The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-05-31 00:00:00

he generation now rising. We are, as yet, without any good classical seminary in the province, but the spread of education in the ordinary branches of knowledge, is incon ceivably extensive and rapid. To what avocations shall the thousands of boys, now at our schools in town and country, betake themselves when they grow up to mau's estate? It is certain that they will not labour in the field. In the ab sence of an European course of study, the bench, the bar, the practice of medicine, the pulpit, constitute dis tinctions to which they cannot aspire. The higher offices of the executive department, the home government will always take care to fill with its own creatures. The lower cannot satisfy the wants of one-twentieth part of the appli cants for employment. Then, the present generation of agricultural labourers having died away or retired, who is to supply their room ? How are the rising generation to be oc cupied in a way worthy of their extended information ? How is the large class of persons which now hangs on by the staple cultivation, to subsist? These are questions which it will be well for the philanthropists of England to ponder, before they determine upon converting this colony from a sugar-pro ducing settlement into the residence of mere yam-growers and hucksters." These are, indeed, questions upon which the serious attention of the British people and the British Legis lature may well be bestowed ; and we trust that in the movement, which we now see making, towards an award of something like justice towards the West India . proprietors, the condition of the emancipated negro population themselves, aggravated as its present evils will be by the refusal to adopt the steps necessary to restore prosperity to the cultivation of these noble colonies, will not be overlooked. The Liverpool Journal either misunderstands the re marks which we offered on Friday, with respect to the relative position of the Conservative party and Sir Ro bert Peel's government, or treats them in a very un candid spirit. To a Whig journalist it may appear strange enough that Conservatives should complain of the conduct of that government, upon some particular questions, and determine, with respect to those qu, Lions, to withhold from it their confidence and even to oppose its measures. To a Whig journalist, accus tomed to trim his course with a delicate regard to the safety of the frailest and most unstable government which ever contrived to hang together so long after it had exhausted the endurance of its supporters, it may be a matter of difficulty at first to determine the ex tent to which, in the case of a strong government, the dissatisfaction of sections of its supporters may be ex pressed, with respect to particular measures or the maintenance of particular principles, without weaken ing its moral power or giving rise to the impression that it is no longer possessed of their confidence upon general questions. To this circumstance we must at tribute it—for we cannot think the Journal capable of wilfully misinterpreting us—that we are represented by our contemporary as overwhelmed with " sorrowing despair" and a " cureless sorrow" by the measures of Sir Robert Peel's government ; that we have " no confidence" in the right honourable baronet, and are only restrained by " sickness of the heart" from "bursting into paroxysms of rage" against him. We distinctly pointed out in the article in question the grounds upon which we felt dissatisfaction, or he sitation, with respect to the accordance, by Conserva tives, of their implicit confidence to the present govern ment. Sir Robert Peel, we stated, had not acted up to the wishes of many of his most ardent friends--(he has acted up to the expectations of most)—in his treat ment of the factory question, in his treatment of the new poor law, and upon those questions which are pe culiarly Protestant questions. With respect to these— (we know of none other of material importance)—we are prepared to offer our unflinching opposition to the views of the majority of his cabinet; not with the motive of harassing its steps—not with a view of weakening it in public opinion; but in the hope rather of strength ening it, and at least warning it against the danger of further concession to the principle of utilitarian Whig gery. We have no fears of any " suicidal " conces sion to the principles (I) of free trade. We stated, in fact, that in his financial and commercial legislation Sir Robert Peel had our entire confidence. In urging, therefore, the Conservative party, or, at least, that portion of it who think with us upon these particular questions, to " maintain the cause itself ra ther than the men," we advised what is, with due de- ference to our more politic contemporary, the only course which an honest and consistent party can pur sue. But why, asks the Journal, if this advice is to be acted upon, not cast off at once from our confidence the supporters of Sir Robert Peel's government, if we cast off from our confidence the government itself ? " A government," remarks the Journal, in a tone of self delight, " is nothing without votes at its back ; and we should like to have the one measure of the present ministers pointed out which was not supported by the votes or sanctioned by the acquiescence of Lord Sandon, Sir Howard Douglas, Lord Francis Egerton, and Mr. Bootle Wilbraham. Who has enunciated those suicidal' principles of free trade more boldly (would that he had been something more than lip valiant !) than Mr. William Gladstone? Has the new' poor law met with one syllable of opposition from the whole batch of Lancashire and Cheshire tories ? Were these people sent to parliament to vote at the bidding of the minister for any measure which he might propose, and, as if he were an Egyptian Pasha, to defy and rule both his sovereign and the subjects of his delegated sway ? " If the Standard really wishes to establish that character for independence which it is now stickling for, it must strike nearer home at the men who are the instruments of this `suicidal' course. If Sir Robert Peel is mistaken, they are criminal; if he is blind, they are base. No party duty binds any honest man to support principles which he abhors, and to be an actual participant in political crime." In the first place, we shall reply to the Journal that his facts are not true. We apprehend that neither Lord Sandon, Lord Francis Egerton, nor Mr. Wil braham, are devoted admirers of the new poor law. The former, especially, we believe, will not support a bill, by whatever government introduced, which is not essentially mitigated in its oppressive bearing upon the industrious and unfortunate poor of England. Not one of these gentlemen, moreover, can be suspected of the peculiarly Whiggish predisposition " to vote at the bidding of the minister for any measure which he may propose, and, as if he were an Egyptian pasha, to defy and rule both his sovereign and the subjects of his delegated sway !" When these members "nearer home" do err, how ever, little as the Journal may be disposed to give us credit for the independence required in doing so, he will find us prepared to pursue precisely the same course with respect to them which we have proposed with respect to Sir Robert Peel himself. What that course will be our friends will have no difficulty in under standing from our previous explanation ; and we hope —should the task unfortunately be imposed upon us— (which we do not expect)—that it will be one with the honesty of which even the Journal will be satisfied, al though it will not be so suicidal as to afford him all the fun which he may perhaps anticipate. We perceive by the notice paper posted at the door of the Town-hall that the council is threatened on Wednesday next with another " passage at arms," upon that everlasting subject of Whig-Radical cavil ling, the education question. The challenger upon the occasion is Mr. R. V. Yates,--Sir Daphne of the Dingle,—who will creep into the left-off armour of the Abercromby Apollo, and astonish the education com mittee with his feats therein. The name of his esquire we know not at the present moment. Report, hoW ever, gives the name of Mr. Bright of Gibraltar, who, from the grace with which he is k nown to wield a'yard stick, will no doubt demean himself within the lists with fitting elegance and propriety. The principal object of the " onslaught," we presume; is to post pone the period at which the new system of the edu cation committee may be fairly considered to be upon trial,—which period, be it remembered, will not arrive until the total cessation of this system of petty cavil ling at the proceedings of the committee, and keyhole procee dings of the teach ers i n the espionage of the proceedi schools themselves. The first issue to be decided is upon the following motion, viz.— " That a special committee be appointed to inquire into the acts of religious persecution, alleged to have been com mitted by Mr. R. Stone, in ordering the children of Roman Catholics and Dissenters, in the corporation schools, to learn and teach th e c h urc h ca techism and to go to ch urch ; and if he be found to have done so, to inquire further, whether he was instructed by any person or persons to do so ; and also to inquire whether be neglected his duty in the manner alleged—and that the evidence taken be laid before the council." " Religious persecution" ! What an important in quiry this will be ! The council surely cannot think of horrifying the religious world by permitting the . as tounding facts which th e committee propose d might possibly extract from the tutored witnesses of Mr. R. V. Yates. Seriously—the council cannot permit its valuable time to be taken up, or that of a committee, composed even of the most trifling and silly of its members, to be occupied in disproving such pitiful balderdash as has here been raked up by the eaves dropping member for South Toxteth. The second proposition of Sir Daphne is— That compensation be granted to those apprentices, for merly in the corporation schools, who were hound under regulations which showed respect to their religious opinions and promised them valuable instruction, and who were turned out of the schools when they refused to be bound to a master whose orders they could not conscientiously obey, and who refused to give, or was incompetent to give, the instruction promised." By all means, we would say, allow the apprentices in question compensation, although not a shilling is their legal due! We would give something to sweep away such remnants of the old system, which can only clog the efficient working of the schools as at present constituted, and serve as funnels to such ready recipients of exparte slanders as Mr. R. V. Yates. The third motion is worthy of the sublime philoso pher who devised it. It is— " That a Time-book be kept in each School, in which the Superintendent and all the Masters of that School shall enter the hour and minute when they arrive, and the hour and minute when they leave the School." We would suggest an amendment, to be moved by some Conservative gentleman, to the following effect— " That Mr. R. V. Yates and the seconder of this motion should be permitted to station themselves daily, one at the south school and one at the north, within a convenient hearing distance from the keyholes of the school doors, in order to be enabled to report to the council the proceedings of the masters therein, Mr. Taafe being retained to put their reports into English ; and that, to economize the time of the head master, Mr. William Earle should be requested to escort him in his drag, whenever his duties call him from one school to the other." It will be perceived, by a paragraph inserted in ano ther place, that Mr. Thomas Gladstone, late member for Peterborough, and brother of our townsman, Mr. Robertson Gladstone, is a candidate, in connection with the Right Hon. J. C. Herries, for the borough of Ips wich, on the Conservative interest. The ex-members, Mr. Rigby Wason and Mr. Rennie, are ineligible to sit during the present parliament. LOCAL NEWS THE OXFORD TRACTS REFUTED IN THEIR OWN BIRTH PLACE.