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cy LULU:\ Cc 2, To TilE Luiroit oe ftlE FREEMAN THE SLAVE-TRADE IN BRAZIL " A faithful witness will .not lie, but a false witness uttereth lies :—Proverbs xiv., 5. We commend the followin communications to the SIR,—A. letter, "To the People o f I re l an d," s i gne d perusal of the whig defenders of g the Brazilian slave-trade. " Daniel O'Conn e ll," h as b een a dd resse d to me b y name as minister of Harold's cross church, and I p resume , Is it to encourage such enormities and crimes as are therein narrated that England is to admit Brazilian sugar? from what I can learn, that it h as b een sent to a ll my We are indeed ignorant of the feelings and determination brethren Mr. O'Connell asserts in his letter, as th e f oun d a ti on of our countrymen i 4. they would tolerate a government which aided and abetted Brazil in atrocities like these.] of his appeal to the p eo pl e o f I re l an d, t h at t h e " o b ject BAHIA, Oct. 19.—This accursed traffic is again extend- of repealers is the :".-- ing at a fearful rate here and on other points of the coast. First—Freedom of cons c ie nce . There are now lying in this port, waiting for the first op- Second—Freedom o f e d ucat i on . , portunity to give -the slip to the British cruisers, three Third—Freedom of the press. schooners belonging to one man alone, a French man , w h o The first of these, " f r e e d om o f consc i ence, " I peremp but five or six years ago had no property whatsoever, but torily deny. I assert that it is opp ose d t o th e pr i nc i p l es is now a rich and honodred man here. of the leaders of repeal in Irel an d. It i s oppose d to Mr. Let me interrupt this by citing a fact I have from an O'Connell's own principles, to those of his bishops, his acquaintance who has lately been over to th e i s l an d of priests, and his church, and I propo se a di rec t t es t o f t hi s Itaparira, to receive his share of three blacks, out of a fact to Mr. O'Connell and to them, by which I shall venture of some sixty partners. He is a young man of prove my assertion, if he or th e y w ill venture to meet i t . very poor parents, his aged mother only being alive, but The second " freedom of edu ca ti on ," carr i es f a l se h oo d for the purpose of being better able to assist her he yen- on the very face of it; for the existing National Board of tared a small sum (about £4O) on this speculation. The Education is an unprincipled compromise of the British rich merchant, who chartered the vessel to th es e you n g government with the bi s h o p s an d pr i es t s o f R ome, w h o had previously bought the vessel and fitted her out have been intruded on this unhappy country to corrupt t a cost of about £1,600; the freight realised the ancient catholic faith of Ireland. and who deny to rought in some 560 negroes, and took Irishmen the first birthright to man—that of bringing up )r each; they were vnostly skeletons, their children "in the nurture and a d mon i t i on o f th e When the Lord, by giving them instruction in that holy book, he told " which is able to make them wise unto salvation, through m faith which is in Christ Jesus." ~ The third " freedom of the press," I shall test, as far 53 Contos ! for she 100 dollars freight as your paper is concerned, by requesting that you will be ht I so good as to give insertion in your journal to this letter to Mr. O'Connell, which I enclose, and the resolutions cb accompany it. 211, Or many blind, and most in a very disc young man came ba with his living skel Me, and not to say father or mother from bad just witnessed Two of the above schooners have been bot )m Americans, who sell here annually at least 12 to 15 crack vess A more hypocritical and lying Government and to the suppression of the slave than this is with r all the authorities are secretly ed to fav If you yourself believe Mr. O'Connell's letters—if you lieve that freedom of con , cience and freedom of the press are the objects of reps monstrate this, to prove the other; you will give the full we u will rejoice to de one and to vindicate the ght of your talents, and public discussio Mr. O'Connell n or your Journal, to press forward the n of these resolutions which I propose to —I am, sir, a faithful friend to Freedom of conscience Freedom of education, Freedom of the press, R. J. WGREE I Dec. 18, 1843 TO DANIEL O'CONNELL, ESQ., M.P ht an envelope ad name, containing a printed letter " to land," dated " Conciliation Hall, 31st Jd signed " Daniel O'Connell." You, fore, call on me personally for an answer, which 1 —The postman has just brou dressed to me he People of 11 Oct., 1843, lose not a moment in