the necessity for sup plicating pardon at the Throne of Grace for his great and manifold transgressions. He had promised on the Sunday preceding his death, and on the 18th he made the confession, which is subjoined to this account. On the morning of his execution, the culprit maintained a firm, and, as some consider, even a hardened, bearing. At six o'clock he ate his breakfast, consisting of tea and bread and butter, after which he asked for his pipe, when he sat down and smoked, occasionally conversing with the gover nor, to whom he said that he felt in very good spirits. At about half-past seven o'clock the sheriff arrived, and pro ceeded to the condemned cell, to demand, in the usual form, the convict for execution. Edwards was then pinioned, during the progress of which operation he repeatedly pro tested his Innocence of the murder. The melancholy pro cession then proceeded to the platform, preceded by the chaplain, who read the burial service. The convict then said, in Welsh, " Hear me ! I have been guilty of every crime, except thieving and m urder." The rope was th e n pl aced round his neck, and in a few mom ents the bolt was with dawn, and the unhappy criminal l aunched into eternit y . He - ' struggled for a moment, but very slightly . A ver y lar g e concoursef rona of persons had assembled to wittiess the execution Merthyr and o ch er parts, and from 8,000 to 10,000 were estimat e d t have ° • been present. The f o li o / wing is the confession of Richard Edwards . was not Man. when mother came by her death. There were sa tres --- my i a . titio __ltresent beside me. My child (10 months old) was night. ‘Vh ee . d Ziloom. My mother died on Thursday beside my littais h a 4 , two women placed my mother in bed Monday night fo k:here the corpse remained until the besides me and triy-• The two other persons present (my w if e. ) p ear a m , ,ere the nearest relations of Peggy 'Foes. th ree other person had been in the room of the other. mather.hi l . a wa h s ree persons told my father-in law and my ranisitter that they bad passed that night on Cefn-Coed C about the law, because P eggy e ' riec l gave my mother a blow down that my mother was beating her. My mother l e tt under my blow. Peggy, her mother, and brother, " tl:e l n laid hold on my She groaned for some squeezin mother. My mother did not spe a k. time. I saw Peggy and the other two three others till she ceased groaning. I was in li quor th g her throat ock. I cannot were not. This happened about 12 or one'oic tell exactly, for there was no clock or watch th ere ; and now if Peggy had been allowed to be examined by the hall, 1 should have made all this known there, i ; thine asked me to bury her. I said I would not. I would leave eggy her there, for I was afraid to be seen. I told them they had killed my mother. They begged me to keep every thing ' secret. We all remained in the house till the dawn of day and told their story about I then went up to Dowlais, and the others returned home to my father-in-law, as they saY, being all night at CAI Coed Cy mrner. I met my w if e again, about six o'clock in the evening . of the following Monday, at her aunt Jane Phill i p 's house in Caer Drau, and we went together, the child in her arms, to m s ide motheer's house. My wife placed the child on the opposite of th We then, toge hed to where my mother's body was lying. ther, dragged the corpse out , and p l a ced it under the bed. We continued to live in the house during the of te week, sleeping fiver ights in the b e d under which rest the corp s e lay. I was full of anxiety all the week, and on Saturday I started off, the day my mother's body was discovered, leav ing my wife in my mother's house. I was from Saturday until the following Weinesday, when I was app rehended, in the cart-house a t D uffryn , and wandering about. I tell the best truth—the truth I should tell in the presence of God, where I shall be next Saturday—to you now. My bl ow did not kill my m o th er, f or she gr o aned a ft e rwards. Her death causedwa o s undl by their meddling and scu ffl ing with her on the ground, k now not exactly in what manner. I mean Peg g y, and her mother and brother , '. were scuffling • ther of these three eh my mother. This is all me at this time with having killed true, as I shall answer to God. I know nothing of the d or female." eath of any other human being, male The trial of Bean for the attack on her Majesty's life will tike place on Thursday, the 25th of August next. The ses sions of the Central Criminal Court commence on the 22d. Mr. Justice Williams will, it is expected, adjudicate on the ceartion HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY Lord CAMPBELL gave notice that he would move on Mon day that no counsel who is a member of the other house of parliament should be heard at their lordships' bar for or against any bill pending before their lordships. Lord SEELMERSDALE gave notice that on the next stage of the Mines and Collieries Bill he would move an amend ment to the effect that women of mature age, who have been accustomed to work in mines and collieries, be permitted to continue the same employment. In reply to questions from the Earl of Radnor and the Marquis of Clanricarde, as to what hopes the government entertained that the present distress would pass away, or of its being relieved by the corn-laws, Lord WHARNCLIFFE said the result expected from the recent corn-laws was steadiness of price. He did see symp toms of improvement, but unless the government had suffi cient firmness to maintain the present law, prices must neces- baril v continue unsteady. The Bankruptcy, Lunacy, and County Courts Bills seve rally passed through committee, and were ordered to be read a third time on Monday. Lord BROUGHAM laid upon the table two bills, one to facilitate voluntary arrangements between debtor and creditor and the other to abolish arrest on execution where parties were ready to make a full disclosure and surrender of their property. The bills were read a first time. Several. bill s o n th e t a bl e were f or warded a stage ; after which their lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY. The Customs Acts Amendment Bill and the Exchequer Bills Preparation Bill were severally read a third time and passed, In reply to a question from Lord Palmerston, Sir 11. PEEL stated, that he would, on Monday, inform the house whether government would On the third reading Exeter Hall. propose a grant in favour of the classes at Mr . S. CRAVirFORD moved, voefdthe Poor Law Amendment Bill, be read a third time that d , as an amendment, that the bill Mr. FIELDEN seconded' determination to prevent the bille motion, and expressed his Y threei months. his power. Mr. AltYwrz, in opposing the bill, said Passing by every means in the l a te government, and would also Rl it bad overthrown destroy the present one. e eZ h g ° lllty of a Sir J. GRAHAM said, it would have easy matter for the government to have obtained a sho ee rt n .r an th T ey he w p o r u e l s d ei l ir s e ys b te e m of relieving by acting in accordance with the wishes of those Popularity, parsed the poor was incomparably superior to the old method, and d ti r l o e s b s i d il e ' r b e u li t cti in on doofi.ndgust y o. had cured many eno rmous evils. To give it up , t h erefore, would, in his opinion, be a great calamity to the count ry ' for sincerity in his incerity to Mr. Fielde n , w h o was own neighbou r h oo d f or p i i r e t' - savee lln eenvtel ever the kindness of his dispos ition, but he could scarcely think y d c is credittuis BRAZILS Her'iMajesty's brig packet Petrel, :Lieut. Crocke com mander, arrived at Falmouth on Friday, from the Brazils. Her dates of departure are, from Rio de Janeiro, May 25 ; Bahia, June 9: and Pernambuco, June 15 : on freight about £32,000 in treasure, and nine passengers. The Ranger packet, Lieut. Turner, with the outward mails, had reached Rio on the 23d of May. The exchange at that city was 271, charicte that even he could wish to see a return to the old system. The new system, so far from deserving repudiation as a rigid cast-iron mode of administering relief, was, on the contrary, a plastic system, which adapted itself to the varying circmn stances of the various localities in which it was carried into operation. _ _ Mr. O ' CONNELL said that its unpopularity was . to be attributed to the cast-iron rigidity of the central controlling power. He would in the next session of Parliament move for a committee to examine into its working in Ireland. Captain BERKELEY insisted that the bill had worked well, which was denied by Colonel SIBTHORP. After some discussion the house divided, and the third reading was carried by a majority of 103 to 30. Sir T. ACLAND moved a clause by way of rider, i❑ order to enable guardians to appoint local committees for receiv ing applications from poor persons in parishes at a certain distance from the place of meeting of the board of guardians. Sir 3. GRAHAM acceded to the proposition, and the clause was added accordingly. On the motion that " the bill do now pass," Mr. FIELDEN moved as an amendment that it be printed with a view to its re-committal. The amendment, however, was negatived on a division, by a majority of 83 to 5, after which the bill passed. On the motion for the house resolving itself into a com mittee of supply, Mr. M. Ginsos moved as an admendment that the house should resolve its-elf into a committee of the whole house, to take into consideration the distressed state of the