—We have been informed that two able and well known churchmen, the Rev. J. R. M'Ghee, the distinguished Protestant champion, and the Hon. and Rev. Baptist Noel, are about to deliver a series of lectures in the Town-hall of Oxford, in refutation of the (Popish) doctrines put forth in the " Oxford Tracts." ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, LIVERPOOL.—The Rev. Wm. Hughes, whose labours in the Principality have been emi nently successful, has been appointed to St. Paul's Church, in the room of the Rev. J. N. Peill, now curate of All Saints', Rose-hill. The rev. gentleman commenced his mi nistrations on Sunday week. THE REV. R. AIKEN.—The Rev. Robert Aiken, who is about to leave Liverpool, delivered his farewell sermon on the afternoon of Sunday last, in the church of St. John the Evangelist, Hope -street. The church was crowded to over flow. Mr. Aiken's discourse was of a most affectionate character, and eminently adapted to the circumstances of the occasion. THE REV. C. H. BURTON.—We understand that the Rev. C. H. Burton, who has been officiating for some time as curate of St. Martin's Church, in this town, is about to re move from this neighbourhood. His exemplary labours in this sphere of duty have been productive of much good, and he retires from it with the esteem and affection of all classes. The members of his congregation are, we understand, about to present him with some memorial of their esteem. TIIE TWENTY-NINTH OF MAY.—Sunday last being the anniversary of the great deliverance of King Charles the . Second, according to the rubric, " the form of prayer with thanksgivini to Almighty God for having put an end to the great rebellion," was read in nearly all the churches of Liverpool. PRINCESS ROYAL STEAMER.—This unrivalled vessel left Liverpool on Tuesday night, at ten o'clock, and arrived at the Bromielaw yesterday at twenty minutes past four o'clock, making the passage, with a head wind and including fifteen minutes' detention at Greenock, in the extraordinary and un precedented time of eighteen hours and twenty minutes. — Glasgow Argus, of Thursday. A deputation, consisting of Lord Sandon, M.P., Mr. G. W. Wood, M.P., Sir Howard Douglas, M.P., Mr. Thomas Wyse, Mr. J. Hodgson, president of the Birmingham,Phi losophical Institution, Mr. Russell, the treasurer, and Mr. Arthur Ryland, the secretary to the Birmingham Philoso phical Institution, Mr. Joseph Brooks Yates, resident of the Royal Institution, Liverpool, and Mr. albot, had an interview with Sir Robert Peel on Friday, at his official resi dence in Downing-street. AN OFFICER REBUKED.—A man, named Thomas Wil liams, was placed before the magistrates on Friday, on a charge of having been disorderly and fighting in Banastre street, on the preceding day. Williams had his head bound up, and appeared to have received some rough usage. Reece Davis, the officer who had taken him into custody, stated that he had been very disorderly, and would not go home when he desired him, but bad struck him, and he (Davis) struck him again.—Mr. Rushton : " Why did you strike the man while there were officers near you ?" Davis replied that it was because the prisoner bad struck him. Mr. Rushton : " That is no excuse at all. There were plenty of officers to take the man without striking him. Such conduct is what I have always cautioned you against : you must never strike a man when you can call assistance. Let the prisoner be dis charged." THE NEW CHIMNEY-SWEEPING ACT.—The principal chimney-sweepers of Nottingham have announced their rea diness to comply with the provisions of the new act, which comes into full operation immediately. Several of them have constructed new machines for themselves, and others are letting machines out to journeymen, or are selling them at a very reasonable rate. This is as it should be, and will entirely remove any difficulty which might arise from the want of machines.—[We borrow this announcement from the Nottingham Journal, and cannot forbear the expression of some surprise that we have not yet been instructed to give a similar notice for Liverpool. Householders will not forget that the employment of climbing boys is positively prohibited, under a heavy penalty, after the new act comes into operation.] - - - - [Advertisement.] —THE NEW SEASON'S TEA.—It would be impossible for us to furnish more pleasing or important intelligence to our friends, than the progress of a large pub lic auction of Teas—which commenced on the 27th instant, wherein greater inactivity prevailed than has for many years past.—This is owing to the recent abundant arrivals of Tea from China—and the total disappearance of speculators from the market—(who have been the chief cause of the great fluctuation in prices during the last two years—but who now have been taught caution by experience, which is doubt less a boon to the public,)—it will require some new and very alarming feature in the Chinese quarrel to be announced be fore a similar feeling for speculation can be again created. Therefore, until a further change takes place, we can parti cularly recommend : Fine Stout Congou (Blackish leaf), 4s. and 4s. 3d.—for general family use—and high flavoured or choicest description Pekoe Souchong kinds, ss. and ss. 6d. —Robt. Roberts & Co., Royal Bank Buildings.— Entrance up the steps leading to Bank. May 30th, 1842. ANNIVERSARY OF THE RESTORATION.—Sunday being the anniversary of the restoration of King Charles to the throne of these realms, the occasion was marked by the dis play of the Royal Standard and other national flags, with boughs of oak, from the several churches and public build ings in this town and neighbourhood ; and yesterday groups of the juvenile portion of the community walked in various parts of the town, carrying children embowered in oak, and representing Charles in miniature in commemoration of the occasion. On Sunday, and also yesterday, many of the vessels and boats in the docks and on the river were de corated with flags, and branches of oak at their mast heads. In consequence of the anniversary falling this year on Sun day, the ship carpenters and others who usually walk in pro cession on the 29th of May, have, we l earn , p os tp one d th e i r procession to the 12th of July, when they will celebrate simultaneously the Restoration and the Battle of the Boyne. DEATH FROM BURNING.—An inquest was held yester day, before Mr. Curry, the borough coroner, on view of the body of a child named Thomas Gough. The deceased, who was but three years old, was, it appeared, left by his mother, on Thursday week, in the room in which the family lodged in Sparling-street,—while she went for some water. The brother of the deceased, a boy of five years of age, was in the room with him. The door was locked outside, with a view to prevent them from falling down stairs, and there was only a slow fire in the grate. Another female, who lodged in the house, heard a scream, and on going into the room found the deceased in flames. She called for assistance, and several persons came, including the mother, and the fire was put out, but the deceased was so much burnt about the face, breast, arms, and neck, that, though he was dressed at the Infirmary, and afterwards attended by a surgeon, he lingered until Friday last, when he died. The jury returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased died by burning, but how his clothes became ignited, there was no evidence to show. ROBBING A SCHOOL.—At the Police-court yesterday, a woman named Lynch, and her son, were charged with having committed a robbery in the Seel-street Roman Catholic School. The boy, it appeared, had been a scholar there, and knew the mode of obtaining access by the back. A week or two ago a number of books were missed from the lib rary , amongst which was a copy of Lingard's History of England ; and on Saturday an entrance was effected through a window, when a coat, belonging to the master, was taken away. A servant girl living in the neighbourhood had observed the younger prisoner lurking about the premises for some tim e before, and she acquainted the police with this circumstance. The cellar inhabited by the prisoners was consequently searched, and the missing coat was found concealed among the bedding. The fem a l e prisoner had previously protested that she knew nothing at all, either about the robbery or the missing property. Mr. Rushton told her there could be no doubt she had instigated her son to commit the felony. Both the prisoners were committed for trial. CAUTION TO WAREHOUSEMEN AND OFFICE -KEEPERS. —Two men, of notoriously bad character, named !Cavanagh and Dolphin, were placed in the dock of the Police-court yesterday, under the following circumstances. They had been seen together in King-street early the same morning, and at a quarter before seven o'clock Cavanagh was found by the charwoman standing at the door of Mr. Smith's office, in S ou th John-street, wich he had opened by means of a skeleton key. The woman asked him what he was doing there, and he replied that he was one of Mr. Smith's clerks. Dolphin at the same time was standing at the front door in the street, evidently keeping watch. Nothing had been t aken from Mr. Smith's. Police-officer, No, 539, comi ng P, he t oo k both into custody, and on Cavanagh be found a skeleton key, which opened Mr. Smith's of fice door, an d a pair of boots, which had been stolen from the a dj oining office of Mr. Sherlock, along with other property, on the 12th or the 24th instant, for it had been robbed twice. t fe h c e te b d oo b t y s means ashis of a The entry on both occasions was ef sekeyle.tonmkre. y ß . as M ht r o . o S , h a e ft r e lo r ck he i a d ri e a n g tifi th ed e prop r t whole circumstances, committed Cavanagh for trial at the next sessions, and ordered Dolphin to be imprisoned as a rogue and vagabond for three months. POOR LAWS.—The Poor-Law Commissioners, on Thurs day afternoon, met Lord Sandon and a-. deputation from Li verpool, at the Home Office, on the subject of the New Poor Law Amendment Act. MAYNOOTII COLLEGE.—We understand that a petition, for a commission of enquiry into the state and studies of the Roman Catholic College of Maynooth, was forwarded from Manchester, to J. P. Plumptre, Esq., on Monday last, con taining 30,316 signatures, which exceeds the numbers to the petition of last year by upwards of 3,500. TOXTETII-PORK PROTESTANT OPERATIVE ASSOCIA TION.