The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-06-21 00:00:00

THEATRE-ROYAL. THIS EVENING, TUESDAY, June 2lst, THE PLAY OF THE_ STRANGER The Stranger.. — Mr. G. Vandenlioff. Mrs. Haller Mrs. Warw. To conclude with the favourita Drama of MAXIMUMS AND SPWCIMENTS Massa Saunders Mr: C. Selby. MAXIMUMS AND SPECIMENTS continuing to be received with the greatest applause, will be repeated on Thursday and Saturday. TO CORRESPONDENTS the writer of a letter signed " Honestos" in the Chronicle of Saturday last, is on the wrong scen t respec ti ng ou r correspondent " Amiens." Amiens is not, nor ever ha s been connected directly or indi rect l y w i t h any pu bli cat ion. EN) Ztherpool gPtanTiarb. 7UESDAY MORNING, JUNE 21, 1842 Another anniversary of that eventful day which li- berated Europe from the iron yoke of Gallic tyranny and shed imperishable glory over the arms of Great Bri tain has passed away ;—another year has been added to the life of that distinguished chieftain whose genius and valour contributed so largely to that crowning triumph ; —and we seize upon the opportunity which the present time affords us of suggesting to our fel low -townsmen the propriety, before he himself is re- moved from amongst us, of determining unon some substantial commemoration of the name and form of one whose life has contributed so greatly to the honour of his country and to the peace of the world. We have already the statue of a kindred spirit, the hero of the Nile and Trafalgar, ornamenting the area of our Exchange; and our town would do honour to itself, and, at the same time, convey a tribute of respect, which would be well appreciated, by the erection of some similar work of art in a central public po sition. The day will come when the loss of the opportunity which now exists will be regretted; when the form, bent as it is 110\t with years, yet still a noble one, will no longer remain amongst us, for the sculptor to mo del or the painter to delineate, If AV fore, to omit altogether the erection of such a monu ment, the time for its adoption should be now ; and by whatever mode the funds required may be raised — whether by the corporate. body or . by public subscrip tion—we are confident that the proposition would be received with grateful satisfaction by all classes of our fellow-townsmen are not, there- The overwhelming majority by which the second reading of the New Poor Law Bill has been carried in a Conservative House of Commons, renders hopeless for the present any __attempt to put down the system which it aims at perpetuating. Ultimately, however, we have no doubt that the force of public opinion will get the better of the utilitarian spirit in which that system is conceived ; and we still indulge the hope that, in committee, many of the obnoxious features of the presen,li''Measure will be wiped away. Above all, we trust that a strenuous and effective effort will be made to exempt from its operation the larger towns of England, in most of which the admi nistration of the law has been one of exemplary pru dence and justice. It is an acknowledged fact that the system of Somerset House can never be worked in such a community, for instance, as our own, or indeed in any town of large population liable to be affected by the ebb and flow of commercial prosperity. In such places, so far as the experiment has yet been tried, a modification of the regulations of the commissioners has been found imperative. The whole system; in fact, has never yet been even attempted ; and the only ef fect produced in such towns by the imposition of a part of it, has been to introduce . difficulty and distract ing annoyance into a hitherto well-conducted admini stration of the parochial funds. In Liverpool, we know that this has been the case, and that the guar dians have been compelled on many occasions to act in violation of the controlling authority of the central board, and thus incur heavy responsibilities, or to leave undone that which humanity itself required should be done. The town of Liverpool is one the working of any fixed and undeviating principle in the administration of relief to the poor, as, in fact, is The position, moreover, of this peculiarly unfitted for every maritime town port, with respect to the manufacturing districts and Ireland, renders the exercise of a large discretion by the board of guardians unavoidable. Undoubtedly this discretion will be allowed ultimately by the com missioners ; and any disbursements made in the exer cise of it, although in strictness irregular, will be duly passed. But, if this be the case, of what use is the New Poor Law ? If it can only be tolerated here when its provisions are evaded, why attempt its introduction ? It has worked well, they say, in large towns. When ? Where ? Precisely when and where the attempt has not been made to enforce it at all ! And in Liverpool we venture to prophecy that it never can and never will be worked. We call then, and we call earnestly, upon parliament to confine the operation of the law to those localities where the abuses which it was designed to correct have existed. Unquestionably such was the original inten tion of the legislatnre, for it is only by an unworthy quibbling sidewind that towns, having local acts for the management of their poor, have been brought under the authority of the commissioners. It has been only by the incorporation of such towns into unions with suburban districts that the commissioners have been able to oust the jurisdiction of the legally constituted authorities ; and if, as it is confessedly the case, they have not, in practice, been able to improve upon the existing system in such towns,—if, as we believe it to be the case, their interference is only the source of dif ficulty and annoyance,—we do maintain that it would only be honest and just, as well as politic, to waive that power, which they have only acquired by fraud, (until this bill legalizes their enjoyment of it,) and which they cannot exercise with advantage. So far as Liverpool is concerned, we have no doubt that an able and determined stand will he made by our excellent representatives, and that we shall at length be relieved from the pressure of a system whose intro• duction here is alike uncalled for and injurious. The poor of this town have ever been well cared for, and the interests of the ratepayers have also been honestly protected. Why saddle us, then, with this obnoxious system, when the moral certainty is before the eyes of the legislature that it cannot add one jot to the well being of any class in our community ? In another place w•e have inserted some remarks from a valued contemporary, the Morning Herald, upon the sentence-passed upon the unhappy criminal, John Francis. We do not yield, even to our contem- porary, in our aversion to the sanguinary punishment prescribed for offences of the highest dye by the crimi nal law of Great Britain. Conducted, as it has re cently been, the punishment of death, with the accom panying theatrical exhibition of the condemned sermon, and the mawkish sentimentalities which are excited by it ; is more an incentive to crime, in some peculiarly constructed minds, than a preventive ; and upon no occasion has a public execution operated as a warning to any class of offenders. With our contemporary, however, we would not willingly incur the risk of ex ercising a weak lenity in the case of the individual in question. The crime of whi c h lie has b een f oun d gu ilty by a jury of his country is one which the executive cannot and ought not took up on li g h tly. It is not only one of blood-guiltiness in intention ; it is not only the attempted death of an ami a bl e and unofFending fe male ; lout it is a crime which, if suffered to be com mitted with comparative impunity, strikes at the very root of the monarchical system under which we live, and the possible consequences of which to an entire nation it is almost appalling to contemplate. It is not to be borne that any miscreant, such as this Francis, may put in peril the life of the Sovereign, and possibly change the line of succession to th e th rone, and y e t rece i ve no more serious punishment than the man who robs dwelling-house or steals from his neigh bour's pocket a five pound note. It is not to be thought of that every penniless scamp who chooses to earn a life of ease and comparative luxury, although in Bed lam, should be permitted to single out majesty as the instrument with w hi c h h e works. Confer the same immunity which has attended the attempt of Oxford upon this man —put him in the way of becoming the object of sympathy to sentimental ladies and silly men — shut him up in a lunatic asylum—(and he is, perhaps , quite as fit for it as th e ot h er w ith wor thy)--supply supP•J tracts and novels ; give him the same never-ending ' notoriety--and it might as well be proclaimed that the Sovereign of Great Britain may be shot at for a shill ing a time, and a peerage and a pension to the man who hits his mark. ' The class to which these fellows belong must be taught that the Soverign is not a mere abstract idea—that her life is not a mere worthless thing to be perilled at their pleasure ; that the crime of murder, because committed upon har person, is not to be put upon a par with that committed by a starv ing wretch who breaks a window to find admission to the precincts of a county gaol ; and the only way to con vey this lesson effectually is to let the law take its course upon the first offender. Whilst expressing this opinion, however, we are far from tolerating the carrying out of the entire sentence, as pronounced upon this unhappy man. Let him die a felon's and a traitor's death; but spare us the enor mity of the mutilation which forms a portion of his punishment. To be drawn to the place of execution and there hung, is sufficient ; and the public will rea dily dispense with the subsequent disposal of his body, as prescribed by the strict letter of his sentence. STATE OF TRADE, MANUFACTURES, &c Our Cotton Market, during the past week, has been of an uninteresting character, and prices, although tending down wards, have sustained little alteration. The sales have amounted to 20,890 bales, fully one-fourth of which have been taken on speculation. On Saturday 3500 bales were sold, and yesterday the same amount, in a market completely spiritless, yet firm as to prices. From the Manufacturing Districts the accounts are not improved. The tariff, however, being out of danger, will, it. is thought, tend to give a stimulus to business. There is a prospect, too, that, from the improvement taking place in the American markets, the proposed increase of the duties levied upon British imports by the government of America, will not take place. If this be so, and the duty of 20 per cent., ad valorem, be permitted to come into operation, there is no doubt that a good business will shortly be done to that country. We cannot, however, look for any imme diate stimulus to trade from any foreign quarter. LOCAL NEWS The crew of the Ann Hall, of Liverpool, were tried at the Central Criminal Court, London, on Thursday, for mutiny and piracy on the high seas, and were found guilty of a com mon assault on the captain. LAN CASHIRE MIDSUMMER SESSIONS.—WC perceive that these sessions are fixed for the 27th of June, at Lancaster; at Preston, on the 29th ; at Salford, on the 4th of July ; and at Kirkdale, on the 14th of July, at ten o'clock. The an nual general session of the peace for the county palatine will be held in Preston on Thursday, the 30th instant. PARISH APPOINTMENTS.-At the meeting of the Liver pool Board of Guardians, held on Tuesday last, the following gentlemen were appointed district surgeons under the new _ poor law act : No. 1, or St. Martin's District, Mr. Ellison.. 