country. The hon. member, in support of his amendment, went over many of the arguments used in the debate of the previous evening. lie thought it was a sufficient vindication of his motion that a msjority of the house had already declared its belief that great distress prevailed throughout the country, and he also thought that the house could not employ itself better than in seeking into the cause of that distress. Dr. BOWRING seconded the motion. Capt. BERKELEY thought it would be better to throw the responsibility of upholding the corn laws upon the govern ment, than, by a fruitless repetition of motions for their alteration, to impede the progress of public business. Sir J. EASTHOPE spoke of the distress prevailing in the borough which he represented ; nearly one-third of the frames being out of work, the value of houses deteriorated from 30 to 35 per cent. and of machinery 40 per cent., while the poor-rates had nearly doubled as compared with the year 1810. He did not think that emigration would afford ade quate relief to the distress, but still he was of opinion that government had not availed itself of it to the extent they might have done. Mr. HUME gave every credit to the government for pass ing the tariff, but while they were testing its efficacy the people were starving. Even if corn were admitted free of duty the people had not the means of buying, and the lauded interest should beware lest, after upholding the preseut mo nopoly for their own sakes, they should find themselves ulti mately overwhelmed by pauperism. Mr. FIELDEN, in supporting the amendment of Mr. Gib son, said the distress was so great that private exertions to relieve it were utterly unavailable, and government should therefore lend its assistance. _ _ .... Sir C. Bun RELL supported the original motion, and Mr. VILLIERS, at considerable length, supported the amendment. . . Mr. MUNTZ said that trade was never so bad or so unpro fitable in Birmingham, or presented such s►nall prospects of improvement, as at the present moment. It was necessary that the cause of the distress should be sought for and dis covered ; and if sought for, he had no doubt that it would, without much difficulty, be discovered. Mr. M. PHILIPS supported the motion, and said that 62,900 of his constituents had called upon him to lay before the house the misery by which they were surrounded. Mr. COBDEN moved the adjournment of the debate, which, on a division, was defeated by a majority of HS to 33. Mr. HINDLE Y then moved the adjournment of the debate. Sir R. PEEL strongly opposed the adjournment, and com plained that he had been very unfairly treated in the way in which these discussions were carried on. It was painful to him to see the time of the house wasted, night after night, by a repetition of precisely the same sentiments ; and he had so recently stated the views of the government that he really had nothing to say beyond repeating what he had said on the previous evening. He was, therefore, treating the house with no disrespect by remaining silent. He could not help saying, however, that the continued opposition to the will of the majority in that house was calculated to prove destruc tive to anything like a deliberative assembly. Mr. COBDEN said that the majority in that house were re garded by the country with disgust, and contended that Mr. Hindley was justified in moving the adjournment. Mr. HAWES thought that a continuous attempt to resist the opinions of the majority was calculated to prove fatal to the constitution of the house as a deliberative assembly. He still thought that some minister of the crown should have spoken to a motion of such importance, brought forward by the representative of the most important town in the king dom. Mr. FIELDEN said the people. were starving, and, if he could, he would not give the government a shilling —no, not a single shilling—until it did something for them. After considerable discussion, Mr. H INDLEY withdrew his motion for the adjournment ; and Mr. COBDEN, at one o'clock in the morning, addressed the house in support of the amendment. The house then divided, and the motion was negatived by a majority of 156 to 64. THE MINISTRY AND THE CONSERVATIVE PRESS (From the Morning Post.) Some remarks which we find in the Globe of Friday night on the tone of the conservative press towards the present ad ministration, affords us a fair opportunity to say a word or two upon the advantages and disadvantages which appertain respectively to a strong government and weak one. Our whip-radical contemporary flatters himself, or would wil!ingly, at least, flatter his readers, wit h the hope of the restoration to power of his party, on the ground that some portion of the conservative press expresses without reserve opinions hostile to certain parts of the policy of the present administration. The fact is truly stated, but the inference deduced from it is one which none but a weak, defeated, and desponding party could possibly have drawn. The animadversions of the conservative press upon some of the measures of conservative government indicate the earnestness, the zeal, the independence, and the integrity of its readers, in the performance of what they deem their duty to the interests and the rights of the community ; but indi cate still more clearly their conviction that there is no dan ger whatever of so great a national calamity as the resump tion of power by any such administration as that of Lord Melbourne. _ It is one of the advantages of a strong government like that of Sir R. Peel, as contrasted with a weak government like that of Lord Melbourne, an advantage to which no ge nuine English tory can be indifferent, that the former re vives the monarchial principle, and gives to the executive, as such, a considerable share in determining the course of na tional affairs and events. Sir R. Peel is not, as Lord Mel bourne was, a nominal Prime Minister of a nominal Crown. This is a great change. We think it a change for the better ; and while we dissent from some of the measures of Sir R. Peel, and listen with regret to some of the expressions of his individual opinion, we rejoice in this change, and do not he sitate to say that the man who does not rejoice in it, although he may be, perhaps, an honest man—although he may be, perhaps, a sensible man—cannot be an honest and loyal English tory, hut must be in his heart a republican. Another of the advantages of a strong government like that of Sir Robert Peel, as contrasted with a weak govern ment like that of Lord Melbourne, is that in the former case the power of the party in possession of the government is really wielded by the superior men—by the head, and not as in the latter case by the inferior men, by the tail of the party. Sir Robert Peel, Lord Aberdeen, Lard Stanley, and Sir J. Graham, have no O'Connells, Hawkeses, Warbur tons, Duncombes, or Wakleys's at their back, to whose opi nions they are obliged to defer. They can consult, and together with their colleagues in the cabinet, determine to propose to Parliament and can dare to press upon its adop tion such measures as they think likely to conduce to the welfare of the country. A third advantage of a strong government like that of Sir R. Peel, as contrasted with a weak government like that of Lord Melbourne, that it affords freer play to the action of individual mind, and to the interchange of independent opi nion. Thus, the conduct of important sections of the con servative press, at this moment, from which the w hi g - ra di ca l journals, after the weakness of the administration, may more properly be regarded as a proof of its strength. The posi tion of the government is such, that its members can l oo k down from their elevation—from their place o f p ower an d responsibility, upon the conflicting currents and varyin g eddies of opinion beneath , not despising or disregardin g them, nor be yielding to their indications an instant and implicit deference; whle the organs of public opinion can animadvert with friendly freedom upon the conduct of the administration, and speak plainly out what may be deemed the errors and vices of its course, unrestrained by the appre hension that they will thereby give back . the powers of the monarchy into hands already shown to be incapable of wield ing them. Upon the various important points of national . policy, in respect of which it is our misfortune and that of some of our conservative contemporaries to differ from the present government, our opinions would unquestionably be • the same that they are were the present government in the deplorable position in which that of Lord Melbourne con sented to drag on, session after session, a powerless and de based existence, forcing dead or dying men into the House of Commons in order to secure themselves the measuring cast majority indispensabie to the prolongation of their ministerial being; yet it is, at least, probable that we and our conservative contemporaries would in such circumstances urge the points on which we differ from Sir R. Peel's admi nistration with a degree of restraint and timidity from which it is now our privilege and our felicity to be entirely free. It cannot be denied, on the other hand, that a very strong government, like that of Sir R. Peel, is attended with some disadvantages. The consciousness of strength is apt to en gender in the minds of the leading members of a powerful administration an overweening self-will, preserving some thing of the appearance of tyrannical dictation; while those of its friends who think it their duty to remonstrate and to reason against any part of its policy, perceiving how well established are the bases of its power, may occasionally be led to impart to their animadversions a vivacity presenting something of the appearance of unmeasured hostility. