The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-02-28 00:00:00

FEMALE ORPHAN INSTITUTION The annual meeting• of the members and friends of the Female Orphan Institution was held, at two o'clock yester. day afternoon, in the Lecture-room of the Royal Institution, Co!quit- street, for the purpose of receiving the report of the proceedings of the committee for the past year, and the ap pointment of the officers of the institution. There was rather a numerous attendance of the supporters of the charity ; and the orphans, who are the recipients of its benefits, were also • present. The chair was taken by the Rev. H vest M'NEtet President of the Gentlemen's Committee. The CHAIRMAN said, the objects of the present meetin were, first, to hear a report of the proceedings of the year, and to have the state of the funds laid before them then to take counsel, to give mutual encouragement, and t deepen and extend the interest which already so largely pre vailed with regard to the future progress of this good work. The kind assistance of those friends who had consented to address the meeting, would, be was happy to say, fully ac complish the latter of these objects ; and he might leave the report of their excellent secretary to speak for itself upon the former. He had a very strong suspicions that upon one very important branch of their past proceedings the secretary would not have done justice—be meant his own services in this cause; for he (the Chairman) must say, as his own opinion —and he had little doubt he should have all the meeting to subscribe to it—that if this infant institution had so rapidly attained maturity of importance and support among us; if the cha rac t er o f i ts commencemen t h a d b een so satisfa c t ory, and the applications for admission—if they were to test its benefits—had been so numerous as to render the house originally engaged wholly i na d equa t e t o supp l y th e needful accommodation, and if a more suitable building had been designed, a site obtained, above £4OOO collected, and a fou ndation -stone actually laid ; and if, during all these pro ceedings, the meetings of the committee had been efficient; if the animus of their various conversations had been noted down with accuracy and followed out with vigour ; and if they could meet their constituents to-day upon the high ground of good success in one year and good hope for another—these results, under a favouring and a fatherly Providence, without whom we could have no good thing, were mainly to be ascribed to the diligence, ability, zeal, and he would say it because he had seen it with admira tion, the enthusiasm, in this soft and sacred cause, of Mr. Harrnood Banner. (Hear, hear, hear.) It would not accord well with the position which he (the Chairman) bad the honour to occupy, to enter into any general argu nientative advocacy of this excellent cause, and therefore, without delaying them further than to express his sincere thankfulness for the advance, so far, of an institution which commended itself to the tenderest and best of our feelings, he would call upon the Secretary (who he hoped would ex cuse him for the manner in which he had spoken of him, .t h ough in hi s presence) to proceed with the report; and if he mi ght venture t o t a k e a very great lib erty, h e wou ld s uggest, with the approbation of the meeting, that some such ;pression of their feelings towards Mr. Banner, as he had rae, attempted to give uttaranca to, be appended to the ° "tY of what he would have reported of his own proceed nduring the past year. (Haar.bear.) the ir. HARMOOD BANNER, after suitably acknowledging co mpliments paid to him by the r e v, c h a i rman , rea d the re com pliments This document detailed the proceedings of the com mittee during the past year, up to the laying of the founda tion ston e o f t h e new building in Myrtle-street, which was re p o rted in ou r p aper o f T ues d ay l ast. A ppen d e d to t h e report was a statement of the treasurer's accounts, which exhibited a very favourable aspect. It appeared that the total income of the charity last year from subscriptions, and the produce of nee dl ewor k b y the ch i l d ren, amounted to £754 Bs., and the expenditure to £526 ss. 4d., leaving a balance in favour of the institution of £228 2s. Bd. At the date of the last report there was a suns in hand of £3,338 13 8. Id and there were, besides, donations promised, but not then paid, amounting to £639: that sum had since been received, so that for the year 1842 the donations and collections made a total of £3,977 13s. ld. He (Mr. Ban ner) was happy to add, that the present year had commenced favourably, for since the 31st of December there had been received of church collections £9B 7s. 9d., and of donations £254 10s., the latter sum including the very handsome atm nYmous donation of £5O from some unknown friend to the ch arity, and a don a ti on o f fif ty gu i neas from the Worshipful the 'Mayor, Robertson Gladstone, Esq. (Cheers.) There was now, therefore, in the whole, the sum 0f£4,330 10s. 10d. a pplicable to th e new building. '(Hear, hear, hear.) The Rev. JONATHAN BROOKS, senior rector, moved the first resolution, which proposed the adoption of the report and accounts, and the printin g o f th em f or c i rcu l at i on among the subscribers. This, he believed, was a customary resolu tion, and one which was first proposed at each annual meet ing. On the present occasion he was happy in being able to congratulate the chairman, and all the friends of the institu tion whom he saw around him, upon the prosperous state of its funds. He recollected scarcely any institution which, in so short a period, seemed to have taken so much hold of the feelings and sympathies of the public as this institution had done; and he was not surprised at it, because, when we looked at the object of it, it was impossible to conceive any thing more calculated to fasten upon all those feelings of kindness and benevolence which were the best ornaments of the Christian character. It was one of those institutions which required not the feeble eloquence of man to recom mend it to the attention of all those who were interested in the welfare, either temporal or eternal, of their fellow crea tures; and he could not think it necessary or desirable that they should press it more strongly upon the public at large when they had themselves shown so much willingness to come forward in its aid. On a late occasion, the laying of the foundation stone of the new institution, the chairman had said so much, and said it so well, and he had put every thing which it was desirable to lay before the public in such a Letter point of view than he (Mr. Brooks) was able, that he should not go over them on the present occasion ; and, in deed, he was inclined to think that the annual meetings of our institutions were much better conducted when they became meetings of business rather than meetings for mak ingspeecbes. But before he moved that the report be printed, be begged to say that he entered most fully into all the chairman had said with regard to their worthy secretary, Mr. Banner. He (Mr. Brooks) had had the pleasure of attending many meetings of the committee during the past year, and, in the previous year, he had had the pleasure of occupying the chair which Mr. M`Neile now filled ; and, therefore, he could speak most decidedly with regard to the interest which Mr. Ban ner had taken, and the indefatigable exertions which he bad made, in behalf of this charity. He (Mr. Brooks) might say that so far as the pecuniary means went, he had been the great and principal instrument in making them what perfectly consistent with the feelings of every one who had attended the meetings of the committee, anti he was rather inclined to envy that gentleman's feelings when he looked at the state of the accounts. It was true that they had wanted a considerable sum ; it was also true they were now only a few hundred pounds short of that sum. But he (Mr. Brooks) hoped that success would not be the means of inducing any one to relax their exertions, because though they wanted only a little, it must be borne in mind that they would want a con siderable sum to meet the annual expenditure. (Hear, hear.) When so much had been done, he trusted that all thos e who had the interest of the institution at heart would feel that they ought to second the exertions of the committee, and use their influence in increasing the funds of the institu tion. He trusted, therefore, that all would feel the necessity of following up those exertions so as to put the institution in such a situation that it would be out of the reach of want. (Hear, hear.) The Rev. Wm. HESKETH seconded the resolution, and bore cordial testimony to the efficiency of the matron and schoolmistress of the institution. He had frequently heard the children examined, and he had every reason to believe that their progress had been highly satisfactory. The great trial of the institution, however, was yet to come—namely, when th e ch i ldren were sent into the world. They would be sent there with the principles of Scriptural education im planted in them. He believed that as their education was begun upon such a basis it would go on and prosper, and that those who had assisted in laying its foundation-stone would live to see it take up a position among the institutions of the town second to none. The resolution was carried. The Rev. W. W. EWBANK, of St. George's, Everton, "'loved Past the 'second reso l ut i on, w hi ch, a f ter ac k nowledg i ng suPnort, called for continued assistance. He was glad to see that it would be quite unnecessary for him to detain the meeting and he quite agreed with the respected rector that these kind of meetings ought to be made more for busi ness than speechifying; but he must be allowed to make one or two simple observations with regard to the resolution, in the Pluch as the chairman stated at the commencement, that I addresses of the subsequent spe a k ers were, if possible, to deepen the i n t erest already felt iu so truly Christian and in teresting an object. The resolution seemed to embrace two Particular subjects; first of all they were to express them selves grateful for past contributions, and, in the second Place, they were to solicit still further support. With regard gto the first part of the resolution, he trusted they were deeply r at eful to G o d f or h av i ng put it into the hearts of his set.- nts thus liberally to commence this Institution, and to pro- Mote it still further. He remembered reading in some book of history that one of the greatest enemies of the Ch r i s ti an fai th menti one d i t as one of those things which tended most tO strengthen it and deepen its foundations with the heathen, ' that they were anxious to support and relieve the distressed, and lie stated that in order to hold up the decaying paganism 1t w ould be quit e necessary they should take a leaf cut of the Christi an. book, and immediately begin to raise hospitals and charitable institutions of every sort, if they intended to u re twain their hold upon the affections of the people. And he 5 truly thankf u l t h at we were always able to appeal to the effects of true Christianity wherever it had been planted on oth.a earth, —th a t we could not only appeal to the correctness Gt - its doctrines,—that w e cou ld not on l y take Scripture and o °le the doctrines we held were the true word of the living t i,_' .. ' , but we could say also, " by their fruits shall ye know ''‘u," by God f of Christianity ye shall know it has •:oatlle from God. Therefore he felt truly grateful that there " been already manifested such a truly Christian spirit in this town,—that this institution had been so favourably com menced, and that it was likely to proceed so favourably to tts conclusion. With regard to the second portion of the tesolution nothing could be more Scriptural than the remern _"rance that we are not to be weary in well-doing, and this r_equired to be constantly pressed upon us, for it was a corn _ulaostl observation with regard to these institutions that it _ w ee much easier to collect large sums for the building of the necessary structures than afterwards to support them ; be souse, at first (and it was exceedingly proper that it should be ,)rthere was a necessary flow of what he