The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-05-30 00:00:00

°tire." We have been informed, indeed, that some meaning welkneaning constables have been reprimanded ,cued for advising parties with jugs not to attempt heir obtain liquor at illegal hours, and told that it wa who, duty to await the commission of the offence. And af ter all, are the officers selected for this " del i cate t ' a ' and unpopular duty. One of them, according tet urn of the Police Committee, has laid no fewer h th e o e a n n 105 informations against publicans, and has anceessful in them all ! The chances of success, indeed, aPPear to be all on the side of the spy. The system, indeed, has a tendency to throw public odium on the Ta w hole of the police-force, amongst which tiler ll y good and efficient men, and surely this is any good but good policy. It will not, we opine, be much longer tolerated, otherwise it will be inducted into other relations of life, and t hen—farewell to the dearest liberties of the British subject! There is another evil in the spy system, which is, th at against justice to the accused parties; and that ' B , that officers in undress, or in disguise, who may say the y S poke to them, and, perhaps, did speak to them, irl remonstrance or accusation of what they conceiv ed t° be wrong, at the time, appear in their unifo r m against them in court; and their features not being well known,n it may be impossible to recognize, or to h frand contradict them ! Thus, a whole bate °I. exculpatory and honest witnesses may be placed i n 4 doubtful and indefensible position, and, by denying th at the man was present at all (stating it to the best of their belief), may be put down as guilty of gross Perjur When, in fact, the perjury, if any, .is ll on the other side ' The haste, too, 8 0t h eases are hurried through, attired with which and convictions f at, on the uncorroborated testimony o tZ ae ° r . ffi e cers". and, without strong and irresistible e; ,,_ ; ' the impossibility of hearing that for the de: i e s n i - ' 4 the not becoming in a British court. the lads,lawLlP:int that it can inspire that respect for d P hi that i a ao admirably upheld by the respecte mostPs in our higher tribunals, who give every case the r considerate and calm consideration in behalf . o. th. ac cused , no ' ar ty. If one police-court, therefore, in the ia 13°—°118 and sinning borough, be not enough for h due and deliberate administration of justice, let us y all means ru.at means Stron g have another forthwith. Fiat justicia, as we are in our political opi ' cn who e abhor anything approaching to oppressiond, by mever, of any party, it may be practised; and svv orriev,er it may be addressed. Mr. ItUtillto ._ 4_ . n says the officer Haines that wearing as to the girl who served the ale, and ad ds , was very ra sh indeed he eras certainly mistaken. :_nleed! If the same rashness and mistake be indulge " Rash and mistake n , " 2taken at our quarter sessions or assizes, and be equally . , I ten for truth ----the trembling but innocent culprit, bweao may have no counsel, or witnesses at hand, may B,,:°nained to transportation. The two cases are i4iciently illustrative at least of the truth of Mr. toator'a statem ent o.dled,) that improper men were selected to go in Pttitin Clothes Coated het Offending publicans. We I.l?.nfily repudi tsystem under any modification. a0171.' Rushton has stated, with reference to Adam th4tB I ca " , that he has ascertained, beyond a doubt, and le was sold from a house in the adjoining asst e , 1v... that it was that which the officer saw. Ihe public ill o doubt be an • tellin. Wi „ . ,clous to hear this case of a party b .f is mout license--vvhen the delinquent is brought • ore hi nt 11".......„,„„,.......„ ...........-..---- LOCif 1, NW tv''s. We • be understand that the Rev. Dr. Tattershall bsa just aid ire el I .440inted 4:rltingar . a .stirrogate for the probate of wil l s eheefiazefrtieagoef I;reidnass," for the diocese. is canusstda•PprOyal of I, contains an announcement Ogden the en h - tne aPpointinent of Mr. F. B. uga Aitenti:' t-ts,port for the republic of Texas. IrldWorshiA°M 8 Visrr.---We understand that theße .) v ._ . c ourt cif vi Nu! Un win Clarke M.A., rural dean, &c. ho ld s . wardens 4rld gide, Bastion, fog admitting church and chapel d eo llegi at :",,e l ;_, on Wednesday next, at eleven o'clock at the lds a I,htrlZVocait'..atnitiorneh, Manchester On Thursday he h" I ck at Bolton and. . in the afternoon, at B t r . klul Liver n PrinaY, at Vv*iga'n ; ad on Saturday, at Orms i k ,Lscrt, "°l' 'rid -44 AT TR ,-, INSTITUTION.—On tieettiry4tvveri,ing, mi.. Aaddk.ainoLBLeOrvAe d li Ted his second lectu e r r e o o u n s tkinlttletti r gnrtahtiefi telraa ti t rdet ace, theiinslt i to i n cluding n; many bef o familiesr e a num o . , r dis al tiliniornetiaole subject on this noccasion involved a these 1 and vaerti tnolaaegnaeetti electricity, a e icolt,ali:il'ag!lets, n nlynatu l r ocal attrac : i al 'ilitY,sillZret;' 4nde i:ieol handled laeTli induction,it with his electric current ' a the extr aordinarycirculation . the peeti li _s, th eir. and ti ltere. t _ ar law s h„ _,power of attractionandbryepauNl.saioriteliy of tio n ° eati ng experisn,e h they are governed, t • . eincrtain 1 by tits, ~ rel tY sert,nere different and e( olli. to He hreputdattectinatghneteirsrmonaenodusepeoc...- rfa . t ers . It was now . as lee 'led theY wer e distinct agenCleS. ktcielt!irely a peellijaerssenttally the samel,atientidonth.ati‘miaagtoneetti'ssmnl 44tiedr ill Ysoaltidtrbcotkn and r o e d p e u Li t o i n ec o t n nc t a he earth .anniirotnheoraeisr, j4tethn:tare peeutiaersi; aunsdcestetleiro7t,tsapeodwcetlr,tai and of convey- p 40441, ithoweactilliac curresnt. P H e explained the tFricm lowaadsst very 44(1ct.1.in attraregteinstgi I,llNedelnroni ore and a mixture ; Uaairoeacrosts i r o o f n m o a r tter7h n steel. It wash no rth c ot n - l ic 1 a l pick ed au., several parts of Aasnida with, it „ . ,2 ,_ and held in suspensioa a large gas found in e t rie e a,&c. ,„, ~, ,, ,,,,, ,e a t In ortd,,,rersar to put .t ir . oli t owrass suffices_ 1 if it t c e l e um ll e n r c o o f n i t r a; n t I:ll.eaderlae.,de la pro.itriationna:cf rite:l.7llle ' shewed by h . ol tu di a ng e a r 0 1 e acil''aereeof iron close to a magnet, when anotheishavi.log of l ie tleh ae w n r to It, the piece placed near the magnet ' 444 1,11 s .ar te hsa e of attraction previously. He showe f d r a m pa n i g r engie'4'l,els, fixed on a stand horizontally, and ' nf whichsteei v ; T he were each formed of one h undred powerful than if Naietasd he rendered them. more withthem.. In 10p,. 1 4 the f.,sled several experiments. oh t ` r e beii,„ 7, 14 e of Mahornet's coffin, whieh some otvleinissf,ohle thersed tha'teu was of iron and suspended in the hea het littraetio there was a point between two magnets w . h . e o r n e thi:Peen th n of both would retain a substance in .a pont.' ble Null:to ret:i °l ll it theca though susould. not say it was impossible h id , so, as lsolated ension for short time, it was ras gn m destrn least. breath or motion of the air around it *44'eith t a t or th' e " equilibrium, and cause i t to rush to one *he n• t°ther, or throw it beyond the . inkuence of A ll , wh en _ Would fall. A bar of steel . , be o a b c s h er e v ri e d d : lirtilwheti f,„,nlagllFtized, would lift a 6oz. nail at e h e tie s ant sn";_lh_N into the shape of a horse sho t e, G c o a z pab T le h o is f trieeailleeeito, astrs`treetlYbdytiounbleextheartimweenihat,nbdusthaobwoeu 4 d a horse shoe visar!9Blh4ll if strateet would lift 2816. but would now reeti`o4llBed b:4,lnerease 0 the ratio of power thus pr od uced Ithetha ( 1 44 1 Ltue e.lectric current being increased by the di lAtiemet electric It. He stated that various substances, when 1444, etwee4 the or merely conductors of the fluid, .413W-led`t)ile ratian,penet and . a bar of yon a o tt r e s r t . eel L did not This he iioerthe ittrYgesppryh; priCketnceso p o e f !* vi a t o i o n g °n p t e h r e , I brass, copper, & d c. *itii,,btit phTetnet, to which they , w P ould not themselve n s t a ac; frn,Str,_ th e steel or iron was Placed under and in u s eu ended te,;thieitt,'. ittaYp!ereeall attracted and woodwas u eeld be ;44tileci t y t t ll t i l s ex pePreiaihr edottob us ti t l that tha t ir the d pressure of the iron Its p? ! . A e attraction of tyhe m e a u ene w t ' to which it was in conti ,sedeweles, 011: awehnetic oar had no power in the middle., between 4 11 1, 44 to r, ,t was called 't to tor • and the action at one 11: bas 6 - kJ, arid , I s 'ua r magnetic needle. th s ,,' net y ..... the otaer to attract t,e Pas s ..,..id lotekanted at its centre, turned I lice the needle, Weilt) lith, ". tie next noticed the variation of the s com - 18 4 9f t he tr rat u the year 1567, when it was 12 deg. 1 . ri ‘Rai.. it lisd „.e nrth, increased gradually, westward, tilltill e in n . astignretnrWeeadejled 24 deg. 36 min, in this country.: It t- ear ; it hil 3'7 ''aristl:° then at the rate of about s'/_._:.... ;10tA.444)a 4 lu London was , now about 24 deg . 30 w!na. ~%if,,,red ~, alliecdnat Liver 196 de g 21 min. The van Nis" 40 01 . II- "...trent placPe°sfuon- the earth's surface; (Pro tisted for °heal attract' &c but was not ac )pthse;:a4rit.ile.. 00vbistt.h_e elsecotfiliereur,eand metals, uriless ., sup pose a mut i we air, affecting it, isett4l, wilUol:ir, ih;rneeltsiog Woeusrtwglaorbde NO liest°ll,4l,4 r emain a orlyst'earouyrdnaogta t i o n b receding d_ . 7 ,ritlahe ki4,,,teet,l,,,44,"°,ed the coristruction of the mariner's could '"tt trlaip h - g Its peculiarn ature, its attraction at one en lip et% "4t the oilier its lneutrality, its dip, &c ., 1, 1 z iA iii 1,414 and obec , t o .eten.tr% b I attached to the circu -I,lloe.P44olr,rta-letilp)x, which serviesd a s e g an index. .H e showed s th 'lithe Ildieelat the dip or downward inclinattonthteopwoleds, e lior ti , er of the needle increased towards . while at Illegiots, ii, attracting, a n d the south repelling, I ° ‘ver,l deli, Woilld be horizontal Thus a fine magnetic irai-ethe-IttelY poised Which ;.? in London cut an angle hitia...oll4leiltt earPtefilkd_ic....ula'r (asewenuunderstoodbim) of ..6_9 deg. In 1i z 0 the ,T attraie9e Wa'elsviquator, be . horizontal. . le,eter,,ctina 4., deg. 10 min. ;in 1821, 70 deg. 3. min. lt,mti;.`qe math, the earth produced this phenomenon. iiitltto.r a`tekelignetrishezPLeriinents he explained what is called 1%4 41 ne Nt . oft_agiits, oXvibich.a perm.anent. magnet rendered te tit, IN show Lnemselves by indution. A neat ti t, t't rea„ T'vn with a fine scale beam, by w hi c h the be it'eage4,vreigh'endetislii in a piece of iron or steel cou ld t of oipd r i l l .? he r itl drth.ongh it were but m'nute. Th ta e . e ffe c t Illettli:4:4")e,ol%!ciratl.l Portiont! Onfsthroeumwei e l a e t n o h w e e a p r o d l e s Ai ma :pe t , s t li t was then sboaivinuign Positions manner. A 1) 7e1 h( i _tr hit, aelujg.on the table, and covered with a ti l t arg o e l to e t t h :F . lt lv a a tt d u b .. posited ua a n tl d Pu tl r i ' at t his () r t b i u o a n r d o f a tile u m an nea y rly tOti s aniv„lleioe°,itraoeed themselves. P The attraction, owing the oth the surface of the board, was not su ffi cient , 0, t o -e all er particles of filings more distant ; but on 4,r1 who mi eel., 3 , as to .3 444 sehowis 4111iltirly arr u pro uce a slight shaking . r vibra anged t hemselves in rad ° long the 4440t...tiilvotwr__.4 tihreory!e•ci.nse torn? of the bar in . lite;reetisgtltilliena, a '" n i'roln raodrait3leiated Position as sta te d . n He d i different ~°0 4,leelar. i ll it ion in whicer intewtuasagheld, horizontal or poi:l,ciettehlt yea b e next showed, by a globe of magnetised s tl tht 1)11)1)4Y. atiecord, and representing the earth,ar,d . aeidi.e a n d horizontal rim or horizon lu ny. ° f th r e t °b e, the Oth_q i. NI, lilohe, ti,! sing lowering of the respective th s t . oeing 5t....'.L.e needle pointed to them inversely, its qieecessg, coneinsir'eted by the one, and its north by the , 114114) t ' I Y oe the?,lle adverted to ship's compasses, and 1,551, in ert e counterroeing corrected before going to se_: ilse,!tilstenr less stleting local attraction in almost all ye._ tilOhed a.Thotii'd O t her of wood or iron. The best ro . ag. 14s pr i,Wltli sal, he of very hard steel—roade red : hot, an r d itti..1.441 t:irliot toet.,‘Yoater. As kon itself was magnetic, eve r y e PaSPietalose f:80;12 tiatilcs, bolts, Scc , had some effect. l n ss tes, 4 l% 4 0 .0 these'r.'