2, or Great Howard-street District, Mr. Cripps, 3, or Dale-street District, Mr. Chalmer, jun. 4, or St. Thomas's District, Mr. John Ashcroft. 5, or Mount Pleasant District, Mr. Garthside. , 6, or Lime-street District, Mr. G. Gill. INQUESTS.—Two inquests were held before the borough coroner on Friday. The first was on view of the body of a male child which, at the early hour of half-past four o'clock on Wednesday morning, was discovered, by the police-offi cer on duty, tied up in a handkerchief, and lying inside a ditch on Netherfield-road, South Everton. It was quite dead at the time. There were no marks of violence ester- nally. It was subsequently examined by a surgeon, who gave it as his opinion that it had breathed for a short time after it was born, and that it had died from debility. Ver dict accordingly.—The second inquest was held on the body of a man, sixty years of age, named Thomas Kearns. It appeared from the evidence that on Wednesday evening last the deceased was working on board a vessel called the Sir Charles Napier, at present lying in the Waterloo Dock. He was engaged in layiiig down planks on the lower deck beams, and in the act of making a line, called a chalk line, when his foot slipped, and he was precipitated down a height of twelve feet into the hold. He died shortly after. A verdict of ac cidental death was returned. PASSENGERS BY THE STEPHEN WHITNEY PACKET SHIP FROM NEW YORK.—Mr. and Mrs. Salisbury, Miss Salisbury, and servant ; Mr. and Mrs. Kelly, Mrs. Ogden Hagarty, daughter and servant; Mrs. W. J. Hyslop and ser vant; Mr. and Mrs. M‘Neile, Mrs. Cooper, Miss Collins, Mr. and Mrs. Springer, Mr. Maxwell, Secretary of Legation to Russia; Mr. R. Coligate, Mr. Wilson Mr. Walker, of New York ; Mr. and Mrs. Tyson, Mr. R. Tyson, Miss Ty son, and servant ; Bishop Soule and Rev. J. Sergeant, Bal timore ; Rev. J. Ogilby, New York ; Mr. Ross and Miss Ross, Ireland ; Miss Kennedy and servant, Dublin ; Mr. . , Martin, London ; Mr. Reid, 'Scotland ; Mr. Ballard, Mr Steele, Mr. Johnston, Boston ; Mr. Rooke, Englund ; Rev. J. M`Donagh, Canada ; Rev. J. Leyburn, Virgiana ; Dr. Shotwell, Dr. Strader, Cincinnati ; Captain Sydney. COMMISSIONERS OF BIRKENIIEAD.—A. special meeting of this body was held on Wednesday, to settle certain ques tions as to the purchase of Woodside Ferry. J. H. Greene, Esq. presided, and the following commissioners were pre sent:—Mr. Wm. Jackson, Mr. J. Laird, Mr. Cole, Mr. Pirn, Mr. M. N. Raynes, Mr. R. W. Pritchard, and Mr. J. Parker. The undermentioned qualified as commissioners, and took the oaths accordingly :—Mr. A. Kerr, Mr. W. Hor ner, Mr. Charles A. Watson, Mr. D. M`Nichol, Mr. Rich ard Fry, and, Mr. Charles Gilbertson. Mr. Mallaby, clerk to the commissioners, produced the contract with the railway company, for the purchase of Woodside Ferry, also the four mortgages to the company . for consideration money named in the contract. The following gentlemen were appointed the trustees, to whom the shares are to be transferred for the commissioners :—J. D. Case, Esq., Mr. Wm. Jackson, Mr. J. H. Greene, Mr. D. Appleton, Mr. Horner, Mr. C. Ben tham, Mr. Alexander Kerr, Mr. D. M`Nichol, and Mr. J. Laird. REGISTRY OF STIIPPING.—On Friday the first annual meeting of the Liverpool Society for the Registry of Ship ping was held in the Board-room, No. 21, Exchange-build ings. Henry C. Chapman, Esq., in the chair. The chairman briefly stated the nature of the business to be transacted, and congratulated the members on the successful result of the past year's operations of the society, notwithstanding the de pressed state of the shipping interest. The report was read by the secretary, and received with universal satisfaction. The society is now fully and successfully established, and in its operation must prove beneficial, not only in a local, but a national point of view, to the merchant, underwriter, ship owner, shipbuilder, and emigrant . Six members were elected upon the committee , in lieu of those vacating by ro tation. The following is a list of the Committee of Manage ment for the ensuing year :—Robertson Gladstone, Samuel Martin, William Mann, William Tapley, Thomas Chilton, J. Nelson Wood, Charles Cotesworth, W. A. Coulborn, George Loch, William Potter, William Jones, John Lockett, George Kendall, Thomas Bold, John Clint, Wm. Ashley, Joseph Wilson Brooke, and Henry Cleaver Chapman, Esqrs. The following are members ex-officio : —The Chairman of the Underwriters Association, the Chairman of the Ship owners' Association, and the Chairman of the Shipbuilders' Association. FACTION FIGHT IN THE PARK.—Last night, about six o'clock, a fight took place, originally, it is supposed, between two men only, in one of the fields between Upper Parlia ment-street, Toxteth-park, and the tanneries, near Lodge lane, by which a large crowd was very shortly collected, some of whom, of opposite political opinions, showed some disposition to cause a general breach of the peace. The police-officers stationed in the immediate neighbourhood were soon on the spot, and word was passed down to Mr. Whitty, our active chief constable, that (as was then sup posed) the Irish and the ship-carpenters—of both of whom there were many on the ground—were apparently preparing for hostile conflict. Police Inspector Clough was soon on the spot, and succeeded in quelling, to a certain extent, what turned out to be a " faction fight," (that had sprung out of the first,) between " Leinster" and " Munster," or, in other words, between parties who classed themselves as belonging to these Irish provnces, and became belligerent. The crowd, when the police arrived, was about 600 strong, and the consequences, had they been allowed to proceed unmo lested, might have been most serious. Mr. Whitty, learn ing the urgency of the case, took up about 100 men in coaches, and, with the assistance of those before collected, and arriving from other quarters in rapid succession, very soon cleared the ground, the parties flying off in every direc tion, until all was quiet. The number on the ground at one time appeared, we are informed, to be from two to three thousand. A smart shower of rain set in immediately after wards, and nothing more was heard of the " fighters.' Many of them, it appears, were from New Bird -street, Crosbic .. • .. street, and the same neighbourhood—one long noted for the pugnacious propensities of the inhabitants. At one time an unfounded alarm of imminent danger had spread, and the streets southward, leading to the scene of action, were crowded with young and old. Happily, however, through the vigilance of the police, the whole went off smoothly, and we have heard of no accident to life or limb. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—These beautiful gardens have been fashionably attended every night since the commence ment of the season. The Roman Festa goes off with great eclat,—the fireworks and illuminations are splendid. The gardens are now lighted up with gas lamps, which produce a novel and fine effect. The band playing during the pyro technic display adds greatly to the effect of the scene. The Centrifugal Railway is in progress of erection, and we believe some novel amusements will be brought forward during the season. We recommend a visit to these charming gardens. The animals appear to ha in excellent condition. THE EXHIBITION AT THE MECHANICS' INSTITUTION. — This exhibition opened yesterday. It is very far superior to the last, both in the quality and number of the various arti cles exhibited. The rooms are all well filled with specimens of vertu, taste, and science. Mr. Catlin, who has been at tracting crowds of persons in the metropolis to his Indian Museum, occupies a large shed erected in the yard of the in stitution. It is quite impossible for us to-day to do justice either to the exhibition or the curious and remarkable Indian collection, we shall therefore defer our description of them till Friday ; in the mean time recommending a visit, which will amply repay any one for the time bestowed in the inspec tion. Mr. Catlin's collection is a most extraordinary one. CASE OF THE BARON DE BODE.—On Wednesday a commission was held in the Vice-Chancellor's Court, before John Forquhar Fraser, Esq., Edward Vaughan Richards, Esq., and Edward Smirke, Esq., with a special jury, to inquire into the claims of the Baron Clement de Bode, as a French claimant. Mr. M. D. Hill in opening the case, said, it was a preceeding so rare, that there was no instance since the time of James 1., but his Learned Friends and himself had, by the books, been able to proceed thus far, though not without delay. It was surmised by our law writers, that in former years, subjects had a right to bring an action against the Crown, but this course involved a practical contradiction. To get rid of this practical contradiction custom was allowed; the subject now presented to the Crown a Petition of right, and the crown having endorsed it, " Let right be done," the Petition was taken to the Court of Chancery, Thi s was the case here, and the gentlemen sitting here as commis sioners were to inquire into the truth of the allegations in the Baron's Petition, and to return the truth to the Lord Chancellor. On Saturday the claim of the Baron Clement de Bode was brought to a close before the commissioners of th a t d a and a the jury a p po i nte d to i nqu ire into the claim. The whole and resumed the e v id ence was got throug h on F r iday, and on th e even ing), Mr. Commissioner Fraser commenced sum mingintie up ; but owi ng t o th e nu merous allegations contained the baron, he was obliged to adjourn the court, a p n e of He _ his summing up on Saturday morning. concluded at three o'clockin the afternoon, at which • hour the jury retired, and, h av i ng found the baron's title to be good, returnedr into court at six o'clock, awarding the baron 9,106,650 francs, or £364,260, being the sum, with in ' his estate in Alsace terest, to which they thought he was entitled, for the loss of The the baron, was £1,600,000. amount claimed, with interest, by EISENSTETN'S COFFEE•HOUSE.—Those who are fond of a delicious cup of coffee or chocolate should visit Eisenstein's Coffee-house, in Hackin's-hey. The method adopted in making it is the foreign. It is excellent. Boox COLLECTORS.—Book collectors are recommended to look over Mr. Rees new catalogue, which he has just published. It contains the names of a great many rare works well worthy the notice of the bibliopolist. DESTRUCTION OF FLOWERS.—Two girls, Jane Burtlett and Maria Holt, and two young men, William Holt and James Nelson, were yesterday charged with taking, at four o'clock the same morning, a quantity of flowers and plants from a gentleman's garden in the vicinity, and hiding them in a hedge, with a view to carry them away. They were, however, detected before they accomplished their final in tention. Mr. Rushton remarked strongly on the wanton destruction thus committed, and after reading the clause of the act affecting the offence, fined each of the prisoners 205., and ss. for the value of the flowers, in default, to be impri soned. THEFT FROM PREMISES THAT HAD BEEN ON FIRE.- John M ' Avoy was yesterday charged at the police court with stealing a packet of needle cases and other ,articles on the premises of Mr. Eastee, next door to the Standard Office, at which (the former) there had been a fire o❑ Saturday. Mr. Maxwell, superintendent for the insurance offices stated in mitigation that the articles were the property of an insurance office and were not worth more than 18d. The prisoner, he added, had been employed as a temporary fire man, but had in consequence of the theft been discharged. lle was committed to the House of Correction for seven days. RATHER SHARP PRACTICE TO RECOVER WAGES.