must call prelim ,lu_ p enthusiasm. The state and the circumstances of those to be benefitt e d were more prominently brought before the P o u rc, and therefore we expected and we found that at first a l! t hey would be supported ; but he trusted they would not t , ow this to be the case with regard to this institution ; that O u n ey would remember if they proceeded in charitable objects , true Christian feelings, if they were not led away not only hythe feelings of nature, but if they also really did these thingsafe from s e tion Christian motives, so far from their love and as year growing cold, they would be more anxious, reeeded year, to devote a portion of their wealth to the glory of God and the good of their fellow-creatures.. And hen they saw those interesting creatures [the female . r- P of an ' ) S itting before them, they could not need any advocac t - o such a cause as this ; they must feel exceedingly grateful tho God that He had allowed them any share in rescuing children in their tender infancy from the ne evil " ,s and corruptions of the world. He, therefore, could that this flty . add his fervent wish and his sincere !ntitution i of might proceed from little to more, that that their srogress children might be gradually increased, and_ the num ber,taed— might they Might correspond with what iNlr.Hesketh had , that when they were tried in future life, adoreason to bless God, and bless them, (the supporters of ae charity,.) under God, as.vantages for having given them those religious Mr. W. WINCH seconded the motion , and it was unani mously carried. at a few Mr. SANIUE L HOLME said it was to him asouree both of satisfaction and of regret that be presented himself, that lie should have the . of , satisfaction privilege of p ' ro r l a n d 6 vocated the auks to those gentlemen who had kind cause of this charity during the past cause that he stood there in the yn,efa, his, yeaxncdelale,saoufrriceendof, M. B ushell, who was to hove great affliction, proposed lace this resolution, but whose feelings had been se lacerated by a H him k i imr. at he was unequal to the tas k . It was to he a most gratifying circumstance, that, amidst the tnn ' er cial embarrassments with been visited, and in which this town had been which thi n s e c n o m un pe tr l y led ha t d o Part icipate, th e spr i ngs o f b enevo l en ce had not been dried butuP, but that th ey h a d flowe d onwar ds not only in a i b in a deep an d rap i d stream. H e ca ll e d to mind ! with the greatest delight, that within the last few years several churches and great numbers of schools had been erected in this town ; he called to mind that at the south end of the town, by the benevolence of the inhabitants of Liverpool, a large and spacious hospital had been erected for the allevia tion of human suffering: he recollected, too, the great and magnificent educational seminary erected in Shaw -street, and now he was enabled to congratuiate his fellow towns- men upon another benevolent institution being added fur that most interesting of all classes of our fellow creatures, the orphans, he meant the female orphan children of our poor. (Cheers.) He was reminded, by this circumstance, that we were invited to assist in this good work by the clergy of our excellent church. (Hear.) The clergy of our church set us an example in deeds of benevolence, and both by their precepts and their example they directed our attentio❑ to the things of eternity whilst we were so touch absorbed with the things of time ; they urged us amidst:our multiplied avo- cations not to neglet " the one thing needful;" to do that which we often needed to he reminded of; that we are only the stewards of those bounties which the Almighty has been pleased to place in our hands,..._ . of which He will require an account at our hands, and that it is our duty to allot a por- .. . . . .... tion of the goods with which Divine Providence has hissed us, in relieving temporal human suffering, in providing for the wants of the distressed, and in doing all the good we can in this world after the blessed example set us by our Divine Master. (Hear, hear.) He might, using the words of one of our poets, say with regard to the ministers of religion, that they Allure to brighter worlds, and lead the way !" In this respect we were deeply indebted to them ; and he thought that one of the greatest blessings which Providence in its beneficence had poured upon this land had been giving us the great number of valuable clery which oar church pos sessed. He spoke of the present moment with deep and gloomy feelings, for the circumstance which had deprived the meeting of the presence of his friend Mr. Bushell was one of that nature. A gentleman well known in this town left Liverpool to visit his friends in Birmingham—at three o'clock on Sunday morning he was suddenly called away to see a now dying mother; he was a man of elegant manners and of be nevolent hear—one who rejoiced in this institution, and who loved to do good. He alluded to Dr. Malins—(hear, hear) ;—he was now a corpse. He (Mr. Holme) was re minded by this circumstance of the shortness and uncertainty of human life; and the lesson which he wished to draw from it himself, and with great humility to inculcate upon others, was to " work while it is yet called day, for the night cometh when no man can work' With these feelings he begged to move the thanks of the meeting to those clergy who had kindly advocated the cause of the charity. Mi. MocATn seconded the resolution, and it was unani mously carried. The Rev. R. L. TOWNSEND moved a vote of thanks to the committee for the services which they had rendered to the charity during the past year. The motion was seconded by Mr. BROOK, and carried unanimously. The Ladies' Committee and the Gentlemen's Committee were then reappointed; and, on the motion of Mr. JOSHUA EDWARDS, a special vote of thanks was presented to Mr. Harmood Banner, with a request that he would continue his services to the charity. Mr. BANNER begged to return thanks to the meeting for the kind expression they had been pleased to give with re gard to himself. The object of the institution was, of itself, sufficient to induce him to continue his services. He con cluded by moving a vote of thanks to Mr. M`Neile for the mode in which he had conducted the proceedings. . . The Rev. JONATHAN BROOKS seconded the resolution, and it was unanimously carried. Mr. M'NElLE.—Ladies and gentlemen,-1 thank you sincerely for the manner in which you have received the kind expressions of my friends upon my right and my left. I can certainly say with Mr. Banner, that the nature of the insti tution is such as to cause me to find little difficulty in cordially consenting to lend it any assistance in my power to give. I cannot at this moment look around upon those children, and call to mind the children with which it has pleased God to bless myself, without contrasting their con dition and feelings, as we have been reminded by my friend, how soon it may be the lot of my own children to be left fatherless in the world. We are exhorted in the word of God to reinernbtr those in bonds as being bound, and they that are hi affliction, because we ourselves are still in the flesh, and, therefore, liable to the same. I should say it re quires but a very proximate effort of Christian sympathy to remember the fatherless—feeling upon what a thread the present shield of a father's protection over his own children hangs from day to day. (Hear, hear.) Allow me, in con clusion, to request that the children shall conclude the meeting by singing " Praise God, from whom all blessings flow." The request of the rev. gentleman was immediately com plied with, and the proceedings terminated. ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS' BILL. In compliance with a requisition addressed by the Select Vestry to the Churchwardens, a meeting of the ratepayers of the parish of Liverpool was held at one o'clock yesterday, in the Church of St. Nicholas, for the purpose of consider ing the propriety of petitioning the legislature against certain provisions in the bill recently int) oduced into the House of Commons by Dr. Nicol, for the amendment of ecclesiastical conrts. There was a moderate attendance of parishioners. The Rev. JONATHAN BROOKS, Senior Rector, took the chair. Mr. M. D. LOWNDES, the vestry clerk, having read the public notice convening the meeting, Mr. BIRKETT said, that in accordance with the usual plan, the churchwardens had summoned this meeting at the request of the Select Vestry. Neither he nor his colleague were aware of the exact nature of the bill which the meeting were called to take into consideration ; but perhaps the Rev. Chairman would be kind enough to detail to the parishioners its principal objects. He (Mr. Birkett) believed that some parts of the bill were very desirable, whilst there were others which it w as ver y un d es i ra bl e s h ou ld become law. The CHAIRMAN commenced by stating that he believed the Ecclesiastical Courts' Bill, now before the House of Commons, had arisen out of the report of some com missioners who had been appointed, in the year 1829, to enquire into the state of the ecclesiastical courts of the country, which it was believed required revision. They made their report in the year 1832; and in it they recommended there should be o ne cour t only (he believed there were now nearly 400, including a number of small peculiars, which had been found inconvenient,) in each diocese, and that every other court necessary to be retained should be subject to that. These courts were principally for the probate of wills : there were, at present other duties annexed to them, not of a very pleasant nature, which he believed the courts themselves would be exceedingly glad to get quit of—he meant their powers with regard to brawling, standing in white sheets, •••.a so It would bo very clooirable, he believed, to get id of that part of the business, for it was a species of busi ness which did not seem to tend to any good, but, on the contrary, was often productive of considerable unpleasant ness arid evil. There could be no objection, therefore, to these parts of the bill. There were other portions of it in the same position, such as allowing one probate. in cases where the property left was in different dioceses, to be suffi cient. It had, certainly, been considered a hardship upon persons who proved wills, that if the bulk of the property left was, for instance, in Liverpool, or in the diocese of Chester, they took out a probate for that from Chester; but if the party died possessed of only one railway share, or pro perty in the funds, in the province of Canterbury, he was obliged to take out a second probate from there ; and as this second probate was attended with a much heavier expense than the Chester probate, it seemed to be a very great hardship. The bill had been brought in by Sir John Nicol, who was at the head of the Arches Court; but instead of carrying out only the recommendations of the commissioners, it went a great deal further, for it proposed measures which seemed to the Select Vestry, and indeed to every one else, exceed ingly injurious and oppressive to the great mass of the people, whether looking at the additional expense it entailed on them, or the additional inconvenience it incurred. It would do away with the diocesan courts altogether, and place every thing under the superintendence of a central court in London ; so that all wills of above £3OO would have to be prtived there, and the wills themselves deposited there. At present, by the wills being deposited in the court of the dio cese in which the person died, and where the property was, they were accessible to every body who wanted to enquire into them at a very trifling expense. Any person might now go from here to Chester and for one shilling examine any will he pleased ; but if all wills were deposited in London, and people wished to know how any property was left, of course a variety of expenses would be entailed upon them in the shape of agent's charges, and the costs of search, so that the inconvenience as well as the expense would, no doubt, be very great. With regard to expenses, the bill provided that the present fees of Doctors' Commons should remain until they should be altered by the judge of the: court with the approbation of the Privy Council. 