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS RIPON, July 21.—The crops in this vicinity, which leave hitherto looked very promising , have sus t a i ne d p ar ti a l in jury from the heavy and increased rains of Tuesday and Wednesday, Some of the heavy wheats are much swayed down, and will not be able to recover their position unless favoured with an early change to fine dry weather. We be lieve the severe storm of Tuesday did not reach many miles south or east of Ripon, but from the overflowing of the rivers must have extended considerably westwards.—Leeds paper, BARNSLEY, July 21.—The weather, until the last few days, of heavy rain, has been favourable to the gathering in of the hay crops. A good deal of hay has been well secured in the neighbourhood : westward, towards the moors, the mowing is just commencing, and the crops there are more promising than usual, but the present showery weather will check the labours of the hay-maker. The corn !n a general way is shot out into fine bold ear, and is browning rapidly in the most favoured situations.—Leeds paper, made considerable being rather H LL, July 21.—The hay harvest h g a e s n progress in the East Riding, the crops light, but secured in excellent condition. gen erally On beautifully. Apprehensions are not entert ained is coming neighbourhood of a deficiency in the yield • aft in this of sunshine, with refreshing breezes and a , etear er at a fortnight atmosphere, we yesterday received a fine rain, the only effect mo ; will be to better till the ear, and improve both theo which weight and quality of the crops.—Hull Herald. N OTTINGH AM, July . 23.—The late fine weath er h as g i ven the farmers in this neighbourhood an opportunity t o get i n the greater part of their fodder. The crops of corn are par ticularly forward, and promise much, both in quality an d quantity. Some that were very badly and sickly six we e k s ago, have completely altered their appearance, and bid fair to give an average quantity. Without doubt, the harvest in this district will be very early.—Notlingharn Review. THE RUSSIANS DEFEATED BY Tfig CIRCASSIANS.— According to the Augsburg Gazette of the 15th instant, it would seem the Circassian; had gained an important advan. tage over the Russians. It states that a division of the army of Circassia, under the command of General Grabbe, had been attacked in a forest by the Lesghians and cut to pieces. The Russian loss is estimated at 1,500 men and 15 officers. The artillery, which was in the rear, was preserved from falling into the hands of the enemy. SECOND !.., -- MITION a Standard Office, Three o'clock LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE,—' ti is DAY (From Mcsxrs:. R. MAKIN k SONS' Circular.) The liberal importation 'of Wheit'stated- in the report of Friday last has been very considerably augmented by further arrivals from abroad ; which, including several parcels coast wise, and a few small lots from Ireland, raise the total re ceipts of this Grain since the 18th instant to 51,995 Miaithh: Of most other kinds of Grain we have to report a moderate increase, and a good supply of States and Canadian Flour, as specified below. To the influence of such abundant supplies of Wheat, the continuance of weather of the most favourable character, and the depression reported in other markets, holders have generally submitted ; and we must now state a decline in the value of this Grain of fully 6d. on even the finest descriptions of White and Red Foreign, while all common and inferior sorts have been freely offered 6d. to Bd. per ifilbs. lower than this day week. We had, however, a pretty good attendance at market, and a fair amount of business was transacted at the reduction. Flour receded is to 2s per sack, and is Gd to 2s per barrel, but on the whole was rather difficult of sale. Barley must be noted 2d per 601bs, Beans 2s, Pease 2s, and Malt is per quarter cheapn than on Tuesday last, and for each article scarcely an inquiry was made. Oats and Oatmeal exceedingly dull at an abatement of Id per bushel, and is per 2 iolbs. ARRIVALS OP CORN, From the 19th to the 2Sth July,lB42,inelusite IRK- COAST- CANADA I , O- DESCRIPTION. r COTA I. LAND. WISH. & U.STS. REIGN. i Wheat Qrs.! 773 241:2966 47838 51995 Barley Qrs. I ..>37 t i 257 Malt Qrs. 2132 2132 Oats Rye Qrs. 480 480 Beans Qrs. 614 36 1330 2010 Pease., Qrs.; 2621 2624 Shelled Barl,.y .Qrs.{ .___ Indian Corn Qrs.l 25 590 I 1800 2415 H.apesced Oatmeal .• .. Loads 189 , 344 I 533 Flout . Sacks 297 55 j I 352 Ditto . Buis. . 16781 i 16781 Into Runcorn, Ireland and Coastwise :—Wheat, qrs.; Oats, qrs.: Oatmeal,— Ids; Flour, sacks. EXPORTS.—Foreign. Wheat, qrs. ; Beans, qrs.; Malt, qrs. : Oats, 14 qrs ; Pease, qrs. ; Indian Corn, qrs. ; Oat meal,— loads; Flour, sacks, 72 brls.—lreland. Wheat, 457 qrs. ; Barley, qrs. ; Oats, qrs. ; Beans, qrs. ; Indian Corn, 1194 qrs. ; Oatmeal, 700 Ids. ; Flour, sacks 260 brls.— Coastwise. Wheat, 2119 qrs. ; Barley, 402 qrs. ; Malt, qrs. ; Oats, 157 qrs. ; Rye, qrs. ; Beans, 80 qrs. ; Pease, 70 qrs. ; Indian Corn, qrs. ; Oatmeal, 789 Ids. ; Flour, 410 sacks 2005 barrels. Average prices of Grain, for the week ending July 16, 1842. Wheat 655. Bd. I Barley 288. Od. I Oats.. 22.5. Od. I Rye.. 38s. 6d beans.: 345. 10d. I Pease.. 353. 5d Aggregate average of the six weeks. Wheat.. 645. Zd. I Barley 275. 4d. I Oats.. 21s. Bd. ! Rye.. 335. 5d Beans.. 345. 4(1. Pease.. 335. 10d. Duty on Foreign Grain, &e. this week Wheat Os.0(1. j Barley 9s. 0(1. 1 Oats . Cs. od.l Rye.. 9s. 6d Beans os. 64. I Pease.. 9s. 64. I Ind. Corn Os. Od. I Flour 45.9 d, Ditto from British Colonies out of Europe. Wheat.... Is. Od. I Barley.. 2s. tid. I Oats ..2s. 04. I Rye.... Is. Od. Beans.. Os. 6d I Pease.. Is. 0(1. I I ndian Corn.. Os. Od. I Flour.. 74d Liverpool Averages, week ending July 19.1842. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. Pease. Qrs 467 133 523 Prices LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, 3 P.M A very good and general demand for Cotton to-day; mar ket very steady, and rather firmer. About 3,000 bales sold, which for Tuesday e is considered a good business. Rev. P. W. Brancker has been. nominated to the Incum bency of MelthanOlills, near Huddersfield. The Dorsetshire assizes were very brief, there being only eight prisoners on the calendar, and five law cases. A son of the Rev. F. Calder, Minister of the Wesleyan chapel in this city, has lately, been ordained a clergyman of the Established Church. There are five competitors from Oxford for the Head mastership of Rugby school, and seven from Cambridge. The annual income is estimated at about £4,000. It is said that eperiments are about being made on the Eastern Counties Railway, under the superintendence of Mr. Hood, for the purpose of inquiring into the cause and phenomena of the.crystallization of railway axlea-:—Railway Mrgazine. Her Royal Highness the Princess Sophia continues to la bour under the villiction of blindness, almost total, at her apartments in - Kensingtorr,Palace;tutotherwise - the princess is in the enjoyment of good health ; but, of course, receives little company except her royal relatives. TIIE SWELL 1110 B.—At Bristol, six members of the above association of freebooters, some of them wearing spurs and mustrichios, were captured on Thursday, at the great cattle show, in the act of conveyancing. Their heads were shaved, their miistachios clipt, and they were sent out of the town, as vagabond thieves, by the police. The Courrier Francais says—" Prince Albert, the consort of her Majesty Queen Victoria, is reported to have written a letter to' King Louis Philip on thelate tragical event, conehed in terms of the most affecting condolence., The Duke of Wellington has, it is added, likewise written to his Majesty, expressing his deep regret for the loss the - French nation mid its sovereign have sustained." „ IMPORTATION OF FOREIGN CATTLE AT HULL.—The Emerald Isle steamer, from Rotterdam, which arrived here on Sunday, brought us the first importation of live cattle from that quarter under the new law. It was but a speci men, consisting of four cows, in calf, which we understand found ready sale, at remunerating prices. , One of the cows calved on Tuesday morning; and the calf, with two of the other cows, were offered and diSPoied of at our market that day. The ,Innisfail, Gothenburg mail steam-ship. which arrived on Tuesday,-brought sixteen pigs.—Eastern Counties Herald. THE GRATITUDE of THE POOR.—A pleasing instance of this was displayed on , Wednesday, the 20th inst., the birth day of Agnes, five years old, the daughter ofthe Rev. R. R. Faulkner, Of Havering. Previous to the assembling of the ladies and friends of the National School; :at the aunu❑l rus tic fete given•on that day to the children. of •therat:stmage, an elegantly bound pocket bihle, hearing the folloWing simple and affectionate 'inscription;' was sent to 'll4r. Faulkner.— " Dear Sir,--Please to accept this trifle as a token .of .grati-. tude from the poor inhabitants of Haveringatte-Rower, for your great kindness to them and their children, and'inay'you long live to prosper in the glorious work of the Gospel is the earnest wish of the poor.