sending Your letter to the people of Ireland opens a wide field for discussion, but I confine myself to one proposition. That proposition is—" the practice of passing persecuting laws on the score of religion has gone by in all countries. We do not know one Catholic country on the face of the h such a law now exists, nor do we believe arth in wt there is any such This proposition I assert to be utterly destitute of truth as to the matter of fact; but courtesy demands the sup position that you believe the proposition to be true; and, _• .6 on the presumption that you do, I have the honour to en close a series of resolutions, in which the truth or false hood of it is so strictly tested by a specification of dates, names, documents, and facts, that no room can be left for further discussion than is afforded by these resolutions If you perceive any defect in the wording of enclosed them you gill be good enough to suggest any amendment that will give them the clearness or specificltion which you may consider necessary for the investigation of the truth or falsehood of your proposition in the letter which you have enclosed to me, addressed to the people of Ireland. i now invite you to discuss these resolutions before any of the tribunals here proposed. As the case is one involv ing; laws, I propose— First —A select tribunal of barristers of this city, named alternately by you and me. It is especially de sirable that the attention of all your professional advisers on the approaching ,vial be called to the case, for reasons too obvious to mention. Secondly—lf you prefer it, add} the solicitors to the barristers, so that all gentlemen belonging to the legal profession in Dublin may know the facts specified in these resolutions; Cr, Thirdly—Let a meeting be called of all classes, and I will divide the tickets with you for a number of Protest ants and Roman Catholics, as many as your Conciliation hall or the Rotunda will contain, and so placed under the direction of a committee mutually chosen by us, that their suffrages can be at once ascertained, so as to decide the resolutions. I invite you to name any day convenient to you within a month from the date of this letter, in which you will undertake to dispute these resolutions. If you cannot do so yourself, I invite you to find a priest in the province of Leinster who will do so in your place. I invite you, as being myself an honest and faithful friend to my Roman Catholic countrymen ; their own liberties are at stake in the question. I send this letter to you through the medium of the repeal press, and I hope to receive a direct and specific answer. I am, Sir, a faithful friend to truth, and to the spiritual and civil liberties of Ireland. First. " Resolved—that it appears to this meeting that the Roman Catholic bishops and professors who were examined before the committee of both houses of parlia ment, and before the commissioners of education in 1825 6, gave their evidence respecting certain intolerant and per secuting laws and decretals of the church of Rome on which 'they were examined—that they declared that these laws and decretals were not in force in Ireland, on the ground that they were not published here under episcopal authority ; but that they admitted that if they were so published they would be then in force unless declaimed against by a majority of the Roman Catholic bishops. Second. " Resolved—That it appears to this meeting that all the Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland published a declaration given professedly on their oath in 1826, in which they strenuously denied all principles of intolerance or persecution against Protestants, and also declared on their oath that they did not believe that the Pope either hath or ought to have any temporal or civil jurisdiction, power, superiority, or pre-eminence directly or indirectly within this realm.' Third. " Resolved—That it is proved to this meeting that while these bishops were giving this evidence and publishing this declaration and oath, they had for 18 years before, viz., since 1801, been secretly training their priests to direct the consciences'of the Roman Catholics of Ire land by the theology of Dens, which they selected as the best standard of their religion, a work containing the very principles which they denied in their evidence and ab jured on their oath, and which also contained one of those very bulls which they swore had never been published in this country. Fourth. Resolved—That after the object of the evi dence which these bishops had given, and of the declara tion on their oath, had been obtained by the passing of the act of 1829, and after these same bishops had published a