—At the police-court yesterday, two men, James Cummings and another, were charged by a man, in whose employ and that of his partner it appeared they had been, with stealing from him a sum of money. The complainant said that he had gone into a public-house where the prisoners were, and hav ing produced some money there, they had snatched up three half-crowns, which they kept, mid scattered the rest about. The prisoners said that the complainant and his partner owed them 13s. 3d. of wages, which they had long lain out of and could not get. The partner was sent for but did not appear, and as the complainant bad varied in his story as to the amount taken, the prisoners were discharged, with an ad monition that they must proceed for the recovery of what was due to them through the Court of Requests, and not seize upon money by force. • SUSPICIOUS CHARACTERS. Two youths, Baker and M'lntyre, the latter of whom was well known to the police as a bad character, were yesterday placed before Mr. Rush ton, on a charge of being found with a well-known thief in the streets, who had a cloak over his arm, which it was strongly suspected was not honestly come by, but with which he made his escape from the officers. On the person of one of the prisoners, who, it appears, keeps a brothel, were found two small brass boxes, in the form of round-topped trunks, both outwardly alike, but the one solid and the other made to open. These, it appears, are for the purpose of practising a trick or juggle on the unwary, by wagering. As nothing positive could be brought forward against them they were discharged with a strong caution. One of them had been discharged eighteen months, and the other had been let loose from gaol only on Saturday last. ALARMING FIRE IN THE CRESCENT.—OII Saturday last, a little after one o'clock, a fire, which for some time threat ened very serious consequences, broke out ou the premises of Mr. Everard Eastee, dealer in toys and fancy articles, North Crescent. How the fire originated is not known. It broke out in the back part of the building in the upper store room or warehouse, adjoining a back entry leading from Harrington-street, and where the buildings are lofty and contiguous—the office of this newspaper being only separated from it by a party wall. . The smell of burning reached our rooms, and smoke being observed, our porter went to Mr. Eastee's to give the alarm, and having found his way to th e site of the conflagration, offered to assilt in its extinguish ment, and is of opinion that he might have perhaps succeeded in arresting' its progress ; but whether from the confusion of the moment or otherwise, he was rather unceremoniously pushed away. He purposed to throw the ignited articles out of the window at once into the yard below, and to have done this, by taking it in the bud, saved any further de struction. Being thwarted in this, intelligence was imme diately conveyed from this office to the fire-engine station house, and two engines were soon on the spot. The articles exposed to the flames in the first instance were of a most combustible nature, being wholly wooden toys and other light articles, and opposite to them was a large stock of lucifer matches, which were, we learn ' soon observed to be also in flames. The fire, indeed, we have little doubt, ori ginated in the ignition of the latter. The whole of the upper room behind was in a blaze before the engines arrived, and the warehouse door was entirely burnt. Mr. Hewitt, of the fire police, and his men exerted themselves to the utmost, and eventually saved the building, and those contiguous which were long in great jeopardy from tne flames. A window immediately contiguous to the compositors' room in our premises (not above three yards distant) was completely burnt out. and the upper part of our premises was filled with smoke. The flames had also found their way through the rafters into the jigger loft, in which there was a quantity of fire works, and the roof of the loft with the teagle, &c., were burnt through. The fire eventually got into the room be low, in which there was also an extensive stock, and serious apprehensions were for a time entertained that this office, and, indeed, the whole range might be come ignited— in .which case the force of the conflagration would have defied all efforts to subdue it. Happily, however, by the exertions of the fire-police, under Mr. Whitty and Mr. Hewett, the fire was subdued in about an hour and a half after its com mencement. Care was taken not to injure Mr. Eastee's stock more than was absolutely necessary. He is, we learn, insured in the Licensed Victuallers' Fire Office. For ourselves we have happily sustained no loss, though we were put to great hazard and inconvenience. The quantity of half consumed toys, &c., that have thrown into the entry be hind the premises, at our own back door, has been great ; and amongst the heterogenous collection was an immense quantity of lucifer matches, the smell of which is still strong and offensive. We cannot conclude without remarking that we consider it exceedingly reprehensible that matters so com bustible should, under any premium of insurance, be suffered to be stored and compacted in premises in the heart of the town, placing the property as well as possibly the lives of those in the adjoining buildings in the utmost danger. EXCISE INFORMATIONS ILLICIT SPIRITS.—An information was yesterday laid, at the police-court, against Mary O'Brien, alias Puwnie, by two excise officers, for having in her possession a quantity of illicit spirits. An inspector of police said, that on Friday night, the 4th of Match, he observed the prisoner coming from the direction of the docks with a basket which appeared to be heavy, and on going up and examining it, he found it to contain a jar with five quarts of whiskey. She then refused to tell her name or residence. She, however, told him next morning that it was O'Brien, and also named her residence. On going to the place pointed out by her he found it was a cellar, half-filled with water ! The delinquent had not since been seen. An officer testified to the contents of he bottle, and Mr. Rushton imposed the legal fine of £lOO. SMUGGLING TOBACCO. -- Patrick Sweeny, and Ann Sweeny, his wife, were next called, but neither of them ap peared. Mr. Davenport was employed for the defence. Mr. Sherriff, excise oilier, stated that from information he had received he, on the 10th of February last, went to the small shop kept by Sweeney in Key-street, and found Mrs. Sweeny there. She seemed to be fluttered when he entered. There was a basket behind the counter, which she endea voured to conceal by covering it with her apron. He en deavoured to obtain possession of it, and she obstructed him. He, however, at last succeeded in getting it into his hands, and saw distinctly that it contained three or four pounds of negro-head and Cavendish tobacco. Mrs. Sweeny then called out, as if some one were robbing her, and her husband came and forcibly took the basket. Some other parties were by, and he could not again find it. Sweeny, he said, used the most violent language towards him, and flourished a stick over his head, defying him to find anything wrong. Three police-officers were soon afterwards called in. In cross-examination, it was admitted by the witness that he had gone in and asked fora pound of negro-head tobacco ; that Mrs. Sweeny had said she had none, nor did she know where any such article could he go ; and it was also ad mitted that on witness producing his commission showing that he was an excise officer, Mr. Sweet►y admitted him willingly to search the premises. Witness asked for the to bacco he had seen, but nothing was found. The defence was somewhat ingenious. Several witnesses were brought for ward, with a view to show that Sweeny was not the man who took away the basket with the tobacco, and that he did not arrive until some time afterwards, but this defence failed. A question also arose as to the identity of Sweeny, as being the man who carried off the box, and as Mr. Davenport showed no reluctance to produce him, that he might be sworn to by the excise-officers, he was sent for, but was not to be found. There were two informations against him ;—one for obstructing the officer in the performance of his duty, and the other for " harbouring" the tabacco. The full penalty in each case was £2oo—in all £4OO. Mr. Rushton imposed in each case the mitigated penalty of £so—in all £lOO. The collector stated in his behalf that he had learned that he was a poor man with four children. RAILROAD MORTGAGES.—The Bank of England has lent £400,000 on railroad mortgages.—Globe. A number of stone coffins, recently opened at the Cathe dral of Lincoln, contained bodies all enveloped in the coarse hair• cloth shirts of the Catholic times. The Postoffice receipts for the month ending January sth, 1840, under the fourpenny rate was £103,623, and for the month ending January sth, 1842, they amounted to the sum of £103,383 3s. 4d. A first dividend of five shillings in the pound has been de clared payable out of the estate of. the Berwick Bank of Batson, Berry, and Co. The total amount of debts proved up to this period is £246,000. • The united vicarages of North Newnton and West Knoyle, Wilts, 22 miles distant from each other, have, for the inter ests of religion, been disunited by an order of her Majesty in Council. The livings will therefore henceforth be distinct benefices. The labours of the committee are concluded—the Tariff is finished, and, so glad were the members to get rid of its dry details that some of them, we are told, actually danced down the house with joy ! It is a new scene in the Commons, and must have been amusing enough to those who witnessed it. CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.—A deputation from the committee of the Church Missionary Society, consisting of the Earl of Chichester, Sir T. D. Acland, Mr. W. Evans, Sir R. H. Inglis, Mr. J. P. Plumptre, Sir G. H. Rose, the Rev. R. Davies, and Mr. D. Coates, had an interview with Lord Stanley on Friday, at the Colonial-office. THE WAR IN CHINA:-A return has been issued of all moneys repaid by her Majesty's government to the East India Company on account of the war in China, since the commencement of the war until the present time. The total amount is £573,442. GREENLAND NITTIALE FI STIERY. — Captain Blain, of the Perseverance, arrived at North Shields from Stettin, reports having passed in the voyage a whale ship from Greenland to Hainburgh, with a full cargo. This is the first intelligence from the Greenland whale fishery this season ; and it is to be hoped that the other vessels prosecuting the fishingat Green land, of late years very unsuccessful, have been equally for tunate. There is at present residing at Seaville a young girl who can boast of having four mothers living, viz., her own mother, her grandmother, her great grandmother, and her great great grandmother. Even the eldest of these mammas is in good health, and they all reside in the parish of Home Cultram.