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tthcsrpolTH TUESDAY. LITITRe WE havr- ' ,i~+ no advocate :ayer, some do contains false .t its doctrines are i'be misunderstood ; evidently anxious to ,ral rules the second is view. It declares the ,Lety to be, " the Revision of the Allmon Prayer, in order to remove from it ~essions really or apparently- at variance with Principles of the Reformation, and with the written word of GOD." Really or apparently ! Would it not be much more honest and straight forward if the Society would point out the expressions which come under these heads respectively ?—if they would say at once what they regard as false, and what as only seemingly so ? It would, perhaps, puzzle the heterogeneous collection of clergy and laity —lawyers, sailors, and soldiers—of which the Society is composed, to agree upon a definite answer to these questions. Old chronicles relate how that, once upon a time, a little urchin, who had paid his penny to the proprietor of a peripatetic peep-show, and was dili gently flattening his nose against one of the glasses thereof, ventured timidly to inquire of the proprietor Aforesaid, " Please, sir, which is Daniel ? and which is the lions ?" and that the answer which he received was the very indefinite one, " Whichever you please, my little dear ; you pay your money, and take your choice." Now, bearing in mind the Society's fourth rule, " That every member be a contributor of not less than ten shillings annually, or of a donation of five pounds"—bearing this in mind, we say, let us suppose the case of a member thirsting for informa tion, and writing to the secretary in order to obtain it —proposing, in fact, the very reasonable questions above propounded. We fancy that he would find it the pursuit of knowledge under difficulties ; and that the answer, however worded, would, in fact, be iden tical with that returned by the showman to the inquiring juvenile—" All that the Society wants of you is your assistance in bringing about an alteration of the Prayer Book ; and this assistance you may router' upon any ground you please. F ar b e i t from t ciii!a4,,te - Wilat passages you are to oppose the ---- Soc — ieiy - to .as unsound, and what as loosely expressed ! You have paid your money, and you have a perfect right to exercise your own private judgment upon thesq points," alteration so up. dor ' . Sit w ()ig But who is to decide what parts of the Book, if any, are really or apparently at variance with the Principles of the Reformation, and with the written word of God ? who to decide what the Principles of the Re formation were P Whether in all points they agree with the Word ? and what is the true meaning of the Word ? for all these are questions which may be raised ; and will be raised, and fiercely disputed too, if indeed the Society should succeed in making any real progress. The only Principle of the Reformation which We could ever succeed in apprehending and identifying is this, that the Church was to be brought back in doctrine, and as far as possible in dicipline, to the primitive pattern. To this principle CRA.NMEB gave his adherence just before his death, however he may have vacillated previously ; and, tried strictly by this principle, we maintain that the Prayer Book is sound, not only in the main, but, in every particular. If people will fancy, that because the Reformation gave them the blessed privilege of reading for them selves the Word of GOD, therefore it was a principle of the Reformation that every one should put his own interpretation upon that word, then, doubtless, there are many things in the Prayer Book with• which they will 'be dissatisfied. Indeed we have no doubt but that, if a number of such people were requested to score out the portion to which they objected, there would be none of it left. Not even those parts which are extracts from Scripture could entirely escape, for we have heard several of the Psalms decidedly objected to. Now" let us suppose the practice of infant baptism objected to, as we have ourselves known it to be, by nominal members of the Church. Here we have a thing which the Church believes may be proved by Scripture ; but which, confessedly, is not read in Scripture. How could the Society have such a ques tion decided ? True it is that their third rule de clares, that all their members must be members of the Church of England ; and, consequently, they might reply, that such objectors were not bond fide members, and that therefore they were not bound to entertain their question at all. This would be fair enough : but, unfortunately, every member of the Society stands in a position which renders him liable to receive the same reply, i.e., professing to be a member of the Church, he either objects to usages, or doctrines, or both, which she has retained as primitive and scriptural. But there is one most important part of the Society's second rule which we have not yet noticed, in which " the Repeal or Modification of all such Acts of Par liament as are found unduly to abridge the lirty of Christian action within the Church as Established by Law," is declared to be one of the objects which the Society has in view. It would be more satisfactory, perhaps, if the Society would indicate those Acts, or portions of Acts, which it would desire to see repealed ; but this would be a difficult matter. Some would support such a measure as that lately advocated by Lord SHAFTESBURY ; while others would oppose it, as I going too far, and others would only accept it as an instalment of some more sweeping measure. Some there are, who would only allow power to the Bishops of the Church, provided it were always to be exer cised in one direction; and others who would have but the name of Episcopacy, reducing the Bishops to mere machines, and, indeed, we may add the Clergy generally. Witness the language used in a paper upon-" Liturgical Reform," one of those of which we have already spoken as not apparently emanating from the Society, but circulated with its papers, and evidently penned by one who generally agrees with, if he do not belong to, it. " The absurd attempt of the Evangelical Clergy to reconcile the Liturgy to the Scriptures by a non-natural or hypothetical inter pretation, is repudiated by the laity. It is equally impotent to appeal to ecclesiastical canons : laymen heed them no more than they do the laws of the Medes and Persians. Canons may terrify the clergy they do not convince the laity." It is a common say ing that there is no tyrant like your liberty-boy,—a saying which, we believe, will be found to hold as true in the Church as it does in the world. We feel con vinced that the above passage is, in fact,, a most foul .libel upon the laity, taken as a body ; but its author would evidently deny all liberty of conscience, all right of private judgment to the great bulk of the bishops and clergy—to all, in fact, except the few who are prepared to condemn the Prayer Book as unsound. • HighChurchmen,toi man,receive its sentiments as true in their literal sense,--the vast majority of Low Church men as true in a non -natural sense ; but all these must , give way, all yield their convictions to a tyrant mino rity, who please to take a different view. This minority m ay also be honest in their convictions; but, their con- Victious being that the Church is unsound, they are bound, either for peace and order's sake to submit to the Church, or, if they think that their sal va ti on i s endangered by so doing, to leave it. Such of our readers as have not seen the papers issued by the Society m ay, perhaps, be curious to know how, i. e., by what instrumentality, it proposes to effect the objects which it has in view. In the first place, then, it makes no allusion to Convocation, 4. • A either re?ormed or a unreformed, , l - either with or with ' out an admixture of the laity. It ignores the very existence of such a body... 