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Nov. 28,1848. THE L IVERP€ tIEL.—,---,...........—......._ ....----_~,, 184 t, literature. . CORRESPONDENCE. SCHEME FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE !leld 4 EPISCOPATE. -.4. SUPPOSE THE JEWS BECOME " THE POWERS ii ) POETRY. THAT BE," WHAT TREATMENT WOULD The Church and State Gazette of Friday contains a CHRISTIANITY EXPERIENCE AT THEIR scheme of this description, which, without grants of SONNET. HANDS ? money, or interference with existing episcopal funds, lok :place at Leaves, Autumn leaves, I hear your rustling sound, TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. provides one bishop and one archdeacon for every county of militia" As now in solitude I muse away SIR,--A correspondent in your paper has suggested the in England and Wales, except the lesser counties of Rut le former. The sunlight hour, whose shadows throW around above question, and has invited a discussion of it ; and I land, Radnor, and Flint ; four for Yorkshire ; two for of the mill" Their calm , soft light upon the closing day. would approach the subject by observing that we have no the larger counties of Lincoln and Devon ; three for rho is in deadly And, as 1 view y e, strewn on Earth ' s cold bed, metropolis ; one for the Isle of Man ; and one for the reason to believe the Jews ever will be restored to national Or hear ye sweeping by with every breath, Channel Islands—in all sixty bishops and sixty arch )k place last I think of many a fair and gentle head, unity and power while in a state of unbelief. if our city, Laid low, like ye, by that stern spoiler Death. On account of the manifold sins of the Jewish people, deacons. This may be accomplished by the annexation d to shoot - The night wind mournfully will sigh, among obstinately persisted in, it has pleased God to punish of thirty livings in public patronage, and the use of the The doctor Your trees so desolate, a requiem wild, them by withholding His grace from them, and at the funds actuall y app lied to the present archdeaconries, iilitary'2oP- . For ye, light fragile things, whose murmuring song same time depriving them of all national power. Thus I The following is a summary of the scheme : pted.Soo Was nature's gentlest music, soothing, mild; But though Time takes ye, soon on his swift wing Hosea writes :" My God will cast them away, because n England, forty-eight bishops, with a minimum hi lls brother- Ye'll smiling come again, sweet messengers of Spring ! they did not hearken unto him, and they sh a ll be wan- come of £l,OOO a-year. "W . derers among the nations." ix. 17. How long shall they In Wales ten ; Isle of Man one ; and Channel Isles illia m, MARY CATHERINE . youll see b e wan d erers i s th e nex t point? And the answer is to he one : with a minimum income of £750 a-year. the newg, To each bishop one archdeacon, with an allowance of ning," and, THE LAST OF SEVEN. found in the prophecy of our Lord as recorded by St. £lOO a- Luke, chap. xxi. : " Jerusalem shall be trodden down of year. overheard Nay, be not angry, chide her not, the Gentiles, until the ti m e s of the Gentiles be fulfilled." A-YEAR. Sums required for such bishops . should Although the child has err'd ; ver . 24. A n d w h at comes t o pass w h en th e ti mes are ful luel, or at- Nor bring the tears into her eyes fill e d ? " Then shall they see the Son of Man coming in " ,P sixty archdeacon5.... ng, but be B y one un ge ntle word. a cloud, with power and great glory." ver. 27. yer should When that sweet linnet sang, before X 10,965 How does His appearing affect the Jews personally ? dreadful a Our summer roses died, Towards which, the returned incomes of A sister's arm was round her neck, It converts them ; they become repentants , and believe; fifty-nine archdeaconries with him- A brother at her side. seeing Him eye to eye, they believe without hesitation, { „ Durham 2 l,loBln Canterbury 1 l,OOO Light of re- —(it is worthy of remark, St. Paul's conversion was oc- Stalls annexed But now in grief she walks alone ihe might B y every garden-bed ; casioned by seeing Jesus, who " appeared" to him for the to ditto „ Oxford. 1 . he then re- That sister's clasping arm is cold; purpose of making him a minister and a witness. Acts, Unreturned incomes of eleven arch- 1 —'s lad/ That brother's voice is fled. xxvi. 15, 16. Thus it is written—" Behold, He cometh ermined oe And when she sits beside my chair with clouds, and every eye shall see Him, and they also deaconries. 5. 'Mae' With face so pale and meek, which pierced Him, and all kindreds of the earth shall hied to the And eyes bent oer her book, I see wail because of Him." Rev. i. 7. This Jewish wailing is Balance £7so w Sub-in- The tears upon her cheek. described by Zechariah, chap. xii : " And T will pour upon Balance required, £750 a-year ; but against this are had heard• Then chide her not ; but whisper now, • the proceeds of the eleven archdeaconries not returned, the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusa " Thy trespass is forgiven ;" also the notorious excess of the real above the returned is case, and Bow canst thou frown in that pale face 7 lem, the spirit of grace and of supplications ; and they off for the She is the last of seven. shall look upon me who m they h ave pi erc ed, a nd they values : nothing, therefore, can be actually required, but arrival the shall mourn for him as one mourneth for his eldest son, rather a surplus may be expected. the justice VARIETIES. and shall be in bitterness for him as one that is in bitter- Livings pro- In the gift of the Crown 8 Lord Chancellor p the facts, . ness f or hi s firstborn." ver. 10. (Read also verses 11, ,4 . -- and 'What must you do to a Tea table to make it fit to eat? 12, 13, 14.) posed to be 4, Governor of Jersey. 1 having for- Give it up.—Why take awry the tea (T) and it becomes How does His appearing affect the Jews nationally ? annexed, are PI Bishops jetted, but eatable. " Behold, the days shall come, saith the Lord, that I will If Deans and Chapters 5 tif h e did In a case in the Queen's Bench last week, Mr. Justice raise unto David a righteous branch, and a King shall 30 was lost, Patteson, on hearing of the Southport Railway, said reign and prosper, ar.ci shall execute judgment and justice Incomes realized would be, to The depo- l l Southport, where is that ? I never heard of the place in the earth. IN His DAYS Judah shall be saved, and led up and i n my l i fe. " Israel shall dwell saf e ly, an d this i s hi s name w h ere by h e 7 Sees £ 750 le Crowleft TREGERMANY OF 1848.—N0 man—says Dunshunner— shall be called, the Lord our Righteousness." Jeremiah, 12 „ ... Ito put on 10 „ who has this year visited Germany, could believe that it is xxiii. 5, 6. " And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and . 31 ff Td in dis- the same country which he knew in the days of its tran- to them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the in he called quillity. In former times, the tourist, if his opinions Lord." Isaiah lix. 20. " The sons also of them that af- Total.. 60 and hay- happened to be extra liberal, or slightly savouring of re- flitted thee shall come bending unto thee, and all they be found, publicanism, would have done well to abstain from pro- that despised thee shall bow down at the soles of thy feet, EMIGRATION TO BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. , Mr. ------• claiming them over loudly in the streets. I have myself and they shall call thee the city of the Lord, the Zinn of proceeded seen a dirty Frenchman, of the propaganda school, cere- the Holy One of Israel." Isaiah, lx. 14. " And they With regard to the increase of population in the above ned home, moniously conducted from the hotel to the guardhouse of shall build up the old wastes ; they shall raise up the for- colonies, some very interesting statistics may be gleaned ise appear- Mayence, by a couple of armed police, in consequence of mer desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the from the recently-published annual report of the " Soci- E exhibited s tirade against royalty ; and I recollect that, for some desolation of many generations." Isa. lxi. 4. _ - ety for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts." In a case in the Queen's Bench last week, Mr. Justice Patteson, on hearing of the Southport Railway, said H Southport, where is that ? I never heard of the place in my life." THEGEamANY . OF 1848.—N0 man—says Dunshunner— who has this year visited Germany, could believe that it is the same country which he knew in the days of its tran quillity. In former times, the tourist, if his opinions happened to be extra liberal, or slightly savouring of re publicanism, would have done well to abstain from pro claiming them over loudly in the streets. I have myself Been a dirty Frenchman, of the propaganda school, cere moniously conducted from the hotel to the guardhouse of Mayence, by a couple of armed police, in consequence of a tirade against royalty ; and I recollect that, for some time afterwards, there was considerable speculation as to the place of his ultimate destination. Now, the dan ger lies the other way. The more radicalism you can /mister up, the better you will be appreciated in such ci ties as Cologne and Frankfort,—the former of which Places, if I had my will, should be deliberately devoted Without mercy to the infernal gods. Always a nest of rascality and filth, Cologne now presents an appearance Which is absolutely revolting. Its streets are swarming With scores of miscreants in blouses, belching out their Unholy hymns of revolution in your face, and execrating aristocracy with a gusto that would be refreshing to the soul of Cuffev.