small pastoral address, expressive of their gratitude, loyalty, and charity, in the year 1830, that the archbishop and bishops of the church of Rome in the province of Leinster, namely, Dr. Murray, Dr. Doyle, D r . K ea ti nge , and Dr. Kinsella, three of whom are now living, assem bled in their secret synod in 1831, and pronounced therein a sentence of excommunication against all their Pro testant fellow-subjects—that they set up the theology of Dens as a conference book, by which they were to train their priests in their respective dioceses to direct the consciences of the Roman Catholics committed to their charge—and that in consequence of this, to supply the wants of these bishops, a new edition of this book was printed by Mr. Coyne in 1832. _ - Fifth. " Resolved—That at the same time a code of Papal laws was published by Mr. Coyne, with the express authority and sanction of Dr. Murray, under the name and pretext of being an eighth volume of Dens—that this code of laws was well known to all the Roman Catholic bishops of Ireland—that the publication of these laws was advertised in certain journals which are known and patron ised by these bishops, and that they are therefore in force on the authority of the Church of Rome in Ireland at this very hour. " Sixth. " Resolved—That this code contains some of the worst and vilest laws that have ever been enacted, either in Papal general councils or by the Pope of Rome —laws of the basest tyranny and oppression against the Roman Catholics, compelling them, under the heaviest ecclesiastical censures, to bow to the temporal commands of the Pope—laws of restitution of all forfeited property, of intolerance, persecution, and extermination against Protestants —laws of sedition and treason against the Pro testant Sovereign and government of Ireland—laws which the bishops of Home dare not publish in any Papal state in Europe, one of which Dr. Doyle admitted that if pub lished in this country it ' would upturn the very founda tions of society, and drench our streets in blood.' Seventh. " Resolved—That, therefore, the statement contained in the letter signed Daniel O'Connell, addressed to the people of Irdland, dated October 31st, respecting Papal laws, is wholly false, and that the principle of tole ration and liberality professed by him in that letter towards the Protestants of Ireland, are a gross and daring impost ure on their credulity; and that the same is amply de monstrated by Daniel O'Connell himself, from his total incapacity to disprove these resolutions." 1 undertake, in the strength of God, to maintain the above. R. J. Al' GHEE. December 16, 1843. A NOBLE EXAMPLE.—Much has been said and written, and many are the little anecdotes recorded, of the liberality and determination of the Duke of Wellington. 4. strik ing instance of the former occurred a short time ago. A. needy griculturist being compelled by necessity to adver tise a small farm adjoining the park at Strathfleldsaye for sale, his grace's steward made an offer for it, which was readily accepted ; and when the duke, a few days after wards, arrived from town, the steward acquainted his grace of the judicious purchase he flattered himself he had made, adding, doubtless with inward satisfaction, that he was happy to inform his grace that the land had been bought cheap. " Cheap, sir," exclaimed the noble duke, " cheap, air ; I want no man's land cheap. Let two proper persons be immediately appoi n t e d t o survey and value the farm." Crestfallen and sorely disappointed, the steward returned to fulfil his grace's directions, and at the next interview handed his grace the report of the surveyors, who had estimated the value of the land at everal hundred pounds beyond the purchase-money pre ' ' reed upon. His grace carefully perused the and then remarked, "This is correct; is it It is, your id, I want no ma. ,nd che, horning paper UNIVE tiSITY AND CLARICAL NEWS. CAMBRIDGE. DECEMBER 22 CONGREGATIONS. There will be congregations on the following days of the ensuing Lent term : Saturday, Jan. 20 (B.A. Commencement), at 10. Wednesday, Jan. 24, at 11. Wednesday, Feb. 7, at 11. Wednesday, Feb. 21. at la. Wednesday, March 6, at 11 (Ash-Wednesday). Friday, March 22, (M.A. Inceptors), at 10. Friday, March 29 (End of Term), at 10. The Norrisian Professor of Divinity's Lectures are an nounced to commence on Thursday, February 1, 1845. THE LIVERPOOL STA,ND kR.D. THE OJIBBEWAY CASTLE THE COURT. INDIANS AT WINDSOR The Ojibbeway Indians, from the country to the north and north-east of the month of the Yellowstone River, Upper Missouri, arrived at Windsor Castle on Wednes day afternoon from town, accompanied by Mr. Catlin, and had