°w'S method of rendering the,cOmr compass Litt,tlttili it',reltiter.i.vesieholl?Peuencies, but not (to our slunrproisepro. etelvi;itlid,•l4l,44l.ll(')Zedsttllll4n:trreikiiinppraov jedeep of a soft l iron , fterc'stletvtlie aid oaftnt[lier iromediately rendereed it.snaleec.. meeln tasdst oil-le b and c h o a n s c e l ud not d roomhl !o, t et. 'l , 4 :ll 4 e 4 : h ld a t er nV e e l Peri ketl:°lel,,-",,,u1d eaoh.,..appianee. ' Helethelwl • tirat-vit, 44ci Zeeeee each lecture precisely at halt ifati`,. sh ould tenerally we have that in conclude each in an 0 • SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—On Saturday, a stonemason em ployed on the Baptists' chapel, now building in Hope-street, fell from the scaffold and was killed on the spot. --- - - ANTIQUE AND MODERN SCULPTURE.—We beg to draw attention to the advertisement of Signor Squagl'a on this subject. EXPOSING THE PERSON.—At the Police-court, yesterday, George Macdonald, late a glass dealer in Lord-street, was committed to the borough gaol for three months for exposing his person to some young females. Mit. J. L. HATTON'S MANUSCRIPT OPERA.—We see from the morning papers that our townsman's song of " Re venge" has again been sung by the celebrated Staudigl, with immense effect. One of the leading London contemporaries speaks of it as " the gem of a brilliant programme." A MAN DROWNED.—About one o'clock on Saturday morning last, a foreigner, who was known by the name of Peterson, fell overboard from the ship North Carolina, in which vessel he was a seaman. He was grappled for but not found till three o'clock, when he was taken out of the water quite dead. The deceased was about 35 years old. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—We have much pleasure in re cording the cheerful liberality of Mr. Atkins, proprietor of the Zoological Gardens, for affording free admission to the children of the Female Orphan Asylum, Upper Stanhope street, upon Friday last, Which gave the children much in formation, and such gratification and delight as cannot easily be conveyed by words. These acts of liberality richly deserve the reward of the public. MISS CHRISTIANA WELLER.—We perceive by the Man chester papers, that this accomplished lady has appeared at the Philharmonic concerts of that town, and, as might be expected, with great success. The Advertiser says, "The debut of Miss C. Weller, a young lady, we believe, of Liver pool, excited a great sensation ;" and the Courier states that her performance " was several times interrupted by enthusi astic bursts of applause;" while all unite in expressing a great desire to hear her again. CORPORATION ExT}ls.—These commodious Baths have been entirely cleansed and painted this spring, and present a most inviting appearance. The season for bathing has just commenced, and we can recommend our townsmen to these baths with safety, while, to the visitor, in search of health, they cannot fail to prove most agreeable, and replete with comfort. The politeness and attention of Mrs. Penn and her assistants will be acknowledged by all ladies who visit the establishment. WALTON SCHOOL.—We observe that there is to be a meet of the parishioners of Walton-in-the-Hill, on Thursday next, at the parish church, to appoint a master to the endowed school. There has been some dissatisfaction, of late, created from the manner in which the school h as been conducted, though we are not aware on what grounds ; now, however, there is an opportunity of setting matters right by making a proper appointment, and we recommend the parishioners to apply to the Chester Diocesan Training School for an efficient master. In the meantime, perhaps, a committee might be appointed to determine the duties, &c. GREEN HAMS NO LONGER ADMISSIBLE AS PORT{.-- On Friday, an order was received from the Commissioners of Customs, which reverses previous decisions under which green hams imported in pickle have been, till now, charged only as pork. It is now decided, that " all legs of pork thoroughly cured and imported in a state fit for drying and making hams" are chargeable with the duty on hams, which 's 145., if foreign, and 3s. 6d., if colonial, instead of Bs. and 2s. per cwt. ; so that this last decision makes a material difference to importers. MR. ST. ALBIN'S PUPILS' BALL.—One of the most pleasing sights we have witnessed for some time, was on Friday last at the Adelphi Hotel, when Mr. St. Alban's pupils' Bal Matine'e took place. The room was crowded with a fashionable and elegantly dressed company. The dancing of the Tyrolienne, The Mazourka and numberless quadrilles appeared to give great delight to those present. Two charming young ladies performed a pas de deux with much effect. What with the beauty of the little dancers, the elegance of their costume, and the grace of their move ment, a treat so refined has seldom been enjoyed. THE ETHIOPIAN/ MINSTRELS.—Then are four perform ers of the Jim Crow class ; they attracted a tolerable audi ence on Friday night. As giving specimens of negro habits they are curious enough, but we cannot say much for the pleasure they impart. The airs they sing and play, with the exception of one or two, are very monotonous, and are only rendered effective by the extraordinary antics, gesticulations, of the castanet, or " rattle bones," player, who created great laughter by his gestures. One air, " Boatman's Dance," struck us as being very pretty. One of the performers de livers a negro lecture, and imitates a steam-engine remarka bly well. INQUEST.—On Saturday last, an inquest was held before P. F. Currie, Esq., to inquire touching the death of Samuel Wllray, aged 68. The deceased had engaged a passage on board the packet-ship Shannandoah, bound for Philadelphia. On Thursday last, one of the clerks of Mr. Byrne, passenger agent, showed M'llray his berth, which was near an open hatch. The vessel was loading with salt, and, as it began to rain, the hatches in the main deck were closed. When the hatches were unclosed, the deceased was discovered lying in the hold. He was taken up insensible, and carried to the Northern Hospital, where he died in half an hour. His death was attributed to concussion.of the brain. The jury returned a verdict of " accidental death," expressing a strong opinion on the impropriety of closing the hatches and so excluding all the light as to expose parties to the danger of falling into the hold. SMOKE NUISANCE.—A sub-committee of general com missioners of police of Edinburgh appointed a short time since to visit Glasgow, and to report on the best means used there for preventing the smoke of furnaces have reported, atter examining, in company with scientific men, the various works where Mr. C. W. Williams's patent furnace was in operation, that that patent "effectually consumes smoke, and is the most effective mode known for consuming the smoke of manufactories. This result appears to exhaust all in which the commissioners of police have any interest re garding this matter. But your committee are also of opinion : 1. That there is no loss of power by using Mr. Williams's patent. 2. That there is a considerable saving of fuel. 3. That small coal or dross is preferable to great coal in using this patent. In conclusion, your committee would recom mend to the board to vote a sum riot exceeding £ , for the purpose of assisting in the erection of one of M r . Williams's patent furnaces to be fitted up in one of the manufactories in Edinburgh, in order that the public and manufacturers may be satisfied of the practicability of smoke being con sumed." THE FUNDS.—SATURDAY EVENING.—To-day the stock markets under the new arrangement closed at the earlier hour of 2 p.m. There was not much business transacted, and in most instances prices closed rather lower than yester day. The final quotation for Consols for money was 951, and for the account 951 to - 96 ; Three per Cents Reduced closed 94i to 95; Three and a Half per Cents Reduced, 1011 to 1; New Three and a Half per Cents, 1021 to ii ; Long Annuities, 12 9-16 ; India Stock, 266 to 267 ; India Bonds, 555. premium ; Bank Stock, 1803 to 1813 ; Exchequer•bills, 535. to 535. premium for the ltd. issues, and 435. to 455. premium for the advertised issues. The Spanish market was flat at about to per cent. the operations for the fall having exceeded the general course of business. The Actives left off at 301 tot, and the New at 291 tot The other foreign securities closed at dull prices. Danish was last quoted at 85 to 86 ; Dutch Two and a Half per Cents, 561 to 57 ; the Five per Cents, 1011 to 1 ; Mexican 29 to ; Colombian 24 to 3 ; Belgian, 102 to 103 ; Brazilian, 73 to 74 ; and Portu guese Converted, 401 to 41+. AMPHITHEATRE : BENEFIT OF THE THEATRE-ROYAL COMPANY.—II will not be forgotten, we hope, that to morrow and Friday evenings are to be set aside for the pur pose of the late company of the Theatre-royal taking their benefit at this establishment. We were in error in our last in stating that Mr. Hillier had given them the use of his com pany free of expense, but he has met the corps dramatique, we must state, on very fair terms. It will be seen, by the advertisement, that the performances are very well chosen, but if they had got up the farces of Turn-out and The Pad lock, the bill would have been appropriate. Our townsmen and fair townswomen, who at all times are willing to assist the cause of those needing assistance and patronage, ought not on this occasion to be remiss in attending the perform ances. The prices of admission, 2s. 6d. to the boxes, and the equally reasonable rates to the pit, will enable many to be present who turn their money over many times before parting with it when the admission is higher. The members of the late Theatre-royal company, from bad times and other causes, have had many difficulties to contend with, and if the play-going public will on these occasions come forward, they will not- only have the pleasure of witnessing an agreeable and varied entertainment, but be the cause of lightening many hearts and raising many a smile to lips that have not lately indulged in hilarity and mirth. AN IMPUDENT RoGuE.-- , George Farrell, a young man about 22 years of age, possessing an appearance which may, perhaps, be best described by the commo❑ phrase " brazen faced," was, on Saturday, placed at the bar of the police court, charged with having obtained money under false pretences from Margaret Shone, a poulterer, of St. John's Market. It appears that Mrs. Shone has a son . who is at present confined in the Borough Gaol, where Farrell has been imprisoned two years, his probation having terminated on the 9th instant. On Saturday fortnight he went to Mrs. Shone, and, representing himself as an assistant to Mr. Archer, the surgeon to the gaol, who, he said, was in Lon don, told her that her son was very ill and required some wine. He said her son had an inflammation on the chest, to which be had applied a blister, and he would do every thing for him. Mrs. Shone gave him five shillings. He said, " I will buy a bottle of wine and put some sarsaparilla in it, and then if any one gets hold of it they will not know but it is medicine." He wrote what purpoted to be his address on a piece of paper, " Mr. J. Ackerley, No. 2, Duncan -street, Woodside." On the Saturday following the schoolmaster of the gaol called on Mrs. Shone, when she found that her son was perfectly well, and that Mr. Archer had not been out of town. On' Friday afternoon last the prisoner called upon her and asked her whether she or any of her family had called at his residence in Woodside, as some person had been there when he was out, and he did not know who it was. She re plied in the negative. He then asked whether she had heard anything from George (her son). She said, " No." He then said George wanted some tobacco. She replied that could not be, as he never used it. Upon this he departed, but she followed him and gave him into custody. The pri soner, on being asked what he had to say, replied, " It's not correct." He was