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I thee ,rofeOliberof 0°L 0 111" :1 CO er a fo i r as pa , tP e )3 11 '1 ill , L aw. o te A V' 30 1° 0 1 ) lig e ;0 1 ouilt~ et cle Pir° P3 if / tbat t i v fo':de, 4 o4 i'Df7 it t .hi c 3 P p ,o tit :c e itY.:) O l ic or diy r larch ?8, Efteraturt. NOTICES. Ode, , e Ro scoe Polkas, arrange d f or th e p i ano f orte, 12.‘ dedi cated by p erm i ss i on to the members of the ZePPOOI Roscoe Club, and performed by the author's riPat their annual grand soirée. Published for the enoser. Manchester • ,Hime and Addison, 19, St' e 's - square ; London : R. Addison and Co., 210, sheet street ; Liverpool : e and Son, 57, Church qteet. , to ns is a Ve our 'need of very high praise to these composi tes, of noticing the Roscoe soiree itself, towards t . hesuc- L eatlty ' wahr _they contributed very largely by their great bes, (Ire ertect,iwness. They are before us now in td eriti 9s, arranged for the piano forte ,• and we can con - i3,,ichP Predict their success and popularity. The score reaph „ a- full ; and the difficulties are fully within the Good:I a Player of fair proficiency. We trust tlitt Mr. del will oblige us with further specimens of his mu thesegenius, which he has shewn by the Y production of sPeeinl ensf is not con fi ne d to ,his great artistical D Q G. n° lr * Little Songs for Little Singers. London 1 4 : • Davidson, Peter's-hill, Doctor's-commons. t atio IS one of the most pleasing and interesting pubh he , 0 11 „' we ever remember to have met with. What can "ceived more delightful than ear the best selected tline, B "gs of our little ones ng by them to excellent menu mostly familiar wit mle piano forte accompam- A eos The series i; to e completed • in 20 three-penny ng pri ate ; and will be one of the che and ap gePnreeratsents ion. vf..Mcrwe can conceive most for the musical ppr ns- .140',1- , ------- COrg • 1 ""n 8 Little Pieces for Little Players, illyetieles some beautiful popular airs, arranged . for the !Ithin th e and set so simply as to ensure their being wtat many reach of very juvenile hands. We may remark who °f them will suit the violinist and the fliitis , th e viirta at abitio us of more than performing the airs of that the°ll3Sicas, walt zes , & c . w hi c h th e y contain isFieq us " eh nuisie is new—not the ordinary pieces !urni t r u e , of th e be: Intlsic, but the music from the original sc ni°dern composers. ibis i s h Davidson's Lyrical Drama. Works of L„ ar t Of a series which is intended to embrace the e Ptitain Principal and most popmar cu ni E r n " r hv e r lt on. s the or Italian libretto, with an .g is - 'iaZh e IS, ,first publication . contains a portion of the w o.is r 0 , tlgaro. The prmting of the whole of these s v ery excellent. P 11•0 NEW MUSIC. . r ‘ u . ,' l "9 8 —" The Weary Flowers" and " Gl ancing, to i k, through the Air"--:composed and dedi ca t e d A e Henry Curry by William Rogers. L on d on : Thulsohn and Hobson. Liverpool : Rim e an d S on, 57, restreet. 4, 1,1 1 e5e are two very pleasing compositions. The first, 14,ne weary Flowers h ave p i ned, " is an andante of much fq ? ;°s, and simple in ch arac t er, yet affording great scope k ol gle display of power and feeling in the singer. The pr:Pitniment and bass add greatly to the mournful ex pla,`lon of the melody. There is much originality dis -114 throughout. The second piece is a very lively,. t-e',l,ung allegretto, and will be a favourite companion of ( \q , e erful hour in many a circle. They are both dedi- Yer,, We observe, to a fair fellow-townswoman—Mrs. 4e4l_"l7—and a more graceful tribute could not have Acid her by the composer. 7 ' . 4e h - jorittz Leche, Esq., J i.„'",:.(ten Quadrille. Composed and inscribed to on occasion of his reaching his ma lt- Y, Pebruary 25 1848 by P. Stubbs, Leader of the This Band. ' ' tilibbllis p rattling, joy-i nsp i r i ng quadrille, such as Mr. :440 i 1l 'fuld of givi ng us , an d w ill b e popu l ar . It is -4 04(14,."t 11 13, in blue, a n d sold by Mr. Hutchings, VA.MiTIES. mho can both ing, 1 1 3 l a t t el1 th e value of a smile ? rria lt c a o n s d ts r t e h le e n g ti i n ve g r , 4111 6 sad and ,Is beyond price to the f e •qtl6.__ eaeerless the lost and orsak g en. It disarms 44 16; —bdtles temper —turns hatred to love—revenge 14411 4 11"8---a nd Paves the darkest paths with heart, of a tleaq t t ' i . ,A smile on the brow betrays a kind . a thev 4 PPy a l i 2 el.4l , an affectionate brother, a dutiful son, fa,,,,.soand. It adds a charm to beauty, it decorates le tllcf: a f tile deformed, and makes a lovely woman re i., l a Lan angel in radise. 'as 1,7"4.1g though the streets our eyes are attracted by dowsrelldid tints of the coloured liquids in the shop i - ;oltleeBreetbiaes a t pothecar . es. To a careless observer, w each e s s t t b,,,i,liiaat ofo ctntiiciinndo.ne but on only, and that h b on examination, we find ''sts e. `tY ttiass of colour is made up of a great variety of ate e P e rh aased bY reflection . and refraction, and that N e h' eta allY changing with the change of passing ob e,"eli t - T v , in these varieties lies the secret of the delight ofd ol,•'" e Ye. What is true of these bottlesit is true of t - i- t h; l i e h e _ t ' ln:a greater or less degree, as it is capable te l l thi n " 6 be i ng,ons and refractions, the appearances , h 3 eCt gs in some sort, modified by surrounding 4 A \ t ', a tt'e I T ay FISHES.—THE LAW OF KINDNESS.—In a s et e e '' the town o Hingham. known as Rock_ yno w o . k o , Nd; Pond where a little girl, not six years o e ld m , n )`'4:tt.the bank, has tamed the fishes r arka tacitzale' Nee bean by NI ~ Y th e h s her footsteps, thrnwi . ng . cruFi_b in the water. ti o ,qart ed ~ fishes learned to distinguish t o : th ey tv: ;-; the edge whenever she approached • and 14 4 lieh thgrl actually feed t out of her hand, and allow' her A venerable turtle is am u o r g fl 'tl, (l. l nla r pent s e ides 'The control of Van Am b w gh which t 'il i lt : . t l tl: ' ,.. ii : d , l it ' s s ' t e s il isnot more surprising than that The it.._, Wl4l . l ''2 l _ attained . over her finny playmates. K ,, T hep nothing to do with any but their tried bi N e _ Y will trust no one else, let him come with neoloded ii;tlever so tempting. Even fishes are not so cold ti t, its theY will recognise the law of kindness, and qed s all States' embracing power.— Boston Transcript, Itt liv 4l ?kkx 1,; . —l n April this lady will I to el, ,aiAltooT GARCIA. 1,01)).41 ItaliagAt Aid, and commence an engagement at the 4 1 , , . Ail espe,,efera..which. extends to the end of the sea r.,t6, -mon % whie t repertoire of operas will be opened for kyd i ci t i ~Nley,.r b e e: ovill be found_ the Fidelio ; Les Hugue d expressly adapted for her; Oli cti„ jli f lY ) : 4 when r ' A i rlY 44 It i. o_ „,,, new opera, arrives to be present at the pyo h - I, a tan versio iwetlatne Pear on has been a pr e pared' by Signor Gianone, de'e ou le Skret, of which u inthe character of Haydee. N ea wis ?lot do bette w r i in s th s is place than record the impres ill he 4°l kadanae Viardot made upon a scientific hearer 4 ta r Perio ii kati rn?anes. at th 9 Frankfort opera last year. Her t kpi, e singing is imposing, but the reverse of all that is ‘llet,i - l ald natural in music. Her voice, by art, has been 0 ,,,," 4 1 to an immense compass : she possesses a cob:T.. 'etliattalto,. and the height upwards of a soprano,—i n t Is tr,.! which, however, her middle tones have suffered. I li ' et sia7, i , s ugh want of quality in this part of her organ that b No s "a in concerted pieces is sometimes deficient. But tf.lltivalleatitl.d duets she . exhibits powers of execution almost tt elfe i . , and her immense stock of . passages, her love . th e t aut e a ,nd Power of surprising, maintain her hearers . _ in bold a ", e i c tenaet4. She has adopted in the lyric dram 4 4 4 , 1° 411; ambitious walk of Madame Malibran, and Of Cehai ea l . an into the immense; of redundancy. 11... el'. cl a ,_ skill alone is inthe completeness I ll ' 4, 4ri lls, u lTatia scale she is, probably,without a rival.. But ZlY t aiii . t e p t ,Part!linente, and her power of dropping dpa,na"tie. prineZdtant intervals, alike distinguish her. feature which haracterises her is the k l 4 if , bear e t:,aipth of impersonations. She throws her ile'" not and sold e o r ap i tr t ; and even when the author tw, has stiirx'veti the integrity of nature in hi i s n d e e r h e n s r T i ll er 411() v°iees Put°%ver of investing them with t N:lll't•i tt 11 th an i mmense range of parts at her disposal. .tfort, e,oceasion in which she perf . li% t i lls . ll soAnse introduced into the music : lesson scene s h it t 4 e c i pow and mazurkas by Chopin, in which she ti t 'ilitraits e_r as a pianist Viardotmore w th e an resp t e o ct h a e bl re e. cap l t. i n_ titi(iseetitif p;itlhtittetoeafdr°tltihs:ktir distinctions tns seem great t nc p of Madame 1% . 1 101?I' e n e l n . ' P eet Sihni a ' kat whetheretir e h f e or s m am er e h gr a e s at ce e rt x.e a e l a n t ly on b in ; 'f b 4 ter r Power over the heart and aff_ections of the 4 10 So - c ,. 