1t was not very likely that the judge of the court would ever make much alteration ; but when he read to them some of the comparative expense of proving a will in the diocese of Chester and in the diocese of Canterbury, they would see how it bore upon the present question. The reverend gentleman then gave a number of examples of the charges on a will, when one part of the pro perty was in Chester and the other in Canterbury, from which it appeared that in one case £35,000 were left in Chester, the court charges on which were £l9. Os. 5d., and £16,000 in Canterbury, the charges on which were £34. 6s. 4d., an enormous difference. In another case £lOOO was left in Ches ter, on which £7. 2s. was charged, and £6OO in Canterbury, on which the charges were £lB 14s. The stamps in bo t h oces were, of course, the same, so that the great difference which was here shown arose from the office business. Several yther cases were mentioned, from which the reverend gentle. man contended that it was evident these charges bore no re lative proportion to each other: It was a hardship, there fore, particularly in these times, when the professed princi ple of legislation was to bring justice home to every man's door, and when travelling courts were to be established for that purpose. in order that they should be put to the least inconvenience possible in obtaining their rights, that a great central court should be established in London, and that Lon don should absorb all the business of the country, much to the inconvenience and additional expense of the parties con cerned. Then it was said that there was no proper place in which to keep wills; but, he would ask, was it not as easy to make proper places in the country as in London. And in the case of fire, if the whole mass of wills in the country were in London, was it not likely that more demage would be done in the event of fire than if they were deposited in the several dioceses. The reason of the thing was against this part of the bill. Under these circumstances, therefore, for this bill to pass through parliament, without the public taking any notice of it, and knowing the great interests concerned, it appeared to the Select Vestry that they would not be doing their duty to the public if they did not afford to them an opportunity of protesting against so serious an inconve nience. They had, therefore, with these impressions, called the parishioners together for the purpose ; and they had pre pared the draft of a petition, which petition did not go against aaything which might be good in the bill, but only to those parts which were likely to be injurious. At Ches ter, in the course of only a few hours, a similar petition had received a thousand signatures, and the whole body of soli citors and proctors bad signed it. It was also worthy of consideration that a great number of officers of the present courts would, in the event of the bill now before parliament becoming law, be thrown either upon their own resources or upon the public. There was a provision for the com pensation of those officers so thrown out, which, of course, would throw considerable expense upon the public. (Hear, hear.) A n a ll t h ese accounts the Select Vestry deemed it, their duty to make the parishioners acquainted with what was going on ; and now it was for them to determine whe ther the bill was of that nature to require a petiti on f rom them in opp os i t i on to i t. (Hear, hear.) Mr. R. W. HOUGHTON proposed, and Mr. MUNCASTER seconded, a resolution to the effect that it was expedient to petition the legislature against the bill now before the House of Commons. Mr. BIGHAM put some questions as to the expense of the meeting, and the fund from which it would be paid. The CHAIRMAN replied, that the expense would be very moderate, and that, bei ng f or a c h urch purpose, they would be defrayed from the church-rates. Mr. BIGHAM considered it an illegal expenditure. After a short discussion of no interest, the motion was carried unanimously. Mr. M. D. LOWNDES then read the draft of a petition against the objectionable parts of the bill; and on the motion of Mr. BIRKETT, seconded by Mr. R. W. HOUGHTON, the petition was adopted, to be signed by the chairman on behalf of the meeting, and forwarded to the members for the borough for presentation to the Commons, and to the Bishop of Chester for presentation to the Lords. The CHAIRMAN, in reply to a remark from Mr. BIRKETT, mentioned that the Bishop of Chester had strong objections to the parts of the bill, and he would oppose it. Mr. BIG HAM i nqu ired what was the object of government in passing this bill ? The CHAIRMAN believed that it was a job of Doctor's Commons who were very fond of getting everything into their own !hands. The country was put to more expense in supplying the present courts, for it was supported by the executors of the different rules, there could be no doubt, to be mntual sufferers by any cbouge, seeing that the charges at Doctors Commons were enormous. The Surrogates had had nlany complaints made to them of this, and tht had been a , ked—" how jA It the expense is so ottioh renter at Doctors Commons, than in the Court at Chester: The only answer was " because the charges in Doctors Com mons for doing the wort are so touch heavier." The Rev. R. DAVIES mentioned what a.short time ago he had a will put into his hands for proof, both in Chester and Canterbury. The amount in both courts was the same, the stamp duty, consequently was the saine ; but the charges iu Chester was only £1 18s Bd., whilst that of Canterbury was £0 13s 4d. The CHAIRMAN begged to state further, that under the will of the late Mr. Hesketh Fleetwood, £9,000 was proved in Ghester, and £ll,OOO in London ; in Chester the charge was €9 only, whilst in London it was £35. The Rev. R. DAVIES.—It is virtually a tax upon the country, without a single penny going into the Exchequer. Tke Rev. R. L. TOWN SEN D said that two cases had come before him within the last few weeks. In one instance, a will was proved in Chester for £lBOO, the expenses on which was £3 : the other was a small will of £25 in Canter bury, the expenses on which were between £7 and £B. The CHAIRMAN explained that there was no clause what ever in the bill now before the house for removing the sur rogates, consequently they could not be speaking from in terested motives. In saying this he used the authority of Dr. Haggard, who, in writing to Mr. Hesketh, a surrogate in Liverpool, said; that as far they were concerned they would have only a change of masters. The inconvenience therefore was altogether upon the public. After a few more explanations the resolutions was passed, and the Rector having been thanked for his conduct in the chair, the meeting separated. THE STEEPLE CHASE LAST NIGHT This event, which is termed " The Grand National Stee ple Chase," comes off to-morrow at Aintree. It is fully expected to be a well-attended affair, not only from the num ber of the horses entered, but also for the eclat that has attended all previous meetings of a similar character. The ground selected to be run over is similar to that chosen on former years, the same " difficulties" having to be encoun tered and the same impediments to be surmounted. The ditch in front of the grand stand, over which all the horses contrived to get last year without accident, has been widened a foot, being now thirteen feet. The depth is as before, four feet. A four feet wall has been erected at the distance chair in place of hurdles, which will have to be cleared in the first round previous to taking the ditch. It is expected that twenty horses will start. There has not been mach betting. Peter Simple, the favourite—betting 3to 1. The Hooton Park Steeple Chase, which will come off on Friday, may be expected to be a clashing affair. The start will take place at Storeton. The entries will close to-morrow. THE COURSING MEETING AT ALTCAR commences this day, and will be a rich treat to the lovers of the long dogs, and never was weather more propitious for the diversion. No doubt many Altcar men. will be made on the occasion. The ceremony is simple, but, in cold weather, ra ther the antipodes of pleasant. We have undergone the ini tiation ourselves, and, therefore, speak from experience. To be made an Altcar man is to be immersed in one of the deep and wide ditches with which the township is intersected. On one occasion, at a coursing meeting, the present Earl of Sefton saw one of his tenants (Joseph Amebury, we believe) get an unexpected ducking. Never mind, Joseph," said his lordship, ",you are only an Altcar man made o'er again." Fate ruled, that his lordship should, the same day, take a cold bath in a similar manner. " Never mind," said Joseph, who saw the mishap, " you're only an Altcar man made o'er again." The best road to the coursing grounds is through Aintree, Maghull, and Lydiate ; the shortest way lies through Bootle and Great and Little Crosby. The following are the names of the dogs to run : WATERLOO Cup. — Lord Stradbroke's Maximus, late Ajax. agst. Mr. Gale's Queen; Mr. Etwell's Empress agst. Mr. B. B. Robinsos's Rocket; Mr. Mare's Matilda agst. Lord Eglington's Blackbird ; Mr. Slater's Sandy agst. Mr. G. Pollock's Major; Lord Stradbroke's Mango agst. Mr. Scott's Lady Harkaway ; Lord Eglington's Stag agst. Mr. Swan's Stork : Mr. Gibb's Slasher agst. Sir Pyers Mos tyn's Mariner ; Mr. G. Barge names Eau de Vie agst. Mr. Scott's Chancellor; Mr. A. Graham's Mavourneen agst. Mr. Robinson's Zurich ; Mr. Kershaw's Knight of the Garter agst. Mr. Ball's P. P.; Mr. Hutchinson's Rubens agst. Dr. Brown's Sportsman; Mr. Harper's Solon agst. Mr. Mare's Marmion ; Dr. Brown's Queen Bee agst. Mr. Barton's Ribton ; Mr. Garven's Gambler agst. Mr. Bradley's Tyrant; Mr. Armstrong's Negro agst. Mr. Swan's Stork; Mr. Jebb's Hotspur agast. Mr. Deakin's Distiller. WATERLOO PURSE.—Mr. Ball's Bugle agst. Mr. Deakin's Doctor Syntax ; Mr. Slater's Stiletto agst. Mr. Bradley's Baron ; Mr. A. Graham's Long-iong-ago agst. Mi. Swan's Hill Coolie ; Mr. Mare's Moonlight agst. Mr. Unsworth's Unknown ; Mr. Garven's Garland agst. Lord Eglington's Greysteel ; Mr. Etwell's Westwind agst. Mr. Scott's Drainer; Mr. Pollock's Empress agst. Mr. Robinson Whiskey; Mr. Ridgway's Reginald agst. Lord Stadbroke s Minerva. NORTHERN CIRCUIT LANCASTER, MONDAY, February 27 The Assizes for the Northern Division of this county commenced on Saturday last, when the commission was opened in the evening by Mr. Baron Rolfe, who arrived in the town about eight o'clock from London. Yesterday, his lordship attended Divine Service in the Parish Church, at tended by Wm. Garnett, Esq., of Lark-hill and Quermore- Park, and the Mayor and corporation of the town. The prayers were read in an affective manner by the Rev. J. Manby, vicar, and a most eloquent sermon was preached by the Sheriff's Chaplain, the Rev. R. Parkinson, Fellow of the Collegiate Church, Manchester, from Matthew xxiii. B. "But be ye not called Rabbi, for one is your master, even Chriat, and 01l ye are brethren." This morning at ten o'clock the learned Judge, accom panied by the high Sheriff and the usual officers, proceeded from his lodgings to the Castle, where he took his seat in the Crown Court, when the usual preliminaries having been gone through, His Lordship observed that he had perused the depositions in all the cases Which would come before the Grand J ury— at least all he was aware of,—and he was happy to say there was no case likely to occupy their attention which would present any difficulties to their minds. From the disturbed state in which many parts of the country had been in some months ago, he was apprehensive that there might have been some cases to be brought before them, but such was not the case, and he was glad to find that there was not any indict ment likely to be submitted to their consideration arising out of the disturbances of last summer; and, upon looking over the calender, he did no suppose there were more than at any ordinary assizes. His Lordship then proceeded to remark on one or two ordinary cases in the calender, on which he deemed it expedient to give some general directions to the Grand Jury, and then dismissed them to their duties. There are, however, to be tried at the present assizes no less than 69 persons, all charged with offences arising out of the riots of last autumn, but in all shose cases the bills are already found at the special commission, including one gene indictment charging the whole party with conspiracy. This case is likely to be the most important to be tried during the present assizes, as in it is included Fergus O'Connor and the leaders of the Chartist party. The trial is likely to come on on Wednesday morning, and will no doubt occupy a very considerable time. With this exception the calender only contains about 35 prisoners, and is not important so far as the charges are concerned. The cases tried during during the day were quite uninter esting to the public generally. INCENTIVE TO MATRIMONY.