The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-05-16 00:00:00

LIVIIi T littTltV.. , --Tlie weir,,werk of Me, Splinetlie? t e continues to provesittraetive i the variety of the amo.eme provided affording ranch entertainment. Tee CHINESE made t o this collec EXHIBITION.—Sonie addit , tion since ou r last notice. i its n:useu u t tit i ' w, e ll worthy o f a visit, as tending to impart not arnusenii. Only, but instruction to the spectator. beiPkarit PROM BURNING. —yesterday an inquest was held . ore the borough coroner, on view or the body of P d ati ,v ic a k a taa at, aged five years. On the 29th ult. dece . , standing before the fi re, when a little girl pushed h i m and lie fell across the feeder, and in falling knocked down a ied-eot ( rota the hob into the fire, the steam from which, flying out, acalded him SO dreadfully on the neck and breast . that . he lingered until Prida last , when he died. Verdict, 4 Acci dental death." y BbEN DEATA.—An inquest was held yesterday , before Ittr. Curry, touching the death of Ellen Bridge. 'I he G .t. ceased y, 47, was a servant and resided in Brownlown b e - • r waY, while she was at work cleaning the house, s he Insencame suddenly ill, and was soon afterwards found t o be sible. A surgeon was called, and he attempted t o blod, but failed, and deceased died in about 20 minute s afterwards. On an examination after death, it was fou . n n d . .t.at rupture of a blood vessel had taken place in the brain. V erdict Ft accordingly, " Natural causes. " NEE UPON PUBLICANS AND Be EttsELLEns.7Twenty 18ainaiX informations were heard on Friday, at the Police-court, u. st publicans and beersellers. Twelve were against p the b ' c ans, and fourteen against beersellers. Those agains t 0.- Publicans were disposed of as follows : — One (a fenc) was fined £4 and costs , ten were tined .E 2 eac i anti secon i d f costa; and one was fined Xl. and . costs. The intormations ipinst the beersellers were thus disposed of :—Two were _ .. fle d £3 each and• five £5 each and costs ; six 4;.! costs , . each and cost • Mati oe . s , and one acquitted. There were two infoi thei • against the vendors of table beer for harbouring in __.t an d sPla disorderly characters; one was fined 1:2 and costa, te other was acquitted. last T Mr " . the CONCERT.—We were gratified on wer e due'day evening to find that this young lady's tale a i i i i ts , indne 11!Y,aPPreciated, by th attendance of a nurc . ierous v re a .. ,P eet ntiai auditory, no Were the entertainments in are lle trios of the distinguished patronage they received. whi e l t i Z e i were given with a truth to tinie . and tt l a nm o e n n Y t: Its, p._sPoice a thorough knowledge of mus ica l l led oft,?ett.esas most deservedly encored in the fa vourite _ a he, hal o th e 41 Captive Greek Girl," by Hobbs. .T . ' Peace that el' 111eC''' was given by Miss M. Swain wit , n , D a by ki.ielted lengthened applause. The ballad of o pa a t l i d ie s , ; heresul g* lengthened was exeedingly pleasing. Madamoiselle n Ri'c ublic,) Roe a e , ( 0 1 ' 4 0 on this occasion made her debut i al 111 in a t t "equivocal promise of futuri excell_e n _n r c p . e R b y o a t t h i ,tiProtnistraltaentalist and vocal performer. M ng of , . L' e rY fine voice, and was loudly encored in the we ar e 1 OW way'd the Summer Woods.' Of Miss Leach ditieePased to be enabled to speak in terms of cotnmen- Purit y (I P' lower notes possess p a richness o f qua l i ty , and B°4 " Int"ati en, which are rarely to be met with: _h_e r r . L e i MY Childl d' Home," was sweetly sung. M . ach (fro- 100 8 gaVe m . the Southampton Concerts) appe ared and Usual much satiafaction. Mr. Eyton conducted with his sT good taste and ability. Werel,l,ll„ A CAlV E, —. William Jones and Edward Eva ns te Poneqrgett before Messrs Rathbone and Percival, cart, h eropertevtt,,.., on Saturday ' with having stolen a tiie was left" - ' m all Evans. ' The cart in question, it . i appears , wiaence a ca st h e r l aerne waste land near the Borough G beaerat; ti He e /p n Satu r d ay " g i ng to Mrs• Evans had teen previously an stolen. . m. r. ' • missed a second m a d e rnor ning Mrs. Evans ' s sou inquiry from a labourer who was working away le s Pnt, and was informed that two men bad ta g a cart that morni search, Evans found . n ng. After some e ''' named Ployed bi,„ sooyd, who informed him that a man had ern- Stood, and that Morning to take his horse to where the cart Evans went to t h e .„,. draw it to the North Haymarket. teetionoorth i 4 ~, -inYmarket, and there found his cart. er l e nf a o p r : Prelteed2s given to the police, and both priso . to j e , s _ cu. It he hettieg• When officer that appeared that Evans had deliv n e e r r e g d w the cart apprehended, Evans told the t the __ay. Mark et teen directed by Jones to take the cart tol he H parch ?, be sold. Before the magistrates, he said o h m ad . Mitt "" e ° the cart three days ago. The prisoners were c ,_ Ted for trial. R kr, rotea4illY A. Lo nozn..—At the Police-court, on Saturday, PercPercival, !wcroft was placed before Messrs. Rathbone and ival e .. n s 4 ,, r getl . with having robbed . Mr. George Taylor. iod ged ...,,,ii esevington. i eto time, hill. The prisoner and his father Mis led w "is Mr. Taylor. The latter has, from t m _wava koeaptiholnih e t h h e i from his till within the bar, though heal money -drawer and the door of the bar locked. e, Id r . es.urladaY night last, after the prisoner had gone. to Da.)U. n ev . ..1 pr placed in the drawer a quantity of mar t k in d onl. lei:;:tw. locked it and the bar-door as usual. Nex t The h„t'x' he went down stairs and found the prisoner up. The drawer was exee,,h-e'dand rnoney-drawer were locked. taken fr om ' w then e hread. of milk Mr. Taylor found that 2s. 3id. had been And so m e The prisoner had before him a jug 11.1.. k. seller i Mr. Taylor went to the baker and it had nlntlnei prisoner the too .th e re and had ghbourhood, and discovered that the of the be had purchased bread and milk. A m ongst coi n wh t Y, at both places Mr. Taylor found portions nto C oin marked. The prisoner was taken w _i eh nnlo c k e , He was searched at Bridewell, where key_._ hi t inted i„"Ohe door of Mr Taylor's bar and the till, were y r - 's Pocket. He v.as committed for trial. , 111 z Ir e ,„ 4and, p ith -aa.--SATtrttosx EVENING.—The state of Ire the h the progress of the repeal agitation there,acmonoitlig the pen b e a subject be Pt" of the St k E h of painful interest in the City, and entertained oc lation tot he xc ange apprehensions appeareto e ffect, th at , rumours indeed were in circu at he e d ,_ aetne event of a portentous character was cl_o e s r e ) r . harangue:Q(7lf ,r,fr_olia the surface of affairs or even the fi *ere 4free t " t " :°u nell, might be suspeCted. and d he co F a u s n o d la s d eclin e d 4. se t by this sort of general impression, • n 964 to 4 - both for ~,Pe r cent., the closing quotations being . ce. for th e 0 -one'Y and this account, with a heavy i appearan ce; Was lg o Pen I . n g they were however, 96/ to _• Bank be fore 8 2' India Stock 265 to 7.—lt would seem,os fo r the ald, that Senor Cortina is by no means the fav ourit e o. letora i l'ies " P rime Ali later at Madrid among the spe t c at he b,ti nd.-Panish Stock n the news received to-day _h a. bine-. 04`elined to u nder s ta i k a e s the construction of a nerTtyCof the C ortes ae t e "nt of the di ff iculty of obtainin Proposition oeesuPPort his administration and the a ma n ) d n t o he prices o se consequent V . t he New ih, t he Post to Senor Olozaga, . rallied 4; beferrej 4 4 : ton 32 a to 4 ,and of Active }ices to 221 to Converted 4 ?i to 1 9 , Passive 41 to i. 57 1 to i Portuguese p e r Cents 3 4°- ' t° Dutc h ' Two-and-a-Half 13razilian' t 7 1 4 1e t ß o i, per C entslooßelgian 1024 . to a• to 5 . o, Mexican 294 to 301. Colombian 241 ' l 4 4 , rit ° II Prid4„ l as t . °YAL.--The Theatre Royal closed stici n den ro ly . Atalsi e 01 The season has been a long and an . u t ithe s, tie' 3 lr. W. J. 1- lammo'nd has struggled against P b , a e d . rseee Prejudice and n 1 t "th a firmness and perse% Li ca. !hat dese rv e eg ec ,w 1 has been awarded rve a better fate than raII everV e has endeavoured to suit the palate of the blic, h a n . tiB4llaPe his means would allow; he has produced e has ''''‘'nos in a style unprecedented in the provinces; v.n his a. .atri ee . , 'recti ee ~ ", ny stepping out of the beaten path, t"Ilio getter ti g ul t. a moil a , tir - . e and an open hand from those 7 u er e ~., v untie to reward those who seek to pleas of but 14ritatir nave the extraordinaryext fact before our eyes . the o. kr. spent in kingdom, (the modern Floren ce of a f Pstent tl ".) with 300,000 inhabitants, unable to suppo r t __ tlior 4.„ pktre! Can it be that the drama is out of repute ? tieirTuatelktabue said that the mass of the publi c ~ have turn ed y e th o .. Pon the patent theatre because its proprietors 4 'bric "likt Proper to support their rights, and compel that elite!. i,?,'"Ade by the contract made with those deputed to 4 ‘ 3 llht t." h .1_ !nee agreements. We have heard those who the ~`• `now better u braid Mr. Hammond as the cause Pelt.Nnikiuttiatecrutions, ancrblame him for any dilemmas those ?le11.(1 tieis,_ Y. pave got into, who have barefacedly, wantonly, irillningly set law and justice at defiance : Is this 'Natal' Hammond, the tenant of the proprietors, co koneh,., 0 receive certain privileges —these privileges f o _ fisinv77 be , is not permitted to enjoy —he naturall corn tiiiiietoeattr sortie ,rx.the contract is not fulfilled, and because hi s land i she to show that they have a righ t . of t * a r t ; H are ' ta t he P.ublic opinion runs in a rapid current again! : L c it ° nu, and to him is attached all the odi um—if , 0874-gm terms can be called f being a persecutor! 'A e have ,11 : Wehei_perse:sive —of°this fe n eling . feom numbers of per- T r `ltose w h o en the feeling carried out in the absence I 'led, 'wito once graced the boxes by their presence.. c c' f tb , 0 1ie....11 th est actors of the day—Comedy, . with a tae hi„,.a.Yest an d merriest faces—Opera, in the . works I „ heat class, down to the graceful compositions of _ thinesee,ehtu‘an., whose only hope and wish was e exiat,""o those around him—nothing could propitiate k ene ing Prejua.. to afford kV ' 1 1, a A 'Le. Sterling merit in acting, spectacle,. cri l , l l ; ~ It nu i e decor Sterling have all been tried, and without lent ,e 'l the effortu" to dis;uise it—popular . has and ta t.aert te en; and s of an industrious, P . d d. strange to say, ersevermg, sympathised with those 1! "e re d e 10nopei el ely 0 the rong As to the of principle t _ e 'lr L. th at •• w • • th e me 01 , e et is a different question. We say, throw the eei 4 , but with ' t ' tions which shall preven at, ate he . _. ~ certain res . lee ~ _ O . 11 s; 4 k Y the' °I I f r the crime and sin cheap theatriczes, for th e it .in ns i s may be ascribed to this cause. —We be lti ‘ns b e .s contemplation to appropriate a night or two h e ll i ' l g illp nefit of the compan and it is to be hoped that . a 0 , t tt ~ort w in be rendered t o those who have done their .ex ' it tli a tliallittlitee perhaps many a weary hour, and that some ori_ta•--..w'nd feeling may be abated which unquestionably b _ ato ll „: j)erceive from the Bristol papers, that the pro a- - ..pete e4 ` t il !lie theatr e in that town, which is underthe m 4103104.13:1! Nfra. Macready, have been paid a div idend . of ' kc. blhat'e• 'he seasons at Manchester, &rating ) h ave also been very s uccessful. .................. _ 'Pe,-- —Sonic ndditions have been Thef I • ----- 4 l ) tiii °I °*l, l" is a th e r o tiewit7. copy of the gratifying, letter presented to b steam-ship on iiti h o e : r e ti l t h o , u ' e weanritiii ria4,n.til e e r . 