—Carlisle Patriot. - - From the return to the House of Commons, the number of officers and men constituting the effective yeomanry of Great Britain and Ireland, during the years 1840 and 1811, it appears that they amounted in the . former 835 officers and 13,450 men ; for the support of whom parliament granted a sum of £92,093, which was exceeded by an expenditure of £233 14s. 7d. In the following year the officers numbered 840 and the men 13,034 ; for whose support a vote of £82,266 was granted, over which an excess of expenditure has taken place of £lO3 6s. ld. Numerous meetings of chartists have of late taken place in Lancashire ; on Sunday week between 2000 and 3000 indi viduals congregated at Pendle - hill , a wild and mountainous spot, and the highest point in the county. Every Sunday also, for the last few weeks, encampments of chartists have been held on the hills and other parts of the manufacturing districts. One speaker stated, " that if they were resolved to have recourse to physical force, lie would undertake to lead them on, if he could only see one hundred men, twenty one years of age, ready and united." REVOLTING MUTILATION OF THE BODY OF A STILL-BORN INFANT. Yesterday, Charlotte Babbington (on view of the muti lated body of whose infant child an inquest was held yester day week at the Workhouse, when a verdict of " still-born" was returned) was brought before Mr. Rushton, at the Police court, she having been detained on the charge of concealment of pregnancy, until her health was sufficiently restored to enable her to undergo a second harrowing investigation. The prisoner still looked pale and feeble, and she was ac commodated with a chair within the bar. An extraordinary degree Of uainfnl interest was excited amongst the crowded auditory, from whose marked observation the prisoner ap peared to shrink, holding her head down, so that her coun tenance, which betrayed much anxiety, could be but rarely and partially seen. The evidence was nearly the same as that adduced at the inquest, reported in our paper of Teesday last; and as it is altogether of a revolting nature, we shall repeat only the heads, supplying also some few additional faots elicited by the magistrates, and bearing more exclusively on the charge of concealment. Nancy Friel, the wife of Stephen Friel, said the prisoner had lodged with them twice in Crooked-lane. On the first occasion she remained two days. She was afterwards absent a fortnight, and returned on Saturday week. She (prisoner) had a bulky appearance, but witness imputed it at the time to her dress. The prisoner never told her that she was in the family way. On Thursday week, prisoner, on coming down stairs in the morning, complained that she had been poorly in the night, and that, being in the dark, she had soiled the floor. Witness went up into the bedroom, and found the bed (which had been turned) and the clothes and floor stained with blood. She told the prisoner she had done a bad job for her. The prisoner continued sitting up all that day. In the afternoon witness found two pieces of flannel cloth in the petty, both stained with blood, and washed them, thinking they might be of some use. She in formed her husband what she had discovered. She after wards saw the little band and arm of a baby, which her husband had lifted out of the petty with a pair of tongs; she subsequently saw the remaining arm, the legs, body, and head of a.child. There was no other female lodger sleeping in the room or the house, and none of the rooms were let off to other parties. Betsey Hall, a woman occasionally employed by Mrs. Friel in charring, said that she saw the prisoner at the house on Monday week, and she appeared to be bulky for a person of her appearance. She thought her in the family way, and so expressed herself to Mrs. F. There was now a great al teration in the prisoner's appearance. She was not so broad in the waist. Stephen Friel corroborated the first witness in the former part of his testimony. He did not take particular notice of the prisoner's appearance when she came back after being a fortnight absent. On Saturday night week be found some clothes in the soil in the necessary. He searched again on Sunday morning, and found a piece of black cloth, and drew from under it the hand and arm of an infant. He went for a police-officer. Police Inspector Appleton said be went and searched the petty ; he found a dark- coloured cloth, and a piece of a white one, and fuund under them the other arm and band of the child, and, subsequently, the two legs, then the body, and, finally, the head—all of which had been dissevered. He searched the room where the prisoner slept, and found a white bedgown [produced] stained with blood, which the prisoner afterwards owned. A phial was also found in the room, labelled " black hellebore." He also found a pair of scissors in the room stained with blood. Mr. M'Clellan, house surgeon of the South Dispensary, repeated his evidence, with some few additions as to the state of the remains. It was the dissevered body of a full-grown female child, and could not have been many days born. There was slight decomposition of the chest, head, and ab domen. He examined the person of the prisoner, and found that she had recently been delivered. He particularly exa mined the several parts of the child, and opened the chest. He found the lungs were high up, and on trying them they sunk in water. He was of opinion that the child had never breathed. Children might breathe, and afterwards die in the birth, in which case the lungs might partly float, or might not ; but he considered the test in the present instance quite conclusive that the child was still-born. Mrs. Friel, being recalled, said the prisoner never men tioned anything to her about her peculiar situation; and no baby clothes were found, nor any preparation made for the expected birth of a child. A female, who had acted as purse to the prisoner since she had been in the workhouse, (after her apprehension,) said, that on the Sunday afternoon after she came there she ad mitted that she had borne a child. The prisoner declined throughout to put any questions to the witnesses ; and on being asked, at the conclusion of the inquiry, if she wished to say anything, replied that she had nothing to say. Mr. Rushton said that she Must stand com mitted for concealment of pregnancy to take her trial at the next assizes. She was then taken down. Mr. M'Clelland, at the request of Mr. Rushton, afterwards examined the pri soner as to her health, with a. view to ascertain whether she return from the Bridewell, he reported that she was suffi ciently recovered to be received into the hospital of that place. The prisoner, we learn, was the wife of a Mr. Bahbington, formerly a shopkeeper in Whitechapel, in this town, and now deceased. We have further heard that she has two children by her late husband, both now at school in Stafford shire ; that subsequently she was in the service of Mr. Bibby, at Linacre Marsh, as housekeeper, but had left his employ in consequence of his giving up housekeepin g ; that she thence went into the service of Lord Walscourt, (or Waliott,) in Ireland ; left that place in April last, owing to incapacity arising from weakness, and then came to lodge at Mr. Friel's for the first time. _ During the fortnight she - absent (as stated) from her lodgings, it appears that she was residing at Wigan. She has been, it is added, respectably brought up, and writes a good hand. She had no legal ad viser in the court, or at the previous inquest at the work house. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sin,—l am sorry to see a person of your acknowledged penetration deceived by the specious arguments and mis statements of Mr. Earle in his articles in the Liverpool Mer cury„ which, from your article in your Tuesday's publica tion, would appear to be the case; and ask you, an im partial journalist, to insert this letter, and hope 1 do not de ceive myself in assuming that you will do so. Yon do not appear to be aware of the fact that Mr. Earle has been aware from the first that the author of " I u Silentio et Spe," the plan which he patronises, is Mr. Elmes, and that he has used, and is using, his influence to obtain for it the first prize. You are also perhaps not aware that Mr. Earle has not hesitated to conceal and misrepresent facts to carry his own interested views, and that he has calumniated the author of the successful prize in every way,—that, when baffled on one point he has turned to another, the present position being the fourth he has taken up,—that he has de clared that Mr. Elmes shall have the prize,—and you surely cannot know that the parties " toe independent to be biassed" to whom Mr. Earle has sent the plans to be referred have already made two different statements each, as the Building Committee can prove,—the last one unfavourable to the suc cessful plan, —or you surely would not call this an act of fairness to the successful competitor, who may ask you why were Mr. Dowdall and Mr. Forster, who gave their opinions in favour of his plan, excluded from the number of the new judges. Was it because they were " too independent to be biassed ?" You do not mention in the article that the suc cessful plan was referred back a week in consequence of Mr. Earle's misrepresentations, and which he was forced to recall, and that it was then decided by the board to be entitled to the first prize, but condemn the vascillating conduct of the board in reversing the unjust decision which Mr. Earle in sidiously obtained in the absence of some of those who had previously voted, and who were not then or now aware that the board possesses the power of reversing a decision once fixed. It appears, however there are several additions to the Poor Law Act which are not generally known. lam sur prised that, knowing as you must the domineering character of Mr. Earle, you should lend your powerful aid to further his selfish and unjust object. You must be aware of the paltry and low-minded persecution indulged in by Mr. Earle against any person (not Mr. Scott in particular—witness Mr. Stone, the schoolmaster) who may be unfortunate enough to be upheld by any one but himself. I am sick of the hypocrisy and humbug of Mr. Earle, who is continually stating his belief that the successful architect's design was seed by some of the guardians before it was sent in, and that they knew it to be his when they saw it in the room. Why, Mr. Earle and all the board knew Mr. Elmes' plan from the particular manner he has of colouring his plans; and I have no hesitation whatever in asserting, and all his acts tend to prove it, that it is solely because it is Mr. Elmes' that Mr. Earle backs it by his vote and leading arti cles, his misrepresentations, insinuations, in short, by all the bad methods which are generally divided amongst com mittees, but which Mr. Earle seems to have a monopoly of here. It is the only plan he ever voted for ! When the di vision was taken for the first prize, six were for the success ful one—Mr. Earle and another for Mr. Elmes When the vote was for the second prize, four were for Coat of Arms, and four, including Mr. Earle, for Mr. Elmes ! ! The chairman, Mr. Earle, (how came he to be chairman that day ?) then gave the castinc , vote for Mr. Elmes!! In short, it was, and is, Elmes, Eames, Elmes. Why, then, all this mocking and talk about prejudging? You say, "To canvass a gentleman for his vote under such circumstances is to offer him a gross insult ;" of this I accuse Mr. Earle. Probably Mr. R. E. Harvey, Mr. Dover, and Mr. Rimmer can prove the truth of this ; and I ask Mr. Dover how he knew that (as he boasted) he would have had the majority last Tuesday if the guardians had not been can vassed? When Mr. R. E. Harvey came to the meeting he came for a certain purpose—to do the bidding of Mr. Earle, who brought him. Mr. Rimmer never attended any meet- ing till Tuesday, when he attended to vote against the suc cessful plan without knowing anything of the merits of the question, and for that purpose only. You may not be aware that when the motion was brought forward to refer the plans to professional gentlemen, after the prize had been awarded and the Sealed letters opened, the chairman, the Rev. A. Campbell, expressed " his sur prise at