—A company of young men at Lincoln have originated a new club. Each member pays ls. weekly, which is placed in the savings bank. The first of the party who marries is to receive the whole amount de posited, together with the interest. GRETNA GREEN MARRIAGES.-It would appear from the following statement of the number of marriages that were witnessed by Mr. Robert Elliot of Gretna Green (the grand son of Mr. Paisley, the reputed blacksmith), from 1810 to 1839, that the Dissenters' Marriage Act has materially diminished his business. In the twenty-nine years he mar . - ried no fewer than 7744 persons. The following is the num ber of marriages in each year :- 1811 .. 58 1821 .. 152 1831 .. 168 1812 .. 57 1822 .. 178 1832 .. 153 1813 .. 59 1823 .. 188 1833 .. 160 1814 .. 68 1824 .. 196 1834 .. 168 1815 .. 87 1825 .. 198 1835 .. 124 1816 .. 89 1826 .. 187 1836 .. 98 1817 .. 98 1827 .. 188 1837 .. 55 1818 .. 109 1828 .. 186 1838 .. 46 1819 .. 121 1829 .. 180 1839 .. 42 1820 .. 124 1830 .. 179 STEAM NAVIGATION AND THE SHIPPING INTEREST.— The metropolitan steam navigation interests find much fault with that part of the recent speech of Sir C. Napier in which he attributes the depressed state of the shipping interest to the increase of steam navigation. They contend, on the contrary, that much employment has been created by the latter which otherwise would not have existed. For ex ample, the service of the lines to the Peninsula and the Mediterranean requires about 50,000 tons of coals annually. which must be carried by sailing vessels from Wales or New castle to Southampton. Then as to the interference with the foreign trade of the merchantmen, they contend that it is next to nothing, the steam vessels by their quickness of transit creating the only traffic, or nearly so, in which they engage—that is, the conveyance of fruit; and that what business they do take from them is counterbalanced by the conveyance of their consumption of coals. CHINESE NOBILITY.—The nobility of China are of two kinds, hereditary and official. The former class is not nu merous, nor greatly influential. It consists chiefly of the re lations of the Emperor, who are called Princes, and are bound to live within the precincts of the Imperial palace. The real nobility, or aristocracy of the country, are the man darins. Of these there are estimated to be, on the civil list of the empire, not less than fourteen thousand. The man darins are divided into nine ranks, or pin, each of which is indicated by a double badge—the colour of the globe on the apex of the cap, and the embroidery on the front and back of their official robes. The colours employed are red, blue, crystal, white, and gold ; and these, with certain modifications of shape, serve to distinguish what are denominated " Kew pin," that is, " the nine ranks," into which all persons pos sessing any rank in China- are divided. The nominal rank, and of course the distinctive costume of any of the official grades, may be purchased of the Emperor, The sum de manded for the distinction is, however, proportionably large. Howqua, for instance, the richest of the Hong merchants, purchased his nominal rank at the enormous price of 100,000 dollars, or £20,000 sterling. POPISH ORDlNATlON.—Unenquiring persons are apt to c b a e t cll caughtthem with in t externals t ; presented eexternallythe p there ap is al so much interest I may so exp ress myse lf) j ust now, t h at I d ou b t w h et h er (if there ever was a ti me w h en th e great mass o f our i nte ll igent to people in the middle walks of life so seriously required to be made to see in in its true light the Romanists' position and their own. Costly edifices are raised by Papal funds in every county—inroads are being made on every side—yet no notice taken of them. Looking at these things, but more than all looking at their practical return to, and revival of. their thrice refuted and exploded calumniation of the validity of our or ders—in undisguised contempt for which, we now observe them angling for reverend renegades from our communion, and publicly re-ordaining them to their's—and they them selvesocßuttnfiyesrt, British and clergy, w ndsldne roibgnhyy h : i tse l hc e rehi me n oirsnemsc valuelesswhose or badreoaedot, tjlby ynad least judgment snfee every ilyot haver d op orders, nothingrs i tnhs, principle if pool shown, shnee wholey w of yet,ocr e ta hrtheohedoni Lookingonl orthodox at this, I sa y, s h a ll we b e blamed —shall we r be accused of persecution and intolerance —fo r sim n h a o t w ion in this country ? Ply Proposing that goes -is our church to ac tkinoonwwleidthgewhßicohmlonstacrtnettonnaomeolryd,i which is thus answered by Palmer—" She cannot recognise any real ministry of Jesus Christ in those who are ordained "—Letter not h.o a i l i ways think in enmity to His church; and if she does Y divwin.e commission it necessary to repeat the outward forrn by e h r e b y y were h,r e constituted, it is not that she supposes an to have accompanied 'it originally. Courier. THE LEAGUE AND THE REV. MR. BAILEY. The Leaguers have had another field-day—an " extra ordinary meeting "—to rebut the indignant scorn levelled at their great prophet, Richard Cobden. Of course, it will 1:13 supposed, they embraced this fitting occasion of denoun cing all connection with the rev. gentleman who " had heard of a person" willing to shoot Sir Robert Peel, and suggested, for his encouragement, that " there would be few to shed a tear" over his victim. Not at all! In the five or six co- lumns of speechifying perpetrated on the occasion, there was not a word of mention of the rev. gentleman in question —not a word of acknowledgment that such a speech had ever been made, although it has now been acknowledged by him self i❑ a letter addressed to the editor of the London Times ; and yet the League are indignant that a word from any member of their body can be supposed to have suggested the murderous deed of M`Naughten, or confirmed the miscreant in his purposed wicked atrocity ! Mr. Bailey is still a che rished member of the conspiracy; and at the next assem• blage of the " ministers of all denominations," will be found, no doubt, a prominent occupier of the League plat form, an admired of lady Leaguers, and a martyr to mono poly ! TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES Sir,—Generosity to a foe, and especially to a victim, is an attribute peculiar to the brave ; whether you possess it will be seen by your insertion of the following reply to your attack on me in your leading article of Monday last. You complain that I have " disclaimed, denied, explained nothing." If your complaint were honest, you will allow me in your pages to do all. _ • _ It is false that on Sunday, July 17, at an Anti-Corn-law League Meeting I narrated the anecdote relative to the 100 lots and Sir R. Peel. The League never met on the Sunday. Was it from mere misprint that you say Sunday ? Or did you of design choose Sunday in order to shock your readers with the notion of a Dissenting minister attending League meetings on the day when, by supposition, I had other em ployment? _ IT you had no particular object to answer by so doing, I beg to ask why you should say, We take our account from the Morning Chronicle, as quoted by Mr. Roebuck ?" You affect fairness by quoting the Morning Chronicle; but to have done so would not have suited your views, and, there fore, you add, "as quoted by Mr. Roebuck !" And who is Mr. Roebuck, that you must prefer his version to the text, and arraign me on his foolish, careless, or malignant con struction of my words ? Is this your general style of quota tion ? It is also false that I said I "knew a gentleman, who," &c. I never did know the person, nor the locality where the chal lenge occurred. This, however, I will add. that it was nei ther " one of my constituents," nor enacted in Sheffield. It is not true that I advocated the " application to the par liament of force." I have always dissuaded from its use. Governments are founded on force, and there are circum stances when the people are justified in resorting to its use: but I do not think such a case by any means to be that of the people of Great Britain. Opinion "is more than a con queror' for all that I wish to see achieved. _ It is also not true that I did not accompany the narration of the anecdote with a strong protest. Part only of that pro test was, however, repeated. Of this I complained at the time, both to several members of the League, and in a public meeting at Sheffield immediately on my return. I am willing to believe that the omission arose from accident rather than design. You say, " an act of intention may be mentioned merely for the sake of denouncing it." Now, it so happens that this has always been one of the motives I have avowed for giving publicity to the anecdote ; the other was to show the state of feeling in certain quarters. If I had concealed the anecdote, and evil had been perpetrated, I should have reproached my self with not having given warning to the government. I deserve thanks for making the anecdote public, and not abuse. If, however, you allege such a subject should not be pub licly alluded to, I beg to ask why you dilate upon it so vehemently, when your leading article is so much more likely to supply malicious incentive than the comparatively obscure recital by myself at first? You hereby receive my thanks for your kind and Christian suggestions that my speech had a connexion with the mur derer 111`Naughten. It was a very gracious act of your lion like clemency to Your obedient servant, She f field Feb. 22. 1843. R. S. BAYLEY MR. BRIGHT v. LORD BROUGHAM The opinion entertained by one great man, of the charac ter of another, is, of course, :an ,interesting subject of con templation ; and we therefore take the liberty of placing before our readers the estimation in which Lord Brougham and Vaux, whose past eminence few will deny, is held just now by Mr. John Bright, of Rochdale, cotton lord and spouter extraordinary to the Anti-Corn-Law League. Re fearing, at the leauge meeting held in Manchester last week, to a recent speech of the :ex-Chuncellor, delivered in the House of Lords, the "preterpluperfection" of enlighten ment—" the preterpluperfectly bright, as his rev. fellow leaguer Giles declared him to be —termed the speech in question a " Brummugum row"—(a wretched attempt at a pun, it must be confessed) —and intimated further that any thing that fell from that " miserable creature" was un worthy of his sublime consideration- Lord Brougham and Vaux—the once worshipped of the Whig party, the hero of reform, negro emancipation and a hundred other quackeries,--a " miserable creature" !—in the estimation , too, of a shallow Anti-Corn-Law quaker like John Bright ! " To what vile uses do we come at last !" Henry Brougham a " miserable creature" in the eyes of John Bright of Rochdale ! Alas for the mighty ! The I,ondon Tinges of Thursday had a loin; leading article relative to the late ease of the institution of a clergyman at Chudleigh, by election, and in the course of it says—Validity of the trusts seems to hav e been taken for granted by all parties, and therefore, we presumes that they were so framed as to be free from objection ; but it is notorious that the late Rev. Mr. Simeon, and many of those who imbibed his pecu liar doctrines under his tuition at Cambridge, have purchased many advowsons, and vested them in trustees so selected as to render it probable that none but those who might hold similar doctrinal views would be presented to the livings; and any presentation by such trustees would give a fair oc casion for trying their right. 