44 n nlY be proved by experience. Fraser. ti-M1011,44 I NFLUENCE OF TEA.—In a former paper ttl O c/ IIY 11 t ht the bulk of mankind. aecord .n ing th t e o ti t? . s ° fa t. a lair 11 .to • sti lt , ' nt. 4 l• b e f a ave crag require something i here Wherever the stimulant is tea,t . 14 ts.lzati:Nl, as will presently be shown, t t i h n e tk` 4 4ll 'ln full activity. Where it is still end / g li stltit spirit r us of th Y, barbarous manners are gp'redomi fre °I. barb etefere propound, that tea and the discontinu atltt• T he arisen are connected in the way of cause and ge Ivliati I.ol'iglnal country of tea had arrived, at a th a e 4 1 refihlstarY began to be written m Europe, t ‘! 1 rW4 e etit), " elj eellt which was unknown to the west for 1 4 'ea b e lles after. The Chinese were shut up with t'N at th weea the ocean and the desert ; and whs who litho e d th end of many centuries by European , e tia f e d eeP or 041- nt th e __ Penetrated throug n h_a () cordon of savag t r i lv olV 4l sociarrilOse, they were fou d t possess the po -I"eii l eS p, ~,, ms titutionsthe manners, and even the ,ik,,„1(1 a,,,eXlar to civilized life. T i suggestive of a "" of society"i,and from which sprin e g a the decencies and e i , t ; 4l' :, v ' l lit a .,,, b a a s y h lt • The savage may drink water an o d ut h o e f exec The • but give him l t r c't) i l tt av i l, ° .f s il ei e ,!es his faculties' in the th in a v t s e e t a n h 'e e m i n av o e f a a_ ah ° ,n l 'whin'elttlad" a beverage. Tea was . 4 . ''' beau'', aros e ° nbt, of that rich porcelain called china, e a ter -1 'a tot' nt unberless ideas of elegance in form, ,Z ° r sh.:e,a-drita.—"ring The Japanese are perhaps still i;(st i„-"tiz i - i', el.B thin . the Chinese ; and they afford . a 'ea, °),.. W , i tif - all,atl, ee than - the latter of the nmon . of th s is "(Icli' nardi 'ogli. state of refinement and . politene t s e . to t ,e of th,„ Y known to all in this country till after easy el l r,ce, i n ' see eate n century. It would not .be !I1 () la ei vi direct manner, the operation of this new_ Start is _ izat ion 4 ' Ir r co njuror for tea d' sit s iritingly gently. !t t t lta a . Itisinnt , . Who se aim ee it is to make the people 4 41, . kin ati a9s itself into the mind, stimulates the hi), ti 4,.., on, disarms tile 1.0 eal i p p d a „ . le thoughts of their coarseness, , e a l, yeah, . neing to the surface a thousand beautiful .. .%',t,, lt Y of ~ g Ideas It is a bond of family love ,it is (4, te t he - w oman in the work refinement ;it throws Al i i tl the ennventional barrier between the two sexes, siii,,,Q.lly eol.le, and ennobling the other. Tea, philoso ,',lor „nsidered, is merely a rival of alcohol. The de bt,\'• for;,4greeablrand exhilarating drink is natural to li4tage," exists all states of society ; and the new kes:•ealthgotatifYing the taste as it does without injuring kt i ,, lag to tli: maddening the brain, must be considered a N t tl `4t such' le 1111/nan race. We are apt to look . with dis (ltal st • it ea nse ais tics as these ; but if we consider the ll' l i'llal 1411,91ees attending the consumption of a few (:4 be' inTiAlou pounds a et the romantic arithmetic a l figures * Jo ttrat. 4 ' 6 0 , eated with m - Ore h interest.:— ENGLAND'S PROTESTANTISM (From the Record.) The throne of these kingdoms is Christian and Protes tant, by a compact made between the people and the Sovereign in 1688. The throne being vacated by that Popish king, James the Second, the lineal succession was purposedly passed over by the nation, and the present royal family was placed on the throne, and accepted the crown on the terms of the Act of Settlement. From that period no attempt to depart from that compact, as regards the throne, has been made. The throne has stood in an attitude of uncompromising hostility towards the see of Rome. To be truly loyal to the throne, we must be truly desirous of maintaining the compact made in 1688. We should make ourselves familiar with history on this sub ject. We should commit the subject of that compact to memory. The Sovereign cannot be reconciled to the See of Rome; nor be reconciled to the Church of Rome; nor hold communion with the See of Rome; nor hold com munion with the Church of Rome ; nor profess the Popish religion ; nor marry a Papist : and positively, the Sover eign must join in communion with the Church of England, as by law established. To a lt er th a t se ttl emen t in the least degree is to commence a work, which may end in re moving the throne altogether from its foundations. No matter how small a portion of the foundation may appear to be touched, if the least morsel be removed, the work of destruction will have been begun. Let no man, there fore, be permitted to treat Victoria's interchange of Am bassadors with the see of Rome as a small matter. In the year 1829, the Duke of Wellington began the work of destruction ; the support given to him and his measures by Dr. Phillpotts, introduced that Clergyman to the see of Exeter. Now, in 1848, we find these two gentlemen at the same work. It is true the Bill fur Legalizing Diplomatic Relations with Rome was not introduced by them ; but the Duke reconciles the House of Lords to the measure, by suggesting an Amend ment which amounts to no more than this,—that the present laws shall not be broken in upon to any greater extent than they are broken in upon. The Lords think they have done a marvellous stroke of policy, at the very moment they fall with the Duke, as they fell with him in 1829. They think they are advancing when they are retreating. Exeter again is repeating his former game. He smooths the way by informing the House, that Com munion with the Church of Rome means communion in sacred things. He leaves the matter there ;as if there were no other words in the Act of Settlement. Com munion with the See of Rome he passes over. Reconcile cuClll cu. cyvc va LIAM= liclmmura ovol. Juctultu Luc Duke and the Bishop men entrench themselves. They are great authorities, friends of the Church. The great Apostle of falsehood, Newman, wrote a book tofexplain away the Thirty-nine Articles. He could make them mean anything or nothing. So those laws which have intercepted all intercourse with the See of Rome for about 300 years, and in their present form for 160 years, are suddenly discovered not to mean what they do mean. Doubts exist as to what is the state of the law, is the falsehood of 1848. The new invention to avoid the law, is to talk of the Court of Rome, instead of the See of Rome ; and the So vereign of the Roman States, instead of the Bishop of Rome, or Pope. This is child's play indeed. If we saw the Queen and the Pope sitting . side by side on a sofa, should we not send the man to Bedlam, who should come up and whisper, the Queen is not talking to or smiling on the Pope, but the Sovereign of the Roman States ? And what is an ambassador, but the Sovereign ? The Queen will be in Rome by her ambassador, and the Pope in England by his. In the face of all the world the two countries. will be reconciled outwardly, and in a manner which has not been for 300 years, except in Bloody Mary's days, and for a few months under Popish James the Second. And to stop all argument on the subject, it cannot be done without an Act of Parliament. The very fact that an Act of Parliament is necessary, proves that all the words to the contrary are but sophistry. The second reading of the bill is again postponed, and at present no day is fixed. This will give a fair opportu nity for awakening the public. The subject ought to be forcibly handled in the monthly periodicals. COBDEN AND THE NAVY From the London Guardian.) Our readers will probably remember Mr. Cobden's palaver at Manchester some time ago—how he showed that calico-making, or rather calico-printing, was the road to a knowledge of all things in general, and naval and military matters in particular. The honourable member had only just returned from his continental ex cursions, and he proceeded to furnish the meeting, at least so everybody thought, with a little of his foreign experience. The navy was a humbug ; he had see his friend, the American Conc• Nothing to do at Malta' the time of the squadron it himself, and a Consul, quite agreed with him. ' fiddling and feasting filled up q picture of the dolce far niente as might make many a hard-working lawyer most naturally wish he had volunteered for the fleet. Alac-a day, they must stay with us as they are. .Cobden's pic tures, on his own admission, are but visions of the past. From what came out in the Honse on Monday, it seems, the Admiralty were rather startled at Mr. Cobden's highly-coloured descriptions of the doings in the Mediter ranean station, and they forthwith sent off to Sir Wil liam Parker to inquire about it. The Admiral followed Mr. Cobden's example, and communicated with the American Consul, who informed him that he had not seen Mr. Cobden at Malta for the last ten years. On this, up gets Cobden and exclaims that when, in January. he spoke