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THE tLin rpoof '=.)tanbarb, TUESDAY, JULY 31, 1855. FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. --41.-- ' MONDAY MORNING. THE Parliamentary Session is obviously drawing to a close, and will soon be run out, " anything contained in the PREMIER'S threat to keep honourable members at their voting-posts till September, notwithstanding," as the Scotch lawyers phrase the singular form of negative. The threat referred to, it will be remembered, was used by Lord PAL MERSTON the other night, while making complaint that the House was endeavouring to escape from further labour by hindering the bill for Limitation of Partnership Liability, thus obstructing what his lordship took occasion to remark was an important element of commercial legislation. The plain English of the threat, and Ministerial interpretation of this PALMERSTOICIAN pet measure, is broadly asserted to be, that it affords an opportunity to the Cabinet for making capital, out of a pretended liberality of commercial views and policy, among commercial and manufacturing constituencies. A dissolution, it is said, looms largely on the retina of every eye in Downing-street; and, although it is pretty generally admitted that the political copartnery there established stands greatly in need of reformation, still the belief that the Limited Liability B 11 is a mere feint, sustains its ground, and spreads over the country.. The newly-awakened anxiety of Ministers for the success of this bill contrasts singularly with the remissness and apathy displayed by them towards it during the early part of the session. Then it seemed to be nobody's business, nor anybody's favourite ; now, that the dog-days have set in, and the factitious popularity of an effete administration has melted away, like the treacherous accumulations of the winter's ice, Lord PALINVEUSTON and his cabinet discover that the measure and its accompanying satellite are indispensable to the national well-being. February, March, April, and nearly all May were allowed to be consumed in ministerial disputes and explanations, accusations, and retorted crimination ; but still, in each of these rencontres, the successful pummelling of an opponent was expected not merely to effect a temporary triumph, but was looked forward to with confidence as a means of firmly mooring in a safe haven the tempest-tossed barque of the ministry. Like indi viduals, however, they have made the unwelcome discovery, that continuous strife results in exhaustion and weakness, and that a series of protracted combats are most likely to end in the overthrow of the too-pugnacious victor. Convinced by fatal experience of the truth of this, after it has become too late, Lord PALMERSTON casts about for some class or interest to conciliate, and a seemingly chance-medley groping in the dark has filled his hands with the Limited Liability bill, and that for altering the general law of Partnership. In these he places his hope of re-establishing that popularity which he feels he has forfeited, and as a public man cannot do without. The state to which his lordship and his quondam colleagues have so systematically reduced themselves, each other, and the legislature, by their unseemly parliamentary diatribes, and more unseemly acts, is thus significantly and graphically described by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR, a philo sopher and poet of fourscore years, who has been through life an upholder of that school of political ethics of which Lord PALMERSTON is presumed to have been a distinguished pupil. " Lord JOHN RUSSELL," quoth the sage, " bows to Austria and crouches to Russia. Peace at any price ! Honour counts for nothing. No losses are in the estimate, but loss of office. Lord PALMERSTON, our Most Gracious QUEEN'S prime minis ter, is merry and jocular in the midst of disasters. He lies and gives the lie with equal volubility, and the House of Commons rings with applause." Strong painting the above, but true. True as its verity is unfortunate and disgraceful. While Lord PALMERSTON is thus jauntily amusing himself, and amazing as well as grieving the country, how is the general legislative melo-drama being enacted in the House ? In tl same sort of way that any other game of cross purposes is being carried out. Honourable members as semble and grumble at the loss of time consumed in the debates on frivolous questions, yet will waste half an evening in ringing the changes on a motion for adjournment of the debate or of the House, without intending, even by that means, to forward or retard the business under discus sion. Nearly the whole morning sitting of Tuesday last was devoted by honourable members to lamenting the brief space of time and the amount of legislation left for the remainder of the session: Having completed the jeremiad, they, no doubt filled with virtuous legislative resolution, adjourned to dinner with what appetite they might, and read a practical homily on their own text, by allowing the House to be counted out at a few minutes past six. Thus was an entire day wasted in expression of vain regret at the loss of valuable. time, while forty members of the House could not be per suaded to attend to the public business at so inconvenient (!) an hour as six in the evening. In the mean time, the Session wears on, and the time wasted in endless and useless speech making at the beginning and persevered in throughout is sought to be made up for at the end by the withdrawal of measures which it is impossible to pass conformably with the established usages of Parliament ; be the value of these measures what it may. On Wednesday last, not fewer than six bills, which have occupied the serious consideration of Parliament, were summarily dismissed. True, se veveral of these, Mr. HEYWOOD'S Marriage Bill, and Sir WILLIAM CLAY'S proposed scheme to legalize the robbery of the Church by the confiscation of church-rates, among the rest, it were a good riddance to be quit of at - any price. Still, that is no satisfactory reason for such a slovenly and hap-hazard mode of doing business. Empty talk and frothy pretence are the bane of the House of Commons, and fatally destructive to the progress of public business. For this puerile vice, and its rampant prevalence, constituencies are themselves in no small degree - to blame. So long as they insist upon recognising their representative only by the num ber of his speeches, and estimate his value by their length, the unfortunate gentleman is more to be pitied than blamed for his tedious attempts at fooling them to the top of their bent. In the_House of Commons,to the dismay of the wearyreporters, whose business it is to chronicle the nothings which silly mem bers clothe in rankest verbiage, there are at least a hundred men whose business and whose 'leasure seem to consist en tirely in chattering, and who never miss an opportunity of in dulging it, no matter who or what they interrupt by the in dulgence of their hobby. If the evil is grave, and its indulgence costly, at the commencement of a Parliament, it becomes into lerable and destructive towards its apprehended close; for then something must be said which may be referred to on the hus tings—something done which may be made to flash in the eyes of the electors. A good deal of this fighting of hustings' battles, and throwing dust in the eyes of the constituencies, has been practised since the commencement of the present session, and it is nightly growing worse, When or how it will end, he would be a bold vaticinator who should venture to foretel. Among the notabilities connected with the proceedings in parliament, was the re-election on Friday last of Sir Wu MOLESWOBTIE for the borough of Southwark, he having re signed his seat on receiving the appointment of Colonial Secretary, vacated by the resignation of Lord Josx RUSSELL. Oa the hustings, and in his published address, Sir WILLIAM repeated his previously declared political faith. He was still, he said, as formerly, in favour of extending the suffrage, of vote by ballot. of the abolition of church rates, and of colonial self-government. The declaration of these sentiments was received with wild enthusiasm by the multitude to whom it was addressed ; and from the frankness with which his views were delared it would appear that these questions are either settled-in Lord PALMERSTON'S Cabinet in the way approved of by the new Colonial Secretary, or that they are allowed by that unanimous body to occupy the dubious position of open questions ; in either case, a fact indicative of the danger which threatens the state under their control. At the election a formidable show of opposition was made by a numerous body of electors who supported Sir CHARLES NAPIER as a candidate. The gallant Admiral, however, seemed more bent on delivering a broadside at the reputation of the late Government, than earnest in his attempt to obtain a seat in Parliament. In pursuance of the former resolution, he made Sir JAMES GRAHAM, who was absent, attending a great bucolic gathering at Carlisle, the special object of 1 . 