—The petition adopted by this spirited and truly patriotic association, for an enquiry into the system of education pursued in the popish college of Maynooth, has received upwards of 3000 signatures--and it has been for warded to Lord Sandon, for presentation to the House of Commons. PLANS FOR THE Sur. - WORKHOUSE.—The Board of Guardians for the Parish of Liverpool selected, on Tuesday last, after a deliberation of three weeks, two designs out of the thirty-nine submitted for the proposed Workhouse, " in recto decus" for the tirst prize, and "coat of arms" foi' the second prize. The names of the architects proved to be Mr. Walter Scott, of this town, for the first prize, and Messrs. Lockwood and Allen, of London, for the second. We con gratulate Mr. Scott, who is well known by his buildings in Cheshire, on his success. ZOOLOGICAL GminENs.—There was an excellent attend ance last night at this very popular place of amnsement to witness the Roman Festa. We must draw the attention of the police authorities to an intolerable nuisance that takes place every night while the company are leaving the gardens ; unless it is put a stop to it will very materially operate against Mr. Atkin's interest. We allude to the crowds of stamping boys and young men that are permitted to assemble by the sides of the road, who offer insults to the company on their progress home, not only by words and abuse, but also by throwing sand and lumps of turf in all directions. We have heard several complaints of this, and we hope that the nuisance will be " reformed altogether." SMUGGLlNG.—Yesterday the man William Scott, trate of the ship Bradshaw, whose case has been noticed before, was again brought up at the Police -court, on the charge of having smuggled allbs. of tobacco. The evidence, which had been reduced to writing, was read over, after which the prisoner was asked what he had to say in his defence. He replied that he was very sorry for what he had done, for it had been the meant of ruining his character for ever, as he had obtained a responsible berth in the royal navy, which was now forfeited. Mr. Rushton said lie should have thought of that before. In order to save a few shillings duty, he had not only placed himself in the situation of a criminal, but he had put the owners of the ship to very serious trouble. He must be convicted in the penalty of one hundred pounds. THE PERUVIAN MUMMY.—This singular relic of hu manity, on which the coroner was about holding an inquest through the witless hoax of some silly person, was purchased from Captain Hoodlop, of the Oberon, a ship belonging to Messrs. Brocklebank, by L. T. Gaskill, Esq., of Seacombe. Dr. Thorburne intends delivering a series of lectures in Li verpool, similar to those now delivering by Signor Peltigrew, of London, and the Peruvian mummy will be exhibited in illustration. Captain Hoodlop discovered the mummy in a chalk tomb at Pisco, and it appears that he had the greatest difficulty in conveying it on board his vessel. The Spanish boatmen who rowed him and his prize to the ship, on disco vering that they had charge of a dead body, laid down their oars, and it was only by his persuading them that it was the body of his brother which he was bringing to England that prevented them from throwing it overboard. COMMUNICATION BETWEEN ENGLAND AND IRELAND. —The committee appointed to inquire into the communica tion between England and Ireland have, for the present, suspended their inquiries. We noticed in our last that Mr. Cnbitt, the eminent engineer, had been examined. Mr. C. W. Williams, managing director of the City of Dublin Steam-packet Company ; Mr. Pim, the secretary of the Dublin and Kingston railway ; and the Right Hon. Frede rick Shaw, have also been examined ; and it is stated that all parties agree as to the superiority of railway communica tion between Chester and North Wales over the present mode of transmitting the correspondence via Liverpool. It is understood that the committee will impress upon govern ment the necessity of employing engineers to examine and report upon the subject. THE FUNDS.—SATURDAY EVENING.—The English funds have remained perfectly quiet, with a small amount of busi ness. Consols for money closed 921 to i; and for the ac count, 93 to ; Bank Stock, 167 to 168 ; India Stock, 249 to 251 ; Exchequer Bills, 395. to 41s. premium ; 3 per Cents. Reduced, 913 to ; 33 per Cents. Reduced, 100 to k; New 31 per Cents., 100 to I ; Long Annuities, 129 16 ; and India Bonds., 21s. to 225. premium. Mexizan stock has advanced to 37 t to t, in consequence of the satisfactoryadvices received of the state of that republic, and the progress Santa Anna is making in the developernent of the resources of the country in order to increase its revenue. Spanish New 3 per Cents. also advanced, and several buyers came forward. Its last quotation was 23k to j. In other securities there was little alteration. Spanish Actives left off 22k to 3i ; Portuguese 5 per Cents., 38 to ; 1 i ; ditto 3 per Cents., 224 to 3 ; Dutch 2k per Cents., sn ; to 1; Colombian, 26k to 27-4- ; Chilian, 88 to 90 ; Brazilian, 67 to 68; and Belgian, 102 to 103. SIR Hownun DOUGLAS. — We learn, from the papers brought by the Caledonia, that the inhabitants of the city and county of St. John's, New Brunswick, have recently transmitted an address to this gallant officer and their late distinguished lieutenant-governor on his election as member for Liverpool. The signatures are very numerous and truly respectable, and are led by the venerable father of the city, John Ward, Esq., J.P., followed by the honourables the senior member of the executive council, the speaker of the House of Assembly, the high sheriff of the city and county, the grand jury and the leading merchants of the community. The address states, that the return of Sir Howard to parlia ment is deemed by them " an auspicious event for the high purposes of the constitutional councils of the country," and they add, that this belief is well founded since the "adminis trative residence" of the gallant veteran " was not only marked by a support of the interests and dignity of the crown, and his own urbanity as its representative," but also because " every moral and industrial interest shared in the fostering care of his almost parental hand." MESMERISM.—We take the following from a late number of the Halifax Morning Post, brought by the Caledonia : " Dr. Collyer may fairly be said to constitute the life — if indeed he was not the pioneer —of animal magnetism in this country ; and when that science, which is now as it were in its infancy—which has but just fairly taken root—shall have grown up to a tree of knowledge,' and have spread its broad branches beneath the genial influence of light and truth,—his name will be associated with its richest and most verdant foliage. It requires no small share of intellect, as well as moral courage and firmness, to stand up the the advocate of a contemned truth, and defend it from the incredulous, the scoffs of the ignorant, and the opposition of the selfish who are unwilling that anything should exist, unless conducted in their own way and by their own per mission. Dr. Collyer is admirably fitted for such a task, Possessing a keen, discriminating judgement— immense nervous power—an independence of mind which knows its own recources, and is ever ready to wrestle with opposing intellect for the mastery —a perseverance that never tires —and an energy that scorns the common obstacles of the world—he has moved forward in his investigations of the science, and electrified mankind with its mighty results. When he first came to this city, the ;almost united voice of the public, and by far the greater portion of the press, was against him. Every species of ridicule which ingenuity could devise, was employed to bring his favourite science into contempt. Yet through all this, Dr. C. has stood up man fully for the right, until opposition is silenced, public opinion revolutionized, and science endowed with a new feature, in its onward march to the ' healing of the nations' and in its capacity to bless mankind. One year ago, nearly the whole mass of community were sceptical; now, there is not one in ten, who has taken any pains to procure information on the subject, that doubts the existence of human magnetism. Let the honour of such results be placed where it rightly belongs." A CABMAN OUTDONE BY HIMSELF.—The driver of a cab, the number of which was not stated, appeared before Mr. Rushton, at the Police-court, yesterday, to complain against a native of France, who, he said, had hired his cab and re fused to pay him his fare. He stated that he was with his vehicle in Bevington-bush on Saturday afternoon, when the defendant, who was drunk, came up and requested him to carry him to Peter-street, which he did. On arriving at their destination he had to hawk his fare up and down the street till he could find his lodgings, a matter of some diffi culty, as he could not understand a word that Monsieur said to him. A squabble arose between them, which, as neither party understood the other, was so interesting as to excite the attention of the whole neighbourhood. At length the police were attracted to the spot, to whom the cabman, being more successful in making himself intelligible, they placed the unhappy Frenchman in durance vile on a charge of re fusing to pay the legal fare for the hire of the coach. The complainant having told his tale, the defendant began, avid with infinite gesticulation he informed the court that as he was passing along Bevington-bush he was saluted by the cabman, who asked him if he would have a ride. He con sented, and mounting the box, the good cabman conveyed him to Peter-street ; but when he arrived there he most wantonly demanded 2s. He assured the court, upon his ho nour, he had never thought of engaging the cab at all. The driver had invited him to ride, and he was fool enough to accept the invitation, for it had been the means of his being kept in custody since Saturday. Mr. Rushton asked the cabman whether the defendant had, as he stated, sat on the box of the coach. The complainant replied that he had, but he added, by way of explanation, that he invited him to go inside, but he declined. Mr. Rushton said there was no case against the defendant. It was clear that the complainant's eagerness to obtain a fare had occasioned what followed. The prisoner therefore must be discharged, and in the mean time he would recommend the cabman to be more careful how be invited drunken Frenchmen to ride in his vehicle again. The Neapolitan journals mention the recent death at San Fili and Bianchi of a man aged 114, and a woman aged 110. EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY—This splendid road has now been open a quarter of a year, last Saturday being the termination of the first thirteen weeks. The in terest which the public feel in this great undertaking is only commensurate with the advantages which it is conferring on the east and west coasts of Scotland, and the beneficial influ ence which it is destined to exercise on the two communities of Glasgow and Edinburgh. During the first quarter the company have carried 132,024 passengers consisting of 24,413 first class ; 34,016 second class ; 73,595 third class ; the first class being 18 per cent., the second class 251 per cent., and the third class being 551 per cent. The money received from these passengers stands in the inverse ratio, the first class yielding 42T per cent., the second class 33i per cent., and the third class 231 per cent. The first week's passen gers of the quarter were 5,561 ; the last week's passengers of the quarter were 13,147. The season of the year will partly account for this increase, but the same reason may be alleged for an increased progression during the next quarter. The goods and cattle traffic department is gradually forming itself ; but, notwithstanding its immaturity and the short time since it commenced, which was some time after the opening of the line, the revenue is already equal to a fourth of the passenger receipts. For the week ending Saturday 21st M a y, th e num ber of passengers was 13,149 ; receipts, £1,685 s s . 