of having been at Malta in Islcoyember, he meant _Novena— ber, 1836. Now we ask whether, out of the large assem bly who cheered Mr. Cobden and his universal fraternity at Manchester in January last, any one person, with the exception, perhaps. of Mr. Cobden's immediate friends, imagined for a moment that the speaker alluded to what had taken place twelve years ago. It would be absurd to suppose it. If Mr. Cobden be acquitted of a deliberate intention to mislead, he must, at any rate, have been guilty of gross carelessness, almost as fatal to the charac ter of a public man as actual knavery. People have, for some time past, begun to suspect hat Mr. Cobden had so imbued himself with free trade and corn law repeal as to be unable fully to take in any other subject, and what came out on Monday night last will not tend to re-estab lish his reputation, either in the House or the country at large. Can Mr. Cobden be trusted for a correct statement of facts, will hereafter be asked. A man who has, to say the least, been so loose in what he has said on one occasion, may mislead his hearers on another. Mr. Cobden has lost ground. We fancied we had got a statesman ; but, since corn-law repeal, there have been but few symptoms of it. If he goes on in this way, he may have to bid fare well to the West Riding. As to the debate which occasioned this little expose it hardly deserves notice. Mr. Hume has a way of talking penny-wis4 nonsense, but -he sometimes hits out some. thing good ; people, therefore, bear with him, remember ing that he is occasionally useful. But when a man like Cobden gets up to back him, it is rather too much. At a time when France is increasing - her army to an unheard of extent, and all Europe is in revolution—when, to say nothing of the chances of a war, there is hardly a Conti nental port where the presence of a British naval force may not at any moment be required—these gentlemen wish to cut down the number of our seamen. That is to say, to render us weaker at sea than we are at present. On any other point of the naval estimates, save this, a possible case might, perhaps, have been made out. But the seamen's wages is a matter where there can be no cheating. So many men, at so much per day, come to so ntuch. The worst of the case is that these reckless sort of objections have a tendency to abstract the proper course of the inquiry as to savings in naval expenditure which is now going on. " Oh," men will say, " there is nothing in all this talk of extravagance, who can trust a word these fellows 'say ?" And so an useful investigation may be stopped. But a proposal to diminish the number of sea men is a very different thing from an inquiry, whether the sums voted for dockyards and stores, for instance, are properly expended ? There is too much reason to believe that such is not the case, and that a searching investiga tion would bring to li g ht a b uses w hi c h th world at large have no idea of. It is to be hoped that Messrs. Hume and Cobden, by their antics, may not succeed in procuring the peculators a long day. FEMALE HEROISM. —The Earl of Dundonald, in hi 3 biographical sketch of the family of the late Mr. Coutts, speaking of this gentleman's zrandmother, (a daughter of Sir John Cochrane,) relates the following anecdote : " Sir John Cochrane being engaged in Argyle's rebellion against James the Second, was taken prisoner, after a des- daughter having notice that the death-warrant was ex pected from London, attired herself in men's clothing, and twice attacked and robbed the mails (between Bed ford and Bedwick) which conveyed the death-warrant, thus giving time for the friends of her husband to make intercession with the king, who granted a full pardon." This beautiful heroine was the great-grandmother of Lord Dudley Stuart. INTEMPERANCE A PREDISPOSING CAUSE OF ASIATIC CHOLERA. — Whatever obscurity may overhang the excit ing cause of the epidemic cholera, we are quite sure that certain circumstances exercise a strong predisposing in fluence upon the human body to render it more than usu ally susceptible of the disease. The predisposing causes, as might welrbe imagined, were such as tended to debili tate the system ; and therefore poverty, which implies scanty nourishment, and frequently also the confinement of several persons to a narrow space, and want of fresh air ; poverty, which includes these and other evils, was found to predispose the body to a ready reception of the malady. But to intemperance, more than to any other single cause, may the proclivity to become affected by this species of cholera be ascribed; and especially to the in temperate and habitual use of distilled spirits. This fact was peculiarly manifested in the selection, by the disease, of its victims in this country ; and it has been remarked almost everywhere else.—. Doctor Watson. KNOWLEDGE IS POWER.—In the course of the pacifica tion conference of Sir Harry Smith with the Kaffirs at King William's Town, a voltaic battery was fired on the opposite slope about a quarter of a mile distant. Here a waggon had been placed at 300 yards distance from the battery, communicating in the usual manner by means of wires. The object of his Excellency was to convey to the Kaffir mind an idea of sudden and irresistible power. Ac cordingly, on a given signal from him—the waving of a small flag—the discharge instantly took place, the explo sion shattering the carriage of the waggon, and canting up the body of the vehicle, so that it remained fixed one end on the ground, at an angle of 45 degrees. The action was so sudden as scarcely to afford time to his Excellency to direct the attention of the Kaffirs to the experiment—but in those who were looking towards the spot and saw the power exercised on a distant object, the surprise mani fested was amusing. " There,' exclaimed his Excel lency, "is a lesson to you not to meddle with ‘yaggons, as you:see the power . ' possess, should you . do SO; to punish yeu."—South African Adler tiler. ADDRESS TO THE MAYOR, On Wednesday some hundreds of the merchants, bankers, and inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood of Liverpool, assembled in the Council-chamber, at the Town-hall, for the purpose of presenting an address of thanks to Thos. Berry Horsfall, Esq., Mayor, for the exertions his worship had so recently and successfully made to preserve the peace of the town. The address contained 1200 signatures ; but there is very little doubt that had it remained in the public rooms and. offices a few days longerithe:number of signatures would, at least, have been trebled. The address was presented by the Rev. Rector Campbell, who willingly undertook the office, in the unavoidable absence of Rector Brooks. The Mayor occupied the chair in which he usually sits during the proceedings of Council ; on his left sat William Shuttleworth, Esq., the Town-clerk, and near him, Mr. Dowling. The Rev. Rector CAMPBELL opened the proceedings in the following terms : Mr. Mayor,—lt is with the greatest satisfaction that I find myself chosen as the instrument, however unworthy, of presenting to you, whom I have so long valued as a personal friend, the address which I hold in my hand ; conveying to you the cordial th an k s o f a large andinfluen tial body of your fellow townsmen, for the temperate firmness you displayed during the late apprehended dis turbances, and expressing at the same time our devoted loyalty to our Sovereign, and our firm attachment to those monarchial institutions under which we enjoy, I believe, as great a share of personal liberty as is consis tent with personal safety in the present state of human infirmity. Prevented by my sacred profession from ten dering you any active assistance in the preservation of public order, I nevertheless rejoiced unfeignedly at the alacrity with which all classes of society sprung forth in its defence at the call of public duty : "With hearts resolved and hands prepared, The blessings they enjoy to guard.' ' But as a preacher of peace I rejoice more unfeignedly that although your precautions were wisely directed, their services were not required ; and that the attempts to influence the passions of the people, have signally failed. It was, perhaps, to be expected that the successful efforts of a neighbouring people to overthrow their government should stimulate the hopes of the few amongst our peace able and orderly population who are the enemies of all government. But this surely is a precedent we need not follow; and while we cannot deny to other nations the liberty of changing their institutions as often as they privilege of preserving and improving chirawthAikiliPigr ber'ng this, that social evils can only be cured by social remedies. That free institutions are perfectly compatible with the most disorderly licentiousness of national morals, —that our besetting sins of luxury and extravagance in the higher classes, and careless improvidence in the lower, are not to be cured by forms of government, but by reli gious discipline and personal self control. One lesson of practical