the honour of being presented to her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. The Ojibbeways consisted of six men and three women, and were presented to the Queen and the Prince Consort as follows :—Ah que-wee-zaintz (" the boy,") the principal chief of the band, who is upwards of 74 years of age, and with a most venerable and commanding appearance ; Pattana-quotto weebe (" the swift-driving cloud.") about 50 years of age, and the war-chief of the band ; Weenish-ka-weebe (" the flying gull,) stout and well-made, and about 40 years of age; Gish-e-gas-e-ghe (" the bright moonlight night,") a young red warrior ; Wasseh-abbe-neuch-qua, and his wife, about 35 years of age, with their daughter, 10 years old, named Nib-nab-be-qua ; Shah-mah (" Tobacco,") a young warrior about 23 years old, and his wife (n Indian beauty) named Ne-bet-neuch-qua, of the age of her hus band. The interpreter, a fine-looking and exceedingly powerful man, of the age of 24 years, who speaks English with considerable fluency, is named Nottena-akm, " the strong wind." The party of Indians were presented to her Majesty and the Prince Consort in the Waterloo Gallery, where were assembled her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Marchioness of Douro, Lady Fanny Howard, Lord Ri vers, the Hon. C. A. Murray, and the several members of the Royal Household. Upon the chief of the band, Ah-quee-wee-zaintz, being presented to the Queen. he addressed her Majesty with much apparent force and feeling, expresshig how " great was his delight and gladness to come to this country, the great light which enlightened the whole world. The Great Spirit had given them a good and safe journey across the Great Salt Lake, but unbounded was now their joy, and glad their hearts, to behold the face of their great mother, the Queen of England." The speech of the chief was interpreted to the Queen and the Prince by .t6ottena-akm. Itrt)e party, who were attired in the costume of their livcei.ry, with their clubs, spears, tomahawks, &c., went thCp:igh several of their national dances and the war dance, h i f u ll character, accompanied by one of the Indians upon the whole having a most extraordinary and pic turesqne effect. Before they retired, her Majesty and the Prince shook the chief and the woman cordially by the hand, which seemed to be a source of great delight to those who had thus been honoured by the Sovereign and her Consort. Refreshment of a substantial nature was served to the party in the State anti-room, where they remained for upwards of an hour. Although there was wine upon the table, the chief would not permit it to be tasted by any one of the band. Beer, however, was not forbidden, and the " Castle October" was highly relished. The Indians, accompanied by Mr. Catlin, left the Cas tle on their return to town at five o'clock. In passing out of the Royal residence the attention of Ah-que-wee zaintz, the chief of the party, was greatly attracted by the scarlet coat and gold lace of the porter, Sykes, evidently imagining him to be, from his splendid livery, either a Lord in W£ itin g, or a Groom of the Bedchamber at least ! He shook him warmly by the hand, made half-a-dozen salaams, again fixed his eyes upon the gold-laced hat, and then departed. THE NEW PRIVATE CHAPEL AT WINDSOR CASTLE. —Morning prayers, were read, on Wednesday, at nine o'clock, before her Majesty and the Prince Consort, the members of the royal household, and domestics, by the Hon. Rev. Charles Leslie Courtenay, Her Majesty's.do mestic chaplain, in the new private chapel at th? Castle, which was consecrated on Tuesday by the Bishop of Oxford, and henceforth divine worship will be performed every morning by command of her Majesty, before the court and royal household, at the same hour. Morning Prayers have heretofore been invariably read by the Queen's domestic chaplain in one of the private apart ments. r it by every means in the agined :era, as a s Until no Emperor of B never personally acknowledged the ex- Astence of slavery ; and what do you think of a legislature and ministry obliging their young Emperor (now eighteen years old,) to ratify a decree, annexed to the budget, ordering the sale of a number of slaves belonging to the Crown, for purposes of revenue ! There are now, lam credibly informed, some forty slaves belonci wry . the Constit palace of the Emperor, cr every day_ g to the . g, barefooted, its saloons ng is an extract of a letter from a party on cited States ship St. Louis, dated from Rio Janeiro, Sept. 13, 1843, to a friend in New York : " Yesterday a slave prize arrived from Africa in charge of two English midshipmen, who captured her in a small boat