'We believe that the validity of such trusts is decidedly questionable. The policy of the law requires that no property shall be so tied up as to be per petually unalienable, except in certain spe cified cases, among which are those technically called " charitable uses." - - - SINGULAR CAUSE OF DEATH.-Mr. Hyde, the city coro ner, held an inquest on Wednesday, at the Falcon, Broad street, Worcester, on t h e b ody o f Herbet Williams. a ge d five months, the c hild o f labouring people, living in Fri ar ' s Alley, which ca me by i ts death on t h e preceeding day, und er the following si ngu l ar c i rcumstances: —The deceased, from his birth, had evinced great repugnance to fowls, and seemed especially annoyed at the crowing of a cock, On Tuesday afternoon shortly a ft er di nner, t h e child's mother was nurse mg it at the door, an d had placed it to stand upon the ground mobile holding its arms, when a coc k fowl, which had been fighting near, approached where the child wa s . and began to crow. Instantly upon this, the infant shrieked, and went into fits, which terminated' it s existence in a few minutes, even before the arr i va l of Mr. O rw i n , surgeon, who had been sent for dir ec tl y upon the ch ild b een seized. Verdi c t, " Died from fright, occasioned by the crowing of a cock." —Hereford Journal. MATERNAL AFFECTION.—The following simple and affecting incident of maternal affection took place in Glas gow a few weeks ago : — An elderly widow,in humble him to cir cumstances, called a t t h e shop of a silversmith, and taking out of her pocket a " b aw b ee " (halfpenny ), requested cover the rim of it a ll round with s il ver . Curious to know the reason why so small a piece of copper . should be orna mented at so much expense, the silversm ith inquired, when the poor widow info rme d him that i t was a " gift frae her son," who had unfortunately been led astray by bad eon). panions, and, under th e sentence o f t h e C our t of Justiciary, was banished for seven Years. On the morning of his de parture she went up t o B r i dewell to see hi m awa y, an d s h e said she had just a gli mpse of him, w h en h e gave h er the bawbee—saying that it was all he ha d i n th e wor ld . Th e poor woman, sheddi ng tears, said she would keep it as a token of remembrance as l ong as s h e li ve d, as i t wou ld " aye be like a picture to her o f h er poo r Willie, when he was f ar Edi awa' and o'er the seas."_ Edin b urgh Witness. THE PENDLETON MURDER IN 1817.—We inserted in our paper of Tuesday last a paragraph in reference to a confession made by an old man, on his death-bed, as to thi s murder. The paragraph was from the Manchester Courier, and induced a belief that the men who suffered for the murder were innocent. The Manchester Guardian of Satur day last, however, says , so far is this confession from weakening the case against the Ashcrofts and William Holden, that, if made at all, which we rather doubt, it tends to strengthen that case. That more than one person had been concerned in the murde r was perfectly manifest from a variety of circumstances; a n d, indeed, J o h n H o ld en ' s alleged statement implies that others were with him, as he says he did not commit the robbery. lie could, therefore, only mean that he was one of the parties who committed the crime. If so, what could be more natural than that his own nephew, and the Ashcrofts, w h o were constant associates, should be his accomplices? William Holden and the Ash crofts no doubt protested their innocence to the last ; but that is a fact on which no Prudent man would place the slightest reliance, es p ec i a ll y i n a case where there was no direct evidence against the prisoners; who might naturally think that, by persisting in their asseverations of innocence, they might have a c h ance o f obtainin g a reprieve. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—The following gentlemen, who were not returned at the meeting of 1841, now hav e sea t s i n the house:—SirParliament in August, Henry W. Barron, Robert Bateson, jun., Ralph Bernal, see., Dr. John Boyd, Edward Cardwell, William D. Christie, Viscount Clive, Fitzmaurice, Sir Stephe n Y, David A. S. D av i es , John CHenryi. Col q F u i l t i z o r u n n y , , E H l o i a n s . W C 0 . r t a . li Glynne, George Alexander Hamilton, Renn Hampden, Lord Alfred Hervey, Joseph Hume, Thomas Hussey, Hon. Wm. S. S. Lascelles, Anthony Letroy, Ch arles Leslie, Humphrey St. John Mild ma y, David Robert Ross, Sir Samuel Spry, Charles S. Standish, John Walter, Lo r d Ch arles Wellesley, Hon. Jame s A. S. W or tley, 'Thomas Wyse. In addition to the above changes, three members of th e H ouse of Commons have succeeded to peerages, ettion. It i s also worthy of five hav e retired from parlia ment,,ho had b een returned for two three ha ve been re m pa o r v l e ia d m b e y n d ta e r a y th d , ut t i w es o , h aanvde accepted eighteen election to sit f or C ork ; that Mr. offices incompatible with have been unsea t e d on Pi Weym out h , is now member for counties,re mark,H epe , t t thatM. ag M sh m r e . ae O ds ee ' C eht o ei s i d i n e e fl lee! for Weymouth, Southampton ; and finally, that if Sudbury be disfranchised, the numbers in the house will be reduced from 658 to 656. PIGEON FLYING.—The ship Strabane of Glasgow, in the ts leg by a piece of brass wire. course of her voyage from Calcutta to Britain, in 1942, picked up at sea a carrier pigeon, which seems to have flown on board this vessel on the 23d of July last, in lat. 34 41, south lon. 22 53, having a rFgtmental button of her Majesty's kept on board the Mary transport, on her outward passage to Bombay, by Lieutenant G. Horrocks, of the 78th Highlanders, it 7 0 8 n t h r e R f e e r g e i n m e e e n t t o a a t t log g h ect t o i appears that this bird was liber ated from on board the Mary . on th e 13 th of July, 18-12, in lat. 27 14, Jon. 54 46 ; having thus mad e a di stance of nearly 2,000 miles in ten days. Although we belie ve th at p i geons leave state e winds in the l a t itu d es in question, have had to encounter a constant succession o f a d verse gales, nearly right a-head of its course , from the d ay o f i ts departure ssta been e k i nro to i lhone observed traverse a much greate r di stan c e i n t h e that thi s bi rd must, from the e fthe time, p t ise w v , to m from the Mary till that of its capture on board the Strabane. It is farther remarkable, that it does not seem to have taken a straight line to reach the Cape of Good Hope, but to have adopted nearly the course of the Mary, avoiding the land of the Island of Madagascar , close to which it must h ave passe d. However curious these facts may b e, this experiment does not seem to throw any light on the won d erful powers of in sEtianicntbubyrflun,hißechgtishieer.pigeon is enabl e d to direct its course.— CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE CAMBRIDGE At a congregation just holden the following degrees were conferred : Master of Arts.—J. C. Whish, Trinity College. Bachelors of Arts.—J. H. Brazier, Trinity College; H.. 1. Cranmer, Trinity B all. Clare Hall.—C. J. Graham Jones, scholar of this college, has just been elected a foundation fellow. Lectures.—The Lowndean Professor has postponed his lectures until further notice, there being no class to attend them. The following appointments have taken place:— The Rev. E. H. Langford, M.A., of Sidney Sussex Col lege, to the rectory of Marksbury, Somerset—value £240. The Rev. J. C. Patten, M.A., of Caius College, to the rectory of North Barsham, Norfolk—value £214. The Rev. W. Wenman, S.C.L., of Trinity Hall, to :the rectory of Sarnesfield, Herefordshire—value £203. The Rev. Edward Arnett Powell, M.A., of Christ's Col lege, to the rectory of Toft, Cambridgeshire —value £287. The Rev. IL Bell, M.A., of St. Johiri's College, to the per petual curacy of Eye, near Peterborough—valueE£l6l. The Rev. J. L. lson, B.A. of St. John's College, to the curacy of Shepton Mallet, Somerset. The Rev. J. Otter, M.A., of Corpus Christi College, to the vicarage of Ludford Magna. Lincolnshire—value £67. The Rev. W. P. Thomas, LLB., of Trinity Hall, to the vicarage of Wellington, with West Buckland curacy, Sower set shire--value £894. The Rev. A. Kemp, 13. A., of Caius College, to the vicar age of Worth Matrauers, Dorset—value £6OB. The Rev. J. S. Foster, 8.A., of Pembroke College, to the curacy of Leigh -upon-Mendip and Downhead, Somerset. The Rev. J. H. Wise, 8.A., of St. Peter's College, to the curacy of St. Swithin's, Norwich. The Rev. A. H. Small, 8.D., of Emmanuel College, to the curacy of Thurlaston, in the county of Leicester. The Rev. H. Carrow, M.A., of Trinity College, to the curacy of Loxton, Somerset. OXFORD In a Congregation holden on Thursday last, the following Degrees were conferred : BACHELOR IN CIVIL LAW. Rev. William Wetherell, Fellow of New College. MASTERS OF ARTS. Rev. Francis Cradock Twemlow, Oriel College. Rev. George Mount Keith Ellerton, Brasenose College BACHELORS OF ARTS John Walter de Longueville Giffard, Merton college. Rev. Edmund Tew, Magdalene Hall. Octavius Carey, Oriel College. William Bruton, Exeter College. On the 10th instant, the Rev. Evan Evans, M.A., Scholar of Pembroke College, on the Foundation of Sir John Philipps, Bart., was elected to the Fellowship on the same Foundation, in the room of the Rev. F. Thomas, M.A., promoted to the Livings of Lambton and Haroldston West, Petnbrokeshire, void by the death of the Rev. John Andros, M.A. The Rev. Joseph Moore, M.A., of Lincoln College, Domestic Chaplain to the Earl of Morley, and Incumbent of Littleworth, Berks, has been presented to the Vicarage of Buckland, in the same county ; patron, James Moore, Esq. The Rev. Frederick Biscoe, M.A., formerly Student of Christ Church, has been presented to the Vicarage of Coombe Bissett, Wilts, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. R. Bird. The Rev. Theodore Coldridge, M.A., of Exeter College, has been elected Chaplain to Exeter Workhouse. The Rev. Arthur Thomas Gregory, 8.A., formerly of Lincoln College, has been presented to the Perpetual Curacy of Flixton, Lancashire, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. W. C. B. Cave. The Rev. George James Cornish, M.A., formerly of Cor pus Christi College, Vicar of Kenwyn and Kea, Cornwall, has been presented to a Prebendal Stall in Exeter_ Cathedral, vacant by the death of the Rev. Wittington Landon. On Friday, the 17th instant, the Rev. H. Robbins, 8.A., of Wadham College, was elected Head Master of the Stepney Proprietary Grammar School. On Tuesday last, the Rev. William Cockin, M.A., of Brasenose College, was unanimously elected to the Head Mastership of the Grammar School at Kidderminster. The Rev. William Pulling, Fellow of Brasenose College, has been appointed Domestic Chaplain to the Earl Somers. The Rev. William Bousfield, of Lincoln College, has been presented to the Curacy of the third portion of Barnpton Vicarage, in this county. The Rev. Fitzherberi Adams Marriott, M.A., formerly of Oriel College, Rector of Cottesbach, Leicestershire, has been appointed by the Bishop of Tasmania to the Archdeaconry of Hobart Town, and also to be his Lordship's Domestic Chap lain. Rev. Richard Stainforth, M.A., formerly of St. John's College, Cambridge, Vicar of Pontefract, to be Canon of the Stall of St. Anthony, in the Collegiate Church of Mid dleham, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. F. B. Astley. Rev. Francis Rose, M.A., to the Rectory of Little Wool ston, to hold the same by dispensation, together with the Rectory of Woughton-on-the-Green, Bucks; patron, the Queen. Rev. Roger Bird, to the Vicarage of Turkdean, Glouces tershire. Rev. W. Harrison, to be Sunday Evening Lecturer of St Mary, Aldermanbury. Rev. J. W. Butt, - M.A., Vicar of King's Langley, Herts, to be Domestic Chaplain to the Earl of Clarendon. Rev. Henry Thomas Hill, M.A., of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, Perpetual Curate of Lye, Worcestershire, to be Chaplain to the High Sheriff of Worcestershire. Rev. Edward Armett Powell, M.A., Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge, to the Rectory of Toft, with the Vi carage of Caldecote, Cambridgeshire ; patrons, the Master and Fellows of Christ's College. Rev. Richard Parkinson, 8.D., of St. John's College, Cambridge, to be Chaplain of the High Sheriff of Lancashire. Rev. John Blissard. M.A., late Curate of Hampstead Norris, Berks, to that Vicarage, vacant by the death of the Rev. J. Reed; patron, the Marquis of Downshire. Rev. William Stoddart, M.A., formerly of Christ's Col lege, Cambridge, Perpetual Curate of Stretton, in Burton on-Trent, Staffordshire, and Second Master of Repton School, to the Vicarage of Willington, Derbyshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. W. B. Sleath, D.D. ; patrons, the Corporation of Etwall Hospital and Repton School. The twenty-six colleges of Oxford University contained, at the commencement of the present year, 5,657 members of colleges, and 2,898 members of convocation. PRESENTATION OF PLATE.