committed for trial. " SAVE MR FROM MY FRIENDS. " —The Mercury of, Friday last publishes the following expose of a "trifling affair' in which the renowned Dr. Butler figures conspicuously. " About a fortnight ago we re f use d t o i nsert a l etter f rom Mr. C. E. Griffin, relative to some dispute between Dr. M`Carron and the, friends of Dr. Butler,—first, because we considered it grossly personal and abusive ; and, secondly, because it related to a matter with which we had nothing at all to do, the letter to which it professed to be an answer hav ing appeared in another paper. Mr, Griffin has since pro cured the insertion of his letter, and also of his note to us, in the Liverpool Times, together with a statement in behalf of Dr. Butle r , s i gne d Ch ar l es Leonard, (President,) John angan, (Treasurer,) and E. C. Griffin (Secretary,) in the first part of which a reward of £5O is offered for " the dis covery and conviction of the author or authors" of a certain Placard relative to Dr. Butler's removal from St. Anthony's, the second part being as follows :—" Dr. Butler also avails himself of this opportunity to state that he will not be respon sible for any notice concerning himself that may appear in the public or other papers, unless such notice be properly signed by him, and be also published at his own request, or by his permission, as he feels it to be his bounden duty solemnly to deny that be ever expressed those sentiments, so opposed to Catholic unity, which appeared in two Anti-Cath olic and another Liverpool paper, (the Journal,) some time in September last, and were reported as having been delivered by him on occasion of addressing his friends at the Queen's Theatie. If Dr. Butler has not, up to the present moment, disavowed them, it w'as because he fully relied on the respec tability of the thousands that heard him, who, if eircumstan - ces required it, would, he had no doubt, attest the truth of the present statement."—Whether the Mercury is one of the " two Anti-Catholic" papers alluded to, or not, we do not know, and all that we have to say on the matter is, that our report of the meeting in question was abridged from the Liverpool Times. The statement has, however, called forth from our cotecaporary of the Journal, upwards of a column of explanation, the sum and substance of which is, that the report of the speech so strongly repudiated by Dr. Butler, and, also, by Messrs. Leonard, Langan, and Griffin, who where present at the meeting, was absolutely written for our eo temporary by Dr. Butler, w h o himself corrected the proofs! We have known and heard of scores of instances in which public speakers have endeavoured to make scape-goats of the reporter ; but this is the first case on record, within our ex. perience, at least, in which an orator has ventured to disavow a speech of his own reporting and correcting. ' WEST DERBY FLORAL AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. —lt affords us much pleasure to notice the revival of this useful society, under the most promising auspices. The frit meeting was held on Friday last, at the National School. room in the village, fdr the exhibition of Tulips, Plants, Fruits, Flowers, and Vegetables ; but, owing to the short time which had elapsed since the revival was determined upon, the room was not so well filled as could be wished, The show, however, passed over most pleasantly ; and from the good feeling evinced by all parties, and the many offers of additional support received by the honorary secretary, Mr. Billison, it may be confidently anticipated that the next exhibitions will be in every way worthy of the many wealthy and influential residents in the neighbourhood. The show on Friday was directed chiefly to tulips, of which there was a goodly display, and, for the variable season, exceedingly fine blooms. The most successful competitor was Mr. Win ward, who has for many years ardently devoted himself to the cultivation of this flower. From the short notice already mentioned, some of his neighbours were not at all prepared to contend with bins; but anotHr time he may perhaps find some difficulty in winning so many prizes. A fine dish of strawberries, grown by R. Jones, Esq., obtained a prize : one of them was rather above four inches in diameter. In gooseberries, cauliflowers, and cabbages, Mr. W. P. Freme was highly successful. The first prizes for currants and as paragus were awarded to Mrs. Thornton. There were some fine cucumbers, including two very large " Kenyon" twins. T. O'Grady, Esq., showed several pans of fine pansies, but not for competition. Amongst the other prizes for flowers, &c., were—for a Clematis cerulea grodiflora, extra prize, Mrs. Thornton ; Ericas, (fine heaths,) first prize, Mrs. Thornton—second, (for three,) Mr. Billison ; best basket of plants, R. Jones, Esq.—second, Mrs. Thornton ; extra prize —best calceolarias, (varieties.) R. Jones, Esq.; a fine specimen of isias, about five feet in height, E. Hunt, Esq. ; mushrooms, extra prize, R. Jones, Esq. At the September exhibition, in addition to the usual awards, prizes will he offered for the neatest cottage gardens and their production. We understand the active secretary contemplates endeavour ing to establish, in conjunction with these exhibitions, a so ciety for the mu t ua l i ns t ruc ti on o f gen tl emen ' s gardeners ; and as such would afford them an attractive and useful mode of spending their evenings, we hope he will be so seconded in his praiseworthy efforts iat he may succeed. WORKING OF THE FIRE-ENGINES.---We stated in our account (in a second edition) of the recent great fire in Union-street and Jackson's-lane that about the commence ment of the conflagration, and when it was hoped that timely exertions would arrest its ravages, numbers of labouring men who being unemployed were looking on, were asked to assist in working the engines, and refused to do so, though offered fair wages, to the astonishment of several of the au thorities present as well as of ourselves, who were in DO small degree mortified to observe a manifestation of feeling that indicated a low and lamentable state of morality amongst that class of men. Shortly after publishing that account, however, it was intimated to us in several quarters that there existed .some cause for the apathy shown on the occasion—namely, that on some former occasions of fire, and partictilarly on occasion of that at the Dul,e's warehouses shortly before, a considerable number of the men who had worked the engines or carried out goods did not, by some inadvertence or want of proper regulation, receive their pay tickets—and that others who did, considered the sums paid for their services so inadequate for the laborious and often dangerous kind of work, that a spirit of discontent was raised amongst them, and that this becoming known to the general body of labourers, induced the refusal noticed to en gage in similar occupations. From what has subsequently transpired it appears that there is at least some foundation for this statement, and that the men (who from their station in life and their necessities cannot be expected to do much gratuitously) were not, after all, so much to blame as at first suppcised. On Friday, a conversation took place on the subject in the Police-court, between Mr. Rushton, the ma gistrate, and Mr. Maxwell, inspector of salvages for the fire insurance companies, —and from what was stated it ap pears tbat, so soon as at any fire the fire-police have suc ceeded in arresting it so far that no further apprehension exists of its endangering life or extending to further property, the chief management in supplying men to work the engines, in directing their operations under the superintendence of Mr. Hewitt, and particularly in removing the goods, should that be deemed advisable, devolves upon Mr. Maxwell, who, it must be admitted, invariably shows much anxiety and dis cretion for the benefit of those for whom he is concerned. Mr. Rushton having heard of the alleged discontent amongst the men, put some questions to Mr. M., and the latter stated, that the allowance made by the fire offices, and to which he was restricted, was to pay them at the rate of 3s. 6d. per day ; that at the Duke's warehouses a number of men had been employed by him from nine o'clock and six in the morning, for which they were paid at that rate, for three-fourths of a day, or only 2s. 7id.. while the police paid the men they en gaged at the engines 6d. an hour. Mr. Rushton remarked that the pay stated appeared to be inadequate, and that the system required amendment, which we think it does, parti ' cularly when night-work, wet clothes, &c. are considered. It is futile to expect men to devote their best exertions, which are all-important in such emergencies, for so small an amount; and the fire offices will probably for their own sakes be induced to adopt a more liberal and discreet system in future. While on this subject we may state that we have learned from several individuals that on the suggestion of several persons in authority in the fire police, and others who take an interest in the speedy suppression of fires, that an improved system is in contemplation in the hiring of men to assist the police in working the engines, &c., and which pro mises to be of great advantage. It has frequently happened that old and approved hands on such occasions cannot be found when their services are wanted, there being no tie upon them beyond their being volunteers, their being otherwise employed as profitably, their removal to other parts of the town, &c., so that new hands not so adept or so faithful, are necessarily engaged, and impositions, too, (not, perhaps, to be altogether avoided in the confusion of large fires,) are fre quent. It is suggested that in future men who have shown themselves active and willing under the eyes of the fire po lice, should have a preference to strangers at `..cure fires, and for this purpose should each be provided with a badge. We highly approve of such a plan, but with all due deference throw out a suggestion as an amendment, without which, we fear, it would not be found fully efficient : it is that the men receiving badges or tickets for good conduct and sobriety, should also be required to muster before the police authori ties, say once a month, (or oftener,) to show their faces, and have a register of their names and places of abode duly kept up. By this means they would be called up by the consta bles on duty at any time, and sent from their homes with all possible despatch, to any fire. As their attendance periodi cally would require some expenditure of time, and in conside ration also that they should always hold themselves in readi ness, we should propose that, on passing each muster, they should each receive the sum of say is., or 12s. per annum. This would be an inducement, in the nature of a tie upon them. Some system of simple and not irksome discipline might also be introduced to render them more expert; and thus we should always have an efficient body ready to co operate with the regular fire-police, and who might be called " the assistant firemen." PUBLIC-HOUSE CASE : SUSPENSION OF A POLICE-OFFI CER.