with a crew of ten men, and brought her safe into port. The captain of the slaver was shot while in the act of repelling the English boat, and his body falling overboard, could not be recovered ; the seamen, however. surrendered without firing a shot, and they are now safely deposited on board an English man-of-war. After the slaves are rescued by the humane endeavours of the Eng lish Government, the} are resuscitated on Foard vessels provided far the purpose; and, as I have just returned from visiting the late arrival on board the Crescent, I shall attempt to give you some idea of the state in which I found them. In a Correspondent. board the 1 " The slaver is scarcely larger than one of our coasting schooners, and yet she sailed from Africa with 450 negroes on board, out of which but 315 arrived in port, the balance baying died from starvation and disease on the vova On - t,rescent s ~,to who had escaped the horrors of slavery, and I must confess I never saw a more interesting, and yet a more touching, scene in my life ; for the poor creatures were all on deck, dancing and sing ing their native songs, and breathing the pure air of hea ven ; and the happy faces and cheerful voices plainly indi cated that they were aware of their being at liberty again. But such emaciated beings I never saw b e f ore ;—scarcely one of the men had a limb larger than a boy's arm, and the little children—for two-thirds of them were very young —were nothing but skin and bones. Through the kindness of the officers, we were allowed to visit the sick, and during our stay in the apartment I saw five sable ske letons carried out for burial, while several, in which the spark of life was scarcely visible, met my eye in every cor ner of the room. Near by was a group of some half dozen others, who were watching the almost lifeless form of a little brother, or following the humane doctor with wistful eyes, as if he possessed the power of restoring their dying One of the subjects which I saw was so much associate diseased th it lar worms were appearing through his nose, an occurrence m t rare, as the medical officers informed me that in dissecting them the most loathsome sights are presented. The villainous crew of the slaver are confined as prisoners on board this vessel, which affords an asylum to the poor creatures whom they have stolen from their homes, and would have condemned to a life of bondage, had not the timely appearance of the brave Englishmen prevented it." The Paris papers state, that the fortune possessed by the ux-King of Holland amounts to 156,000,000 florins (£l2,000,000). The greater part of this immense fortune is vested in the funds of the Belgian General Society. ERUPTION OF MOUNT 2ETNA—ROME, Dec. 5.—A letter from B onte, dated November 28th, states that the eruption of Mount Etna still continues. The lava had reached the declivity of the mountain, and was making its way towards the river. Some fertile plantations have been destroyed, and 70 men. who were working at an ex cavation, have been killed by the descending stream of lava. DOELLING—FRANKFORr, Dec. 15.—We have just learned that, at 11 o'clock yesterday morning, a duel, with two pistols, took place at Oggersheim, in Rhenish Ba varia, between Moritz Von Haber and Von Sarachaga, in which the latter was shot. Von Haber returned yesterday to Mentz. Von Sarachaga was killed on the spot. This is the third victim which this melancholy affair has caused. —Frankfort Zeitung. IRELAND We learn by the Dublin papers that Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean have'just concluded a most brilliant engagement in that city. Tuesday night was their benefit, when there was £260 in the house. We understand that their share of the profits on this engagement will net £9OO. Captain James Pitt Kennedy —an officer of engineers —has been elected secretary to the Irish Landlord and Tenant Commission. Capt. K. was the superintendent of the farm established by the National Board of Education at G'a3nevin. REPEAL ASSOCIATIO:q.—The weekly meeting of the Association, held on Monday in the Conciliation Hall, was thinly attended ; Mr. John Reynolds in the chair. The first speaker was Mr. John O'Connell, who, in al luding to the death of Mr. Tyrrel, styled him " a martyr to the cause of his country," and proposed that the aged father of the deceased should be provided for, and that a monument should be erected to record his virtues and patriotism. " The best vengeance (observed the speaker) that the people could take, for the loss of Mr. Tyrrell, would be to force from England, despite her armed array, by the strength of public opinion, the full and ample mea sure of her rights to old Ireland." The proposal was seconded by Mr. Steele, and unanimously agreed to. The meeting was also addressed by Dr. Gray, Mr. O'Neil, Mr. O'Neil Daunt, and Mr. Conway. A long letter was read from Mr. Joseph Sturge, urging objections against a repeal, and showing that a connexion could not be main tained between the two countries, through one sovereign, with two independent sets of advisers ; this communica tion was referred to Mr. O'Connell to reply. The week's rent was about £5OO. " SUGDEN'S MARTYRS."