's fire, and him he certainly did.not spare. Another opponent to the Right. Hon. Baronet appeared in the person of Mr. JOHN HAMILTON, who spoiled whatever chance of popularity he might otherwise have had, by declaring that in the present war " we are fighting to keep up a tyrant,Louis NAPOLEON," an announcement which was fatal to his oratory. The assembly would hear no more ; but denounced him as a Rus sian and a traitor. Sir WILLIAM was elected, neither of his opponents choosing to go to the poll. He has thus succeeded in achieving a long-cherished object of his ambition, the management of our Colonial policy. In his case the Adminis trative Reformers will probably recognise " the right man in the right place." Nous verrons. At the Board of Works, Sir W. MOLESWORTH is succeeded by Sir BENJAMIN HALL, whose successor is not publicly announced, though several have been named. Mr. LOWE is presumed to be the favourite. Public opinion is not as yet by any means settled, in respect to the part enacted by Lord JOHN RUSSELL, in his character of envoy-extraordinary to the conferences at Vienna. The letter of instructions drawn for the guidance of his Lordship has been published by authority. That letter is generally admitted as explicitly at variance with the conduct observed by our extraordinary ambassador. In the letter it is clearly pointed out that no terms of accommodation can be agreed to which will not "restore peace to Europe on a solid foundation." A chief means of effecting which is stated to be the reduction or abrogation of Russia's supremacy in the Black Sea. It continues, " The blood and treasure which have been SD freely expended in support of that policy would be altogether thrown away, if the only result of our efforts should be a hollow truce, to be broken whenever a suitable opportunity should arise for the attainment of the long-cherished objects of Russian ambition—the subjugation of the Ottoman Empire in Europe, and the enthronement of a Russian Prince in the capital of Turkey." The sentiments thus enunciated by Lord CLAREN DON are fully reciprocated by the general voice, and his lordship is lauded for the union of firmness and foresight exhibited by him; the wonder still increasing, as to how, with instructions so explicit as those furnished to him, Lord Jortrr RUSSELL could have so far forgotten himself as to be cajoled into a favourable view of the Austro-Russian pro position. Lord JOHN has already explained, and will probably re-explain this matter ; in the meantime, however, even the "'cute ones" are sorely puzzled to understand what justifi cation can be offered by the ex-plenipotentiary for so wide a deviation from the letter of his instructions. From the terms on which alone peace is to be concluded, the present position of affairs and the prospects which arise out of that position, in regard to the probable termination of hostili ties, is an easy and not unnatural transition. Military au thorities assure us with confidence that nothing has occurred in the course of events which might not have been reasonably anticipated; and these gentlemen found their confidently ex pressed opinion on the fact that the Russians have never been able to make head against us, and that, on the contrary, we have always been successful in our encounters with them. True, these same military gentlemen, who seem to enact the part of Jon's comforters with wonderful naivete, admit that we have had severe and unlooked-for losses, but console us with the assurance that these have never been inflicted by the hands of the enemy. They seem to forget, however, the me lancholy fact, that the prodigal sacrifice of human life which has'been made, the dreadful amount of suffering inflicted, and the gross waste of treasure sustained, are serious national as well as military afflictions, and that to the sufirers it is a matter of comparatively small moment whose hand may in flict the blow, so long as its deadly influence is felt. Worse than that, the sufferer must, with double keenness, feel the pang which is inflicted by a friendly hand. Against the foe they can and will protect themselves, and the sufferings en- dared in this manner will never be complained of ; but if, in addition to the injuries inflicted by a powerful and brave enemy, they have to provide also against the more fatal be cause less easily parried afflictions heaped on them by those for whom, and under whose direction, they are sustaining the conflict, their position—that of both the army and the nation —instead of being bettered, is made infinitely worse by the well-intended assurances of our military oracles. The reve lations made before the Sebastopol Inquiry Committee went far to demonstrate the absurd inapplicability of the home direction of affairs to a successful result ; but it did more than that merely, it showed at the same time that very strong grounds existed for suspecting the entire wisdom of the authorities managing the various departments in the Crimea ; and, above all, it went to show the absence of a strong and inflexible master-mind, which, instead of yielding to the bane ful operation of a fatal routine, should have bent that routine to the necessities of the case—so far as the means were within reach. That this was not done, the witnesses before the com mittee abundantly proved ; but the inquiry abruptly termi nated where elucidation of this difficulty could alone have been found, and where it could have been shown on whose shoulders the responsibility rested. It is unquestionably fruitless to rip up old grievances, and painful to dwell upon disasters which cannot be remedied; but dearly-acquired experience should not be debarred from shedding whatever light her funereal torch may be enabled to throw upon the present and the future course of events to guide us in our proceedings, yet every effort is being made to prevent the slightest gleam of illumination being derived from that fatal experience which it has cost us so much to acquire. The parliament and the country were again and again assured by Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT that we had always been unsuccessful at the • commencement of our military enterprises; in fact, he seemed to consider the initiatory misfortune as the inevitable first step in our way to. success. Now we have to this negative sagacity of the civilian to add the corroboratory testimony of a great military chief.. Sir DE LICY EVANS tells us we suffered nothing which ought either to discourage or alarm us, because the enemy has never been able to make head against us. The military skill and the personal bravery of this gallant officer are too well known and too highly appreciated to be either questioned or disputed. His logic, however, is entrenched behind no such prestige ; and when he tells us that nothing has happened out of its usual course, and that as little is to be apprehended, because the enemy has never been able to snake head ..gamst us, we look round and see a gallant army which has melted before the wasting breath of cold, hunger, and pestilence like snow before sunshine, and are forcibly reminded that suicide is 'not more pardonable or less fatal than murder—that the unintentionally directed bullet of a friend may be as deadly as the missile of a foe, and, with the ghastly reminiscences be fore us, we derive but little consolation from the assnranceshe offers. More comfort is unquestionably to be found in the fact that, in the Crimea, active steps are being taken to prevent the necessity for our gallant troops from again treading in the dreadful path of fatal adversity, that the questionable goal of success may be ultimately reached. Preparations for efficiently victualling the army through a winter campaign are now, we are told, in active operation. That no winter campaign will be endured by the Allied army in the intrenchments before Se bastopol, is both to be hoped and expected ; but last winter's experience argues trumpet-tongued in favour of early and. effective preparation. In the meantime, it is cheering to learn.. that the health and spirits of the army continue excellent, and that to a man our troops are sanguine of success, and deter mined to obtain it. The spirit which animates our men. is to be gathered from the numerous characteristic letters writ-- ten home by them to their friends, and which, from time- to time, find their way into the public journals. One which has, made its appearance from Josnue. PRIESTLEY, of the Grenadier Guards, to his parents residing at Solhill, Ovenden, is so singular and expressive as to be well worth quoting. After referring to the loss of one of his comrades, who was known to his parents, and who fell a victim to the cholera, and other topics, chiefly of domestic interest, he alludes in.the following terms to some of the letters he has received from his mother :—" I don't want," he says, "to see any more crying letters come to the Crimea from you. Those that I. have re ceived, I have put into my rifle after loading it, and have-fired them at the