—On Friday last no less than 14 publicans and five beersellers were brought before the Police-court for in fringing the law ; of the former four were fined £4 each, one £3, one £2, and the rest acquitted. One beerseller was con victed in the penalty of £4, and another £2, and the rest were acquitted. The following case deserves more than a mere passing notice. Patrick Hart, publican, of Lower Harrington-street, appeared to answer a charge of having his house open on Sunday morning last for the sale of spirits, contrary to the clause introduced into the Improvement Act. Mr. Trafford, barrister, appeared for the defendant. David Haines, officer, No. 267, stated that, o n S un d a y m orning week, about half-past nine o'clock, he saw a man and woman go into the house of the defendant, and, shortly afterwards, one of them came out with a bottle containing rum. In con tradiction of this, Mr. Trafford called two servants and a lodger, who swore they were in the house all the morning, and no drink whatever was supplied to any one. The lodger stated that the landlady had refused to comply with his re quest for drink, at the same time observing that she was glad of the regulation, as it gave them rest on a Sunday. Mr. Trafford put it to the magistrate whether he would convict on the testimony of one man only, when he was contradicted by the positive evidence of two witnesses. Mr. Rushton : " Yes, I shall. I don't believe the evidence of the servant girl at all." It appearing from the cross-examination of Haines, that officer 96 had gone into the house of the defend ant at the time, and had some conversation with the landlady, that , officer was sent for, and, in the meantime, the case stood over. Bowman Adamson, publican, of Garden-street, appeared under a summons for selling ale on Sunday week, contrary to the Improvement Act. Mr. Harden, barrister, appeared for the defendant. Haines stated, that on Sunday morning week, about eleven o'clock, he saw a woman come out of the back door of Mr. Adamson's public-house with a jug containing ale in her hand, and that he saw, through the window, a female serve her with the ale. It appeared from the cross-examina tion of the witness, that he had been out, dressed in plain clothes, watching the public-houses from eight o'clock that morning. Mr. Harden said, he trusted the magistrate would not think that sufficient evidence on which to convict the defendant. It was the unsupported testimony of an officer who was the informer, and acting in the character of a spy. Mr. Rushton said, he would not have the witness called a spy, and it did not reflect any credit on those who had in structed Mr. Harden to call him one. Mr. Harden assured the magistrate that he was not so instructed, but he had used the term himself in consequence of what the witness had then stated. Mr. Rushton said, the officer was not a spy, but one of the detective police force, and he had gone out dressed in plain clothes by his (Mr. Rushton's) orders, in order to detect those who infringed that act of parliament, an act which was working well for the town in diminishing crime, and it was essentially necessary to adopt that system to discover those who were guilty of selling in the pro scribed hours. After some further observations from Mr. Harden on the evil consequences which, he said, were likely to result from the system, and remarks from Mr. Rushton in justification of that system. Mr. Harden said, he would call witnesses to contradict Haines. Miss Mary Adamson, sister of the defendant, was then called. She stated that the bar of her brother's house was locked up at twelve o'clock on Saturday, and was not opened till one the next day, with the exception of a short time between ten and eleven on Sunday morning for the purpose of being cleaned. The only two females in the house were herself and the ser vant. The latter was called, and fully corroborated the evi dence of Miss Adamson, adding that no ale whatever was sold on Sunday morning. Haines, the officer, here assured the court, that the last witness was the female whom he had seen through the window hand the jug to the person who broke it in the street. The servant, who appeared a very respectable young woman, said the officer must be mistaken, as she had not done so. She was subjected to a rigid cross examination by Mr. Rushton, but the only material fact elicited was, that there was no window at the back of her master's house at all, and, therefore, the officer must be stating what was not true. Miss Adamson also assured the magistrate there was no window at the place mentioned by the officer. Mr. Rushton said he would have the fact ascertained, and desired Mr. Leverett, one of the superintendents of police, to accompany the officer and the female to the place, to see the officer point out the window, and then to ascertain whether it looked into the defendant's house. Mr. Leverett departed for this purpose, and, on his return, being sworn, said he had seen the window pointed out by the officer and it was that of a boarding-house, next door to the one oc cupied by the defendant. Mr. Harden said Haines had sworn positively that the witness had handed the jug. Mr. Rushton (to the servant) . " Were you in this boarding-house that morning? Witness. No sir, I was not." Mr. Leverett said there was a female servant at the boarding-house not un like the witness, and Haines said be bad mistaken the one for the other. Mr. Harden said the female who broke the jug in the street was forthcoming if the magistrate wished to in vestigate the case any further. Mr. Rushton said what had occurred would prevent him from taking uny other uncorro borated case that day. The officer had sworn positively that the witness was the female who had supplied the ale, and it turned out he was mistaken The case must be further in vestigated. Mr. Rushton then desired Mr. Leverett to bring the servant at the boarding-house to hit n, as he wished to speak to her. and, in the mean time, the officer mus be sus pended. Jn the case of Mr Hart, officer 96 was called, but, his evidence affording no corroboration to that of Haines, the against Case against him was dismissed. F our informations ' other houses also shared the same f a t e . O n Saturday, Mr. Rushton, seeing police-officer Haines i n court, told him that be need not wait longer. He (Mr. R us h ton ) had aseerairut • e d beyond a doubt that ale was sold on S un d ay morning at a h ouse in the passage in question, but not at Mr. Adamson's, and was that the police-officer had seen it hand e d t o a part the window of which he spok e . H e (Haines,) however, through rash in saying that it was handed by th e same womann e a na ‘ll i g b ro t . had appeared in court to give ev id ence f or Adamson, Rushton concluded by saying he wou ld cons id er what should be done: he would do nothing h as tily, an d H ai leave the court, ANOTHER FIRE AT THE DUKE'S WARE HOUSES. It is only three weeks since we had to record the particu lars of an alarming fire that occurred in the eastern wing of the fine pile of warehouses situate between the Duke's and King's Docks; and we have now again to describe another conflagration which broke out, on Saturday evening last. in the western wing of the same pile, and has proved little less extensive,, while it has, perhaps, destroyed quite as large an amount of 01:Merry. In the brief interval we have had two other destructive fires in this town, one in Formby-street, on Saturday fortnight, and one in J ack son's-lane, on Friday week. The fire of Saturday evening last was discovered about half-past five o'clock, shortly after the men had quitted work, when flames were seen issuing from the roofs of the second and third warehouses from the western end of the range. The police-officers on duty at the docks immediately passed the word to the Fire Police-station, and we need not say that the active officers of that establishment attended promptly with the necessary apparatus. Engines: and wa ter.carts were on the ground, and the proper dispositions made for contending with the fire, before six o'clock. Mr. Whitty lost not a moment in ascertaining the pre cise aspect and probable direction of the fire. The flames which arose from the roofs of the second and third ware houses were blown, by a rather fresh breeze from the north west, across those of the fourth and fifth warehouses, to both of which they had communicated. Water was supplied plentifully from the docks, and nine engines were soon disposed in proper positions to draw up the liquid and to play upon the buildings. Mr. Hewitt, the superintend ent of engines, with his accustomed alacrity mounted to the roof of the first warehouse, or that bounding th e pile to the westward, and thence directed the play of wa ter through the burning roofs of the adjoining structures, while Mr. Whitty and Superintendent Leveratt ascended the staircase of Nos. 7 warehouse, and on reaching the jigger loft found the roof all in a blaze, the fire making fearful pro gress towards the centre warehouse. Leveratt, by the direc- tion of Mr. Whitty, carried the branch of No. 7 engine into the jigger -loft, but from the intense heat and smoke was compelled to retire in an almost fainting state, but was promptly relieved by police-constable 355, Dixon, who was unable to remain until the fire was cut off; the police-con stable got one of his whiskers very much singed. The water, which was poured from the rooms on each side, however, with that from a very powerful engine in front, soon beat down the flames, but, as the fire raged in the midst of a mass of cotton, in the two rooms immediately below :the jigger rooms, it was only on its outer surface, so to speak, that any visible effect could be produced, and even that was anything but permanent. The fire, indeed, for some time bore a most threatening aspect, and it was evident, at length, that it was burning in the second warehouse, through the floor below that of the jigger-room, into the fifth room from the basement. . ... . At this juncture Mr. George Hewitt, brother to the super intendent of engines, an extremely active and courageous young man, was employed in the room last alluded to. He was informed that Mr. Whitty, who wished to employ him in some other quarter, was inquiring for him. Instead of following his informant down stairs, he observed that he would take the shortest way, and ran to the ladder which was reared up to that room. Blinded with the smoke he missed his footing, and was precipitaited from that vast height to the pavement below. He was immediately taken up and sent home in a car. We hear that, though greatly shaken and much cut and bruised, he was not so seriously injured as might have been apprehended. No bones we understand, were broken. In spite of all the endeavours that were made, the fire de scended to the two rooms (also filled with cotton) of the fifth story of the second and third warehouses, where its further progress was arrested, the whole of the four stories below being saved. When all the engines were in fall play, immense quantities of water were thrown incessantly into the burning rooms and over the adjoining warehouses; but it was long past eight o'clock before the fire was so far on the wane as to give any lively hope that an ultimate mastery would be ob tained over it. From this time it gradually sunk, overpow ered by the means employed for its subjugation; and, by ten o'clock, but slight apprehension was entertained of fur ther danger, particularly as the engines continued to play upon the still smoking and, in some places, sparkling embers with unabated vigour. In another hour or two all was con sidered safe, though the quenching and cooling process was particularly continued. The entire damage is variously estimated at £15,000 to £20,000. The cotton consumed in the four rooms belonged to Messrs. Melly, Prevost, and Co., and was insured in the Royal Exchange Office, whichcompany will suffer, with what they have on the .buildings, to the extent of about £5,000. The ten warehouses of the pile are insured in unequal pro portions amongst various offices. The chief sufferers on the present occasion are the Liverpool, the Sun, and, as before mentioned, the Royal Exchange. Much grain and other pro perty in the lower rooms of the warehouses principally damaged, and of those on each side, have received great in jury from the water. The grain, we are informed, is insured in the Alliance Office. [A meeting of borough magistrates took place yesterday for the purpose of investigating the circumstances as to the origin of this fire, but publicity is not to be given to the proceedings.] CHINESE EXHIBITION.