11d. ; horses and carriages, £ 2 7 16 s. 6 d. ; parcels, go o d s , catt l e, s & i c. u , i t3 n 9 a B l. lls. 11d. ; total, £ 2 , 111 14 s. 4d.-- Glasgow Con it ACCIDENT ON TILE BIRMINGHAM AND GLOUCES TER RAILWAY.—On Wednesday morning one of the company's servants (name not ascertained) who is employed near the Eckington station to adjust the " points," or swivel turnings, on the arrival of each train, was ran over by the first morn ing mail train, it is supposed while in the attempted perform ance of his duty. Some alterations having lately been begun at this point, another carriage way was formed, and it was his duty to turn the train by means of the aforesaid swivel, on the rails which lie there at a slig ht an g le fro m the direct line. It is supposed, however, that it having been the night of the Eckington wake, he had taken too much liquor, and was consequently incapable of accomplishing his allotted task with sufficient quickness or steadiness ; for when the train came up he had not performed his duty, and the engine passed over his leg, below the knee, breaking the bone and severing the leg, with the exce ption of a piece o f flesh. It will hardly be credited , but it i s nevertheless true, that the unfortunate fellow, perceiving the state of thin gs , with the utmost sang froid, took a penknife from his waist coat pocket, and completed the amputation by cutting 'the flesh through! He then took up the detached member and threw it on the platform, where he himself crawled, and lay for upwards of an hour, till medical assistance was procured from Pershore, and the leg was then amputated at the thigh. The poor fellow was removed, and is doing as well as could be expected.— Worcester Guardian. STUPID HOAX. --ALLEGED .BURKING AFFAIR ! On. Saturday morning a stupid hoax was played off upon Mr. Curry, the coroner for this borough, which, neverthe lt;ss, has excited some little merriment to those in the secret. For some days past as will be seen from another paragraph, a PERUVIAN MUMMY, imported from South America, in the ship Oberon, has been lying at the office of L. T. Gaskell, the agent of the London Times newspaper, in Lord-street Chambers. Some l over o f pract i ca l joking (who deserves to have his nose held to a grindstone for his pains), dispatched on Saturday a letter signed " Francis T. Wilson to the coroner, informing that gentleman that the corpse of a man was lying at the office in question under very mysterious circumstances ; and that the writer confidently believed him to have met with his death from assassination. On the receipt of such a communication the coroner des ' patched his beadle to the office of the alleged barker, Mr. Gaskell. That gentleman, however, was not upon the spot; and the official, in consequence, having declared his office and the serious errand upon which he had come, proceeded forthwith to institute a rigorous inquiry from some parties whom he found in occupation of the supposed place of slaugh ter or felonious concealment. The box which contained the embalmed body was at once shewn him, and its history duly related ; but so dark a tale would not satisfy the man of corpses. Who knew, he thought, but that a radical town councillor, or ex-whig mayor, an ex-whig member of parlia ment, was there packed up for the resurrectionist or for some London curiosity shop ? The mysterious box was, therefore, opened ; and the beadle, with the remembrance of Burke, Hare, Greenacre, and Go o d, ma ki ng " Each particular hair to stand on end Like quills upon the fretful porcupine," Proceeded to note down the appearance of the strange fish or fowl which was presented to his gaze. Having completed his survey, and satisfied himself that it was neither William Rathbone reduced to parchment, nor Rigby Wason done brown, the body in question having been dead for something like a thousand years, he demanded the names of the parties present, and satisfied with his examination, withdrew to re port progress, as the House of Commons people say. In the course of the afternoon the coroner, having probably not been much enlightened with the report of his official, despatched a note requiring the attendance of Mr. Gaskell at his office. That gentleman, however, was still absent; but Dr. Thorburne, of this town, who was accidentally present, proceeded to wait upon Mr. Curry, and explained that the mummy in question was one which had been dis covered in a chalk tomb, where it had probably been buried for centuries, and brought over to this country, as before stated; and that it was his intention shortly to make it the subject of a course of lectures. The coroner, we need not say, was perfectly satisfied with this explanation ; and severely reprehended the conduct of the authors of a hoax which had created so much trouble and annoyance. THE THEATRE - ROYAL. -THE STARRING SYSTEM We perceive by the announcement of the Theatre-Royal, elsewhere in our paper this day, that the lessees have at length broken through the rule they started with at the corn mencement of the season,—they have engaged "a star." We have been so frequently addressed by various corre spondents to account for the non-engagement of the metro politan actors at the Theatre-Royal, that it has led us to make some inquiry into the matter; and from sources that we have no reason to doubt as to accuracy, we have gathered a few curious particulars that will, while they point out an instructive lesson, let the public a little into affairs behind the scenes. These statements, •re we to give them at length, would show the rapacity of the London actors—the absurd value they put upon their services—the risk the manager runs in engaging them—and the opinion the public has of them, by the amount of patronage bestowed upon them. The lessees of the Theatre-Royal have persisted in their original plan until the stars have come to their terms—terms at once equitable and just to all parties. To Mr. Anderson's honour let it be said, that he has shown in his present engage ment a disposition to use the lessees fairly. We believe we may state, so far, that the amount of his remuneration for his fortnight's services will be entirely contingent upon his benefit. We hope the public will remember this, because their approval in supporting him on the ,occasion will show how far the new system is appreciated. We can point out, as we shall presently, that the new system is beneficial to the public and to the stage. The result of the benefit is, as we have said, an equitable mode of recompensing an actor ; be cause, if his services prove advantageous to a manager by drawing extra attendance, it may be at once inferred, that on the night of such benefit still greater will be the attraction. This is the old system. Munden gave his services for a fortnight, and was content to share half the receipts of his benefit with the management. Have we a Munden now, or any one that can be named within a long walk of him ? Master Betty, a surprising instance of precocious genius, but a mere " bubble of the day," it is true, yet still a good and sure card, was content to divide the nightly receipts after £9O, and give £156 for his benefit charges. Edward Kean, the greatest actor the stage has for years produced, was quite satisfied, in 1817, when in the zenith of his fame, to share after £6O per night. Think of this, ye twinklers. In the days of Johnston, Emery, and others, the sharing system was considered satisfactory to all parties, and it appears to be the only one upon which a theatre ought to be worked to be rendered a safe speculation. The labourer is worthy of his hire. If an actor excites curiosity in the public, and brings so much more money to the house than would otherwise be re ceived without him, then he is worth his proportion ; jibe does not draw extra money, he is clearly not worth his salt. This has been proved, and is daily experienced in the provincial theatres. What said Mr. Hay in his speech at Portsmouth, as given in our last Friday week's publication —" The stars were attractive, but they ran away with all the profit." So it has been in this theatre. Some of the stars have brought a little more money into the house, but have taken it away with them. For instance, Mr. Macready, who vaunts his love for the drama, and would have the public believe that he is the great reformer of the modern stage—what has he done for it in London during his last season? But let that pass. What did he for the Theatre-Royal here last season ? Mr. Mac ready could not a f ford to accept an engagement unless be tween £3OO and £4OO (nearer the latter than the former) were guaranteed to him for an engagement of ten nights ! This engagement Mr. Macready had when he was last here —was paid to the very letter of the bond—and the manage ment sustained a very serious loss by him ! Now, will any one have the effrontery to tell us that this nuan's services were worth such a sum? Cui Bono—what benefit did he, either mentally, morally, or physically? Why, the man that mends a pair of shoes for 3s. 6d., that enables the hardy mechanic to pursue his labour, is, in our opinion, a man of more utility than Mr. Macready, or any other of his kind. And where is there a member of a profession, trade, employ ment, or occupation, that dare come forward and ask such a sum as an equivalent for services at such a rate? It is a re markable fact. that the " Heir-at-Law," which was originally produced at the Haymarket, with the extraordinary cast of Suett, Palmer, Fawcett, C. Kemble, Munden, Johnstone, Mrs. Davenport, Miss De Camp, and Mrs. Gibbs, did not cost the then management so much per week, as Mr. Mac ready's sole engagement lately at the same theatre! Actors tell us they are public property, and therefore we make no mincing the matter. The stars have been overpaid, and the public has suffered. These people have required so much of the gilt off the gingerbread, that managers, to make a bare living, have been obliged to obtain poor companies to do their ordinary work. The stars had no objection to this, because, like the foil to the stone, it only set them off to greater ad vantage ; but the public has suffered, because it has seen a part only in each drama well played, while the rest was bur lesqued most villanously. Thus has the public suffered by the star system, The lessees of the Theatre-Royal, in breaking the