Russians, because you seem to have-a strong dis like to them. If you had seen as many killed as-I have, you would not have as many weak ideas as you have ; besides being present when the shot, shell, and musketry were flying past and ringing around you, bursting and. killing hun dreds on your right hand and on your left, and yourself kept firing until the sweat streamed from you." He alludes in graphic, though quaint terms, to the unsuccessful attempt of the 18th of June, and concludes by saying :-- " The next attempt will pay for all, or one-half the Allied armies will be sacrificed." Such is the spirit which animates our troops; and, with troops animated by such a spirit, no achievement seems too difficult to be beyond the roach of their success. Considerable speculation has been excited among political circles, and particularly among the foreign refugees in the metropolis, by some remarkable expressions which fell from Prince NAPOLEON JEROME while returning thanks at the dinner given him on Monday by the persons connected with the Universal Exhibition. On that occasion he defined the present system of French government as "an organised democracy." This he illustrated by reference to the Exhibi, tion, the success of which he alluded to as an indication of the strength of an organised democracy, adding, " In fact we are a nation of democracy and equality by our habits, our institu tions, and more particularly our objects. With us the employe becomes a minister, the workman a manufacturer, the peasant a landowner, the soldier a general, and the whole people crown themselves by raising to the throne a dynasty of its own - choice. The Sovereign understands the genius of his nation." A section of the Administrative Reformers .is said to be in raptures with that portion of the confession of political faith which declares the employe shall become a minister, and the 1 soldier a general. Much general satisfaction is felt and expressed at the recom mendation of the Committee on the North-West Passage awarding the sum of .£lO,OOO to Captain M'CLunE and his crew, £5,000 of which will constitute the captain's own share of the reward ; the remainder to be divided in recognized proportions among his officers and crew. Medals have also been proposed to be bestowed on all who have served in the Arctic regions. The award, however, is not without its value in another and a very unexpected point of view. It turns out to be one more Irish grievance. Captain M'CLuRE is an Irishman, and the Irish are deservedly "mighty proud" of his success ; yet it is not that he has received a too well-earned tribute, nor yet that it is not large enough, although, all things considered, the latter may well be doubted; but because another has not also been rewarded ! Captain KELLETT, R.N., another brave and in trepid Irishman, conducted an expedition which carried suc cour and relief to M'CLuan and his brave companions, and his somewhat sensitive countrymen claim for him, with great show of reason, a public recognition of his intrepidity and services. The filthy condition of the Thames, and the necessity for cleansing it, have set in upon the natives and inhabitants of Cockneydom with all the virulence of a dog-day mania, and the question, pro and con, is debated with a vehemence and energy of spirit becoming so important a discussion. One party will have it cleared by one process, and another by another ; but nothing seems more unanimously resolved on than that the stomach of "Old Father Thames" shall be tho- THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. roughly deaned out; whether by the application of the stomach pump, or through the operation of an emetic, seems to be the chief object in dispute. The celebrated civil engineer, Sir Jorm 111`NEILL, just returned from the Crimea, has among others been called in to give his opinion and advice. He states his Conviction that most, if not all, of the evil has arisen from contracting the river-way, particularly above the bridges, which, by narrowing the stream, prevents the full effect of the tide-ebb from carrying away the refuse and foetid water. To remedy this he suggests the widening of the river and the construction of reservoirs above bridge, which, receiving and storing the water of the flood-tide, will increase the run, and scour off the ebb, carrying with it the impurities of all descrip tions out into the sea. This suggestion meets with consider able favour; and is recommended by the fact that its operation would be self-acting and continuous. forth the only Church of God. On the theory, there fore, that the Church is nothing but, a teacher, the administration of her system is hopeless. Unless she is acknowledged as the medium and development of a fellowship—unless Christianity be accepted as an actual communion set up amongst men, we shall find her, as a missionary, just as ineffective as we find the various communities of mere intellec tual dissent. We need never expect to see any great anxiety to invite the poor into her fellowship ; to see churches built with the true notion of establish ing a machinery, by which the outcasts from religion may be taken into Christian communion, and so in troduced within the range of Evangelical blessings ; to see them left free for universal use, as being the stage on which this communion is developed, and the means by which it is participated. On the contrary, we must expect to see the Pew system, and its abomi nations. Churches being the manifestations of the individual principle, as distinct from that of fellow ship, we must expect to see them built by individuals for themselves, and for those who can pay for them ; and, when they are built, our notions of Church com munion outraged by the assumption of an individual exclusiveness, and of mere intellectual distinctions. If Christian communion be a wholly invisible thing, to be realised by the individual himself (I confess my inability to state it without a solecism), so that the closet is as fit for the work of prayer as the public congregation•, and Christian assemblies are for the mainpurpose of hearing a preacher, I know not how you will secure the con stant attendance at your churches of the classes whose absence you deplore ; nor how you will induce the rich to provide for the poor the expensive luxury of a po pular preacher. Let the Church be duly esteemed as a communion into which men must be gathered ; let the poor not be merely taught and then left to seek or form a communion, but the communion in the first instance be presented to them as a part of the mesaago itself, and on the one hand, with the help of God, you will find the rich not backward to contribute towards the material organisation of this communion among their poorer brethren, and, on the other, the poor not backward to accept the Church's invitation to enter the brotherhood of Christ.—l am, Sir, your faithful servant, L. D. [We had intended to have continued our remarks on the above subject. But the insertion of the letter of our correspondent, and the general pressure upon our space, compel us to defer them to another oppor tunity.—En. L. S.] PROVISION FOR _THE POORER CLERGY. THE position in which we stand with regard to the Church the confidence reposed in us by many of its most eminent members, and the undeviating advocacy we have voluntarily offered on all occasions in behalf of the humbler orders of tha clergy, all render it a duty incumbent upon us, again and again, to call public attention to one of the most valua ble and efficient institutions connected with the Establish ment. The Society we especially refer to on: this occasion is that which was established in 1840 for the relief of distressed clergymen, and the widows and unmarried orphan daughters of clergymen ; and also for granting aid to enable clergymen, with limited incomes,. to provide for their families by assuring their lives at reduced premiums. One of the most distin guished features of this , institution is the " Clergy Fund," which is formed by setting apart one clear tenth of the entire profits of the proprietors for the purposes which we have just specified. During the past six or seven years, we-find that considerable sums were-set apart towards these objects ; and the directors have now resolved that an equal portion shall be annually distributed among such applicants for aid ‘as may be recommended as proper and deserving objects. It is obvious, however, - -that the tenth part of the entire profits must be inadequate-to the purpose, and confined to a comparative few-;' if the institution is not extensively sup ported; and it therefore behoves the wealthier portion. of the clergy to afford their valuable aid and patronage to an este. blishment peculiarly adapted fci the relief of so meritorious s class-of the community as the poorer members of a profession in which all are so deeply interested. The result of the an nual investigations instituted by the directors, appointed: ,fcr the purpose of distributing- the fund, has been to impres upontheir minds a conviction, not only of