—Havering, July 20, 1842." This was accompanied by a " Companion to the Altar" and a silken purse for Miss Faulkner, from the . . . . , Lord Palmerston told the House of Commons on Thursday night that " he had sufficient experience in office to know that the members of the government would haVe hut little time for pheasant shooting in October." "Smeicient ex perience!" We should think so. After occu?Yilig a pogition more or less prominent in nearly every administration for the last five-and-thirty years, Lord Palmerston reminds the house of the length of his apprenticeship, as if it had not be come a bye-word throughout the country, throwing the acts of the Vicar of Bray entirely into the shade. Pity that his lordship when he alluded to . Mi .° experience" did not - say how he acquired it. We know nothing about Lord Palmer ston's recreations in October, or his accomplishments in the battle ; he may or may not be able to shoot flying, but thus much is certain, that for a shot at a permanent mark his lordship has no rival on earth.--Morniny Herald. STAMPS AND TAXES BILL.—A bill has just been intro duced to parliament which proposes to effect considerable changes in respect to the stamps and taxes. It abolishes the tax upon stage-coach drivers and guards, and fixes the an nual license on a stage-coach at £3 3s. for the first year, and ss. every subsequent year. The mileage is to be lid. per mile whatever the number of passengers. The duty on pas sengers by railways is changed from a tax of of a penny per head per mile to . a .charge of £5 per cent.• upon the receipts for passengers. It is thought that the change in the mode of levying the passage' duty will be of great advantage to railroads conveying a multitude Of passengers short dis tances, and will induce the railway directors to provide more accommodation for the humbler classes, who will thus be benefitted by the change. The stamp duty on bills of lading is reduced from 3s. 6d., and that on charter parties to a fixed tax of 55., whatever its length. BEE SWARMING.—During the present forcing weather, it may not be amiss to relate an anecdote just furnished by a respectable individual, who vouches for its truth. An old gentleman in Ayrshire, while standing in his garden, waiting for the casting of a hive, had the misfortune to attract the swarm, as it, rather unexpectedly, came off; and the bees, thick and clustering, settled over his throat, his face, mouth, and nostrils. In a moment after, his eyes were blinded by the clinging, buzzing throng. Expecting the infliction of instant agony from a thousand stings, he dreaded to make the slightest movement by voice or limb, and there was no person present. A minute or two passed—the heat was in tolerable, and the sensation maddening; at this dire extre mity of no less than probable pain or death, reason at length suggested—and the old gentleman cautiously raised his hands to the hat, moved it gently, imperceptibly lifting it a few inches above his head, and then steadied the hat in that position. The queen bee must have approved of this novel hive, for the old man began to breathe freely ; and in a short time the whole swarm took up their abode in the hat, which he subsequently displayed to his friends in triumph and' thankfulness, without having received so much as a single sting.—Elgin Courant. SERIOUS Loss OF LIFE AT GLENTIES.—On Thursday last, while a number of the workmen employed in the erec tion of Glenties 'Workhouse were standing together, one of them, with no bad intention, we believe, took the bonnet off his neighbour, and threw it into the lime-kiln belonging to the works, which had not been quite emptied since the last burning. The owner of the bonnet went down into the kiln to recover it, but not making his appearance, one of his friends also descended by the ladder, to see what detained him, and afterwards another, and afterwards another, till four had disappeared. The fears, of the rest were now ex cited ; and having hastened to the kiln,. they heard a faint shriek, and with great difficulty succeeded, by throwing down a rope, in rescuing the last of the four who descended from the fate which had overtaken the other three. Death was caused by their inhaling the carbonic acid gas which had col lected at the bottom,of the kiln,»—Derry Standard. WHICH IS RIGHT?—On Wednesday last the. Manchester Guardian remarked of the tradd of the manufacturing dis tricts in the following terms :—"'We'are happy to be enabled to state, that the improvement which manifested itself last week has continued down to the present time, and that a more healthy feeling prevails in the market than at any period for some time past. The large sales of produce made under the operation of the new tariff have liberated a considerable amount of capital which has been for some time locked up— (loud cheers)—thereby placing additional means at the dis posal of the more active and enterprising merchants of the country—(hear, hear) ;—and, as a general impression pre vails that the prices of cotton manufactures are now at their lowest point, the inclination to make purchases for the foreig❑ markets has become more general." On the follow ing evening Mr. Mark Philips, M.P. for Manchester, spoke as follows :—" lie had been asked by many persons whether trade was not improving in Manchester? He had not the slightest hesitation in replying. that he knew of no improve ment, and whoever had said so must, he believed, have been labouring under some strange hallucination." Which of these sages, who thus contradict each other point blank, is to be believed? SAVINGS' BANKS.-Mr. Tidd Pratt has just compiled a History of Savings' Banks, with the existing number of de positors, amount of deposits, and every particular of every savings' bank in the country. An appendix contains all the returns relating to savings' banks which have been printed by order of either House of Parliament. The following table contains the annual returns of the total amount of depositors and amounts of deposit for the two years ending November 20, 1840 and 1844 respectively. The latter was published last month, and is contained in Parliamentary paper 280: Number Amount of Deposits, United Kingdom. of Depositors. including Interest. 1841. j 1810 Lples, the import duty on bdoks THE NATIONAL BOARD OF EDUCATION. TO THE EDITOI OF TIRE DUBLIN STESMAN Sir,—l was about to submit to public atteuton a fact con nected with the working of the national system of education in my own district--before I could do so the last report of the commissioners appeared in the newspapers in the shape of a recommendatory appeal to the lord lieutenant's approy hie judgment. I cannot but, at the same time, with your permission, connect my intended remark on what : has come tinder tny own knowledge with the glaring inconsistency be tween the commissioners' professions and the practical working of the system What a different clue would an every-day 'experience of its progress and details afford as to its real merits and cha racter, from that which. the .less-instructed would derive from the studied representations and high professions of the commissioners in their report. They can be, in a flourish of a report, all but as warm ad vocates for the use of the Scriptures, as their most inveterate opponents—they can put forward their Scripture selections " not as a substitute, but as an introduction to the sacred volume itself"—they can even " earnestly and unanimously recommend them." This is their high-toned profession— this is the system trimmed and dressed out in speCious and seductive colours to win the admiration, and gain the support of the thoughtless and indifferent. They can put forth plausible statements, and lay claim to a close conformity to a scriptural standard and foundation. But how are their fine principles and statements borne out by facts ? How is their professed preference for scriptural education exhibited in practice? Do they not know that it is delusion to refer to their extracts for proof of the Scripture character of the system.to vaunt of their " earnestly and unanimously re commending them as an introduCtion to the sacred volume itself." Is it possible to believe with all this, that the scriptural extracts are anything more than an apology and a cloak for the board ? They may, indeed, ever so earnestly " recommend" them. But when they tell us that the " national schools are not so much the schools of the govern ment as of local patrons and managers," who would be so dull as to imagine that in the nine -tenths of the schools where the Roman Catholic clergy are the "pastors and managers," that the Scripture extracts are anything more than a dead letter—in fact, that they are not a proscribed book. It is thus that as education increases (see report)— spiritual light is stationary in its progress; in proportion as facilities for procuring knowledge are multiplied, the priests, shielded by the regulations of the national system, incur no increasing odium as the withholders of scriptural truth. The commissioners give their sanction, and the priests bear rule by their means ; for, connected as they are with the controul and management of the schools, they appear less in their own proper spiritual character. as suppressors of scriptural truth, than as agents in the administration of a system founded and nurtured by government. Perhaps it would be too'fearful a libel to assert that the board tacitly co-operates with the priests in the suppression even of their own extracts. But does the board seek to en courage and facilitate their"uie ? No; if they were really anxious