star system, do the playgoing public service. They say, "We will have a first-rate company. Our theatre is open to stars,' as they call themselves, (though we question whe ther it is a correct term, for they come-it rather stronger than such luminaries,) if they will engage at a price that will pay us. We can draw as much money to our house without as with them. We can get up everything in a superior manner ; and experience has shewn that more money can be taken without them." " This cannot be ! " exclaims the reader. " What ! a regular company produce more money than stars ? " It is even so. In the season of 1840, the following were engaged during the first fifteen weeks, in rotation :—Miss Tree, Miss Romer, Templeton, Mrs. Honey, Buckstone, Mr. and Mrs. Keeley, Yates and wife, Bedford, Wright, Power Gilbert, Miss Bain, Master and Miss Marshall, Madame ' Vestris, C. Mathews, Vining. In 1841, Van Amburgh, Elt on , Balls, G. Vandenhoff, Wal lack, Miss Delcy, Templeton, Charles Dean, Mrs. Warner, Mr. and Mrs. Yates, P. Bedford, Wieland, Wright, Master and Miss Webster, Boleno Family. In 1840, when the Adelphi people were here the best houses were drawn during the whole time, they having played that most moral piece, " Jack Sheppard." In 1841, Miss Delcy's was a first ap pearance : she did not draw. This season the Adelphi Com pany brought down several of their nasty pieces, which, if the Liverpool public had served according to their deserts, ought to have been hissed'off the stage. Now here, in fifteen weeks, we have all the available talent of London ; and it is a positive fact, that during the first fifteen weeks of this pre sent season, we believe that a larger sum has been taken than in the year 1840, and some hundreds over that of 1841 ! The " stars," it is said, have come to a resolution to de cline any engagements at Liverpool and Manchester under the present management. We saw the statement in a Lon don paper. It is clear that the lessees are better without them ; but we strongly suspect that these stars will be glad to come upon the fair and equitable terms proposed. Liverpool and Manchester have always proved good specs for these gentry, and they will not like to be cut out of the two towns. Supposing that any of them should come for a half benefit, and could clear £7O to £lOO for ten nights, we think they would be well repaid. There are many and many excellent and clever men, with many mouths to feed, who are debarred of the common comforts of life, who toil day by day, and sometimes part of the night, to make all ends meet, who do not in one or even two years, make as much as these superficial people consider an inadequate Payment for a fortnight's labours. The doing away with the star system is the true way to advance the interests of the drama ; young actors and actresses get a chance of prac tise and advancement, their merits are tested, and if they have talent in them, it is brought out. They become per fect • they are induced to study and persevere. duch has been said on the subject of Miss Kemble not being engaged by the management, which, if we may judge from what has been dinned in our ears out of doors, has been greatly blamed for not engaging her. But why should the public blame any one for attending to their own i nterests? A theatre is but a private speculation for a public purpose, and as such, private remuneration must be looked at. Miss Kemble, or those who have bought her up, who pay her so much per week for her entire services, like the man i n th e van, w h o pays a giant or a dwarf, or a learned pig, o r any other matter have the modesty to ask £lOO in the showman's way, per night. To set Miss Kemble's performance effectually on the stage, many expences, we sho uld im agine, must be incurred, which might in round numbers, amount to perhaps £3O per night ; to this must ea dded the expense of new scenery, dresses &c., and the rrn charges of the house, besides the slack business before and after her appearance. Would it recompense any one sufficieptly to run, in bad times like these, when every s i xpe nce is looked at twice before it is parted with once—wouldrather such b a speculation be prud en t, even It is_stl'd, that in the event house of £lOO supposing, which m every night? e a full could be secured per night not being guaranteed, it has be en proposed to ac cept two-thirds of the receipts. _e have n o t h eard whether this proposal has been acceded to, bu.t we should fancy not. The public, that is to say the Play-going portion of the community, has better chance of amusement with a com panyhas bee sufficiently shown like the present at . the Theatre-Royal, without " stars," because, as, every thing can be well done. That_ the star system is a bad one, injurious to all except rapacious individuals who have an interest in keeping it in existence, is quite clear; and it is to be hoped that the management of Liverpool and Manchester will persist in their present plan, and that every other in the kingdom will follow its example. Last eve n i ng M r . Anderson, from Drury-lane, appeared as Othello, Mr. B roo ke playing /ago. To-ni g h t, " The Lady of Lyons" will be performed, and to-morrow, " Hamlet." The latter, it may be remembered, has been admirably put on the stage ; a treat may be anticipated , Mr. Anderson's Hamlet is a highly-finished performance. Mr. J. W a l ter, th e l a te representati ve f or Nottingham, has again offered himself as a candidate for that borough. HORRID DISCOVERY ..—The Rio p a p ers of the last ar rival mention an atrocious case connected with slavery. It seems, that a house at Barra de Tajuca, a thriving, populated district, about five miles from Rio, had been searched by the police, and that the bodies of five , blacks, who had been flogged to death, were discovered. The proprietor of the house had been arrested. ARRIVAL OF THE CALEDONIA. This fine steamer, commanded by Captain Lott, arrived at this port yesterday, after a rapid passage of twelve days and eighteen hours from Boston and of ten days and twelve hours from Halifax. We subjoin a list of her passengers and an abstract of her log. LIST OF PASSENGERS. From Boston to Liverpool. , —Captain Dutton, John Win thorpe Andrews, S. M. Buckingham, E. C. Richards, G. T. Snow, John Hillard, William Lobach, G. Blumenthal, Buckley, B. B. Attenburry, A. Large, Manuel Escernden, Joachim Furlong, James Gears, William Phelps, Ferdinand Escernden, Francis Gonsales, V. Gurne, Ignacio Cazanze, Victorian Iturbe, Frances Ganes, F. Galnier. M. Valligo, D. Mbam, William Parker, Frederick Lovering, Seth G. Lynde, J. S. Brown and lady, John M`Ewen, F. A. Huntington, Dr. Jas. Hogan, John W. Harris, P. A. Bunswade, Edward Cunard, jun., and Edward St r yb us . From lialfax,to Liverpool.—Major Buxton, lady, two children, and two servants, Mi ss Od e ll , M i ss Tobin, Miss Porter, Mr. J. Tobin, Archd eacon Wi ll i s. Hon. S. G. W. Archibald and lady, Mr. Longwaith, Mr. Taylor, 29th regi ment, lady, and servant, Mr. Howard, Mr. Lockwood, Captain Carey and ehild. Total.—Fifty-seven. ABSTRACT OF TIIE LOG May l6.—Sailed from Boston at 2 p.m. 17.—Running for Halifax. 18.—Arrived at Halifax at 8 a.m., and sailed for Liverpool at 5 p.m. 19.—Lat 44 32, (d. r.) lon. 59 52, course S. 87 E. 11, wind variable, distance 150 miles, light airs and foggy. 20.—Lat. 44 32, lon. 54 40, course S. 90 E., wind S.S.E. and S.S.W., distance 221 miles, light breezes and foggy. 21.—Lat. 45 16,, lon. 49 18, course N. 87 E. 45, wind va riable and easterly, distance 236 miles, moderate breezes and thick foggy weather. 22.—Lit. 45 34, (o. b.) lon. 44 26, course N. 84 E. 22, wind N.E. and northerly, distance 215 miles, fresh breezes and hazy, with rain. 23.—Lat. 46 23, lon. 38 53, course N. 75 E. 56, wind va riable, distance 253 miles, calm and fine weather. " 24.—Lat. 47 29, lon. 33 18, course N. 75 E. 56, wind S.E. and S.S.W., distance 240 miles, strong breezes and hazy, with a heavy sea. 25.—Lat. 48 16, lon. 27 16, course N. 79 E., wind N.W., distance 245 miles, fresh breezes and cloudy. 26.—Lat. 49 18, lon. 21 10, course E. 54 E. 45, wind N.E. and N.W., distance 253 miles, light breezes and squally at times. 27.-14 at. 50 18, lon. 14 58, course N. 75 E., wind S.W by S., distance 251 miles, fresh breezes and cloudy. 28.—At eight o'clock, Cape Clear bore N.E. by E. six or seven miles. 29.—Received pilot on board at 6 a.m., off Middle Mouse VESSELS SPOKEN. May 20th, in lat. 44 32, lon. 54 40, spoke the barque St. John, of Glasgow, and reported having picked up the crew of the Gazelle, which was lost in the ice. 21st.—In lat. 45 16, lon. 49, 18, passed several icebergs, and some small pieces. 22d.—Lat. 45 34, lon. 44 26, spoke the British brig Juliet of Waterford, out 16 days from Cadiz, bound to Newfound land. 23d.—Lat. 47 29, lon. 33 18, passed the barque Odessa, with emigrants. 24th.—Lat. 47 29, lon. 33 18, spoke a brig at night, sup posed to be the Huddersfield. 25th.—Lat. 48 16, lon. 27 45, spoke the schooner Mary with emigrants. 26th.— Lat. 18, lon. 21 10, spoke the barque Wood stock, of St. John, from New Orleans, out 31 days, bound to Liverpool. 28th.—Off the Saltees, spoke the ship Britannia, of Nev. York, at 6, p.m. THE LIVERPOOL ABDUCTION CASE COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, SATURDAY CRELLIN V. LEYLAND AND BULLS Mr. Jervis applied to the Court on behalf of the defend ants, who are bankers in Liverpool, for an interpleader rule calling upon Ann Crellin and John Orr Macgill to come in and decide their respective rights to a certain sum of money in defendants' possession, to recover which an action had been brought by Ann Crellin against the defendants. It ap peared, that Ann Crellin had lodged in the defendants' hands a sum of money, of which a balance of £1,601 18s. 9d. re mained. She had brought an action to recover this balance, and defendants had received a notice, signed John Orr Macgill, stating, that he was the lawful husband of Ann Crellin, warning them, at their peril, to pay the said money over to Ann Crellin, alias Macgill, and demanding from the defendants that they should pay:the said sum of £1,601 18s. 9d. over to him. This they refused to do, as it was notorious that the said Macgill was, at this moment, in the gaol of Kirkdale, charged with having been guilty of the abduction of Ann Crellin, of which charge, should he be convicted, the mar riage would be null and void. The defendants were perfectly willing and desirous of paying the money to the lawful °Timer, but it was rather hard that the question of the validity of Miss Crellin's marriage should be tried in this manner at their expense, more especially while criminal proceedings were pending by which the question would be decided. An application had been made for an interpleader rule to Mr. Justice Wightman, but his lordship had directed the applica to be made to the full Court. Lord Denman.—Who would be the parties to the issue? Mr. Jervis.—l am afraid the husband and wife, my lord ; but the act says nothing about that. The object of the act clearly is to prevent parties standing in the situation of the defendants who are willing to pay the money to those wh o have a right, being placed in this manner between two fires. Lord Denman.