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' 4: P(AKEIGN AND COLONIAL. OVERLAND MAIL. The..lates dates are—Calcutta, October 22 ; Ceylon, 19 ; China—Macto, August 24 ; Chown), August 12 ; and Hong Kong, Sept. I.—Delhi, October 23 ; Lahore, Oct. 14; Madras, Oct. 24; Manilla, August 10.—Scinde— Kurrachee, Sept. 7, and Hydrabad, August 7 ; Sincapore, September 26. The London mail of the 7th of September reached Bom bay, per Cleopatra, on hel2th, Madras and Agra on the 19th, Calcutta and Delhi on the 20th, and Ceylon on the 17th of October. The news is not very important. The troubles in the Southern Mahratta country have greatly abated in the course of the month. The Fort Samulabar vra3 taken by storm by the force under - General Delamotte on the 13th ultimo Our troops met with little opposition, the enemy having fled at their approach. Nearly 600 of the Mah- Mahmttas fell in the course of the operations against them, and about as many more prisoners were taken by us. Our own casualties were insignificant ; two English officers were killed, and one died of cholera in the course of the siege; betwixt 20 and 30 men were killed or wound ed. The army since then has marched to Kolapose, the capital of.the disturbed district. _ _ _ Tranquility reigns throughout British India. The commercial intelligence from Bombay is extremely unfa vourable. Trade has not for many years been known to be so dull as at present. The low rate of exchange effec tually prevents merchants accepting the terms offered by buyers. The importations of British manufactures have been very excessive, while on the other hand there have in the past month been no exports, but the stock lies dead in the hands of the merchants. Fever prevailing at Hong Kong. The ship Ceylon, D. Ferguson, master, from London to Bombay, was lost on the lst of October, on the north ernmost reef of the Laccadives, which even on the best charts are marked 18 miles too much to the eastward. The captain and crew arrived safe in Bombay. No blame is attributable to them. The ship Brilliant, from Cal cutta to Bombay, was lost on the 16th of October on the point of Saugnr Sands: the crew were saved. From Bombay the chief points are the conviction of the infamous Aloo Paroo, for being implicated in burning the merchant ship Belvedere in Singapore harbour. This scoundrel appears to have made a practice of burning ships which he had insured, and of which five or six were de stroyed within four years. Another subject of interest in Bombay arose from the commitment for trial at the December criminal sessions of Thomas Braithwaite, the master of the ship Neptune, from Liverpool. H e, it appears, treated the steward with great cruelty, and aclaally gave upwbrds of 200 lashes to a French lad on board for some supposed offence. The case of this boy was brought forward by a French mer chant, named Boussne, who received every assistance from the magistrates. The French Consular Agent is a mere nonentity, having been born and educated at Aleppo. The trial of Braithwaite, for his cruelty, was loudly demanded by the public of that Presidency. . EXCHANGE.—Monev is abundant, but the rites of ex change are very unsatisfactory. The principal tranac tions on London by the present mail have been made at ls. 9-1,1. to Is. 101 at six months, and ls. 9id at 30 days' Fastottrs.—The current rates are noted in our quota tons, but owing to the low state of the export market freights are rot easily obtained. To China nothing is doing : to London, £3 ; to Liverpool, 3 ; to Clyde, no ship ; to China, no quotation ; to Ditto, opium, ptr clip per, 3 to 4 dollars. EXCHANGES.—London, 6 months' sight, ls. 90. to Is. 10d.; Ditto, 30 days' sight, Is. 9kd. ; Calmat., GO days' eight, Rs. 99k: Canton, 60 days' sight, Its 217 a 220 per 100 Spanish dollars. UNITED STATES.—The packet-ship Montezuma, Cap. Lowber, arrived at this port, on Saturday evening, from New York, with advices one day later than those by the steamer, which, however. contain no intelligence, except ing extract from a Vera Crtiz letter, dated October 28th, which states, that an angry correspondence was -taking place Iretween the American Minster and the Mexican Government relative to Texas, and another similar correspondence between Santa Anna and the Chamber. The Montezuma made the run in twenty and a-half days. SPAlN.—Latest advices from Madrid represent that city as perfectly tranquil, and from the official bulletins published by the Government, it would appear that the insurrection in Navarre and A rraton had been completely suppressed. The Tr.ree per Cents. closed at 30 for cash, and 30i, at 60 days ; arid the Five per Cents. at 21A at 60 days. Letters from Biyonne, of the 2d inst., state, that General Iturbe, who had been arrested in Guipuzcoa and conveyed to Vittoria, had been sent off thence to Logrono, to be tried by the Military Commission. Gener.l Iturbe had led a most retired life in his native village since the downfall of Espartero, and taken no part in political af fairs. The eldest son of General Zurbano had also been moved to Logrono. THE BONES OF STODDART AND CoNoLLY.---The Delhi Gazette says that 1)r. Wolff succeeded in discover ing the bones of these unfortunate men, and that he is re turning with them to England. TOLERATION IN FRANCE.—Several bOOkfEllen and printers in Pais have been rigorously prosecuted for selling religiou4 Protestant tracts. The jury, however, would not onsidei the contents offensive, and acquitted the vendors. The Possibility of connecting the Danube with the Black Sea, by a means of a canal along the Turkish terri tory, has been finally announced by the mell-known engineer Birago. The cost is estimated at 1,500,000 florins. AWFUL FIRE AND Loss OF LIFE IN LISEON.—On the - 21st ult., a little before dawn, a fire broke out in a large house in the Rua da Magdalena, in Lisbon, by which thirteen pers:ms lust the:r lives. The lower part of the stairs being in flames escape in that way was impossible, And the distracted inmates of the several floors rushed to the windows and cried loudly for assistance. The neigh bourhood was soon roused, and the parish bell was rung, but by mistake 16 strokes were tolled instead of 14, so that the engines went to the wrong district, and an hour was lost, during which the flames gained ground. The most heartrending cries came from the windows. Three persons escaped from the first floor by means of sheets tied together, and others of the family passed from the balconies to the next house. Others let themselves down by a rope. Some on the upper floor jumped out of the windows and were killed on the spot. On the second Boor was a wealthy shopkeeper, named Palhares, his wife, four children, and three servants. He himself was killed in leaping out, and all the others of his family perished in the flames. On the third floor lived Pedras, another shopkeeper, with his sister, a clerk, and a man servant. No ladders sufficiently long could be procured. A Frenchman, named Manette, went up a short ladder, and saved a young girl who leaped into his arms. A Portuguese, Ramires, imitated the example, but not suc cessfully. Miss Pedras, in attempting to leap down into h:s arms, missed her aim, and falling into the street was killed. A portion of her petticoat which he had caught as she fell remained in his hand. At this time the second floor had given way, and the whole of the Pelhares family had perished. A shoemaker, who lived in the garret, escaped by the roof with his family, but returning for something he perished in the flames. The number of known victims is thirteen ;—ten burnt alive, and three killed in leaping from the windows. IRE LAND. Mr. J. L. Arabin has been unanimously elected Lord Mayor of Dublin for the ensuing year. Mr. Dowden has been chosen Mayor of Cork. CAMELEON. — One of these singular creatures, caught on Mount Calvary. by Mr. E. Tennant, M.P., and for warded by him, to the Natural History Society, has ar rived in Belfast alive, and may be seen at the Museum. The editor of the Tablet (a Roman Catholic) regards the adhesion of Archbishop Murray, and other prelates, to the Catholic Bequests' Act, as fatal to the catholic church. He says "There is no longer a church in Ire land; there is nothing but a collection of bishoprics." In the last number of the Cork• Examiner subscriptions to the Matthew Fund to the amount of X 1,195 are acknow ledged. At the head of the list stands a donation of X5OO from a member of the Society of Friends, near York: GOVERNMENT PATRONAGE.