that they should be as much as possible in general use and requiSition, would they not allow thear a free course and circulation. But the ffiCrliThe reverse There is only a free grant of them every four years. But how long in general does this supply last? I will venture to affirm that, for three years out of the four, the grand maimbrity of the schools are most ill supplied, or completely destitute of them. Ido not speak at random. • I was told by the master of one of the schools here that they are in want of Scripture extracts, that their supply was long since exhausted, and that they do not in general make much use of them, and that in the two neighbouring schools (he particularised their localities) they are not used at all. Now, here are three schools in one small district, in which the children have not the semblance of a scriptural education. Here is a specimen of the practical working of the system. As much of the Scriptures as the board will authorise and patronise, become either a dead letter, owing to the operation of their own rules, which obstructs instead of regulates a supply of this portion, or to their proscription by " local patrons and ma nagers." _ _ _ We have a parade of figures in the last report—that, for instance, " in the course of this year, there will be between 3,000 and 4,000 poor children receiving instruction under us." It is well that they do not say a scriptural education. Taking the number at 200,000, it would be found, I am con fident, tat not 10,000 children could be found to exhibit even a tolerable proficiency in the book of extracts. It would be a good criterion on this point, as the hoard has paraded £6,154 7s. as the amount last year for the sale of books and requisites, if they would specify the exact proportion which the sale of Scripture extracts bears to the gross sum. Will they do this ? lam sure they will not. But should they not do this in fairness and honesty ? It is only easy simplicity or ignorance of the religious state of Ireland that could be deluded into the belief that " the principles (see report) upon which the national schools are established" could be, in the nature of things," deve loped in practice." The board professes to exalt the Scrip tures as the best foundation for education; but what do their professions signify when all that they can do, if indeed they strive to do more than what they assert in a printed re port, or in the preface to their extracts, is to a LEAVE" " the use of the sacred volume to the religious instructors of the children," and to " RECOMMEND" " the extracts to be used in all schools" whose " local patrons and managers" are the priests. It is thus, whether by the desi.ned genius of the system, or by the direct connivance of the board, that the priests influence is upheld, and their hands strengthened in withholding from the people the word of God July 20, 1042 . . I am, Sir, your's faithfully, H. SIRR THE CLAYTON SQUARE MEETING TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING HERALD SIR,-1 have recently arrived in London from Liverpool and Manchester, and cannot but feel surprised at the manner in which the sayings and doings of certain gentlemen, calling themselves deputies, are chronicled. I have heard of a Mr. Heyworth making speeches at a meeting of the defeated Whig-radical clique in Liverpool; and if the Mr. L. Heyworth, whose name figures in the anti-corn-law conferences and deputations, be the same individual, he can scarcely have the effrontery to assert that 'he is either commissioned to speak, or that he does speak, the sentiments of the respectable inhabitants of Liverpool. When the public of Liverpool think proper to express their opinions by deputation on such an important point of com mercial policy as the corn laws, they will select a very differ ent person for•the undertaking to Mr. Lawrence Heyworth. Again, who•is Mr. Holland Hoot? A short time back a bundle of cotton lords, full of wisdom and philanthropy, came from Manche s t er t o . Liverpool to infbrtn the natives of Liverpool of their diainterkled• views. upon the' corn laws. Among them came Mr. Holland Hoot, or, as some of the placards announcing the meeting hid it by mistake, Holland Tool, and othertolland Fool. They preached and spouted away at the Amphitheatre, an d the astonishing modesty a n d self-denial displayed had the wholesome effect 'of turning several wavering whielingainto staunch tories. They went back •with their tails between theirlegs. If the Mr. H. Hoof, who generally takes upon. himself to represent the opinions of the inhabitants of Manchester , and Salford, be the same gentleman, he will have a lively recollection of the circum stances. But Who is the distinguished cotton-spinner that, according to the report of the deputation the other day to Sir Robert Peel, absolutely " shed tears!" This astounding display of human agony must surely at once have overcome the sternest resolutions of the Premier; and it is indeed to be deplored that those precious drops were not carefully preserved in spirits, to be exhibited among the rarest curiosities at the next " National Anti- Corn-Law Bazaar." But, sir, how long is this scence of iniquity and cajolery to be tolerated? For the last ten years in Liverpool and Manchester the same democratic knot have been putting forth the same sophistical selfishness about the corn-laws. They have lately been admitted to conferences in highs places, and obtained a consequent notoriety which their arguments never could secure to them. Is their real position changed? Not a bit. There is not so much reason or necessity to be shown now for the repeal of the corn-laws as there could be ten years ago. It is, however, quite impossible that these overpowering exhibitions of agony on one hand, and smpathy on the other, can be continued without producing consider able effect ; and the question naturally forcing itself on the consideration of the people of Liverpool is, are the land owners of England going to permit Mr. Lawrence Heyworth and Mr. Holland Hool to repeal the corn-laws? If they are, the natural reply will be, What the deuce did they do that for ? Let us, however, hope, before the separation of parliament, that some responsible English gentleman will speak i❑ a more uncompromising tone on this important subject than the present ministers appear inclined to use. The threats of outbreak and rebellion are base libels on the manufacturing population, for every subscriber to the Anti- Corn-Law League well knows that it is utterly beyond the power of that mischievous body to delude the people into the scenes that they describe. The working classes in Liver pool and Manchester know them and their objects, and are only surprised that any minister, or in fact any man, should be influenced by their pompous inanities.—yours, &c., A LIVERPOOL BURGESS. • DIVISION ON THE GRANT TO MAYNOOTH AYES. Acland, Sir T. D. Gore, M. Paget, Lord A. Aglionby, H. A. Goulburn, H. Palmerston, Lord Ainsworth, P. Graham, Sir J. Pechell, Capt. Aldam, W. Hamilton, W. J. Peel, Sir R. Baillie, Col. Hardinge, Sir 11. Peel, J. Baring, W. Hawes, B. Philips, M. Bentinck, Lord G. Henley, J. W. Plumridge, Capt. Berkeley, Capt. Herbert, S. . Pulsford, R. Boldero, IL G. Hervey, Lord A. Rout, Capt. Bowring, Dr. Hill, Lord Al. Simi!, R. L. Brotherton, J. Howard, P. H. Smith, R. V. Bruce, Lord E. Jermyn, Earl Somerset, Lord G. Cavendish, G. Jocelyn, Lord Somerville, Sir W. Clements, Lord Knatchbull, Sir E. Stanley, Lord Clive, E. Knight, H. G. Stanslield, W. R. Cockburn, Sir G. Lambton, H. Stewart, J. Colborne, W. Langston, J. H. Sutton, H. Corry, H. Lasielles, W. S. Tancred, H. W. Courtenay. Lord Leicester, Earl Thornely, T. Cowper, W. F. Lemon, Sir C. Tufnell, 11. Crawford, W. Lincoln, Earl Vane, Lord 11. Darner, Col. Lindsay, M. Wawn, J. T. Denison, E. B. M•Geachy, F. A. Wilde, Sir T. Douglas, Sir C. Mangles, R. D. Wodehouse, E. Eliot, Lord Manners, Lord C. Wood, B. Escott, B. Milnes, R. M. Wood, G. W. Ferguson. Sir R. Muntz, G. F. Wyse, T. Flower, Sir J. Newport, Lord Yorke, 11. R. French, F. Nicholl, J. Young, J. • Gaskell, J. M. Norreys, Lord Gill, T. O'Brien, J. Tellers. Gladstone, W. O'Connell, D. Fremantle, Sir T. Gordon, Capt. O'Connell, M. J• Clerk, Sir G. NOES. Allix. J. P. Fuller, A. E. Newry, Lord Antrobus, E. Gladstone, T. Packe, W. C. Archdall, Capt. Goring, C. Polhill, F. Blackburn°, J. I. Grogan, E. Rushbrooke Bradshaw, J. Hamilton, Lord C. Russell, J. ,Col. 1). W Buck, L. W. Hardy, J. Sibthorp, Col. Buller, Sir J. Y. H o d gson , F. Smith, A. Burroughes, H. Hughes, W. B. Smyth, Sir H. Campbell, A. Kemble, H. Stuart, H. Clietwode, Sir J. Lefroy, A. Tollemache, J. Clayton, R. Lockh ar t, W. Tyrell, Sir J. Codrington, C. Lowth er , J. H. Verner, Col. Colvile, C. R. Mackenzie, T. Duffield, T. Mackenzie, W. F. • Tellers. Ferrand, W. B. Mainwaring, T. Plumptre, J. Fitzroy, Capt. Masterman, J• Flothou, J. Morgan, 0. Bateson, 11. Forbes, W. Munday, E. M• :.,•• THE AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION.--SOMething was said on the subject of feeding, and a curious disquisition was commenced on the possibility of bringing up a ties entirely by hand ; but a member declared that he had felt one at his foot all the preceding night, and had made several efforts to bring it up by hand, all of which were utterly futiie. (L oud cheers.) The secretary related an anecdote of a domestic spider which knew him, (the secretary,) and would take food off his (the secretary's) hand. A m ember observe& thatthis was nothing in comparison with a case he Could .relate from his own experience. There wa s a whole colony of }l eas so exceedinly attached to him that they in variab ly waited till he (then ember) came to bed, when they:ldatiPyl.papyeefruitileoldy;. begin to ti c kl e hi m, ( t h e mem b er ,) a nd would not only t a k e their f oo d off his (the member ' s) han d, but i his (th e member's) perzion which they (the fleas) hap to find at the moment convenient. (Immense sensation.)