—You may take a rule to show cause, on bringing the money into Court. Rule nisi granted. ADVANCED DUTIES UPON IMPORTS OF LINENS AND LINEN YARNS BY THE FRENCH GO VERNMENT. The following appears in the London Times of yesterday : "It is evident from a conversation which took place in the Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday last, that the French government will raise the duties on linen yarns and linen manufactures by ordinance, within present time. We shall not pans to expose the such a measure, or to contrast it with the policy of the hri tish government at the very same juncture • but the follow ing figures will pro ve £h a t i n a tt ac ki ng the linen trade with Great Britain the French government is shutting up by far the most important channel of commercial intercourse be tween the two countries. The trade is of very recent crea tion, for the duties were raised to prohibition in 1826; they were, however, lowered in 1835 and 1836, and the result was as follows : Linen-yarns exported from the . United Kingdom to France In 1832 lb. V a l ue. 76512 1833 6829 1834 .. 1,430,369 130 ,5612 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 " Our whole export of linen-yarn to all countries (inclu ding France) were in 1840, 17,733,5751 b. ; consequently the portion sent to France is more than two-thirds of , our whole foreign and colonial t ra d e i n th a t commo di ty. " The total declared value of British exports to France in 1840 was £2,378,140; consequently the value of the linen yarns exported amounts to more than one quarter of the whole export trade of this country with France. " Such is the extent of the evil—such is the enormous blow about to be aimed at the commercial relations of the two greatest countries in the world, in order to gratify the claims of a few unruly constituencies in the north of France !" It will certainly not be said that the distress which this or dinance must create, in those districts of Great Britain which are dependent upon the prosperity of the linen trade, arises from the restrictive policy, or at least the want of a feeling of reciprocity towards the producers of other countries, by the government of Great Britain. At the present moment, we only wait for a concession in return, on the part of France, to make a large reduction of the duties imposed by our tariff upon French wines, spirits, &c. This increase of the duties upon one of our largest staple manufactures, we imagine, must settle the question of any reduction at present. TROOPS FOR INDIA.--The utmost activity prevails in the military department of the hon. company in Leadenhall street, in freighting ships for the conveyance of troops. The large ship General Kyd has been taken up, and is now fitting out as a troop ship in the docks, and will sad about the middle of the next month, with 450 of the 84th and 29th regiments. FALMOUTH, MAY 26, HALF-PAST 11 P.M.—The roy a l mail steamer Solway, Captain Britten, with mails from Mexico, the West Indies, &c. (about a fortnight overdue), arrived an hour since, with 70 passengers, and about 400,000 dollars and 50 serons of cochineal on freight. Her dates are as follow :—Havannah, Ist May ; Nassau, 4th May ; Ber muda, 10th May ; and Fayal, 21st May, bringing mails from all the different quarters within the limits of their contract (with the exception of Honduras), and a Jamaica bag with dates to the 15th of April. The Tweed steamer brought up the mails from the latter to Turk's Island, whence they were conveyed by the Trent to Nassau ; and the Teviot arrived at Havannah on the 30th April with the mails from Vera Cruz only, those from the city not having arrived down in time to be despatched by her. We do not ascertain of this arrival bringing any news of moment either from the West Indies or Mexico. General Bustamente, the ex-President of the latter republic, is come passenger by the Solway. Th e ad vices from Vera Cruz, received by the S o l way steamer, are to the 21st ult„ by which we learn that the proclamation of the Texian government, declaring the Mexican ports on that coast in a state of blockade, had not caused much sensation there, particularly as it was supposed the European powers, and England in particular, wou ld not respect such a measure, coming from a government the latter had not yet fully recognized, and which must prove so detrimental to her trade. The new tariff was to be published in the course of a week, and was to b e p ut i n f orce six months after that times The elections of the new Congress had turned out decidedly against the party of Santa Anna, and from the strong military force the latter had oreated about him, it was much to be feared he would openly oppose the meeting of the Chambers, and thus give rise to new broils and disturbances between the two parties contending for power. A co n d uc t a from Mexico was advertised to l eave f or V era C ruz the 25th of April. Business continued very dull. EXECUTION IN FRANCE. —On Tuesday week the small town of Berns, in the Sarthe, was t h e t h eatre o f an awful spectacle. At the sitting of the Court of Assizes for the de partment, on March 14, four men, Louvard, Belland, Drans, and Chambrier, were convicted of the threefold crime of arson, robbery, and murder. The first two were condemned to hard labour at the hulks for life, and the remaining two to death. The court further ordered that Louvard and Bel land should stand on the pillory, and Drans and Chambrier be executed at Berns, were their crimes were consummated. Early in the morning the scaffold and the pillory were erected within a few paces of each other. An assem blage of from 12,000 to 15,000 people gathered from all the surrounding country round these preparations for the exhibition of shame and ignominious death, and, notwithstanding their appearance in the centre, the scene assumed all the aspect of a fair. Booths were raised, tables were spread, tons of cider were broached, and even games were set up. It required all the firmness of the ma gistrates, supported by the gendarmes and a detachment of troops, to prevent still m ore scan d a l ous procee d ings . A t eight o'clock Louvard and Belland were fastened in the pillory, so placed that they could see the house of their victim, and Louvard that in which he bad himself lived. He appeared to be much overcome, but Belland displayed a disgusting effrontery in both gesture and language. Having stood their time they were removed. About 12 o'clock Drans and Chambrier arrived in a postchaise uncler a strong escort. They were accompanied by a young priest, who, with much force but mildness, endeavoured to bri ng the crowd to a state more suited to the scene they were about to witness, and then turned to the immediate objects o f hi s care. Chambrier was resigned to his fate, and in a moment expiated his offences. Drans, however, was In a most pitia ble condition. A livid paleness overspread his countenance, and his limbs trembled so convulsively that guillotines three men to carry him up to the platform of the ln a few minutes afterwards the two several b o di es were lying to gether in one grave in an obscure corner of the cemetery of Berns. The crowd, so thoughtless and even licentious in the morning, overcome by the sad tragedy they had wit nessed, separated in solemn silence. THE MANCHESTER AND LEEDS EXTENSION LINE, AND THE JUNCTION WITH THE LIVER POOL RAILWAY. We last wee the fact, that wof the pur chases of land for .loticed tbe extension of the the Leeds hole Line to the Hunt's Bank Station had been completed. We understand that the contracts for the same, two for the formation of the works of the line, and a third for the erection of the station, are to be let on the 6th June; and it is expected that the whole of the works will be completed, and th e li ne open to the public, to the Hunt's Bank Station, in all September, 1843. We underkand that the Manchester and Liverpool Company are also proceeding rapidly with the purchases of those portions of the land requ which are situate between the station of the Manchester, Bu zn Line, and the Bolton I ley-street succeed Station the Bolton they have I belongs t xuay Compan3 entered into agreements for, and they hay parliament to confirm these agreement the Lir he Old ( ommittee on this bill had leave to sit We believe it is expected that the Junction Line will be completed by the Liverpool and Man chester Railway Company by the same time as the Manches ter and Leeds Extension Line ; so that this important link in the great chain of railway communication across the island from Liverpool, through Manchester and Leeds, to Hull, will be completed in the autumn of next year. It will also connect the Manchester and Birmingham Line with the lines northward, en both the west and east sides of the island; and, in short, it is not easy to estimate its importance and advantages, by thus giving continuity to the various lines of railway communication to various parts of the kingdom. Of course the junction of all these lines will require a spa- papers, that th 1 yesterc cious station; and the Manchester and Leeds Company have already purchased groupd for this purpose around their offices in Clowes's-buildiuys, Hunt's Bank, comprising in one plot nearly five ac r es, or about 23,720 square yards of land. We see that the Mersey and Irwell Navigation Company (Me Old Quay Company) have set labourers to work to remove the masonry of the old abutments, together with the loose stone and rubbish from the river beneath the Victoria Bridge, in order to make the river navigable from that point up to Hunt's Bank. where the company will establish a communication with the lines of railway.. In our next we shall probably notice the course of the proposed line of the Extension Railway from Collyhurst to Hunt's Bank, the direction which it is at present proposed to take for the Junction Line from Hunt's Bank to the Bolton Railway Station, and thence to the Liverpool and Manchester Line. — Manchester Guardian. We beg to call the attention of our readers, and particu larly of such of them as are shareholders in the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, to those parts of the above statement which we have marked in italics. The proposed Hunt's Bank junction, we are told, will " also connect the Manches ter and Birmingham line " with the lines to the north and west. It will do no such thing. A gap will still remain be tween Hunt's Bank and Store-street; and the Manches ter and Birmingham and Manchester and Sheffield traffic will remain isolated from any connection with Liverpool until a communication is effected between those two points. When will that communication be made ? Will it ever be made ? Again—" of course the junction of all these lines will re quire a spacious station," and that station is to be upon the low ground near Hunt's Bank, to the north east of Manches- ter, whilst the business part of the town and the residences of the most respectable portion of the inhabitants arc fast re- moving to the south west. The Post-office has been removed in that direction within the last three years. The Exchange will follow it in a few years more. The principal hotels are already there. If " a spacious station " for the convenience of all the railways is desirable, it should be a eentralstation; it should be, moreover, so