—Blackwood's Magazine. With regard to the increase of population in the above colonies, some very interesting statistics may be gleaned from the recently-published annual report of the " Soci ety for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts." It appears that East and West Canada has a million and a half of residents, among whom 154 of the society's missionaries are distributed : while in Nova Scotia, Cape Breton, and Prince Edward's Island, there are 47 labour ing among a population of 246,160. New Brunswick, Newfoundland, and the Bermudas comprise an aggregate population of 313,601, and also missionaries belonging to the society to the number of 75. The entire cost of these ministers during the last year amounted to £29,125. The report, urging a further increase of clergy in these dis tricts, continues to the effect that, during 1847, no less than 109,680 persons emigrated to the colonies, besides 142,154 who landed in the United States. This is the largest emigration on record, but it is anticipated that about 130,000 will be found to have left during the course of the present year. In reference to the important colo nies of Australia, Van Diemen's Land, New Zealand, and the Cape, the population is estimated at a little over half a million, the extent of space about as many square miles, and the number of missionaries from the society no more than 55. The population of Port Philip has increased by emigration, in the course of the last three years, from 15,000 to nearly 50,000. After a summary of the society's extensive operations in India and the West Indies, the report concludes (in reference to emigration) by urging the most strenuous exertions on behalf of the objects of the association, for these reasons :—" While the government, parishes, stipendiary agents, are all re commending emigration as at once a remedy for the in creasing poverty of this country, and the best means of augmenting the industry and wealth of the colonies, none of these parties undertake to supply the emigrant with the ministration of religion for himself, or the means of educating his children. The religious department, so to speak, though necessary to the permanent success of any scheme of colonization, is passed over by its leading ad vocates, and left entirely to the Society for the Propaga tion of the Gospel." ctor, " 'tis could have top speed. r the head mnediately. I believe the restoration of the Jews to the Holy Land will be effected by the Lord in person, at His coming— " In His days Judah shall be saved," &c., and not before. I trust that proof sufficient is offered in these scriptural statements to satisfy your correspondent and your readers, that it is not the will of Providence to restore political power to the Jews while in an unconverted state. And truly His mercy is manifest in His arrangements. Had he continued them united and powerful, then indeed would this stiffnecked, rebellious, and hardened nation been the terror of the world. They would have tyrannised over all, for the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel; and, unrestrained by a reverential awe, they would have especially endeavoured to hinder the propagation of the Gospel. And therefore just and merciful is Jehovah in keeping them low amongst the nations, and restraining their wrath and power until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled, when their righteous King shall come, who will pour upon them the spirit of grace and supplication, and restore them, and make them an holy nation, a royal priesthood (see I. Peter, i. 9), and send them forth as ambassadors to proclaim His praises through the length and breadth of a regenerated world. I wish this Jewish question was more studied: there is much, very much, written concerning it. It would enable many to cheer the hearts of the chosen people, by draw ing their attention to their own land, and to the person and attributes of their Great King. Nothing can elevate this people but a knowledge of the Gospel, and their pe culiar interest in it. Many a feature of the present time would become known, and recognised as signs of the near approach of our long absent Lord. Many a popular de lusion would be banished from the public mind ; Libe ralism in vain would extol her follies; in vain she would urge the enlightened Gentiles to bestow political power on the Jew while unconverted ; in vain would she en tice the enlightened Jew to entangle himself with Gentile governments. But she succeeds in high placas where spiritual darkness dwells, and the trial of blending Chris tian and anti-Christian in the council chamber of the na tion will be made, and will end in confusion to both par ties, worse confounding our already perplexed and dis tracted Cabinet. st, Mand to Pairick bject, and, he doctor's asked what ou under a planation► Lgistrater doe - tor was The late Mr. Tegg, the publisher in Cheapside, gave the following list of remunerative payments to distinguished authors in his time :—Fragments of History, by Charles Pox, sold by Lord Holland for 5,000 guineas. Fragments of History, by Sir James Mackintosh, at £5OO. Lin tards History of England, £4,683. Sir Walter Scott's Buonaparte was sold, with printed books, for £18,000; the nett receipts of the first two editions only must have been £lOO,OOO. The Life of Wilberforce, by his sons, 4,000 guineas. Life of Byron, by Moore, £4,000. Life of Sheridan, by Moore, £2,000. Life of Hannah More, 4'2,000. Life of Cowper, by Southey, £lOOO. Life and Times of George IV., by Lady C. Bury, £lOOO. Byron's Works, £20,000. Lord of the Isles, half share, £l5OO. Lala Rookh, by Moore, £3,000. Rejected addresses, by Smyth, £lOOO. Crabbe's Works, republication of, by Mr. Murray, £3,000. Wordsworth's Works, republica tion, by Mr. Moxon, £lO5O. Bulwer's Rienzi, £l6OO. Marryatt's Novels, £5OO to £lOOO each. Trollop's Fac tory Boy, £lBOO. Hannah More derived £30,000 per an num for her copyrights, during the latter years of her life. Itundell's Domestic Cookery, £2,000. Nicholas Nickleby, £3,000. Eustace's Classical Tour, £2,000. Sir Robert Inglis obtained for the widow of Bishop Heber, by the sale of the journal, £5,000. CHILDREN IN EDINBURGH. — As for the children of the High-street, the harvest is too thick to be computed. They cover the ground, like the brushwood beneath a race of taller growth. They swarm like a plague of locusts in Egypt, only the west wind does not carry them off. They lie in shoals on the pavement ; they gather in clusters in the streets ; they sit in rows on the kerbstone ; they pour in legions from the wynds ; crowds of them • are playing upon every heap of coals or dirt ; whole bat- Unions of them are lying at ease in the gutter. Down every stair a couple of little naked feet are seen patter ing ; up every cellar a little dirty head is peeping. They run and riot without hindrance ' • they tumble and roar Without pity ; th e y th um p, and get thumped, without mercy ; they are too dirty to be touched, and too ugly, one would think, to be loved,—yet, even in this infant pandemonium, there are little imps who fasten on your sympathies. Here lies a ragged, filthy, innocent little thing, stretched out asleep on the pavement, whom you can't help looking down upon with tenderness ; and then a little curly-headed, limpid-eyed monkey, lifts his face trustingly up to you whom you could almost run away with,—and it would not be missed ; for it is five years old, and the mother has, doubtless, at least half-a-dozen Others to bring up under it. Next to children, herrings are the most plentiful things in the High-street, andthere seems to be a kind of natural bond between them. Every slut of a woman carries a baby on one arm, and a bundle of herrings on the other. Babies are sucking raw herrings to keep them quiet; children are playing with putrid ones ; while the most popular toy going seems to be those same delectable herrings' viscera I—Fraser's Magazine. istrate was s that the CHASE ame off a t her is cal f out-door I so small arriages iII 3 over the 4000 and ier of gen- lore than a )arty froth a 3 steward about ono day in dis 4erard also )f 10 Ka. , over si% nd excited ,o baulked , took the on Lord Midnight, le race was How stands the Jew in relation to the Gospel during the times of the Gentiles? He can be saved by its saving efficacy, if he will believe it faithfully. The Gospel message acts in the Jewish na tion, as in the nations of nominal Christendom : it takes an election out of each. To this end St. Paul writes— " Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for ; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded." Romans, xi. 7 ; see also ch. ix. 27. 