the great advar tage, bat of the necessity, for such a fund, and for increasing it by every means in their power. It appears that the com miltee-were compelled, on each occasion of a distribution,..ro pass over many highly-deserving cases in order to select the most urgent of the numerous applications ; while the grateful acknowledgments which have--been received from all parties to whom relief has been extended induce a most painful con viction of the extreme distress to which numerous meritorious clergymen must have been exposed, in order to render the limited assistance afforded of such important and essential service to them. it is-necessary ut the same -time to state that the." Clergy runs diwgetuer mimeo oy aonations or subscriptions-of any kind ; and we again desire to repeat that it consists solely of one-tenth of the Company'sprofits : in fact, it appears that the• directors have no power whatever to extend or limit the amount of the " Clergy Flinch" which must entirely depend upon the profits realised from. the business transactions of the institution. It is therefore of the utmost importance that the clergy, as a body, should earnestly devote themselves to the encouragement and support of this company, to the fullest extent of their power, by whatever assurances they or their friends may have occasion to effect.. We consider that the in terests of the more independent portion of the clergy are iden ticsl with those of their poorer' brethren ; and we now trust . that we have assigned ample reasons for placing before our readers the " Clergy Fund " of the Church of England Life and Fire Assurance Company, with a desire to secure to that institution the extended patronage and support to which it is eminently entitled. In conclusion, we must not omit to state that, at the sign in 1854, special grants were made to sixteen clergymen,, sixteen widows, and sixteen orphan daughters of clergymen — in all amounting to forty-eight; and fifty-two grants were made in aid of premiums-. on life policies to clergymen .with limited incomes. We have likewise to observe that, accord , lug to a change recently-. effected in the constitution. of -the company, no deduction la- made, on account of the "Clergy Fund," from the profits-of the mutual branch of assurance — the entire amount of this. especial fund being now supplied out of the profits of the proprietary branch. When the many great advantages resulting from life assurance are seriously considered, and its tendency to promote the religions-and moral advancement of. mankind, it will be readily admitted that an institution,constituted as this one is, bestows•on it the strongest claimi.to. the support of all the clergy ) without any exception; and we cannot help the renewed expression of the conviction we- entertain that this beneficial ohject will be fostered, as it deserves to be, by the Wealthier members of that body ; and that -their assistance will not be-wanting in granting so great a boon to their poorer brethren.. At the same time, we maybe-permitted to observe that clergymen of more limited incomes ought cheerfully 'to co-operate towards the support of a fund upon which they themselves muy become claimants.—Church. - and State Gazette. SHOCEI,NI A - TERMINATION: TO A MARRIAGE IN FRANCE•-. A FRIGZTRUL. case of hydrophobia is described in the Lyons journals. &.young farmer, named Peyron, about twenty-five years of age, in the department of the Rhine, was married a few weeks-ago to a neighbour's daughter. The young couple had been long attached to each other, but the parents of the s o e n r v h e bride had refused their consent on account of the strangeness of occasionallyconduct wwaseuaep . rai y a ta vt g sof bmeianng, exemplaryc omwho. com paratively most and teligiblethe observed conduct.. His passion for the girl became at length so violent that he declared he could not exist without her, and his. and, after some mother, fearing from his manitter that he meditated suicide,, Rent to the parents of the young woman, entreaty, prevailed upon them to, gree to the match. Young' Peyron at once recovered his. spirits,. the young woman wm delighted, and the marriage was celebrated with all the rustic. pomp and ceremony common. in that part of the provinces, con cluding with a grand dinner andthe inevitable ball. The gaieties were kept up until daylight, when the company separated. The new married couple. were lodged in one wing of the house, separated from the main building, but, in a short time after they had retired, cries were heard from the. nuptual chamber. At first they were unnoticed; but at length they match,nw n jf .his, g th ?m increased to fearful, shrieks, and the father and mother, alarmed, hastened to the room, followed by the farm servants. The cries were by the time they arrived changed to scarcely audible groans from the poor girl ; and on breaking open the door she was found in the agonies of death—her bosom torn open and lacerated in the most horrible manner, and the wretched husband in a fit of raving madness and covered with blood, having actually devoured a portion of the unfortunate girl's breast. A cry of horror burst from all present, and he was dragged from the room after a most violent resistance, it taking no less than six men to, hold him down. Aid was instantly sent for, and before the doctor could reach the spot the unhappy victim was no more. Young Peyron was put under treatment, and a strait waistcoat was attempted to be put upon him ; but his struggles and screams were such that the doctor, apprehensive that he would expire in the assistants' hands, ordered them to desist. The unfortu nate man had by this time become so weak that he was easily conveyed to bed, and died at four o'clock in the afternoon of the same day without having for one moment recovered his consciousness. It was then recollected, in answer to search ing questions by a physician, that somewhere about five years previously he had been bitten by a strange dog, and taken the usual precautions against hydrophobia ; but, although the dog was killed, it had never been satisfactorily shown that it was really mad ; and, no ill consequences resulting from the bite, his friends concluded that it would come to nothing, and the incident had been altoge ther forgotten. It was considered by the doctor that the circumstances preceding the marriage, and the excitement of the occasion itself, had roused the latent virus which had so long lain dormant in the blood, and led to the terrible out break of frenzy which had ended so tragically. On the me dical report being laid before the authorities, the extraordi nary nature of the case naturally excited much attention and considerable controversy—the opinions of the heads of the profession being, after full inquiry, that there was no hydro phobia whatever in the case, but rooted insanity, and that it was shown to exist by the occasional aberrations of the unfor tunate young man as before-mentioned, and that his diseased temperament and too violent passions, powerfully acted on by the circumstances, led to the fatal consequences narrated above. This sad catastrophe has given rise to a fierce medical controversy in some of the professional journals on the nature of hydrophobia, from which it would appear that, although instances of remarkable cures of this frightful malady are often described in the journals, no authenticated account of its favourable termination is yet known in France.—Paris Paper. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICA. Br the British and North American Royal Mail steam-ship America, Capt. Lang, which arrived on Sunday, at eight p.m., we have intelligence from Boston to the 18th, and from New York by telegraph to the 17th instant. The America brought 188 passengers, and $795,236 in specie. The U. S. mail steamer Pacific from Liverpool arrived at New York on the 11th instant, and the Arago from Havre on the 16th. The Southampton and Havre steamer Herrman did not leave New York until the 16th, owing to disarrangement of her machinery. About one-half of the Manchester Corporation mill in New Hampshire had been destroyed by fire. A portion of the in surance was with the Royal, of Liverpool. The loss was esti mated at between $50,000 and $lOO,OOO. There is no political news beyond the usual number of meetings of Know-Nothings and Know-Somethings, but which presented no features of special interest. Long interviews had taken place at the State Department between the British Minister and the Secretary of State, rela tive to the course pursued by the Fishery Commissioners under the Reciprocity Treaty. These interviews had been attended by Mr. Cushman, the American commissioner, and 31r. Perley, the British commissioner. It had been agreed that the commissioners should forthwith proceed to the fishing pounds within the Gulf of St. Lawrence, embarking at Hali fax in a British cutter, each being attended by a secretary, surveyor, and marine hydrographer, to record the proceedings and make the requisite charts. The Liquor Law question has been settled