0 f , , this In splend id behalf of the passengers yep in blabs 'team-s hip ' i g iritanni a , on her homeward patso ‘t„4_ th e ~.._Y, 18 43 . , we take much pleasure in expressing to a e, s 'etly e;slleat satisfaction we have experienced throughout ..n , fort."' most pleasant passage, with the convenience, o the . 4'4 ,vtll'aavtid the discipline of your ship, ar ( . 1 the big . op e i 4 10 skil l 4 e been led to entertain of your ability, experienc t ,I'.! rest !4eonainandr. Your excellent administration h o . s t ;11,:: eorebi...l which the highest efficiency as an officer . re d_ l e ' for thled with the most attentive and gentlemanly h e ! elegreee per sonal he of your passengers, has resulted . 4114rdilie(l'i'titIlitiviet, of order, and of moralduccorleuamsaonnt stl(;nlu-s r 't e tl , 4 to helifeel indeebibteadlealtshoetovogegoettirusou ffi acersp of the ship, 11 4, 41 t by t1;41131:)Yed on board for having contributed to this io,ittei Perfo-reniaed'acr,itY. and the' faithfulness with which they r,,,, 1,-e the of p e ps their respective duties. We cannot but tht,t,itioeso'prie that the superior speed, safety, and acco . m- Ar e 11 ?ter e 4 t ills line of noble steamers will aid in increasing of ericii ,`",e between the people of Great Britain . and ;(tti.ty'zi,llll,oeebayeeis.trengthening and consolidating relations tOcq 441teheiersotial consideration for our future welfare, and " in Your arduous and responsibleY calling, " We re main, in b e h alf of the passengers, JACOB ABBOTT, Farmington, Maine. " THOMAS SEWELL, W ashi, HORACE MANN, Boston. ngton D.C. ~ '' Th omas CocK, New York• o (..., '` II ilxitY C. CORBIT, Philadelphia. - ,l l tai rk j 1 :` T. C. W. PIERCE, England." 'teato.pa°ol:llWitt, of the Royal L tannia, May 13, 1843." ----6-0--- --- - iIiESPONDENCE. , N .4 : f " 7'14 trY°()DSIDE STEAMERS. ut,;,•k,--.../ — ' 7.0 1 , 1 OF THE LIVERPOOL sTANDAIID• tlqdaWo` wiper I,)rceive bv a notice to correspondents i n your ide i;ehat some. one is wishing the directors of the 11 1, ot, r e t o l ' . . ) ) )' to make use of t ' hu ts screw in the new vessel 19. sue gtho myself in i P n r iTch r a e n " ...p.r friend o t o ; 4'1 : 11 : t l 'et ' l l ''4 :l 'ild a e t LI ef4r) et 'l a n n 'd o liAsk they ew carri d im 1 14 e htl fs ~ef.all be provemnt. whichi'etil of steering at 147 4ild t,'".Lhe vessel e (l out b . y it, viz. . ity of back fotho4ble e r ? d i ng at Woo'da:id ,that ob.itin.c.e lieer'directors f e nd so °Wee -41,17g tbai-theauses such seeriosulps'd wellancsh is ße o sides, I am in op e11 e ,.,1e oe „ e little vessel which has been at work on the pr e g itl b e '", high pre ' . ' the directo rn i _ o t t, _very e _ . ssure principle ;if so, 4i. ueit.f_ autious how they employ such means to i ver4,o,„crry, respectfully "" lia.ti 15, 18413."1, Sir, your's o BRITANNIA STEAM SHIP, , r Torrens ttct44reraed..,(3llllot4a A---,:;1) MR COBDEN.-031. ‘4rl/41 0444 e, of - '.(:)ng letter to Mr. . Cobden on the slin e 181 5 ‘?f k , 4io which he has been' a . zealous advocate since It ",% hefis-er,uht °f which he to explain the grounds suing h'%,elilittd that t he co wish es C hden is P ur IA Tt Ik4 th to ret urse which Mr. 0 f the o'- ay 4 , 4 ard the accomplislanont o 'lect of t4ltttlellY 4 14°113 to promote. Tfir, geftEW PROPELLP,R In the STANDARD of the sth inst., we published a descrip. lion of a small iron vessel. called the " Liverpool Screw," built by Messrs. Mather, Dixon, and Grantham, and worked by a screw. At our request the builders have furnished us with further particulars of Ler dimensions and power, which answer the inquiries of a correspondent in our last. 'Die vessel is 65 feet between the perpendiculars, arid 12 feet 6 inches beam ; her average draft of water when ready for work is 3 feet 9 inches ; she is worked by two cylinders 13 inches diameter, and 18 inches stroke, and when light averages about 85 revolutions per minute. The boiler is on the loco motive principle, and the usual pressure of the steam 50 lbs. per square inch, and is sometimes increased to 56lbs. Ex pansion valves are always used, which cut off the steam at one-fourth of the stroke—thus by making allowance for the pressure in the blast pipe, and for the operation of the ex pansion, which wire-draws the steam at closing, the actual power is equal only to a boiler pressure of from 27 lbs to 30 lbs per square inch. In comparing this with the nominal horse-power of the vessels against which she has been running, which generally have a pressure of 7lbs. per square inch on the boiler, and 13lbs. in the condenser, (equal to a boiler pressure of 201b5.) and the piston working 200 feet per minute, makes the power employed in the screw vessel from 19 to 21 horses. We may add a few particulars of a trip made by her on Friday last, which was taken in order to test her power of towing. Mr. Pendleburv. agent for the Duke's, Captain Foulkes, manager of the Duke's steamers, and other gentle. men interested in the carrying trade, accompanied her. She was matched against the Bridgewater, one of the best tow boats on the river for her power. The " Screw" had five fits, and the Bridgewater seven. The nominal power of the former is 20, and of the latter is 34 horses. With these respective loads the screw-boat occupied 1 hour and 47 minutes from the Duke's Dock to the dock at Runcorn, beating the Bridgewater a few minutes — showing a superiority in the screw of about 23 per cent. in proportion to the nominal horse-power. But it has since been found from actual measurement that the respective power was as 163 to 300, shewing a still greater advantage i❑ favour of the screw. The little vessel, in a short time after her arrival at Run corn, started for Weston Point. In the canals it is found that the screw has not the least effect on the banks, and that the disturbance in the water is no more than if the same vessel was tracked by horses. At Weston Point, the canal being deep, the steamer could make more speed than is usually thought advisable in other places. She, however, took a flat in tow for nearly half the distance ; and with this encum brance, and the engine working slowly, she performed four miles in 36 minutes. An engineer belonging to the navigation accompanied her, and expressed himself satisfied that no in jury to the banks could be caused by her. She then proceeded at full speed up the winding and beau tiful River (Weaver), and arrived, after a most delightful sail, at Northwich. Here she took on board a large party, and proceeded to Winsford, but, owing to the numerous nar row turns in the river, her speed could not be maintained. The next morning she returned to Westonpoint, running the distance from Northwich in two hours and twenty-five minutes, including the delays in the locks. From this she started for Liverpool, the wind blowing very strongly against her, and the river very rough. Shortly after starting she overtook the Alice tow-boat, of 70 horse power, with three flats in tow, one heavy and two light. Our little vessel took the loaded flat in tow, and now commenced a struggle. The short and angry sea continually breaking over the flats, and almost hiding th e m from the crew of the steamers ; and here, more than ever, the triumphant superi ority of the screw was shewn. In spite of the disturbed state of the water and the plunging of the vessels, it maintained its usual uniform speed, and soon left the Alice in the distance. On reaching Liverpool she again proceeded on her way and ran down the channel for some miles, but, as the tide wasfalling, the water became smooth, and she, therefore, returned to her moorings. When she left the Duke's Dock on Friday, she had 18 cwt. of coke and 4 cwt. of coal on board ; to this was added 113 1 cwt. of coke at Northwich ; and with this fuel she performed all the work above described, and when she came to an an chor at 31 p.m. on Saturday, she had about 7 cwt. remaining. The steam was up from 7 a.m. on Friday till 81 p.m. The fires were kept up all night, and at 6 a.m. on Saturday she again got up steam, and continued till 31 p.m. The quan tity of fuel consumed was consequently very small. Thus, under all the circumstances by which a steamer can be tested, (say our informants,) has this little vessel proved the advantage of the principle on which her machinery is constructed. We are informed that the same principle may be applied to vessels of the largest class, with low-pressure engines, and without employing spur wheels or straps, or any of the complicated machinery which has hitherto ob structed the progress of this important improvement in steam navigation. MEETING OF THE POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY. CHANGES IN METALS WHEN WORKED UNDER VARIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES (Concluded from our last paper.) Zinc and hard steel (continued Mr. Adie) had the property when heated together of generating thermo-electric currents of opposite kinds. On repeating the experiment with steel and silver, he found the result to be the same for both ; that the current reversed on reaching the temperature of 240 deg. He could never detect a difference in the grain of zinc which had been exposed for years to the fluctuation of the weather, but when exposed to a high temperature, on roofs, it was sometimes complained that it became brittle. He next noticed some other experiments on cast metals, and stated, in detail, the following results :—Lead, zinc, and tin were highest in density w h en qu i c kly coo l e d ; l ea d and tin lost density by annealing; in pure silver the density was lowest when quickly cooled ; and copper resembled it in this respect; rolled and drawn copper on annealing retained its density with much uniformity, though repeatedly heated to a dull red heat and plunged in water; but cooled once from a higher temperature it lost three-fourths par cent. An ex periment made on soft steel, by hardening it repeatedly, and restoring it to its original soft state, showed that it still re tained its specific gravity without alteration, and that flaws in this metal are not, as supposed by some, generated by often repeated hardening, which might, however, be a test of its soundness. The high temperature required for melting iron had pre vented him from trying how far it gained or lo•t in density by quick cooling. •' its specific gravity„' says Turner, " may be estimated at 7.7, but it varies slightly according to the degree to which it has been rolled, hammered, or drawn, and it is increased by fusion." The increase in density was, he (Mr. A.) believed, by fusion and slow cooling. Rolled or drawn iron retained a uniform density, when long annealed, at a temperature of 530 deg. He next noticed some experi ments by the galvanometer on pieces of bard drawn wire, cut in two, and one half annealed ; the junction of these caused a deflection of the needle. Iron with a high heat changed quickly in texture; the bruised or crushed crystals re-formed themselves, as in zinc. Its natural texture was said to be fibrous, but a granular, or crystalline appearance was often seen at a fracture. This might, perhaps, arise to some extent from the carbon it contained—about one-half per cent. While attending another society that met at the Royal Institution, he had heard Mr. Airy, the astronomer royal, state of iron ships, that it would be necessary from time to time to examine their compasses, for plates of iron were sup posed to change their nature with