—A Mr. Henry Moriarty, having " felt it his duty" to resign the commission of the peace for the county of Roscommon, communicated such his intention to the Chancellor, who, with his usual promptitude, relieved " the disgusted" from his magis terial labours. Here the matter might have dropped but for Mr. Moriarty's own indiscretion, backed by his " friends" of the radical press. " "What a lesson to our rulers," sang the latter; " here is a Protestant gentle man, who, although no repealer, feels so thoroughly dis gusted with the present policy of ministe rs , th a t h e h as manfully thrown his commission in the Chancellor's teeth.' And to all this the would-be martyr tacitly responded " Amen !" However, the old ada ge o f one story being good till another is told was verified to the letter in the present instance, as will be seen by the fol lowing communication, addressed to Mr. Moriarty by Mr. H. Sugden, a perusal of which will at once show on what a slender foundation the former rested his claims for martyrdom : • • Secretary's-office, Four Courts, Dublin, Dec. 13. " Sir,—My attention has been drawn to a statement in the Freeman's Journal, of the 12th instant, copied from the Roscommon Journal, in which it is stated that you had felt it your duty to resign the commission of the peace —that you had thrown the commission in the Chancellor's teeth ' • and this is accompani e d b y a copy of my letter of the 4th instant, in which I informed you that directions had been given by the Lord Chancellor to supersede you at your own request. As you, I presume, sent my letter to the press, and as it does not refer to any preceding correspondence, I beg to remind you that a complaint was forwarded to the Chancellor against your personal conduct, and that he informed you that he should be compelled to supersede you unless you desired a public investigation of the charge. This you declined, but re quested to be superseded at your own request, to which the Lord Chancellor acceded, and my letter was a formal announcement of his intention. The statements to which I have referred in the newspapers are wholly unfounded. " I have the honour to be, air, " Your most obedient servant, " H. SUGDEN, Secretary. " H. Moriarty, Esq., &c." THE " HAND-PROMISE" IN IRELAND.--Few would rely upon the word or oath of any man who had been known to break a hand-promise. And, perhaps, few of the country girls would marry or countenance the ad dresses of a young person known to have violated such a pledge. The vow is a solemn one, and, of course, given by mutual consent; by mutual consent, also, must it be withdrawn, otherwise it is considered still binding. When ever death removes one of the parties, without the other having had an opportunity of " giving it back," the sur viving party comes, and in the presence of witnesses, first -- the hand of the deceased, repeats the form of words usual .i - n -- ;itlcl;a - w i Some of the particularly one uhich It is sun- tnessin acelled by William s the Irish Peasantry, Carleton THE -CHURCH The following appointments have taken place : The Rev. Lawry Gutrie, M.A., of Trinity College, to the rectory of Crawley, Surrey.—Value, £1,195. The Rev. G. W. Straton, 8.A., of Corpus Christi College, to the rectory of Ayleston, Leicestershire. — Value £845. The Rev. W. Parkinson, M.A., of St. John's College; to the rectory of Langenhoe, Essex.—Value £446. The Rev. W. Grigson, M.A., of Corpus Christi Col lege, to the rectories of Whiroburgh and Westfield, Nor folk.—Value, £283. The Rev. S. J. Lett, of Downing College, to the per petual curacy of Bradmucb, Devon.—Value .£lO2. The Rev. Benjamin Guest, M.A., of Trinity College, to the perpetual curacy of St. Catherine's, Northamp ton. The Lord Bishop of London preaches the sermon at the approaching Annual Meeting of the Church Missionary Society. APPOINTMENT.—The Rev. C. Richson, M.A., curate of Preston, has been appointed Clerk in Orders in the Collegiate Church, Manchester, in the room of the Rev. R. C. Clifton, lately elected Canon of Manchester. OXFORD, DEC. 18.