—We understond from competent authori y that the system of favour to enemies— desertion of friends—is to he carried out on an extensive scale in all future appointments in Ireland ; and that the elevation of Mr. Erle, a fierce political opponent of the present government, to the l nglish bench, is to be but the Precursor to a similar honour intended for Mr. David Pigot, the f under of that society, the name of which we have printed in italics.—Dublin Mail. HORRID M URDER.—On Tuesday evening last, as Mr. Samuel M'Keirin, was sitting in his parlour reading, near the road leading from Branchfield to Sligo, he was shot by some base assassin, through his window, and so near was the murderer to his victim, that the shot carried sway a portion of his head, and stretched him lifeless on the instant. Mr. M`Keirin was a protestant, a most in offensive, respectable, industrious farmer, bad not taken land, or in any way disobliged his neighbours, and pro bably at the moment was unconscious that he had an enemy in the world. No clue to this foul transaction has been discovered.—Dublin Mail. FRIGHTFUL MURDER.—Two brothers, named Shep pard, have been barbarously murdered. They had taken a farm from the Rev. Richard Coote, near Billyboy, in the King's County, from which some tenants had been ejected ; the Sheppards were served with several threaten ing notices, but having made the roof of the house fire proof with clay, and having bored gun-holes through dif ferent parts of the wall, they fancied themselves secure. Three brothers were living together, but one of them left the house on Tuesday morning, and on his return found the bodies of both his brothers, with their brains nearly beat out—one in the bouie, and the other outside. ANOTHER MURDER NEARLY EFFECTED.—On Tues day night last, or Wednesday morning before day, un armed party attacked the house of Patrick Curren, a j small farmer on the lands of Gurteen, near Tubber, in the King's County, and forcing their way into the house, dis charged several shots at the helpless inmates, one of which nearly shot Curren's arm off, the ball lodging in the up p e r part, near the shoulder, when, after some denuncia tions anti threatenings, and thinking he was dying, they decamped. Land was the cause of the visit, he having been paid another visit, on a former occasion, relative to the farm he is now in for the last four years, there bring some grudge against his taking it. He lies dangerously ill, and it is supposed willif comply with th e mandates of the midnight legislators, recoverhsa' by le av i ng hi s t times we li ve he farm. What a state 0: things, and what in !—Lublin Mail, - AFTER DINNER TRUTHS.—Mr.' Moriarty, a Popish priest from Pennsylvania, stated at an after dinner repeal • meeting in Dublin, on Wednesday, that there were 50,000 Irishmen in America solemnly pledged, on the shedding or the first repealer's blood, to rush into Canada, and rescue it from British rule ! • THE GOVERNMENT AND THE IRISH CHURCH.—Anv communication between this country and England, which has taken place outside the strictly offioial circle, has been either with Mr. Wyse of Water:ord, or the National Board in Marlborough-street, or with some of the Popish ?relates zoncerned for Maynooth. If any are apprised of the secret, it is they. The Bishops and Clergy of the Established Church, and the heads of all our Protestant institutions for learning and education, are kept in the dark. Is this proper treatment for friends—nay, is it proper treatment for an enemy—anywhere but in the field ?—Dublin Mail. REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—Mr. J. P. Somers, M.P., presided at the weekly meeting of this body on Monday. Mr. O'Connell was present from the commencement, and almost monopolized the speaking. lie first urged atten tion to the registries, and moved resolutions on the sub ject, which were carried. He next spoke on railways, strongly approving-of them. In his principal speech of the day he stated that the repeal agitation was now recom menced, •never to terminate but with an Irish parliament in College-green ; complained of having been greatly dis appointed and betrayed by the Federalists, still, however, offering them an opportunity to take the leadership. lie went over the propositions included in his last week's speech, and concluded by proposing that they should be referred to a committee to prepare an address upon them to the people of England. This was carried unanimously. The repeal rent for the week was announced to be £493 ss. 6d. Porrsti PLANS.—The Dublin Nation thus offers to the Protestant proprietors . of Ireland a gentle glimpse of part of what the papacy expects to see soon accomplished. "There remain two other plans, and between them lies the real choice of Ireland. The choice, between plans both so t'• , asonable, will decide the conduct of the minis ter. The first is, that at Maynooth, or still better in Cork, shall be established a great Catholic University. and in Belfast a Presbyterian University—students of all sects to be admitted to either, as in Trinity ; but the govern ment and the Divinity School of Cork to be Catholic, and those of Belfast Presbyterian, leaving Trini , y College, Dublin, as it is. Aided by a great system of county and professional schools, this would be an adequate plan ; but the first grant to Cork in such a case s h ou ld b e £6OOOO, and to Belfast £40,000. The last system, and that which Mr. Wyse seems most to relish, is to have colleges for men of all creeds established in the great cities —in Cork, Limerick, Belfast, Galway, Enniskillen (or Derry,) and Waterford for example; that the governing bodieA of these should form one corpora ion, in conjunction with Trinity, as the University of Ireland ; and that (as we understand) divinity schools for the clergy of each creed should he attached to one or more of these colleges. In theory this plan is more perfect—practically it would find more support from the country, because of bringing a col lege into each great town, and it would render the need of county schools less pressing." v, ~' UNIVERSITY 4• CLERICAL NEWS. OXFORD.—The following degrees were conferred last week.—Mister of Arts.—Rob:-rt Jackson Butler, Scho. _ _ tar of Brasenose.—Bachelors of A , is,—George Montagu Warren Percocks, New Inn Hall; Thomas Norton Har per, St. Mary's E all; Henry Herbert Wyatt, Qut en's College ; Thomas Frederic Smith, Queen's College ; Theodore Joseph Prichard, Demy of Magdalen ; Matthew Arnold, Scholar of Brasenose ; Philip Swanwich, Scholar of Baliol ; William Wheeler Thornton, Trinity. Mr. H. Boothby Barry, Michel Scholar of Queen's, was this day elected a fellow on the same foundation. Mr. Barry gained the Chancellor's Prize, in 1943; for the best Eng lish Essay on the advantages and disadvantages of the feudal system. -OxFoan. Nov. 31.—Last night the following gentle men were elected Scholars of Bailin( College :—Messrs. H. 3. S. Smith, from Rugby, and A. Grant, from Har row, schools on the old and open foundation. At the same time Messrs. F. Newman Rogers, from Et,:n school, and Charles T. Hoskins, commoner, of Balliol College, were elected to Somersetshire exhibitions in the said col lege. PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS.—Rev. A. Ram say, M.A., to the perpetual curacy of Tintinhull, Somer set; Rev. S.' Goodar, M.A., to the curacy of Christ Church, Chelsea ; Rev. A. G. Hildyard, M.A., to the curacy of King's Chile, Northamptonshire; Rev. E. D. Green, master of the grammar school, Langport, and as sistant curate of Petney, to the chaplaincy of Langport union workhouse, Somerset; Rev. S. Cragg, curate of Harborough Magna, to the newly formed district of St. Thomas's, Coventry; Rev. J. Y. lieghes, 8.A., to the perpetual curacy of Trinity church, Greenwich. Kent ; Rev. J. Bywater. 