age; in support of which, he said he had seen broken anchors at the dock-yards with a crystalline fracture, where the makers of them were certain that the texture once was fibrous. Anchors were made of pieces of hammered or rolled iron, and were, consequently, at one time, fibrous ; and the question was. whether the change was produced by subsequent working, or by time. He was inclined to believe, that the variation in the fracture of iron, from fibrous to crystalline, took place at very high temperatures, while heated for working, and that it was un changeable in texture to any practical extent by time. Al though cold hammering was fatal to its texture in some cases of management, in wire drawing it was extensively worked in a cold state without any loss of strength. It annealed from time to time, iron wire could be reduced in section to 1-400th of the thick wire originally commenced with ; and though cold at the time of drawing, it went through this great reduction, retaining its tenacity and strength more than any other metal. If drawn repeatedly without annealing, it be comes hard, fissures appear, and it breaks in pulling it through the plate. The lecturer then, in conclusion, recapitulated the results of his several experiments of the effects of hard and soft pieces of metal in the galvanometer, the changes of density produced by rapid or slow cooling, and the effects of anneal ing on the grain and density of the several metals. He sat down amidst much applause. A brief discussion then ensued, in which the Chairman, and several members practically acquainted with the working of metals, took part. A gentleman said he had found the largest crystals he had ever seen in a broken link of a chain cable which had long lain in salt water. A conversation then arose as to whether the change was produced by any chemical action in the water, or from the previous and final working of the iron at a very high temperature, or under such management as altered its texture at the forge? The last opinion appeared to be generally entertained by the meeting. With respect to cast iron, several extraordinary instances were adduced of large castings that had been long immersed in salt water becoming of a soft nature, easily cut, or, in other words, converted into plumbago. Mr. Smith was of opinion that any change in cast iron was the result of mechanical operation, and riot any chemical effect upon it of salt water. The President said the opinion that plates of iron in a vessel underwent a change of texture from fibrous to granulous, should be received with great caution, as expe rience left no groun d f or suc h an assumption. Mr. Adie gave some satisfactory explanations of points in his lecture in reply to members, and the thanks of the meeting were awarded to him. The CUAIIIMAN then stated that there would now be a vacation of the society for three months, so that the next meeting would be in September. He called the attention of the members to the forthcoming polytechnic exhibition at the Collegiate Institution, and exhorted such members as could to assist it, by contributing models or other articles, or by their services on committees. He anticipated that the exhibition would excel all previous ones i❑ the town, and its object was one which they were peculiarly called upon to encourage und promote. Their treasurer and secretary had already given their valuable services in the cause, and he hoped many others would follow their laudable example. This suggestion was heard with much approbation. He also stated that a volume of the transactions of the society for the last year was in the press, and that members would in a short time he supplied with copies, in a form which he trusted would be acceptable. The members then retired to the tea-room. Last Tuesday's Gazette contains an official notification that the Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, appointing Walter Francis Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, K.G. ; the Right Hon. Henry Pelham Pelham Clinton (commonly called Earl of Lincoln); Robert Aglionby Slaney, Esq. ; George Graham, Esq. ; Sir Henry Thomas De la Beehe, K n t. ; D oc tor Lyo n Mayair ; Doctor David Boswell Reid ; Professor Richard Owen ; Captain William Thomas Denison ; James Ranald Martin, Esq. •, James Smith, of Deanston, Esq. ; Robert Stephen son, Jun., Esq., and William Cubitt, Esq., to be her Ma jesty's Commissioners for inquiring into the present state of large towns and populous districts in England and Wales, with reference to the causes of disease among the inhabi tants ; and that the Queen has also been pleased to appoint Henry Hobbouse, Esq., to be Secretary to the said Com mi6sion. The question as to the right of the Indian army to the trea sure taken at Hyderabad is naturally a subject of keen dis cussion in the Bombay papers. In the Gentleman's Gazette, a new daily journal just started in that city, it is argued in favour of the army. Here it is urged that the troops fought a most decisive battle against fear ful odds, yet were victorious, and dispersed the enemy, compelling the Ameers to surren der themselves and their capital ; and the fact is set forth that the Mincers, with a view of making provision against the worst, had concealed all the public treasure in a well. Infor mation of this was given to the general by some one in the secret, on his taking occupation of the city with the very troops who had been engaged in the battle , and a militar y party being sent to dig up he treasure, it was found in gold bars, and supposed to be worth 24 crores of rupees. A case which is mentioned as likely to be cited against the claim of the army is that of the Canton ransom. The Gentleman's Gazette, however, observes that there is this difference be tween the two cases—that the Canton money being a ransom was a drait of the crown, which had been appropriated to a specific purpose by act of Parliament ; whereas, in the Hydera bad case, the money belonged to the enemy, and was taken possession of by the army. COURT OP PASSAGH, MONDAY, May 18th (Before Charles Crompton, Esq., Assessor.) RAt V. LAWRENCE.--The plaintiff i❑ this case is Mr. Ebenezer Rae, a merchant, and the defendant is Mr. Thos, Lawrence, omnibus proprietor. The declaration stated that the plaintiff was possessed of a certain gig, which he was dri•ing along a certain highway, and that the defendant was possesed of a certain omnibus which he, by his servants, was also driving upon the same highway, when, in consequence of the careless-mid negligent driving of the defendant's servant, the omnibus was dashed against the plaintiff's gig, whereby it was materially injured. The action was brought to recover compensation for this alleged injury. The defendant pleaded not guilty. Mr. James conducted the case for the plaintiff. Mr. Arnold appeared for the defendant. Mr. JAMES stated the circumstances. The plaintiff was a gentleman of great respectability, residing at Aigburth ; and on the 10th of April last he and his two sons were coining from Aigburth to Liverpool. in it Waterford drag, which was a vehicle to accommodate four persons, two of whom sat to the back of the other two. Mr. David Rae, one of the plain tiff's sons, was driving : when in Great George-street, he obser ved two omnibuses coming from Liverpool, one of which be longed to Mr. Lockyer and the other to the defendant. The defendant's, it appeared, was the oldest establishment upon the road ; but, of late, another person named Lockyer had sought to break in upon the monopoly which Mr. Lawrence enjoyed; and he (Mr. James) believed the practice on the part of Mr. Lawrence, lately, had been to " sweep " the road, in order to drive off the intruder, who had no right to set up an omnibus against the vested interests of the de fendant. It would appear that, on the day in question, the omnibuses started somewhere about together from the Ex change, and Mr. Lawrence started to sweep the road ; but having occasion to stop before he arrived in Great GeOrge street, Lacey, who was driving Mr. Lockyer's omnibus, gained the advance. The defendant's omnibus then endea voured to overtake the other ; and Mr. Rae's son would tell the jury that when they were going along Great George street, be observed the driver urging on his horses, in order to overtake Lockyer's omnibus. He was alarmed lest some accident should occur, and he thought it more safe to draw up the gig, which he did close to the footway. When he had done so, the wheel of the defendant's omnibus came in contact with the wheel of the gig, broke the spokes, and fractured both shafts. One of the young gentlemen (Mr. H. C. Rae) at the back of the gig, immediately jumped off, and took hold of the horse, which was then plunging, and thus prevented further accident. lie (Mr. James) was not ignorant of what the defence was, because upon one occasion Mr. Lawrence said to Mr. David Rae, " I suppose I shall have to pay, but the other ought to pay something, for it was partly his fault"—admitting that he to a certain► extent was liable, but that some one else was liable too. The learned counsel concluded by some general observations on the law in cases of collision. Mr. David Rae, and Mr. Hugh Currie Rae, sons of the plaintiff, who were in the vehicle at the time, confirmed the statement of the lea:ned counsel. The damage amounted to .Z-1 6s. fid. The two omnibuses were abreast of each other when the concussion took place, and they saw, from Dr. Raffles's chapel, that it was inevitable, unless Lawrence's stopped. The drivers of both had been fined by the stipen diary magistrate for furious driving on this occasion. The accident took place opposite Shufflebotham's. Thomas La cey, driver of Lockyer's omnibus, said there was plenty of time for the driver of Lawrence's omnibus to pull up and stop before he arrived at plaintiff's gig, if he had chosen to do so. Mr. ARNOLD, in his address to the jury for the defendant, contended that this was, in point of fact, a dispute between two rival omnibus proprietors, and that the plaintiff was con cerned only just so far as he sought compensation for the da mage he had sustained from one or the other. During the whole of the case, however, the jury would find the plaintiff was acting the part of Mr. Lockyer, whilst the only question to be determined was, which of the two parties was in blame. He (Mr. Arnold) could not deny that the defendant's omnibus had impinged upon the plaintiff's vehicle, but the question would be whether it was not the result of an acci dent unavoidable on his part ; and if the jury were satisfied that the driver was a skilful man, the assessor would tell them that the action must fail unless negligence could be esta blished. Mr. Rae had, in fact, mistaken the party who wis to blame : he should have brought his action not against Mr. Lawrence, but against Mr. Lockyer. He was told that Mr. Lockyer's omnibus was not in the centre of the road when the defendant's came up ; but there was sufficient on his side to have allowed the defendant's omnibus to pass the plaintiff's vehicle, but in his desire to pick up " the sweep ings of Liverpool," the driver Lacey, instead of retaining his position, drove his vehicle so as to cross the defendant's horses, so that it was entirely by this conduct upon the part of Lacey that the accident had happened. No one could re gret more than the defendant did that the plaintiff should have sustained any injury, but on this occasion it was attri butable not to the negligence of himself or his servants, but to the conduct of another party. Under all the circumstances the defendant was not liable, and the proper party for the plaintiff to have sued was Mr. Lockyer. Several witnesses were called who imputed all the blame to Lockyer's omnibus. The ASSESSOR, in directing the jury, said that suppose Lockyer's omnibus was in fault, it did not follow that the defendant's conduct was excusable, provided they thought he ought not at that moment to have been passing. The learned gentleman was proceeding to read over the evidence, when The Jury said they had made up their minds, and they would not give him the trouble : they should return a verdict for the plaintiff, damages £4 6s. 6d. The ASSESSOR.