wisdom, however, sir, we may all of us learn from the " fears of change " which are now " perplexing nations," and that is the mutual dependence of all classes of society upon each other. "The bead must not say to the foot I have no need of thee." The master and the workmen are bound together by the tie of mutual interest. If wealth is created by labour, labour is fed by wealth. Without the labour of the workmen the capital of the master will be less profitable ; without the capital of the master the workman's labour is utterly value less, and his occupation gone. And above all, the wealthier classes must not forget that their privileges are given them by God, not for personal indulgence and selfish enjoyment, but for the promotion of his honour and the good of their fellow creatures in the sacred intercourse of Christian charity. Apologising for the length of my pre fatory remarks, which, perhaps, may be justified by my station and office, I proceed to read the address which has been entrusted to my charge. [We published the address in our last.] The Rector's speech and the reading of the address were frequently interrupted by loud applause. The MAYOR replied in the following terms :—I thank you. Mr. Rector, for the kind manner in which you have introduced the presentation of this address. I am sure that you will not consider it any disrespect to you if I offer no observation in reply, it being, as I understand, the custom on occasions like the present to abstain from offer ing any verbalobservations ; and it being likewise, I need not tell you, more in accordance with my own feelings to ab stain from doing so. I will, therefore, read a reply to the address I have just received—an address, the value of which, I need not tell you, I prize mosthighly. (Applause.) The MAYOR here read the following written reply, which was enthusiastically received : " Gentlemen,—The assurance of the esteem and respect of my fellow-townsmen would, under any circumstances, be very gratifying, but to receive that assurance, under the circum stances, and in the manner in which it is now conveyed to me, I shall ever consider one of the most interesting events of my life. " I will not conceal from you, gentlemen, that the few days to which you allude in that address was a period of much anx iety. Aided, however, as I was, by the whole body of the ma gistracy, and especially by the unwearied attention and able advice of our stipendiary magistrate, Mr. Rushton, seconded, as our efforts were, by the noble and spontaneous expression of public opinion and public feeling on the part of the inhabitants at large, I never entertained a doubt that any attempt to dis turb the peace of this town would have been effectually sup pressed. And most cordially do I join with you, gentlemen, in referring, with the deepest gratification to recent events, as a continued evidence of those feelings of devoted loyalty o the sovereign, and of the love of good order, which have ever dis tinguished the town of Liverpool. _ _ _ "But, gentlemen, whilst I thus gratefully acknowledge, on behalf of the constituted authorities, the cordial assistance and co-riperatiz n of every class of the community, and the equally prompt-and decided manner in which the wishes and the orders of the magistrates were en - Toned - out by the executive. I desire also, to concur with you in acknowledging our entire depend ence on that divine aid, which alone effectually stilleth the tumult of the people. "Gentlemen, it only remains for me to thank you, as I do most sincerely, and through you, those of my fellow-townsmen whom you represent, for this very gratifying, though, I cannot but feel, in a great degree, unmerited expression of your thanks." Loud applause followed the delivery of this address ; and immediately after the deputation withdrew. MR. CARDWELL AND THE INCOME TAX. The following correspondence has taken place between Mr. Maconald, the secretary of the Liverpool Confedera tion for the revision of taxes, and Mr. Cardwell, _on the subject of the memorial calling on the latter to resign his seat on account of his vote on the Income Tax : National Confederation Rooms, Liverpool, March 18, 1848. EDWARD CARDWELL, ESQ., M.P. SIR,—I am directed by the Committee of this Confede ration to advise you, that in consequence of your late opposition to a more equitable adjustment of Income Tax, the electors of Liverpool, for whom the Confedera tion act in this matter, have felt themselves compelled, by a sense of duty which they owe to their own interests and to the interests of the trading classes of this kingdom, to call on you to resign your office as one of their represen tatives in Parliament. It is scarcely necessary for me to state to you that, as the Electors view it, the relation between a Representative and his constituents, and the identification of interest, should be entirely beyond a question. The 'El ec t ors of Liverpool have seen with much regret that you do not recognise this duty or re sponsibility, but that considerations of a totally different nature, as stated by yourself in one of your late speeches, are made the foundation of your decisions. But they cannot admit your right to disregard their sentiments or their interests in a matter of so much importance to them ; and entertaining this view of your duty to them, they are sure they will be excused for declining a con tinuance of confidence in form, where none exists in fact. Under such circumstances it is presumed that it cannot be your wish to retain the nominal representation of Liverpool, and that you will gladly avail yourself of the opportunity now afforded, of enabling the Electors to choose an individual who may be more suited to their views. The requisition, calling on you to resign the representa tion of Liverpool, is forwarded by the train of this even ing to the Liverpool Office in London, to the care of Mr. Wainwright. It was before the public for 40 hours, and was signed within that short space of time by 7545 indi viduals. The requisition was intended to be by the Elec toral body alone, but, notwithstanding every precaution, it has been found that many individuals have signed it who were not on the Electoral list, but who are ratepayers and payers of the Income Tax, and therefore could not be restrained from conveying to you, through the medium of the Requisition, their sense of the gross injustice which the present law imposes in the principle of levying that tax. le names, and the num ber of non-Electors so signing may be estimated at about 1000, leaving 6545 Electors. It is indeed probable, from the respectability of the parties, that the greater portion of the 1000 non-electors are at this moment qualified to vote—at least will be on the register for the ensuing year ; but as they are not so now, they have, in the scrutiny, been separated from the Electors. _ s been made o In conclusion, I have to communicate to you the ex treme regret of this committee, that a connexion from which much had been expected to the town of Liverpool, should have been interrupted so speedily, and in a man ner so painful, and that nothing but the strongest sense of duty could have induced them to be the medium of communication with you in this matter. They shared in the universal discontent with your opposition to an equi table adjustment of the Income Tax, and therefore fully sympathised inthe steps taken by the Electors. I shall be glad to be the medium of communication for your acknowledgement of the receipt of the Requisi tion,—and I have the honour to be, Sir, very obediently J. M. MACDONALD, Secretary. Whitehall Gardens, 21st March, 1848. MR. MACDONALD, SECRETARY, &C., NATIONAL CONFEDERATION, LIVERPOOL. have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter and of the accompanying memorial, calling upon me, in consequence of the vote I gave in the House of Commons, on the 3rd instant, to resign my seat. I receive the memorial with the respect which is due from me to any document signed by so considerable a number of the electors and inhabitants of Liverpool. It is necessary, therefore, to review the obligations I in curred when I accepted the honourable responsibility I am thus required to surrender. I must be permitted to remind you that, in 1842, when I entered Parliament, the first important question, on which it became my duty to decide, was the imposition of the Income Tax for three years in its present state. The reasons advanced for its adoption were the necessity of providing for a large deficiency of revenue left by the former Government, and the importance of relieving trade from several oppressive imposts. At the expiration of the time so limited, not only had these reductions of taxation been supplied by the devel opement of industry and the coosequealf4crease of.con sumption; but the revenue had recovered from a deficiency of more than two millions,, and the yablie income was THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. sufficient, without the continuance of the Property Tax, to meet the expenditure. The option, therefore, was