situated, as to elevation, as to ad mit the greatest possible facilities for carriages to and from it. The neighbourhood of Piccadilly or Store-street, or any neighbourhood between those streets and Oxford-road would present such a situation. Hunt's Bank is not central, and it is the lowest elevation which could be selected in the neigh bourhood of Manchester. It is, in fact, a heavy drag from it to every point in the compass ; and the only recommenda tion which it possesses is, that its selection as the site of the of the Manchester railways will confer value on the unsaleable and untenanted property of Mr. " spacious station " Robert Gill ! But above all we beg the earnest attention of the Liverpool and Man chest ;tors to the proceedings of the Mersey id Irwell Navigation Compan be seen, have river Irwell navigable up to H These gentlemen, it will ,et labourers to work to make the in order to inter- cept the very traffic from Leeds I Hull, of which we have heard so much the fruits Bank Jr tion. The merchandise of the Vest Riding of Yorkshire ed on board the flats of the Old Q transport to Liverpool ! Glorious consummation ! The Manchester and Birmingham Railway, too, unprovided with an eligible junction with Liverpool, will lay down the mer- chandise brought by it, ust at theprecise point from which Rochdale a and hardy' for transmission to this port. The cutlery have travelled Leffield—the whole of which must othe ilway—will now necessarily travel per canal from the same point to Liverpool ! We should really imagine, that with these significant facts before them, the Liverpool and Manchester Board will begin of this hntortu them up. First—not to speak of private interests—the inte rest of the Leeds and Manchester Railway to cut out its com petitor, the Sheffield and Manchester, from any share in the carrying trade from Liverpool to the north and east of Eng land. The Ashton Canal—to strike a blow at the same un dertaking. The Old Quay Company and the New Quay Com pany—to seize upon the traffic from Yorkshire at Hunt's Bank. The Rochdale Canal Company, and the various car riers using it—to seize upon the traffic left isolated at Store street. The Birmingham Company—to keep its traffic from the Grand Junction ; and the Bolton Company —to carry out ultimately, by the aid of the Leeds Company, its projected northern line to Liverpool itself? An amount of influence here, actually at work, and intimately dovetailed together, which those who have been its dupes will, in time, learn to weigh and to value accurately. We shall be told that it is too late now to turn back from the course into which the Liverpool Company have been se duced. It may be so. Still that company, we presume, is not fastened to this splendid" spacious station " scheme. If they are so let them keep out of it. ORANGE I SM TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,--14iind by last Saturday's Journal, that the " smooth style" of my last letter has ruffled the amiable temper of my friend " Argus." He has, however, placed me in the good company of oily tongued Irish parsons," and, in return, I forgive him. I hope his naughty language has not the sanc tion of habit. He allows that the Orangeman's initiatory address is " very nice and good ;" but he does not like to see it in print, and Ido not wonder. There are those who wish Orange principles kept out of sight, in order that their slan ders may escape with impunity ; but it shall be ours to pub lish our laws, and to disabuse the public mind of all false impressions. I have no doubt that "Argus" himself found it easier to write a column of abuse, than to persuade himself he was writing truth after he had perused my quotation. " Argus" has a very perverse genius. He knows nothing of purple marksmen• by his own admission, yet he charitably supposes it means " purple crimes," and he then logically reasons upon the consequences of tolerating the title. The " recruit" would be raw indeed who would glory in a dis tinction of so dishonourable a character. For " Argus's" satisfaction I will, therefore state that its signification is of a religious, loyal, and patriotic nature ; and more than this it is not necessary to state till " Argus" is prepared in his heart to become a Protestant loyalist. " Argus" uses even worse argument than he exhibits bad taste. He would prefer, forsooth, " better game than a re cruit." I should think so, unless he were a cannibal. I can promise him, however, that if he bags his bird, he will find him rather tough in the digestion ! "fis a pity to see him waste so much powder. But " Argus" is also very clever at stratagem, and takes great credit for having now obtained information which everybody else knew, namely, that the Orangemen were going to walk in peace, under the protection of the authorities. We are told that we honour the memory of a Dutchman, and we agree ; but add, in addition, that this Dutchman was rightful King of England. Will " Argus" say the same ? As for the defence of Sarsfield, and the avowal of repeal, I leave the matter in the hands of the public, and I have no fear that the man who fought several times against the King of England de jure et de facto, was a rebel, and that the burly agitator, who howls for repe a l, d oes no t l ose b y t h e speculation. Morality, indeed, and in such circumstances l —Let Raphael tell the moral he has drawn from the affair at Carlow. We are told that the flags carried on St. Patrick's day did not create a tumult ; but does this justify the proceeding ? Praise to English forbearance, we allow our feelings to be outraged in our own town to preserve peace, and are to be told, in return, that we are to be hid in our houses—and this too in a Protestant town! It is asserted that Hibernian so cieties are legal and loyal. I hope they are : but are Ribbon societies legal ? and pray how do we know but that every nominal benefit society of Ilibernians is not practically a Ribbon lodge? Look at the late proceedings before Mr. Rushton, when a society, with rules certified by a barrister, yet paid hirelings to go to Ireland—for purposes which, in reality, arc never known, but which may be guessed. Orange societies have printed rules, which may be had by the public, and Orange benefit societies are legally enrolled, and are open to all loyal Protestants. It is not necessary to notice the statements about coldness to the Queen, or the escape of the Marquis of Wellesley, be yond merely stating that they are false so far as Orange lodges are concerned, and I dare him to prove the agency of these loyal bodies. " Argus" mistakes sneers for arguments when he writes about the reasons of Orange lodges being discountenanced. He is witty in intention about the scrutiny Orange lodges underwent before parliament. Allow me to refer him to Mr. and Mrs. Hall's Ireland, where Orange societies are spoken of, annhe will find that the society " stood the test of two most scrutinizing parliamentary committees —one of the Lords, in the year 1825, and one of the Commons, in 1836 without the slightest imputation being cast upon it which has any weight with rational men." It is true, that when self-styled liberals had the power to insult their opponents, during the mad times of reform, that they acted up to their bigoted principles, by crushing their fallen rivals ; for they knew that the strongholds of true liberty and genuine Pro testantism are found in Orange lodges. We have bid adieu to the past : like the phoenix, our institution has risen from its ashes, and now once more takes its heavenward flight, and soars majestically above the puny darts of its assailants. " Argus" does not allude to my remarks upon the peace able manner we purpose walking,And the desire to avoid giv ing intentional offence. Th at d oes not su i t hi s and pur p o se, e_ he can only condesc en d t o l ower his d i gn i ty so f ar as to ie and ture magistrates upon the duty of discouraging I°Ydone Protestantism. 0 shame, where is thy blush! I have for the present with " Argus." With regard to another t j feel glad in correspondent of the who signs XXX, I have only to observe thl rang e purposes having his testimony that the collectors for yu .jo u rnal's, are doing their duty so well ; and when re the 12th July, and friend's " asto nishment" is over, I hope to meet him on us a nd immortal drink a pot of XX to the " glorious, Po memory. '—l remain, sir, your's, 84c., AN ORANGEMAN & PURPLE MARKSMAN. Liverpool, 30th May, 1842. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS. The weather during the past week has been extremely fine, varied by occasional showers, which must have been of infi lite service to the growing crops. The face of the surround ig country looks surpassingly beautiful.—Stockport Adver- THE WEATHER. —Fine fertilising showers have fallen during the week, by which the crops of grass and corn have been materially - stiengthened, been by an alternation of war our neighbourhood look most love a most prolific crop of all ki' counts throughout the country give the sau._ sentations.—Leeds latelligeneer. Throughout this part of the north the country presents a charming aspect. The late rains have produced a striking change in the appearance of the crops, which now give pro mise of abu n d ance. The wheat is strong and healthy. The oats just bursting into blade look remarkably we" - flax- aided as their growth has in sunshine. The gardens in I there is promise of The general so cheering repre- Lids of I _.„ and the , generally, wears such an appearance as must be highly gratifying to those who take an interest in the efforts now ' --- to improve the cultivation of tl lat valuable crop. while the potatoes are just what an Irishman loves to 100 k at in the ridges. Yesterday morning we had a slight thunder storm, and the rain fell very heavily for a short time, but it oon cleared up, and we had a delis afternoon.—U/st ISLE• OF MAN.—At the commencement of the week the atmosphere was exceedingly chill, owing to the prevalence of the easterly wind, which changed, however, a few points on Tuesday, rendering the air more genial. Copious showers of rain have occasionally watered the smiling face of Mona, which fell chiefly in the night. The fruit blossoms are now carefully expanded, and seldom, indeed, hare the gardens and orchards given greater promise of abundant produce, and throughout the island agricultural crops of every description are looking remarkably healthy. On the whole, produce of all kinds gives hope of great abundance, and if fine weather continues, an early harvest will afford to the country a great relief from the pressure of the times which now prevails to a great extent among the labouring poor both in this island and across the channel. The Rev. W. R. Sibthorp was on Saturday admitted to Priest's Orders at the Roman Catholic College at Oscott. The coal trade is reviving at Newport. A number of ves sels have arrived within the last fortnight. A FAT laviNG.