'But, "it is hoped that Parliament may, at no very distant period, be induced 1 to address the Crown for the appointment of a Royal 1 Commission, in which Laity may be combined with Clergy ; so that what is for the good of all classes may be settled by The wisdom of all, and a proper basis laid for sound Liturgical Reform." Another Westminster a,ssembly of Divines in the nineteenth century ! An d w hat would be th e compos i tion of such a Commission i? Would it not, in all human probability, take its complexion from the views of the Prime Minister of the day P Would not such a Commission, issued under the Premiership of a GLADSTONE, be a very different thing from one issued under that of a PALM ERSTON P Commissions, we know, may be so managed as to ensure any report that is desired , by him with whom the nomination of their members. rests. However, let us suppose the work of the Commission concluded, and its report agreed upon : the next step would be to embody the recommendations of the report in a bill to be brought before Parliament. And will the Society dare to say that Parliament is a fit body to reform .the Prayer Book, even supposing- it to need reform ? Would any sect in the country, from the Papists to the Plymouth-Brethren, submit to such a tribunal, Under similar circumstances ? Would not the. mere attempt to enforce such submission upon the weakest of them all raise an' outcry from one end of the land to the other ? Aud i even supposing that the Church, instead of being " the Church," were ' but one sect among many, is it to be endured that she is to be deprived of a liberty which all enjoy ? She, who, by her enemies' confession, is equal in point of numbers to all the res t put together, in fact very much more than equal, anti in point of wealth, intelligence, and education, infinitely superior. But the whole thing is too absurd to bear serious argu ment. The mere introduction of such a measure into the lower house would turn it into a bear-garden, and carry the worst dissension into every parish and family in the land. However, as we have said before, we have no fears with regard .to the .efforts of this Society ; and we only discuss its objects because we feel that, unless thoroughly expo,ied, it may be the means of misleading some well-Imeaning but, ill informed individuals. All that we require is, that the rayer Book may be left as it is. It is an anchor whit 'h has kept the good ship steady, while all around hav, e been drifting in different directions ; and the purport which it has so well answered, we trust it will con th me to answer for many an age to come. Upon th e particular alteration which the Soeiety proposes we would not speak hastily ; but may have Soniething m ore to say upon this part of the subject, when we shall ' have had more time to consider it than we have yet been able bestow upon it. FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDS NT. MONDAY MORI ING• SHORTLY before midnight of Monday last, the Qui, IEN of England, having taken farewell of her Imperial host, NA u ac companied her to Boulogne, went on board the Royal Vit ioria and Albert steam-yacht, accompanied by Prince ALBERT, ' who, the preceding day, completed his thirty-sixth year, and al 'ong with the Royal children set sail for Osborne, at which t, hey arrived early on the following day. The Royal visit and the ceremonial pomps attending it have come in all respeets to • a gratifying and prosperous issue. The Imperial host had min th to contend with in conferring due eclat upon the festivitie 3. Glorying, as he has himself told the world, in the title of a parvenu Emperor, upon his own shoulders rested the respon• • sibility of offering to his Royal visitors such a reception as p while it should not be unworthy of their distinguished rank, should likewise be such as would reflect honour on the taste, the judgment, and the high position of the nation which has chosen him for its ruler and head. Shunned by the legitimist rulers of the continent, scarcely less sedulously avoided by those who in France are surrounded by the prestige of ancient lineage, and of family distinction, he was, to all appearance, destitute of the means by which to supply the absence of a brilliant court. The great men of the early empire had died ont—the ancient noblesse held aloof — the higher men of the Republic, including LADLIIITINE, and his associates, kept away—and those of note who have clung to him, and aided in furthering his fortunes, were absent at the call of duty. Thui left to himself and his resources, he boldly undertook the task, and proved that, where a powerful mind is bent on the attainment of an object, its achievement is a certain result. The occasion itself added much to the chances of success. The selected host of the greatest consti. tutional monarch in the world held a position of 'vantage, whence it would be difficult to dispossess him, and he knew it. - - - Falling back on his own resources, and the willing service of his people, he was able to offer to the QUEEN of ENGLAND such a welcome as was never before accorded to a foreign sovereign. To invest every place and surround every object with an air of welcome, and so to honour his illustrious visitors, was the EMPEROR'S aim. To secure this no expense was spared, and its attainment was perfect. Admirably dis ciplined taste was brought to bear upon the task, and its em ployment resulted in a splendour and magnificence of effi3ct such as one generation rarely sees repeated, the completeness and beauty of which is almost unknown within our island home, rich as it is in material wealth, and ungrudging of its application. Splendid though the preparations were, and successful their result, their value as a series of courtly pageantry was their smallest claim to notice, and will consti- ,ute their briefest tenure of endurance in the public me- mory. That must be, sought for, and will be found chiefly in the interchange of national good offices, and the growth of mutual esteem between the people of the two most civilised countries in the world, united, for the first time, in a common endeavour to restrain the inroads of aggressive barbarism, and for the spread of civilisation and of social freedom. Such a union is of happy augury for the _ . _ peace of Europe and the progress of intelligence. If denied. the brilliancy fostered by despotic pride, and a stranger to the hollow artifices which too often surround the thrones. of, monarchs, these national celebrations were distinguished by a cordiality of friendship and a unity of feeling which will be productive of greater benefits to both France and, England than has been attained from all the intercourse of all their sovereigns. Even in the eyes of courtly spectators the visit is one of deep interest to the ruler and the people of France. NAPOLEON 111., the head of that state, the ally of Great Bri tain, at first the guest and now the host of Queen VICTORIA, Occupies a place equal to the representatives of ancient dynes. ties. The recognised equal of the sovereign of the British empire, he need no longer court the forbearance or solicit the favour of any European potentate. In the estimation of his own subjects, not less than in the eyes of Europe, his power, and his claim to honour and dignity stand declared and solid. Old-established prejudices have given way on both sides, and QUEEN VICTORIA, the honoured guest at the palace of St. Cloud, paid a visit of posthumous respect to the tomb of the first NAPOLEON at the Hospital of the Invalides. This visit appears to have given great satisfaction to the French, and is especially commented on in the Maniteur. "No one of her visits," says this journal, "produced a deeper impression. As. the review had lasted till very late, her MAJESTY was no longer expected at the Hotel des Invalides ; nevertheless she determined on going there, notwithstanding the lateness of the hour. The QUEEN arrived, consequently, at nightfall, fol lowed by a numerous staff, surrounded by the veterans of our old wars, who had hastened to meet her, while she advanced with noble composure towards the last resting-place of hint who was England's most constant adversary. What a spectacle! How many remembrances with all the contrasts they brought up to the mind ! But when by the light of torches, the glitter of uniforms, amid the strains of the organ playing " God save the Queen," her MAJESTY was led by the EMPEROR to the chapel where the remains of NAPOLEON lie, the effect was overpower ing and immense, the emotion profound; for every one was reflecting that this was no ordinary