—This being the last day of Mi chael►nas term, the following degrees were conferred : Master of Arts—The Rev. George Lewthwaite, Univer sity College; Bachelor of Arts—John Morison Myers, New Inn-hall. INDIA NEWS. —On Tuesday a Court of Directors was held at the East India-Muse, when the Rev. Henry 141.' vill, 8.D., late fellow and tutor of St. Peter's Co" Cambridge, was appointed Principal of- - da lie made College at Haileybury. The Rev. Charles Kemble, assistant minister of Stock well, is spoken of as the probable successor of the Rev. Henry Melvin, at Camden Chapel, Camberwell, appointed to the Principalship of the East India Company's Col lege, at Haileybury. Mr. Kemble is a nephew of the hon. member for East Surrey, who married a sister of Mr. NI elvill.— Globe. THE LAY ADDRESS TO TRACTARIANISM.—The Lay Address to the authorities of the University of Oxford, praying for measures to arrest the spread of Tractarian errors in that University, was transmitted to the Vice- Chancellor on Thursday last. Among the parties who bad affixed their names, were five dukes, three marquises, thirteen earls, ten viscounts, five barons, two ri g ht h on . commoners, twenty-seven honourable ditto, twenty-nine baronets, forty-nine members of Parliament; and, as far as could be computed, between four and five hundred county magistrates. The aggregate of signatures is be lieved to have exceeded ten thousand. In this transaction there has been a complete absence of excitement or of ef fort to procure signatures. There have been no public meetings, nor other usual methods to excite public atten tion. By such means the number of signatures might have been increased many fold. ORATIONS AT THE FUNERALS OF ODD FELLOWS.— It appears that so long ago as August, 1842, the Lord Bishop of Durham declared to the clergy of litaliamshire, that any address delivered by an unauthorized person over the grave of a member of this Society, is inconsist ent with the very principle of an Established Church. His Lordship adds, the place of interment, when duly consecrated, is as much within the charge of the clergy man in the open air as the church itself is under its roof; and any attempt to interfere with the duty or to intrude upon the functions of a clergyman in the one case is as reprehensible as in the other, and that if any harangue is to be delivered, the parties may return to their lodge room from which they set out, and make their address in that place after the funeral, as it is their custom to deliver a short exhortation in the lodge before the procession begins. A meeting of the Incorporated Society for Promoting the Enlargement, &c. of Churches was held on Monday week, the Lord Bishop of London in the chair. The board voted grants of money towards building additional churches or chapels at New Swindon, Wilts, the principal station of the Great Western Railway ; at Norland, in the parish of Kensington, Middlesex; at West Hide, in the parish of Rickmansworth, Herts ; and at Yeovil, Somer set ; also towards enlarging and rebuilding existing churches at Bovingdon, Herts, and St. Alkmund's, Derby ; and towards increasing the accommodation in the churches at Burlescombe, Devon, and Stoke Golding, Leicestershire. The population of these parishes is 43,231 persons, and the accommodation now provided in nine churches is 7,167 seats (being for less than one-sixth of the whole number), including 1,955 free sittings, or one free seat for twenty-two persons. The additional church room to be obtained by the execution of the works in aid of which grants are now voted by the society is 3,916 sit tings, 2,716 of which will be free. One of the parishes assisted has, at present, church accommodation for less than one-sixth of its population, which is 17,000 souls; another, with 9,000 inhabitants, possesses church room for about one-twentieth of that number; and a third, with a population of 7,000 persons, can accommodate barely one-sixth. The requisite certificates of the com pletion of five additional churches, of the rebuilding, with enlargement, of five existing churches, and of the enlarge ment, reseating, &c., of three other churches, were exa mined and approved, and orders were issued for the trus tees to pay over to the treasurer the sum granted by the society in each case, in order that he may remit the same to the respective applicants. The population of these thirteen places is 26,875 persons, and, before it was de termined that the works now completed should be exe cuted, the church accommodation provided in these pa rishes was 5,854 sittings, including 1,367 free seats. One of the parishes, with a population of upwards of 6,000 persons, had accommodation for about one-ninth of the number, and five others, each with a population of about 2,500 persons, possessed church room for from one-fourth to one-eighth. With the aid of the society's grants 3,051 additional seats are now provided at these places, 2,523 of which are free. Since the last meeting, the committee have received intimation that applications will be made for their assistance towards the erection of churches in six populous parishes, and towards rebulding, enlarging, and otherwise increasing the accommodation in the churches of seven other places. THE SCOTCH CHURCH CHURCH SEAT-RENTS.