—The annual value of the Prebend in Wells Cathedral, which has lately become vacant by the death of the Rev. T. Escott, is three pounds! The railway from Naples to Rome has at length obtained the approval of the Holy See. It is said that au arrange ment has been made between the two states, according to which Naples will undertake th e work and the expense, and Rome repay its share in annuities. A railway from Rome to Florence is spoken of as a thing quite resolved on. The Augsburg Gazette announc es th at the Russian army in Poland is about being placed on the peace establishment ; the cavalry is to return to Russia; but th e G azette thinks that these measures indicate a concentration of a large military force in the southern parts of the empire, for the purpose of carrying on active operations in Circassia. In the neighbourhood of Guildford-street, Southwark, an accoucheur, residing there, rejoices in the appeopriate name of " Caudle." Not l ess so , i n th e B roa d way, Blackfriars, is a hairdresser, literally and truly bearing the name of " Catchpole." The Cologne Gazette states, from the frontiers of Italy, that since the closing of the University of Pisa, occasioned by the seditious and tumultuous conduct of the students, several arrests have taken place among that body. WOFUL WIT.—How do a feeling-hearted man and a cart horse resemble each other ? Because they both stop at the cry of " Wo !" Osbaldistone, the great horse dealer, now a bankrupt, is Llso a solicitor and coroner for Hertford. On the 19th instant the railroad between Hamburgh and Bergedorff was opened, and 800 passengers were conveyed along it. On the 20th, the number was 900. Considering the present circumstances of Hamburgh, this may be regarded as a large number. A party returning about half-past eight o'clock on Friday evening, from an excursion up the river Thames, in a small pleasure-boat, accidentally ran in between the New Cadogan pier and a steam-boat, which immersed the party, and two lives were lost. A Vienna letter of the 16th instant says—" The works on our railroads are going on with great perseverance ; that to Prague will be finished in three years, and that to Trieste in six years. The Courrier de Lyon says :—" The accident on the Versailles Railroad has not diminished the traffic on ours. In the four days of the festival of Whitsuntide 10,493 pas sengers, being upon an average of 2,576 a day, were conveyed by it. During the same period in last year the 9,776, being 720 less than on the last occasion.' The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have issued an order to admit 12 shipwrights' apprentices at the Wool wich Dockyard immediately, that number being a regulated proportion, according to the men borne on the books of this dockyard. Their lordships have also decided upon entering 100 apprentices every year, to be distributed amongst the various dockyards, in the proportion of men borne on their books number ivas PALLIATION.—" Pray, sir," said the commissioner to an insolvent brought up to be discharged on his petition—" Pray, sir, how could you wilfully, and with your eyes open, con tract such a number of debts without any visible means of paying them ?" "My Lord," said the petitioner, " you labour under a great mistake—l have never in my life wil fully contracted a debt; on the contrary, I have invariably done everything to enlarge them !" The Nuremburgh Correspondent announces that 6,000 marks have already been remitted to Hamburg from that city, and 10,000 from Augsburgh, and that the Bavarian ministers, in the absence of the king, had made a general appeal to the people of Bavaria in favour of the distressed inhabitants of Hamburgh. The Post Ampt Gazette of Frankfort informs us that at Stuttgardt the booksellers are getting up a lottery of books and prints, the profits of which are to be sent to Hamburg. A very considerable fire occurred at Kingston, Jamaica, on the 9th ult., by which the steam bread bakery of Messrs. Atkinson and Hozin was burnt to the ground, and property to the value of £50,000 destroyed ; it is presumed to be the act of an incendiary. The Jamaica papers mention that the troops and men-of-war's boats and crews rendered effectual assistance. RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The following calculation of the last weekly returns of 38 railways, 1,345 miles in length, will be of interest :—Number of passengers on 23 railways, 280,644 ; consequently, the total of the week must be about 400,000. The receipts for passengers on 37 railways, £71,048 12s. lid ; ditto for goods on 30 railways, £18,452 19s. Id ; total, £89,501 12s. This is an average of £66 10s. per mile per week. The traffic, therefore, is certainly at the rate of more than £3,000,000 a year, and carrying 15,000,000 of passengers.—Railway Magazine. LANDS HELD OR FORFEITED BY A GAME OF CRESS.— There is a method of playing at chess called Curzier Spiel at Stroepke, a village between Magdeburg and Brunswick, on a board of 8 squares by 12. This village holds its lands upon the tenure of forfeiture if any of their community loses a game at chess. Some of the inhabitants are expert at this play, but as the stake is so high, they decline finishing a game with a stranger, and defer the party sine die. A NEW COPPER MINE IN JAMAICA.—We are exceed ingly gratified to be enabled to announce that another valua ble copper mine has been found in the neighbourhood of this parish, situated upon Flamstead Plantation, Port Royal Mountains, the property of the Rev. Mr. Fyfe ; and that so satisfactory are the indications, that the necessary capital has at once been subscribed for by one or two opulent and influential houses in this city, which will thus prevent the oc currence of much of that indecision and delay which generally accompany appeals for public co-operation. Who knows but that this is only the commencement of a new era in the existence of Jamaica, and that from an almost exclusively sugar-growing colony, she may yet rise to equal, if not su perior, importance in mineralogical wealth. Should this and the Mount Vernon mine succeed in fulfilling the hopes of their 'projectors, we need have little doubt of seeing many others following in the same steps. Jamaica Standard, April 15. INCORPORATED SOCIETY FOR TIIE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL IN FOREIGN PARTS.--The 141st anniversary meeting of the members and friends of this society was held on Friday, at St. Paul's Cathedral. The clergy, in their robes, met at three o'clock in the Consistory Court, at the west-end of the cathedral, to meet his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, the president of the society. There were present the Lord Mayor. aldermen, and sheriffs, the Bishops of London, Durham, Winchester, Chester, Lincoln, Nor wich, Salisbury, Llandaff, Sodor and Man, the Archdeacons Hale and Robinson, the Rev. Ernest Hawkins, the Rev. A. M. Campbell, Rev. C. B. Dalton, Rev. W. Dodsworth, Rev. Thomas Dale, Rev. W. Harvey, and a very large number of the metropolitan' clergy. Full cathedral service was per formed, after which the Bishop of Salisbury preached the sermon. His lordship's discourse was founded on the 17th chapter of St. John's Gospel, 20 and 21 verses. It was listened to with profound attention. An anthem was sun g , and the Bishop of London pronounced the benediction. It appears from statements put forth by the society, that there is still a great want of colonial clergymen, more especially in Van Diemen's Land, for which place a bishop will very shortly be appointed. The Bishop of Australia has also re presented to the society his need of clerical assistance. In the diocese of Toronto a college has been established for the education of candidates for holy orders. a the company's PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEA.:ft NAVIGATION m p AN y..__Th e third half-yearly meetipnbgeollfit:oth_p:ochpriaiert, t r o Co of this company was held on the 27th inst. receive offi ce i s t l l 1 , e S r t e . p i% o f r a t r of y - axe, d S i i r r e j e t o o l r i as a e n a d ai decl T ar h e a dividend for the six months ending 31st March last. the receipts of the company for that half -year report x s 3 tl , l 9 t o e d o in excess of the previous half-year ; that 11-, shares of 450 e each had been subscribed for ; that the paid company amounted to .C 400,787 10s. ; and that the amount of £169,312 were available for the capitaleonftsthto a ;u n r s t t ll l e m r exten sion of the company's operations. It also stated that 703 ad ditional shares had been subscribed for in India, where a very favourable feeling towards the undertaking had been mani fested. The Hindostan steamship, of 1800 tons an d 520- horse power, would, it was reported, proceed to ta k e u p her - station between Calcutta, Madras, Ceylon, and Suez, in September next, and the Bentinck, of similar size and power, would soon follow f or t h e same destination. Arrangements for improving the transit of passengers and goods ttbrforieisgli: Egypt were stated to be in active progress, and that of assurances of the support and co-operation of til A divi- Egypt in effecting them had been recently recede. arec i , and dend of 31 per cent. for the half year was i thanks to the directors being moved conded and carried, the meeting separated. rzn,n, h catholic churches POPERY AND TIIE BIBLE.—In .4- --- t i s a lWayS °Witted, on the continent the second corornandmen the ninth and and in the books of Exodus and Deuteronomy.in the one book, tenth are placed in different positions and unanimously se house" comes first, "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour snecond commandment they wife." Thus having omitted th up the number. In con and in the other, "Thou sliaieot ovet thy neighbour's th willeninth n n t d h that a nd differently placed in the their ninth and which is sequence,div divide th e however, t tenth in ofo two th e..? t e o . ibeing make ic hi s two books, they cannot teill, i n to their variouechisms,' their tenth ; so that if you e look b Council of Trent find y a or are even the large one of the ~ which is the first command although the questnsecond,,, 4 , w hich is the third," and so merit, " which is the co me to the last, on, yet when they Such are the shifts to which the tenth commandments.sstem of anti-Christ resort. creatures of the Nilson, senior Fellow of T ' The late Dr. N Tr' College, though a very grave man himself , was very fond of Dublin, d p uzzling the country people 1 p e who came to in quizzing an p friends or relations • •after their in the college. One quire tanding in th s eeing a man a . ....e , court with letter in . Nvi a his day, Se ' •0. and staring about, d band, gapin„ gravely up t o 1 • an not knowing where to go, be walked , ~ 0 . um, and asked what he wanted ? u , man answer_eo, Nl', ca n you tell Mr. Delallunte ?" " Yes," said me where I can find that building before y ou ?" ~ - y es the doctor, " do you see quadrangle, and take the diameter ' Then crucify this enter the opening before of the plot beyond it then turn to the left, and you and ascend the tigreous grades ; ing in his cubicle, dor • you will find him either peripatout pounting through h' trutating in his lectuary, or perresco derstood nothin of Is fenestra." The poor man, who gallun this, and remembered not one word but the last, Jul, And pray, sir, where is the fenestra ?" To which the doctor replied, " It is an orifice in an edifice, te to admit luminous particles." " Oh, thank you," said h poor fellow, and walked off , more perplexed than before.— Cant bridge A c i • ' • " Advertiser.