afforded to Parliament, in 1845, of disposing altogether with the tax. It was, however, reimposed, with the general. approbation of the country, for a further period of three. years. The objects of this renewal were to pro vide for the change which steam navigation had made in the position of the country as regarded maritime defence, and also to remove a still larger amount of duties affect ing the prosperity of trade, and the comforts of the work ing classes. The annual pressure of indirect taxation removed by the late government amounted to seven and a half millions, exclusive of the duties upon corn. In 1842, and in 1845, the scheme under which the Income Tax was to be levied was discussed in Parliament, and on both of these occasions my vote was recorded in favour of the existing system. These circumstances were known to the electors of Liverpool when I had the honour of being chosen to represent them ; and though in course of the election I was asked and I answered many questions upon points of public interest, I do not remember that any objection was made by any one on this subject. The present Government, under circumstances with which you are acquainted, and for which I am not re sponsible, have asked the House of Commons for a fur ther continuance of the tax, and I have felt it incumbent upon me, with a view to the maintenance of the public credit, to accede to their demand. By voting in 1848, as I voted in 1842 and 1845, I have given, on public grounds, a perfectly independent support to a ministry with which T have no relations of party attachment or connection. Upon the score, then, of consistency, I am not only free from censure in the course I have actually pursued, but I might fairly have been expected to furnish cogent reasons for my change of conduct, if, in the present con dition of the Exchequer, I had reversed my former votes. I should, however, imperfectly explain the reasons by which I have been guided, if I rested my reply upon the ground of consistency alone, and failed to enter also upon the merits of the question itself; for I at once acknow ledge that if I had seen sufficient reason for a change of vote, I should not have been deterred from discharging my public duty by any timid regard to an appearance of personal consistency. - The proposition submitted to the House of Commons proposed to be an amendment of the mode in which the Property and Income Tax has been levied under the acts in force, from 1803 to 1816, and under the act passed in 1842, and continued in 1845. I gave to this proposition the full consideration which the importance of the Ine,pme AT), 104 the anxiety Pk 3tlft of that consideration con firmed my belief that it would have added immeasurably to the inquisitorial and offensive nature of the tax, and would have failed to remedy its inequality as regards per sons holding their respective incomes by a different tenure. Such was the experience of Mr. Pitt in 1799, which led, in 1803, to the adoption of the present system ; and such, I am persuaded, would have been the practical operation of the project now submitted to the House of Commons : I therefore voted against it, and with these convictions could not honestly have voted for it. I cannot admit that I have shown any disregard for the demands of justice, or any disrespect for the interests and feelings of my constituents. In answer to that part of your letter in which you say, that " considerations of a totally different nature from the relations between a representative and his constituents, and the identification of interest," are stated by me, in one of my late speeches, to have been made the founda tion of my decisions, I must be permitted in my own vin dication to reply, that I think you have wholly misappre hended the purport of my argument : and, also to remind you, that the memorial was proposed by your committee, and offered to the public for signature, before I had taken the opportunity of stating to the House of Commons, in the speech to which you refer, the reasons which influ enced my votes. Under these circumstances, if I were to vacate my seat in compliance with this requisition, I should infringe an important principle of this constitution, should forfeit the honourable engagement I have contracted towards the constituency of Liverpool, and be guilty of an offence towards the community at large, for whose general good it is my duty to consult in parliament. Instances have occurred in which a member of parlia ment has appealed to the judgment of his constituents under other conditions than those which the rulers of the constitution prescribe. But these have been exceptional cases, excused, rather than justified, by an overruling sense of personal honour, under peculiar circumstances, when former opinions have been changed, and former votes reversed. I have no such excuse. I have adhered in the present to the course I was known to have pursued in the former parliament, and I have exercised to the best of my ability a conscientious and a faithful judgment. I have the honour to remain, Sir, Your obedient servant, EDWARD CARDWELL. eturral liatOrtilanv. Another total eclipse of he moon will take place on the 13th September next, but it will be only partly visible in England. At York assizes, last week, Michael Stokes was sen tenced to death for shooting, with his musket, Mary Ann Garrad. at Leeds barracks. The boy Aitken, who was shot in the hip during the late Glasgow riots. died in the Infirmary, on Wednesday. This is the fourth life lost during those disturbances. The long expected Charter of Incorporation for VVake field has at length arrived, and the blessings which are to re,mit from municipal government are already to be seen in the distance. The Earl of Albemarle, formerly Master of the Horse to the Queen, may be called the father of the House of Lords, as he succeeded to his title at the age of six months, seventy-five years ago. A Chartist demonstration was made in Nottingham on Thursday, when about 5,000 persons assembled in the Market-place, to hear a lecture, " on the prospects of de mocracy," from Dr. M'Douall. Upwards of 200 noblemen and gentlemen, who have been sworn in as special constables, for the parish of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London, have chosen the Earl of Arundel and Surrey as their commander-in-chief. Mrs. Saunders, aged 70, widow of John Saunders, Esq., formerly an eminent brewer of Southampton, was burnt to death on Friday night, at her residence in that town. It is supposed she was seized with a fit ) and fell into the fire. On Sunday week, two go ys were shooting larks at Soleham, when as one of them, on l y seventeen, was drawing the gun through a hedge, it went off, and the contents lodged in his chest. He only lived until Tuesday. At the York Assizes, on Thursday, John D rur y, J o h n Marsden, Thomas Buller, and William Hall were sen tenced to ten years transportation for instigating other persons, previously convicted, to commit the disturbances which may be remembered in connection with the Sheffield Cutlers' Association. EXECUTION.—On Saturday, at Durham Gaol, Thomp son underwent the extreme penalty of the law, for the murder of the Duke of Cleveland's gamekeeper, in Roby Park. The convict died firmly, and in the presence of about 10,000 persons. Dowson, who was also convicted with him, has been respited. The execution of the three men, Calvert, Mellor, and Stokes, who were convicted of murder at the York assizes, will take place on Saturday, the Bth of April. The two former are Protestants, and the latter a Roman Catholic, and they each give proper attention to the instructions of their spiritual advisers. Loss OF SIR LIVES.—The following melancholy acci dent happened at Jersey on Thursday week :—As a boat was going out with a party to see the celebrated Chinese Junk, which had arrived and anchored in St. Aubins' bay the day preceding, a cutter ran down the boat, and caused the loss of life of six persons, four boatmen and two gen tlemen being drowned by the occurrence. THE TRAFALGAR-SQUARE RIOTS.—On Friday, John White, a leader of the window-smashing mob in the me tropolis, on Monday week, was tried at the Middlesex sessions and sentenced to twclve months' imprisonment— six months for stealing bread from a baker's shop and six months for the riot. Six other rioters were sentenced to imprisonment for periods ranging between nine months and one. During the late riots in Glasgow, a ruffian, who had stolen a half chest of tea, hurried with it on his head into a close, whither he was closely followed by another fellow who was carrying a large cheese, which he had also stolen. As the first rushed into the close, the tea chest came in violent collision with the wall, whence it rebounded, and knocked down the thief bearing the cheese, which was instantly seized by a third thief, who was passing at the time, and who escaped with the booty. The Dundee Courier says that a few days ago a man sat down to dine, near a stack of oats, at Inchture, and, after ending his meal, lighted his pipe. He then fell into a reverie, whence he was aroused by finding that the tail of his coat was on fire, and on turning round he disco vered that the stack was in a blaze. He immediately gave an alarm, and the neighbours speedily assembled and ex tinguished the flames, but not before the destruction of oats to the value of £B, which sum the unlucky smoker has been compelled to pay. GEOLOGY—RECENT DISCOVERY.