-- Pilneh, MISCELLANEOUS Two troops of dragoons left Manchester on Friday morn ing to be ready in case any disturbance should break out in that town, a thing anticipated by most people. A correspondent of the Standard says one of the leading anti-corn law brawlers, living near Manchester, and in the &mid trade, cleared £24,000 by his business last year ! A series of patent machinery for theatres, by which a si multaneous change of thirty-five different pieces of scenery may be effected by turning the handle of the apparatus, has just been invented by Mr. R. Macdonald Stephenson. QUICK WORK IN A HAY FIELD.—A correspondent who writes from Wibsey, near Bradford, but who does not give his name, informs us that a farmer who resides not a hun dred miles from Wibsey Slack, and who has long boasted of his ability in prognosticating the weather, and of his skill in getting in his hay without damage by rain, cut a field of grass early last Saturday morning, set the hay-makers speedily to work, and before eight o'clock that night " he had got in all his hay and had his cattle turned into the field to eat the fog I"—Leeds Intelligeneer. EXTENSIVE SEIZURE.—A seizure of upwards of 40,001b5. of foreign unmanufactured tobacco, besides cigars, was, on Wednesday morning, made at Hedon. It appears tint, in consequence of information received the officers pro ceeded, during the night, to the premises of a carrier in Hedon, named John Branton, where they found two carts loaded with packages of tobacco, &c. ; and, after lying in ambush for some time, they also discovered toge ther, concealed in an outhouse, Branton, the carrier, and two persons of respectable appearance, as countrymen, who gave their names John Fletcher and William Baker. Having secured them, the carts were examined, and found to con tain 4,1721b1: of tobacco, and five cases of cigars, weighing 591bs. ; another ease was also found, containing tea, coffee, manufactured tobacco, and cigars. The prisoners were exa mined, first before the Hull, and afterwards before the East Riding magistrates, by whom they were remanded till Mon day.—Hull paper. THE VICAR OF GEDNEY.—This gentleman (the iiev.T. S. Escott) has addressed the following letter " to the clergy." It is inserted in the London Times as an advertisement:— " Rev. Brethren—The Privy Council hits given a decision, by which a clergyman is to he suspended for th ree mon th s for doing his duty—for refusii:g to use the burial service at the interment eff one who had died ' unbaptised ;' and, in order to put a face upon this decision, the Council has asserted that every human being, whether schismatic or otherwise, may validly perform the holiest office of the priest hood of God. Thus the Council entirely denies the utility of a priesthood ; and thus the Bishop's office, in the eye of the law, is ended ; for a lawyer assumes the Prelacy, and confers his ordination upon all mankind ; and each member of the Council having taken an oath to support the Church, this is their regard for that oath, and this is the support which they afford. And sill you, rev. brethren, sit down quietly under such mockery as this ? No, surely you will not! but you will unite in petitioning ypur respective dio cesans to oppose, in the proper place, the wicked insult which the Privy Council has thrown upon the Word of God and his Church, and to memorialize the Queen of the realm, respecting that religion, which the Queen, as well as the Council, is sworn to defend."—[Mr. Escott is not likely to gain much sympathy by such 411 offensive outrage against constituted authority as this letter exhibits. Whether lay baptism be valid or invalid may be matter of argument, but it is degrading and disgusting to hear a clergyman describe the sentence upon himself, as a " wicked insult to the word of God," and the judges who passed that sentence as guilty of perjury. It is a pity that Mr. Escott shows so little con trition for the ignorance of his duty as a christian priest.— ED. L.S.] INTERESTING PIECE OF WOOD.—(From a correspondent.) —On Thursday morning a piece of wood, addressed to the Lord Steward of her Majesty's Household, was landed at the Woolwich Dockyard from the Rhadamanthus steam-vessel, and forwarded the following day as a present to her Majesty, at Windsor Castle. There is nothing curious in the appearance of this piece of wood, but it is said to be interesting owing to the associations connected with it, having formed part of the identical tree on which Robinson Crusoe made his not ches to calculate time, and on which his parrot perched during the long solitary residence in the Island of Juan Fer nandez of the hero of De Foe's interesting tale, grounded upon the actual occurrences which happened to Alexander Selkirk on that desolate island. The piece of wood is of a dark brown colour, without any bark upon it, and resembles the body of a person from the breast downwards, cut off at the knees. It is about two feet long and nine inches in dia meter.—[We should be glad to know where the Rhadaman thus picked up this "interesting piece of wood," seeing that she has just returned from the eastern coast of North America, and that the Island of Juan Fernandez happens to he some thousands of miles off on the western coast of South America. They must haVe been knowing fellows, moreover, who recognised this dark brown log as " the identical tree" of Robinson Crusoe and his apocryphal parrot. Such dis coverers should be applied to by the miracle-makers of the church of Rome, they could furnish many valuable items.] .111ornillli Herald. CAPICURE OF a GANG OF HIGHWAYMEN.—On Saturday a session was held before William Davis, Esq., chairman, and Messrs. Streatefield, Maitland, Major Fanshaw, Major Anderson, W. Cotton, Guilliman, and Mashiter, magistrates of Essex, at the Angel Inn, Ilford. Four gipsy looking men, known as Edward Houghton (alias Jones Joseph). Homan (alias Job Challis), James Hoy ( alias Tydihorne), and Henry Chapman, were placed at the bar, charged with being found, together with three other persons who escaped, in a cave in Epping Forest, under very suspicious circumstances, and with assaulting and resisting the police in the execution of their duty. Much interest was manifested in the proceed ings, in consequence of the numerous highway robberies which have recently taken place throughout the neighbour hood. Police-sergeant James White, K 13, stated, that he did duty at the police station, Woodford Wells, for some time past. Various complaints had been made to him of serious highway robberies, committed in various parts of the country, by a numerous gang, who had located themselves in a cave, which they had managed to construct in the thick est part of Epping Forest. On Monday last, with one or two of his men, he scoured the forest, and ultimately suc ceeded in finding the place alluded to, the entrance to which he found choked up with stumps of trees and boughs, to pre vent it being seen. On entering the place he found it empty, but picked up a tobacco-box, containing bullets, and the wing of a duck. He thought it imprudent to molest the cave, but directed some of his men to watch it. On Thurs day night last, police-constable Turpin, K 289, was lying on the ground for this purpose ; and, after waiting about three hours, he observed seven men enter the cave, make a fire, and cook something which appeared to have a great deal of fat in it. The men began to sing and carouse; and Turpin then made the best of his way to the Woodford Wells station, and gave information. Six con stables, armed with cutl ass es, were despatched to the spot, at which they arrived a t half-past two on Friday morning. On entering the cave, they found the prisoners and three other men asleep; but they were roused instantly, and made a desperate attack on the police with bludgeons, and, for some time, nearly overpowered them ; ultimately they suc ceeded in capturing the four prisoners, but the other three managed to effect their escape. On searching the place, a large knife, similar to a butcher's knife, was found, hut no property. • The constables had the greatest difficulty in get ting them .tts the station-house. Police-constable Turpin, K 289 corroborated the above evidence, and added that he knew the prisoners to be most desperate characters. A gen tleman, named Hearn, residing at Ilford, identified the pri soners as men he found stealing fruit from his garden on . Monday night last. Inspector Cooper, of the N division, also recognised the prisoners as notorious characters ; and Mr. Anderson govern or of Ilford gaol, said they had all been committed to his custody about six times each, and they were notorious for robberies throughout the county. The prisoners, in defence, said thry were inveigled into the cave, to have some beer, by the men who escaped. The bench expressed their convict:on, that the prisoners were the perpetrators of the robberies ; but, in the absence of further proof, committed them to Ilford gaol for three months and hard labour, and directed the police to use every exertion to apprehend their companions. Not exceeding 20 440,740 410,402, 2,904,2071 3,067,668 50 209,463 215,855; 6,437,846 6,666,315 100 85,118 88,88/1 5,847,8111 6,120,312 150 28,449 29,7851 3,408,0371 3,579,040 200 15,538 ; 16,221! 