—A handsome pocket Com munion service, with some articles of table plate, were pre sented to the Rev. T. B. Browne, on the occasion of his leaving Wortley, near Leeds. for Roos, near Patrington, where he is now appointed curate. The case of the commu nion service bore this inscription :—" Rev. Thomas Briarly Browne, 8.A., a token of respectful and affectionate regard from the members of his congregation at Wortley, nea r Leeds, on his separatio n f rom th m after two years' residence as their curate. Bth February, 1843. THE ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS BILL.—The following is an extract from a long and able article which appears in the Chester Chronicle, exposing the injustice, inconvenience, and fraud, which would be entailed upon the public by the bill which has been introduced into the House of Commons by Dr. Nicholl :—" At present any person can have a search in the Chester registry for one shilling. To get such search made in the London court will cost ten times as much at the very least. But this is a small matter. The most important is, as to the office cha'rges for business done ; and on this point we have been able to collect some astounding informa tion, which we think ought to rouse the country. For in stance, in cases where probates had been respectively granted under the same wills in the registry of Chester and Doctors' Commons :—ln one estate, the charge in Chester on £35,000 was £l9 Os. sd. : in Doctors' Co mmons , th e c h arge on £16,000 was £34 . 6s, 4d. In another, the charge in Chester on £25,000 was £7 13s. 6d. ; in Doctors' Commons, on £7,000, it was £l9 ss. 10d. In another, the charge in Chester on £4,000 was £5 Os. 10d. ; in Doctors' Commons on £6OO it was £ll Os. 4d. In another. the charge in Chester on £2OO was £7 ss. 11d. ; in Doctors' Commons on £6OO it was £23 Is. 6d. In another, the charge in Chester on £3OO was £1 14s. Bd. ; in Doctors' Commons on £2O it was £2 10s. Bd. These are all recent cases ; and they show that the injustice of Doctors' Commons business is as great on small as large estates." REVENUES OF THE ENGLISH AND WELSH SEES.—The ecclesiastical commissioners found that the aggregate revenues of the 26 sees of England and Wales amounted to about £150,000 per annum, but that this sum was very unequally divided, varying from about £19,000 per annum for Durham, to about £l,OOO per annum for Llandaff. As great an ine quality existed in the extent of the several sees, whether cal culated with reference to the number of benefices or the amount of population in each, tlie number of benefices vary ing from 1,234 in Lincoln to 94 in Rochester, and the popu lation from 1,900,000 in Chester to 126,000 in Ely. And the revenue of the see was often in inverse proportion to its ex tent. The commissioners came to the conclusion that this was a state of things injurious to the interests of the church, and which consequently required alteration ; and, in so doing, they in fact only responded to the opinion which must have been entertained by his late majesty and his responsible ad visers, in the appointment of the commission in the terms before mentioned, an opinion which one would suppose must meet with universal acquiescence among the well-wishers to the established church. The alterations proposed by the commissioners did not involve any increase or diminution of the number of the episcopal sees, or the amount of their ag gregate revenues, but they recommended a more equal distri bution of both revenue and territory among the several sees. With respect to revenue, they recommended that certain an nual payments should be made by the incumbents of the richer sees to a fund, out of which certain annual payments should be made to the incumbents of the poorer sees. And with respect to territory, they recommended the transfer of districts from one diocese to another; but, in consequence of the great extent of the dioceses in the north of England, and of there not being any adjoining dioceses to which transfers of districts could conveniently be made, they re commended the creation of new sees at Ripon and Manches ter ; and on the other hand, the union, in two instances, of certain existing sees, of which the combined duties would not, they considered, be too onerous for a single bishop,— Defence of the Union of the Sees of St. Asaph and Bangor. A NEW SUBJECT OF CONTROVESY AT OXFORD.-13y the will of Dean Ireland, the sum of £lO,OOO, three per cent. consolidated annuities, was left to the chancellor, masters, and scholars of the University of Oxford, on condition that the interest and dividends should be applied for the promotion of a scheme of education " which is now in progress in the said university, under the management of a committee of heads of houses, for the more complete instruction of stu dents, particularly such as are destined for the church." The interest and dividends of this sum of £lO,OOO are to be appropriated for the benefit of a professor, whose department shall be the exegesis of Holy Scripture, as is recommended by the committee in question, other parts of theology being already allotted to other professors under the general scheme. This professor is to be appointed by the heads of colleges and halls ; lie is to be directed by convocation, and is to reside every six months of every year at Oxford. If the above men tioned scheme of education should be abandoned, and it should be found impossible to carry Dr. Ireland's directions into effect, then he directed the chancellor to apply the interest, &c., for and towards the support of the established religion of England generally, or to the promotion of literature and science within the university, as the convocation should de termine. On Thursday, March 9, at two o'clock, a convo cation will be held, at which a statute will be proposed to the house relative to the bequest made by Dr. Ireland. On the acceptance of the bequest last term, a meeting was held in the common room of Oriel, to consider the expediency of re sisting it, on the ground of the patronage being vested in the hebdomadal board. It was overruled, however, in conse quence of the interference of the more moderate of the " Ox ford party," who felt that great offence would be given to Dr. Gaisford, whom Dean Ireland is understood to have con sulted about the terms of the bequest, and the bequest was accepted with two dissentient voices —viz., Mr. Seger, of Worcester, and Mr. of Jesus, friends of Dr. Pusey and of Mr. Newman. The statute to be proposed on the 9th of next month admits the new professor into the theological board, of which Dr. Hampden is the chairman. This is objected to by the above-named party on the ground that Dr. Pusey, a e_ s Hebrew professor, claims to be exegetical professor. professor sides that, it is urged that the addition of one more e double — viz., make the regius professor of divinity's vote ti as chair viz., a vote as professor, and one in case of equality, absence' of a man ; whereas he now has one in case of an member of the board, and an equality of vote s apbreessideent and d h i is t can never happen when all the is to be hoped that the hebdomadal the " Oxford members wil The enabled to carry their statute in spite of the oPPosituin of Party."—Church and State Gazette. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON The annual general court of the proprietors of the above college was held, on Wednesday, in the theatre of the Insti tution, Gower-street. The report stated that in the session of 1841-2 the pupils in the college and the junior classes numbered 886. Of those 336 were students in medicine. 155 in the arts, and 395 were pupils in the junior school. The amount of receipts from students and pupils was £12,756 4s. Gd., of which sum £9,081 18s. having been paid to the professors and masters, £3,675 2s. 10d. fell to the share of the college. The year's income from other sources was £4,039 lls. 4d., and the dis bursements from the establishment department, including payment for several permanent additions to the property of the college, interest upon mortgage, &c., amounted to £4,000 17s. 11d., thus showing that the expenses were co vered by the receipts. Of the sum above mentioned of £12,756 4s. 6d, received for education, £5,570 10s. was de rived from classes of the medical faculty, £2,570 11s. 6d. from these of the arts and law. To the library a set of works, 100 in number, printed by the government press . at Cairo, had been presented by Lord Brougham, who had received them from the Pasha of Egypt. The junior school produced during the year £4,615, a sum less by £282 than the year before. The collection made at the public dinner in June last was £1,120. Colonel L. Stanhope recommended, first, that clergymen be appointed to read prayers and the Scriptures for the be nefit of the university. He thought th a t it wa s hi g hly ne- cessary that a system of religions instruction should be undertaken by the university. The council and the proprie tors had seen that there were but 145 pupils in the general school, when they expected to have had at least 3,000. If they had gone properly to work they would have had the latter number; but persons exclaimed, "I cannot send my sons to the London University, because there is no religion there." He (Col. L. Stanhope) assured the proprietors that the college was a complete failure, for their shares were per fectly valueless in the market ; they had no money ; they could not even, on accoun t o f te expense, accept a present just offered ; they had no religion, and he might say no hope. There might be some dogmatical philosophers who thought that the world might be conducted without religion, but he should like to ask, did they follow that practice in their own families ? He would say, that at the time the college was founded, had the devil himself crept into the council to ar range matters for the destruction of the society, they could not have adopted measures better suited to the purpose than they had. Captain SWEENEY, a proprietor, complained of the man ner in which his two nephews, scholars in the university, had been neglected. Last Christmas vacation, being anxious to see what progress the young gentlemen had made in their studies, he opened a Virgil before the one who learned Latin, when he was surprised that he could not translate or scan two lines. He then tried them in mathematics, and found them more backward in that science than when they went to the college. They had been greatly neglected, and assured him that little or no trouble had been taken with them. Professor Key said that he paid all possible attention to the various classes in the school, though his duties were chiefly devoted to the senior Latin class. The nephews of Captain Sweeney were brought direct from France when they could hardly speak English, and it could not, therefore, be supposed that, being at the college but a short time, they had made much progress. Their studies had not been ne glected, as the hon. proprietor asserted. Colonel Stanhope's motion fell to the ground for want of a seconder. Lord Brougham was elected president, the Earl of Auck land vice-president, and Mr. John Taylor treasurer. [On this subject the London Times remarks—" The gal lant colonel gives a pretty strong hint that he conceived the council to be little better than receivers of money under false pretences, liable to account for what they held in the Court of Chancery. " You have no religion," says the colonel, " and I may 1202 V say (THEREFORE) NO HOPE !" This from a proprietor of the Gower-street College. Quis tulerit Gracchos " All education," say the advocates of this and other institutions, " for promoting neutral education must be either neutral or sectarian." We accept this exposition of their views. It assumes that truth is sectarian ; and on this issue —viz., whether there is or is not any tangible, real distinction be tween truth and falsehood, whether truth is or is not to be classed with error, and all condemned alike under the deno mination of sectarianism, we gladly rest the question. And that the neutral plan, which holds that there is no such dis tinction, is essentially and radically wrong, is shown in this model of neutrality, the Gower -street College. With their own mouths they tell us, " the college is a complete failure." And why ? "It has no religion, and no hope." It dares not recognize the existence of truth and falsehood in the most important element of education. It dares not to know any truth whatsoever.] CURIOUS FACT IN NATURAL HISTORY.