by a decision of the Court of Special Session, New York, given on the 17th instant. The New York Evening Express, in a second says :—" The court-room was crowded to excess, all waking in almost breathless anxiety for the result of Recorder amTh's decision. The substance' of the decision was, that ' all persons have a right to sell liquor provided it is imported,' which throws upon the complainant the duty of proving that liquor sold was not imported. This is in substance the drift of th-,. whole of it. The consequence of this decision will be that elf parties now under arrest will be brought before him, or the city judge, upon writsof habeas corpus, and discharged. Then viii come the question whether a man cannot recover damages for imprisonment," &c. In the Cincinnati United States Commissioners Court, the British Consul had been held to bail in the stun of $2,000, on a charge of enlisting troops for the British service in the Crimea. Messrs, Turnbull and Hamilton were' also held in 81,000 each, and Captain Pashner in his own recognizance, to appear before the United States Court to answer a similar charge. Captain Mcitay, the agent of the British Govern ment, was absent on account of sickness, and his friends, there'ore, entered into the requisite security for his future appearance. The crops are even' more abnndant than was anticipated. The Herald says :—" Considerable quantities of the - new wheat has arrived in the' Baltimore market, and on Saturday there was a decline of 3' or 4 cents per bushel, selling- at $2.25 to $2.31, and closing with e drooping tendency, under the expectation of larger receipts week." Letters from Washington , state that the duties paid under protest while the reciprocity treat?' between Canada and the United States was being ratified by the Colonial Legislature' were to be refunded, as rapidly as circumstances would permit.. Nearly half a million dollars had tlready been paid back by the Secretary of the Treasury. Advices of the 11th, from Havana, mate that the disarming of the negro militia was progressing, their services being no longer required. The sugar mills- ha( ceased grinding, and many thousand boxes were left standng in the fields, that. could not' be conveyed to the sugar hous;s , on account of the rains. The market continued active at die advanced prices of last adviees for staple products, and the' S,ock diminishing. At Port-au-Prince the yellow fever - wasmmmitting ravages. The latest advices from the Rio Grandeltate that the revo lutionists.were besieging Camargo. and wee expected soon to attack Matamoras, which General WooL was fortifying. Saltillo• had surrendered to the revolutioiists without a struggle. - Colonel-Kinney and a small party of Fillibksters had been wrecked near St. Domingo, while on thc - passage to Nicara gua. No lives-were lost. Fifty artillerymen serving in Nova Scotia-an( New Bruns wick, having been called upon, volunteered: for service in the Crimea COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW Timm, July 16111. MONEY.—The market continued to be freely stopfied with money, with a-fair demand,lenders having no difficully in placing their funds. The bank statement for the weekenclug July 14 showed an increase in the items of loans and. specie. Foreign Exchange was firmer, but only moderately active; Bills on London were quoted 110 to 1101 Paris 5,15"t0 5;11,% Ant werp 5,164 to 5,15; Amsterdam iak to 414 ; Frankfcct 414 to 414 ; Hamburg 364 to 364; Bremen 79 to 794. COTTON. — With an improved demand from spimers and speculators, prices have again improved to the extent of 4c. per lb., the whole -advance from the lowest point on the 6th inst. amounting to 4e. per lb. Some considerable panels of previous speculative , purchases are in process of shipment to Liverpool and the-north of Europe, and there are also layers in the market for the same purpose. After the receipt cf the Arago's advices, buyers withdrew, and the market closedwith a dull reoine. and downward tendency. Messrs. Talcott aid on., under date of New. York, July 16, say :—The Pacific's- advices or 'rots.. nlt. ' from Liverpool, to hand 11th inst., (noting sales cf the weer. b a l es at a decline of id. to 4d. in the beginning of the week, NVlllt.L....ms fully regained at the close,) were considered favourable; as consumption was unchecked, and speculators evidc.tly ready to renew operations whenever favourable opportunities of investment occurred. About the same date as the receipt of the Pacific's advises-an important reaction occurred in the Sout g h e w r n a s m q u a o r t k e e d t s at . At e Nt to e 1 9 v i c o ., r l a e a d u e s c , l i o n n e the o f24 9 c t . h p e i r n s l bt from ; the quotations of the 21st ult. Between the 10th and 12th inst., with an active demand, prices advanced 4c. ; the value of middling on the 12th being 101, and freight to Liverpool 4d. A similar movement occurred at Mobile and Charleston. At the latter, on the 10th inst., "middling" was quoted at 94c.,. - and strict "middling" at 94e. A reaction here and at the South ern markets was not unexpected after the rapid and serious decline, last advised, _as having occurred within the last thirty days without any material change in opinion as to the-pro bable supply or consumption. But the upward movement. was accelerated by the accounts received at various points from the interior that "too much rain was falling.-' While we , do not believe that any injury of moment has yet been done- by the rains which have fallen, we incline to the opinion that the prospects of the grcwing crop are not as flattering as represented a short time since The tables of receipts-and stocks made-up to the latest dates, show a deficit iu the receipts at the ports of 119,464 bales; deficit in export- to Great Britain 53;110 bales ; excess to France 98,959 bales; stocks in all the-ports 193,254 bales, against 297,331 bales at the same period. BREADSTITZTS. — With moderate receipts of flour therehas been a good demand throughout, but without any material change in glees. In wheat no alteration either as to . price, supply, or lemaral.. The market for Indian corn has, been slightly irregular, closing at a decline of 3c. to 4c. per bushel from the prices of. this day week. PnovisioNs.—Saks of mess pork were made to a- fair ex tent at $19,75 5 and some choice at $2O. Beef is. steady. Lard is firm, anlless freely offered. Butter and cheese dull, the later selling_at 6c. to 94c. FitmcknTs..—Freights to Great Britain dull. Thee engage ments include:-.-To Liverpool : corn at 34d. in ship's bags ; cotton, 3-161 to 7-32 d. To Londo: rosin, ls. 6d, to ls. 9d.• heavy goods.. &c:, 15s. to 17s. 6d. A ship was- chartered from St. Stephen to Liverpool. Deals at £3 103. A bark from Richibueto to Hull, £4 ss. ;-,one from St.. Stephen to Liverpool onprivate terms. LATEST BY TWORATEL NEW Your, July 17, Six pan.—Cotton dull_ and heavy. Flour easier, sales 7,200 bbls. Wheat easier. "Corn steady, ob 1 e a , verya and, s but closes heavy, sales 65, 000 bushels. Lard,better. Iron, 150 tons Scotch, 30c. to 31c., six months. zr SAvAz+AH, JULY 13.—Cotton: stock 6,960ha1es Uplands, 420 S.l,,against 3,350 and.;_ 1,422 last year , Week's sales limited to 311 bales, at extremes of 10 c . to 10,c. ; dull and un sehtotul e l d d . ;no Accounts unfayou f r r a o b m le the growi weather ng c e u r r o , p w v e may eu favourable, v expect large crop in this state. Freighes : To Liverpool, 5-10 d. ,little offerive, NE - W - ORLEASS, JULY 16.—Cotton declined : middling 10c. to IDec. Sales to-day I,WO bales. Western_yellow corn 85c. HAVANA, JULY 10.—During the past month the sugar market has been very active under daily; rising prices, owing to the lively demand for all parts of Europe and the small stock on hand. Thus .a large business.bas been done at gene rally rs. advance over last quotations. The present exorbi tant pretensions of holders, however, have caused some inac tion, and the transactions are somewhat limited; yet as plan ters and speculators are firm, in. view of the very reduced stocks, which may, be computed at about 170,000 boxes, and but trifling lots to come forward,from the estates, there is no doubt but what they will have to be submitted to. GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY of CANADA,. A GEsimA.l, MEETING& of shareholders in this company was held on Tuesday at the London Tavern, Mr. T. Baring, M.P., in the chair The-Secretary (Mr. eIf,S.P.MAIT) read a report from the-Lon don board of directors in respect to the progress of the under taking. • It stated that £l7 10s. per share and 70. per cent. on the province and company's bonds, of the A series, have been called up, The total amount which has been received on this capital is £2,898,427, of which £464,4 is in advance of future calls.. The arrears are £71,247, of which £22,207 are on the last call.. The amount yet to be received on the A issue of capital is £683,972. The next call of £2 10s. per share, and 10 per cent. on each class of bonds, will be due and payable on the 12th of October next, The