8.A., to the perpetual curacy 'of St. Simon and St. Jude, Manchester; Rev. W. H. Barber, 8.A., to the perpetual curacy of Belper, Derbyshire ; Rer. J. N. Dalton, M,A., to the vicarage of Greetham, Rutlandshire ; Rev. R. W. K. Wood, M.A., to the cu racy of Husband's Bosworth, Leicestershire; Rev. S. Charles, 8.A., to the curacy of Denham near Newmarket, vacant by the preferment of the Rev. E. Bosanquet to the vicarage of Her-ton; Rev. E. H. Hunter, 8.A., to the assistant curaey of St. Ann, Limehouse : Rev. Sir H. Thompson, Bart., to the living cf Trent, near Tunbridge \Vela; Rev. T. 11. Lloyd, to the rectory of Harnerton, Hants ; Rev. E. Kitson. M.A., to be chaplain of Pem broke Dockyard, vice Blosham, retired; Rev. T. J. Or rnerod M.A., to the new church of St. Mark. Lakenham, Norwich ; Rev. E. W. Foley, to the vicarage of Great Malvern, Worcestershire; Rev. S. Walker, 8.D., rector of St. Colurnb Major, Cornwall, to be private chaplain of Lord Viscount Valencia ; Rev. H. Blake, 8.A., to the rectory of Hesset, Suffolk ; Rev. R. Merry. M.A_, to the rectory of Guilden Alorden, Cambridgeshire; Rev. R. Spr..fforth, to the vicarage of Weighton Market, York shire ; Rev. G. Wright, to the vicarage of Conisborough, Yorkshire ; Rev. R. Bingham, to the perpetual curacy of Harwood, Bolton, Lancashire; Rev. J. 11. Cartwright, 8.A., to the perpetual curacy of Winterborne Dantsey, Wilts ; Rev. H. P. Naughton, to the rectory of Markfield, Leicestershire; Rev. J. E. Surridge, to be chaplain to the Royal Hospital Greenwich. The Rev. Dr. Moon, of Spalding, has been appointed Archdeacon of Lincoln. - The Rev. G. Fisk has resigned the vicarage of Walsall, on account of ill health and the ruinous deficiency of the income to meet the incessant calls of charity. The Archbishop of Canterbury's reply to the Exeter memorialists, as to the present critical state of the church, consists of a rimple acknowledgment of the memorial. M. OAALEY.—Dean Chandler has withdrawn from Mr. Oakley the district over which be WWI recently pastor, in the dean's parish of All Souls, Marylebone.—Record. It is stated that at the Bishop of Ely's recent ordina tion, a young discitle of Mr. Newman was at once dis miss d by his lordship, on his admitting that he interpreted the articles in the sense of No. 90. CoNsEcaATIoN.--On Sunday morning last, the cere mony of consecration was performed at Christ Church, Bolton, (a building which formerly belonged to the Me thodistical Connection,) to which a new front has been added in the German style of architecture, by the Lord Bishop of Chester. His Lordship afterwards preached. In the afternoon, the Rev. Canon Parkinson, of Manches ter, preached ; and the Rev. the Chancellor of Chester also preached in the evening. The collections amounted to £69. REV. Mw. WARE.—This gentleman, who, as we stated last week, has been summoned before the Vice-Chancel lor of Oxford, and asked whether he would avow himself the author of the notorious work, "The ideal of a Chris tian Church," has stated that acting under legal advice, he must decline answering any questions whatever, until be should know more definitely the course which it was in tended to adopt against him. A committee of the H ebtle made' Board is now sitting, with a view to further pro ceedings. The ex-churchwarden of East Farleigh (Kent) has for warded a complaint to his Grace the Arc hbt-hop of Can terbury, respecting :he Rev. W. XVilbcrforce, vicar of that parish. 4 10 r Kennard's complaints of the innova tions introduced by the rev. genternan induced his Grace to appoint two dignitaries of the church, the Bev. Dr. Griffiths, Provost of Oriel, and the Archdeacon of Maid stone, to inquire - into the matter, riliose report was in Mr. Wilberforce's favour. One of the charges against the vicar is, lhat he introduces the word " blessed" before the name of the Virgin Mary, in the Creed. Concerning this his Grace says:—`' The introduction of any word not found in the creed is wro , g ; otherwise the application of the term bl ssed to the Virgin Mary is justified by the rubric of the Common Prayer, as well as by the authority of Scripture. (St. Luke, chap. i.)" THE OFTERTORY.—On Friday, a large meeting of the inhabitants of Hurst took place, to consider the reply of the Rev. Mr. Cameron as to the course he intended to pursue relative to the recent changes introduced by him into the church service. The reverend gentleman ex pressed his determination to read a portion of the offer tory service every Sunday. Resolutions were then passed, " that Mr. Cameron's introduction of the novelties was not marked by that previous caution which his diocesan (Oxford) thought so proper, and "that the Bishop be appealed to to redress the grievances of which the pa rishioners complained, and thereby allay the increasing discontent in the large and populous parish." The meet ing was attended by nearly every male parishioner in the place. Mr. Nash, a very old farmer, who stated that he had lived in the parish of Hurst nearly 90 years, here stood forward, and said that he had attended the parish church for above 80 years, and that he bad known five clergymen before the present one (Mr. Cameron.) Th e y had never had a word of difference with the churchwar dens or inhabitants, and they had always finished the service in the pulpit. THE RUBRIC.—The clergy of the Rural Deanery of Exeter met onMonday last, on the summons of the Dean Rural. The liishop's letter was read, but it vs as not thought. desirable to come to any immediate decision on any of the points embraced in it. The meeting was therefore adjourned. A Ruri-decanal meeting of the Clergy of the Deanery of Aylesbery, was held on Mon day last, at the parish church of Ottery St. Mary, after Divine Service, and was numerously attended. The Bishops letter was read, and met %%ill unanimous and cor dial approval. It was resolved, by a majority of those present, that the Bishop in his letter, had ruled three points :-1. The use of the Prayer for the Church ill tant.-2. '1 lie use of the Surplice at all times.-3. The use of the Bidding Prayer or a Collect, before the aft, r noon sermon. The only discussion on these points was as to the time they should be carried into effect, all agree ing that these three points are ruled. It was, homver, resolved by a majority, that they should be carried into effect on c r before the first Sunday in January, 1845. It was determined also to arrange a mture meeting. '! ~~ S TRACTARIANISM IN BETHNAL GREEN.—During a discussion upon an unsuccessful attempt in the London Common Council to obtain £2OO in aid of the free church in the St. Giles's district, Mr. Deputy Corney mentioned that the adoption of the Tractarian observances in the I:l , thnal Green churches had stripped them of half their congregations. FAULKNER v. TITCHFIELD.—This is an appeal from the decision of the Consistorial Court of Ely, founded tipoti circumstances which may be briefly stated. A faculty was issued to repair the Church of the Holy Sepul chre of Cambridge. Certain innovations were made, such as introducing a fixed communion table of two tons weight of stone, &c. The Vicar of the church disapproved of the erections, as - being contrary to the Rubric and Canons of the Church of England. The Court below held the Faculty to be good, from which an appf-al to Sir H. J. Fust, in the Arc"hes Court, was promoted. After hearing the arguments, the judge postponed his decision. - - • • THE Rourtic.—The Bishop of Exeter has just issued a pastoral address, in which he declares that of the law appealed to, "one main and leading object, since the Re. formation, has ever been to establish '.uniformity of pub lic prayers, and administration of sacraments, and other rites and ceremonies." The true remedy for existing evils is only to be found, he thinks, " in returning to a faithful observa nce o f t h e act of Uniformity " and " peace ful obedience to the laws of the church, especially in all that relates to the public worship of Almighty God, a: enjoined in the rubric of the Book of Common Prayer." The Bishop, however recommends caution. " While I urge you," he sacs, " to return to a full observance of the rubric—falling short of your prescribed part in .110-. thing—beware of exceeding it. The peculiar dan gers of the times, as well as the prevailing tone of public opinion, call upon you most powerfully, as you would avoid being in the number of 'them through whom offences come,' to forbear all unnecessary innovation, es pecially, as I have recently had occasion to urge, that worst kind of innovation, the revival of obsolete usages not required by law, which are associated in the minds of many with the superstitionsand corruptioLsof Rome." His Lordship is positive in renuiring that "the surplice he always used in the sermon," and also " at all other times, whenever a sermon is part of tte ministration of the paro chial clergy." With respect to the offertory, he says— " Now, in every church in which the congregation in general is pi spired to regard - the collection as the exer . cise of a high Christian privilege—the privilege of offering to God—of giving - to him of his own-there I advise that a collection be always made. But wherever the pervading tone and feeling is not yet of the high order, be patient ; strive, hut strive gt•ntly, and with prayer to God, to rai-e your people to a better mind ; and till they have strained to ;t, shook not their prejudices, irritate not their so,lfish ness, it may be their worldly-mindedness. Only letthem not deceive themselves ; let them see and feel that you ' seek not theirs, but them.' Tell them the truth in love, and leave the rest to God." TIIE-CI-ILIRCII.