Mr. Earle's motion," saying that he had never known any parallel to it, and condemned it in the strongest terms. In conclusion, may I ask would it not have been better for you to have studied botlesides of the question before writing an article cm the subject, as it may tend seriously to injure the successful architect in the opinion of your readers, who may not previously have heard anything of the subject in question. The plans are on view at the Exhibition Rooms, Postoflice Place, to take an impartial view of them yourself. Sir, your's, &c., June 17th, 1842. PHIDIAS. [Our correspondent may rest assured that we have not been „ deceived b y th e specious ar guments and mis-state ments of Mr. Earle;" and we think h e h as left untouched that point for which we contended —namely, perfect justice being done to every competitor. With the decision of the Board of Guardians we have no desire to quarrel; but we hold ourselves at liberty to remark on the vacillating con duct which has characterised their proceedings during the last few weeks. We have understood that Mr. Earle pledged his honour as a gentleman that, until the seal of the letter was broken, he did not know that silentio in spe was the production of Mr. ' and altho ug h we di sapprove o f much of Mr. Earle s Elmes ; political conduct, upon w hi c h we h ave fully and freely commented, we are not inclined to question his honour or veracity as a gentleman. The rem arks which we made on Tuesday were to the effect, that if any member of the Board of Guardians had been personally canvassed to support a particular design, it was insulting to the person so canvassed—unjust to other architects who had spent much time, labour, and money on designs, expecting an impartial selection—and very likely to deprive the town in future of the valuable competition of architects of high character and ability. We still hold to this opinion, which is that of every man.who is not biassed by prejudice or blinded by partiality. The truth ia, that certain members of the board were re solved at all hazards to carry com petitors themselves expected justice ; the public expected that the best plan would be chosen, no matter who might be its author. A difference of opinion arose, more especially when it became known that Mr. Scott's plan had been pre of those who . viously seen by some had afterwards to sit in judgment upon it. It was then resolved that it should be left to the decision of certain professional gentlemen to choose the best design, it having been previously ascertained that none of them or their connexions were competitors; and we n are of opi n io n that none of the gentlemen who have sent i plans will demur to this arrangem ent. It appears that the opinion of Mr. Stewart and Mr. Weightman had been asked, not in reference to the whole of the designs, but only as re garded the plans selected by the members of the board; and althou g h w e do not underrate the opinion of Mr. Forster and t h ese gentlemen could h ar dl y b e expected to Mr. Dowd a ll, be judges of architectural designs, or of the mode of their execution. If we are correctly informed, Me ssrs . cunping.. ham, Picton, flolme, Stewart, and Weightman, are now er gaged, not in selecting from the three plans which have bee brought so prominently forward, but in going through whole of the thirty-nia character of these gentle ties. We hope when t may have the first prize ; but we think Phidias is neither Ur wisest nor the best of his friends. The whole question turn upon something more than hostility to Mr. Earle ; and w fear that our correspondent is so carried away by this im proper feeling, that he 1, we have contended,—na and impartial justice to every co is lost sight of the principle for whit nely, the selection of the best plan MONTGOMERY'S " LUTHER.' OPINION OF THE REV. HUGH WHITE, OF DUBLIN May 181 h, 184 14Iy DEAR beg now to offer you my best thank for your kindness in sending me a copy of " LUTHER," fron whose perusal I have derived a high degree of pleasure. cannot more suitably or satisfactorily express my opinion of this valuable poem, than by saying that it appears to nu worthy of its subject. The character of the great reformer is delineated wall much fidelity ; and while its loftier qualities are brought intc full exhibition, its softer features, as displayed in the tender , ness of domestic life, and the breathings of poetical inspira tion which pervades his letters, are most attractively pre: sented to our view. lam also much delighted with the Dre- eminence given in the poem, as in scripture, to our Redeemer, in the work of creation, and the sentiments of grateful love to him, and cheerful con fidingness in him, which are in many parts of the poem ex pressed with peculiar power and beauty of language....Th, . _ .ovidence, and gracC true spirit of Popery is also faithfully and forcibly exhibited, and I cannot but indulge a hope that this unveiling of the antichristian errors and enormities of the great mystery of iniquity may be of important service i❑ our day, in warning those members of our scriptural church who are, apparently, on the high road to Popery. The peculiar glory of the doc trines of the reformation is displayed, throughout the poem, in a very attractive aspect; by the exhibition of their entire harmony with the oracles of Divine truth, in setting forth the Saviour's infinitely meritorious sacrifice and righteous ness as the exclusive ground of the sinner's trust, and shew ing the important influence which the cordial reception of this most comfortable doctrine exercises over the believer's growth in grace, and progi-ess in that " holinesS without which no man shall see the Lord." And while the theology of the poem is so sound and scriptural, its poetical merits, as far as I am competent to judge, entitle it to a high degree of praise, abounding, as it does, in passages of great beauty of sentiment and expression. Nor can I omit to return you my sincere thanks for the pleasure which I received from the introductory preface, which forms a very suitable' opening for such a work, and the notes, which contain a mass of most valuable information. I remain, my dear sir, your's faith fully and obliged, HUGH WHITE. CHURCH EDUCATION SOCIETY FOR IRELAND The anniversary meeting of the Liverpool members and friends of the Church Education Society for Ireland was held yesterday, in the Music-hall, Bold-street. There was a highly respectable, but not a very numerous auditory. The Rev. Dr. O'Sullivan and the Rev. Thomas Walker at tended as a deputation, to promote the interests of the soci ety. In addition to the deputation, we observed the follow ing clergymen and gentlemen in the meeting :—Rev. Rector Campbell, Rev. H. M'Neile, Rev. F. Ould, Rev. J. Jones, Rev. A. M'Conkey, Rev. C. J. Hamilton, Rev. F. Parry, Rev. J. H. Stewart, Rev. J. Cordeaux, Rev. A. Townsend, Rev. S. Cragg, Rev. T. Dover, Rev. F. Barker, Rev. W. Archer, Rev. J. Walter, Rev. Maginnes, Rev. Gore, Rev. Hill, A. Hodgson, Esq., J. Rigby, Esq., C. Inman, Esq., C. Bondlower, Esq., T. B. Horsfall, Esq., E. Jones, Esq., W. Jones, Esq. . The Rev. Rector CAMPBELL took the chair proceedings commenced by the Rev. Thomas Walker im ploring the divine blessing upon them. and the The'CnAmtmAx then said, It being the wish of the com mittee that the proceedings of the Church Education Society for Ireland should be conducted in strict conforr parochial order, and consequently that at th meetings in this parish one of t .nniversa although conscious of my inability to perform my duties pro perly, from the feebleness of my health, which, I believe, perhaps unfortunately, has prevented this meeting being held at a time when it perhaps might have been more fully at tended. I conceive that with the exception of our local charities, which ought to have the foremost claim, not one is more entitled to our support than that whose interests will be advocated before you to-day. (Hear.) Ireland is avow edly the weak point of the British empire.. I do not now ,'! 8 I\ wish to make any political allusions, neither do I refer to the religious condition of Ireland with any party views ; but it is impossible, I think, for any friend of pure and undefiled religion —nay, more, it is impossit riend of common humanity or religious to con- template the present condition of the Irish people without the deepest feelings of sorrow and alarm. (Hear, hear No one who is at all acquainted with their characte, to admire the generous qualities by which that character is adorned ; no one who is at all interested in their welfare can fail to deplore the purposes to which those venn- --- -- are perverted by men who sway their ail, sent time. (Hear.) We hear a great deal a, of the Irish people, and 1 am prepared t, they are very deeply, but let us trnst not enslaved ; and essential as it is that they should ix, cipated from slavery, I am willing to admit that the best of doing so is to enable them to emancipate themselves Their moral and religious condition must be e 1 they can become morally and religiously free—(ch I know no surer way of effecting this emancipation u,..._ Scriptural education—an education in which the Scriptural instruction of the people is recognised as an essential prin ciple. (Cheers.) When, therefore, I see a society professing to accomplish this great work—a society proceeding in strict accordance with Scriptural order and discipline, under the sanction and authority of the bishops of that primitive but reformed branch of Christ's holy Catholic church, which is established in Ireland—and when I call it a primitive branch can fail lalities ted before wise unto salvation in faith through Christ Jesus. however, this very much in view, that that education should be guided and directed by the clergy of the estahliQhpd 'he soci, .hial clergy of if the evils connected with that dee )een displaced, so to 'om the ition as teachers of •eplace the clergy where they c g!,ve to all in ligand an opt Word of God with His Hoi to know Hit had, from 1829 or 18 t of seventy thou turned in December last as receiving ins no less than 22,000 were th tholic parents. There v the society, and th children of Roman C .e 1219 schools in connection with .d hundreds of applications to become y could not listen to, because their friends would t. There were thousands and thousands of chil- iptural education, but they had During the three years they had raised funds to inns of receivi y had been in existent . _ the amount of £19,000 from their own resources, and they now came to ask the aid of England, to enable them to open schools to receive those children who were craving at their hands the food they required. The rev. gentleman then made an eloquent appeal to the meeting, and he thankfully acknow iedged, on behalf of the society, the contributions of Liver- members of the Church of irist in Ir ad are placed, by the withholding of public aid from any system of education in which they can conscientiously concur, are such as to re rt of a Church Edit- quire the ft of Christ's church I wish to observe, by way of parenthesis, I do so deliberately and advisedly, because I think it is a great misrepresentation to assert, and a great mistake to be lieve, that the branch of the Romish church which is prevail ing in Ireland is the primitive church. (Hear.) The primi tive church is the reformed church, professing the same doc trines, and maintaining the same discipline which were taught and prescribed by the apostles, and by St. Patrick too, a eau.._ if the truth were known. (Hear, and cheers.) Its bishops was, he it...