homage offered at the tomb of a great man, but a solemn act, attesting that the ri valries of the past were forgotten, and that now the union between the two peoples had received its most signal conse cration." The event itself, the scene, and the circumstances were all calculated to arrest attention and to awaken thought. Perhaps no other spot in the universe was so appropriate to ratify the terminatku of those insane and sanguinary scenes of strife which had for centuries disturbed and torn both na tions as that in which the dust of NAPOLEON, once so agi tated with dislike and hatred of the British name and race, now finds a rest so placid and profound. On the whole, so far as human judgment can determine, the Royal visit to Paris has been conducive to strengthening the newly-entwined bonds of affection between the two nations. A great pledge of .na- Cc:mai esteem has been mutually exchanged between the people in the persons of their respective sovereigns ; may it continue and extend for the benefit alike of monarchs and peoples The whole proceedings at Paris tend to foster this expectation, THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. and confirm the belief in its fulfilment; for, it, would be no easy matter to reconcile the voluntary demonstrations of re spect, paid on all hands to our QUEEN, with any other °Pi nion than that the French viewed the visit of our sovereign, not merely as paid to their EMPEROR, but through him to the French people. Neat to the gratifying details of the royal visit to France, the subject which has most exclusively occupied attention has been the war. Not because intelligence of unexpected victories has fed the public ear, but because all classes and ranks of the people feel alike convinced that the season for great under takings in connexion with it is rapidly drawing to a close ; and even the most callous put the question to themselves, are our brave countrymen and allies to be exposed to the horrifying rigours of another Crimean winter in the trenches ? Are our ships to be once more subjected to the fitful and fatal wintry tempests of the Euxine ? Various circumstances conspire to justify an affirmative or a negative answer to these questions, according to the huinour of the respondent. Recent state ments made on authority have been exceedingly meagre, yet on the whole comforting. The works of the besiegers, we are assured, as we have beenlor the last ten or eleven months, are making satisfactory progress. True, the progress has been but slow ; still there is reason for thankfulness in the fact that it has not been retrograde. This latter circumstance• must be looked on as the more gratifying and surprising, when it is contrasted with the serious blundering which first and last has hung like an incubus upon all the incidents connected with the siege. Even the last and most vaunted achievement of the campaign, the battle of the Tchernaya, appears to have been forced upon the allies under circumstances for which they were not prepared. Like that of Inkermann, it turns out that the battle last fought and won was thrust unex pectedly upon the French and Sardinians, by the Russians, as was that of Inkermann upon the British. Such a sur prise was greatly culpable, and might have been fatal in either case ; yet, singularly enough, no one seems to have been held accountable for it any more than for the others: Judging by past experience,•the blundering seems so inveterate, that one is more at a loss to conjecture in what form it will aext' display itself, than expectant of its cessation. The Crimean campaign itself has been, on good authority, stigmatised as a - blunder; but as that has been traced to the conflicting counsels which prevailed at Downing-street, and as an official revolution has taken place in the establishment there located—and as it is im possible to turn from that' expedition, or to escape from its responsibilities—present discussion relative to it would be un profitable. Not' so, however, with those singular and fatal errors of detail which have oftener than once imperilled the safety of the army, and placed in serious jeopardy the honour of the allied arms. Such were the disastrous glories of Bala klava and Inkerman, in the last campaign. Such were the misfortunes attendant on the combined, or rather uncombined, actions of the I6th of June, in which no readiness was shown to take advantage of a British brigade having unexpectedly obtained a footing within the wails of Sebastopol, mid which, after being held for several hours, it was - forced to abandon, not on account of any vigorous measures adopted by the enemy, but simply because no effort vtai made on our part to profit by the heroism of our troops. Want of energy; self. possession, and presence of mind, appear' to be characteristics of the commanders la all their changes; This is true of both nations. If the memory of Lord RAGLAN iS to be impeached for want of due precautions, leading to theegallant though un profitable actions of Bala.klava and Inkeeman, these seem folly balanced by the misconceptions -and contretemps , of 'General PELISSIER, in his attack upon--the Malakhoff, and his more than queetionable state of tuspreparedness on the-16th of last month, to repel the attack of the Russians on his position at the Tchernaya. It is certainllzat the attack was ultimately repelled with great loss to the enemy ; but good military critics maintain that, with the= army and the position which he held, and' with the warning he had pre viously received, the Ruseians ought never t©_ have been per mitted to cross the aqueduct., uor to have carried the Sardinian outposts. These scrutineers- are positive in their averment that, with such dispositions as General - Pm ,issisen had it in his power -to make, the Russians never colild have 'forced the bridge of Traktir. In Parisian military circles, the conduct and result of this battle are 'M many points severely censured. On the other hand, it is. generally adni itted, that the ad vantages gained in the victory:. although probably not all that could have been desired, or even alt that might have been made to flow from it, are neverthele-ss great and im portant. No room exists for- doubting tinet the attack was meant fora decisive one, any more than for questioning that it has signally failed.- The day for makini ;.the attack was deliberately. fixed. The general plan of the baltle was sketched out by Prince GORTSOMAICOPP himself, and carried into one- ration without mistake or hesitation, all except one cf the pro ;1 visions of the intended action._ This was 4a sortie, in cowl- , I derable force, from the garrison of Sebastopol, to be made simultaneously or nearly .I.,..itaneoustY with tte.. g ran d' .attack, so as to distract the attention of the) Allies, and pre -vent them .from acting with promptitude in a combined en , <deavour to. repel the intended advance. Here, as on other oc- ,easions,. the hardy and indomitable bravery of the. allied soldiery stood the army and the cause in better stead thanthe g eneralship and prudencA3 of their leaders.. The effect of this victory, like most of its predecessors in the Crimea, essentially a soldier's battle, must be great upon. the. morale of bath, armies- It haa:taught the •Russians, once more, the bitter lesson that in. the open field they - ..are: no match for the higher diiciplinectsoldiers of. the.west —that the stubborn. courage of the serf is-an. inferior element in: war, when confronted with the intrepid .zeal and.ardent heroism: of the free soldiery of. civMized Europe. Another matter of no small consequence in ccinnexion. with:this victory willlefound in the fact that the tro ops engaged and.beaten were .obviously of a higher military ctiaracter than these previously. encoun tered. This is attests Iby the circumstance that the arms and appointments found upon the battle field by the•victers- were; of a superior, kind to those generally met with on similar cc:- casions. Whatever the grade of the Russian army, whetb er, veterans or raw, conscripts,. 