—A petition has been prepared for pre sentation to the Arehhishop of Canterbury. It has al ready obtained a large : number of signatures, amongst which are those of the Duke of Sutherland, the Earl of Denbigh, the Earl of Gain,b ,, rough. Viscount Santini), M.P., Viscount Morpeth, M.P., Lerds Calthorpe, Ray leigh, Teisnmouth, Bl oom fi e ld, Francis Egerton, M.P., Henry Cholmondeley, Ashley, M.P., Robert Grosvenor, 111. P.. Howard, M.P., &c., &c. It has hem set on foot for increasing the efficiency of the chinch, without intro ducing any organic change. The following extract shows the wishes of the memorialists :—" First, the el-rgy must be increased in number; and, secondly, provision must be made for a more systematic employment of laymen, in the exercise of functions which do lilt belong exclusively to the clergy. For the attainment of these ohjects, we would respectfully request your Grace, and the other mem bers of the Euiscoptil Bench, to take into your censidera. tion—first, the expediency of increasing largely the num ber of the third class of our Clergy, the Deacons. And we ieeture to suggest that this may be effected by admitting, r n such condition as will maintain tilt , order and discipline of our church, pet sons who have not the means or opportu nity of proceeding to an University degree, but who are found completely trained for the service of the sanctuary ; their advancement to the toglier order of the ministry being made contingent upon a faithful dkcharge during a lengthened period of the office of a deacon, or upon such ()flier circumstances as your_Grace and the other members of the Episcopal Bench may think fit. 2d.—Tne pro priety of sanctioning and encouraging the employment of a class of laymen, who, without altogether abandoning their worldly callings, might be set apart, under Episco pal authority, to act as visitors of the sick, Scripture read ers, catechists, and the like, in parishes where their in troduction should be approved of by the parochial clergy. The system of district visiting, and !he appointment of Lay Scripture readers, under clerical superintendence. have already been adopted, we believe, with much success, in many populous parishes, but the present state of society requires that both these means of usefulness should be greatly extended, and brought into more immediate con nection with our ecclesiastical arrangements. To provide the necessary funds (which should be administeeed by a board; made up by a well-considered union of the clergy and laity,) contributiors may we have little doubt, be extensively called forth, in offerings and collections made for this specific object." LAW INTELLIGENCE. CHESHIRE WINTER ASSIZES. (Before Mr. Baron Gurney THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. RAILWAY INTLLLIGEACE. NEWARK AND SHEFFIELD RAILWAY.—A deputation from this company, consisting of Capt. Salmond, chair man; E. V. P. Burnell, Esq., vice-chairman; Montagu , : David Scott, Esq., The Elms, Kingston, a director; Mr. Gibbs, engineer; Mr. Sanderson, surveyor; Mr. DalDiS• ten, secretary; Mr. Benn and Mr. Norton, joint solici tors; and Mr. Ellicombe, parliamentary agent; had an interview with Lord Dalhousie at the Board o f Trade, o n Tuesday, which we are confidently informed was satisfac tory. THE RAILWAYS TO DERFHAM.—The two projects for a railway to Dereham are now amalgamated ; and it is stated that all material opposition on the part of owners of pro perty is at an end. The fire at the New Cross railway station, which oc curred when Louis Philippe was present, has been traced to the spontaneous combustion of some vegetable black in the paint room. The verdict of the coroner's jury on Mr. Varnalls, another of the victims by the collision on the Midland Cou: ties Railway, was delivered on Wednesday. It was " accidental death," with a deodand of £l,OOO upon the engine. The competition between the Forth and Clyde Canal Company and the Edinburgh Railway is so strong, that the canal company are carrying passengers from Glasgow to Edinburgh with a profit at less than a farthing a mile ! The increase of the traffic has made up for the reduction in the amount of charge. A meeting of the Manchester, Bolton, and Bury railway company was held at Manchester, on Friday, James Brancker, Esq., in the chair, at which it was re solved to unite and consolidate into one concern that company with the Manchester and Leeds and Hull ar.d Selby. Great dissatisfaction was expressed by many shareholders at the proposed junction, and a committee was formed to oppose it. SOUTH EASTERN (LONDON AND DOVER) RAILWAY. —We learn that Sir John Kirkland, Mr. W. H. Thomas (deputy chairman of the Chester and Holyhead Railway), and Mr. Robert Browne, of Liverpool, have been elected directors of the London and Dover Railway, in the place of General Hodgson, Mr. Cardwell, M.P., and Mr. L. Cubitt, who have resigned ; and that Mr. Francis Mills has been elected deputy chairman of the board of direc tors, in the pace of Mr. W. P. Richards, who has also refired from the direction.—Somdard. At a meeting of the Edinburgh and Glasgow railway company, on Tuesday, it was resolved to raise in addition to the present capital the sum of £281,250. by creating 22,500 new share• of £l2 10s. earh, to be paid at five calls of £2 10iF,ea, h, in 1815 and 1816 ; the lle. sharts to be apportioned. amongst the present shareholders. The Chairman stated in t e course of his remarks that the di ' rectors intend to proc?ed with the Stirling branch. A short line to Carnpsie would also be formed. There was likewi,e a . proposal for a junction with the Ayrshire line. The new shares are to be distributed in the proportion of one for every £5O of capital stock held in the company. SOUTH WESTERN RA ILNITAY.At a special meeting of this company, on r aturday, it was resolved to proceed with the follow ng branches :—From Nine Elms terminus to the vicinity of the Hungerford and Waterloo Bridges and the Thames, and from Wimbledon to Epsom. From Weybridge to Staines and Windsnr. From Woking common, by Guildford, Godalming, and Chichester, to Portsmouth and F3reham, including the purchase of the Guildford Junction Railway. From Hook-pit Farm, on the main line of railway to Mottisfont on the Salisbury branch, and from Salisbury to Sherborne and Yeovil, and t) orchest . er anti Weymouth. From Basingstoke to the Great Western Railway at Didcot and Swindon. RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.—On Wednesday, as two la bourers employed on the Souih-Eastern railway were on their retunt from work - to Dover, and !,ad entered Abbott's Cliff Tunnel, the up train passed them, and the noise of the engine preventing their hearing the down train, which entered the tunnel a few minutes afterwards, they being on the rail, were knocked down and killed.—On Tues day, at King'r-bank, Hoghton• bottoms, on the new line of railway now constructing between Blackburn and Pres•ron, a large portion of the upper part of the hill, it is calculated to the extent of nine or ten tons, gave way, buryiog the men beneath. One of them must have been crushel to death against the waggon instantaneously. The second :was injured to a very dangerous extent. The third was much less hurt. NON COMPLIANCE WITH THE STANDING ORDERS.— Among oilier defaulters the Barnsley and Goole Railway did not deposit their plans with the Clerk of the Peace, atWalcefield, on the 30th ultimo, and have cons , quently tr)t complied with the standing orders of parliament. The Lincolnshire and Sheffield Junction, from Lincoln to Sheffield, with a branch to Gainsborough. have also failed to deposit their plans in accordance with the stand ing orders. The latter project was under the guarantee of the Sheffield and Manchester and Midland Companies. Thisthange in the position of affairs is of very greet im portance to the London and York Railway, as it is now the only line which forms a direct communication north and south from London to York, placing all the towns between the two cities on a main line, at the same time that it effects the same important object for the whole tract of country, east and west, from Liverpool to Boston, which it does, in a continuous and unbroken chain, by its junctimiwith tde Sheffield and Manchester, Manchester and Leeds. Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole, and Newark and Sheffield hallways. In fact, it most fully occupies a vast space yet unoccupied by any railway; and places Sheffield on a main line between Liverpool and Boston, and between Liverpool and London 11 miles shorter than the existing route. The plans and books of reference of the London and York line, notwithstanding its extent of 320 miles, were nearly everywhere the first deposited, and, so far as their appearance goes, are highly creditable to the parties engaged upon them.—Standard. ,WEST RIDING JUNCTION RAILWAYS.—Ork-W4'adrieta day last a very numerous and influential meeting of the Leeds and West Riding Junction hallway Company, was held at the Royal Hotel, Brighouse, near Halifax. Henry Houldsworth, Esq., chairman of the Manchester and Leeds Railway Company, was called to the chair, and addressed the meeting at great length, explanatory of the objects in view. They had been called together to receive a report of the proceedings of the managing committee apointecl at the last meeting held at Bradford, for the purpose of maturing the plans of the committee and tak ing those preliminary steps necessary to enable them to apply to Parliament ext session. As some misrepresen t,,tions had gone abroad, he entered into a brief history of the origin of the company, and their desire to adopt the p'an which would be approved by the district as the best. With this view a negociation was opened with the Manchester and Leeds company, and it was determined that the most extensive surveys should be made, in order to lay down such a system of ways as would be commen surate with the wants of the district, in which the traffic was mare pecul tar than in the district comprised between Leerr,s, Bradford, 'Halifax, Huddersfield, and Dusbury. Great advantage would arise by laving down lines which while they would shorten the di tance between Leeds and Manchester on one hand, and Halifax and Leeds on the other. would at the same time provide adequately for the local traffics. The leading object for providing for the in: ternal traffic, had been kept in view, and after some months of extensive surveying, the engineer of the Man chester and Leeds Railway company had laid down a line which was thought to be most likely to effect the object. Those lines after having been duly considered by the gentle men connected with the district, hail been by them ap proved as the best calculated to provide for the wants of the district. The next arrangement that they had to de termine upon was, as to the connexion that should exist between the Manchester and Leeds Railway company and the West Riding Junction company; and it was seen at once that the greatest public advautage would result from the West Riding Junction Lines being worked by the Manchester and Leeds company ; experience having shown in all cases that where the lines of independent companies were united with eachother, great expense was incurred by both companies, and great inconvenience was entailed upon the public. It was impossible where the management was divided to secure that harmony of action in working the lines upon which the public convenience depended, whilst unity of arrangement would secure the most advantageous passage from one point to another. Acting upon these considerations the West Riding com pany had agreed that the Manchester and Leeds company should work their lines. He then entered into some ex planations of the traffic, and the low charges made for goods and also passengers, the result of the last being that they were now carrying about a million of passengers in the half-year, at the rate of l a mile. Ac.commoaa lion had been made for third-class passengers, and the directors had decided, in order to increase it, to add seats and covers to such carriages. They were also engaged in revising their rates and renewing their arrangements with a view ro the bringing out on the Ist of January next what might be called a new tariff, which he hoped would add to the convenience of the publio as he trusted it would *not be ineffectual in promoting the interests of the com pany. An officer had also been appointed to superintend the passenger traffic and obviate all complaints. After alluding to the fact that a large proportion of the share holders of this railway were Lancashire gentlemen, he expressed his opinion that the connexion of the Manches ter and Leeds company with the West Riding Junction company had secured an advantage to the district which could not be achieved by the success of those other par ties who were candidates for supplying the district with railways. Mr. Hawkshaw, engineer of the Manchester and Leeds Railway company then explained in detail the several proposed lines, the places through which they would pass, &c. The chairman then said that the ar rangement come to was that there was to be independent company, which had been designated the Leeds and West Riding Junction company ; that they were to raise, in conjunction with the Manchester and Leeds Railway, a capital of £1,400,000; and that one half of that capital (as some proof of the interest which the Manchester and Leeds company had in the undertaking, and the confi dence they felt in its success,) should be raised by them, and that the other half of that capital should be raised by shares in the district thiough which the proposed railways were to pass. Upon that basis they had issued a pros pectus, and had allotted shares to the full amount, except a small portion which had baen retained for proprietors immediately connected with the district. The conditions attached to this arrangement were these—that the Man chester and Leeds ltailway company, should, in the event of the Act of Parliament passing, take a lease of the lines when made—that they should guarantee, when any portion of those lines was made so as to be workabl , interest upon the capital which might be expended by the Leeds and West Riding company, at 4 per cent, per an num for the first five years, and atterwards 4i per cent. Sonic satisfactory conversation and explanations then took elaca, and the chairman read a correspondence between the promoters of the Leeds and West Riding company, expressive of a desire on the part of the former to amal gamate the two schemes into one, and the public advan tage of such a union. TRIAL OF MR. WINTERBOTTOM. John Kenyon Winterbotlom, late a most respectable solicitor at Stockport, was on Thursday indicted for forging the endorsements to a bill of exchange for £5OOO, whereby he defraud,-d the Pelican Life Insurance Com pany of that amount. There were four indictments against the_ prisoner for the same offence, which were merely variations in the name of the party defrauded. The prosecution was conducted by the Attorney-General (of the Palatine), Mr. Davidson, and Mr. Yardley; and the prisoner was defended by Mr. Jervis and Mr.Welsby, both of whom were specially retained. The circumst 'aces of this case, as appeared from the evidence, were as follow :—The prisoner had been for many years the confidential attorney of a gentleman n .med Isherwood, who resided at Marple Hall, near Stockport. In 1813 this gentleman effected an insurance upon his life for £5OOO with the Pelican office, the annual premium upon which was £l6l ss. The policy continued in Mr. Isherwood's hands till his death, in May, 1839; and at his death the prisont.r (who was well known as Mr. Isherwood's legal adviser) went to Mr Tate, the company's agent in Manchester, with the policy. Mr. Tate had previously received instructions from the office in London to pay the £5OOO. The prisoner asked him for the money. On the 7th December,•lB39, Mr. Tate told him be would give him a bill of exchange, at seven days' sight, for it; but that the names of the executrixes (the wile•and daughter of the late Mr. Isherwood) must be endorsed, in their own hands, and not by procuration. When the bill was fir-t drawn the words "or order" were omitted. The prisoner called Mr. Tate's attention to the omission, and at his suggestion those words were inter lined. 