—The Chinese exhibition is de cidedly the cheapest, most amusing, and instructive, now in town, and those who have not visited it yet ought not to lose any time in doing so. The dissolving views attract much at tention, and never fail to delight the spectator. THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—The Zoological Gardens were crowded last evening with a fashionable and highly respectable company. The grand tableau of the Siege of Amoy excited the utmost enthusiasm. The fireworks were of the most brilliant description, and many novel and startling effects were produced. Every effort appeared to be made to give satisfaction. The coloured fires upon the view of Amoy produced a splendid and remarkable appearance, and was hailed with universal applause. We predict that the gardens this year will have a successful season ; the proprietor deserves patronage, the most extended, from the hands of the public. There are few establishments in the country so well managed, or so replete with interest and amusement. The natural features of the garden are so extremely beautiful that a stroll along its walks at any time is delightful, but, when thronged with the gay, gallant and beautiful, its charms are increased many fold. A capital band has been engaged, which entertains the company through the evening with the newest and most fashionable music. We see the next fete is an nounced to take place on Friday next. THE CHEAP "TRIP TO LONDON."—The day fixed for the starting of the railway trains, engaged by Messrs. Crisp . and Healey, from this and the neighbouring towns, we may re mind our readers, is fixed for Saturday next; and those who are desirous of enjoying a delightful out to the metropolis and back at a very cheap rate, would do well to mail them selves of the occasion ere it be too late, as a great number of the tickets have already been purchased, and the increasing demand for them by parties who may tied themselves at lei sure to visit the metropolis in a day or two may deprive par ties of an opportunity of obtaining them at the end of the week. No one who has visited London of late years will deny that its wonders are worthy of even a pilgrimage on foot; and when it is considered that the passengers by these trains will proceed with extraordinary speed, ease, and safety, (excel lent closed carriages being engaged,) and in the exhilarating company, even from this port, of thousands of their towns men and fair townswomen, we need scarcely add more as an inducement. The trip may be prolonged, including, to those who desire it, four clear days in Paris ; or may be limited to four or seven days' absence, to embrace London and its neighbourhood, and, in addition, the proximste portions of France. An excellent and well-digested directory to all the lions in the British metropolis has been prepared expressly for the use of the travellers, called " A Week in London," and containing concise and accurate directions for rides, walks, and sails, of from one to seven days, to all that is curious or interesting in the great city and its immediate vicinity. CORRESPONDENCE. THE LATE FIRES TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, Stu,—ln consequence of the frequency of the late calami tous fires, the questioc has been very naturally asked, whether shareholders in fire insurance companies are responsible for the debts of the company to the full extent of their indi vidual property, or only to the amount of shares for which they have severally subscribed ? A very general notion seems to prevail that the responsibility is unlimited, whereas the lawyers seem to say that the responsibility of the individual is only in proportion to the number of shares he holds. Can you throw any light on the subject ? if so, you would greatly oblige a timid May 29, 1843 INSURER We understand that the Earl of Dalhousie has been ap pointed Vice-President of the Board of Trade.—Standard. The Cambridge election committee have determined that Fitzroy Kelly, Esq., was duly returned as member for Cam bridge at the last election. The Duke of Beaufort's silver cups, annually awarded by his grace for the best foxhounds returned from his estates in Monmouthshire, have been given to Mr. Gardiner, of Chep stowe, and Mr. Luff, of Trelleck. CHRISTENING OF THE INFANT PRINCESS. — We have to announce that Friday next, the 2nd of June, is appointed for the christening of the infant Princess. The baptismal cere mony is to be performed at the new Chapel Royal at Buck ingham Palace; his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury will officiate at the ceremony, assisted by the Bishop of Lon don. The Earl of Jersey, Master of the Horse ; the Earl of Liverpool, the Lord Steward, and the other leading officers of the Royal Household, are commanded to be in attendance at twelve o'clock on that day, Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester is to be one of the sponsors, but who the other sponsors are has not transpired. It has reached us through a medium on which every reliance may be placed, that the interesting event will be conducted as privately as possible, consistent with the illustrious birth of the Royal infant. The Queen Dowager, their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Gloucester, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and Princess Augusta, Prince George, and the Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, and the principal Ministers of State, are invited to the solemnity. The cards of command and invitation were issued from the Lord Chamberlain's office on Saturday last. SINKING OF A VESSEL NEAR GRAVESEND.—Between two and three o'clock on Sunday morning a collision took place on the river, in Gravesend Beach, between two vessels, one of them going down in deep water almost instantly after, and nearly carrying the crew with her. The vessels, it ap pears, were both colliers, deeply laden, fro m S out h Shi e ld s, one named the Atlas, a brig about 180 tons burden, and the other the Marion, of about the same tonnage. They were beating up the river with the tide, but the wind being against them compelled them frequently to tack. On arriving in Gravesend Beach some misunderstanding took place, which resulted in the Marion running into the other vessel with tremendous force, cutting the bulwarks down to the water's edge. In an instant all was confusion, and the crew of the ain escaped, but were Atlas had scarcely time to lower their stern boat into the water before the vessel pitched forward, and went- down unableste stem first. to save The any crew,prup property y h w h h e a r t e c v a e p r t . The Marion not sus taining any material damage, except to her rigging, p rocee d e d up to London, and arrived in the Pool the same morn i ng . The wreck of the Atlas is in mid-channel, a n d p ar tly ob structs the navigation. Attempts have been made to raise her, which have proved unsuccessful, and it is feared it will be necessary to blow her up, as in the cases of the colliers Vesta and William, sunk a short time since off Gravesend. The Atlas and cargo are stated to be worth £BOO. o Poott MAN OF MUTTON. — The blad e bone of a shoulder of fa parts of England tt on s knight of Windsor," —in contrast, it must be p resumed, to the baronial " Sir calledit is int termed Loin." It is said that, in t he last a ge , an old Scottish peer, whose conditions (none of the most gentle) were marked by S m c e o d tivd a :a poor r poor roan," as in some a strange and fierce -looking exaggeration of the Highland countenance, chanced to be indisposed whilst he was in Lon don attending Parliament. The master of the hotel where he lodged, anxious to show attention to his noble guest, waited on him to enumerate the contents of his well-stocked larder, so as to endeavour to hit on something which might suit his appetite. " I think, landlord," said his lordship, rising up from his couch, and throwing back the tartan plaid with which be had screened his grim and ferocious visage, —" I think I could eat a morsel of a poor man !" The landlord fled in terror, having no doubt that his guest was a cannibal, who might be in the habit of eating a slice of a tenant, as light food, when Ii was under a regimen.—Sir Waller Scott, UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS. At a congregation holden at Oxford, on Friday, the fol lowing degrees were conferred : BACHELORS IN DIVINITY. Rev. Charles Rew, Fellow of St. John's College. Rev. Henry Hemming, Fellow of St. John's College. MASTERS OF AETS. Philip Sankey, St. John's College. Edward Wilberforce Unwin, Pembroke. BACHELORS OF ARTS. John Anly Carr, New Inn Hall. Arundel C. St. John Mildmay, Merton College. Edmund Williams, Scholar of Corpus Cliristi College. John Boyle, Balliol College. John Morgan, Jesus College. Rev. John Foster, St. Mary Hall. Christopher Fripo George, St. Mary Hall. Hon. Richard Godolphin Henry Hastings, University College. Henry William Beckwith, University College. Frederic Boyd, University College. Eneas William Mackintosh, University College. William Miton, University College. Thomas Bell, Exeter College. Philip Francis Dart, Exeter College. James Simpson, Exeter College. Charles Fuge Lowder, Exeter College. William illiamson Kerr, Oriel College. Charles William Forbes, Oriel College. Henry Longueville Mansel, Fellow of St. John's College. Leopold John Bernays, Fellow of St. John's College. John Baines, St. John's College. Henry John Rush, Worcester College. Rev. George Ludford Harvey, 8.A., formerly of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, to the Rectory of Yate, Glouces tershire, vacant by the death of the Rev. W. S. Goodenough ; patron, Lee Thornton, Esq. Rev. John East, Curate of St, Michael's, Bath, to that Rectory, which has been recently constituted a separate In cumbency, the same having been •resigned by the Rector of Bath. Rev. John Dunn, late Curate of Morval, to the Vicarage of St. Eval, Cornwall, vacant by the death of the Rev. W. Kitson ; patron, the Bishop of Exeter. RITUAL OF METROPOLITAN CHURCHES CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE CONGREGATION OF ST, PAUL'S CHAPEL AND THE BISHOP OF LONDON To the Right Rev. Father in God the Lord Bishop of London My Lord,—The importance of the subject must plead our apology for thus trespassing on your lordship's time and at tention. The undersigned form part of the congregation of St. Paul's Chapel, under the ministry of the Rev. J. H. Caunter, and it is with feelings of the deepest regret they have been informed from the pulpit by their amiable and re spected pastor tbat he has received your lordship's commands to make certain alterations in the service, which are, at least, novelties to us, and we may add would have been so to our fathers; nor can we forget that the service of our church we have been accustomed to has received the sanction of episcopal authority for several generations, and is in accordance with what the Protestant Church of England has enjoined and practised. It is not necessary for us to particularise these novelties, or to inquire whether at a remote period they were in use; if it be said they are trivial and of no moment we see less occa sion to harass our feeings, and to widen that schism which your lordship need not be told bids fair to shake to its centre the Church of England ; hut, on the other hand, if these al terations in the service to which we have been accustomed be important, we cannot disconnect thetn from those obnoxious and insidious doctrines which have been promulgated in the " Tracts for the Times," and which need not be said are em braced by a large portion of the clergy of the established church. We have been bred Protestants, and glory in the name, which the writers of these tracts so unequivocally condemn, and we further believe there is not, and cannot be, any rest ing place as it were between Protestantism and Popery. As to the alterations your lordship has commanded to be made, it is notorious that the episcopal bench is divided in opinion, on the doctrines contained in the "Tracts for the Times," and also as to the prudence and wisdom of making any alterations, or introducing novelties into the service of the church ; we need, on this point, only refer to the charge of the Archbishop of Canterbury. We have said, your lordship has commanded these novelties in the church we frequent: it is not improbable the next bishop who presides over this diocese may be of a different opinion to your lord ship on this subject, and countermand the order now given ; we cannot consent to hold one religious opinions on so solethn a subject by such a tenure, and respectfully entreat your lordship will allow the congregation of St. Paul's Chapel to have the church service as preached to their fathers, without mutilations or additions, which, though they may appear trivial, the undersigned can only view as the insidious ad vances of those doctrines which they firmly and conscien tiously believe could only lead, if adopted and enforced, to the re-establishment of Popery and the overthrow of the Church of England. We pray your lordship to avert the evil, and not increase dissent and danger to that establishment which it is our wish to honour and to belong to.