011,03 feature of their warfare -ap pears attached alike'to ali—a merciless and savage habit of firing among masses of their. countrymen, if it afford the chance. of slaying their opponents while slaughtering_ their friends... At the battle of the -Tchernaya, as on previous .occa sions, thcir artillery poured showers of round.shot, shell, and grape among the French and Sardinians, who were endeavour ing to succour and rescue the Russian wounded. Cruel as the usages of. war must inevitably be, these Russians have thus added a new and horritting feature to its ruthlessness and hatbarity. Auother disheartenlng feature of the war, as a war conducted on a great scale, has.been the sad neglect of the opportunity afforded by the co-operation of peopleslostile to Russia.. The European ,allies. of Turkey have evaded and postponed,. if . they. have not absoluteky lost the opportunity of striking a vital : blow at the .Itassian avarice of territory, by re-establishing_the nationality of Poland, and thus paralysing the enemyby creat ing within.his own boundaries a. formidable foe.. Policy of a similarlg.sinister_character has,operated in the councils of the Turka themselves, who, instead of availing themselves:of the invaluablo aid they might have derived from gallant though irregular warriors of Cireassia, have held aloof from them in sulky suspicion. A vigorous and hearty co-operation on the part of these latter would have rendered the Geor gian campaign of the Uussians not only: abortive but disastrous. Jealousy, however,, instead of amity, has been fostered between the PORTA and the followers of SCHANYL, and the natural consequence has ensued.. What at first promised to be a feeble .and ill..supported campaign. on. the part of Russia, has turned out hew only success. At first the Turks had the superi. ority. Theemouest of Fort St. Nicholas was as promisingto their arms in Asia as the action of Citate was upon the Danube, and if duly followed up must have been attended with signal ad-.t.an tagea, The. Asiatic campaign has been treated as a secondary matter, and the Russians have reaped the benefit of sounwise a policy ; the Turks have become enfeebled and disheartened; not only has Kars been invested, but Erzeroum itself is thieat ened. Fortunately it is not yet too late to remedy this state of matters, although probably too late to render the change of great importance during the present campaign. OMAR. PAsliA. has at length been appointed, and has consented to lead a large body of his veteran army against the Russians in Arme.. nia . • The landing of this force at Batoum will at once check the Russian advance upon Erzeroum, as it would enable him to raise the siege, if that be attempted, and also to cut off the retreat of any Russian force which may have ventured so far, This view is, no doubt, so far consolatory, but still the formi dable question remains behind, —Why has it been so long delayed ? Has the Turkish like the' English cabinet been also Pampered in its motions by the suicidal counsels of a " peace-at-any-price party ?" From the north-west no further expectation seems to be en tertained, and the second great naval campaign in the Baltic appears to have ended in the smoke of Sweaborg. A gallant action in itself, no doubt, though only half performed from want of proper means to perfect it ; but, like the destruction of Bomarsund, sadly inadequate to the cost at which it has been achieved. The amount of damage inflicted on the enemy in the last exploit is estimated at upwards of £2,000,000, b u t the fleet which accomplished that achievement has cost Joan BULL and his French ally £20,000,00 0 to equip and send iteut, showing a considerable balance on the debtor side of the transaction ! This costly enterprise has, in truth, resulted in a large and triumphant experiment in pyrotechny ; b u t it hat also—if anything could have done so - demonstrated to the Russians that the race as well as the name of our NELsoNs and COLLINGWOODS is extinct,and has no representr, tive heirs at present in the British navy. Now-a-days we hear of nothing but the magnificence and power of our incomparable fleets, but this ground of joy is speedily re moved by the next stave of the naval chant, whih consists entirely in pointing out the impropriety of exposing such fine ships to risk ! In days of old, our Admirals, if they were not entrusted with such model fleets, were at least expected to work them. Without going back to the days of naval glory, when NELSON, in the same Baltic Sea, stood boldly in and dared the conflict with stone walls at Copenhagen, a briefer memory suffices to show that at Algiers EX3LOUTII moored his ships not two miles oil', but within less than two hundred yards of batteries. The old lumbering tubs, as they were called, were not considered too good to risk against batteries bristling with cannon, and those who commanded and manned them did not expect they Should come out of such tussles without having some of their beauty tar nished, lightly as that beauty may be esteemed in modern eyes. Nay more, instances are numerous in which thdof! same despised ships have sailed right into an enemy's harbour, fighting his batteries and his shipping both at the same moment, and doing both considerably more damage than they themselves received. Now the care seems all for the in strument; then it was devoted to attain the object for which the instrument was made. The din of distant battle, and the prospective closing of another year's campaigning, have almost entirely absorbed the public attention, to the exclusion of most other subjects. One of the few which still divides consideration with those mighty topics, is that propounded the other day by Lord STANLEY, for an earlier opening and closing of the par liamentary session. The suggestion is not entirely a new one, but the tact with which his Lordship has brought it forward has done as much to ensure it a favourable reception as it could have desired from its intrinsic merits. His arguments are terse and telling, and they are cogently put before the public. He handles his case like an unconcerned spectator, and, having secured his audience in the belief that it is a " matter of indifference to him, he has awakened their earnest co-operation. What may ultimately come out of it, it is no easy matter to predict, but it is something to have secured an attentive and indulgent audience in the public, and that Lord STANLEY has - effected in• part through the goodness of his cause, but more by his judicious treatment of it. The newspapers, and mostly without comment, intimate that on Thursday last FERGUS CocCoxsoa died of paralysis. For two years part, the life of this- once reckless and noisy agitator has been a - blank, he havingfor that length of time been under the care - of Dr. TO - RE, at Chiswick ; about a week before his death, which was obviously fast approaching, he was removed thence by his sister. The deceased, whose politica,. eccentricities, to call them by the mildest name, rendered him , notorious and dangerous-for a considerable-period, was a mem ber of an 'ancient Irish family, which for many years has been settled at Fort Robert, in the county of Cork. Amusements of all sorts have of late, :as is customary at this season, become retiring, or - at - all eVents unobtrusive. The theatres may be denominated;spectacles of woe;- their radiant stars of " bright-particular " Instre having - travelled into the provincial or other spheres for the time being. This brings to recollection the absence of a very glittering star. Some of your readers may remember that about a year ago -Mr. G. V. Baoodcz, crowned with factitious laurels'and heralded by an incongruous blast of penny trumpets, took • his oft-repeated leave of British auditeries, and winged his way to the anti podes. In Australia his advent was , hailed by a similar chores to that which inaugurated his departure hence. Newspapers gave essays- columns long anticipatory of his merits - and his triumph; ..: but alas for the brevity of human joys! At . Sydney his- success- has been so- poor, that he has had to prematurely terminate his engagement there ;.- his Brummagem- tinsel not answering the purposes- of the pure - ore.