'I he bill being rhos in the prisoner's hands, he paid it into the Bank of Stockport on his own account : the Bank of Stockport sent it to their bankers in London, Messrs. Jones, Lloyd, and Co., by whom it was present ed to Messrs. Roberts, Curtis, and Co., (the bankers of the Pelican office,) and by them paid at the clearance. It was not till the month of July that the traud was disco vered ; but in the meantime the executrixes, or some of them, had applied to the prisoner concerning it, and he alleged various excuses as the cause of delay, one of which - was, that the office had not given a receipt for the last payment of the annual premium, and that in consequence of some difficulty in obtaining a prerogative or Canterbury probate, the office would not pay the sum insured, but would pay the interest on it. The prisoner, it appeared, had been made a bankrupt, but previously he had ab sconded, and was not met with till September last, when he was accidentally seen in Liverpool by a person who fermerly knew hint, and by whom he was given into cus tody. The prosecution was carried on by Messrs. Bush and Mullen, solicitors to the London Association of Bankers, on the part of Messrs. Roberts and Co. For the defence no witnesses were called, but a very powerful speech was made by Mr. Jervis. with the view of reducing the offence to a breach of trust. Some objections to the indictment, arising from a vari ation between the designation of the insurance-office, as stated in the bill, and that in the policy, and also as to the intent being laid to defraud the trustees, whilst their designation was not set forth as required by the Joint Stock Act, were reserved by the Judge for the considera tion of the court above. _ The jury immediately found the prisoner guilty. Sen tence, however, was not passed, nor will it be till the opinion of the superior court is known upon the objec tions. Mr. Jervis, as the prisoner had been convicted on one indictment only, applied for his discharge from the other three, but the Judge refused the application. CONVICTION FOR MURDER.—Mary Gallop, a young woman having the appearance of a servant, aged 20, was on Friday placed at the bar, and pleaded not gull y to an indictment charging her with the wilful murder of her own father, Richard Gallop, at Monks Coppenhall, on the 2d of November last, by the administration of a quantity of white arsenic. After a long examination, the jury found a verdict of guilty, and his lordship, in an impres sive address, passed sentence of death upon the prisoner, who appeared to be very little affected at her situation. It is rumoured that Sir W. Follett is to be judge of the Privy Council. The Court of Queen's Bench was occupied on Monday with a case, Hope v. Harman and others, which is an ac tion brought, by direction of the Court of Chancery, to ascertain the equitable right of different parties to a share in the jewels left by the will of the late Mr. P. H. Hope, valued at the enormous sum of £210,000. The principal question in the cause is, whether .the will of the testator revoked a deed made in his life time, respecting the dis pt sition of his jewels. It was stated that one of the dia monds cast the deceased £14,600! LIABILITY OF SHAREHOLDERS.—In the Court of Chancery, bublin, on Tuesday last, the Lord Chancellor, in the case of Taylor v. 11 oghes (one of the public officers of the Agricultural Bank), decided that the registry of the plaintiff's name in 1843 (it having been omitted for more than seven years trum the registry lodged at the stamp office, pursuant to the statute), was for the frau culent purpose of exposing him to the liabilities of the establishment ; that lie was bound, therefore, to grant relief prayed for in the bill, and that therefore, luokirg to all the circumstances of the transaction, he was of opii ion that the decree should be with costs. The result of this decision will relieve 2400 shareholders, whose names were placed on the registry since 1843 ; therefore, the liabilities of the parties remaining on the registry are greatly increased. WORK FOR PARLIAMENT. The following is a list of intended applications to par liament next session, the plans and specifications for which have been deposited with the Clerk of the Peace, at Preston :- 1.--st. Helens Railway and Sankey Canal. 2.—Blackburn and Preston Railway, proposed alterations and extensions. 3.—Blackburn Waterworks. 4.— , alford Waterworks. s.—Liverpool and Preston Railway. • 6.—Preston and Wyre Railway, Lytham Branch. 7.—Preston and Wyre Railway. Blackpool Branch. B.—Manchester South Juncti n to Altrincham Railway. 9.—Heaton Norris and Ashton Branch of Manchester and Birmingham Railway. u , .—Macclesfield Extension of same. 11.—Lancaster and Carlisle Railway. 12.-111137t0n Branch Grand Junction. 13.—Extensions of Stations Liverpool and Manchester Rill. way. lc —North Tunnelling of same. 15.—Parkside Branch of same. 16 —Patticroft and Clifton Branch of same. 17.—Rainford and Liverpool Branch of same. 18.—Newton and Ardwick Branch, Ashton, Stalybridge, and Liverpool Junction. Ig.—Guide Bridge Junction of same. 20.—Oldham Branch Extension, Manchester and Leeds Rail way. 21.—Heywood Branch Extension to Bury of same. 22.—Southport and Enxton Railway. 23.—Ribble Branch Railway, North Union and Ribble Navi gation. 24.—Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester Railway at Kirkheati n, called Cooper Bridge. 23.—Blackburn. Varwen, and Bolton Railway. 26.—Mosley and Stalybridge Waterworks. 27.—801t0n, Wigan, and Liverpool Railway, Leeds and Brad rd Extension. 28 —Birkenhead, Manchester, and Chester Railway. 2g.—Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington Extension. so.— Heywood Branch, Ma chester, Bury, and Rochdale Railway. _ _ 31.—branch from the St. Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway, in Sutton to Rufford. 32.—Heywood Waterworks. 33.—Heywood Waterworks (Spotland). 34.—Whitehaven and Furness Railway. Below we give a copy of the tit!es of the several plans deposited in the office of the Clerk of the Peace for the West-Riding of Yorkshire : I.—Barnsley Junction Railway. 2. Brayton to Goole—York and North Midland, Branch of. 3.—Church Fenton to Harrogate—York .and North Midland, Branch of. 4.—Di ect Northern Railway. s.—Goole. Doncaster, and Sheffield and Manchester Junction. 6.—Goole and Snaith 7. Harrogate and Ripon Junction. B.—H uddersfield and Manchester Railway and Branch. Gt.—Huddersfield and sticateld Junction and Branch. 10.—Huddersfie d Waterworks. 11.—Leeds and Bradford Railway Extension. 12.—Leeds and Th , r,k. 14.—Leeds. Dewsbury. and Manchester Junction. 15.—Leeds and West-Riding Junction. 16.—Lincoln, York, and Leeds, Direct and Independent. 17.—Londnn and York. 18.—Manchester and Leeds Burnley Branch. lg.—Manchester. Sheffield, and Midland Junction. 20.—Midland Railwa Branches and Station Enlargement. 21.—Darfield to Worsborough. 22.—Darfield to Elsecar. 23.—Chevet ti Ho , bury. 24 —Oakenshaw to Wakefield. 25 —Ambergate to Crich. 26.—Rotherhr.m. Bawtry, and Gainshorough Junction. 27.—She eld and Rotherham Junction Branch, and Station Enlargement. 28. Sheffield Waterworks. 29.—Shipley-lane. head and Barnsley Turnpike-road. 3 t.—South Milford to Doncaster, Ycrk and North Midland Branch. 31.—Swindon and Lincoln. 32.—Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole. 33.—West Yorkshire. 34._ - .lartchester. Barnsley. and Go , le.—Received Dec. 1. 55.—Sheffinld and Lincolnshire Junction.—Received Dec. 3. THE COURT 4 FASHIONABLE WORLD. It is uncertain whether her Mjesty will visit "the Duke " at Stratfieldsaye before or alter Christmas. The royal family have taken their accustomed prome nades and drives at Windsor during the past week. On Saturday, her Majesty and Prince Albert, and the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Cohur4, and the rest of the royal circle left the castle fur Claremont, where they will re main after the funeral of the Princess Sophia, which is to take place this night. Her Majesty his signified her intention of honouring by an early visit his Grace the Duke of Buckingham, at his princely mansion of Stowe, in Buckinghamshire. The Duke of Wellington does not intend to leave Apsley House for Stratlifieldsaye until a few days before the noble and gallant duke is honoured with the company of her M..jesty and her Royal Consort. The Marquis of Salisbury has been entertaining, this week, at Hatfield House, th. Marquis of Douro, the Earl of Ellenb , rough, Viscount Ossul&ton, Viscount and Vis countess Malcolm. Lord and Lady Robert Grosvenor, the Hon. Capt. Percy, and a distinguished party. - - BENEVOLENCE OF HER MaJEATY.