2,639,648; 2,760,902 Exceeding.... 200 3,066 1 1 3,012 742,248 721,703 ~ Indivdl.Depostrs. 782,37411 824,162 i 21,979,7971 22,915,940 Charitbl. Institns. 7,9881 8,778 485,908 ; 478,096 Friendly Societies 7,6931 8,2641 1,005,345 1,080,653 798,0551841,204; £23,471,056£24,474,689 MAN AND MACHINERY.—In the year 1829 there were 2,400 operatives cotton spinners in Manchester and Salford alone, each spinner working a pair of mules averaging 300 spindles each. In that year it was resolved by the master spinners that if any of them bad mules exceeding 300 li spindles, they should be allowed to pay the operatives wages at the rate of 11d per cent. less for 'every 12 spindles above 300, so that those masters who had mules of 600 spindles would derive an extra profit of 371 per cent. over those masters who used mules of 300 spindles. The consequence was, that the masters vied with each other in lengthening their mules, and to such an extent has this been done, that at the present time, the operative is compelled to work a pair of mules of 1,000 to 1,344 spindles each. Again, in course spinning, manual labour has, to a great extent, been superseded by self-acting mules, which are increasing so rapidly, that at the present time there are only about 700 cotton spinners employed in this branch in Manchester and Salford ; hundreds have been cast adrift and suffering the deepest privations. Improvements in other machinery connected with the preparing of cotton, which will have the effecting of diminishing the number of workers, are likewise going forward, and it is impossible to say where the evil will stop. The facts cannot be disputed, and the only question that remains is, how the effects of the inventive genius of the nation, upon the working classes are to be contervailed. —Manchester Courier. ANOTHER BURGLARY.—We record the perpetration of another daring burglary in the vicinity of this town. The scene of this outrage is the dwelling of John Gardner, a small farmer, who resides at a retired spot, on the road side between Galgate and the Dog and Partridge, in Qeeremore. Gardner is a man far advanced in years, being nearly seventy years of age, and having no wife or family, he generally lives alone, but at present his brother Robert, also an old man, resides with him for the purpose of assisting him to mow his hay. These old men were in bed, when about three o'clock yesterday (Friday) morning, they were alarmed by a great noise, and they soon found that thieves were in the house. John Gardner immediately seized a hay knife, and at the head of the stairs encountered two or more IT ans. He struck manfully with the knife, and must have maimed one of the villains, because the fellow cried out that his blood was flowing. Unfortunately, Robert Gardner, the brother, lost his self possession, and concealed himself demanded urdero h u i s s under the bed. Old John, though boVly defendi ng hi mself, n was overcome, and most cruelly treated. T he i villains beat him with savage ferocity, and money. He said he had none, and they there reminded him that he had recently sold a calf. Lie said that was so but that the money paid for the calf had not been received by himself. The brutes afterwards renewed th e i r ill treatment of the poor old man, and in fact left him for dead c ome suggestion was made to inflet further punishment, when . ' one of the gang liited the poor man's head by the_ hair a n d l e t it fall on the ground, saying he was d ea d enough. This show s the blood-thirsty disposition of the marauders by whom the Robert neighbourhood is infested. The brother was dragged from his hiding-place and ill-used, but not so severely as his brother. The latter was in time brought to his senses; but his head a n d b o dy w ere frightfully bruised , and the pool of blood around the spot where he l ay, extended a considerable distance on all sides. It was reported yesterday that he was dead, but we believe the fact is not so. All the burglars got for their p a i ns , a fter all, wer e t wo shillings in money, a shirt, and a pair of shoes. How many the gang consisted of is not ascertained. Only two were up stairs, b u t a t l eas t on e v oi ce was heard b e low. The u nce remonious 'means the ruffians took for entering the house are quite characteristic of modern burglars. They procured a larg e s t . rnd pith it fairly dashed the entire window-framein,Lnde there it law in the apartment with the stone in the midst, when the premises were visited.---Lancaster Gazette. By a Loyal decree, at N s been reduced one-half. For the Oaks there are 123 subscribers. wen entered for the Derby Meeting, 1814. 161 horses have Several highway robberies have recently been ciinnnitted )11 the Manchester and Middleton road. A. woman of Ghent recently delivered of four children L!y were. all born alive, but died soon afterwards. . • A woman of the name of Ock well, in the hamlet of Down arnpney: Wilts,• has 21 children, all at home, and the eldest only 18 years of ape. The 21st instant (yesterday). was appointed by the last General Assembly of Scotland. " to be set apart as a day of "solemn humiliation and prayer, with especial reference to the distresed state of-the country." . At a petty sessions held at Rochdale on Monday last, fifteen local constables were appointed, and it was agreed that a superintendent should be stationed in each ot• the out townships.. • - • ".- Since' December fifty-seven lives have. been successfully recovered from ctroicnin t h Hyde-park ; and in Ireland and other parts of the country, fifty-one out of 154 had been re suscitated. • Mr. William Thos. Elder, Who holds a hizh official situa tion in the Ordnance Department at the Tower, has been held to bail in £l2OO, for an. unnatural offence. Thomas Newton, a driver of one of the Post-office omni buses, in London, has been commiLted for trial, charged with stealing newspapers, The offence is becoming one of very frequent occurrence. THE LANCASTER AND PRESTON RA ILWAY.—The Lan caster Canal Company have taken a lease of this line for 21 years, at a rent of four percent. per annum on the paid•up capital of the company. Possession is to be given to the lessees on the Ist of September nest. The shares. of the railway have advanced considerably since the arrangement was announced. • ' StR ROBERT INGLIS.—The author would do injustice to the laity of England, as well as to his own feelings, did he omit to name the noblest representative of their :class, Sir Itobert Inglis, Bart., the distinguished member for the Uni versity of O x fo r d, th e unflinchin,7, untiring champion of the church. Ills was. the first acquaintance formed in England, and, through his -instruction and unwearied kindness, the way was opened constantly to fullest sources of .thepureat satisfaction ; especially to that most Memorable day at qydal Mount, with the great sage and poet of our tinies4-I,4shlP Doane, of New Jei-seii. A SIMPLE REMEDY.—We this week saw 311 interesting little boy writhing under extreme agony from the sting-of a bee inflicted upon Into in the hay . -field. After..he had-suffered. forsome time, a small quantity of honey was rubbed upon 'the almost. imperceptible wound, whi t .so...cotnpletely. ex tracted the - virus that he became ithinist" instantly fl'ee from pain, and resumed his sports more joyously than be fore, from the contrast between pain and pleasure. In the absence of honey, treacle, or probably sugar moistened with' a drop or two of water, would be found equally efficacionS.— Leols Mercury.. ARTESIAN VITELLS.—M. Degousec has published an ac count of some recent results in the making of Artesian wells, in which he states that he has bored for water in the plateau, which extends from Lagny to the forest of Armitiviliiers, at the height of 110 metres above the Marne. In one spot an abundant supply of water rushed out, although he had gone to a depth of only nine metres. With M. DegOus6e's report he forwarded to the Academy of Sciences a letter which he had received from Aime-Bey, the director of the mines of Egypt, who announces his intention.. of re-opening some.of the bored wells of the ancients, at the foot of the Libyan chain, and requests that the necessary instruments may, be sent out to him for that purpose. ILLNESS OF MR. BYNG, THE MEMBER FOR MIDDLESEX. —Mr. Byng, the venerable and highly-respected member for Middlesex, and father of the House of Commons, was and denlv seized with an alarming illness whilst in-the house, on 'Thursday evening, and which, it is feared, will wholly inca pacitate him from again attending his parliamentary duties.- It appears that Mr. Byng went to the House of Commons. about 5 o'clock on the above evening, and the hon. member was then to all appearance enjoying his usual health. At half-past six o'clock Mr.- : Byng was observed to Shake viol lently from head to foot, and m om en taril y - hi s faceassumed a dark hue. Several members hurried the venerable gentle man out of the house into the lobby, and there a.lie fresh air acted as an essential restorative, but 'not sufficiently so as to entirely remove the dangerous symptoms, and accordingly a cab was procured, and Mr. Byng being carried into it, was, taken by one of the messengers to his mansion in St. James's square. Dr. Anderson was sent foi, and has been in con stant attendance since. Yesterday it was stated that Mr. Byng was much better, but still not capable of leaving the house.