—There can be no doubt, gentlemen, that both were in the wrong—one party ought to have turned aside, and the other ought not to have passed at that moment. THE SCOTCH KIRK IN NEW SCOTLAND.ROAD Aware as we ore that there has long been a great want of spiritual instruction and pastoral assistance amongst that part of the community in the north part of the town who are • attached to the established Church of Scotland, we have fur some time past observed with satisfaction the progressive ' erection. in New Scotland-road, of a very neat kirk for their accommodation—to he called St. Peter's ; and it being com pleted in all but a few unimportant details, we were yesterday much gratified by an inspection of the entire building. The style of architecture adopted throughout is Norman, and that, we think, of the chastest and most pleasing kind. Though in sonic few points elaborate, it is generally plain ; and the tout-ensemble, particularly if seen from a distance, appears to resemble the original gothic, (except in the round, instead of the pointed, arch in the doors and windows,) to form the connecting link between the two styles. Both are conjoined, without much abhorrence to good taste, in the ancient arid venerable Cathedral of Chester, the original part of that fabric being Norman—the more modern, Gothic. The west end forms the frontal to the street, with a hand. sonic tower, half in projection, surmounted by a spire, and wings for the staircases, the whole of well-wrought red free stone. The body of the building isf o brickwork, relieved be tween the windows by buttresses. The tower is three sto ries in height. There are three doors to this front. The principal or central one forms, in due accordance with the style, a wide, deep archway, decreasing interiorly with its mouldings, the exterior of which are supported by two slen der columns on each side. The arches of the doors are in two rings, ornamented with the chevron, &c. Over the centre one is pannelling, worked out of the ashler, and a reticulated or chequered frieze above, one course in height. Over this, in the second story, is the central or principal gallery window, which is a triple one,—of three long win dows with semi-cir cu l ar top s , th rown t og ether,—with appro priate plinth, s ill, an d s h a ft s . Th e arc h es over the light s are entwined in the manner pec u li ar t o th e s tyle; and the o u t er or large arch, over and co m bi n i ng th em , is worked in one ring. The third story forms the belfry. The luffer windows (four together) are divided by projecting colums, each sup ported at its base by human heads, forming, as it were, brackets. These windows occupy nearly the full breadth of the tower at each of its four sides. Over these the building is corbelled, with human faces studding the cavetto. In the carving of these faces the grotesque, though it belongs legiti. mately to the order, has, we think properly, been avoided, probably from its being considered, in modern times, incon sistent with the due solemnity of a place of worship. At the top of the tower there is a piqued pediment to each of the four fronts also reticulated ; and within each is a clock face, so that the time is indicated to each cardinal point. In the centre below each clock face is a large figure of an angel, cut iu the stone, with extended wings, and holding a book,—as supporters of the clocks and pediments. The piqued outward points of the pediments terminate, two of them in the Scotch thistle, cut in stone; the other two•respectively in the rose and shamrock. [A Welsh correspondent lately suggested to us that the leek might well have substituted one of the this tles.] There is a handsome diagonal pier, decreasing in size to the top, at each angle of the tower. The masonry of those near the top is very effective. and they are surrounded by turrets in keeping with the style. The water-tables, that cover the tower to the base of the spire are also corbelled, and look well. The spire is octagonal, and empanelled per pendicularly on each side, in two tiers or stories, with a hole between each at:midway height. In each of the wings on either side the tower there are two long semicircular arched windows in the stone work, (the same as those in the body of the building ;) and over each of those nearest the tower, is a qualre-foil window, lighting each side of the back gal lery. At the corners of the wings there are also small tur rets or shafts in the best Norman style. The building stands some little distance from the street, and is enclosed with a handsome iron tailing, with gates, lamp-posts, &c., of the same order. The height of the tower and spire together is about 116 feet. The latter is topped by a splendid Scotch thistle, the flower forming the apex, and the leaves and stem, gracefully pendant, the ornamental work below it. The whole length of the building is about 102 feet, exclusive of the vestry The interior is fitted up in a manner at once neat and con venient, and at the same time in strict keeping with the ex terior. It is shout 75 feet in length, and 471 in breadth, with an ample elevation. There is a straight gallery running along the sides and crossing the west end at right angles, at which last it recedes into the second story of the tower, af fording ample room for the school children, and also for an organ ; if our Scottish friends were favourable to " concord of sweet sounds" in churches, which, we regret to say, few of them are. The front of the gallery is ornamented by small Norman arches on pillars standing two and two together, with the roped arch-work entwined. These are on a sky blue ground, and are what is called " colonnading"—some times found in our ancient churches. The pews are well arranged, and commodious, having sloping backs, and so divided that small and large families may be accommodated in any part of the church. The pulpit is a handsome piece of Norman architecture on a pedestal, and is accessible by two curving stairs with Norman rails. It stands partly under a wide recess, with an areh spanning from the abut ment of the galleries on either side. The terminations of the a: ch rest on projecting blocks with pendants, and have a pleas ing effect. The gallery is supported in front on each side by five iron columns, and within these is a projection or soffit the breadth of one seat all round. It is lighted by six long windows on each side, by the gallery windows before noticed, and at the east end, over the centre of the galleries, by two circular stained-glass windows : these last have a very lively and pleasing effect. The wood-work is grained in oak. Beneath the church there are two excellent and well lighted school-rooms, each 47i feet in length by 33 in breadth, with all suitable conveniences, and approaches, and play-yards, within the enclosures. There is also a ves try-room, a church library, &c. &c., and approved appara tus and arrangements for beating and ventilating the whole. The architect was Mr. Cunningham, and the contractor for the whole work (which appears to be most faithful aril! substantial) Mr. Beattie. The stone work was done by Me. Wylie, of Gloucester-street. This kirk will be opened on Sunday next, when, as may be seen from an advertisement, three services will take pis.ce, when, we trust, the attendance will be such as will be grati fying to those who originatad the undertaking, and the 'Libe rality displayed go far to supply the funds yet required for the cost of the building, in the erection of which, we am in formed, strict regard has been paid to all possible economy. CLAIM AGAINST AN ADMINIST7ATOR BURGESS v. Leacu.—The declaration, which was in scire facias, set forth that the plaintiff had recovered judg ment in this court in an action against Mary Leech, de ceased, for £2O debt, and £l3 16s. 2d. for costs, but before final execution was granted, Mary Leech, the intestate, died, and administration was granted to the defendant. Mr. James appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Paget for the defendant. It appeared, that on the 6th of February last, in the Court of Passage, the plaintiff brought an action against the intes tate, which was tried. and the verdict returned in his favour for £2O, and on the 9th final judgment was entered up for the debt and costs. On the night of the 6th the intestate died, and on the part of the defendant it was contended, that as the judgment was not signed till the 9th, the defendant was not bound to pay the debt. The objection, after come discussion, was overruled, and a verdict was returned for the plaintiff for £33. 163. 2d. ASSAULT, DUTTON V. ATIIERTON.—An action of assault. The plain tiff is an apprentice to Messrs. Samuel and James Holine, and the defendant is a foreman in their establishment in Benson-street. The circumstances were not worth reporting. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages one farthing. PEEL v. MELSON.—An action on an account stated to recover a balance of -£l3. Ils. sd. Verdict for the amount claimed Standard-qifice, Three o'clock. LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE,--Tills DAA (From Messrs. R. MAKIN 8r SONS' Circular.) Having very few arrivals of Grain, in addition to those al luded to in the foregoing report, the supplies received here since this day week are on the aggregate very unimportant. Our market this morning was tolerably well attended by town and country purchasers, and the trade upon the whole assumed a steadier appearance than of late. In good and fine descriptions of English, Irish, and Foreign Wheat, the transactions were to a moderately fair extent, on quite as high terms, and, in a few partial instances, at prices slightly over the currency of this day se'nnight ; but in the low qua lities of this grain there was no amendment either in demand or value. Flour, moving off rather less readily, hardly maintained the advance above noted. Barley supported the improved rates of Friday, and supe rior qualities of Malt were Is. per qr. dearer. Beans and Pease, upon a moderate sale, fully retained our last quotations. Oats, being still scarce, commanded former prices, but were disposed of rather less freely than previously. Oatmeal, on the contrary, was in good request, and choice cuts, in some instances, rather exceeded the rates of last week. In the bonded market, little has transpired beyond a few trivial sales for export : the recent imports of foreign Wheat, however, continue to be offered free for consumption, and last week 1670 qrs. were cleared for that purpose within the range of our quotations, on payment of the 20s. duty. The late cold winds having been succeeded by mild genial weather and fertilizing rains, vegetation is now progressing vigorously, and after as favourable a seed time as can be rememoered, the crops around us exhibit a most luxuriant aspect. ARRIV, From the gth to:the IS OF CORN. 15th May, 1843, inclusive. 'AR LAND COAST- iCANADAI "- WISH. 1 1 RISIGN TOTAL FALSE IMPRISONMENT, BALMIN v. MATIIER AND ANOTHER.