- - To- return from foreign to domestic entertainments, . it: is- somewhat pleasing to -observe that, notwithstanding: ts early- unpopularity, Mr. BUCBSTOZTE. is- making -head with his Olympian "Muddle," which still keeps - the stage, and even promises to be popular.. The great Nimrod of - modern days,_Mr. GOSIDO7 C I UMMING, - has betaken himself, to lecturing on his "'travels' history." Standing in his well filled gallery in Pieeadilly r surrounded by- trophies of his- skill . and daring, and. leaning over an old saddle which serves him fora reading-desk, hee-reeounts " the story of his life," wherein it is-indeed his -me_ To speak of antres vast and deserts•idle. In biz' interesting:though- not very well delivered lecture;, ne, tells how, when a mere• boy,. he began a , hunter's life among, the craigs and tarns-andmountain solitudes of his native land:;. how, when a lad, le" harried the eagle's eyrie, and carried.off the eggs. of other birds which do not build, among finches, though:they soar above the lark. In his- narrative of Africr.n adventure he is particularly interesting,, illustrated by a per: feet museum of the natural history of Africa. Mr. Gonnox CUMMiNG ' S - lecturing exhibition, which -is already popular, and is rapidly growing. more so, is at once entertaining and, instructive, exciting and - amusing. Another• of our popular. lectnrirg authors, Mr. .TILACSICiAIC, la announced to give a series of lectures on the " Four Georges," at the Mercantile; Literary Association, New York. His lectures will, it is under stood, be prepared especially for the atmosphere of the United States. If so, it cannot be difficult togness.the kind of season,. tug with.which they will be spiced. PHILHARMONIC COSTUME. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STAND,I,IIO. you have the kindness..taascertain the met .eut, of a Philharmonic. Coal, and the name of the tailor- of ,the. society. where the pattern may be seen P—Having beenrefused admittance-to the last concert, although t had travelled along. distance tole pfesent, because the coat Ii bad on was- round• - fronted, a. la. Quaker, _although the whole of my dress: was black, and . I had,used a more than. ordinary care- in, it,. arrangement.—l am, sir, your obedient Servant, Aug. 29,1855. ANTS-SNOB, THE PITCAIIMISLINDR-W. Tim following most interesting Information regarding the Pitcairn Islanders, descendants a the mutineers ..of the Bounty, is derived from a letter of date 3.1.5 t March last, received by the family of a, young gentleman belonging to. Greenock, who is an officer on. board H.M.S.. Amphitrite, one , ()Übe British squadron in. the• Pacific "At daylight observed Biteairn's Island about 30. miles GE; at ten ‘ p.m. were close to it, and stood off for the night under easy sail. 17th.—At daylight we hove-to oil Bpunty Bay,,and fired a gun, which was repeated at 6.30 a.m., aud_soon after wards we saw the whale-boat full of Wanders „coming out. They got alongside about 7.30 (there were 13 in the- boat.) They were, on the ..vhcle, fine-looking men. Wehad.n.o news to give them, for they had as late Europeau.news as our selves. The cutter left the ship at 8.30 a.m.,_intending to wait outside the surf for the whale-boat, in which I took a Passage, as I was late for the first boat. We left about nine o'clock, and went directly on shore, as we had, a boat-load of gear for the islanders, so that we were the first to :and. We crossed the surf quite , easily, and, on landing,itudnrden on Mr. Nobbs, with thogreater portion of the males and. children , the beach. We received a hoarty welcome, and, after the party from tl cutter had joined us,Proeeded up the hill, which is about 300 feet perpendieFlar ; it is very bad at any time, but late in . day, after some ram had. fallen, it was dread- fully slippery, and we all had one or two tumbles coming down. We reached the market-place, (after a climb over 300 yards of ground,) as it is ealled, : heings space at the top of the hill under some cocoa-nut trees, in about ten minutes, and there were surprised by seeing nearly all, the ladies, about fifty or so, awaiting our arrival. I was greatly pleased, and so was everybody—for you might go A long way before you could see such, a collection of pretty, good-humoured, cheerful. faces. They were most of them a little. shy at first, but it wore off. After chatting a short time, we went on to the settlement, and walked about, seeing everything and everybody. We all dined about non, each family asking two or three ; and to that house where you dined you were expected to go, if you wanted water or a melon,—in fact make it your Lome pro tern. We soon got a little singing ff up, and the ladies. favoured us with " God save the Queen, the " Pitcairn Song," and two or three others. They sang very nicely, aud so pleased the captain that he said he would wait till next day, instead of sailing at dark, as he intended at first. The girls made very pretty wreaths : they are made of a flower very much like a red daisy, and they wear them round their heads. The whale boat came off at seven p.m., and was hoisted up to the port main rigging for the night, the islanders, about a dozen, sleeping in the after-cabin. They are dressed nearly all alike, except the Nobbs', who were shoes,, and are regarded as supe rior. There are only eight of the first generation, two men, and six women. The oldest man is sixty, and the oldest woman between seventy and eighty. None of these will leave the island, at least they say so, and only wish removal to Norfolk Island for their children's benefit : for, they say, in a few years the island will be too small for them. The number of inhabitants at present is 190, 95 males and 95 females. They are all in g 0.41 health, except Reuben, Mr. Nobbs's eldest son,who is in consumption,and cannot live many weeks longer. They were greatly pleased with our presents, and they sent off to the ship's company lots of pumpkins, water melons, plantains, &c. Every house is beautifully clean, and for the first time after leaving England I have seen scrapers, which are made out of old cutlasses. The houses have the sleeping places made like bunks round one side, and there is generally, besides a chest or two of drawers, a table, a stool, and a cupboard. Some of them have a slight partition, where the father and mother sleep ; the rest are berthed indis criminately. All the bunks have curtains to let down. They are all excellent swimmers, being in the water as soon as they can walk. The women are considered the best. I expect we are the last man-of-war who will see them before their divi sion ; for I suppose they will remove either this year or the beginning of next. We took a great many letters for them, and brought several away, mostly for officers who have been there. They were all very sorry at our leaving, and some of the women cried ; some of the men, also, I think. There was only a little dispute about some land, which had to be referred to the captain, and that was very soon satisfactorily settled. They rise at daylight and begin the day's work ; but, strange to say, they eat nothing till noon, then generally vezetable food, with meat once or twice a week only ; they have a sup per about seven o'clock, and go to bed about eight p.m. The houses are raised about three feet off the ground, and thatched with palm leaves, with good eaves, so that all the rain runs off' clear. The thatching lasts a long time. About eleven o'clock a.m., the islanders on board left, loaded with presents for themselves and the ladies. Just after they pushed off, they gave three cheers, which were heartily returned ; they then pulled for the shore, and we made all plain sail, with a 1., • r , . , :ihing breeze. ECCLESIASTICAL _INTELLIGENCE. PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS. Rev. W. C. Adamson, to the Cildpelry of Cumberworth, near Huddersfield. Rev. E. Barnwell, 8.A., to the Incumbency of Deeping St. Nicholas, near Spalding, Lincolnshire. • Rev. W. Beal, LL.D., - Vicar of Brooke, Norfolk, to be an In spector of Schools for the diocese of Norwich. Rev. W. F. Black, M.A., from Burley-in Wharfedale, to the Rectory of Raheny, diocese of Dublin. Rev. C. J. Black, 8.A., Curate of St. Anne's, Poplar, to the Incumbency of Burley-in-Wharfdale. Rev. C. E. Bowden, 8.A., to the Curacy of St. Teath, Cornwall. Rev. J. Brunskill, 8.A., to the Curacy of Allhallows, Cum berland. Rev. F. Day, M.A., to the Mastership of the Grammar-School, Heighington, Lincolnshire. Rev. J. J. Day, M.A., Curate of St. Matthew's, Denmark-hill, to one of the Incumbent Readerships of Beverley Minster, York. Rev. J. F. Harward, to the Perpetual Curacy of Little Maplestead, near Halstead, Essex. Rev. H. W. Hickes, M.A., Rector of Cranford, near Hounslow, td §e Chaplain to Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Rose, during the year oi its shrievalty. Rev. T. 1-i. Kersley, Curate of Devizes, to be Canon Residentiary and Sub-Dean of Mit.dleham, York. Rev. S. T. Mosse, M.A., to the Curacy of Tishury, Wilts. Rev. J. W. Payne, BA., to be Chaplain and Naval Instructor to H.M.S. Alarm, about to sail for the Pacific. Rev. H. Pix, M.A., to be Assistant Curate of IVliidenhall, Wilts. Rev. 