— Observer. Died, on Thursday, July 21, of atrophy and consumption, in " His Majesty's" garrett, in Bridge-street,. Stockport, where it was born, aged six years, the Stockport Chronicle and North Cheshire and South Lancaihire• Independent PresS, alias the North Cheshire Reformer and Stockport and Macclesfield Chronicle. The poor sufferer had been relieved, at different periods of its ricketty existence, by Dr. Corpo rate's " Soothing Syrup," and " the Golden Balm" of Dr. Stanley ; but notwithstanding which, and the spiritual minis trations of Messrs. Arius and Socinus, it expired about mid: night, (to the infinite joy of the printer's devil, who has long been tired with sitting up with it.) Its remains, we under stand, will be removed to-morrow by railway in one of Mil ner's Safety Boxes," for interment at Alderley Edge ; and it is said there are unsold newspapers sufficient upon the pre mises to defray all the funeral expenses. It is unnecessary to add, that this anti-constitutional, anti-protestant, anti christian, and revolutionary brat, has neither lived respected nor died lamented. LOCKING OF RAILWAY COACHEs.-:-Ilowever, prudent and even necessary, the " locking of railway coaches" mar, be considered, a great number of persons who travel by this mode of conveyance are decidedly oppo s ed to the 'm e a su r e ; and the late terrific accident .on the Paris and Versailles Railway has added much to create a strong feeling against the "lock-up" system. That :a strict attention, even to locking up passengers, is necessary, no one doubts ; but the method of doing so (affording security to railway proprietors,. and prot.'etitin to railway paSSengers) has hitherto proved an objection. 11 e have ,seen a very ingenious lock in the Ware- , house of Mr. Peter Gray, ironmonger, (the inventor,) No. 47, North Hanover-Street, - Edinburgh, which obviates evitly difficulty in regard to the lock-up' process. By Mr. Gray's invention, no individual passenger can open the door. there,. by preventing any accident from drunken, reckless, or dis orderly persons attempting to get out, to the danger of their own lives, and the discomfot t and annoyance of all who are in the same carriage ; but, in addition, Mr. Gray provides that, in the case of accidents, &v., the passengers (altogether from the will of the, guard) may simultaneously, but not individually, escape from "durance." The object to which Mr. Gray has directed his attention is the 'security of railway travelling when conducted under proper management. We are satisfied that 'if railway companies will adopt this very ingenious contrivance, all the advantages of the " lock-up" system will be obtained, while the safety of railway passen gers will, at the same time, be amply secured.—Caledonian Mercury. NOVEL CARICATURE IN A COUNTRY VILLAGE. NOT TEN MILES FROM GATEHOUSE, IN THE STEWARTRY OF KIRK CUDBRIGHT.—A well told, laughable story has recently been goinc , what is called th e roun d o f th e newspapers . I t is entitled,' " The Ghost Outwitted," and has obtained a wide circulation. A few days ago an elderly bachelor, on receiving his weekly compendium of news, exclaimed, on reading the above-noticed story, that the editors ought to be hanged for giving publicity to such LIES. Having had oc casion to go to a neighbouring village, he made rather too free with the blood of John Barleycorn, and was seen in the evening waddling homewards at the rate of three miles an hour, though his progress did 'not measure more than one. When he reached his domicile, and was quietly ensconced in the arms of Morpheus, some wags took a piece of chalk, drew a coffin on the outer door, with the figure of an elderly, wo-begone man standing as erect as the effects of the barley bree would alldw, with afull glass in his hand, his head lean ing back, and his open mouth, like an mamma dish, w illi ng to gulp the delicio us , care-killing beverage. In the morn ing some of the neighbours saw the laughable caricature, which attracted a good deal of attention ; and they have since advised the withering bachelor not only to forego the, taste of strong waters, but to lay aside the " sword of singleness," with the view of adding to his earthly felicity and making himself useful in his day and generation: 13HAZIL AND THE RIVER PLATE.—H. M. packet-ship Peterel brings accounts from Rio Janeiro to the 25th May, one week later than the advices per Actreon, received lately. The rebellion in the province.of St. Paul had not been sup pressed, neither had it extended; but, as the troops sent from Rio had arrived at Santa, where they were well received by the inhabitants, it was expected they would succeed quickly in restoring order in the province. The 6 per Cent. Stock remained firm at 721, and the Exchange on- London at 27-il-. The Peterel brings intelligence from Buenos Ayres to the 10th May. Nothing new had occurred there, and' we have no further accounts of military movements in Entte Rios or elsewhere. Admiral Brown remained with his squadron, which was lying at anchor at Buenos Ayres on the 10th May ;- consequently, the 'reports circulated at Monte Video about his defection are proved to be false. RATS,ING WiNn.—Among the various resorts to which the wits of sharpers have recourse, we have this week been informed of one which is certainly distinguished for its novelty. An unknown party sends an advertisement to a journal of extensive circulation, announcing that a situation is now vacant, where the salary is liberal and the duties light. Application is to be made, by post only, to A. B. or Y. Z., L—, and each applicant is to enclose a postage-stamp in his letter, to be used in reply to the application. The bait thus laid attracts great numbers of persons who are in want of situations, and the advertiser receives probably two bun-. dred letters, each containing a postage stamp. This realizes. Mrs. Bd., and the cost of the advertisement not being more. than about 55., he nets lls. Bd., as the profit of the specula tion, his dupes in vain looking with anxious eyes and fervent hope for an answer to their letter. , Surely the present age is distinguished for the feats which are performed by those who "live by their wits." This is indeed the very essence of speculation. Little did Rowlan d Hill consider that h e was creating an entirely new profession when be promulgated his penny postage system. THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—On Saturday after noon, shortly after three o'clock, her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by his Royal Highness Prince Albert and their Serene Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Saxe Coburg Gotha, with a numerous suite, in four of the royal carriages, left Buckingham Palace for Windsor via the Great Western Railway to Slough. The most 'excellent arrangements for the accommodation of the royal party were made under the superintendence of Mr. Saunders, the secretary, and Mr. S. Clark, the superintendent of the line ; and on 'the arrival of the cortege at the Paddington terminus, Mr. C. Russell,' the chairman, and several members of the board of directors, received her Majesty, and led the way under a handsome awning constructed for the occasion to the royal carriage, which was tastefully decorated with the choicest flowers. A great number of ladies were admitted by tickets to witness the departure, and about 20 minutes to 4 o'clock, the Men tor engine having been attached to the train (which con sisted of four carriages), the signal was given, and the royal party were quickly out of sight. Her Majesty and the Prince appeared in excellent health, and gracefully acknow ledged the loyalty of the assembled company. CHYMICAL EXPLOSION.—On Sunday morning, about 9 o'clock, considerable alarm and excitement prevailed in the neighbourhood of Piccadilly, near St. James's-street, Lon don, in consequence of a loud report, similar to that pro duced from a piece of ordnance, having taken place, which proved to have proceeded from the premises of Messrs. Reece and Co., chymists and druggists, No. 168, Piccadilly, and which, but for the merciful interposition of Divine Pro vidence, would doubtless have resulted in the loss of human. life. Police-sergeant Boore, 15 C, who was near the spot at the time, immediately, with two of his men, rushed into the premises, and on arriving at the warehouse, which is situate,, underneath the shop, discovered that the windows were shi vered to atoms, through which the smoke was issuing in., clouds. Upon the floor lay a youth, about 17 years l of age., , in an apparently lifeless state, as also a man, who was la bouring under the effects of the explosion. The sufferer's. were removed without loss of time to the upper part. of the. premises, w hen it was discovered th a t t he man had escaped. with merely temporary stupefaction, and that the youth hut . sustained a comparatively slight laceration of the am. The. cause of the explosion is ascribed to th e over h eat i ng ot some chymical machine which the boy and man were then working.. The damage sustained, and which was confined to. the ware--. house, is comparatively trifling. The engine from the County. Fire-office, which is adjacent, was in immediate attendance,. quickly followed b y several others from the various: st 'a at s ions ; but their services, were not required, as no it hairied ' nition had taken place. riAtk ; ipvt ,4 "Ve' , 6.§