33. Also Jeremiah says—" I wtll take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion." ch. iii. 14. But the great ingathering of the Jewish people takes place in that great day when " every eye shall see him," and when " The Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory, and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the Lord shalt name. Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God. Thou shalt no more be termed forsaken, neither shall thy land any more be termed desolate." Isaiah, lxii. 2,3, 4. Mr. Cribbace only deludes both Jews and Gentiles in advocating a scheme for Englishmen to purchase Pales tine. This Holy Land is given to the Jews by an " ever lasting covenant." The title deeds to this possession are to be found in the Scriptures, and there only. I invite the thoughtful amongst the Jews to search the Scriptures, and see if it be not as here represented ; and then they will take courage, and instead of clinging with such insane anxiety to perishable things of the present day, they will see their glorious destiny. " Ye, that make mention of the Lori, keep not silence, and give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth." Isaiah, lxii. 6, 7.—1 am, yours, &c. ;es, but ards. The iy, was for Irfeit. with ourtat. ter, being ourite was , went they the entire Id clearing agility and -0----. , so aged a nd a half; tendersony ;fortunate unite, Pro minds will nowhere CHLOROFORM IN ASTHMA.—A very interesting little girl, about twelve years of age, has been suffering for several years from frequent attacks of asthma. These have at times been so distressingly severe as to cause some individuals to suppose that disease of the heart also existed. It was not only painful to witness her during these attacks, but there was some ground for apprehen sion that their extreme severity might prove fatal. I determined, therefore, on the next occasion, to administer chloroform, in the hope of carrying her safely through the paroxysm. It was about ten o'clock at night when I Was sent for to visit her while she was suffering intensely. She had passed the previous night in a most restless state, and during the whole day had breathed with the greatest difficulty. I found her kneeling in her bed, with her body bent nearly double over her pillow, trying thus to place herself in the best possible posture to relieve the excessive labour of inspiration. She was extremely patient, although her countenance was pale, and indicated great anxiety. Her pulse was very small, and beating with great rapidity. She had taken no sustenance during the day. was constantly vomiting, and her situation was one of sorrowful apprehension to all her friends. Feel ing, no doubt, a dread of suffocation, I had some diffi culty in persuading her to change her posture ; but when this was effected, I at once proceeded to administer Chloroform, during which she did not show the slightest excitement, nor even the movement of a muscle. Her Pulse became immediately fuller and slower ; her painful and laborious inspiration was immediately relieved; and in twenty-five minutes she fell into a quiet sleep, which lasted for half an hour. On her awakening I again repeated the chloroform, which in ten minutes produced the same salutary result. I left her enjoying a calm, refreshing sleep, and on the following morning, I found her breathing naturally, and free from all pain and suffer ing.—Bainbrigge on Chloroform. Ikea (over tance, one llent race• ZOPHAR, THE IRISH CLERGY TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. It is of no use to reply to accusations of " ferocious bigotry," " fiendlike animosity," and " tyrannical Irish Protestants," by pointing to the services of the Irish clergy to the Church in Liverpool —to their labours among the poor—to their efficiency in the pulpit—to their acceptance among the educated—to the way in which they have made the glorious Gospel, the contro versy for souls, the warfare with the spiritual wickedness in high places, audible and felt throughout the length and breadth of the town. All this is answered by a threatened cry for a repeal of the union of the Churches — by the cry of " Away with the Irish league !—away with the Irish faction !—away with the criminators of our local clergy I" and with the cuckoo note, borrowed so appro priately from the great model and fountainhead of inter nal strife and irreconcileable division, " Ireland for the Irish ! " ded. One Liver- agg).. 2 Bst. 131 b., ►ovs. each' ke. Three' yrs., 10st•, so started• each, 3 ft. , over the But, I ask, who among the Irish clergy has ever brought railing criminations against the many faithful and devoted men to be found among the English clergy in Liverpool ? Who ever made light of the sweet devotional spirit and faithful preaching of Haldane Stewart ?—who ever spoke against the fidelity, the earnest and honest labours of John Jones, in his pulpit and his congregation ; or im pugned the various learning and the deep piety of the late lamented Mr. Buddicom, upon whose true Church spirit the Mail has been casting (in an article before us) its unsupported insinuations, calling up the sainted dead, the strong advocate of the great principle of Church unity, to prop up its schismatical aspirations ? But, admitting the value of the labours of these and others to the full extent, still it is notorious that some years ago large masses of the population of Liverpool were in the deepest spiritual want, perishing for lack of the bread of life, lying in fact in the sleep of death as to their souls' hope, and that these " immigrant Irish" were to a great extent the cause of a more stirring state in religious things in these latter times. These were the angel visitants who came down into those stagnant waters ; and although it may be, as was to be expected, that they troubled the sleeping mass a little, they most surely brought a healing power with them. They brought bread and to spare to those who were perishing for want. Soon, without in vading the congregation of any English clergyman, St. Jude's, Christ Church, St. Michael's, and, subsequently, St. Barnabas', Trinity Church and others on both sides of the Mersey, were filled to overflowing. But does this in any way derogate or detract from the excellence of the pious English clergy of Liverpool ? Does it detract from the sweet Evangelical spirit of John, or from the calm Christian dignity of James, or from the affectionate fervour of Peter, that the more stirring spirits of Paul and Barnabas and Apollos were called into the field of Christian labour and Gospel warfare ? Of them, too, it was said—" These, who have turned the world upside down, are come hither also." But of whom was this the cry ? Was it of the friends or of the enemies of the spread of Christ's kingdom ? They, too, had their differences of opinion in matters of private judgment and supposed expediency. Paul disputed with Barnabas re specting the value of a fellow-labourer. Peter and Paul differed on the Jewish question, and Paul used some sharp words too in the discussion. But did it ever enter into the heads of these men that one or the other was to be ejected out of their field of spiritual labour, because they did not always agree together on every minute point of their common ministry, or because the temper and character of the one class of the Church's ministers and faithful servants were more ardent, enterprising, and ad venturous, and of another more calm, soberminded, and stationary ? _ _ _ _ _ _ Dash, 65t• easily. ncope beat ,s, Brillion* eral Chasse EFFECTS OF BLUNDERS IN COPYING LEGAL DOCII MENTS.