—A gentleman who cultivates a farm in the ticinity of Dumfries, bought lately some of the lime used in our gas work for the process of the purification of the gas, in order to make a compost of manure for his farm purposes. The hens in his poultry-yard, which were laying eggs, had access to this compost ; and as it is well known that fowls partake readily of lime, which enters largely into, and is necessary to the formation of the shell, they fed, it is supposed, according to their appetite, upon it. The consequence was, that in a few days the gen tleman and other members of his family perceived, at break fast, with a good deal of astonishment, that the eggs, on being opened, had such an intolerable smell of gas that no one could eat them.—Dumfries Herald. AN INDEPENDENT CHAPEL SEIZED BY THE SHERIFF.— A novel scene occurred on Tuesday last, in East Stockwell steet, Colchester. Owing to some dispute between the Rev. Jos. Herrick and the trustees of the chapel, in which he has preached for many years, an action of ejectment was brought against him, to recover possession of the meeting-house; and judgment having been obtained, the sheriff's officer went with due authority on Tuesday morning, and read the writ, and afterwards allowed all the books, cushions, &c., that belonged to the congregation, to be taken away by them. Several hundred persons assembled to witness so novel a scene. After it was cleared out the doors were locked, and the keys delivered to a person appointed to receive them on behalf of the trustees who instituted the proceedings, and thus the matter ended.—C'helmsford Chronicle. DR. WOLFF.—This distinguished man read a paper on the Life and Death of Muliammed before the Leeds Philoso phical and Literary Society, on the lith inst. The personal acquaintance of the lecturer with the scene of Mohammed's impostures, and his profound knowledge of the oriental lan guages, gave a peculiar interest and freshness to the histo rical narrative; while his sound Catholic views induced re flections upon the opinions of " the Arabian Cromwell," as Dr. Wolff designated Muhammed, which were deeply in structive. The learned lecturer clearly shewed, that it was not until Christianity became corrupted by Arianism and other heresies, that the licentious creed of the anti-christ of Mecca—only a deeper shade of prevailing heresy—could obtain entrance into the east. In refutation of a popular misconception, Dr. Wolff observed that the professed Unita rianism of Mubauamed increased rather than palliated his wickedness, and the more nearly associated him with the spirit of those demons who, though acknowledging the ex istence of the one God, are demons still. Dr. Wolff con cluded by reminding his audience of the fact of the Church of Christ being the only barrier against the dogmas of Mu hammed or those of any other heretical impostor. POPERY AND CHINA.—The Univers of the 12th inst. states that the most consoling news for the followers of Christianity has been circulating for the last fortnight in Paris. According to letters from Rome, written by person ages of note, authentic information has been received in the eternal city from the Catholic missionaries in China, an nouncing that the Emperor of the Celestial Empire has given permission to the missionaries to enter and pass freely over his domiuions without being interrupted, and that he had also requested ❑ew and more numerous missionaries to be sent over. It is certain, at all events, that the Propaganda has already appointed forty religious (amongst whom are some Jesuits) for the Chinese mission, on which they are soon to enter. The same letters of the Chinese missionaries confirm the glorious miracle of the apparition of our Lord, in pre sence of a great multitude of the faithful and of the infidels. The Gazelle du Simplon of the Bth inst. gives details of the miracle in the following terms :—" All religious hearts will rejoice at the happy news which we have to announce, and which we have received from different quarters about the same time. Already had Catholicism hailed with hope the unexpected event which laid the barriers of the Chinese em pire prostrate before European nations ; but we have now to record more signal signs of the approaching conversion of its swarms of inhabitants. That land which has been so long bathed with the blood of martyrs, is about to be covered with an abundant harvest, which new spiritual workmen are called to gather in. Yes, the reign of persecution has now ceased ; the people who sat in darkness have been illuminated with a great light, and the day is drawing nigh wherein the church will forget its combats, in order to sing the praises of Him who has rendered it triumphant. According to accounts de rived from an authentic source, in the apostolic vicariate of China, a great number of Christiana and Pagans, natives of China, beheld in the air the image of Christ crucified. If the news which we have given be confirmed, and if, as it is stated, the emperor, being resolved to embrace the Catholic faith, has sent to the Sovereign Pontiff for fresh missiona ries, the most important result. may be anticipated, and the conversion of a nation may be reckoned on, the inhabitants of which amount to 300,000,000.•'—[We copy the above pa ragraph from the Tablet, a Roman Catholic journal, to show the working of Popery. In the same paper, the editor ex poses what he justly calls the diabolical imposition attempted at Youghall by a nun ; and here he copies, without comment, an equally " diabolical" pious fraud, invented for the pur pose of raising money in the introduction of Popery into China. Truly has it been said, we do not know what Popery is when it is only seen in the neighbourhood of Protestantism. —Editor of Record.] TRUE CHURCHMEN.—The following is the character drawn by Bishop Burnett of those persons who are idly nick named " Low Churchmen" by those whose avowed object it is to unprotestantize our national church. " They are cordially and conscientiously zealous for the church, as es tablished by law ; but yet they think no human constitution is so perfect but that it may be made better . . . . , • They lay the foundation of all that they believe in the Christian religion in the Scriptures. These, and these only, are the measure and standard of their faith. N° great names nor shows of authority overawe them; they search the Scriptures; there they seek and find their faith. " They think that in matters declared to be indifferent, no harm could follow on it, if some regard were had to the scruples of these who divide from us, in order to the forti fying the whole by uniting us among ourselves. But till that can be done, they think a kind deportment towards dis senters softens their prejudices, and disposes them to hearken to the reasons which they offer them with all the force they can, without the asperity of words, or a contemptuous be haviour, in which they have succeeded so well that they see no cause to change their conduct. They do indeed make a great difference between Dissenters and Papists. They con sider the one as a handful of people true to the Protestant religion and to our national interests, not capable of doing us much mischief, and who are, as far as appears to them, contented with their toleration, and are only desirous to secure and maintain it. They have another and a very different opinion of Popery. . . .They consider Popery as a conspiracy against the liberty and peace of mankind, on design to engross the wealth of the world into their own hands, and to destroy all that stands in their way, sticking at no practice, how false, base, or cruel soever, that can advance this. This is the true ground of their zeal against Popery, and indeed against every thing that has a tendency that way. The raising the power and authority of sacred functions beyond what is founded on clear warrants in Scripture,:is, they think, the readiest way to give the world such a jealousy of them, and such an aversion to them, as may make them lose the authority that they ought to have, while they pretend to that they have not. They dare not unchurch all the bodies of the Protestants beyond sea; nor deny to our dissenters at home the federal rights common to all Christians, nor leave them to uncovenanted mercy. They do not annul their baptisms, or think that they ought to be baptized again in a more regular manner before they can be accounted Christians. They know of no power in a priest to pardon sin, other than declaring the gospel pardon, upon the conditions on which it is offered. They know of no sacrifice in the eucharist, other than the commemorating that on the cross, with the oblations of the prayers, praises, and almsgiving prescribed in the office. They are far from condemning private judgment in matters of religion. This strikes at the root of the whole Reformation, which could never have been compassed if private men have not a right to judge for themselves. On the contrary, they think that every man is BOUND to judge for himself, which indeed be ought to do, in the fear of God, and with all humility and caution. They look on all these notions as steps towards popery, though they do not conclude that all those who have made them designed that by so doing." f/ f ;( . . 4 i , .\'::;;-:,- ; 11 'i.:: - .' 1 -47--4->•,. '-,,, tot . , Al(4l:ti c ,C' MARRIAGE OF THE ClI / scAS I X;.M,' t,i2a,;,,per HANOVER= - - ZIA c IVc IS At :4 !sr HANOVEEt FEB. W.—Among the twenty-four sovereigns and princes who will be present at the marriage ceremonies and festivities, there are eight reigning sovereigns ; viz.. the Kings of Hanover and Prussia; the Grand Duke of Olden burg and Mecklenburg Schwerin, and the Duke of Saxe Al tenburg, Brunswick, Nassau and Anhault Dessau. and the three hereditary Princes of Hanover, Prussia, and Mecklen burg. 17.—At this moment (tour in the afternoon) the Princess Mary of Altenburg makes her entry into the city, rather later than she was expected, she having been delayed on the road by the festive reception given her in almost every place between this and Hildesheim. _ FEB. I9.—At the marriage of the Crown-Prince, yesterday evening, the chapel was not crowded. Above fifty carriages could not draw up in time to the only doo r , which ZIS closed exactly at seven o'clock, and many persons who had tickets could not gain admission. Those, however, who got to the chapel in time formed a splendid assemblage. The procession was conducted precisely as arranged by the pro gramme, only that the Grand Duke of Oldenburg was kept away by disposition. The bride wore a white robe of drag d'argent, with a profusion of jewels, a diadem of diamonds, and a wreath of myrtle entwined the crown. The exchange of rings was announced by a exchange of artillery. During the benediction the young couple knelt at the altar, and. when they rose, the king embraced them, and all the princes and ladies present warmly expressed the interest they took on the happy occasion. Proceeding to the upper apartments of the royal palace, the formal congratulations were renewed, but there was no ball. At eleven o'clock the Crown-Princess, accompanied by her mother, and the Crown-Prince by his father-in-law, went to the palace of the Crown-Prince, where the august parents stopped with the young couple for some time. Their royal highnesses showed themselves to the people this morning, driving to church in an open carriage drawn by six cream-coloured horses. A robin redbreast has built its nest in a mitre carved over one of the stalls of Glocester Cathedral, and is at present sitting on four eggs. Young people invariably wish to be thought older than they are. In a few years they are cured of this penchant, and run into the opposite extreme. The Hon. G. H. Stanley, a son of Lord Stanley, has been seriously indisposed for the last few days. The answers re turned on Sunday to enquiries was, " Mr. Stanley is a little better." The young gentleman is about 17 years of age. A professional gentleman, well known in Nortdcb, by the name of Bexfield, executes Handel's chorus, " But the waters overwhelmed," playing the whole of the bass with the pedals, on the organ. Where will execution end ? The venerable Earl Grey has been re-elected president of the Northumberland Agricultural Society, of which the Duke of Northumberland is patron. The venerable ex-Premier, who completes his seventy-ninth year on the 13th of the en suing month, is in the enjoyment of good health. CAPE OF Goon HoPE.