„, are the successors of the primitive bishops of Ireland, and in - 'F to tht so far as apostolical succession has any claims to spiritual allegiance, its bishops have a claim to the spiritual allegiance of the people of Ireland. (Cheers.) When, then, I see a society so sanctioned, and professing such an object, I think I- see a means for the emancipation of Ireland, which, to use a common phraseology, deserves and de mands the support of every friend to the cause of civil v, and religious liberty throughout the world. (Hear.) The ag cause of this society is the cause of religious liberty, claiming wit, and asserting to the people the free use of the word of God, upon in opposition to those who would deny them that free use. gle at (Cheers.) Its object is the same as that which the Great to brin Head of the Church declared to be his object in his sermon they hat. to the people of Nazareth, when he took the following pas- day, whit sage from the book of the prophet Isaiah :—" The Spirit of when Ron the Lord is upon me, because he bath anointed me to preach introduce s, the gospel to the poor; to heal the broken hearted; to preach a day when .. deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the rank of defer. blind ;to set at liberty them that are bruised ; and to preach with its flotilla, the acceptable year of the Lord." (Hear.) The object of sons, in coming this society is to preach deliverance to the captives, the re- seemed to have d, covery of sight to the blind ;to set at liberty them that arc In that day, when bruised; to preach the acceptable year of the Lord—(hear); tish soldiery, and, N and I trust that the Spirit of the Lord will be upon it ; that fire into every heart, it will go forth through the length and breadth of the weak woman but I ha\ land, armed with the sword of the Spirit, which is of England, too, and the word of God, achieving the peaceful triumphs of Parma, or Spain, or any the cross, and setting the captives free. (Loud cheers.) I vade the borders of my rt trust that by this society, in unison with that which I believe words of a queen ; and le to them has recently been established for the preaching and explana- attempt that was made in dent days in tion of the word of God to the native Irish in their own of the land to which God en such a lin , native tongue, Ireland may at length be emancipated, and you met that attempt as ,at to be met, become really free. (Hear.) For myself I can honestly say, cated the land, you vindi ,d the cause of S. in application of the words of St. Paul, that "my heart's tion ; and here in Engla you have provid desire and prayer to God for my brethren is, that they may which God has blessed t there shall be be saved," because I bear them record that they have a zeal your Scriptures, that i , ur schools of na for God, but, as 1 think, not according to knowledge. the voice of the Wort ;od sounds still. (Hear.) lam anxious that this knowledge should be corn- In a place like this, t ,t became not hi municated to them ; and I believe it can only be communi- principle engaged i .:ause ; but whal cated to them through the word of God, that they may know for ? To shew that I done our duty the truth, and that the truth may set them free. (Hear.) we should not be with merely p And now, as I think it more than probable, from the pre- people and rescui en land from sense of a highly gifted and highly valued friend and bro- that we should is we had the ther minister whom I see here to-day, that you may hear principle not ntraiened t something of Popery, in reference to the proceedings of the British langu 30ken the sa day,—l wish, in conclusion, to say a very few words upon it gave freedom i captive, shoe myself—words to which I request your particular atten- dom blessed !airing the Bi tion, though perhaps they may not be exactly in the terms This was th' we had to do, to which you have been accustomed upon occasions like into two pa• that it was ri , this. (Hear, hear, hear.) You must not suppose from that there a circumstan this I am going to speak lightly of the errors and cor- can justif it of the Bil ruptions of Rome, neither that lam going to sanction them. there wa .o it. There (Cheers.) If that is done I will leave it to others who will us it wz , iat because do it, and who have much more spirit of belief than I. This, been, r be, are alik however, I wish to say, as I said before, and this I wish to tural i ople, so it repeat publicly,— my deep and solemn conviction is—in for it Irornote ag' this, moreover, I believe I shall have the concurrence of all estal :cation. 1.3 my clerical brethren who hear me,—that if Popery is to be re- dm , ,at, which stored in this country, its restoration will not be owing to yes there wa its own intrinsic strength, but to the weakness consequent sc ag the peo upon the divisions of Protestantism. (Hear.) It is impos- .. nan Coal( Bible to view the Protestant countriesabroad backsliding into v .e was kn the lowest depths of heresy; it is impossible to view the ' imbent up whole Protestant world torn to pieces by intestine divisions ; carried. it is impossible to view men of pious, and amiable, and cul- ART mot tivated, and, perhaps you will say, of weak minds. seeking )bation 0 refuge in what you will consider to be the stagnant wr ged all • Popery, because they are seeking peace in true religion I ptural kr like the dove, when first sent forth from the ark, the} lEILE st no rest for the sole of the feet amidst trouble, and wars, he- think (he said) that the proper business, as well as the con resies, and schisms ;it is impossible, I say, to witness all venient time, of this day is spent, and that a very few words these things without feeling deep apprehension. (Hear.) may suffice from me in seconding this resolution. Though The principle of Popery is unity; the principle of Protest- the society upon whose behalf we are assembled hears an antism seems to be division, as if its name were legion. Irish name, and though Ireland be especially the direct field (Hear.) And we must take care lest the principle of unity for its operations, yet it is a British cause, affecting England prevails, as it very frequently does, over the principle of di- as well as Ireland. (Hear.) In saying this, Ido not wish vision. (Hear.) Now I, in m y ignorance and simplicity, to detract from the Christian character of English sympathy can find no cure for these divisions but this, that every one in aiding us in this cause ; neither is it to detract from that who loves the Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity and truth Christian character and sympathy to have a reflection upon sh9uld unite upon the platform of the primitive church, as one's self. We are called upon in Holy Scripture to remem exemplified in the doctrine s an d discipline of that branch of ber them that are in abundance, as abounding with them ; it which is, by God's provide n ce, established in England and and we are to consider them that are tempted, as being our- Ireland—(hear) — a church which, as a human establishment has, no doubt, and must have, its imperfections, bec ause has, also in the body and liable. Uport the same principle I venture to ground an appeal to you, to consider the neces what human establishment has not, but which in doctrine cities of the Irish poor, as being yourselves exposed to dan and discipline is built I beli eve upon the foundation of the 'ger still. (Hear.) You have been highly flattered to-day apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief by the encomiums passed upon what has taken place in this corner stone, and out of which, therefore, I think men need town. lam thankful to see that much for which we have not seek an imaginary perfection, which cannot 'be found. reason to be thankful to Almighty God did take place in this The principle of religious un ity may, I believe, be found in town ; but the cause requires watchfulness still, and if we obedience to episcopal government as limited by the word of relax the system of efforts by which the good cause has been God, and with the Bible as its code of laws. In the same won, we have no reason to suppose that good results can be way, by way of illustration. I may observe that the principle maintained. (Hear.) The principle will be strengthened of civil unity may be found in obedience to the monarchial in us by the exercise of it towards others ; and in the day of our own prosperity we are invited to aid th e cause of the government limited by the laws of the land. If the clergy will make it a sacred principle to obey their bishops, those poor Irish, who have inflicted upon them still a system with ruling over them spiritually, the storms that now threaten which you were threatened, from which your children were our beloved church will pass away like a summer cloud. at once delivered, and from which now your town has been If the laity in the exercise of that faith and humility delivered. You have heard to-day a condensed history of which is so salutary to the human mind, will consent to be the education of the poor in Ireland. You have heard that, guided and instructed by a clergy thus scripturally governed, for twenty years from 1806, it made prodigious progress— the Church of Christ in this country will be like a city at scriptural education made prodigious progress —such pro unity in itself, and it ma y bid d e fi ance to the gates of hell. gress that the priests of the Romish schism were alarmed ; (Hear.) But I k now th a t i n t hi s l am expressing a vision- but how could they stay its progress ? The direct and pro ary wish, and therefore I need not trespass any longer upon per mode of attempting it was by influencing their own peo your time. I k now , i n t hi s respec t, m y words will seem to pie, but that they could not do. It is in evidence before you the generality lik e th e soun di ng b rass and the tinkling um_ that the Roman Catholic people of Ireland were determined gal, or the voice of the charmer to the deaf man's ear ; but to have scriptural education for their children. How, thee, still, though they may be destitute of power, Ido hope th a t could the priests stop it? They atte m pt e d it by influencing I may not hesitate to lift up the voi ce of charity i a n d w h en the British govern men t. Y ou h ave h ear d h o w they sue-f I appeal to you in behalf of a ch aritable s ociety for the s cr ip- ceeded. They succeeded, no t by avow i n g an intention of tural education of the Irish p oor, 1 trust I sh a ll not appeal stopping it, but by prop oun di ng a mo d e which seemed m ore _ in vain. •I shall now con clude m y o bservations by calling on fair, considering the condition of the whole populantion it d diere the Rev. Thos. Walker to move the first resolution. (Hear). commends itself as more fair in some resp The Rev. THOMAS WALKER, tin moving the first resolu- fore the national board was conceded. sec •tbut, as in tion, said he bad the honour to before the meeting as other concessions, was attended with-ucilairied out, but the agent for the Irish Church Education Society the ob- other cases, the concession has been fully . - This, I say, you have jects of which had been already so ably stated it • ex- the security has been all forgotten. by their cellent chairman. Its design, s i m .,_ ply :vas,. to , afford au op- had laid before you in evidence to.daY ; and You have been told that many are hopeless of portunity • to the people of Ireland of' receiving an education be done? ou education in Ireland, be founded upon the word of God, whereby they might be made any national support for scriptural This- concession, like colon. the Irish poor. The REv. DR. O'SULLIVAN seconded the resolution in a speech of nearly two hours length, which it is of course im possible for us to give anything but a meagre outline of. He said that thb advocate of the