—III this case Thomas Balmin was the plaintiff, and John Mather and Ed ward Dickinson the defendants. The action was brought to recover damages for a trespass and false imprisonment. The defendants pleaded first not guilty, and several other pleas, the effect of which was to allege that they had reason to suspect the plaintiff had stolen some of their property. Mr. Ramshay appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. James for the defendant. The plaintiff is a carter; the defendants are wholesale and retail coal-merchants, in Leeds-street. For some period the plaintiff was in the employment of the defendants, and on the 25th of February last, having as they considered reasonable grounds to suspect that he had taken, or caused to be taken, from time to time, coals from the yard to his own house, they gave him into custody on the charge of fe lony. He remained in bridewell from Saturday to Monday, when he was taken before Mr. Rushton, who not only dis charged him but said he had good ground for an action for defamation, and another for talse imprisonment. The de fendants produced several witnesses, who said they had seen the plaintiff take coals for his own use, but it did not appear they had any knowledge that he was taking them feloniously. After a protracted trial, the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages, one shilling. The court adjourned at seven o'clock. The cause list contains one demurrer and 44 issues, about nineteen of which remain to be disposed of. THE LATE MURDERS AT LALESTON, GLAMOR- GANSHIRE VERDICT OF THE CORONER'S JURY The adjourned investigation by the magistrates for the county of the charge of wilful murder against Mr. and Mrs. Thomas, and by the coroner's jury, of the circumstances leading to the death of Jane Hurry, the nurse, were both re sumed on Friday last ; the former at the union workhouse, Bridgend, and the latter at the Crown Inn, in the same town. The approaches to both places were crowded by spectators, anxious to catch a view of the prisoners, and to obtain the earliest informatien of the result of the investigation. The servant girl, v:ho had also been taken ill, deposed to her having taken about an egg-cup full of the beer, which burnt in her throat, and shortly after she was seized with spasmodic pains in the stomach and bowels, together with excessive vomiting mixed with blood. The boy who had been sent for the beer being further examined, stated most positively that he saw a small paper in the prisoner, Mrs. Thomas's hands, when he went to fetch the jar, and that she gave it to the male prisoner, who put it is kis breeches pocket ; he also stated that when on his road n0 , ,,e with the beer the male prisoner spoke to him in the lane, and told him to put down the jar and go and look after the colts, which were his masters ; he did so, and was absent about five minutes. When he returned the prisoner Edward Thomas was standing near the jar, and taking the cork out he said, " Let me see how much beer you have got." Witness did not tell of this before, because the female prisoner, Mrs. Thomas, when she came to his mother's house, told him not to tell, nor to tell that he had been at her house at Lalleston. She gave witness a penny not to tell. Captain Napier, superintendent of the county police, de posed to having searched Mrs. Thomas's house. In the room which the boy described he found a small white paper with small particles of a dry powder adhering to it; he con veyed it Mr. Herapath, who desired him to accompany him to his laboratory, and there, in the presence of witness, tested it, and discovered it to be oxide of arsenic. Mr. Herapath, whose testimony seemed to excite much interest, confirmed Captain Napier as to his examination of the particles on the paper, and as to the mode of examina tion which he had adopted with the liver of the deceased woman, in which he had discovered the arsenic. The coroner's jury have returned a verdict of wilful mur der in the case of Jane Hurry; hut the magistrates, who are in expectation of some further disclosures being made, have again adjourned their inquiry. ATROCIOUS ATTEMPT AT DOUBLE ASSASSINATION AT LEDBURY.—A most diabolical outrage was committed in Ledbury, on Sunday and Monday last; the particulars are as follow :—On Sunday night Mr. and Mrs. Chadd, shoe makers, of the Southend-street, having retired to rest, were much alarmed, about eleven o'clock, on hearing some one moving in the room. Mr. Chadd asked who was there, when the villain instantly discharged a pistol at the head of the bed the bullet from which slightly wonnded Mrs. Chadd in the face, and lodged in the wall. In the alarm and confusion created the miscreant escaped ; he proved to be an appren tice of Mr. Chadd's, named Gummery, and consequently was well acquainted with the house, and knew that it was Mr. Chadd's custom to leave the front door unlocked for a post-boy who lodged with them to let himself in when out late. lie had run away from his apprenticeship twice, and on the last occasion his master took him before the magic. trates to compel him to return to his service. This is sup posed to be the cause of the vindictive feeling he manifested towards Mr. Chadd, both his master and mistress having uniformly treated him with great kindness. On Monday he was apprehended at Dymock, and was brought to Ledbury in the evening on the Gloucester coach. He was taken to the Talbot Inn, and on being searched by the high constable (who had already taken a pistol loaded to the muzzle with p h o al c l k f e r t, fro him,) l nd in d n i , s ) c d h e a l r i g b e e d ra i t t e! t y t Dpual„. theleda psecymek constableouodpistolfrom apprehended him. Most providentially in this, as in the former case, no human life was sacrificed, the ball grazing Daw's collar bone, and wounding his face. The wretch was instantly secured, and taken before the magistrates on Tues. day, when he was committed to take his trial at Hereford on both the capital charges. When apprehended it is sup posed he was making his way back to Ledbury to attempt Mr. Chadd's life again, having failed before.—Worce4er Paper. 'We observe that Mr. Evans, the eminent auctioneer, an nounces for Wednesday the sale of an autograph of ghak speare on the purchase deed of his house in Blackfriars. The lion. and Rev. John optedth son of Earl Grey, vicar of Wooler, has been ap by the Bishop of Dur ham to the vacant rectory of Wolsingharn. THE METHODISTS AND THE AMENDED FACTORY BILL. which or —lt is with infinite regret t hat we elsewhere give a. circular issued by leaders of the Wesle y an methodists in which their decided opposition to the Facto the ry Education Bill as amen d e d of th a announce d,andpowe;ful lty ganisation char a cteri s ti c religious commnnity i s to b e set i n mot i on to procure its rejection. — H e rald. Lord Francis Egerton, M.P., Mr. Phillips, M.P., Mr. Gibson, ALP., Mr. Brotherton, and Mr. Tatton Egerton, M.P., with the Mayor of Manchester, Mr. Alder man Hopkins, Mr. Gibb, and the Town-clerk of Manches ter, a deputation from Manchester on the subject of inland bonding, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exche quer on Saturday at his official residence in Downing-street. MR. BRUNEL.--It is with great pleasure we announce to our readers that all apprehensions for this gentleman's safety are at an end. On Saturday afternoon Sir B. Brodie, as sisted by Mr. A. Key and Mr. C. Hawkins, with Dr. Thompson, was enabled to dislodge and safely remove the half-sovereig❑ that has caused so much uneasiness and alarm both to his family and friends, as well as to the public at large. Mr. Brunel is doing as well as can be expected. SECOND EDITION. 1214 59 875 2297 DBSCRIPTION. Wheat Barley Malt Oats aye Beans Qrs. 309 Qrs. Qrs. 46 Qrs. 1545 Qrs. Qrs.l Pease. Qrs. Shelled Barley . Qrs.' Indian Corn Qrs. Rapeseed Oatmeal .... Loads' 58i17 Flour . Sacks 2 j 15 Ditto Into Runcorn, Ireland and ley, qrs. ; Malt, qrs. ; 0, meal, 794 Ids.; Flour, sacks Coastwise :—Wheat, —qr Pats, 455 qrs. Pease, —qr s ; Bar ; Oat. EXPORTS.—Foreign. Wheat, qrs.; Barley, qrs.; Oats, 311 qrs.; Pease, 100 qrs.; Beans, 20 qrs.; Indian Corn, qrs.: Oat meal, his.; Flour, sacks, 133 brls.--Ireland. Wheat, 374 qrs. ; Barley, ---, qrs. ; Beans, qrs. ; M a lt, qrs. ; Indian Corn, qrs. ; Oatmeal, 490 Ids.; Flour, sacks, 10 Ms.— Coastwise. Wheat, 963 qrs. ; Barley, qrs.; Malt, qrs. ; Oats, 4 qrs. ; Rye, 125 qrs. ; Beans, 10 Indian Corn, qrs. ; Oatmeal, 10 lds qrs. ; Pease, 20 qrs. ; .; Flour, 202 sacks 413 barrels. Average prices of Grain, for the week ending May 6, 1843. Wheat 465. 4d. ; Barley '26s. ad. I Oats.. 17s. 2.:. I Rye.. 275. 7d Beans.. 265. 4a. I Pease.. 28s. ld. Aggregate average of the six weeks. Wheat 465. 3d. I Barley 285. 6d. I Oats .. 17s. 3d. Rye 2135. 10d Beans.. 265. Id. Pease.. 275. 10d. Duty on Foreign Grain, Bze . this week Wheat 20s.fld. I Barley 9s. Od. I Oats Os. od. Rye.. I Is. 6d. Beans I Is. 6n. I P e ase.. I Is. 6d. Ind. Corn Ss. Od. Flour 12s.Oid Ditto from British Colonies out of Europe. Wheat.... ss. od. I Barley.. 25. od. I Oats ..2s. Od. I Rye... • 3s. Od. Beans.. 3s. cd I Pease.. 3s. od. I Indian Corn.. os. od. I Flour 3s od Liverpool Averages, week ending May 9, 1043 Wheat. I Barley. i Oats. Beans. 291 274 435. 4d. CS. ed. I 1 7s• 3d. Os. od NATIOI4AL rDUChTION The following extracts from a speech delivered by the Rev, Hugh M'Neile, at a meeting of the Glasgow Educational Society, in 1836, will now be read with interest : " If I understand the object of your meeting right, it is to improve, to extend, and in so doing, to secure an efficient sysoon of parochial education in Scotland. You judge that such a system, in order to prove a real blessing to your country, must be based upon the fundamental truths revealed in the Word of God, and carried on under the wise superin tendence, watchful coutroul, and paternal solicitude of your national church. Such a view of the subject is not novel— such an arrangement of the system is not an untried theory in Scotland. In the earliest standards of your national church (the first and second Book of Discipline) composed by men who, in the midst of personal difficulties and destitu-. tion, forgot their own temporal poverty in the noble ambitisea and unwearied efforts to bequeathe spiritual wealth to the'ir Country, thereby exhibiting that sublime feature of the ape s tolical character, ' poor, yet tasking many rich,'—it mats recommended that the youth of every parish should he brought under instruction, that provision should be mad e to maintain schoolmasters; and until schools were set up. the duty of teaching the children devolved upon the readers. These readers, as I understand the arrangement, were suboresinate to the ministers and elders of the parish; so that the education of the country was thus at once placed under the inwaediate direction of the national church. To carry this into effect, the land of the parish was taxed in 1633 to supply the salary of the schoolmaster. A similar act was passed after the Revolu tion. The consent of the landed proprietors, and the success of the measure in parliament, were mainly—l believe I might say entirely—owing to the exertions of the church. The first appointment of the schoolmaster was vested in the lan ded proprietors; but no schoolmaster could obtain the ne cessary certificate for entering on his important avocation till he had been examined by the Presbytery. His religious opinions, his moral habits, and his literary attainments were thus subjected to a competent scrutiny. It was morally im possible that the Presbytery could be materially deceived. The literary qualifications of the candidate could