'A. G. Royle, to the Curacy of Pett, near Hastings. Rev. W. Smith, D.D., to the Curacy of Fifield Bavant and Ebbesborne Wake, Wilts. Rev. S. L. Wilson, 8.A., to the Curacy of Prestbury,• near Macclesfield. CLERICAL OBITUARY. Aug. 20, at Winchester, in his 31st year, the Rev. G. J. Cabin, A,M., Rector of St. Thomas in that city. Aug. 22, at Jersey, the Rev. Matthew O'Brien ' late Professor of Mathematics at the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, in his 40th year. Aug. 24, at Potterne Vicarage, near Devizes, the Rev. George Edmonstone, aged 91. Aug. 27, at Cranwich, Norfolk, the Rev. Vincent Edward Eyre, aged 55. Aug. 29, at Brunswick-square,• the Rev. Benjamin Seymour, Incumbent of Woburn Chapel, aged 26. DIOCESE OY CHESTER, THE BISHOP OF CHESTER and family are staying at New Brighton for the season. His lordship comes to town every other day, to despatch such diocesan business as may require his attention.—Chester Courant. PREFERMENTS rN enEsTan.—We hear- that the Rev. John Watson, of St. Michael's, is to be appointed rector of St. Peter's;- the Rev. G. Salt, rector of St.- Bridget's ; and that the Rey, F. Grosvenor, curate of St. John's, is to succeed Mr. Watson, at St. Michael's.—Courant. PREFEgMENTS.—The Rev. Augustine Howie Bull has- been licenced to the Perpetual Curacy of the newly-consecrated church at Toft, in the county of Chester, upon the nomination of Charlotte Leycester, and Emma TheodosiA Leycester, the patrons, for this the first turn.—The Rev. Stephen Lea Wilson has been licensed to the stipendiary curacy of the parish church of Prestbury, in the county of Chester, upon the nom ination of the Rev: Henry Pearson, the vicar of the same church.—The Rev. William Henry Strong has been presented to the rectory of Newchurch i in the county of Lancaster, void by cession of the Rev. F. A. Bartlett ; patron, the *Rev. J. Hornby, rector of Winwick, for this turn. A DESPATCH from Stockholm, dated August 27, states that the Archbishop Holmstrom, Primate of the Swedish Lutheran Church, and the most important ecclesiastical dignitary of the kingdom, died that morning, at Upsala. Tim: BISHOP of LONDON is under the necessity of having recourse to the advice of an oculist. His lordship, is at Dus seldorf, .under the care of Dr. Leuw, by whose treatment his sight has been improved. The bishop , preached at the English Church on Sunday. THE Ray.. DB. AND MRS: 3 , l`Dor - GALL arrived safely at Sa. rawak, Borneo, on April 24th, -after a tedious passage of , twenty-four days from Singapore. They were most cordially: welcomed by Rajah Brooke and the inhabitants, European and native. THE thirty-fifth annual report of the- Commissioners for Building New Churches has- been issued. Twenty-seven churches, containing accommodation. for .1.9375 persons, in cluding 11,7141 free seats, have,, by aid of grants, been com pleted since the last report, and twenty-one new churches are in course of erection. DEATH or ARCHDEACON FroDscrn—The V'en. George Hodson, M.A., Archdeacon of Lichfield, and . Canon Resi dentiary of Lichfield, Cathedral, died .a few days since at Riva. The archdeaconry and canonry thus rendered. vacant are in the gift of the Bishop of Lichfield.. The reverend gentleman was also vicar of St Mary's, Lichfiiid, an appointment which is worth about £soo.a_ year, in the gift sof-the•Dean and Chap tot of Lichfield.. Sr. NrcuoLas , Otrunclx, Bristol, is now closed: for the pur pose of being repainted, Sm., and meanwhile, the- crypt,. which is'spaeious and lefty—and is supposed: by some to , be- theorigi nal church of St.. Nieholas—will be fitted , up and lighted for Sunday evening service. "The effect of a large congregation worshipping down.amongst -the tombs , at says a local paper, "cannot fail , to be at once picturesque and impressive." Tian REv. R0u.1‘37", FREEMAN, assistant chaplain tothe army in the East, diedi at sea- on August 19th. Mr: Freeman left the Crimea some weeks ago, exhausted by his• severe and in cessant labours. Fever confined him for time to the hospital at Scutari ; but he-was returning home with reduced strength when he sunk under anattack of internalinfiammation and ulceration. He is,. we believe, the third of the chaplains con nected with the Society for the I'ropagaton of the Gospel whose lives have beeneasrificed in. ministering.to the sick and wounded. eorrespondent e "eLL.,7 sends - us the following remarks on " How to Employ an Agricultural Population on Sunday Evenings." He writes--""A few months ago I was appointed to a vicarage in the 'diocese of Lincoln, with a noDubtinn of 360: I offlulatea there for the: arses ..r the lath of June last, when I found, the singing very bad indeed. In conse quence, I at once gave notice that there would be a singing meeting at the chteteehevery Sunday evening.atsix o'clock. It was attended the first Sunday by about sixty people, the second by about seventy, and ever since it has , been attended by about 100 to 120: We work hard for rat hour and a half at the Gregorians andgood old psalm and hymn tunes,. and then for half an hour I examine the whole assembly, young and old, in some portion of scripture, such 2.s the history of Moses or of Jonah, &c. The hymnbook I use is Harm se far Public Worship, published by the Society for Promoting- Christian Knowledge, price 4.1 d. In. all this the people take theliveliest interest, which is manifest from the feet that they have pur chased of me, since- the 17. th of June, seven: dozen Prayer books, eight dozen -.Hymn-books, and several Bibles. These and other means have been so far blessed as.to add twenty four to the list of communicants.—The guardian. THE Cancel:l Fneeeez.—Gallicanism is not dead. There is. again a stir among the dry bones which-the. Ultramontanes would fain persuade, us are the moulderingerelics of past days. There has been a. double cause for this revivification the pro mulgation of theenew dogma, and the -Liturgical question. The form of the enunciation of the newdeeree is diStasteful to The Gallicans ; and the matter still more. soe: for there has alwayS been apparent in this part a love of ,historic truth, and a genuine and honest appeal to antiquity while their oppo nents, satisfied as,. they are with the•theory of present infalli bility, care only ; for the voice of the-Fathers-when it favours themselves, and is useful against an: adversary. The person in whom the spirit of the Galilean party recently found voice on this point was the Abbe Laborde. The.Abh4 Laborde is dead,—at a critical, intent, when his fearlessness might have done much for his countrymen, and, might have seriously interfered with. the plans of the Ultraneontane party. It does not yet appear on whom his mantle has fallen. The Liturgi cal question, again, is one calculated, to. stir the slumbering, sparks of Gallieaniare. For some years- past, the Ultramone tanes have, been straining every nerve to destroy all the native Liturgies throughout France, and, to introduce a uni e . formity in, the Roman use throughout the whole kingdom., The chief_Ultramontane writer on this. point has been Dom e Gueranger; and the man who has. dared to speak out for, motherechurch and country mostboldly. on the other side is _ the Abbe Prompsault. The latter has been condemned at Rome. Thus the two Galilean champions are—one dead and. N t f,sor h in e i o te t e h s e fi l e e;cob b aro u r t see w vte e hta d ht o amatyt no a t suc th e i e n s k sor th w at ill tl b i: f lattern be-found be taken by the. civil• sower will be very important.