—I myself recollect a case in which an attorney's clerk had omitted one single letter, in making the copy of a writ of capias, to be served upon a defendant, who Was clandestinely going off to India, owing a widow lady a large sum of money, which she had lent him. She ac cidentally discovered, however, what he was about, and instantly communicated with her attorney, in such a state of alarm as may be easily conceived. He was an able and energetic practitioner, and, within a few hours' time, had got a capias issued against the dishonourable fugitive ; and, accompanied by an officer, succeeded in arresting the debtor, just as he was stepping into a steam-boat to go to the ship, which was expected to sail from Gravesend on that day, or the ensuing one. You may guess the consternation with which he found himself thus over taken ; but it scarcely equalled that with which the attor ney received, early the next day, the copy of a rule, which had been obtained by the defendant, calling on the plain tiff to show cause why the defendant should not be dis charged out of cnstody, on entering a common appear ance, on the ground of a variance between the writ and the copy served : the discrepancy being between the words 4 ' sheriffs of London" in the one, and " sheriff of Lon don" in the other. Eminent counsel were instantly in structed to show cause, and struggled desperately to dis charge the rule; but in vain. It is better," said the tranquil Chief Justice Tindal, " to adhere to a general rule, capable of application in all cases, than to raise an argument, on every imperfection in a copy, as to the ma teriality or immateriality of the error, and thereby offer a Premium on carelessness." So the rule was made abso lute ; the defendant discharged. He went to India : I sadly fear that he has never made his appearance here again, and that the widow lost all that he owed her, and Which, but for this untoward mistake, she would in all human probability have recovered. This happened nearly sixteen years ago, and, coming under my personal notice, Made a deep impression on my mind. I have a vivid re collection of the vexation and distress which it occasioned the parties, both lay and professional. Only a year or two ago, a precisely similar decision was reluctantly pro nounced in the Court of Exchequer, in respect of a simi lar blunder—the very same letter of the very same word ! (See Moore v. Magan, 16 M. and W. 95.) Now, can anything be imagined more serious to the client, and Mortifying and injurious to the practitioner, than such Miscarriages ? Counsel, also—alas—can make desperate slips of this sort. That eminent conveyancer, the late Mr. Butler, accidentally omitted a single word, " Glou v•ester' " in drawing the will of Lord Newburgh, which deprived a lady, the intended devisee, of estates worth about £14,000 a-year ! It was clear that the omission ''as through a mere mistake, and entirely contrary to -Lord Newburgh's intentions ; but parol evidence to prove those facts was unanimously rejected by the judges, and their opinion cordially adopted by the House of Lords, Za, You will find by referring to the judgment of the late Chief Justice Tindal.—Warren's Duties of Attorneys. it beat Ci; eat Genero beat Lime eat Tyrant, pper, Jennf y Lind. nt at Aral iertine beef beat SharP' Curry Fos" Wilton best Lem, Libor: Oliver ben , eat Wilton, by Ithuriel test amoull, champioO, £10,47 2 / tone's yea! it £13,79 0 ; yther swee t ks, £4,30t )mp £4,17 01 an £4,095 c-CHASEI ted pack " Id of arns' Moor gorse! un of soon a, and force': hicket, an had passe°, gs followed! smelt Ins' ed his cur!' the honntl got up in, to anotbe` Fe got to :ry obstacle,' no he sprung ded upon nd dropP knew th i l bop, as we'", scending to A." Tbel is " dog 0 Away, then, with this schismatical cry for a repeal of the union of the Churches ! Away with this, not Irish, but Celtic note of " Ireland for the Irish !" Let us give God glory for the various gifts which the one and the same spirit hath so happily and so usefully distributed over the different members of the one and the same spi ritual Church Catholic body. _ _ It is the principle of true Churchism to unite into one glorious whole all varieties of gifts and talents and tem peraments, preserving inviolate the great elements of Gospel truth and salvation. It is the principle of sect and schism to conform all men to some one narrow pat tern, and to make men offenders for a word. It is the principle of the great enemy of souls—" Divide et itn pera." CLERICUS CATHOLICUS. THE L IVERPOOL STANDARD. enteral Ifitatllanv. One day last week £l5OO of duties was received at the Custom House of Leith for brandy alone. The Rev. Mr. Roberts, incumbent of the Episcopal Church at Dalkeith, was received into the Roman Catho lic Church, by the Rev. Mr. Brownbill, a few d a y s ago. A barrister is lecturing in London to prove that none of the great poets ever existed, and that their works were written by monks ! The Hereford Journal alludes to an elopement from a school at Clifton. The fair fugitive is said to be the daughter of a baronet. Dr. Arnett, of Brighton, says that a solution of salt of a very low temperature, by acting on the exposed nerve, might at once and permanently remove toothache. Two Latter-Day-Saints have been fined at Chard, for holding assemblies in private houses without a certificate from the bishop. _ _ _ The new Mayor (a Dissenter) and Sheriff of Norwich have returned to the practice of attending the cathedral in their robes and other insignia of office. Last week, a Mrs. Moody, of Ramsey, died of the pricking of her tongue by an eel-bone, while at dinner, which caused mortification. The receipts of the London baths and wash-houses have been £4,975 9s. 10. ; the expenditure exclusive of the original cost, of course, £2,245 9s. Bd. A Scotch schooner was destroyed by fire off Sunder land on Wednesday, in consequence of her cargo, which consisted of lime, having become wet in a gale and ignited. JENNY LIND AT OXFORD. —The Vice-Chancellor of Oxford has granted Mr. Lumley the use of the theatre of the University for a concert, at which Mademoiselle Lind and the artists in her suite will immediately appear. Sir John Barrow, Bart., who was for forty yeras secre tary to the admiralty, but who retired from his official ap pointment in January, 1845, died at his residence in New street, Spring-gardens, London, on Thursday. The Queen Dowager has contributed £5O towards the fund for the support of a Farm School for Juvenile Offend ers. Lord Howe has contributed £25 towards the same philanthropic object. Within the last fortnight no less than two hundred and twenty-four London insolvent cases, including prison and protection petitions, have been disposed of by the Com missioners in Portugal-street.--London paper. Money having for some time been getting more plenti ful, the banks in Edinburgh have reduced the rate of in terest to three per cent. on d vosits, and two-and-a-half on current accounts. Joseph Phillips, a farmer's son at Henbury, the other day presented a gun, not knowing that it was loaded, at one of his father's labourers, who was thrashing in the barn, pulled the trig ger, and shot him dead. The carcase of a house in Hawley-street, Southwark, fell down with a tremendous crash, on Tuesday evening last. Fortunntely the men had left off their work, and the only party injured is the builder, and that in his pocket. A gentleman, who was robbed by footpads, near Glas gow, in November last, had a pawn ticket for his watch sent to him by post, the other day, the sum of £3 having been advanced upon the watch, which he has since re leased. The provincial tour of Jenny Lind will terminate on the 31st inst. She will remain in England, and devote the month of December to singing gratuitously for several in stitutions and charities in London, Manchester, Birming ham, &c. A fine orange tree in the greenhouse of Mr. Edwin Hirst, of The Grove, Ripon, has produced this season six large oranges, the finest of which is near ten inches in circumference, and, more remarkable, they have attained this unusual size without the aid of any artifi c i a l heat. Earl Cardigan has been induced to'tender an apology to Captain Gerard Noel, of the 11th Hussars, for the insulting expressions he addressed to that officer, and upon this apology the last affair in that regiment has been arranged. From recent trials made at Woolwich, it appears that the guns cast at the Low Moor Foundry, Yorkshire, bear the heaviest charges when fired ; and it is consequently expected that the largest government orders will be given to that establishment. Mr. Charles Heath, whose name has been so long familiar to the public as an artist of no common genius, died on Saturday last, after an illness of some duration. He was the son of Mr. James Heath, a celebrated en graver of his day. WINDOW CLEANING. — We have seen a very clever mo del of a machine, invented by Mr. Lovell of Westmor land-place, City-road, for enabling persons to clean win dows, and make all the necessary repairs to them in per fect safety. The machine is simple in construction and application. IMMENSE CASTING.—On Wednesday one of the largest castings in the world, was completed at .Haigh foundry. It is a cylinder intended for a lift of water, and is 100 inches in diameter, and 200 inches in length. It is for the Hon. Mr. Mostyn, of Wales. The mould has been in the hands of the workmen for six weeks. A few days since, the Suffolk police apprehended a bridegroom and his father-in-law while they were eating the wedding dinner, which was composed of the mutton of a shearling ewe that they had stolen from a field, be longing to a farmer at Lidgate ; and both have since been committed to take their trial. On Monday last, a lady residing in London, who was labouring under pulmonary disease, sat down after break fast to play the piano. After she had played during se veral hours, she suddenly burst a bloodvessel in her chest, in consequence of her exertions in playing ; and she ex pired almost immediately in the arms of her servant. THE LIVES OF THE SAINTS.