obviously and easily be ascertained even by strangers--not so his moral habits ; but the Presbytery being resident on the spot, and conversant with all the individuals and all. the rumours of the neighbourhood, were in the best possible situation for guarding against deception ; and with regard to religious opinion, they not only subjected the candidate to an oral examination, but required of him to sign the Confession of Faith. Such were the jealous and salatary guards which your forefathers erected around the we'.l-springs of the pa rochial education of their beloved country. They knew that securing the fitness of the masters, they were securing, as far as human power can reach, the value and efficiency of the schools. " I have seen with pain, in the appeal of your Glasgow Educational Society, the assertion, that the character of your popular parochial education is now low ; that not the continuance, but the restoration, //fa good system is now re quired. Permit me, sir, to say, rhs a stranger, that I trust Scotland has rather slumbered than degenerated ; that al though her hands may have beer. slack for a season, not keep ing- pace with the increasing 4Psi:Elands of her multiplying population, yet her heart waketh—that the sound, sterling indomitable principle of Christianity is still within her, and ready, in the hour of ascertained peril, to put on a vigour, and assume an attitude, and utter a voice which will make the stoutest of the enemies of her ancient institutions to quail —which will extend her national education over the multiply ing thousands of her national family, and preserve and per petuate it, in its fountain ansi in its streams, under the Chris tian superintendence of her national church ; and which, with a look of lofty, stern, and righteous decision, will wither the arch enemy of God and wan, who, under any pretence what soever, would deprive the least or poorest of her sons or daughters of the unrestricted use of the unmutilated 'Word of God. (Loud and continued cheering.) I hail that cheer as a token of good. Whatever may be said of some persons and some places in Scotland, it is perfectly clear that all Scotland is not asleep. But permit me to say, without offence, cheers are cheap —means must be used. We are en gaged in a warfare, Nshere not the shout only, but the sinews of the soldier are required. The church cannot now so prevail with men of property as to secure parliamentary success to measures in support of Christian education. What then is the church to do? Much has been said, and much is likely to be said, upon the voluntary system. What seems to be cow monly intended by that phrase cannot be too strongly reprehended ; hut, I confess, I cannot but ap prehend that, owing to the treachery of the human heart, there is sonic danger, that while we repudiate the voluntary principle, we may neglect, or omit, or postpone what ought to be our voluntary sacrifice. The voluntary system, if pleaded as r. substitute for national support, in order to ex culpate the nominally Christian government which withholds such support from the Christian church, is nothing else but disguised infidelity. But if it be insisted upon as an ad dition to any amount of national support, it is an imperative Christian duty. We may truly say, woe to the government which leaves the Christian church to the unassisted support of its own voluntary contributions ! and with equal truth we may say, woe to the church which is not liberal in voluntary contributions, whatever support it may receive from govern ment., And I would add, that owing to the perverseness of our nature in abusing our blessings, the blessing of national support to the church has been abused. We have grown up so much in the habit of having our church and our ministers maintained for us, almost without perceptible cost, that we are now unaccustomed, and correspondingly unwilling, to mike any thing amounting to sacrifices for them. While, in the meantime, the population of our country has so out grown the accommodation in our churches, the harvest has become so hopelessly impracticable to the present number of labourers, that if sacrifices be not made, and sacrifices on a scale of primitive beneficence, the surplus unreclaimed popu lation will soon outnumber and overwhelm all the rest in the rising tide of atheism and unrighteousness. An effort then must be made. Money must be given. Churches and mini sters, and schools and schoolmasters, must be multiplied." The rev. gentleman, after urging the high duty of private liberality to give real efficiency to any grant of public money, advanced into the difficulties of the system propounded by our liberal rulers of those days, and after discussing them he said, " What then is to be done ? It is clear that it comes to this—if there be no revealed truth, and if the matter he a matter of population and preference, then assuredly they are right who say, pay all or pay none; and since opinion like matter is infinitely divisible, and the pay-all principle would involve at last the paying of any or every in dividual who chose to dissent from other individuals, the only practicable scheme would be to pay none. But there is revealed truth—and it is curious and instructive to mark the animus of the powers that be in different ages of the world towards that truth. History supplies us with two remark able instances of toleration ; they vary in detail, and are characteristic of the feelings towards christianity of the re spective parties. The first is the Emperor Constantine—l follow an authority which will not he suspected of partiality towards our religion—the eloquent but sceptical historian of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Concerning Constantine, he says—' He invites and exhorts, in the most pressing terms, the subjects of the Roman empire to imitate the example of their Master : bet he declares that those who still refuse to open their eyes to the celestial light, may freely enjoy their temples and their fancied gods.' Thus it is clear that he gave free toleration to the religious rites of the pagan idolaters. But what follows in the history proves that he suppressed by authority those practices of the ido• biters which were of injurious tendency to the commu nity. ' After the example of the wisest of his pre decessors, he condemned, under the most rigorous penalties, the occult and impious arts of divination ; which excited the vain hopes and sometimes the criminal attempts of those who were discontented with their present condition. An ignominious silence was imposed on the oracles which had been publicly convicted of fraud and falsehood; the effemi nate priests of the Nile were abolished, and Constantine dis charged the duties of a Roman Censor when he gave orders for the demolition of several temples of Phoenicia, in which every mode of licentiousness was devoutly practised in the face of day, and to the honour of Venus. The distinction I allude to is' between the truth and the tendency of religious opinion. Truth justifies preference ; but it is only well ascertained injurious tendency to the community that justi fies prohibition. We have not far to look for the modern parallels to those evil practices and licentious rites which were prohibited, and those lying oracles which were silenced by Constantine. I need scarcely mention what will be at once suggested to every intelligent inquirer, the Rheiinish Notes, Peter Dens, and the Confession-box, in which it is difficult to say which is most triumphant—divided allegiance, systematic Perjury, absurd superstition, or contaminating immorality. (Cheers.) These are before the country, with the instructive disclosures connected with them in these our own days." " The second instance of toleration to which I referred, was by Julian the Apostate. It is thus described by Gibbon : of Julian he says—" Actuated by these motives, and appre hensive of disturbing the repose of an unsettled reign, Julian surprised the world by an edict, which was not unworthy of a statesman or a philosopher. He extended to all the inhabit ants of the Roman world the benefits of a free and equal tole ration.' But instead of exhorting his subjects to embrace Christianity, after the example of Constantine, he encour- , aged the various existing heresies. ' The Pagans received a gracious permission, or rather an express order, to open all their temples; and they were at once delivered from the op pressive laws and arbitrary vexations which they had sus- tained under the reign of Constantine and his sons. At the same time, the bishops and clergy, who had been banished by the Arian monarch, were recalled from exile, and restored to their respective churches—the Donatists, the Novatians, the Macedonians, the Eunotnians, and tbose who, with a more prosperous fortune, adhered to the doctrine of the 52 Council of Nice. Julian, who understood and derided their theological disputes, invited to the palace the leaders of the hostile sects, that he: might enjoy the agreeable spectacle of their furious encounters. The clamour of controversy some- times provoked the Emperor to exclaim,—' Hear me! the Franks have heard me, and the Allemanni ;" but he soon dis- covered thus he was now engaged with more obitinate and implacable enemies." The distinction between the two cases is remarkable ; and what have we now ; Is it Constantinus, or is it Juliann' Redivivus? Is it the enlightened and discriminating tolera- tion of the Christian Emperor? or the indiscriminating encouragement of the Apostate ? Not Constantine—but Ju- Tian. (Applause.) Error of all sorts is encouraged. The clamour of contending parties is excited, and the voice of authority in Great Britain bids fair to share the fate of the imperial voice at Rome. Hear me! the Franks have heard me, and the Allemanni !' Yes—but you have now roused a power which will not hear you, but under which yourselves must fall. (Tremendous cheering.) " But though union in religious opinion appears hopeless, may there not be unity of plan in communicating literary in formation ? We answer no, if literature be dissociated from religious principle; because the true Christian cannot con sent to spend his own time or consume the time of others in what has no connexion with eternal salvation. The salvation of men's soul is with him as it was with his Divine Master, the main object to which every other consideration must be subservient General literature by itself has no tendency to promote salvation. Connected with Christianity, we rejoice to disseminate it far and wide, but not by itself. General knowledge has no power to alter the human will. We deny _ not that it has power to refine the manners ; but we stre nuously deny that it has any power or even tendency to renew the heart. It has power to make men change one description of sin for another; but it has no power to make any man hate sin as committed against God. It has a tendency to convert the bold outrageous highwayman into the sly gentleman-like pickpocket—the midnight burglar into the midnight forger or coiner—the savage into the member of society. It can invent and multiply disguises to conceal the vilenesses of our fallen nature, like the haggard misery o❑ the cheek of a veiled and painted harlot ; but it has no power to minister true peace to the wretched--to apply balm to the wound, or convey the pulse of health to the feverish frame of this harlot world. It is powerful to civilize—it is impotent to save. (Cheers.. With all its wisdom, the world by wisdom knew not God .