—The workmen em ployed at the work at Carcary, in the parish of Parnell, lately came upon a deposit of fossil fishes, imbedded in the clay, at a depth of 20 feet from the surface, and not less than 60 or 70 feet above the present level of the Southesk. The clay is of the most compact kind, and alternates every foot or two with thin layers of run sand. in which shells, we believe, are not uncommon. The whole of the specimens, which are apparently of the genus Anguilla, were removed without injury, and arc now in the possession of Mr. Lyall, of Carcary. One of them that we have seen measures 3ft. 2in. in length, and appears to be of the species A. aeutirostris of Yarrell. As the whole are to be submitted to the inspection of Professor Lyell, the celebrated geologist, we hope to be able, by and-by, to give our readers a more scientific description of these interesting remains of past generations.—Mon trose Standard. FALL OF A CIRCUS AT LEEDS.—On Monday, an inquest was held at Leeds on the body of Susannah Darby, wife of Mr. Darby. the proprietor of the Circus in that town, whose death was occasioned by the falling of a large por tion of the building on Saturday. About a quarter to ten o'clock on the evening of that day, just as some perform ances on the tight-rope were about to be commenced, a part of the Circus erected upon a frame-work of timber fell in, and nearly 600 persons were precipitated into the ruins. Fortunately very few were injured beyond being bruised ; but two of the planks fell upon Mrs. Darby ; they struck her on the back of the neck and killed her on the spot. Mrs. Wallet, who was near her, was knocked down, and cut and bruised, but not seriously. The cause of the accident is understood to have been the insufficient number of props beneath that part that fell. The build -ing, it appears,- had heen-reeently inspected by thebuilding manager of Mr. Darby, and pronounced to be safe. 7tthe ury returned a verdict of "Accidental death." The charge against the Hon. and Rev. Augustus Ca vendish, for obtaining goods under false pretences from Messrs. Hunt and Roskell, silversmiths, New Bond-street, London, has been abandoned, in consequence, it is stated, of an arrangement having been made for a return of the property, or its value, to the prosecutors. LARGE TROUT:—We understand that Richard Dennis toun, Esq., Springwood-park, while angling in the Teviot a few days ago, killed a common river trout of the extraordinary weight of 641b5., and on the fish being cut up, there was found in its inside another trout of about half a pound weight, which it had swallowed. This is the largest common trout, we believe, that any one remem bers of having been taken with the rod either in the Teviot or Tweed.—Kelso Mail. ALLEGED PREMATURE BURIAL.—A respectable house holder, for many years a resident in Red Lion-square, London, on Sunday week, shortly after his return from church, fell down, and expired in a fit. The next day the corpse was placed in a coffin, the lid of which was fastened down. Shortly afterwards, a noise, which was attributed to the bursting of the body, was heard in the coffin, and no further notice was taken until a relative arrived, who had the coffin opened, and found the body in such a pos ture as left no doubt that animation had returned, and that a death struggle had ensued after the body was enclosed in its narrow shell. THE DECLARATIONI;gUPPORT OF LAW AND ORDER. —The signatures to the declaration now amount to up wards of one hundred thousand, including a great num ber of peers, prelates, baronets, members of the House of Commons, deputy-lieutenants, magistrates, members of the various professions, clergymen of the various deno minations, merchants, traders, and farmers, without any religious or political distinction. In the lists there appear the names of the Hon. and Rev. Dr. Plunket, Bishop of Tuam, and Dr. Kennedy, Roman Catholic Bishop of Killaloe, with all his curates. The following peers have signed the declaration, in addition to those already men tioned :—The Earl of Erne, Earl of Clonmel ; Lords Doneraile, Riversdale, and Mountmorres. Twenty more baronets have given their signatures. SHIP BLOWN UP BY GAS.—ON Thursday morning week 'a serious and very extraordinary accident, attended with fatal consequences, occurred in the Bute Docks, Cardiff. The Neutune, of Jersey, 400 tons burden, had been laden with a cargo of steam coal, was hatched down, and was ready for sea, when, on the above morning, on one of the crew striking a light, a dreadful and most de structive explosion took place. It is supposed that the sag' Caro n had generated a large ouantitv ..7 LiIC sailor, exploded, killing the chief mate and injuring several of the crew, some of whom are not expected to recover; the vessel, also, was considerably damaged, and cannot be rendered seaworthy again, except at a great cost, and very extensive reparation.—Gloucester Journal. A STRANGE BURGLARY.—At the recent Worcester as sizes, George Milward, aged 31 years, a highly respectable hair-dresser living in Angel-street, Worcester, and worth, it is stated, £4OOO, was indicted for a burglary and rob bery in the house of Mr. Lane, draper, of Omsbersley. The occurrence took place on the 20th of January last, the night of the annual ball at Stourport, and the offence and possession of drapery goods were brought home to the prisoner, who appears to have been accompanied by a per son named Henry Whittaker, his former apprentice, who has absconded. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and the judge, in consideration of his having received a pro mise of a favourable consideration if he gave certain evi dence, which was done, only sentenced him to twelve months' imprisonment. —ln an agony of grief the convict exclaimed that he was intoxicated at the time, and that he made every reparation for his error as soon as he could. IMPROVEMENT IN STEAMERS FUNNELS.—Great im provements have recently been made in the funnels of the steamers running on the Thames. The newly contrived funnel is divided into two parts, united by a hinge, sup ported by a balance-bob, in the usual manner; but there is, in addition, a semi-circular safety arm, or crook, ri vetted at one end to the lower portion of the funnel, just below, and in the centre of, the hinge—the other end just enters a hole in the upper, or swinging portion. On this safety arm there slides a crutch, formed to the same radius as the chimney, to receive it in its descent, and which can be fastened to any height required. On the attendant raising the lever, the funnel is steadily guided in its descent by means of its passing over khe arm ; and, should the hinge be completely broken off, the funnel safely lodges on the crutch. It can be applied to any kind of funnel at a mere trilling expense. _ _ _ EDINBURGH, MARCiI 18.—We had a St. Patrick's-day meeting here but it passed off quietly. The bill calling the meeting, the oratory, and the musical accompani ments, were of a more rhetorical and grandiloquent caste than we are accustomed to in our frigid climate. The address to the French nation was ordered to be consigned to M. Ledru Rollin. The speaker, who moved it, said, he " felt ashamed of his country, when he compared the feats accomplished in France with those achieved by the army in this country, which was recently distinguished by shooting a poor woman in Glasgow, and cutting off a man's nose In Edinburgh, a feat which he supposed would henceforth rank next to Waterloo." As the woman in question died of apoplexy, without ever being fired at, the statement of her case may be taken as a sample of the probity that characterised the other statements of this orator. SUDDEN DEATH OF THE MARQUIS OF BUTE.—ThiS nobleman died suddenly on Saturday evening week, at his seat Cardiff Castle, Glamorganshire, in his 56th year. The fatal complaint was disease of the heart. On the afternoon of Saturday the noble marquis entertained the mayor and council of Cardiff, at dinner. He left the table on the cloth being _reagyp_d_,_for the _pur . p9ffie, it was thought; of - writing a letter ; continue absence induced the marchioness to proceed to the marquis's room. Her ladyship called to him, and re ceiving no answer she became alarmed, and entered his room, when she found him lying across the bed in a state of insensibility. She immediately summoned the do mestics, and despatched them in quest of medical assist ance, and Dr. Lewis, who had been dining with his lord ship, was overtaken before he reached his home, and returned with all possible dispatch. Medical skill, how ever, was quite unavailing, the noble lord being dead. IMPROVED BELL-HANGING.