— Advices were received on Satur day morning from the Cape down to the lith December. Some rather important military movements had taken place towards Colesbourg, and Colonel Hare is to take the com mand of 1200 men beyond the Orange River. This activity has been caused by an offensive movement in Adam Kok's district of the Griqua country, and open preparations to at tack Philipolis, independent of other proofs of open rebellion, supposed to be connected with the proceedings of the Natal Boers. These unequivocal demonstrations of the natives have fully convinced the governor of the necessity of active measures. DEATH FROM EXCESSIVE DRINKING.—On Wednesday night, the 16th instant, at about half-pas: twelve o'clock, framework knitter, aged 53, named Joseph Daft, was found dead in his bed at Sneinton by his sister, Hannah Daft. The deceased had been in the workhouse, but notwithstanding his poverty, would often contrive to be in a state of intoxica tion for a month together. He had just finished one of his drunken freaks, and was nursing himself to recover from the effects. On the night of his death he had taken caster oil, and in half an hour after his retiring to bed he was found dead as described. — Nottingham Journal. HORRIBLE ACCIDENT.—On Friday, the 10th inst., Samp son Chivnoweth, who was employed as stampsman at the Royal Polheron Consols Mine, in St. Agnes, was unfortunately killed. It appeared be was about to apply some oil to th e co:-wheels of the machine , when his jacket was probably caught by the cogs, and he was drawn in, and crushed to death by the wheels. This was evident from the wheels, which were besmeared with blood and large portions of the brain. Several pieces of the jacket were also found adher ing to the teeth of the wheels, and near them were his hat and oil-can. The body, when found, was disengaged from the machinery, and had fallen into the pass behind the heads ; and had it remained undiscovered an hour longer it would have been pounded to atoms, and washed off along with the tin stuff.—Plymouth Journal. AN ECCENTRIC BRIDE.—On the 26th of last month a wedding was celebrated among the inhabitants of that fertile mountain side lying to the north-west of Beauly. The fes tivities were carried on with the usual glee—mirth and good humour ruled the hour—and " all went merry as a marriage bell," when, as it drew near the " witching hour" of night, the company deemed it expedient to separate, first wishing the young couple " good night" in the old Highland style : but their plans were nearly frustrated—for, lo! the bride was gone—where none could tell. Anxiously and mournfully was she sought for. Some of the old folks began to tell " auld world' tales of " fairy brides and elfin wooers," when, to the mingled amazement and delight of most of the com pany, ,at the end of two hours the fugitive returned, and a reconciliation took place. —lnverness Courier. - - DOMESTIC TRAGEDY.—A letter received in town this day states that an occurrence of a very tragical nature took place the day before yesterday near the town of Tuam, and, as the parties move in a respectable sphere in life, the event has caused no slight sensation. It appears th at a Mr. Michael Ward, son of M r . M anu s Ward, of Doon Castle, in the county of Galway, a gen tleman of independent p r op ert y , and his wife had no t f o r some ti m e past been living on amicable terms, the lady being, it is alleged, severely afflicted by the ." green-eyed m ons t er "— w hether with jus t reason or no is, ttweveri a mystery. On the day in q uestion, a serious dif ence arose between man and wife, to avoid which Mr. Ward retired to the kitchen for the purpose of seeing his dogs fed : thither his enraged partner followed, armed with a pistol loaded with slugs, the contents of which she discharged at the ill-fated man, who, after a vain struggle to detain her in his grasp, sank down, bleeding and exhausted : he lies at present iu a very low state, with strong symptoms of in flammation being about to set in. Th e wretched woman, who is most respectably connected, being grand niece of the late Lord Clanniorris, has for the present escaped.—Dublin correspondent of the Times. THE CHURCH AT JERUSALEM.—Private accounts from Beyrout, under date of the Ist instant, state that the Emir Amhed Reslan, the Druise Kaimacan, bad been liberated from prison, and reinstated by Assad Pasha in his functions. He had fixed his residence at Shouafat, and the Catholic Emir Haider at Soiima. On the 14th ult. Izzett, Pasha of Jerusalem, forwarded a message by on e of his effendis to M. Nicolayson, the chaplain of Bishop Alexander, enjoining him, as be had no authority for building a Protestant church at Jerusalem, to cause remorarks to be suspended. AL colayson having vainly strated with the Pasha, it was resolved that the Bishop should repair to Beyrout, to take the advice of the British and Prussian Consuls-General, and his lordship accordingly started from Jerusalem on the 20th for Jaffa, where he embarked d the c for Beyrout. bef On ore the 23 those d htwo e reached this last city, an laiase functionaries, who thought proper to refer it to their respec tive ambassadors at Constantinople. Assad Pasha, to whom they applied in the mean time for an explanation of the mo tives of this prohibition, pleaded total ignorance of the aflair. A STUBBORN ENGLISHMAN. Sir Je TOMM:BOWCS. w h o died in 1616. has the following anecdote related of him b Pepys :—" Sept. 5, 1662.-1 dined to-day at Mr. Blend's, the merchant, where I met Sir John Wolstenholine, and other very grave fine gentlemen : very good company : and among other discourse some was of Sir Jerom Bowes, Bra n) to be dragged bassador from Queene Elizabeth to the Emperor of Russia; who, because some of the noblemen there would go up stairs to the Emperor before him, be would not go up till the And when he was come up, they de ordered t hei I f h h o e s a e d d two o n (nobl emen) l g e m u p e on every stai? till Emperor i d h o e w y n wer e a h s a ,with killed.d ah a ow sol h d i i s e c r. om A m n a d oa la o s if they would have his sword they should have _ gown , and nightcap, and slippers to be sent for mended his sword of him before he entered the room. He aEneelndpoenrOertostlaeyaptiflrlonilie t c h o e u w ld in g d o ow inhis nigh t aud ; told them, his boots too,—And so caused his boots to be pulled off, and of our Enabassador, he repli e ddown,n his night and made the dress, since he might nte n m ot pt g , n to as j t be h rou e tkae, dhiids E m peror, oeoealehm in i n the sight that his mistress did Set more by, and didmake b better use of, the necks of her subjects : but said, that to show h her subjects would do for her, he would and did fling d o w n his gantlett before the Emperor; and challeng ed all nobility there to take it up, in defence of the Emp eror the against his Queene: for which at this very day the nam e , of Sir Jerom Bowes is famous and honoured there " . —Pepy s Diary. Baoss AND Burrsa.—During Cromwell's Pr otectorship the pia "ncipal residences of Charles II was at the court of 's sister in Holland. The Laird of Cock e i s en t o staunch adhe rent to the house of Stuart. followed the attached himself to Charles' household. pr in c eCoclr thither, and Cockpen, from his skill and proficiency in music, very much contributed to di vert bis royal master, by the impressive manner in which he played the favourite airs of his native Pleased Charles so well as the tune of " Bro se and but none , and Butter.' So partial was he to this air, that with " Br se sounding in his ears he was lulled to sl ose anduer" eep at night, nu ts with " Brose and Butter" awaked from hi s t he Restoration Cockpen returned morning slumber. At to Scotland, whe be found that, in consequence of his attachment re to the royal cause, his estate had been attained cations be made to have it put • Many were the appli cationsagain in his possession, but all to no purpose. He at length ' went to London, but was coldly received by the courtiers , - ftl his y, when s b - put off with fair promises, and, in all his attempts to gain wa s baffled and thwarted. Hav ing /in audience of the king , h e formed an intimacy, as a mus ician, with the organist the king's chapel, he solicited , an d obtained, as a special f ? f the organ before his Majesty, at avour, permission to perform on the royal chapel. Cockpen exerted his talents to the utm ost, thinking to attract the at tention of Charles, but all his efforts were unavailing. On the conclusion of the service, common voluntary. instead , of a . ~ in a fit of despair he struck up Brose and Butter , which no sooner caught the ear of the king than be flew to the or g an gallery. The regular organist, perceiving the vivid fl ashes of Charles' eye, was seized with such a panic that be fell on his knees and protested his innocence. "It was not me, please your majesty, it was not me !" " You! you l" exclaimed the enraptured monarch, as he hastily passed him,—" You never could play anything like it in your life. Then, addressing his old associate in exile,—" Odds fish , Cockp en! I thought yon would have made me dance." " I could have danced to ' Brose and Butter' once with a light heart too," rep lied the performer, " but my adherence to y our ma ha jesty's interest has bereft me of the lands of Cockpen." " You sll dance," said Charles, " you shall dance, and be Laird of Cockpen yet." Accor dingly the Laird was put in poss ession of his inheritance. THE LATE DR. MITFORD.-- The following interesting notice of her father from the griphic pea of Miss Mitford, and of her own unwearied desotiou, a ppears in Mrs. Sigour ney's Pleasant Memories of Pleasan!eLeris :--" The el ample of filial devotion exhibited by Ma hli ord adds lustre and grace to the rich imagery of her p a g e. An aged father, of whom she is the only child, is the oj b obj ect of her constant cherishing care. Years have elapsed sinc e she has left receives calls only him scarcely for an evening, and she h 1 during those hours in the afternoop when d e regu arly takes rest upon his bed. She is ever in at n ance upon him, cheering him by the recital of passing events, and pouring into his spirit the fresher life of her own. The faithful per formance of such high and holy duty contains within itself its own reward. I cannot withhold a sweet picture drawn by her th e oh sensible that she bad no intention of its meeting public eye. 'My father,' she writes, 'i s a s w an . did old man, with a most noble bead, a fine countenance full of benevolence and love, hair of silvery whiteness, and a complexion like winter berries. I suppose there was never a snore beautiful embodiment of healthful and virtuous old age. He possesses all his faculties with the most vigorous clearness , but his hea lth suffers, and my time is almost t i re ly devoted to bit service, waiting upon him and reading en . to him by night and by day. He is affected at your and sends his blessing to you and yours. How t message, his comfort, in his advanced years and increasing infirmities. pr occupies most of my thoughts. It is my privi lege many s acrifices to this blessed duty; for with to make father, should Ibe so unhapy to survive 11. my dearest that binds me to this world. " ' him, will depart all