• Egypt was celebrated' for its learning; yet Egypt continued idolatrous of a cow and a reptile. Chaldea was celebrated for its astronomical attainments ; yet Chaldea continued sunk in idolatry. Greece and Rome were celebrated for orators, and statesmen, and poets, and painters, and sculptors, such as never have been excelled ; and yet the climax of their at tainments in religion is the memorable symbol of their igno rance. In the emporium of their civilization, the city of Athens, the altar erected by the wisest of their philosophers was inscribed 'To the unknown God The youngest child of intelligence in any of your parish schools is wiser unto sal vation than were the united sages of Greece and Rome. (Applause.) To know God is eternal life—to know him in Christ Jesus, our Father and our Friend—just, and the justifier of the ungodly—perfectly just, and the free justifier of the most ungodly—not to guess at him as a compound of imperfections. but our God is perfect — infinitely just, without the slightest tarnish on the equity of hia government in heaven : and infinitely merciful, without regttirimfar areeptsneo condition or r i usiitiention whAtioever in a sir4ier upon earth,. To know God thus In his Son—to breathe the holy atmosphere of peace in his bosom, and feel owselves embraced into sanctification by the assurance of his everlasting love. 0 ! this is indeed eternal life—this is heavon begun on earth ; fur he that dwelleth in love dwel leth in God. This is the interior of our scriptural palace; far 'die defence of whose outworks it behoves every man now ear aestly to contend. Let Scotland, then, show her rulers that political power has been placed in the hands of men wno value religious principle—that Christianity is a vital reality from God, not to he crushed by the power of its enemies, nor smothered under the carelessness and covetous ness of its professors. Let Scotland say to her rulers, you have lodged power in our hands, and we will use it in defence of our dearest treasure, and to commit no part of it to any man who would wrest from us the Word of our God, and the blessing of our National Church. (Applause') If you will help our institutions, Scriptural as they are, we shall receive it with respectful thankfulness ; but if you exact any unscriptural conditions' we are happy to be able to say, we want no help at all, and least of all such help as you would inflict upon us. Our Scriptural system is what must be in culcated in every house--in every cottage—in every school —in every factory—on every man, from John o' Groat 's to the Land's-end. (Cheers.) " To conclude—if . .ou would have an efficient system of education in your country, you must have efficient normal seminaries for masters. So important is this, that let me appoint the master, and you appoint the books, the rules, the hours—the schools shall work for me, and not for you. A Popish priest may tell you—' Gentlemen, prepare your rules and your books, fix your hours, make all your arrangements, only give me the appointment of the master, and the school shall be a Popish school.' (Cheers.) .And if you would have these seminaries really useful, because fundamentally Scrip tural, you mast have them in connection with and subordinate to your national church ; and if, under existing circumstances, you would achieve this great consummation, you must instantly make pecuniary sacrifices. Why; sir, if even this meeting— if the ministers and their coadjutors on this platform, and the men in this house, were combined in such a determination as shone in the countenance of your own Knox, when he stood in the presence of his powerful enemies,—if even so many were as one man in making self-denying sacrifices for the truth, you would, I say, turn the tide of the whole question, and proclaim to Scotland, to England, to Ireland, to the educated world, that there remains such an unconquerable spirit of Christianity in Great Britain, as to set even anti- Scriptural rulers at defiance to break down the established institutions of our country. Apply to Christian principle what Burns says of worldly honour— ' Its slightest touches. instant pause, Debar a' side pretences ; And resolutely keep its laws, UNCARING CONSEQUENCES!' Apply this, I say, to Christian principle—act upon it—and the thing is done." (Tremendous cheering.) MAN'CIIESTER.—FACTORY EDUCATION BILL,—The pe- tition in favour of the above bill was forwarded from this town op. Friday last to Lord Ashley, for presentation by his Lordship. It contains 26,618 signatures, amongst which arc the names of the clergy, supported by a long list of those of magistrates and gentlemen of the highest distinction and in fluence. THAMES TUNNEL.—The number of persons who have passed through from Sunday to Wednesday is 33,000. making in all since the opening 574,000. There are now 20 shops opened daily in the tunnel. for the sale of fancy articles, refreshments, &c., giving a lively appearance to the sub marine thoroughfare. As these standings are numbered and referred to in the various shop-bills, it is supposed letters will very soon be delivered by post, even under the Thames. SALE OF THE COLOSSEUM, REGENT'S PARK.—ThiS Cele brated building was on Thursday brought to the hammer at the Auction Mart, upon which occasion Mr. George Robins officiated. The event drew together an extremely numerous assemblage, and amongst those present the members of the legal profession constituted a large proportion. After an address describing the merits of the property, in his usual laudatory style, Mr. Robins put up the lot for competition, premising that the ground upon which the colossal building stood was held under a lease from the crown, of which SO years were unexpired, at a moderate ground-rent. The biddings commenced at £lO.OOO, and after considerable time bad elapsed in the progress of the successive advances, the property was ultimately knocked down to a gentleman of the !Mile of Giraud, of Furnival's Inn, for 23,000 guineas. It was understood that Mr. Giraud acted in a professional capacity on the occasion, and that he was the representative, and not the principal. THE MILITARY KNIGHTS or WINDSOR.—An order ar rived at Windsor, on Wednesday, from the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, f or th e 'five dilapidated houses, the residences of that number of the Military Knights of Wind sor, known as the Lower Foundation, situate in the lower ward of the castle, to be immediately taken down, it having been deemed essentially requ i s it e , in consequence of their ru inous and extremely dangerous condition, that no delay should take place in their being razed to the ground, and a new row of houses for the Military Knights of the Founda tion of the Knights of St. Peter Le Maire constructed with increased conveniences in their stead. This foundation was endowed as long since as the early part of the reign of James 1., by Sir Peter Le Maire, with an estate of the then value of £530 per annum. Some time since the Earl of Lincoln, the Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests, with the go vernment architect, inspected these tenements, and then, from the dangerous and insecure state they appeared to be in, it was determined that they should be taken down and re built. This recommendation having met with the sanction of the board, arrangements have now been made for carrying these highly necessary arrangements into effect. It may be observed that the houses of the 13 Military Knights who re side on the Upper Foundation are repaired by the govern ment, and they are consequently always kept in an excellent state of repair. No repairs have taken place in the houses on the Lower Foundation within the last 40 years ; they then underwent an extensive restoration at the expense of the Woods and Forests. The following may be assigned as one of the reasons for their present ruinous condition :—Each of the five Military Knights has an allowance of .£6 a year to be expended by him, when he thinks proper, in keeping his residence in repair; and this sum, if judiciously expended when necessary, is considered to be quite sufficient for all the purposes for which it is granted. But then, it may be ob served, those who are fortunate enough to obtain these pre ferments are mostly old officers, who have, in their time, rendered essential services to their country, and who do not look forward for many years to enjoy the comforts of retire ment and repose, and they, therefore, attend but very little to the repairs of their residences. Hence the stability of their houses is neglected (under the impression that they will last as long as they require them), and they have from this ne glect or carelessness gradually become reduced to their pre sent dilapidated, and indeed extremely insecure and ruinous state. FACILITY OF CUSTOM-HOUSE FRAUDS.—In consequence of this want of vigilance, we may perhaps say, this culpable neglect of warnings, unceasingly given to the board by Eng lish manufacturers, has been, not only that establishments have been formed in France and Belgium for the express pur pose of carrying on smuggling with England, but that large houses in this country, possessing capital, influence, and station, have engaged extensively in it, have built or altered their premises to afford every facility for carrying it on, and have made arrangements for that purpose, grounded only on a knowledge of the weakness and inefficiency of our fiscal arrangements, and the facility of avoiding them. To such an extent has this been carried on, and such is the.confidence of the parties engaged in this trade, that so long ago as three years, in the year 1839 or 1840, circular letters confidentially were sent round to the silk trade by a house carying on busi ness at Calais, ostensibly as bankers and money changers, but in reality as merchants and factors, offering to deliver goods at the warehouse of merchants in London, and to insure them from all risks on their passage, for a bonus of 9 per cent. on the amount of their invoice price in France. This description of epistle was not confined to two or three houses, but appears to have been pretty generally circulated through the silk and fancy trade ; indeed, in the course of our inquiries upon this subject, we have met with no less than three different examples, in one of which we find the following passage :—" I will close my observations by stating to you that I believe I am fully in a position to prove to you practically that I could import almost every article without touching the Custom-house at all by payment o f a mo d erate charge."—Times. CUSTOM Muss FRAUDS.