—We have the honour to remain your lordship's obedient servants, [Signed by 73 of the congregation holding pews and sittings in St. Paul's Chapel. London House, May 24, 1843 Sir,—l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of a memorial addressed to me by yourself, and other members of the congregation who attend Divine service in St. Paul's Chapel, on the subject of certain alterations, made by my directions, in the mode of performing the church service. Those alterations are not particularly specified ; but I sup pose them be-1. The reading of the prayer for the church miltant, as enjoined by the Rubric ; and 2. The giving out of the singing psalms by the officiating clergyman. With respect to the first of these charges, I beg to assure the memorialists that I entirely concur with them in the wish which they have expressed, that the service of the Church should be read " without mutilation or addition ;" and it is with a special reference to that object that I have urged upon the clergy the duty of reading the prayer for the church militant, which in many churches has never been dis continued, and which ought not to have been omitted in any, when the communion service was read. With respect to the second alteration, its advantage, in point of propriety and decency, as well as of conformity to the Rubric, is so obvious, while the change itself is so very trifling, that I ner d not offer any remark upon it. Upon the whole, I trust that the memorialists will, upon further reflection, recognise the duty of a compliance, on the part of the clergy, with the plain directions of that law which they have solemnly promised to observe.—l have the honour to be, sir, your most obedient humble servant. (Signed) C. J. LONDON. Sir W. Baynes, Bart. To the Right Rev. Father in God the Lord Bishop of London My Lord,—The undersigned, on behalf of the congrega tion, have to acknowledge the honour of your lordship's communication in reply to the memorial of the congregation of St. Paul's Chapel. Your lordship adverts to two of the alterations in the service of which we complain—viz., the giving out of the singing psalms by the officiating clergyman, and the reading of the prayer for ,the church militant. The oider for the collections to be made from pew to pew, in stead of as before at the doors, the' observance of iaint days, and the interdicting the hymn sung by the .chariey children at the commencement of the service, all which we are in formed froth the pulpit were included among the changes made by your lordship's command, are not noticed. With the exception of the command for collecting the alms from pew to pew, which we believe would in practice have been found to defeat its own - purpose before, as we believe it will effectually do at the present' moment, we are free to ad mit the changes are triflingin tbe abstract, but connected as they are with the teaeta , Pf the Tractarian school, and ap pearing, at a time when their doctrines are spreading the pgison of discord where there was peace before, we cannot but reiterate the repugnance we feel to their adoption. The alarm, my lord, we feel on this subject, is not assuaged (we ionic in the first instance to the heads of our church for protection) by an examination of your lordship's late charge to the clergy of the diocese, for we find in that .charge - the praise and censure of the" Tracts for the Times," theirauthofs, and the doctrines contained in them, to be so nearly balanced, that we regret, painfully regret, to say we rise from the subject with our minds perplexed. We beg to call your lordship's attention to the painful situation in which we, the congregation of St. Paul's Chapel, are placed. Long previous to any commands on the subject from your lordship, we had been warned by our respected minister from the pulpit to beware of false doctrines and false teachers, and of the adoption of forms and ceremonies, which,- though trifling in themselves, could be recognised only at the present moment as the symbol , of that- party who would join tradition to Scripture, proclaim the sacrifice of the mass, or something unintelligibly allied to it, sanction a reserve in dispensing the Bible, and in a word, as they boldly avow, unprotestantise this kingdom ; and we now find the minister obliged to deviate from that form .which has so long received the sanction of episcopal authority, and adopt, as we believe, against his own conviction, and ours also, what he had before taught us to avoid. Can such a state of things, connected with our church, long continue without alienating the affections of its members and undermining its foundations? We think not ; and most earnestly do we entreat your lordship to pause ere it be too lave. While other churches in this diocese were open to us, we should have found, as some have found, in St. Paul's Chapel a place of Protestant worship free from these innova tions, but now that your lordship's commands are universal, where are we to turn ? We will not contemplate the reply tosuch a question, and again most earnestly and respectfully bring the subject before your lordship's serious attention, for we conscientiously believe we speak the sentiments of thou sands, we may add tens of thousands, in the diocese of Lon doth—We have the honour to be, your lordship's most obe dient servants. [Signed by a portion of those whose names were affixed to the first letter on behalf of the congregation.] May 26, 1843. . rt e_ INFLUENCE OF THE CHURCH Within these few days a remarkable, and, says. the John Bull, as we think, most important dis closure has been made, which emphatically warns us not to lower the position, abridge the authority, or circumscribe the influence of the established church ' • a disclosure of such a character that we declare, most solemnly, were all other reasons for making the church the teacher of the people set aside, this alone would be suffi cient. We allude to the report which was read on Wednes day last,,at the annual meeting of the " itslational Society for promoting the Education of the Poor," his grace the Arch bishop of Canterbury in the chair. Those portions of the report to which we allude are the following. Among other particulars it stated— _ " That events occurred in the course of last year (the dis turbances in the manufacturing districts,) which most alarm ingly directed public attention to the religious education of the poor as the great and only safe bulwark of social order ; that with a view to ascertain at such a crisis, howfar the in fiuince* of the church and:church schools had been beneficially exerted in support of law and order, an inquiry was set on foot by means of a circular. The number of answers received was about 150, all from different writers, and all tending to the same conclusion, namely that the effect of education, whether in Sunday or daily schools, was salutary in propor tion to its completeness, and that whereever the means of Church instruction was provided, Were the efforts of the dis affected were least successful; that in whatever districts church principles predominated no outbreak took place; how ever grievous the privations of the people, except in cases where the rightly disposed inhabitants were overpowered by agitators from a distanceN This would be enough ; but this is not all. The report goes on to quote several of these answers:— " The incumbent of the district where the disturbances originated declared that, as far as his observation extended, not one churchman had taken part in the turn out, or had at any time been concerned in any unlawful proceedings in the neighbourhood: • Several writers confirm this statement. One of them declared that, although the turn out was com menced a few miles from him, not a single churchman had taken an active part in promoting it. Another observed, that not one parent of his church Sunday scholars, amount ing to 700, took any part in or was present at any of the tumultuous meetings which had been held in his parish. A magistrate of Lancashire stated, that during the riots he called a public meeting to consider the best plan for pre serving the public peace—that the church people universally attended it, and cheerfully enrolled themselves as special constables, as also did the teachers of the church Sunday schools to a man." Other commtmicatiofis stated— " That the rioters in the late outbreak were not church. men, as might be proved by an inquiry through the chaplains of the county gaols; that those trained up in the church schools, by their adherence to their-country's laws and in stitutions, stopped the torrent of disorder; that none of those belonging to the national school joined in or approved of the late, agitation, although nearly all of them worked in factories and were suffering many privations ; that among the youthful mob not one pupil out of 1,200 belonging to the national schools could be discovered, although the atten tion of the teachers had been specially directed to the subject." Now look at the reverse of this picture. Some of the writers— " Describe parts of the country where, Church influence being weak, and education neglected, the people were more disposed towards lawless proceedings." In one of these places where " church influence was weak," 6,000 people were without a single school ; in an other, containing 10,000 persons, with no daily school for the children of the poor, .• the place was notorious for vio lence and insubordination ;" while a third, containing 1-1,000 inhabitants, having but one church with only SOU sittings, was so over-run with chartism and disaffection, had " actu ally contained a so-called - Sunday school in which 300 poor children were initiated into infidel and seditious principles." . . By its fruits the tree is known. We hail with unfeigned de light this opportune evidence of the fruit which is gathered from the blessed tree of church-of-England teaching. Facts like these are worth a whole library of argument. They let in a welcome light upon the motive of many of the dissent ers ; too many, we fear, who, being "liberals," and some thing more, for the most part, in politics, naturally detest a system which works so badly for them. But these same facts should be links of adamant to bind churchmen, and all who desire peace, order, obedience, and loyalty to flourish, closer and closer to the only system of religious worship which secures these blessings. ATTACK ON A PROTESTANT CLERGYMAN..—The follow ing facts show how desirous the Protestants of Ireland ought 'to be to see their lives and liberties placed at th'6"mercy of the people and their bigotted and intolerant leaders :—On Sun day week, as the Rev. Gyles Eyre, rector of Kilmeena, was returning from Buck field church, after divine service, he was assailed by a mob of twenty or thirty persons, who pelted him with stones, shouting at the same time for " O'Connell and repeal." They followed the rev. gentleman some distance, continuing to throw stones at him, and when he at length stopped, and endeaVoured to identify them, they ran off across a bog. Mr. Eyre called on several other persons who were on the road, and who were witnesses of the ruffianly conduct of his assailants, to assist him in apprehending some of them ; but they refused. Numbers of persons who where on the surrounding hills, on their return from chapel—where, no doubt, " repeal " formed a suitable text—cheered those who attacked Mr. Eyre, and testified their joy at the failure of this effort. Da. PUSEY.