--A short time since we noticed Parker's patent " annunciator " for hotels, man sions, &c., whereby only one bell is required, and the particular room is indicated by a number appearing on the face of the machine. It seems to be a very ingenious and efficient arrangement. In consequence of that notice we have received a letter from Lincoln, signed John Middle ton, stating that he has been in the habit of effecting the same thing for a long time past, and pointing to the Pa latine Hotel, Manchester, where his arrangement has been in operation for two years, and the Great Northern Hotel, Lincoln, where, in a short time, may be seen 44 rooms, on two landings, all communicating with two bells. He says—" I have no intention of patenting my method, and any person is at liberty to examine it, and either carry it out in its integrity, or make such improve ments as theia ingenuity may suggest." At the Holt's Arms Inn, Birmingham, an electric telegraph has been established to supersede bell-ringing. The object is to avoid any trouble to the visitors who frequent the house in calling for refreshment, as indicated on the dial plate. By turning a handle, which communicates with the wires, the party is enabled to order any refreshments he may re quire without troubling the servant, and can even request the appearance of the landlord or landlady, as may be requisite.—Builder. AN APT QUOTATION. -- A correspondent of the Times says, "At the risk of seeming very much out of the fashion in the day when the people govern ; when work men are to be elected as representatives in the French Parliament, and peasants dictate to emperors, I beg to point out a somewhat remarkable passage in a book writ ten before wild theories were so well known or so com pletely approved as at present. Those who think, never theless, that navigators are the best men to plan railways, and men who have not ' opportunity of leisure' are wiser than those who have, will accept an apology for the intru sion : "The wisdom of a learned man cometh by opportunity of leisure, and he that hath little business shall become wise. Hew can he get wisdom that holdeth the plough and that glo rieth in the goad, that driveth oxen, and is occupied in their labours, whose talk is of bullocks ? He giveth his mind to make furrows, and is diligent to give the kine fodder. So every car penter and workmaster that laboureth night and day, and they that cut and grave seals, and are diligent to make great variety, and give themse yes to counterfeit imagery, and watch to tinish a work. The smith also, sitting by the anvil, and considering the iron work, the vapour of the lire wasteth his flesh, and he fighteth with the heat of the furnace; the noise of the hammer and the anvil is ever in his ear, and his eyes look still upon the pattern of the thing that lie maketh; he setteth his mind to finish his work, and watcheth to polish it perfectly : so (loth the potter sitting at his work, and turning the wheel about with his feet, who is always carefully set at his work, and maketh all his work by number ; he fashioneth the clay with his arm, and boweth down his strength before his feet ; be applieth himself to lead it over ; and he is diligent to make clean the furnace : all these trust to their hands, and every one is wise in his work. Without these cannot any city be inhabited ; and they shall not dwell where they will, nor go up and down ; they shall not be sought for in public counsel, nor sit high in the congregation ; they shall not sit on the judges' seat, nor understand the sen tence of judgment ; they cannot declare justice and judgment ; and they shall not be found where parables are spoken. But they will maintain the state of the world,. and their desire is in the work of their craft."—Ecclus. xxxviii. THE ENGLISH WORKMEN ON THE CONTINENT.—The Transit steamer, Captain Bell, from Antwerp, arrived at Hull, on Friday, having on board fifteen passengers, with a full general cargo, one horse, and five calves. The Transit left Antwerp on Wednesday afternoon,-at which time all was tranquil in Belgium. The passengers brought over are principally parties belonging to the West Riding of Yorkshire, who had been employed for some time in the flax mills at Lille; but owing to the threats made use of by the inhabitants, they had been compelled to leave the country on the moment for their own safety. In some instances violence had been resorted to towards the unoffending English workmen. One of the passengers of the Transit, who bad been engaged as overlooker in one of the most extensive flax mills in Lille, informed our re porter that the treatment experienced by the English workmen was of the most revolting character, and from the precipitate manner in which they had been driven from the country, not one of those brought by the Tran sit had succeeded in removing any of their household goods or other propeety, and, in nearly every instance, the individuals were almost pennyless. In one case a young man, also employed in a flax mill at Lille, had a very nar row escape of falling a victim in the hands of the excited mob. The latter demanded that he would immediately quit the country, with which he expressed his willingness to comply, but being desirous of collecting together a few necessary articles, consisting of clothing, &c., before he removed, he was attacked by the mob, who threatened to hang him, He, however, fortunately succeeded in effect ing his escape„ and, after some difficulty, reached the. Transit in, safety. The distressed condition of the ma jority of the passengers excited the commiseration of Captain Bell, who very humanely supplied them with fp.a, and otherwise attended to their wants. We are also informed that there are a largo number of English in the neighbourhood of Late; who . are verily inxiotts Of retithilur to this country, but, as they lack.the means, they are un to.do, STREET LAMPS.—An experiment in street lighting has now for a fortnight been going on in Foregate-street, Worcester, where, at the southern extremity, may be seen four lamps of a peculiar construction, which, by means of reflectors and gas burners, throw a very strong light for a great distance on all sides. One of these lamps seems to do the work of three of the ordinary gas lights. ISLE OF MAN.—On Sunday week, the Lord Bishop preached in St. Mary's, Castletown, in the forenoon. After the service his lordship christened the infant son of his Excellency the Governor. The sponsors were the Earl of Selkirk, the Countess of Selkirk, and Lady Ca therine Douglas. The Governor and Lady Isabella were present, also the servants at Government House. The infant was named Thomas, after his godfather and uncle the Earl of Selkirk. EXTRAORDINARY DISC LOSURES. — Travis, who was ac quitted at the late assizes at Lincoln, on the charge of murdering Mr. Copeman, of Blyborough, in December last, is again in custody, undergoing an examination by the magistrates. A man has come forward to give evi dence against him, who deposes that he was laid under shelter of a haystack, on the night of the murder, and heard the whole scuffle. He followed Travis home, and assisted in concealing his boots, &c., and was to receive a large sum of money if Travis got off. On applying for that sum, it was flatly refused, and he was told if he informed he would also be transported. The man, how ever, has made the depositions before the magistrates, and the sensation produced in the neighbourhood is of the most intense description. A singular part of the story is, that the witness might have secured the £lOO reward had he informed before the trial.—Another correspondent com municates the following additional particulars :—ln conse quence of a railway bricklayer having stated in several public-houses, on the 11th and 12th instant, that he saw Joseph Travis murder Charles Copeman, and persistingin his tale, he was ordered into custody, and a warrant was issued for the apprehension of Travis. Both Travis and Fell (the bricklayer) have been committed to Lincoln Castle, to take their trial at the assizes for robbery. The prisoner Travis looked much altered since the assizes, and appeared to have lost the confidential air he has main tained since he was first taken into custody.