—In the Court of Exchequer on Saturday an information at the suit of the Crown was proceeded with against a person named W a d e . I t c h arge d them with having "received and concealed large quantities of uncustomed goods well knowing that the proper duty had not been paid thereon." In support of the charge a variety of evidence was given, some merely formal and documentary, to which no particular interest would attach, while the rest was afforded by the principal actors in the fraud imputed to the defendants. It appears that the defendant is the partner of one Vidil, a glove manufacturer at Grenoble, whose Lon don business was transacted by the defendant at No. 8, Old Jewry. It was the custom of the house to ship large quan tities of gloves of all sorts by steam from Havre and Boulogne to London, where they were passed apparently in the usual and legal method, and then carted to the premises of the de fendant. It seems that there is a class of Cuustom-house agents, licensed by the commissioners, who, being selected by the shippers, transact all the formal routine of passing the goods of their employers, and afterwards account to the au thorities for the amount of duty chargeable on each case of goods so passed by them. This routine consists of a " sight entry," when the cases are unpacked and examined by the lauding waiter and the agent. An entry is then made of the contents, reckoning by the dozen in gloves, in a "blue book," which is composed of a number of leaves sealed together, and delivered, from time to time, as occasion may require, to the landing waiters. These books when completed are returned to the Customs, and the entry therein regulates and indieates the amount of duty payable on each case. After this entry is made the goods are repacked and a " perfect entry " hav ing been obtained the case is delivered over to the agent, who generally commits it to the charge of a carman for delivery to the consignee. This course of dealing was to-day clearly proved by numerous witnesses on the part of the Crown iii respect of six cases of gloves, three of which arrived by the Belfast steamer in January, 1841, while the residue came by the Lady De Saumarez ; and the important question was, whether the proper duty had been charged to and paid by him upon their contents? In order to make out the negative of this proposition a number of witnesses were called, but the jury returned a verdict for the Crown for £4,500. EXTENSIVE SEIZURE OF FOREIGN MANUFACTURED GOODS, BEARING ENGLISH BRANDS.—At an early hour on Friday morning, a seizure cf no less than 400 bales of foreign manufactured goods bearing an English manufacturer's mark was made in St. Katharine Dock by an officer of her Majesty's Customs named Coppack, from on board the American ship Niagara, from Boston. The whole of these bales had been entered by Messrs. Baring Brothers, for the warehouses of Taylor and Bell, Freshwharf (one of the legal quays) ; and 375 were in course of transit from the above docks in iighters belonging to that firm. It appears that the discovery was made from the simple incident of one of the bales being landed at the docks i❑ error, when the officer on the statio❑ caused it to be opened, and made the discovery that every piece of cotton goods, of which there arc 20 in each bale, 30 yards long, bore the stamp of • Stark Mills, Manchester the outer canvass being marked S M\ Had these bales been landed as intended, no doubt the de tection would not have been made, and the goods have bee n ultimately shipped to our colonies as being. as th e marks described, of English manufacture.—Times. —Messrs. Baring and Co. have addressed a letter, on the sub ject of this seizure, to the commissioners of customs, in which they say—" We beg to inform your honours, that these goods are consignments to us by tw o highly-respectable firms in Boston, and prec i se l y s i m il a r in all respects to the manufactures they h ave b ee n i n t h e habit of exporting to various parts of th e wor ld for many years p as t, and that the marks in question are legitimately their marks, without the slightest idea imi tat i ng of any of our English manufactu rers. NV e have inspected the s amples of these cottons, and beg to add, for your honours' government, the exact words stamp ed thereon, which, go far as we can learn, are as dissimi lar as they wel l can be in matter, style, and execation, to our brands ; except, indeed, the occurrence of the word " Man chester,,, arid being the ssme language." In addition to the words " Stark Mills, Manchester," are the words and let ers, " Extra flue. N. H." CLERI Rev, C. J lege, Caul by the du th of 0( Cambridg Devon. CuracN bridge, Curate of count Hill one of Rev. Edward He bridge, to the Cur Mastership of the Free Wight. _ . Rev. Harry Ba bridge, to the Curl Rev. Robert \Vi Cambridge, to tbe Rev. JOliti Rat On Thursday sea: moiler of Pembrl Society, on the ft On Wednesday Pembroke Colleg foundation of Sir The Rev. Wil College, has been presented, by Magdalene College, to the Vica, ham. The Hon. and Rev. ( Christ Church, has recei the Queen. The Rev. Charles Raymond College, has been pros thedral, to the Rectory by the resignation of tt The Rev. Charles Dolbt Rectory of Insley, Warwick patro❑ The vauntings of the best friends to the ec the following extract 1843, of Leonard He pointed by the Whi_ pointed to find so little wealthy Dissenters in n _ cause of the education of the activity which has come under schools are most wanted, HAS CHURcii." from t THE PRAYER B OOK IN I TAL burn, chaplain to the English CO : respecting the Prayer Book of " On several occasions our Praye guage, has proved the means of admiration at the constitution M of the version printed by the Soc Knosvledge, and its strict agreeni language, has been also much pra to native scholars. When use ground, it has made a great impre QUEEN ANNE'S BOU‘,NTY.—A posed to borrow £809,000 " for the better maintenan -se small livings," co tation or parties c le to of '.rile'Lords of f Chaplain to A., of Wadharn or of York Ca- vacant am petition as be more J. Bla Peel has pro m established Council, th II cities in the he school now :lergymen and 3 years frc 3_ years m [st not• I r, who has mpanied it, wit t respect for that We belie :o whatever ;y upon our vene ly circulated in this town e of a inarricd layman. :r of the Church of Eng_ if Hamer Stan; thereby to as iiles of that town. It is have been published and , —usand is not vet a wan re 3to the otfices •cli of Scotland meet on L y. 7 The complete roll of every to the state of parties, is mistake over the Cor but, should ty of 10, to uestion of h Standar It is prof may pay a s inc. of court re rney to London Government durin r of Viscount S the pos. ,n of th )rn bad the viol tended to bring on the consent of , under restraint in a pri- —On Thursday_ last, ..• Bounty, a list of t toay not be tv are as follow: Lieutenant, Custos nom.). of Cathedrals, the Judges, the the Attorney-General, the Solicit General, the Chancellors of th chancellors of the Universities, t 1 the Aldermen of London, and the kingdom. MARLBOROUGH SCHOOL.- established at Marlborough, others, have r eceived an end o f thirty guineas per an by the son of a _ shall have served withm . charter not less than five ye, the authority of the Church chaplain. The exhibition is to b, the Ist day of August, 1843, and on the recommendation of them& tion of the trustees, regard beim moral conduct of the pupi. The exceeded his thirteenth year on ti THE BISHOP OF CHE course of his speech in p , vernment with reference to chuff. In ref our revered Mot Chester, I ea, express my adm&... effected so much goon fortune to be under his char It is impossible for any of Chester, and the documel. ,00t find ter, ration of the hat dic out entertaining se venerable prelate. in the year 1841, t building of churches, a total of £64,300. Oc from public sources: and be said, that £46,500 wen tions. (War, hear.) _ vancement of small sums : it is to dividual exertion far exceeding tti not a devout ma n in thedk denomination of Christians 1 cordially join in this well and beloved bishop timents Hear, Ile ,erited et DR. HOOK A.. a few days since, the si. these gentlemen on the suu., latter from a tract on matrimoi lished at Leeds by the ruse' tract, who dates his lett , following particulars re' was written, printed, ana only, at the sole expense al, Pres... It was written by a learned land. That copies of it have been r ever since the publication of it. TI field in calling it a " Puseyite Tract' t' that it was eith er written or publis even with the knowledge of Dr. Pus falsehood. That I believe there are calling it a Leeds tract: —it certainly before its publicat it io nin, o ne h u nor dind tdred he f rom any place wh not true that " thousands" circulated in Lincolnshire, for t, exh That the prin ci p al the austed. tract was to counteract theta] , heretics and schismatics of this ton of the Church. id char The general assembly of the chuff the 18th instant. CoNsTrruTtos OF THE ASSEMBhc co is now made up , includinwhichg Si' t have go od, bad and doubtful, res ult of the returns w ith reference as follows: — Constitutionalists ............... Of which there are double retur Convocationalists .............. Of which th ere arc dou ble retur Middlemen:— ....... m ......... There are 37 pod sacra comi . We believe that tlis analysis will be as it is possible make it; indeed, opinions of the variousa narties, that position they hold is hip. that the Convocationists stitutionalists, including the do, these be deducted, the latter will I which may be adaed the'` middy rity 0133 against the Convoca. the disruption of the Cho, JF unPro. Tut Coun.T•---Wre are auwk„, aragraphs which have lately appe; and o f the daily journals respectln; of the Court, are altogether unfou the queen, as soon as she is convz visit to Claremont, and that the u tions will take place on her majet THE KISG OF H A SOVET is decided on. We cannal Kill take place; but we c of the King's effects, already been sent to London, also, that some of his Majesty some of the servants are . alrea and the preparations which by l g o i n vc g . rsetaz.wsoinn to sup e tl a i p at it, l" ans doubtless known to mos t of our re, a P I‘cs L v e H c c E ' ; I s ' i odott,:ecir:/:/ afri.)tel_reT' in this country, laden with . the spo, contracted a marriage with the d Vincent. Since their union, act. on he art of r.S ombre hay , :red t Y ti the contrary, g ree unfortunate Some lad y titu time a su i ei t i i i:)i f cd u ei)e l , , ayb : y n to of ri r li d i e t en t rd e rso, f was taken taken ol to wors e, until, on a very late ot Hotel, (at least so we are assurt even to an attempt upon her life. husband, and whether this resoly. crisis, we know not, but certain it cided has now exhibited itself in tl that he has been, by the common placed in confinement, or, at least vale asylum. — Court Journal Mayors a held for POO wa. India C the tende positr for install( .hairs of hisDrEesaiTdnenco: in n Lo L h o h Fzo London, the r and Veschi, President of the Boaru of India, and one of her Majesty's in. particulars relating to the noble lord's h. as authentic :—lt appears that Lord Fitzg.. to discharge his official duties as President Control, has not enjoyed complete health si,. about twelve months back, -lien he was suffer., enlargement of the liver, and that for some weeks ~,. been ailing, but of so trifling a nature was his indisposition as to create little or no alarm CO himself or friends. On Thursday week the noble lord transacted business at his office, but did not attend the funeral of his Royal 14:-. the Duke of Sussex, as was erroneotio".• papers. On Friday morning his lordslii was seized with a cold shivering, and mediately sent for. That medical gen' with his noble patient, instantly ore as be considered the symptoms to ter. From that time his lordsh ; the most aggravated stages. sufferings were most intense. 17 day morning, shortly before tv were tranquil, and his death eldest son of the late Baro s ucc t ided , James Fitzgerald, and on the detail of hissmoher. In 1820 the county of C in the House elected for Lostwithiel in 1830, and heir pre in the following year ,V 35 created a p, dom. His loriship was Paymaster c to 1828, previous to which he was Exchequer. In 1828 he was appoi brother, is B oard of Trade and Tress until 1830. On the appointment Ellenborough to the Governor -He ship succeeded as President of t' lordship was Lord Lieutenar.:. ___ county of Clare, and Colonel of the C, the Dean of Rilinore, his lordship's' sun:Vivo to the title and estates. the BoaJcioi was cas urer of the N cd ill Till t went thr and Cu e Milit of the Irish dent of the t Peel of Lord have 1 places e sina, t