—Literary Churchman.. lii-OFFIZTING OF ST, PBTER'S CHURCH, NIMTQX-1,11- WlLLows.—On Sunday week this church was re-opened- for ma neec e°ad er i . , e a m p r i r e w divine service after undergoing various repairs and decorations-. It has been reseated throughout; new windows of. cathedra glass have been inserted; and an east wind ow o f s t a i ne d g l ass . has been given by the Rev. Peter Legh, the incumbent. New altar cloth and furniture• have been provided ber private sub scription. We and eretand £lO more has been offered towards a new pulpit, and it is, expected that two memorial, windows will also be contributed. Notwithstanding z -this gratifying liberality, there remained a deficit to meet the general total expenditure of about £BO., This necessitated appeals to the congregation generally, from the pulpit.. There were large and attentive ccngregations, not only at the morning e but also at the afternoonand evening services. The morning prayers were read by the Rev. Peter Legh; the-lessons and litany by the Rev. R. 13rowne; the communku service by the Rev. P: C. Claughten; and the sermon IN - 28 preached by the Rev. Henry Gunning, rector of Wigan. The organist of Warring ton parish,church presided over the musical services, the ordi nary choir : accompanying. The canticles wore sung to ser vices, and, the psalms chanted. At the afternoon and evening services," two sermons were deliv.ereed by the Rev. P. C. Claughton. After the three sermons the sum of £45 was col lected—a handsome sum, considering the church is not large, and, the congregation chiefly rural. The re opening of their eh arch will long remain a memorable day among the inhabit ants of that pretty and picturesque village. Tai NEW Btsuor or Sx3)NEt.—The Right Rev. Frederic Barker, D.D., the receetly-appointed successor of the late Dr. Broughton, as Lord Bishop of Sydney and Metropolitan, of Australia, arrived in Sydney on the 25th of May. As soon as his arrival in Sydney became known, a deputation of the clergy and laity of the Church of England waited upon his lordship, and a number of the ministers, and several members "of the diocesan committee, met in the school-halt of St. Andrew's, when a congratulatory address to his lordship from the archdeacon, clergy, and laity of the diocese of Sydney, was read by the Yen. Archdeacon Cooper. To this address his lordship made an appropriate reply, in which, after ex pressing his thanks for the kind reception which he had met with from the clergy and members of the church, he stated his earnest desire so to fulfil the duties of the station to which he had been called that he might be found by experience to be such as their desires and expectations had led them to imagine he might be —" a promoter of godly union and concord—a preacher of the Word in truth and righteousness—and an example to the flock of God." The ceremony of the installation of the bishop took place in St. Andrew's Cathedral on the 31st of May. A very numerous -assemblage attended to witness the ceremony : many persons, indeed, were unable to obtain admission. James Norton, Esq., registrar for the diocese, then read a notarial document certifying the consecration of Frederick Barber, Doctor of • Divinity, to fill the see of Sydney, and to be Metropolitan Bishop of Australia. He also read Her Majesty's letters patent, addressed to the Archbishop of Canterbury, requiring the consecration of the Rev. Frederick Barker. After the reading of Her Majesty's letters patent, the Ven. the Arch deacon of Cumberland formally installed the right rev. prelate by reading the letters of introduction. The communion ser vice was afterwards read to the close of the Nicene Creed by the Bishop, assisted by the Rev. Mr. King. The rev. pre late then delivered an eloquent discourse, appropriate to the occasion, from Ephesians iv. 11, 12 :--" And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and Christ." o o hr m r it c sh , te. ~Aa,sotrookr On the of t n hh d ee e t mo e a ni c nc h li is e ts g yi 0 ; n, for ofoi t yth le the 1 e per ed sermon,i f f e y e i ti nghgi of f o l fotrhtdhesehbiso:l,iyna as sisted .f t s i i i s e ted uo b l y y sthacerßameve.ntetaonoanlsarAglelwnouocimbaeiridofll;:ecilsihrieandbn:inistered [SEPTEMBER 4, 1855. bligg THE CONVOCATION.—On Thursday, th e Arc the cfr Canterbury, accompanied by Dr. Travers Tvviss, ie general of the province, and Mr. Francis Hart DYl`,e! r, l jesty's proctor, proceeded to the Jerusalem Chan2l2ec,4 minster Abbey, the convocation of the prelates and ,g; the province having been adjourned to that day ceedings, which were little more than f0rma1,1102.14 despatched, a p roc l a mation was read furthe r p ro convocation of the province until the 24th of parliamentary return publishes the following wolf; f 0 TO THE QIIMEN'S MOST EXCELLE Nt " We, your Majesty's faithful subjects, the .. of ßishops, and Clergy of the province of Cant el sembled in convocation, humbly repres ent to .s'!l,r,fte, " That Committees of Convocation have sat, anu_ool ful consideration have reported to Convocatio n on jects deeply concerning the spiritual welfare of tnie, fe h namely, on the measures needful for enforcillgva amongst the Clergy, the extension of the Church a te fication of her services, and the reform o f the re r of the Clergy in the Provincial Synod of CanterbUri jtr. " We are convinced that the full consideration Cl subjects is of great moment to the well-being of but, in order that our deliberations on these a nd which your Majesty shall see fit tosubmit for ourfic:eftllZ.; may be so conducted as to give to the• ChurcA `ftte a v tisfaction, that in such deliberations the raw" y our y t ,t will be fairly expressed, we humbly submit to. that it seems desirable to modify the rep resen."' Clergy in the Lower House of Convocatio , „ " We venture, therefore, humbly to pray Y ° , 4 " A - gree,4 grant us your royal license to consider and „,•-- Canon or Constitution to be- submitted to 7°— addressmat washas consideration, for effecting such modification. vd (Signed) "S. B. CANTArg, • graciously comply Whitehall, August 7th, 1855." Ibis ft ° The reply to the Primate in acknowledging lra e iv d ed ta byher pror id and respectful appeal, curtly informs his 4 . grs iic fr p , SOUTH LANCASHIIa S ASSIZES. NISI PRIUS—TUESDAY, AVG' V r (Before Mr. Baron Platt) f ro 1 pad j ift , „ ti ACTION* FOE GOODS , AND SERVICES.-- ,;te Ot te ,' VEIL AND ANOTRER.—This action was broa!, tiv,,,d Ips, Thornton, a sail-maker and ship-chandler,r,e . ~ty • d,,,ei recover £94 17s. ld. from Messrs. George vi d irfe , '" Parnell, joint owners of the ship Catherine, et and for certain repairS; in April, 1854. A VP - V'..4' for the plaintiffs: ../10.t / I'''..,tl . AN AUCTIONEER'S BILL.—LLOYD V. Yi r l'; a vaif' , ... 7 fef an action to recover £287 for work perfortneof t iev; oc , If ing of the Mostyn sales of farming propert9. l g A i t 'pli e d in 1847, and £9l for interest since that per ,itr £268 16s. 2d. was awarded to the plaintiff, slot' ) of dueed by the sum of .-683 ss. 6d., which angaa2, ; • o ss. I`..c.i might think debarred by the statute of litni , " tl OO O l MACDONALD V. MA.TTHEWS.—A verdict 'l3 r so O i sent on the penalty of a bond for £6,000, fo OOOl £3,000, with interest. 9 lai nt $ l , ROBSON V. TAYLOR. John Robson, the ~P o l at o 1 0 owner of Newfield estate,-in the county of th ey , ' --- tilcl defendant, William Taylor, Was-indebted for OF/ tab stone got from the quarries on the estate, 3 Or ~,., I rent of a dwelling-house. There were th rec {or ° A" connected with the present, . one of which ica?, A otr and,. at the suggestion of Serjeant Wilkins', ar - • r ' drawn, and the matter referred: ,„,., slO j . , MiltBER r. DUNBA.R. —III this-case a .. --r i ' t drawn. i , 6 4 0, WEISS MINING SPE CULA,TION:—EVA-,-. J et riAl• I This was an. action brought to - -recover the s t i e fer i l balance- of £lOO, agreed to be- paid by the anal' plaintifc: as• remuneration for his services enabling - the defendant to organiieu lead roil l its i Wales. The- proposed company did .not get t it ,1/ posed of with such alacrity eR , the defer: hie)/ r •:, desirable,. and he removed the- project, o pt originated in Liverpool, to London; but "'I, I V oa in ti t n h g is h - intention - n w ti a o : o v f ery so doing eenifi e t t a in •th g e 4 .pl b ai t r i l t , l e tt: f i l listening to the testimony, the jury - retur" t y Zifi Bs., in favour of the plaintiff. la • 2 i' i ~...