certificates for works in favour of the contractors for which the A capital has been raised amounted to £2,888,218, including the payment of interest to this date, which interest forms a deduction from the payments to the contractors as the works progress. The sum of £298,500 not originally reckoned upon, but which was found to be indispensably required for putting the line from Montreal to Portland into effective working condition has likewise been expended. The progress and execution of all the works have been in the highest degree 'satisfactory, and the directors are assured that the sections of the line from Quebec to St. Thomas (40 miles,) and from Montreal to Brock ville (125 miles,) will be delivered over to the company for traffic in the ensuing autumn. The communication between Brockville and Toronto (a distance of 210 miles) will be com pleted in the course of next year. The section from Toronto to Stratford (82 miles) will be delivered over to the company by the contractors before the expiration of the present year. A connexion will thus be effected between Stratford and Mon• treal, and between Montreal, Portland, and Quebec, a distant of 841 miles, with the exception only of the link of the Victo. ria-bridge. The Governor-General of Canada was empowered by an act passed in the late session of the Canadian parliament to grant to the company a further advance of province bond: to an amount not exceeding £900,000. Under the powers o this act bonds will be granted to that amount at the saw rate of interest as borne by those already issued, and for n By lemtenmis effect the aid th arrangementsaus f t? , r t d h e e d, en t m lb . moodt r m rectorsboefn benefit ta 3• vo - e ef a ab r e . concerned in the undertaking. In the new arrangement entered into with Messrs. Peto, Brassey, Betts, and Jackson, provision is first made for payment of the b a l a nce due to the contractors in respect of works certified up to the first of May, 1855 ; and, as no part of the new province bonds is available for works executed before that time, this payment is to be made in B shares and " THE CHURCH AND THE POOR." TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sin,—l have long read with interest your tempe rate and instructive articles on Church matters. You have recently opened a question to which I have been accustomed to direct my thoughts with considerable anxiety, as it is involved most intimately with the future progress of religion among the neglected population of our towns. If you will permit me, I will endeavour to expand my view of the causes which have impeded our Church's missionary work among these classes of the people. It is possible that many of your readers may accuse you of taking too gloomy a view of the present condition of the Church of England. You may be told that religion will never find the majority of mankind among its real followers, and, therefore, as the lower classes think little of appearances, still fewer of them among its professed disciples ; that it is not all gold that glitters, and that a Church with a greater show of adherents but masks a larger amount of hypocrisy and pretence. There is, doubt less, some truth in this. We must not expect results of too startling a nature from any religious system. We must be prepared to discover that the unaffected votaries of piety will not be the many, but the few.. The Church, however, as a visible body, must, when her work is not forcibly checked by extraneous cir cumstances, be judged by the extent of the external religion which she exhibits. She is a net which must gather of all sorts, and it is the number of her disciples which tests her efficiency, even though that number include a large portion of the insincere and the wicked. Much of insufficient, and much of corrupt motive, might avail to draw to her, or keep within her, the majority of the poorer classes ; but a Church which shirks the task of evangelising them, must be well nigh forfeiting the charter of her foundation. The fact we have to account for is, that the Church has lost her hold upon the masses of the poor—that the poor refuse, or neglect to wait upon her ordinances ; and the solution, I contend, is found in this reflec tion, that the hold which the Church retains upon the majority of her professed members is very defective, that the motive of their adherence is mainly one not likely to affect the poor ; and, therefore, a superior motive failing to be put in their way, the Church makes but a feeble claim to their allegiance. It is but a trite remark, that every scheme of belief, or religious movement, presents a tendency to a pecu liar form of exaggeration or perversion at the hands of its adherents. The Christianity of the Primitive Church was thus, in time, corrupted into Popery ; and, in our own days we find foreign Protestantism deve loped into Deism, Pantheism, and infidelity of all shades and peculiarities. Now the perversion which the great religious Reformation of the 16th century has ex perienced at the hands of many of its allies is precisely what our country is now suffering from—Sectarianism. The Reformation was an intellectual movement. It was a removal of certain tenets which disagreed with the Reformers' convictions of the truth.. And, as a popular movement, it developed itself into the denial of certain doctrines which were embodied into a system by a foreign Church.. Now, unfortunately, the Church of England henceforth practically assumed• a too exclusively intellectual aspect. She was too exclusively accounted as merely a branch of a great movement got up against a doctrinal system, and it became too un usual to view her in the aspect stamped upon her in. her Divine institution, and which, independently of her relations towards other systems, is the indelible mark of her origin and mission. Religious communi ties came to be looked upon only, Or chiefly , in their re lation to the Popiblt system, and the standard of black comparison with the Church of .bng3..-a * o ho the position they assumed against the Church of Rome. Any exclusive claim for the Church was on this principle impossible ; and if any such was ad vanced, the sects endeavoured to impugn:the sincerity of her. Anti-Popish character, by declaring , that the genius of Protestantism was Sectarianism. The Church's relations to the Economy of grace, and her office of binding men, in one in Christ, came to be lost sight of, and her only claim to adherence to be the profession of doctrines which were approved by the intellects of her members.. She was accounted as one among many varying religious professions,. all with one object impressed upon them, the public assertion of a certain system of belief, and the voluntary association together of religionists,.who accept this belief as ac cording with their intellectual conclusions, convictions, or tastes. In this theory she is a mere provisional arrangement, whose place is recognised after, these in dividual conclusions have been formed, or tastes con tracted. Adherence to her is not a matter of princi ple, but of voluntary adoption; the bond of connection is not supplied by anything she specially originates or imposes, but by mere accidentalities presented to the choice of the individual. She partakes, more or less, of the nature of an accidental framework, on which is. held forth a system of doctrines, which is the common, property of all, which can be appreciated equally well, apart from this platform of exhibition, and which that, framework is only useful to hold forth extern nally to mankind. Now, it is clear that this mera. platform will challenge no other species of at tachment than, that which a: lecturer does from those whom he harangues and that, on this theory, no principle is provided, on which a different adhesion can he claimed from what may be paid ta any other framework, charging itself with the enunciation of the truth. I. do not speak of a framework, set up to inoculate the people with a set of tenets or opinions, as having ornot having a "hold" upon them in thesense in which we ought to do of the Church. I do,net con nect the notion of influence with a school, for.instanee, that taught the doctrines. of PYTHAGORAS, or that teaches the views of ROBERT OWEN, as we: do ,with the called the Church. In the former., ,adhe rence ton corporation is an idea that has no place. No basis ofunion is supplied distinct from the individual approval of the tenets. of the one or the- other. But it is only in her special character, as connected with the ministry of grace on earth, that the Church estab lishes a hold, among men. The Church. of Christ pre sents herself to mankind, not as having been originated by the voluntary association of a number of persons who have agreed to certain points of doctrine or , opinion, but in the first instance as. the divine and corporate embodiment of an idea, coming to men from without. Men do not make. that embodiment by espousing that idea, but the two,are contemporaneous.. We become connected, if X, may so use the term., with that idea, by being taken