Irish Church Education Society in Liverpool appeared under very peculiar circumstances. In a cause which seemed pre-eminently a cause of principle, he was, he might almost say, prohibited from applying himself to the consideration of principle, because --- , eared in a place where the principle of the cause had • 3:-.4-oa. He stood in the place where the -vas put upon its trial, and ,ad had judgment pronounced in its favour ; he stood in the place where an attempt was made to introduce Romanism under the mask of liberality in scriptural education, and where that attempt was met in a spirit worthy of the nation • against which it was meditated. It was not in such a place, with recollections of that great struggle pressing themselves upon the speakees mind, with the victors in that great strug gle at his side, that a man would come forward and attempt to bring up again the question of principle, on which already: they had spoken their judgment so decidedly. There was a day, which the annals of our country must commemorate, when Romanism, in a form more undisguised, attempted*to introduce superstition and intolerance into this good land— a day when Spain, which at that time was elevated into the rank of defender of the Church of Rome, covered the sea with its flotilla, and sought to disturb the land with its trea sons, in comit ' ., down against the land which Almighty God seemed to have designed as the defender of the faith. (Hear.) In that day, when our Queen rode through the ranks of Brii , tish soldiery, and, with her words and bearing, struck fresh fire into every heart, she said, " I know I have the body of a weak woman but I have the heart of a king ; aye, of a king of England, too, and think it foul scorn that a prince of Parma, or Spain, or any other country, should dare to in vade the borders of my realm." (Cheers.) These were the words of a queen ; and let him say to them—" you met the attempt that was made in more recent days in a spirit worthy of the land to which God has given such a line of sovereigns ; you met that attempt as it ought to be met, and you vindi cated the land, you vindicated the cause of Scriptural educa tion ; and here in England you have provided by exertions which God has blessed that there shall be no fetters upon your Scriptures, that in your schools of national instruction the voice of the Word of God sounds still." (Loud cheers.) In a place like this, then, it became not him to speak of the principle engaged in this cause ; but what had be done this for ? To shew that we had done our duty but in part--that we should not be satisfied. with merely protecting our own people and rescuing our own land from the foul scorn, but that we should, as far as we had the power, make the principle not to be contravened that wherever the British language was spoken the same principle that gavefreedom to the human captive, should make that free dom blessed to him by leaving the Bible free. (Cheers.) This was the work which we had to do, and it divided itself into two parts. To show that it was right we should do it — that there is nothing in the circumstances of Ireland which can justify an abandonment of the Bible, and to show that there was hope we could do it. There were men who told us it was hopeless, and that because the powers that have been, and the powers that be, are alike opposed to the scrip tural instruction of the people, so it was useless to contend for it—it was useless to promote agitation in the hope of establishing scriptural education. Dr. O'Sullivan then ad dressed himself to this point, which he successfully contro verted by showing, that there was in reality a desire for scriptural education, among the people of Ireland, though it was opposed by the Roman Catholic priesthood, and he urged that when this desire was known to the administra tion, they must feel it incumbent upon them to meet it. • The resolution was then carried. The Rev. J. H. STEWART moved the second resolution; which expressed the approbation of the meeting at the efforts of the society, and pledged all present to support it in its "" , rts to spread true scripturalknowledge among the people. M'NEILE seconded the resolution. 1 /, which Shalt provide religious instruction for principle of scriptural education xters of and find s Government could effect the young . . T .s . s9ciety, nd the laity Ireland, sought to and so to lurid reli- truction. (Hear.) Au in d, supported by Governor been fount h was 1. principle diametrically opt: the Church of Christ had been, and ever would be, built; and the scriptures, though given for the instruction of all, had been mutilated as if there were not to be found in them those truths by which it pleased God, through the holy spirit, (Hear.) It had been to make mea wis by the chair limn that there were two parties, two eland—the one the primitive reformed ler claiming (but most falsely) to be the .d to have a ready test ese two great bodies. to see which was the church of Christ and uire whic it was that held ich refused them, a m good. Which, hi ging that they tsked, was the )f Christ ? C was tt Is that which published the it Word set forth as the Saviour of The church of Ireland, which the rly described as a primitive church, century down to the year ptural education throughout Ireland, so that iu the schools connected with the various religious societies there were to be found 560,000 children, 400,000 of whom were children of Roman Catholic parents, 33,003 out of those 400,000 being wholly under Ro man Catholic teaching, the rest being under the teaching of persons belonging to the church. Just when the various in stitutions in Ireland were acquiring strength, when they were extending largely through the land the blessing of reli gious instruction, wh en success was following in their steps, when the people of Ireland were anxious for religious instruc -both Romanists and others—then government listen )f the Roman Catholic population, but to the demands of their ed, not to t atisfied ecclesiastical rulers, and suddenly withdr( that had previously been afforded for the purpose of support ing the religious societies which supplied the people with scriptural education, and substituted in their place " the Na tional Board of Education." In a letter to the Duke of Leinster, government distinctly stated, that the principle of the Roman Catholic Church being so much at variance with the principle of the societies affording scriptural education, that the Bible was not to be used in instruction at all. See what a painful position they were placed in in Ireland ; aid suddenly withdrawn just at the time when success was attending their efforts, and at a time when the Church in Ireland was grievously harrassed by what had been well termed " the anti-tithe war," when clergy were robbed of their incomes. Just when everything was dark and lowering upon the church, that moment was seized upon to afford countenance to a principle, as regarded education, directly at variance with what had been previously acted upon—to which, indeed, the Church of Christ must always adhere—namely, that the Scriptures are the birthright of all, and should be used in the education of all, if they are to be brought to the knowledge of that truth which, when blessed of God, teaches the way of salvation. (Hear.) In this position things stood for a short time ; but after the lapse of two or three years, all the various Diocesan Societies combined into one, out of which had arisen the Church Education Society for Ireland, the cause of which he was pleading. It was under the guidance of his grace the primate of Ireland, most of the bishops were patrons of it, and the clergy of the church tivelv co-, carrying into s which the institution had before it. One )een to improve the character of the in: d to secular educ alsely. reported of them ; they 'ere not op- jven to that ed It.ion by con- vith God's most holy word. (Hear.) KnoWledge s neither good nor evil; it was the application of 1 it too which made it either re, be directed into right chan ssitig, and this could only be done by associating with it the truths of the gospel. This proposition was expanded•to considerable length by the rev. gentlemen, who, in support of it, quoted from Mr. Wyse, for which he ar the same e simple education in God's d that were re- 'action in them, cause the members of the : present government, as well as of the late government, are individually opposed to the princi ple of scriptural education. You have heard that this is one - In vain you expect anything to be done the Duke of Wellington, and others opposed to it. Now, I confess I I argu mei y the state, becau hat might be name 2on, or an. _ _ . :sent government, is opposed to the priu education. 1 believe that they doubt its policy under the present circumstances; I believe they fear . authority would raise such opposition 71 both countries, as would peril their .he country, which is connected with their poli c y ; for if they lost their places, those places must be occupied by men more opposed to the good of the couu try. They do fear, therefore, that scriptural instruction is not one of those benefits which ought to be forced by a go vernment upon an unwilling people. They wholly approve of our voluntary efforts, as members of the church, to give scriptural instruction to the people, and of our appeals to your voluntary benevolence to assist us in so doing ; but when they come to legislate upon the point, and to appropriate funds collected from persons of all denominations, they hesitate about the propriety of applying those funds in a matter where conscience is in volved in a way that men of those denominations disapprove of. If I do not greatly mistake, this is the reason that they do not assist us ; not that they are opposed to Scriptural education: this is the reason that they hesitate to give funds for what we wish to have in Ireland. If it can be shown that the people are not unwilling, if it can be shown to them that the Roman Catholic population are willing to have religious •. , ral instruction—this ground of objection They would then see that that to enforce it with among the liberal places, and Us instruction, Script would vanish from their mind an educational grant is fora willing not for an unwilliit a ss ; and I think, therefore, that the evidence adduced to-day by Dr. O'Sullivan in this meeting is quite to the put pose, and highly calculated to remove the honest though mistaken objection in the minds of those who hold it, that is entertained by men in power against a grant for Scriptual education in Ireland. I think it is highly calculated to touch the very turning point in their minds, and calculated to show them that instead of fairly and candidly meeting an unwilling po-' pulation, and refraining from forcing upon them what they would unwillingly receive, that population is not unwilling, but only the priests are unwilling; the government will have to decide, not between two large bodies of the population, one desirous of and the other rejecting Scriptural education, but between the mass of the population of all denominations desiring the Bible and the hierarchy of Rome. If this be the ground of their objection, I cannot but anticipate a different decision from that which they would come to if the evidence presented to them a still reluctant population. For, sir, Surely I am right when I say that government, while they profess personally, and entertain personally a high regard for Scriptural educaticn, hestitate publicly, hesitate as a govern ment to enforce what might seem to be an interference with the religious scruples and the conscience of any section of the people, they entertain a notion that it is not lawful for