—One hundred and eighty pairs of excellent blankets, the gift of the Queen, will be distributed amongst that number of poor families of Windsor at Christmas. A Iftetal supply of meat, beNtd, and plum pudding will also be given away to the poor of the town, at the time. PRINCE ALBERT'S PRIZE Ox.—This extraordinary ox. which vras purchased for his royal highne'ss in Scotland, in the autumn of last year, is now of the estimated weight of upwards of 200 stone, and finely proportioned withal. Its girth is ten feet six inches, and it stands upwards of seventeen bands high. It has been ted on grass, oil-cake, and clover, and is now in excellent health. SPO RTING I N TEL LIGENCE. TATTERSA LL'S, Ti URSDAY. -- The Derby herttnz, - withour ,ring at alt heavy, wan nt least as lively as it usually is at this period ; the chief out lay was on ldas, who was b.icked tor about £3OO ; about half that sum was put on Young Eclipse, and a smaller amount on Pam—the odds in each 22 to 1. Anti-Re pealer was backed at 25 to 1, for £6O or £7O. the taker willing to goon; Connaught Ranger for £6O, at 40 ti 1 ; Miss Wh!p colt at £2,000 to £45; and two other outsi ders for small sums. The odds against Alarm and the Cobweb colt are nominal. LATEST PRICES. CHESTER CUP (name or not.) 400 to 10 was laid agst Foig-a-ballagh. 1800 15 agst The Dean. 500 10 agst each of the following in ole bet :—Ratan, Alice Hawthorn, Foig-a-Ballagh, Exrem pore. Croton Oil, Pastoral, Agricdlturfst, c. by Gladiator, dam by Capticum, Morpeth, and Portobello DERBY. 15 to 1 agst Forth's lot. 11 1 Mr. Greville's Alarm. 17 1 Colonel Peel's Cobweb colt. 18 to 1 Colonel AMSOWS Kedger (taken.) 22 to 1 Lord Stradbroke's Ides (taken freely) 22 to 1 Lord Chesterfield's Pam (t iken) 23 to 1 Mr. Jacque's Anti-Repealer (take 25 to 1.) 30 to 1 Mr. A. Johnstone's Rebecca colt. 40 to 1 Mr. Irwin's Connaught Ranger (taken.) 45 to 1 Lord Giusgow's Miss Whip colt (taken.) 50 to 1 Mr. Forth's Lady Berner's colt (taken) 66 to 1 Mr. St. Paul's c. out of Calypso's dam (t.) 1000 even between Anti-Repealer and Idas. 1000 even between Young Eclipse and Idas. 1000 to 10 agst Cobweb colt winning the 2,000 Guinea Stakes and Derby, and Lancashire Witch the Oaks. • THE LATE MR. CROCKFORWS ACCOUNT. We are desired to state that the guarantee required by the Jockey Clab will be forthcoming on Monday next, and that the gentleman giving it will be prepared on the fol lowing Monday to settle the account. MANCHESTER-LATEST BETTING. A moderate room, with a desire to lay " extraordinary odds agst any outsider for the Derby," a feature in the sayings. THE CHESTER CUP. 100 to 1 was offered agst The Dean, Red Deer, and one or two others. THE DERBY. A bet of 10 score to 1 egst ldas and Young Eclipse is all we saw booked ; 20 to 1 in ponies agst each of six bar the crack (offered). Average prices :- 5 to 1 agbt Scott's lot (offered, 6 wanted) 7 1 Day's lot (offered) 16 1 Forth's lot (offered, 20 wanted) 10 1 Alarm (offered, 11 wanted) 17 1 Kedger (20 to 1 wanted) 17 1 Cobweb (20 to 1 wanted) 17 1 Young Eclipse (20 to 1 wanted) 20 1 Idas 22 1 Pam (offered) 22 1 Anti-Repealer (nominal) 25 1 Newamonger (nominal) 28 1 -- Rebecca (nominal) 30 l Old England (offered) 40 1 Winchester (nominal) 40 1 Ranger (offered, 50 wanted) 40 1 Lord Miltown (offered) 50 1 Lycurgus (offered) 50 1 Cabin Boy (nominal) 1000 —l5 Twig (offered) 500 —l2 Calypso's dam and Yellow Boy (offered) 20 1 Ranger and Lord Miltown (offered) Several other offers, as we guess, made at " THE OAKS. 5 1 Kent's lot (wanted) 7 1 Lancashire Witch (taken) THE CHASE. THE CHESHIRE HOUN DS Meet on Wednesday, the 11th instant , a t Tar porley ; on Thursday, the 12th. at Stannord - bridge ; a nd on Satur day, the 14th, at Warminglism Mill; each day at half past ten o'clock. THE ALBRIGHTON HOUNDS Meet on Thursday, the 12th , at Seig hford ; and on Satur day, the 14th, at Gatacre ;at half-past ten o'clo c k. SIR W. W. WYNN ' S HOUNDS Meet on Wednesday, the 11 th , at Plas Teg ; on Friday, the 13th, at Farndon ; and on Saturday, th e 14th at Brynypys, at half-past ten o'clock. , A fire broke out at the Newcastle Grand Stand at an early hour on Tuesday morning last. The roof and upper staircase were in flames, but the fire was speedily subdued, with but trifling damage. STEEPLE CHASE.—A match for £lOO was run across the country on Tuesday week, between Mr. Charlton's mare and a horse belonging to Mr. C. Christian, of Swin stead. ihe ground selected for the purpofe was a beau tiful line of country. between Grimsthorpe and Ilan thorpe. about two-and-half miles out and back again. Scott took the lead, was never headed, and won easily. Dec. 10, 1814. LOCAL NEWS. PRESENT iTION OF MR. INSPECTOR HEUER:in Inspector Berner, formerly of the Liverpool ferce, an now of the county constabulary, has recently been Pr!, m se e n n te o d r w o i r t e h ß a u m ry as d s i i v v i e si tv , er m sn h u i ff s i b t o m x o b v y a t l h f e ro s m erje t o b n a t t e; trict to that of Amounderness. DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT OF A SHIP'S CREW. Friday, Captain Johnston, master of the Grampian , eP o : ;retired before Mr. Ru , hton, to answer a suuarn f ons . : . refusing to pay Michael Robinson, one of his crew , a b„. lance of £1 125., allegtd to be due as wages. The aPPL I , cant stated that he bad come in the vessel from St. Jo b "; N.B , and that they had been engaged by the run. Co.e q i- Johnston proved that almost till the hands, the plain", included,refused to had work. came o on a f t the tn a 4 body,th November,ao and said t /;`, having shipped in a body they would do nothing 0). ( !r ° than haul r ound the yards, and steer and pump the al: He told them if they refused they should have no foe__ One of them said they bad bread in the forecastle 00. which they could live for some days, and they then fell . ' forward, and 14 of them ceased from duty for some tla?`, They had pistols, which they loaded and discharged toot, timidate the captain, who was obliged to load his ton pistols in case of more violent proceedings. Mr. Rushto n ordered the summons to be dismissed, and said the coo' duct of the whole fourte en h a d b een so disgracettll and dangerous that not one of them should recover a farthiog of their wages if they appli e d. M r . O wen , who was en• gaged for the whole, abandoned the ca e. MEETING OF THE PAVING AND SEWERAGE ,031. SIONERS.—THURSDAY.—Mr. Arthur Henderson we ci d d ,, complaint respecting the want of li g hts on otiednes,a4 evening at some works going on in Islington in the nu" , die of the road. He had, in conseq uence , incurred coot siderable danger by running with his horse and gig ag ains d a heap of . stores ; the reins, however, broke and stoPPe n the horst ) ; or probably the consequences might have beet serious. On the same evening, according to a, stateinee, read by the chairman-, an accident occurred from a t omb tar cause in Scotland-road, by which the Ormskirk """ 0 was upset at the corner of Dryden-street; one ru e was thrown out and had his collar bone broken, but th e rest escaped without any 'material injury ; it aelie er f e ss els) that a week or two ago. Thomas Hill, the driver car, was thrown from the box, owing to his vehicle fa ing into a s , wer in New Bird-street, and rendered if; pable of following his employment for several days• b surveyors were called in, and a notice rea d to th e m to te effect that none of the workmen em pl oye d i n esc avati° o 4 &c., in the street- should he allowed to le ave the work " t the lights are placed and the watchmen are on the sPe; Orders were also given to have a num b er o f tress elar e r barrier., to be placed. at each end of the excavation , °' other mD orec l: i chair)n the TT EE .N_icToll U Houghton , I . reSf Chilton,n t.— IN N i l es o s o r ,A s• i ; Smith, Shand, Horsfatl, Evans, Kendall, Sandbac b ' enderson, Mann, Molyneux, Tobin, Middleto n i Aikin; and Royden.—The t en d er o f Boulcotte 1'1;d CO., of London, for the supply of 3,000 gall ins of 0 0 ) oil, was accepted.—ln reply to the letter of Henry W e ', and Co., noticed last week, it was stated by the suh-cl', mittee that no new chains were at present wanted. T he o be e saitrt s eirt,e u rl,tr:n, s l ts - nrwer c . gc,soineenirmhu transit :oisimsattoiet:e:.stnedhiiisoeiragr.rue,seltpmpdroliuto,ritbrpt,st:eeloceidi reported to t otd l tita r ,h a i itdse N csnf l itiol sgieelarge ; y rvote s bebtfi , }erutayittit o tthbed f deotrei t u r,a, ado n the sabr t prt i dri r nvdes n ,lecoo r :e.o. de r pt of Customs would not allow them to do so, although tbere were two of the sheds with on l y a small portion of the cargo of other vessels in them. After some conversati on ' it was resolved, on the motion of Mr. Aikin, that t l4 chairman and deputy-chairman should wait upon the Inspector general arid colieeter and comptroller of t'; Customs on the subject.