into, that embodiment.. To achieve a hold upon mankind,, the Church comes to them as the agent in the Economy of grace. Eer work is not accomplished by . merely propounding to the individual, truths upon which his intellect is, to decide ; she does not merely treat mankind as fallen into a state of ignorance , and needing the inculcation of a higher system of truth s but .she treats them as in a position of estrangement from a Power to which they must be brought back, a n d that, not by the mere appropriation of a doctrine which she offers to their understand in g s, but b y the prior operation of the Power itself ; and i n this sens e she says to them, "You have affa irs with Heave n. I am commissioned on GOD'S part to transact them as His ambassador. I am sent t o r einstitu te the relations which you have forfeited. l am specially charged with a mission to you, which this special charge alone authorises me to negotiate. lam sent with a treaty, and to invite you to become, through my divinely appointed agency, a party to its provi sions. It is evident, then, w hat claim for enduri ng good the Church, under this notion, presents to the allegiance of those who accept her ministry. If me n feel that the evil of their condition is a natural inabi lity to gain that connection with the AUTHOR of their being, the necessity of which is stamped upon the ver y constitution of that being, and that their own minds are not sufficient to furnish a basis of restoration , but that it is requisite for the way of restoration to be let down from Heaven to earth, we need not inquire into the nature of their " attachment" to the platform on which GOD promises to descend to man, and where the supernatural way of connection is externally wrought out upon earth. Now never, in the whole history of the world, did a mere systemof doctrines e stablishapermanent holdupon the masses of mankind. It was but part of an economy rooted in the nature of man that proselytising was not the object of our LORD'S mission upon earth, as Hi s Church was not yet founded. Neither were those who accepted His teaching drawn away from the Jewish communion until the latter was finally superseded by that " Fellowship of the Apostles," which was hence- fully complexion, rendering the slitn,_:_,,,,,i,, t _„ t i ~.,, fragrant preparation, .., moving all eruptions, J ' tz u s. 9 d., 2 :,"r. 4 7,e r 'less. Sold in bottles, at Is. li l ,' , i' e word? „ or ol clea- 0 ? P, ware of counterfeits. Observ e ti l ts ide tll' tic" on the government starar o Chemists. • [JULY 31, 185 5 . 3 _.., shares. a c r o ems .panpy'esr Thomas and Toronto, estimated at L 1,6 0 0 ,00, tu .... e „, , rzt /4 „ bonds—two are to receive payment, one-half in cash, equal proportions of B company's bonds and f oti t i l'itz Itt which latter £l2 10s. is to be taken as paid, an V h ble .' -str e , cash payments is to be deducted the interest PaP o i ri l ' 'NI_ contractors to the holders of bonds and shares ! .a „ e v ~t,e , ..Y the provisions of the original contract. No coll.?, .' A , 3 4,.72_ 11 4 on the B shares beyond the £l2 10s., to be crem , r o, - ,s . p. ape t ( r, until after the Ist of May, 1857. Should an), v .,.. , ' ~'lterr„,, be required, the contractors have agreed to accearcp, , ~ , 7 bonds and shares of the Atlantic and St. Latvia ea _i i . ',o ,g , 1 „,., 1 calculated at par in sterling, which bonds n, 're of as company hold to the extent of £200,000, which e ,, i 4el, L tf.),/, as a provision for this purpose. The contractors 0 ., ab l , i . v 14 disposal of the directors the province bonds of the, . t. ons a.. which they are entitled under their original c0nt50 , , ; 44 t , o '' consent to the suspension of the works from sob, t o ~ tto rt, ,. Trois Pistoles, and from Belleville to Peterborout,art ,rdaddi; and the W sbo ,wt,il Ist of September, 1856. The contractors als ° .o. l a 'las t , modification of the contract for the Victoria-bY ' ,et thee arrangement d er arrangement will enable the directors to consider ~,, . c'a), 4 t possible to adapt any more economical plan for , I o ` v. .',treat tion. The present expenditure'on that work is l ' reti f ~ ,tik to £60,000, that being the amount estimated as O. , Tr.;vall als fulfilling existing arrangements with sub-contream° , d er , undertake to proceed actively with the works I v . the ; to Toronto, and from Quebec to St. Thomas- it, Y' '. submit the foregoing arrangement as fair and el': t i l t, 1 .;,,' 1 1ae, works actively prosecuted are those from wil ic h i c li ' (2' 1 g 7 4 and earliest return is to be expected. Those ss ' o tii'' ' l st / p' pended are the portions likely to be least renullotic rt•ln ' e r, p total receipts from the traffic upon the line th e ~, 'os-ls b y from Portland and Montreal amounted for • eV, 11 ; P ' , ending the 31st of December, 1853, to £ti•tu,•`; ' O IPI, puce,;',` 30th of June, 1854, to £72,831 ;ending; the 30 ; 4 of i. ,ttrae,7 1854, to £97,907; and for the twenty-five rie e ,, r- iof; ‘e, iii , ''„„' e year ending the 30th ult. to £82,512, being sv al a, of ' nt. s i,•-r , the corresponding period of last year of £ l3 f 4 ' 10 e N.4 1)1 cent. Various causes have combined to ~rettaus , Or, 04 . J ae ment of the traffic over the eastern lines - , sack, psiii 14 re ' ( paralysis. of the timber trade, the corninerel-,flat 'pejo ensued, and the withdrawal during the last „bl o , / L , ke.„.-ad exigencies- of the war of the steamers dastitn": t oc e P 7. l in z 14 1, Liverpool and Portland. The directors expre s . .,',aS ° „i 0 - 16 41 confidence in the undertaking, and that it ''' 1 , C'llk '''' remunerative when completed. Irg qi Olne 1 0 ) r ° ' 1 , * "q 1 b e ' On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, the o la, e measly adopted;•a•nd the proceedings conchnov t -())!.' at thanks to the Canadian and London directs * ' , .k -qg 9, . 49 )1 Chairman. te ll " l'', ' St - -4„. - „,f(),.. 1 ,...tat,t. 11 a t'SV N' 441 3 TILE CHURCH-RATE QC , ' ~," It t • WE subjoin an extract from the charge i fllp t 3°` ' m4i ; , rrii. 4 . li ttt 10 .. „ o tt! t',eh lto by the Ven. W. J. Philpotts, Archdeacon of C orll 4 o .l ' Strltr y ", the church-rate difficulty is-treated in a novel ' I / : tr4 - ' t Oa( The Archdeacon says : It ? l 'il b itt e , 7 / ;,, ~v. 1 , . I propose to appoint commissioners for the laii :" I . 1 s.,_ala r ,, church-rate on precisely the same . plan as tile b e e tS e f fir 4 13 sioners. Many of us can recollect the time ' y oh tkis' , is against:tithes was much greater and more g °11 ,,,a i ,-aa t t e l , at of i I now against church-rates. That objection„ s ;br j 4 de s „") 6 , moved by settling the amount, And laying "'l i e TS a . •, 11, 11 lily and plainly upon the right persons - 1 3 Ral ) d li thr o ;,, e 'bl Now a tenant, when he takes- an estate, al ' t ti./ torsi„ b. I closely how much tithe-rent charge . is to be ~I ); ',4 i tt), tlak,.. - g i so•much leas rent to the landlord. lie sees s' ic alo? tritgll'ea no 'grievance to him; and, that if it ivere•dorte s (4, ag c : / / p the ( he - would have to pay so much more for the is ° 9r,,,„ * tta, an end of all cause of complaint on his-part• et f o t Wry ice) NOw the landlords, as a body, have ne ° 6 o o:l 0 .4, 171 1 N against church-rates, nor could they henesa • 4 )e4 i 4 , by i Dissenters or Churchmen. They tonght eii; eo 6l; Res ele h al property with this burden upon it. If they a ter/i •liltile st paid so mach less money for their purchase el i eit t e t . tilb,:at o burden; and they cannot ask for more thane ' hs ef4 at,Jo`,/las si they inherited it, that which they pay' fe li c ,,, - 4 - OW I ° ,,trel e trof not left to them, but to the Church. at jcii liv e Zorli thankful- for what is theirs, and not OP; rilt e P:i k„PD,"'OII, belongs to-another. The Church's title tot r l ' a ls ° ,,,, , c 'hey 4 ret, is a better and an older title than that o i ° ,,l ll' e t',' ht,,,w4 1 England to his estate. So that to ali ° ,,li orr,,,i 3 O.i'' ~.11;rnosi altogether 'would be simply to put so o° ' o'l ' 1 4.1, ~k or Fo . t t 4, 1 a., landlord's-pocket to which he has no rig.- 4 10 i o , 4 111 1,1 0 . N I cannot state this fact too plainly :it ifr ° ' 11,0 y, T e r or '4os but cannot' beeentrafficted. Atiti'leeP,lN:e4 t kra Well then : -after appointing the comlni * Viel o r 'ervsp e Dt propose to proceed ? Let them appoint s u p r l ,, , ,ltt, r;: t t , el. 4t Per l and sworn surveyors ; who shall decide, firetz.,?• o 4 ll a ol . , a e ,', o a, expenses are required. on each church and eP:iat„ o re . r t obr . v s4 lta,; a 4, it in a real state of repair; and, sec ond,,V - e fe , o lB 4 ) „, annual outlay necessary (after they are prs k tt l ' s',, e V;i7ty,„%o l to keep them in order. Let the expences Vag 0 0,43 ,`,Aae R Zt be laid over so many: years, if landlords '',,, s o t l l e rd „! ti ) r 4 t/ then ordinary repairs so estimated become ‘,-,,,0 d a, , ,,, Kss,„_ tr 4 payable by the landlord and recoverable_coPtleo, at e precisely the same way as the tithe-rent eh' of A .Ile o p'ltit that the landlords-may have some control te a br Y tth .' (4 3 , ture, let the parish churchwarden be aPl l °,, i ' l vre'l,; 4 l,'; i4, 4 1 ,, 4 re a non-residents having a power to vote I r ea a-rlt Nr? t i ,'lre commissioners, on. the complaint of the . 