them as governors to carry out those sentiments which they enter tain as individuals, because, although they may properly en tertain them as individuals, and act upon them in their indi vidual capacity, they do not thereby injure anybody else, but if they act upon them in a public capacity they are interfering with the conscientious scruples of other men. It is this that Causes the difficulty, and not that they are opposed to the principle of scriptural education. (Hear.) If they were op posed to the principle, we would argue the principle with them ; but if they are, then the evidence is exactly in point and in season, and I hope it will be exceedingly useful. There was one point to which allusion was made at the con clusion of my reverend brother's (Dr. O'Sullivan's) speech which induces serious reflection indeed—it is the threatened division among ourselves with regard to what ought now to he done, and the intimation he gave you, that there are some men from whom better things might be expected who are willing now to compromise the matter, and to accept monies from the state for secular education only, leaving all parties to fill up at their pleasure the religious part of the instruction to be given. There is one argument by which this has been supported, which I think it very desirable to examine for a few moments, for it is very plausible, and addresses itself with considerable power to certain classes of minds only fond of general instetiction, and fond of what is called natural re ligion. It is argued that we have two books from God, na ture and the scriptures, and, coming from the same source, they must substantially teach the same lessons.. This is laid down as a principle. It is greatly enlarged upon by writers on natural religion, endeavouring to demonstrate from nature the glorious truths we have stated in the bible — the goodness, kindness, and love of God. When they have satisfied their people that these two books are parallel, and, coming from the same source, teach the same lessons, they then advance a step. If, then, these two books teach the same lessons, and we find persons of all denominations can join in reading the book of nature without difficulty, ,but as soon as they turn to the Scriptures they split off with a thousand parts, is it not better to confine their attention to that book which they can read with harmony, and with draw that other book which causes so much disunion among them? This is the ground of the argument taken up in de fence of the secular general instruction without the Bible. What is the answer to it? I think the answer to it is that these books are not parallel—that nature is a fallen blotted book with a curse upon it for man's sin, bringing forth briars • and thorns, not a part of the original creation, which was very good, but a part of the curse incurred by man's trans gressions, exhibiting also storms, and tempests, and huricanes, - and volcanoes — all declaring that a great disaster has befallen it, and if honestly and adequately examined to the con clusions which these philosophers appear to deduce, they know before hand the conclusion they want ; they select for their examination the points which suit them as premises ; they wilfully omit those points equally in the book of nature which `would not suit them, and by a partial selection of premises they arrive at conclusions identical with Scriptural truths. But if they look at the book of nature fairly ; if they take in all its objects, not a selection ; if they take in the tempest as well as the serenity of the summer evening ; if they take in not only the design of benevolence as exhibited in love throughout creation, but the apparent design of evil exhibited in death throughout creation ; it they take in not only the proof of goodness in giving life and in giving enjoyment of life, but the apparent proof of malice in inflicting pain, sickness, sorrow, and, in every instance, death ; if they ex patiate not only upon that form of God's workmanship, so exquisite in form and figure, so beautiful, so admirable, abounding in health and strength, beaming with life and beauty ; but if they also take the fact, that in every single instance these-forms become a mass of disgusting corruption. If they read nature honestly and adequately, it will not teach what the Bible teaches. It will not teach that God loved this fallen world. The book of natu"e is a fallen book ; the Scripture is an unfallen book, given for the instruction of natural man—given for the rectifying of the disorder that has come both upon him and upon the world he inhabits. We cannot do without this unfallen communication ; there fore the principle upon which this argument rests is a false one from the outset : the books are not parallel—the books do not teach the same lesson. (Cheers.) We are invited then, sir, after hearing the history of Irish education, to the sad, should I say, disgraceful failure of the Irish board, and the still more disgraceful perversions in the mal-administra . tion of the funds contrary to the rules and conditions upon which those funds were voted,—we are invited to assist another society, which has arisen from the energies of the Irish church in Ireland, a voluntary association of church men endeavouring to supply the lack of service of the state to give to the children of the poor instructions in God's holy word. They have succeeded largely, and is it not very ex traordinary? Does it not supply, in connection with the evidence already brought before us, that, after all this his tory, and under these peculiar circumstances, that in the schools so got up by the members of the established church there should be at this moment twenty s one thousand children of Roman Catholic parents? (Hear, and cheers.) This is a fact .to be stated in evidence to the government. (Cheers.) I suppose, Mr. Chairman, it would be wrong in me to disappoint the expectations you raised in your opening speech. I consider it a very great compliment to be so identified with opposition to Popery that my presence is bailed by our respected rector as a certain pledge that you would hear something against the Church of Rome. (Cheers.) I said I consider this a compliment and not a reproach, be cause I belong to a most respected body, and a most respect able body, too,—a body that deserves to be respected. and I hope it will continue to do so, and increase more and more. I belong to the body who are pledged in the most solemn manner that they will continue to be careful to give all dili gence to banish and drive away all erroneous doctrine con trary to God's word, and to a body who have subscribed a declaration that the Popish doctrines as being erroneous and contrary to God's word. If then, Sir, I have been too faith ful in redeeming my pledge, if I have been too zealous in performing my vows, if I have been too sedulous in doing what I solemnly swore I would do, if I have been too careful, too constant, too fervent, too bold in fulfilling my vows and keeping my oath, I hope I shall be forgiven this wrong. (Cheers.) Dr. O'Sullivan held out a hope that we are only filling up a gap, pro tempore,—that by and bye government will come to a determination that Scriptural education should be supported in Ireland. (Cheers.) 1 hope so ; and I think the evidence he has adduced highly calculated to attain this happy result. In the mean time, it is well that we should look at this matter not only in its controversial point of view but as a matter of Christian benevolence — as a matter of positive good to the children. The rev. gentleman then pw. ceeded to enlarge upon the necessity of supporting the society on this ground ; and he concluded by calling upon them to continue their attachment and to give their renewed support to the cause of Scriptural education. (Loud cheers.) The resolution was then carried unanimously. courteous conduct inthechair. pairiod n ounced, and the proceedingsevey On the motion of Mr. IN MAN, seconded by Mr. RIGBY; the thanks of the meeting were presented to the Rev. R ector n w S h u es n n, d w ay A blessing Campbell,fo r w l a i iss then n e ter minated. Several sermons have been preached in aid of the society's Several One was preached in St. Jude's on Thursday £l7 were x 1 7 - ing, when the sam of £24 was collected. morn ing Dr. O'Sullivan preached at Aighurth collected ; and in the evening at St. Barnabas' meeting y 10s. were contributed. The collections at the terday amounted to about £6. es- The newly. appointed Bishop of Gibraltar is the Rev. Geo. Tomlinson, too M k his B .A., of St A. de. John's Coll ege, Cambridge. Mr. Totnlinson A. in 1823, and soon after his ordination was appointed chaplin to the Bishop of London. He was subsequently tutor in the family of Sir Robert Peel , and recently one of the secretaries to the Society for Pro moting Christian Knowledge. The new bishop is a sincere and consistent churchman,. --Cambridge Chronicle. - —.. —.— EMIGRATION FROM THE UN ITED , STATES TO CANAD A ,, —lt will be gratifying for the friends of British emigratio n to the North American colonies to know, that 114) ..fr 1 113 a t left for Mr. Joseph Hume, or others, this year to e nding five-sixths of those persons who leave this countrydr.Rolph to settle in Canada, proceed to the United State!. Dr. has received a l e t ter by the last mail, informi n g h im that 6,000 perso ns have come from the United States in the Pre sent year to settle in Canada. day l as t a man of FATAL 'RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Thurs e i d forthat day as the name of James M`Kellar, while ernPvrand Kerkintillock a supernumerary driver on the Glasgo Railway, lost his life in attemptin ? gtstuerrie Iron Works. I t at a point of the railway near to Gar ti the line drivel s save that of his horse, s, o orses, being Airdrie fast day, extra Iwagg e : log the line ; and poor with his restive horse, were required to convey the throc a g p 11I'Kellar, in his anxiety to k c e,ell e tra i ns , and was killed on fell under the wheels of one t Lii spot.—Glasgow paper. nowt y. —Never at any time wa s first exported by John. EXPORTATION OF MAC since the bobbin-lace machinery.l., machines taken out of the kingdom Cutts, in 1816, were t-h-an during the last month ;as from the in greater quantitieeseen obtain no less than;34 warp and bob bestW beet , taken out of this district within that b information in.machines havne having taken, we are assured, no less than has this trade been carried on, that period, one person S boldlY eight to Lille. openly packed at a neighbouring village, and machines were f open day. By the practice ofthe English wharf in taken to a in excise and customs • , and some other af fairs, of justice. ld t b ' courts 4., carrier is he o e i rresponsible for all goods he fe' — ' - • has been taken this ample advantage of, as one of carries; i has had the mach our carriers y nes brought t o t h e w h arf, and • • packed there. et,by a decision of the Court of Exchequer, although these machines may be seen thus packed, and the parties should declare they were going to France or Germany, they may be taken by river or canal to London,and declared not water-borne, accord' mg to the statute, until they are put on board a vessel or boat on • the Thames with the intent to be shipped. Thus, if the Excise ' . or Customs seize them ou the canal or on a London wharf, they are too soon; and it they watch t o see them on board, the ship is soon under sail, and then they are too late, the packages being entered as other goods. Such is the manner in which the manufactur ing interest, or rather the productive interest, has been lat terly p rotec ted.—Nottingham Journal. the pn laver Lop elessly .ey would receiv Ou