—A later from Mr. John Sh e "( Leigh, as to a drain, was referred to the su b -comm itteeo Works.—A letter was re a d Porn Mr. Peter C a to, uceet t ; ing the terms of the !five offered by the committee mit. - 23rd u'tireo. He expressed a hope that the coremitte: would place him on the same footing as Mr. Wilson, regard to compensation in. case of removal. The coo" mittee resolved to adtAre strictly to the original conch' tions. seeded y Fitt ; nor :gwe,Tiad.itntyvvErnteitt(lele:iiinscfiNtiollifillCcirllsea.ohleiErm:gtgNibieiinnTiyigio,oo:Su(lnrcai the di Scotlandoy\ os T wnoe T eaded r ayts. s , rop,i r reemswAcd,Gs resume enuy e e bitniat e trsbteteten OFee:era.f andyr C pear efd, r t od t at : chedsoot t r): ei an t. o , in In ue hnu . doe : ee feta:J : oor 0;. ! : : o thence to Wootton, where they enjoyed the pastime es tnele - e for so ne hours, by way of getting their hands i r !: They were all members of " The Lowhill and Even''' Curling Club," and the result was an arrangement for 3 more regular contention on the following day. Accord' ingly, on Saturday. about twenty of these stalwart 01 5 of Scotia met at the sameringi ng place, and ten on ewe ' side, headed be the two bachelor " skips" (or g ,e t ierals) played with great vigour an d an i mat i on ( the i ce bell uncommonly fine), from eleven until f our o'clock. 10111°11( much advantage: to either. This iei to the bachelors 0, the party declaring " friendly" war against the marri3l' men present—and the match was fixed to come off oa Thursday next, at the same scene of action, the sport to commence at half past twelve o'clock,—the los:rs to rr'i vide for the whole, the ancient na ti ona l di nn er of be ef and greens. The plain but s ub s t ant i a l re p a st will served up at Mr. Kirkup's, the Wavertr-'e Coffee House, where the " stones" are deposited. Fine sport 13 ex pecte,l. The club is in expect a ti on o f th e f r ost last in g out the week, and of having the lontalked.of match t e between the Liverpool and Manchester- players 01 ‘, same ground—the latter having this year to follow t" challenge on the ice. MEETING OF THE BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS On Friday erecting the monthly meeting took place, at the Town-hall, Birkenhead. John H. Greene, Esq. in the chair. --Mr_ Bentham complained of the filthy end nn• wholesome state of the - courts in Back Chester-street, when it was stated the cotnm:ssioners had power to pre" vent the erection of such places in future, and that the owner of the property alluded to would be called upon to make such improvements as would remove the nu:sauce. -- The Market Committee recommended that £196 be ex pended in the purchase of fountains for the new Market.-- The receipts of the Woodside Ferry, for the past months were stated to be £1354, being an increase on the receipts of the same month last year of £4lB. A conversation took place as to the time when the Monks' Ferry wo n , be regularly opened to the public, when it appeared th at the committee had not the power to open it until the tine, deeds were completed. It was also stared that more bil e could not be employed until the landing places on this bile were improved. The Chairman said, he believed th e corporation were doing their utmost to obtain plans.—Th e improvement rate was fixed at 7d., and the watching ra te at lid., in the nound.—A letter to the commission er ' from Mr. John Laird was read, to the effect that Mess rs ' W. Jackson, W. Potter, Macgregor Laird, and the writer, had decided on building and endowi ng a c hurch, to b e s placed at the west end of Conway-stre e t, - here it Corporation-road, the New-road, and WallaseY• • , order to improve the site, they appliel for a slight deo! 0 tion of the Corporation-road. The letter was referred the Improvement Committee.—lt was agreed that a spe cial meeting should be held that night week for the o t ( pose of considering the propriety of postponing the eale t 'b the land in the Park, from the 18th of the present mon to the end of April next.—The board then adjourned. PROPOSED ENLARGEMENT OF ST. JAMES'S CllGger; —On Thursday evenin e a public meeting wa s held in t i o School-room helongng to S. James's Church "to into consideration the best mode of increasing the 61. 0 05 accommodation (especially for the poor) in the poPtll c li e district, by the enlargement of the church, at Which i t e pew-owners, and grave-owners are invited to atteno• About 150 persons were present. The Rev. 11. H 1; ton was proposed as chairman, but an amendment , c_ t proposed by Mr. Barnes, seconded by Mr. Dawson, tit!, Dr. M'Kee should preside. This was declared to be c?' tied amidst some confusion, the original motion not bell: mpurt.. Hampton ltlr. . l‘ 1 ( w e s p wished rese n to t declinei‘ Mr. Barnes taking h Hampton ought not to preside, as he wasa teh n oc i u hangtileirtw iin tes hi.er h ti t : party. The rev. gentlem an exp l a i ne d t h at as a r i g ht t ought to occupy the chair, and was besides the bes e enabled to explain th e o bj ect i n v i ew, which he ass° r ob them woeld not violate the feelings of any of the relati c eid of those who were i n te rre d near th e c h urc h. Af te r s°"" c , conversation the amendment and the motion were 0 0 1 cessively put and there appeared 36 for Mr. Al 'Kee , B t he 38 for Mr. Hampton. The latter accordingly took 0 14 chair, and rend a list of the parties whose graves w n t es he affected. He said he had given every publicity t(' , ih object in view, and had no sinister or mercenary objecl is , view. He stated that there were 19,300 people in his 'O , trict, whereas the church accommodation was only s ' If cient for 1000, and that the endowment amounted to 0 ,, ) ,1 £7O a-year, The alterations would give 800 addit in ids sittings, 300 of which it was proposed should go tol /s t es the endowment of the church, and 500 be set apart to poor for ever. It ought, also, to be recollected thsloo owners of pews would soon be called upon to expend tit. upon a new roof, and this was included in the ater e t4 proposed to be made. He then expl a ined that the as for the enlargement of th e c h urc h, would be built ' 3 r t er arches, placed between the graves , so as not in the , to disturb the coffins now in them, and that access est be left to each grave—i n so me cases th ere wou ld be 6 6 it 6 inches head•roorn, and, in the lowest part, 4 feet of ches for parties to work at the graves. Mr. Monte w o so said that though his grave would not be affected 11 0 4. against the principle of disturbing the ashes of the d lle If parties did not think the church large enoo_gldst; thought they ought to build another. Mr. H. G. bord proposed a resolution to the effect that the Pia be alterations should be made, seeing that no grave to, u e joilt disturbed. Mr. Fisher, after some further coniutiost seconded the motion. Mr. M'Rae said the alters cod were unjustifiable without the consent of all parties' 4/ it would be cruelty to disturb the graves. (UPO st ie. ) cries "it would," " iniquitous," " that's true , id be Mr. Welsh, the architect, stated that no grave Wou6oll' disturbed. Mr. Barnes said he should propose an IT, O O O ment, and proceeded to state that the church would be empty—attributing neglect of duty to the trt in „ r eeti This created great uproar, and Mr. Harbord reoIefo)• that such an attack on a clergyman was very disgrn e for The chairman left the chair, which was, after sortolt.eri: ther confusion, taken at his request by Mr. Montevni,el Mr. Barnes attempted to speak but was Prevente d . thi s marks of disapprobation, the chairman remarktr Ile'' unless he apologised he ought not to be heard. 1 " r' o f 0 ) bord said he branded Mr. Barnes as the authorractep anonymous letter reflecting on Mr. Hampton's eti l e con' said dOtchtei were e w erxe h P a ri nte expressions with were cries taken of the expression. Order not being likely to Le re j _ upon which he at fiofrsdtisraepfupereodvatlooafp:llorg.isßea, Barnes Mr. Harbord withdrew his motion, and the chair P nounced the meeting to be dissolved. t a u n rn ins l u ii l m t, 103eatvit,;_sfltpostlieili ~~\