1 r id ea, tti,4l ;ie v oe w a signed by the archdeacon, that the c hore! do o 9 s eri re . ,." et , proper state of repair, be required. to_ the use., , sl tlt qa tk missioner or surveyor to enquire ' intent ;if inis, . I,eti I,t f t 4; h . amount, if the rate -be really insl i e fi l faing Per s° ' ty i..% ere a summary power to fine the 1 1 'a 11l I tion of funds entrusted to , hi u'' ,0.. . . h;i g si the church and churchyard. f the clerk and sex-;• ,? , , ''' 4 t b, Next :as to the-payment 0 - • of the o tn. (l°." 4 'o "N 1' I think to be left to the" discretion be Fl' "1,4 is qh%,o necme a. -- , . t ..,.,,,iv i p.L4 L 4ev are to eta 1 4 0 4 ,,,r 1 commuted rate, or by eli. 1 L - .. •-•-•- 7 - s tber # , - (-pi • , a 44 .tel "s o much fcr . 7k t , 11 4 . burials ; because, in small_ country parasae ~,, i tt,e ..,,, n x, insufficient miles. they were increased r OT,fi ~ 1, 4 1.4714 amount ; whereas, in large parishes a vie t° 0 , c ati,-: alt ltra,,• 4 ' , would suffice. The sexton would be requi r " $0 4 ,1 0 ` t e Ni; for divine service, and keep clean the c hure t , 0 , . i , AN• zi besides digging the graves. The clerk we tti° 7o tittY. the f 4 i ' orlinary duties. t' fS., , r . Pri There now remains-to find means for PTA O I; 0 . e• 4 b eep i mentalbooks, a el n e d me s n u t r s p , li t ee ho.. B w ib i le thr BreoogekrdofteCoit7i,ebiel;il,4;,, ..,tkref;,,eti,,,:i measure as I propose, adopted, there we'd vi de I''',(k% al el believe, on the part of the clergy, to Pr e t i - je ss!tbi t i t , 401 '..k ) ? and decent their own surplices. A s to t 0 1, ,lI\IINe tan; meats and books,. let them be paid for 0 _1 35 0: 1 ; / ( t tae l'el rent-charge. The impropriators of titheses o f t or i tr D , , , e at butel their fair share towards the exPen oo . .alf i i i, k b;'. 4 lly ° I whose funds they possess-so large a aer ti o .a st f :,: o p, t lt i l ilierag: t chancels contain ordinary sittings—(thong tho se . ~oj , y . 4,, 0 i they ought to be exclusively occupied bY cie e) .. ;;it) Oqel l ith gaged in the performance of divine s,e r / i s fs 7- ; ,,,1, `, 1 . % 1',, : 4 t 111 which area ppropiiated to-the vicar and i De pr . . , '!'',,,ir, 4 ,. might be let by the.reetor, and the proce eds . or , / ,/,/ I.''l,l° l l, the churchwardens to provide these ma tters ,o ' r e,sf r . , fr ,' i Qyj o ley,p,4) where the contributions to the offertor),o,tr, , ) ,40 01 . / amount, a certain portion. mi,gbt be applie a , 11 , :4e ' 1 1 ,1). , qt, the consent of the ordinary, without v= i s 9,",,,,t i ti, ll „ 1ie,. 4 11 intention of oblatian,to God and His sery ) ,,if ; i 7 0,,.. 4 tt1i.;S for His poor. I would gladly lay doll' ,iti e , f,Njkii, ° all cases ; but, ae r from.the different sizeey., t iiil i i l a kt . t cumstances of the:.various parishes, thY to P ° t,„." 4 l. f. „Pr o ' h possible, it becomes absolutely necessarY, 4 :,', 1 ,4 tion of these details to the discretion o f te .0 , 14. r , ' 1 44 c 4 e REIGN INTE L LI G , l e _ llt of ' 1 44 c 4 1 "0/ 'l ' 1 4'N ' ' t -4.- -Of Adoia'2 t; an d - 400 .4, th , 4. FRANCR.—On.Wednesday the ErnPe r° o l ' , f r ,f Thet Eaux Bonne', intending to accompany Biarritz. Their Majesties will return ' ,. o?, r i 1 4 7? k 4 pe e' - ' 0 4 84 The Emperor'sdeparture on Wednesday ,f.py rjt) C t t bith , ll 4 t t b , g . AV) It t , 4 t ri c o? He arrived at the Orleans station at l i Srp. 1,17) 1 4,4', t l if r d b k:„i , 4 plain dress,._ and. without any escort. ~,o # l l I'l , t „. o t made for his-receptinn, and orders had bt,.' le al ,k,f . , tql V s S s lllt that his inxognita is to be respected at -p3,1 0 e,, kN e 44ll Notwithstanding. the decision of th°, o f t , 0 1/1 414 I t '. fr il the sum annually voted for the fete s '„Dow, A r i i , rJ„ 'a month to the relief of the widows and , 0 ,1,1;e e t , A c,t ' t z , ignth,fteohr forward, rejoicings, n e ag a ns , d, t h w e vhoi f et ii g in t g e::: 00 /: -: e to o t f v : 01 1 it l , , . r , c. , qr,With,ee.yscorli alit , the Mu p y having (according: t c ' er e9 ) ',the e ~ ..04 ~ 4 1 „Ai , Nlpti ce , ccounts from Barcelona. , I 'd eri '4 l ; , , ;,let f o : aeu t g h xnpf e Sdo6enr', C dn7 a isesic r °7: l Bl : l s : t coi s inf°A are about to make a gra n fr'Det'y ~ th os ' ' It is said, by the correspondents of tile ittr c b t o ct , th e , e on ,, pf:,.., • Jud Cabrera, the Infante Den Sebasden , , i 4 to iYj t l , lat e e , already arrived in the province. The "" r ~,,,,,, ~,, , „co ~ „,,,, ~,. i were caused by the objection of tie ,r . , 0 0, fr o li,,,`ect .t .1 levied in the market.—Grave aecount,,o9o,,p, ~: ~,„,,,, ▪ have-reached England. A letter of thre e P i f . ii , ,,,„i.c , ▪ states that he had been unwell, for S'; tb e ., P Ot ,)', k :,..' ~,,l , r . continues to take his evening walk- ti- Pith ' ti,t,,„' rot 4, the date of the letter, been, seized 'v to t e o: .t' y °] I . mach alarmed his friends. ff ' Ps O le o!' • 414 0 4 cl , ) l ' ne t ~ ; : Oit a PRUSSlA.—Letters from Erdrassi.',„yer - A . '' o r ti'a Ap o > of Prussia had another attack of ',.. - • 0 4-ev" ' $ ' 'r' s, . 00.1 c - lasted the whole day. He passed, ' fie, 4 1 k2O night, and has since been iraproYiniT i fie f e t ° oo lo , es l P li .4 11 4 WEST INDIES.—The s..anner ft/ .., 0 , 1 ,1 0 0 if ill f ec,,P, k tot 4 k . just brought at out Kingston, Jaros l ,l o kdrej " 4 v.`' , 1 th,q l summary of June 26, with the foil& t i i io fre .to te i ,',, ti l " p 4 1, a The packet which leaves our shore',,i4rt . , l vr!,,,;4;l kb kr 4 , 4 ° : ▪ the Atlantic no tidings of joy or ba r e o°` . c t `' $, 't' 11 familiar with misery and suffering, fot ostates', COI, ai o f • • 1 ove 8 t ,j l l} *3 44, 4 4 ness ;no intelligence reviving 1 ef e ' l , o s ..,,, 1.. 4,,4.1 4 1 ~ culture ; no improvement in com° a1c1 ° 0 0 4 14 ° , 4 ,• ' t 1tt . : 14 4 3 1; gation ;no ray of light to cheer 0 12 1",; co be i; , s ' el li ~i 14 L . us forgetful of the past. On t`i i icb t as° t0i0 4 ,, - N dte t tl e another of those. distressing tales w 4 ,, a ve..01, , e rl, lii i AL e have so often heard, but which 0 7 1 ,e' 160 1 , ' ,/ ,'', I , ` , tj l it e ',l d them to awaken the springs of , c c olol i a° 0 ?f , , 0,, , e lected but ever loyal and f a ithft l 4, ho rel,to ° , 1 0.4 1 i • ; 1 , 4 4 . 1 4 ,7 to report but increasing misery ~,,,,ec.l li , of 4 ,,r o lii ',44 1 , 1 1 114 matters. The whole island is P''' . Sig • v i ,V, l f ' 4 e k tow ✓ agriculture is becoming more lani"4"._ o at , 0 04.1 li n , ei, -=... 'cb et* 'lt "A grows thicker rather than shows a' . ? (4. c cef o f c e )ii, Ali I d n e a w n e t r s peofrtpricnoipoefrtpieosrtaßreoysatii_lsltfe.;: 01. 11 00 1 l il a ,t i lto e,/ , qtlilitir, b e( i 1 . alive and busy with the activit4 ha at ril ' o eh jai i „4 ii'l1 t ,111) ( Lb altogether deserted by the •trier e a fe r 5 01 a vit * 6 ',' ar t iqtel a those immense buildings which __,.. ‘t co e d li ~j 4,,, ;try 6, %, goods and merchandise of the vfavi;tl,ols734o;;l' 17,44 h afford the bats, owls, and ntieV e u co oonlYAoo. l l ll : l . o 4 ti, i ti 4 e stores, still kept up by dint °L T o f ret!wart,o l 74.,:i : 1 41 era , * ei ',,, few exceptions, of the charact.c_t bad' ' oo v o f t .1, bet '' of Kingston, which, in times P"' st ',, cali lti tiv e , tp„, 7 ,,,ic e „, r , of a wood with its forest of nr e , din''" as Ilk ~ 0 4 o r n on the bosom of its waters a„ 1 ,.,..„. 0 to .. , ts , ..,Be,p, , .4 ) , r 4,. n thousand other evils which we ' ress i° "' ane re , 144\ what 1.- co untry s h e al] la ve ~f, 0404 ,'i; personsan d the re unemployed,a v vessel or thetwo g o e t ri e,, i i i : aan T ri s o c t a i r i u o l ; ; v al e ' `l ii -, ~,M,;, t, ° a , catalogue of our co Q b a ll n 4. I„ I '° not far distant when we - o f ,r, 41 41 . 1 11 ' 3 ' chronicle. S pe ',/ 01 0 ' la rei ; Gut's t' r. pollfly 1 , 1 . 1 th I- ND .-- Do no A 'o RAPID CURE OF COITOIL •AivAyea-ilest Ice t poo. ir k;,,, t; 41 . ..,e , ay Da. Locecit'S PULAtoNI, .., ills C c . le e , uot.o ,p.,.. Ne -','; Sir,--a was so much oppres‘sc.t.t......ucl, ril l , i 7 o ~_, t_ i ,iil i{:4 .4 , „ '" a coughing fit came on me l e nt ~', ill o 1 1 , 1 ,11 . 1t°,11, , t`l,t , t4 , it thou;lit I should not live to s o. _e,., ARO:dr.:ol s f 0,,(:e , 11, 4 1 ti Is a whole night without coupi.V.,7i n es: 3 g iv rs ore iii, . D f boxes ßanel a o , f ii r , •a t f r e e r c s t .. , , to - cought.' eaue7i l d • Oic'd , 't a rapid cure of asthma, blic sp . • el s ti i , , dig, ) lungs. To singers and Pti the v , ice- 0 9. COI r t i ~ n k , ci re clearing and, strengthening 7 d. , n d les Co,aci d e ep i lt Nktk il e J.Dfir.alLlOec.ocn'sd ' a c l a i f t l is° r t d i i c q' ) ;:e l ' )'''' I ti 'l i : ti w l- I.n ta;t_ d e i . ci..n - P e r l i . c e e n s !ie ls rs. ... , l , i A dc so. r i br io i r o ; p C r rO s l ,l_, gto 9 , P l o c y , : kept 44, r.ratlO. 9 . ~e a 9_ talif, { L c 10,4 ',11;;k4 - 4W 4 '?111'1 tl 41; .e