--It is affirmed, by an Oxford paper, that on Sunday week, " Dr. Pusey preached to a large congregation at Christ Church, and publicly, and without reserve. pro fessed and taught the great fundamental doctrine of the Ro, man Catholic Church—namely, Transubstaotiation." An Oxford correspondent of a London p a per sail', ** The sensa tion created at Oxfor d last week by Dr.l:usey's sermon at Christ Church Cathedral, in which the reverend professor avowed his faith in consubstantiation and the doctrine of the mass, has been increasecLby the announcement that a copy of the discourse has been demanded by the university authori ties, with a view to examination and probable censure. It is stated that Dr. Pusey has, however, requested two days for consideration Wore complying with the request, and that it is conjectured that he intends to plead the circumstance of the sermon having been preached in his own cathedral at Christ Church, of which, as professor of Hebrew, he is a canon, as a reason for exemption from the cognisance of the academical authorities." A subsequent communication from Oxford states, that the sermon has been delivered to the Vice Chancellor, who has appointed a Board of Heresy to examine into the truth of the alleged charges. The members of the board are—the Vice Chancellor; Dr. Faussett, Mar garet Professor of Divinity ; Dr. Ogilvie, Professor of Pasto ral Theology ; Dr. Hawkins, of Oriel College ; Dr. Symons, Warder of Wadham ; and the Rev. Dr. Jelf, Canon of Christ Church THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY The matter of most general interest which the• assembly has been called on to determine came before the'house on Wednesday, when the protest of the ministers and elders who seceded from the assembly, on the first day of meeting, was taken up. That document expressed a decided intention on the part of its subscribers, to separate from the church, and this intention was followed out by the parties actually leaving the assembly in the face of the court. In this view Dr. Cook proposed to declare that the protesters had ceased to be members of the church, and that the seceding ministers had, by their own act, vacated their parishes. It was fully admitted that this resolution was not only constitutional and just in itself, but in perfect accordance with the objects and desires of the seceders themselves. The duty of the church to those who adhere to it, and also to those who have left it, pointed to this direct and decided course. Several members, however, urged that, as the seceders had not, in point of fact, sent in their resignations, it would be proper to wait till they had taken that final step. This feeling seemed to prevail in the assembly ; when Dr. Lee stated that a document had just been put into his bands, which, as he thought it bore upon the question under consideration, he would read to the as sembly. The document proved to be a deed, in which the subscribers declared their separation from the Established Church, and their demission of the status and privileges of ministers and elders of the church abandoning the rights and the emoluments belonging to them in that capacity, but re serving their claim to the Widows' Fund, and also any legal rights a certain portion•of them may be found to possess to those chapels which have been built by voluntary contribution. This document is an unconditional abandonment of the churches, manses, and other endowments, which these mi nisters have held, and, though guarded by certain legal phraseology, it must be held as the irrevocable act of seces sion and separation from the church, by the subscribers. On that point, there is no doubt. and, with such declarations before them, the assembly bad no room for hesitation. The house unanimously resolved that the ministers who had sub scribed the protest, and also the deed, are no longer mem bers of the Church of Scotland, and disqualified for any spi ritual charge or appointment in the church, unless reponed by the competent ecclesiastical judicatories. Presbyteries are instructed to intimate the vacancies to the various parties entitled to present. The same direct course was not taken with the parties subscribing the deed only ; they are to be conferred with by Presbyteries, and if they persist in their resolution, they are to be placed in the same position as the protesters. It will be observed that the deed_ particularly sets forth the claim of the subscribers to retain their spiri tual character, which, be it remembered, they received in the bosom of the Established Church. The privilege is left un touched by the deliverance of the General Assembly. On Thdrsday, after the appointment of several committees, the assembly proceeded to deliberate on various bppeals. We need only state the results. Mr. Duguid. who had been or. dained by the quasi-deposed Strathbogie Presbytery, and de prived of his license by the last assembly, was reponed. Mr. Edwards, placed in similar circumstances, was also reponed. Mr. Clark, who bad been deposed because he had appealed to the Civil Courts, was in like manner reponed.. The case of Mr. Middleton was not settled, as no. papers had been given in. Mr. Monro, the presentee to Fala, was declared to be entitled to that charge, and the two years badgeting which that reverend gentleman has undergone, because he did not express himself guardedly in a private letter, was wound up by an order to the Pre sbytery of Dalkeith to pro ceed with his settlement. The only other case of marked in terest was that of North Leith Church—which was deter mined by the assembly instructing the Presbytery of Edin burgh to proceed with the settlement of Mr. Davidson, who has been so long kept out of his charge by the vexatious sys tem pursued by the late dominant party. • On Friday the assembly agreed to address her Majesty, with a view to a legislative settlement of the status of quoad sacra clergymen, and also made particular reference to the measures contemplated by government. THE NEW SECESSION On Wednesday a committee was appointed to report on the details of the ecclesiastical constitution of the secession, particularly with regard to the rights of the people in the election of ministers and elders. A report as to the mission for the conversion of the Jews was received ;, and a letter was read from Mr. Ewing, of Levenside, announcing his ad herence to the new secession, and a donation to its treasury of £2,000. The members of a deputation from•the synod of the original seceders addressed the house at considerable length, and received its thanks.—On Thursday Mr. Dunlop announced that the Marquis of Breadalbane had, after read ing the reports of the proceedings of the secession, deter mined to adhere to it and to quit the establishme n t. A coin munication was received from a body of dissenters from the Dutch Church. Dr. Welsh brought up a report from a committee of education, gi‘ing an outline of a scheme, for which a sum of £200,000 would be required. In the mean time, one theological college, with three professors, was indispensably necessary. Mr. Dunlop, having declined to accept the salaried office of procurator, was requested to act as standing counsel for the new church, and the learned gen tleman accepted of the charge. The Edinburgh Standard of Saturday gives the following estimate of the number of.the new secession as compared with that of those who still adhere to the establishment : " The number of ministers who have signed and adhered to the protest given in to the general assembly on the 18th instant is stated in the Witness of Tuesday the 23d to be about 444. On a careful examination of all the names that have been hitherto printed in the Witness, it appears, how ever, that the number of ministers is only 395, of whom are, 1. Parish ministers 2. Quoad sacra ditto.. 3. Professors 3 4. Assistants and successors 5. Ordained assistants, missionaries, and others having no cure In all The number of parish ministers in all is Deducting from which; the above ...... Theie remain The number of ministers of parliamentary churches and chapels of ease is about Deducting froni which, the above There remain ... Making together It thus appears that there are 733 parish ministers, besides 103 ministers of chapeli, who have not retired from' the establishment." A "NUT" FOR THE "BISHOP" OF ARDAGH In my letter of the 15th instant, when quoting the now celebrated speech of Dr. Higgins, titular Bishop of Ardagh, I stated that up to the delivery of that strange declaration, it was the general belief that there were exceptions to the rule laid down by Bishop Higgins, and that one, if not two, at least, of the Roman Catholic hierarchy were altogether op posed to the political schemes of Mr. O'Connell. That the impression was not an erroneous one, may be learned from the following highly creditable letter, addressed to the clergy of the archdiocese of Dublin by the most Rev. Dr. Murray, whose name was especially referred to in my com munication : " TO THE CATHOLIC CLERGY OF THE DIOCESE OF DUBLIN. " Beloved Brethren,—You must have read with extreme surprise a statement lately published in the newspapers, inti mating that all the Catholic bishops of Ireland had, without exception, thrown themselves, as ardent repeaters, into the great political movement which is now agitating the country. I owe it to you to declare (and I avail myself of the first moment after my arrival in Dublin so to do) that I have taken no part whatever in that movement; and that in no instance did I give to any human being the slightest reason to suppose that I have. " In January, 1834, I concurred in the resolution unani mously passed at our genet episcopal meeting, recommend ing our clergy to abstain in uture from taking any prominent dart in proceedings of a tn. •ely political character. To the spirit of that resolution I st i c tly a dh er e; and I have not, by any act or word of mine, se, an example at variance with it. " May the God of Peace who has called you to be the dis pensers of His awful mystr ies, guide you in the saintly ex ercise of your peaceful ministry, for the promotion of His greater glory, and the sanctification of those who are com mitted to your care. " I remain beloved brethren, Your humble and affectionate servant in Christ, " + D. Muitadvr " Mountjoy-square, May 22, 1843." Ls y r st4--,nPoot r - -.0 _ FASHIONS FOrc-01.7E'i' F rom Berger's Ladies' Ga git it (e . V . lt' - r7iz W,i.s ,17 : :...' We have this month an unusually oto#,,i n ,L e l eant .'•4 -, ,-„ z ab e i4 : ll ad p e r lrc e i prettiest for f f w io r : of Summer Fashions, embracing eve nmitty. o f rh "Pri') both in French and English costume.„.-_-. , :::a ~ e-,soxii tz , , test ixtate./ rials, many entirely of lace, with the brims qui ', gat , CHAPEAUX and Jonquille and white crape will be fashionable. Celia; -t i taffetas, ribbon, and entre deux of blonde, the brims edgeod rmremosTs;lta; ' l ei i t a l:ilt n i) withh half-dress; l walking, f- d a r e r u s sac and or chip, as it is often called, are very fashionable. d et,h w ao h ns i ed t e ot l rf a i PALETOTS, MINTELETS , SCARFS, and CAMAILS are in great request. The manteau Marie Antoinette is admirable for a tall and graceful figure. The pardessus Odette, a n ew version of the camail, and the new muslin paletots are much admired; as is also the mantelet echarpe, which combines the excellencies of both the scarf and mantelet. Those for full-dress are cut low in the neck, and composed of lace or India muslin. ROBES.—There is a great variety in the forms of robe s . Some are laced up in front; some are thrown open in lap pels, either in a single piece, or in a collar, with a lappel on each side ; while some are tight to the shape in front, and cut down a little in the centre; the backs high and full. Laced corsages, too, are in favour. Tight sleeves , though in the ascendant, have not excluded the demi-large ones. The manche 'Louis XIII and XIV are much worn. Flounces, particularly of lace, are v ery fashionable. The newzst ma. terials for half dress are the Bros de chine, Sicilian and Milan taffetas; grenadine, plain &EA figured bareges, and the Pekin cameleon, a changeable silk of three colours. For full dress, taffetas persan, and the royal mandarin. CAFs.—Caps keep in favour, but are much shorter at the eats. Colours have not much altered. For plain silks, bonnets, or ribbons, pink, white, and a new shade of gray are most in request. THE WEATHER IN LONDON.—On Saturday heavy showers of rain, with fresh breezes from about W.S.W. The grow ing crops are more than saturated with wet and unless fine, y m s a p y ee b d e il smile anticipated.o n the Thefac e temperature, f m t p h e e r a e t a u r r t e h , d d i r s y a ' s t w r nor: weathe r result s however, continues to be mild, the thermometer in the shade on Monday in various places bay ing stood on an average at 64 degrees. At half - past 2 o'clock afternoon the metropolis was visited with thunder and lightning, but unaccompanied with much rain. DISMISSAL , OF MAGISTRATES.