—To the great disgust of the Tablet, Mr. Newman has announced to Mr. Faber (his " brother in our Lady and St. Phillip,") that these precious biographies are to be discontinued. They were published to convert Protestants, and it is found that Protestants will not read them. It is stated, says the Newcastle Journal, that eleven children, belonging to five parishes in that town, have cost the borough no less than £378 17s. 7d. for their mainten ance in prison, having been committed, some of them, nearly twenty times. The money would have been more wisely expended on the schoolmaster than on the gaoler. The chimpanzee that was exhibited lately at Wombwell's menagerie we understand is dead, owing to the climate of England being so much colder than that of Sierra Leone, of which it was a native. The body is now in the posses sion of Mr. Waterton, of Walton Hall, and is about to be added to the splendid museum of that gentleman. Prince Metternich, who is residing with his family in Brighton, on hearing of the wreck of the two German emigrant ships on the Goodwin Sands, immediately de spatched his son, Prince Richard Metternich, and B aron Hugel, from Brighton, with a sum of money for the re lief of the sufferers. At Warnell Fell, in Cumberland, where the Earl of Lonsdale is effecting great improvements, a petrifying spring has been discovered, with upwards of a cartload of petrified moss. At Bowness Flow, in the same neigh bourhood, a pair of ancient shoes, supposed to be of Saxon origin, have been found at about seven feet below the surface of the ground. ATTEMPTED MURDER AT SUNDERLAND.—On Tuesday afternoon a diabolical attempt was made to shoot Thomas Greenwood, the foreman of the Railway Wharf, by a sea man on board a French vessel lying alongside the wharf. The shot took effect on poor Greenwood's forehead, and penetrated the skull. He is now lying in a very preca rious state. Last week a dog was walking on the East Lincolnshire line, near Boston, when a down-train came up, and he started forward at full speed, but was presently met by an up-train ; he then turned round, but the up-train soon overtook him, and he cowered down between the rails, whilst the train rapidly passed over him, and he thus escaped uninjured. PORTUGUESE EGGS.—A large parcel of this article has been received from Vigo. The parcel in question being chargeable, by the new tariff, with a duty of 10d. upon every 120 eggs, was cleared at Southampton, to admit of their being sent up by railway, to save the channel voy age, by which deterioration of so perishable an article is prevented. FORGERY.—On Wednesday, at Wakefield, Thomas Place, formerly a publican in that town, was charged with forging the name of Mr. John Walker, of Solcoates, to a letter sent tar Mr. Carver, of Liverpool, whereby the sum of £5 was obtained from Mr. Carver. There appeared to be some doubt as to whether the name had not been signed by Mr. Walker's authority, but the prisoner was remanded. Messrs. Lord, general merchants, of Birmingham have stopped payment. The liabilities are estimated at about £44,000, a considerable portion of which, it is said, has been lost in foreign continental railway speculations, and the loss of of a vessel heavily laden with uninsured goods. The creditors are satisfied with the conduct of Messrs. Lord. The losses will fall principally upon the traders in Birmingham. LOCK JAW.—This hitherto fatal disease in animals has recently been cured by a new operation, whereby the animal obtains instant relief. The muscles, which were considered to be extensors, are now found to be flexors. This important discovery was mads by a person named Webb, of Balsham, Cambridgeshire, who has been opera ting upon a mare, of Linton, which is now well, and go ing to work. On Saturday week, Frederick Willingham, aged twenty three years, son of a. farmer in the parish of Leyton, near Nottingham, shot himself with a pistol. The deceased had been very low and melancholy for the last fortnight : a night or two previous to his death he was reading an account of the suicide of the Rev. W. Browne, who shot himself at Nottingham, upon which he made some re marks, and appeared much struck with the way in which it was done. _ . . The "North Britain," Captain Dix, while on a voyage from Quebec to Plymouth, eneountered a gale of wind, on the 18th of October last, when off the banks of Newfound land. in which she became waterlogged, and while the captain and unhappy crew, eighteen in number, were in momentary fear of going down, the barque " Dominica," of Cork, hove in sight, and Capt. D. Murphy, perceiving the perilous situation of the " North Briton,' had her master and crew conveyed on board his vessel. SIR JOHN TYRELL AND THE "MORNING POST."—A curious correspondence appears in the Morning Post of Saturday. It appears that Sir John Tyrell is stated by the Essex Standard, to have spoken of the Morning Post as a " Catholic" paper, after a public dinner, and the editor of that paper wrote to Sir John, to ascertain if such was the fact, and whether ROMAN Catholic was in tended. No answer having been returned to his letter, the editor again wrote, but only obtained the following : —" Boreham House, Nov. 1, 1848.—Sir J. Tyrell not having the pleasure of the acquaintance of the editor of the Morning Post, is unable to comply with his request. Sir J. T. has neither time or inclination to enter upon a dismission of the character proposed." On receipt of this note, the editoragain endeavoured to procure a categorical answer to his inquiry, but not having succeeded, he came to the determination of publishing the correspondence, for the purpose of shewing the " author of the calumny," and attributes its origin to " convivial recklessness." STATE OF TRADE MANCH ESTER.—This has been a week of extensive operations in yarns and goods, more especially the latter. Much of this business has been done with comparative ease, at prices which were only partially, and with difficulty obtained last week ; and these have, therefore, now become decided and general rates ; but, besides this, a positive advance of lad. to 3d. per piece upon the actual prices of a week ago, is now realised on long cloths, T cloths, light 7-8 printers, and 40-inch 54 to 64 reed shirtings. Heavy 40-inch 66 and 72 reed shirtings, adapted to the China trade, continue exceedingly depressed; while certain good fabrics of that width, suitable for printing, are in request. In yarns, the tendency is upward, and, for some kinds, an in crease of id. per lb. is paid by shippers. The improvement is still more marked in spinnings for home manufacture. Natu rally enough, the sellers have continued to rise a little on the hands of the buyers, as the week has advanced; and, quite as naturally, this is beginning to be slightly felt as a hindrance to the course of business. Spinners and manufacturers are, how ever, so largely under contract, as not to be disposed to take further orders without an inducement in the terms. Up to the present time, the buying has, for the most part, been for ex portation; the home-trade houses having, as yet, laid in but little stock of cloth. BOLTON.—The Cotton trade is improving. The factories have during the past week increased their number of working hours, though as yet the number of hands employed is scarcely more than have been working for some time, but it is believed further improvement will soon follow. flandloom weaving is becoming brisker. LEEDS.—A fair average business, for the season, continues to be done in the woollen trade. A good amount of light goods are being purchased for the markets of the east. There being some advance in the price of wools at the current sales in Lon don, the prices of cloth are very firm. BRADFORD.—WooI: There is no alteration worthy of note in any branch of the combing wools, which are moved off only in quantities for present use. The supply coming to market is not more than is consumed, a circumstance which has a ten dency to keep prices steady. At the London sales colonial wools go off briskly at higher prices, but this market cannot maintain them. Noils and brokes are without any change since our last. Yarns: There continues to be an improvement in the demand for combed yarns of middle numbers. The de mand for export is much improved, and if things get settled on the Continent a large business is expected. Pieces : There is nothing new to report. The trade is generally fully employed, and the goods cleared off as produced. Moreens are still ea gerly sought after, and the makers will be engaged for some time to come. . _ HALIFAX.—Very little business has been done here this week, either in plain or figured goods, and our Piece Hall has presented, altogether, a very blank appearance. In the ware houses, the sale of goods is not much better than in the hall, and prices remain extremely low. The spinners still continue fully employed for the continental markets, but there are not many . fresh orders now giving out, and there is no improvement in prices. Wool has been selling more freely during the week, and the upward tendency of some sorts has been fully sustained. HUDDERSFIELD.—There has been very little business done, and a quiet market here this week, although not unusually so for this season of the year. Prices are low, and stocks gene rally small. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET.—The market this week has been moderately brisk. The demand for middle qualities of flannels has been greater than the supply, and in some instances rather better prices have been obtained. All other sorts of goods have sold well at former prices. The wool market has been brisk, and prices same :s our last. METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER, BY MR. C. H. CHADBURN, 71, LORD-STRET ATMOSPHERIC Daily Direc- Temperature tion in Humidity at Fall of Pressure at shade by self- Noon. Wind f registering Diff erence o f o at Nine Six thermometer Wet and Dry Rain. Noon. a.m. p.m. Max. I Min. 1 bulb. O '., In. In. Deg. Deg. Deg. In. 21 29'55 29'57 49 44 2 o'os K -22 29'13 29'05 51 44 1 o'oB s.E. 23 29'11 j 29'23 49 43 9 o'os E. 8. E. 24 29'30 29'48 4G 41 N byw 25 30'01 129'80 55 4 26, 27T 29'85 30'03 50 2 0.25 1. RAILWAY RECEIPTS 49 43 50 41 48 40 44 38 48 44 50 45 - - w byNl-1 The following are the receipts of railways for the past week ; that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made Week ending Amount 0 0 0 1534 0 0 369 0 0 686 0 0 4529 0 0 U 25 0 0 178 0 0 673 0 0 654 0 0 932 0 0 716 0 0 3402 0 0 2002 0 0 13125 0 0 1522 • 0 SBB3 614 12350 857 -- 18 1227 0 0 __ __ 0 0 0 -- 18 2407 0 0 -- 18 884 0 0 -- 18 3136 0 0 -- 19 17623 0 0 -- -- 0 0 0 -- 18 10128 0 0 -- 17 2179 0 0 -19 72 0 0 __ __ 0 0 0 -- 19 38216 0 0 -- 19 664 0 0 -- 21 7682 0 0 -• 19 8359 0 0 -- 18 2739 0 0 -- -- 0 0 0 2423 1003 1820 16808 90 3730 1364 112 38209 655 7469 7150 2105 -- 18 I 19690 0 0 -- 19 1302 0 I -- 18 836 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- 18 2576 0 0 -- 18 5334 0 0 -- 18 2128 0 0 -- 18 917 0 0 -- 19 1183 0 0 -- IS 7414 0 0 -- 17 1325 0 0 -- 18 1993 0 0 -- 19 767 0 0 -- II 311 0 0 -- 19. 204 0 0 - 18. 13472 0 0 -- 18 7018 0 0 515 7820 704 1822 739 RAILWAYS Aberdeen Amiens and Boulogne Belfast and Ballymena Birkenhead, Lan. and Cheshire. Caledonian Chester and Holyhead Cockermouth and Workington Dublin and Drogheda Dublin and Kingstown Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen East Anglian Edinburgh and Glasgow Edinburgh and Northern E. Counties, N. Eastern, and N. East Lancashire Eastern Union and Ipswich and Bury Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Ctbrg Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Glasgow and Greenock Great Southern and Western Great Western Kendal and Windermere Lancashire and Yorkshire Lancaster and Carlisle Liverpool, Crosby, & Southport. Londonderry and Enniskillen London and North-Western London and Blackwall London& Brighton, South Coast London and South-Wester M'ch ester, Sheffield, and Lincoln Ma port and Carlisle Midland, Bristol, and Birming ham Midland Great Western (Ireland) Monklands Newcastle and Carlisle Norfolk North British Paris and Rouen Rouen and Havre Scottish Central Shrewsbury and Chester South-Eastern and Branches South Devon Taff Vale Ulster Waterford and Limerick Whitehaven Junction York, Newcastle, and Berwick York and North 3 Pff1,.m....,....=1 HUMS, STEALING BY A DISSENTING PREACHER.—A DEATH FROM HYDROPHOBIA.—On Wednesday, Mr. man named George Buck, a dissenting preacher from George Cummings, innkeeper and grocer, residing at Louth, has been committed for trial on two charges of Sherburn-hill, Durham, died in the greatest agony front horse stealing -a black mare, the property of Mr. Blyth. the effects of hydrophobia. About nine weeks ago, the of Weasenbatn, Norfolk, and a horse, the property of T. deceased had what is called a "wife's feast" at his house, C. Oldham, Esq., of Louth Park. He was taken into and during the course of the evening, two dogs which custody at Ipswich. In his possession were found various were in the house began to fight under a table, and on papers and correspondence, most of which were of a re- the deceased endeavouring to separate them, one of the ligious character. On the day on which he was appre- dogs flew at him and bit him slightly upon the nose. hended at Ipswich he had been three times at chapel. Not much notice was at first taken of the matter, al- A NOVELTY,—The Lord Mayor's procession this year though some time after it took place the deceased com presented a striking novelty, as compared with previous plained of shooting pains from the wound u p t o hi s h ea d . spectacles on the 9th of Nov. Sir James Duke at an On Monday, however, unmistakeable symptoms of the early period of his life, served in the royal navy, and was dreadful malady exhibited themselves, and they increased present at the memorable battle of Algiers, under the in violence up to Wednesday. command of Lord Exmouth. As being probably the A STRANGE COMBAT.—A short time since, as John first naval Lord Mayor, it was decided to grace the other Searle and Joseph Walter, belonging to East Looe, were glories of the Procession by the introduction of a ship returning to that port from a vessel in the roadstead, they fully rigged and manned !on a car drawn by six horses. saw a fierce combat between a sea-bird and a fish. On THE BARONESS ST. MART.—This lady was again rowing to the place of action, they found the engagement brought up at Marylebone police office, on Tuesday, for a to be between a cormorant and a conger. It appeared further hearing on a charge of having stolen two diamond that the cormorant, during his submarine hunting excur rings the property of Sir John Hare. Two other witnesses sion, got on scent of the conger, and no doubt intended it were heard in support of the charge, and at the conclusion, for his breakfast. The conger was caught, but did not Mr. Broughton, the presiding magistrate, determined to choose to yield its life as easily as its adversary could wish. send the case to a jury, and the Baroness St. Mart was The bird, of course intent on breakfast, endervoured to accordingly committed for trial at the Central Criminal conquer by boring holes in the body of his prey. He sue- Court ; she was, however, admitted to bail. seeded in boring behind the head, and got in the beak. POVERTY !—At the Bromyard Petty Sessions last The conger twisted stud twined ; the bird used the pro week, a poor woman was cited, for pulling up and steal- gelling force until he had so far inserted his neck that his ing a quantity of turnips. Williams admitted the charge, beak become visible through the mouth of the conger, and pleaded as an excuse that she had had sixteen child- which immediately closed it jaws, entwined its body ren, and eight of that number were now at home, and twice around the bird, and in that position they were ea were without bread. The charge not being further pres- sily captured by the men in the boat—brought ashore sed, the defendant was convicted in the expenses only, alive—and presented to Mr. Jackson, the naturalist, who amounting to 35., and the money being given her in court, intends to preserve them in the manner they were cap she paid the amount, was admonished, and discharged. tured.—Exeter Gazette. ROBBERY OF GOLD DUST.—The solicitor to the trea- THE BESETTING SlN.—The Right Rev. Dr. sury has received instructions from Sir George Grey, her Bishop of , was examining the children at a school' Majesty's Secretary of State for the Home Department, in , the other day, and, after the usual routine of to prosecute three men charged with stealing nearly 2000 questions fixed upon had been regularly put and answered, ounces of gold dust from the British ship Lemuel, whilst the following colloquy took place between his lordship lying off the African Gold Coast. It appears by the de- and a sharp-looking chap, who was particularly prompt in spatches from the Governor of Cape Coast Castle, that his responses to all interrogatories :—Bishop s ow , two of the prisoners and the whole of the gold dust are my boy, you have answered every question with great to be forwarded to London by the vessel Viscountess acuteness ; now look at me, look at me in the face, don't Canning, the arrival of which is daily expected. be afraid, and answer me this question : ' What is my . HYDROPHOBIA IN ABERDEENSHIRE.—A case of this besetting sin ?' "—Boy, tafter locking attentively, as de dreadful malady occurred in the parish of Edzell, to an sired, in the face of his episcopal interrogator : " Drun old woman, named Ann Milne, wife of John Balfour, re- kenness, sir."—Bishop : "Oh dear me, no ! No, no, my siding at Latch. On the 17th of August, she was severely boy, you are wrong, quite wrong. lam a great man, I bitten by a rabid dog, of the Newfoundland breed. The am a bishop. Drunkenness is not my besetting sin. Oh, wounds, which were mostly on the arms, healed well in dear me, no. My besetting sin is vanity ; remember that, the course of a month. On the Ist of November, she my boy ;my besetting sin is vanity."—Boy, (with a scrape evinced several symptoms of incipient hydrophobia, and of the foot and a tug at the forelock :) " Thank you. sir, became gradually worse till the 3rd, when she died, being I will always be sure to remember that you are a bishop, ten weeks after she was bitten.—Aberdeen Journal. and that your besetting sin is vanity."—Carnarvon He- THE POLICY OF HONESTY, AND THE HONESTY OF raid. POLICY.—One day last week, a commercial traveller of LORD ASHLEY AMONGST LONDON THIEVES.