- _,tr„ ACTION IN TROVER.—MARTIc V: WELO ' . -5, A!..0 41 ' the plaintiff obtained a verdict for 225-; -with to 07' r P the value of shop-fittings and fixtures helongi a 6 .o h i he-had been deprived of through thei n terferc e k 40." lout the defendant.- ~ree' s, l BREACH of Pao misE.—JoNES 7; Hral l c fit d which was an action for breath of promise of Ia; -, !. 1 V' ties- residing in. Toxteth-park, the defnld al ' w r ,, li 6 .o 4 , verdict for £4O-withont costs. Mr. Serjeaut , f t° c o,,r. object of the plaintiff in bringing the- action woo O ,I V, charaoter from certain imputations whiChlaagivt:Ac4 her.. Mr: Atherton, on the part of the defe•• 4o' agreed- to- this course, having; cast no dilP'° l° 0 1.0 characterin any way. ~ the , This-finishing the list of con imon jury cas e "' IP', shortly. after 'seven o'clock. --- ) A'o'. (Beare Mr. Jaltiee Crorder.ool:',et/ SHIP INSURANCE. CASE.—WHITE V. 8 / P ' iele , e d case, an -outline of which, orr the plaintiff s w ere, V`i last week's Standard, four or five witnesselresol6i, for the-defence, after which the, jury were ad' t.e c itl , l'ltl sel on both.: sides. His lordship summeet,i.oooo'' returned a verdict for the defer idant, 012 as .f . c 0 0 A ship was unseaworthy, in consequence of li 'IR" „07 large a cargo. 49, tj tjP ) 0 r A , 0 TOBACCO BROZERAGE.-31 lc K ETTLie ... nol o t, 4z . SAsitrmamc—This- was an acti on in which tlle er rpro v ro: I to recover the sum. of £l3O 35.. 2d. paid, turd defendant, who claimed it as the amount for ~ 1°• ,.: tobaeco , which lie had been emi Toyed to sel) ii , tU t 4.00/ ,' but of which he -h..' only , been. able to ee' f l ('``A o ,cl/. S A , of gal 3a. Td. A. m long- trio.). „', 0' , :1,, w which occupied the court till nearly ellP:.4 . s'.l l ''' The jury returned a verdit I for the ' £35 198.-2 d. •••••11 ammg• WEDIT. ESDAY. 1 3 '‘ .4 . 0 01' TEM NEW GA.6, COMPANY.— —FLINTOEf . $ r action was brought against the defendant, le.Dicedj member of the Provisional Co mmittee c; i f Gas Company, projected, unsuc tessfully, I , hi ck „f L ) year,.to recover certain sums of •monen alleged that he had paid on behalf of the — .o's I with ser i , ' fair remuneration fob • his own coo ie efl After several witnesses had be en examined , e . ps t , place.-between the barristers for both pa rt agreed that a , verdict shoal)1 pass for tlie at te without costs, the defendant not This was the last cause out the nated at half-past ten. AMMER lIITISIC ANI) T Az arrE THEATRE ROYAL, Webster, from, the Adelphi: Thee, ing during. the past week, in produced one or two novelties, the old favourite dramas, ii histriones, have made their novelties:have been " Helping in the latter of which Madame vantage, in an exceedingly m' with a prelude descriptive of , Pride, a confirmed and heartless with, marvellous and startling t ater, the character of his ill wife being enacted by Madam,. of the dth e of an infant daughter,_ hot' t e : a drunken depravity of the husban infant a 'chance of surviv4tg _the thebasket of a foundling, hospi afterwards she dies. Twenty 31 time the infant trouve, , Janet brought up in virtuous., habits her drunken worthless father career. Towards the conclusion . to which he has been brought into. . 'ed v 'l beautifully enacted by Mad. Celeste. Ti1 e ,,;1 01 ,,,0, by some melo-dramatie circumstances, licy c or!' is' 4 / 4 upon his daughter;, but just as.be is about to . cO O,O o r villiany, he is made-aware that his intended ,e dro ," e ,, , ,0 1 lost child, he becomes penitent, and thus,t i f i eo te,', o o t Both the characters_ played. by Madame t' e „ alo,, i ojsl l ., with her usual felicity of dramatic act l°- hegy 0 13 If the brink drama before bri nt s kh h e e oni is e x ruint represented scgn t ho: o, other pieces have•aLso,been well sustained , t ec ieot if resident company, in addition to Madame „pry" egi res Webster, having_ been engaged in their P;cservo iii ell, engagement continues, throughout the l . " orepra f course of which, there will be some other 1 4, rt t o i To-morrow Mr. B. Webster appears ; 1 • 4 loPpeate, c , 4 ' stream,4"Vsed Up.;" on Friday as Pi, i ~,r t 007:, t 1 lation of Moliere's favourite comedy of nu. 1)': ) ,,,, sonation of this last-named character, 1F e$ flr ‘ le e strong, vivid, and faithful. In all the P'f 1, 1 „0 "Used Up," Madame Celeste will also 1art,, , ,,, „aev, A 7 TAg ROYA.L AMPHITHEATRE, F..elg i t';l l ,ol:„,/ 0 , the attraction of the past, as it will be ei i ter 3. These operas have been got up under t) l l, e qT„' tllet , Mademoiselle Tau and Mr. St. Albin,, IP„,' I :otg,,erl . of the two vocalists named, together yo"„'ieti'iDe i itea worth, Mr. B. Bowler, and Mr. O. Suri'L:jeti .0 O.' Miss Hudson, and a good chorus. - 13 ,11)Y " r ed!,s, mentioned, the company is strengthenc",pr,„ o o,o I , of Mr. G. Honey, who has several tinioe,a spry ,_,, 11 in the burlesque of Don Giovanni. 0 1 00 1) ,"' e ao' fo favourite operas, including " La So, iv e`'," c c) ) , ' Lammermoor," and some others, we "' - syre i l i aa 5 " fO A r clued Auber's new comic opera, " Th e era d ire",,iiv elusively for Mademoiselle Nan. This - ' n eri ° '. 4 s dol l as .- , es s' ). run on its first production, that it w an. e ss .fe hundred consecutive nights in Paris, pr ipc ,.. 1,1 . night during an entire season at the,_ tiorellre, ili / A London. It was produced for the fio n d va l pi . ‘ Friday, was repeated on SaturalkYr s l n of . t i l' o , formed this evening. As an opera , i t ' 1 e , an ds a ge' 1 11 ,1 ; 0 1 is not such as cue would look for at tL d p ass f )1, , , the libretto is dull. Still there are ,1 1 ' a u idors ° d pr o burden of the piece resting on the s t great 0 1 ‘ 4 04 Nau, as Zerlina. She is a singer 0 an d no , 0 0 , to cation, a considerable range of organ , i„es s l ' e f el l4 l ' expression, and in several of tli? P teno r D d fje l t , he endeavours to atone for these le , ,r tlx iii,‘ l r3 7 .d or: . o. served oi a n P e ß i l s ar s i o s m e. el‘ M ba r t . Hde.fiAcilebnitnirlls .. 11 ,,,ehtsnob ss y ai til l eo i s ree ,x, falsetto, at all times a q uestionali l n g ood i i -4 P t complishments. Mr. Whitwortliressloo. .' re hi ro is evidently well schooled in his p _I .. favP".,orq,, we have on former occasions spexeli3 O 'aeons4cAtflo are glad to meet him once more 1 , 0 a dds a‘_4 o 4 9 ' derably more than ordinary value . Ai s doe' je ) 10 " - cd. of character, and is gentlemanr,„ m 4* vers lT a a t t i r e a i N n • operas is the P )1 , .fi series of Italian grand '' r 11 , . o . o or tie ~ Theatre Royal, Williamson s T lar a e od Si^ and - °. which are to be Madame Grist7_ and .. , sig„,,„ o h i:Latnsg_e aofilaicstlin.fN.D. mitoiab o e - - rci o oni i n i l e s ef io c ti r „ ; Didiee and Sedlaezek, Mesdaprp and Gal i n e ; oic e , ;l l o Signors Lorini, Gassier , 8.1 . 1 7, a i i ; comPr e rto o, I,o' conducting. The repertozr. ,_ an dico , noi , ~.„0 comprising Bellini's S o nneTur tigoo nots) ' t i e o r e ramide and II Barbicre; l i f e ' char acter 0 . 4. t he ! to il Lucrezia Borgia. evident that in this series . e they for performance, WO nor . lovers of opera, which, advantage of. and Pro niiiirsth arepruictialtitorielat:iiil i ii ; mo Dadnlitting aPJ 45 he list, and the '.. .............. 01, THE . Dlajta' ' r ‘ Datre, _London, b 3ve p i / fi i 1.---- gi 7 Madame Celeete, Dell which time there of fi besidei; a rePetiti°;JA in which, thes e The 11, aPpearance. ,)i,pliji Hands," anti ti ff ) Celeste, apPoot64 0 aelo-dramatic P . 4 , the marriedi„ if f e J, Dar,tless. draWyt. F _ fidelity ,, ji , ,-treated M nnd ~ :5 j sine Celestes. ,'",r, , P I , ited as the t o l:,0' ,'„ev.d t >oth o f, vibsol (41' r0u;',..41. the Vp t g ba h nd 2na fatb,et'•o? ?", '.-e mother pisvt:o,oltoAi.:, Pita', an d ,iinct 11."ot rears. are . now O I L 05 , 4 ir i g Of the drains (3,v(o,rte,i," f PricM, has gri f v v ri though in leo' , 0 ,.,,, , ,i; dm continil rolsii 'n he comMito„h' 11 0 10'; lt contact a l b prtl 'O , mhe ;„Af ir.",AA lon , `,., A these lijo! 11 1J E 11 . 7 1 4' th at Tl:e