—Hull Herald. At the Middlesex Sessions, on Thursday, John Harvey, a colonel in the Guernsey militia, surrendered to take his trial on an indictment charging him with having stolen a bible and-a prayer-book K from .entishtown Church. On eamr - aounring the monuments, ne sat down in one oft On pews. On his leaving the verger observed something bulky in his pocket, and on looking into the pew missed the books. The verger followed the prisoner, and charged him with stealing the books, upon which he voluntarily returned to the church, and instead of denying the act, said he could not think what induced him to commit the theft. Mr. Clarkson, for the prisoner, said his client was not only a gentleman of unsullied reputation, but a man of good station in life, having been a banker in Guernsey. When this affair occurred the prisoner was on his way to the house of Mr. Tatham, solicitor, of Lincoln's-inn fields, at Hampstead, where he had been invited to dine. He had observed a monument raised to the memory of a wife who had died in childbirth, and that being applicable to a melancholy event which had befallen him, he referred to the Bible found upon him to make the quotation, and in a momentary absence of mind, occasioned by the recol lection of his misfortune, he had unwittingly neglected to replace it. General Napier, late Lieutenant-Governor of Guernsey, pronounced the prisoner, whom he had ap pointed to a colonelcy in the Guernsey Militia, to be a gentleman of the highest character. Other witnesses having given similar testimony, the jury unhesitatingly returned a verdict of " Not guilty." ROBBERY OF GOLD DUST.—J. W. Thompson, de scribed as Captain of the schooner, Medora, is in custody, charged with stealing a quantity of gold dust, to the value of nearly 7,000/., consigned to and the property of Mr. U. M. Hutton, of Larkhall-lane, Clapham, and Watling street, London, merchant.' The prisoner received the gold dust on board his ship at Cape Coast, and on arriving in England, contrived to remove it ashore, and take it to his lodgings, the house of his brother-in-law, Mr. Cooper, a surgeon, in Clapham-road, where a considerable quantity of the dust was afterwards found in his bed-room. To throw off suspicion, the prisoner had written a letter to the prosecutor, in which he stated, that on leaving the Gold Coast he was seized with the fever, which threw him into a state of delirium, and whilst in that state he had thrown all the gold dust overboard. This story, which was too ridiculous to be believed, led to inquiry, and eventually to the apprehension of the prisoner, who has been committed for trial. It really appears by the log book, that the prisoner kept his cabin about a fortnight under the plea of being unwell, and that one dark night, he came on deck and threw overboard a box, which lie afterwards said was the gold dust. However, the whole has been since discovered on the premises. VISCOUNT HARDINGE'S INTRODUCTION TO THE HOUSE OF PEERS.—The House of Lords Presented a most ani mated appearance about four o'clock on Monday. There were a few Peers standing conversing near the woolsack, occasionally looking towards the entrance below the bar. That portion of the house appropriated to the Commons was already crowded with members of the lower house. The object of all this solicitude and curiosity could not long remain a secret, and it was soon generally known that the groups had been attracted thither to pay homage to the illustrious hero of Ferozeshah and Sobraon—the late Governor-General of India. In a few minutes the crimson velvet curtains were drawn aside, and the Usher of the Black Rod, Sir Augustus Clifford, appeared head ing a procession formed of the Garter King at Arms, in a gorgeous uniform, covered with heraldic achievements. Then followed the Earl of Arundel, as deputy for his father, the Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal of England. The Peers who undertook the office of introducing the noble viscount to the house, were Lord Viscount Beresford and Lord Viscount Combermere. The noble viscount proceeded to the table, where the usual ceremonies being gone through upon the occasion of a Peer's introduction, and the customary oaths being taken by him, the proces sion retired, and again reappeared, entering by the back benches, and descending into the body of the house through the opening in the opposition benches. At this moment the number of Peers who stood ready to greet the man that her Majesty " delighted to honour " was considerable, and the spectacle became highly interesting by the appearance of the Marquis of Anglesey. As he slowly proceeded, his gallant commander the Duke him self appeared, and the crowd of Peers stood aside to faci litate the meeting of the illustrious chieftains. The mu tilated forms of the noble marquis and the gallant viscount irresistibly excited melancholy amidst the general feeling of triumph. The interesting ceremony closed by the pre sentation, through Lords Combermere and Beresford, of Viscount Hardinge to the noble lord on the woolsack, who shook him cordially by the hand. SINGULAR CASE OF BIGAMY.—The following case was tried before Mr. Sergeant Murphy, at York Castle, on Friday week.—Amelia Young, (22,) was charged with bigamy, at Pocklington. Mr. Pickering, the prosecuting counsel, stated the facts of the case. He began by ob serving that although the offence was a serioas case, he thought it right to say that it was attended by strong cir cumstances of mitigation. The prisoner's story was almost a romantic one. Her father, a man named Atkin son, was the master of a merchant vessel, but he after wards succeeded to the business of a tinner and brazier in the city of New York. He accumulated some money, and then died, leaving a great portion of it to his daughter. Her mother continued the business, and she took into her service as a journeyman a young man named James Young. This was in the year 1839, and although the prisoner was then only thirteen years of age, Young paid his addresses to her, and succeed in gaining her affections. One Sunday morning in the month of April in that year, Amelia left, home avowedly for the purpose of going to school, but in accordance with a previous arrangement she and Young took coach and went to Leeds, where they were married on that morning at the parish church, Young's father giving away the bride. The scruples of the officiating clergyman were overcome by the bride's age being over stated, her appearance favouring the impo sition. Amelia not returning home in due time, her mother became alarmed, and su b sequen t i nqu i r i es having led to what had taken place, she proceeded to Leeds on the Tuesday or Wednesday following, and having found Young, caused him to be apprehended. He was brought to York, and was indicted along with his father for abduc tion. There was no doubt that his object had been to gain possession of the money to which the girl was entitled : and accordingly he and his father were both convicted and sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment. At the expiration of this term the younger convict en listed into the army and was sent abroad. The poor girl, thus abandoned, imaiiined that the marriage had been rendered null and void ; and after her husband had been abroad a few years—in 1843—a person named Charles Walker Gillard, a dyer, h av i ng gained her affections, she was induced to marry a second time. Shortly after this Young returned. At this time the prisoner's mother was dead, and Amelia had come into possession of £7OO, which however had dwindled down to about £4OO. Of this sum Young claimed his share, and £2OO was given to him. Such is the young woman's unfortunate story, her second husband only lived with her a few months, when he abandoned her, leaving her in circumstances of destitu tion.—During the examination of the first witness, the 'prisoner, under the advice of Mr. Boothby, her counsel lor, withdrew her plea ; and having pleaded guilty, Mr. Sergeant Murphy proceeded to pass sentence upon her. He said he had no doubt that the prisoner had entered upon the second marriage under the advice of her mother, who in all probability believed—however erroneously— that the first marriage had been annulled. It appeared that the second husband had not been deceived, inasmuch as he was cognisant of the former marriage ; and it was not too much to assume, from his subsequent conduct, that from the first he had been actuated by cupidity or avarice. Under these circumstances (the learned Ser. jeant) was disposed to listen to the suggestion bf the prisoner's counsel, and pass upon the prisoner a lenient sentence, which was that she be imprisoned till the rising of the court, which would be about five o'clock that afternoon. SECURITY FROM y/RE.—The Oxford papers of Satur day publish a certificate, signed by the president and secretary of the A'hmolean society, Dr. Daubeny, pro fessor of chemistry, a great number of the tutors and fel lows of the various colleges, and by man y professional gentlemen in that town, expressive of their decided ap proval of the principle of the safes manufactured by Messrs. Milner, of this town, which were subjected to a severe public test in Oxford, in their presence, a few days since. The contents of Messrs. Milners' safe were unin jured, whilst those of the iron safe (not of their make) were burnt to tinder. Th e cert i f i cate states their " great satisfaction with the experiments—the fire being made to convey the most intense heat ; and from the very perfect state of the contents of each of Miiners' safes, we give our unhesitating opinion of the perfect security thus aiforded to books, deeds, records,. manuscripts, -Sce. , tlfe - raviges of fire - in all ordinary cases, and wo do with great confide nce recommend them to the publ i c fur general use."