—The Bristol accidentally left at an eating-house, in Duke-street, I Weekly Chronicle says :—" We have seen Lord Ashley in a pocket-book, containing twelve £5 notes and some pa- many situations—in the House of Commons, on public pers of value. The servant who found the book took the platforms, in churches and committee rooms, and a variety greatest care of it until the owner was seen, when on pre- of places—but his last appearance transcends them all ; senting it to him she was rewarded with the prodigious he has made a de'but among the felons of the metropolis. sum of sd. Honesty is always the best policy, but A Mr. Jackson baying heard from one or taro penitent the policy which rewards it is not always the best promoter thieves a desire to emigrate and reform, thought a number of honesty.—Devenport Independent. of the fraternity might in like manner be acted upon, and. THE CAT AND THE HAWS.—One day lately, as a hawk at last, with the concurrence of a body who had sent for was soaring in the neighbourhood of Balgrummo Cotton, him to the Blue Anchor Court, he summoned a meeting in quest of prey, it darted through the window of a cot- of them in the Irish Free School, to meet Lord Ashley. tage there, to seize a bird that sat perched within a cage. He expected to gather 100 thieves who might listen to In the absence of the occupiers of the cottage, a cat, which what his lordship had to say. But his expectations were had been left sole guardian of the premises, nobly acted more than fulfilled. On July the 27th, his lordship went, the part of a police constable, rescued the poor song- when no less than 207 professed thieves were assembled, ster from the clutches of the feathered burglar, executed each of whom expressed his earnest desire to renounce his summary punishment on the intruder, by killing him on dishonest course if it were possible. Some five or six gen the spot, and left his body lying on a table, as a warning tlemen were present with Lord Ashley, and 'it was such a to all other delinquents.—North British Mail. meeting,' says one of them, ' that no one could forget it to A NOVEL MAYOR'S DINNER.—Mr. George William the day of his death.' Several of the best and most ex- Harrison, the newly-elected Mayor of Wakefield, gave perienced thieves were placed at the door, to prevent the his inauguration dinner on Wednesday week, to the admission of any but thieves. Some four or five individu members of the corporation, at which twenty-six of the als, who were not at first known, were subjected to ex number attended. The dinner is said to have been a amination, and only allowed to remain on stating who they sumptuous one, but we reckon the after proceedings were, and being recognised as members of the dishonest would be rather of a flat character, the usual accompani- fraternity. His lordship addressed the meeting at consi ment (immemorially considered indispensable on such an derable length, and his discourse appeared to produce a occasion) of wine was not introduced, his worship being deep impression." a rigid teetotaller, Fancy a party of twenty-six aldermen SINGULAR DEATTI.—On Friday at Perranarworthal, and councillors sipping (or swilling, we care not which,) John Lobb, agel 43, was found dead in his bed. De raspberry brandy, ginger beer, lemonade, or any other ceased bad occupied a room adjoining the foundry where kind of such stuff at a Mayor's feast. he was employed, and separated therefrom by a wall built . . MANSLAUGHTER BY A BOY.—A Hereford paper states that, on Friday evening last, an inquest was held on the body of a little boy named James Bishop (between four and five years of age), who had be en t a k en ou t o f an ad joining canal on the previous afternoon. The parents, who are poor, had left the deceased in a miserable hovel, under the care of a woman named Williams. A report got out that deceased had been pushed into the canal by a boy named Rock. The latter was brought up, and said in reply to a question, that he was ten years old. The jury, however, thought that he was at least thirteen or four teen. He is most unprepossessing in appearance, and the opinion, so far, is that he pushed the deceased into the canal. The case has not yet been decided. DREADFUL MURDER NEAR BRECON.—A brutal murder was committed at a farm-house called Cwmgwdy, near Brecon, upon one of the farm-servants there, a most inoffensive man, named Thomas Edwards, aged about thirty-two, a single man. The murder was com mitted by a fellow-servant of the name of Thos. Williams, who was but recently come upon the farm to reside. On the morning of Friday last. the body of poor Edwards was found, presenting a ghastly spectacle. The brains had literally been beaten out of the skull, which had been smashed in several places by an axe; the fatal instrument was found close by, covered with blood. Williams had fled, and there was immediate proof discovered of his having robbed the murdered man of very much wearing apparel and a silver watch. MALLEABLE IRON LEVER BRIDGE.—On Wednesday, Mr. T. M. Gladstone, C.E., read an essay on iron bridge building, and submitted a plan for constructing a malle able iron lever bridge, to the members of the Society of Arts. His modus operandi was to erect stone piers, and having obtained the necessary elevation, to project from each a number of malleable iron bars, grooved together, and decreasing in number till the arms met in the centre. The weight would thus be distributed and diminished as they approached. It was, in fact, a compound lever, and the weight of the bars would be 100 lbs. to the foot. The superiority of malleable iron for his purpose was evident from its intrinsic properties. It possessed, in a far greater degree, the attraction of cohesion—cast-iron, as compared to it, being 17 to 56. He contended that, by his plan, a bridge could be constructed, in whose materials the ex tension and contraction would be the same throughout, in which the lateral expansion would be prevented, and whose resistance would be greater than its tension. CANINE SAGACITY,—WhiIe strolling along the quay at the Gloucester Basin, the other afternoon, we observed a fine large bull dog suddenly come to a stand-still, and stretching his Lead upwards, he uttered a short distinct bark. There was something so matter-of-fact in the action of the animal, while his bark resembled nothing so much as the postman's "rap tap," that our attention was struck, and we waited to see what might come next. Presently, the head popped over the taffrail of a large brig , the Lord Ravensworth, which was lying, unladen, stern on the quay, and the sailor, for such the " look out" was, fetched a ladder, and having placed the foot of it on the quay, the dog began deliberately and gravely to ascend. The sagacious animal mounted admirably; placing his hind legs on the bars, he held on by his fore paws to those on a level with his chest; and thus, " hand over hand," to use a nautical phrase, he mounted until he reached the deck ; the sailor, who had been amused by our surprise, exclaiming, with a chuckle, " Did you ever see a dog do the likes of that afore."—Gloucester Journal. THE NATIONAL SOCIETY.—A leading article in the Morning Chronicle—anything but a partisan of the Na tional Society—has come under our eves, which strongly confirms our suspicions and impressions about Mr. Kay Shuttleworth. The article is too long for publication, but we must just edge in a fragment or two. It seems that Mr. Kay Shuttleworth was once a Dissenter; and although he has " conformed" to the Church, " his mind was originally tinctured, and remains indelibly imbued with very opposite associations." He is, the Morning Chronicle emphatically states, a decided friend to " that purely secular system of education, unalloyed by any ad mixture of religion, the beneficial effects of which have been so signally illustrated by late events upon the Con tinqnt".... " Dr. Kay Shuttleworth," continues our con temporary, "is the State ; Dr. Kay Shuttleworth is the Committee of Privy Council ; Dr. Kay Shuttleworth is the sole and irresponsible Minister of Public Education." What a broad light does this graphic description throw upon the bulky correspondence which has lately been given to the world ! We shall add a great fact, which has hitherto been overlooked in considering the question of State Aid—THE HOUSE OF LORDS IS PRECLUDED FROM INTERFERIN G. WRECK OF THE SHIP SARAH CRISP. BY FIRE.— THIRTEEN LIVES LOST.—The late arrivals from Canton - partly of stone and partly of brick, and apparently sub stantial and sound. He had been employed at the foundry for twenty-five years, and was a valuable servant. On Friday morning, as he did not make his appearance at the works, his door was forced open, and he was found dead in his bed ; and as the bed clothes were not dis turbed, it is supposed that he died in his sleep. The per sons who found him dead perceived on entering the room a strong smell of gas. This circumstance induced inquiry, the result of which was, that there could be no doubt the deceased died from the effects of sulphuretted and car buretted hydrogen gasses, which were generated by some large casting made the evening before, and which must have penetrated through the wall into his sleeping room. It appeared that an old man, who formerly occupied the room in which the deceased died, was also found dead in his bed about two years ago, under similar circumstances ; but it was then supposed that he died from some natural cause. There had been in that case, as in the present, a large casting in the adjoining foundry the evening before the death of the party ; and now there is no doubt entertained that he also was suffocated by gasses entering the room.