—The Lord Chancellor has directed the following magistrates to be supersed for their participation in the repeal agitation :—The Hon. Thomas Ffrencb, three counties ; the Hon. M. J. Ffrencb counties ; Daniel O'Connell, Esq. M.P ' two , .one. county Maurice O'Connell, Esq ., NI ,P., ' ' , . ~ two counties; Nicholas Boylan, Esq ~ one county; Richard Albert Fitzgerald, Es q' ' one county ; Lord Ffrench , three counties ; John Patrick Somers, AI .P., one county. His lordship, in a letter to Lord Ffrench says :—" The allegation that the numerous repeal meetings are not illegal does notdiminish their inevitable tendency to outrage'; and, co 'd • bearings, it is the opinion nsi ering the subject in all its meetings . of the Lord Chancellor that such become are not in the spirit of the constitution , dangerous to the o f therefore, thatthe and may safety the state. It is Government necessary, reliance on the watchfulne ss should be able to place a firm to preserve the and determination of the ma gistracypresides over, or forms a partpublic peace. A magistrate who be prepared to repress violenceo , such a meeting can neither act against a body for whose offenceaor could he he expected to re sponsible. To such persons tbe he would himself be p peace during the agitation cannot be safely of the publi c intrusted. l or d s hip's determination to preside over such Your im mediately after the declarations in Parliament , proves to th e a meeting, Lord Chancello r that the time has arrived d e t erm ination of this Government to Ifor evincing th e delegate no po wer t o those who seek by such measures as are n dis solve the legisl ative union. To allow such now pursued to pesons any lo nger r to remain in the c ommission of the peace would be to a ff or d the power of the C rown to the carrying ut.a her Majesty has, like her predecessor, expressed which deter mination to prevent. This view of the case, swhichher t a ken by your lordship has forced upon the attention the step Lord Chancellor, will compel him to supersede of the magistrates who, since the declarations in Parlia ment, any other attended like repeal meetings. He thinks that s have sure is not at variance with the resolution of th u et a mea ment, whilst they watch over public tranquillity and the repeal repeal movement, still to act with forbearance oppose con ciliation, and to devde their , best energies to improve and in stitutionse and promote the prosperity of Ireland." the H. M. FRIGATES THE PIQUE AND THE THETIS. A pa ragraph has gone the round of the newspapers, which origi nally appeared in the Times of the 28th ult., which that the Thetis, constructed by three of the , which School of Naval Architectur, is a plagiarism from° the Pique, constructed by Sir Wm. Symonds. The assertionths unfounded in fact; for the two ships are so.manifestly dis similar, that th e article in question could only have origi nated either in comp lete ignorance, or, what we fain hope is not the case, in wilful rn i sre presentation : for, in the first place, the Thetis has not a dimension in common with any other ship of her class, nor are the proportions of her di mensions at all similar to those adopted by Sir W. R -Moods the Thetis being five feet longer and two feet four inches narrower than the Pique. In the second place, the forms of their midship section are essentially different, not in one particular only, but throughout. Thus the midship section of the Thetis is nearly flat and perpendicular above and below the water's surface, to the extent to which the body o f the vessel will alternately immerse and emerge et an angle of seven degrees, (the supposed inclination under a topsail breeze,) and from that limit, below watelrin d e bein own to the keel, cons id era bl e curvature is introduced, the g one with a curvature of contrary flexure, so that it terminates at the keel after forming a hollow or crooked floor. The surveyor's form of midship section is quite the reverse of this. Its characteristic feature is a rotundity, or, to use his own words, " a protrusion," at a distance of " from six inches to three feet above tbe lime of floatation,' whence it continues in al ' ht line down to the keel. Where, therefore, most a straight the surveyor's ships are prominently curved, the Thetis i s straight, or nearly so; and, where they are nearly straight, the Thetis has her greatest curvature. Again, the tnain the protrusion, which, breadth of the surveyor's ships is as has been before iis from six inches to three feet above the line of floatation, wh e reas the main breadt . o . f the Thetis is at the water's surface. The professed principles of the hers of the School of Naval Archi surveyor and of the mem both parties in terms too lecture have been published by 8 dependant plain to be misunderstood, and the for; en e to upon those principles exhibit too marked adier c admit of other. ,There are no n i ce being mistaken the one for the quibble may be shades of distinction upon which a ell be raised, but as palpable a difference exists as can w . imagined to uns I 622 tons , ,36 exist in ships. Pique. 36 g , i guns, 1,526 tons.—Portsmouth parer. Waterlo that cam e, , Colo ----__ _. THE LATE GENERAL O'MALLEY AND THE 44TH.—The 4tl4,othoodiido pgoalir otfseourvorberastoQouwateraekeßsrtasreagniodieaott into the field. They numbered only 430 bayonets. In the e year before, at Berg action, they had suffered terribly —7OO men went into action, 200 alone survived. A -ceord Y ingly, a t Quatre Pros the men were for the most part re oelic,eratnlclieenoiet e o e f e Z n on d emits. When the French fire opened, many of them took to ducks before I do, I'll cut him said an old grenadier. "that's you see me duck, you may ducking eel o m fr a o i i m e v t__h the shot'wao wo, T fil h emn e fiction —cried out,' " Steady, men! nws'a'i't till the colonel ducks, they'll wait duck ; but , the first man e."--Fraser 's Magazine. Theirnent ilsic:lieusbotabtat to over tilldocwtnhTel pleasant H O l 7w:s i comeicheajY;doo: small wa s noDwrafat:mwohsot waveless --Aire soon perceived two men in a " The flaming chariot of the world's great eye" hung motion less on the,then waveless mirror -of Brodrick Bay, in abou; ten feet depth of water; and after for a minute or thereby. denly to etdbeemu.iteu holding their faces close upon the surface, they seemed sud - pull a long pole out of the water, with something adhering to ita extremity. We soon found that they were look the early walk of crabs. They no sooner saw the: taking advantage of the glassy stillness of the water, crustaceans on tbe subsaqueous sand, than they poked th em e behind with their long staves, — the .crabs turned round to revenge the indignity, and, like R ussian gens• (rarities, seized upon the unsuspecting pole. s.. These . latter were sightly snaken by the fishermen, RS If 111. pain or terror ; the an g rycreatures clang all the closer, and were then rapidly hoise into the boat. The moral we drew at the time, a n d h ave since maintained was, that neither crab nor Christian should ever lose his temper.—Wrlion's Voyage round the Cosset of .Scotland. A Lovita or Bao.--Daring our stay rt Brcoly, we we t . e lodged in an old mid dilap tritr Cdot(ils"e, once capable of de : fence, the former residence . •_--, to whom main a .eed, the whole town itself belonged' He had lately pahe debt of nature, and died in the bed which he had not quitted for t many years previous. lie was an eccentric character, but a man of talentnformation ; and though rational upon a ll other rdnts. heremed to be hardly so upon one, which wa att idea of living to ,ger by always remaining in bed. Hes actually lived, not nierely in his chamber, but in his bed, f m any years 01 his life; and his greatest consolation was dor rived from reading accounts in the papers of people d v i t e ; from falling off their horses, or by the upsetting i f carriages,'or by bathing in the river, or by congestion of hbod to ttt head from over-exertion in walking, in running, jumping, Zitc. - He hugged' himself upon the perusal of such accounts and congratulated hienselfthaht. such accidents could not h ad to hint. He receiv ed is guests as regularly as a any former period of his life,for no infirmity of the bod y t compelled him to adopt this resolution. He read, wrote, took his meals, and lived, in fact, more comfortably ' bed than DiOgeueS in his tub. He was no cynic, ne Y in his o philosopher; he was only known by the nan, CountSecta- Cn who always Bled in bed.—Life of a Thaw,. eof the. sieian. -itlng phy. QUESTIONABLE AFFECTION. —The Gazette dr nary publishes, on the authority of a German '0 8 Tribu ttxit does not riaree, a most extraordinary and jour nal which H un g of a suit for divorce before the tribunal of 11 3 i o ble ac- Hungary. According to this account the Count de Ba d r e ls'a in a captain in the Keyser Hussars, a perfect Hungarian den - 4 ' who prided himselfon being the best pistol-shot in the world, had fallen in love with and married the daughter of the Count de oafßradomissa n account of her perfection in the same art For some time er the marriage the count and his lady liv . ed in perfect harmony, astonishing their friends from time to time with their dexterous feats, but at length the made a display of his talent which led to his gentleman fore the triounal. A large party having appearance be at his house, he told them that hewould d ssembled at dinner performance which would astonish and d treat them with a imitation of the Poles of olden times, delight them ; for, in struck off the heel of their wives ' shoes who, with a pistol-ball, • shoes to ding abroad, be intended, at a dista c present their gad sae with his countess. The lad n eof 25 paces, to do the much es her guests at the announcement , y, although astonished ns her seat, and, taking a pistol, cii ro-e calmly from er busbaud that she was ready to make her heel a tar et dto etionstrate his skill, but that she also had a feat to perform, g which was,. at the same moment that he should discharge his pistol, to strike from his pelisse the golden clasp w hich held it on his breast. The count was pale and agitated, but he had gone too far to recede, and calming himself as well as be could, he .aischarged his pistol at the saute time that be exposed himself to the bail from that of his wife. Both shots were successful —the heel of the shoe and the clasp of the pelisse disappeared withou in di gnant lst injury to count or countess; but the gentleman, that his wife should have ken aim at a vital part, where the slightest deViAtiOn of he m pen would have caused death, laid his complaint and demanded a divorce. When before the tribunal, the c ount was told by the president that if his own hie bad been placed in danger, he had also risked inflicting upon his countess a severe and dangerous wound, to which lie replied that he was too cer tain of his aim for such an accident to occur. The countess said the same thing, and, taking a pistol, offered to renew t h e trial befo re the court, observing a t the same time that danger was no w all on her own side, as the heels of the the which she wore were much lower than those which shoes she had on when she and her husband otchanged shots. A. pistol was given to the count, but he refused to tire, dread ing, he said, lest he should wound his wife, whom he real) loved. "And you," said the president to the countess y why would you renew the trial of your skill upon the clasp of your husband's pelisse? u " Because," replied t h e countess, " I love yourhnderly, and could never submit ro a separation. If, in presence, I perform again the 't feat of which be complains, it will prove that I was when I fired on the last occasion that I should certain not inju him, and there will then be no ground for a divorce re cannot then be , said that I loved my husband t orce. It care for his life." The judges declared that he oo little to were noble, and refused to grant the divorce • r sentiments convinced of the affection of his lady, led heri and the count, lovingly court. out of