—Cornwall Gazette. THE ELECTRIC LIGHT.—In a lecture which was deli vered the other evening, at Crosby-hall, by Mr. Pepper, on the properties and phenomena of magnetism and elec tricity, the electric light, and the apparatus by which it is produced and regulated, was introduced. The brilliancy of the light is almost beyond what can be conceived of the powers of artificial light—that is of light produced by scientific means from simple natural causes. It was so vivid as to make the numerous gaslights by which the hall was illuminated completely ineffective. Its intensity to those close to it was almost painful, and it was impos sible, when the shade or paper screen by which it was surrounded was removed, to look upon it. It is a white or sun light ; there is no yellow tinge, no vapour or smoke, and none of the attendants of lights which par take of combustion. The exhibition of this certainly ex traordinary light was witnessed by a very crowded com pany of visitors, who expressed their satisfaction in a marked manner on its merits. The apparatus by which its power is produced and sustained can scarcely be de scribed ; it is a piece of mechanism of comparatively sim ple construction, by which pieces of charcoal, &c., are supplied and adapted ; it can only be understood by be ing seen and inspected. If the generating and regulating powers of this invention can be sustained, and the expen ses attendant upon them kept within reasonable bounds, as the patentees assert they can be, this light will at some period supersede all others ; and as a statistical account affirms that upwards of £25,000,000 is annually expended in England and Wales for lighting, an important saving will accrue to the public, and a benefit be conferred, which all will be able to appreciate. THE SEA SERPENT ONCE MORE.—Captain M`Quhae, late of her Majesty's ship Daedalus, has addressed to the editor of the Times tbe following reply to the animadver sions of Professor Owen on the serpent or animal seen by him and others from her Majesty's ship Daedalus, on the 6th of August last :—" Professor Owen correctly states that I ' evidently saw a large creature moving ra pidly through the water, very different from anything I had before witnessed, neither a whale, a grampus, a great shark, an alligator, nor any other of the larger surface swimming creatures fallen in with in ordinary voyages.' I now assert--neither was it a common seal nor a sea ele phant ; its great length, and its totally-differing physiog nomy, precluded the possibility of its being a phoca' of any species. The head was fiat, and not a capacious vaulted cranium' ; nor had it ' a stiff inflexible trunk'—a conclusion to which Professor Owen has jumped, most certainly not justified by the simple statement, that ' no portion of the sixty feet seen by us was used in propelling it through the water, either by vertical or horizontal un dulation.' It is also assumed that the calculation of its length was made under a strong preconception of the nature of the beast ; ' another conclusion quite the con trary to the fact. It was not until after the great length was developed by its nearest approach to the ship, and until after that most important point had been duly con sidered and debated, as well as such could be in the brief space of time allowed for so doing, that it was pronounced to be a serpent by all who saw it, and who are too well accustomed to judge of lengths and breadths of objects in the sea to mistake a real substance and an actual living body, coolly and dispassionately contemplated, at so short a distance, too, for the ' eddy caused by the action of the deeper-immersed fins and tail of a rapidly-moving gigantic seal, raising its head above the surface of the as Professor Owen imagines, in quest of its lost The creative powers of the human mind may water,' iceberg be very limited. On this occasion they were not called into requisition, my purpose and desire being, through announce the distressing loss of the English ship Sarah Crisp, by fire, with the sacrifice of no fewer than thirteen of her unhappy crew. The ship, which was between 300 and 400 tons burthen, was on a passage from Moulmein to Hong Kong, with a cargo of teak timber, when, in lat. 16 30 N., lon 114 30 E. on the 16th of August last, by some means unexplained, a fire broke out in the after part of the ship ; she burnt fiercely for many hours, when a gale sprung up, and she was capsised, thirteen seamen being at the moment washed overboard and drowned. The seas that subsequently broke over her had the effect of extinguishing the flames, and the remainder of the crew clung to the wreck for twenty-five days and nights with scarcely any provisions and very little rain water, and their sufferings were of a most shocking description. They were eventually rescued by the schooner Emma Sherratt, from Swan River, which conveyed them safely to Canton. The ship is insured at Lloyd's ; the amount is not mentioned. SHIPWRECK AND Loss OF LIFE.—On Tuesday intelli gence reached Lloyd's of the total loss of the ship Prince Charlie, of London, together with several lives. It ap pears from the statement of the master of the vessel, Captain J. Thomas, that she left Honduras on the 9th of September, bound for London, with a cargo of mahogany and cochineal. On the 25th of September they cleared the Gulf of Florida, when it commenced blowing a furious hurricane ; the ship broached to whilst wearing, falling on her beam ends on the port side ; the masts were cut away, and she partly righted, when three heavy seas struck her successively, washing nine of the crew overboard ; seven, however, regained the vessel. The crew remained lashed to the main rigging until morning ; heavy seas continually breaking over the ship washed the poop away, and com pletely gutted the middy. The captain's wife and child here perished. The crew remained in this state, the ves sel being waterlogged, until the Ist of October, subsisting on cocoa-nuts which occasionally floated up from the wreck, when they were taken off by the Norwegian ship Oceana, Captain Jacobs, under whose kind treatment they were restored, and landed at Ramsgate on Monday. The poor fellows, who have lost all they possessed, speak in the highest terms of the Norwegian captain. . . . out, to furnish eminent naturalists, such as the learned. • professor, with accurate facts, and not with exaggerated representations, nor with what could by any possibility proceed from optical illusion • and I beg to assure him, that old Pontoppidan having clothed his sea serpent with a mane could not have suggested the idea of ornamenting the creature seen from the Daedalus with a similar appen dage, for the simple reason that I had never seen his account, or even heard of his sea serpent, until my arrival in London. Some other solution must, therefore, be found for the very remarkable coincidence between us in that particular, in order to unravel the mystery. Finally, I deny the existence of excitement, or the possibility of optical illusion. I adhere to the statements, as to form, colour, and dimensions, contained in my official report to the Admiralty ; and I leave them as data whereupon the learned and scientific may exercise the pleasures of ima gination,' until some more fortunate opportunity shall occur of making a closer acquaintance with the great unknown,'—in the present instance most assuredly no ghost." GALVANISM.—The following is extracted from the Court Journal of January 29 :—" It is now . about four years since that we informed our readers as be regretted galvanism was not more este • ely used as a remedial agent. We have every reonn to believe that our advice was attended to; for, i fi comparatively short time, Mr. Halse's residence w crowded with the elite of fashion and their less fortun e fellow-sufferers ; and we feel confident, judging m the astonishing remedia effects it has produce on ourselves, after all kinds of medicines and hydro thy had failed to impart any benefit, that the public w thank us for our recommendation. We were deligh to notice, a short time since, that Mr. Halse was pat nised by the Lord Bishop of London and Sir Charles ark, his lordship's physician. Mr. •Halse's great refo sin the galvanic apparatus, are his improved method f application, justly entitled him to rank at the head o his profession. We again recommend our readers to give galvanism a fair trial. Mr. Halse's residence is at 22, Brunswick-square, London.—See advt. On Sunday week, at Covington, Miss Story was marrie t t to Mr. Short. This was one way to make a story short