--We understand that £3500 has been realized from seat•rents in the city churches since the term of Martinmas. The average sum obtained for these some years has been about £5OOO, but the ac count is not usually made up till February. It would therefore appear that the defalcation in the city revenue, from the recent disruption in the establishment, is not so great as was anticipated, and certainly much less than free churchmen desire.—. Edinburgh Observer. LAW INTELLIGENCE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, FRIDAY, DEC. 22. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Guildhall, before fiord Chief Justice TINDAL and a Special Jury.) LORD W. PAGET V. THE EARL OF CARDIGAN. This case, which has excited so much interest in certain circles, was fixed for this morning; and a few minutes after nine o'clock. Sir T. Wilde, who, with Mr. Serjeant Talfourd and Mr. Wordsworth, had been retained for the plaintiff, entered the court. lie was soon followed by the Solicitor-General, who, with Mr. Serjeant Channell and Mr. Peacock, was engaged for the defence. The learned counsel had not taken their seats five minutes when the officer of the Court announced that the special jury, who had been summoned to try this cause, need not wait any longer, as the record was withdrawn. The announcement came like a thunder-clap on all pre sent, and seemed to excite greater astonishment among the counsel engaged in the cause, whose wearied looks told of many hours snatched from necessary rest, than among the remainder of the audience. [ln ✓ reference to this case, we have received a letter signed " W. Paget," and purporting to be a copy of one addressed by that nobleman to Lord Cardigan. It is couched in the most offensive terms, and imputes to the defendant, upon the authority of the plaintiff's attorney, " the wicked and infamous crime of having bought and sent out of the way" the principal witness in Lord W. Paget's behalf. The letter itself is, from its violent lan guage, unfit for publication, and, if genuine, will probably give occasion to further proceedings, either at law, or by some more summary course.]—Times. The Bath Chronicle states that Mr. Roebuck is about to be appointed to an Indian judgeship. Mr. Roebuck has however written to the Times to deny the statement. BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.—In the Court of Queen's Bench OIL Monday last, an action was t. ied before Lord Denman and a special Jury, brought by Miss Caroline Brett, against the Rev. Samuel Wade Stone, a Baptist minister, for a breach of promise of marriage. The parties were both natives of Bristol, and became ac quainted in 1834, the plaintiff being then 17 years old and the defendant 19. In the following year he went to Scot land to study, and remained till 1839. In March 1842, he married a Miss Gale. The Jury gave a verdict for the Plaintiff, Damages £250. DIRECTIONS TO POLICEMEN---Mr. Baron Rolfe, in one of the cases tried before him on Monday week, at Worcester, said, with regard to policemen putting ques tions to persons accused, that he was sorry that the law had got into such a tender state upon this point. It was generally laid down that policemen were exceedingly wrong in putting any questions to persons in their cus tody ; now, he thought that it was often well for them to do so, for he had seen cases in which such questions were most essential to the establishment of a person's inno cence ; however, as he did not like to differ from his brethren, he always told policemen not to say anything to prisoners. HINTS TO THOSE WHO WRITE FASHIONABLY.--We have been favoured with a copy of the following charac teristic note, which iivas received by a lady from the Duke of Wellington :—" London, July Bth, 18-13.—Field-Mar shal the Duke of Wellington presents his compliments to Mrs.—. tie really regrets much that he has not boon nl.l. 1,-. /.... --- . ueenaute to react ner letter. fie intreats her to write in a plain hand, in dark ink, and in few words, what her commands are." RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.—The direct ors of the London and Birmingham and Grand Junction railways are in treaty with government for the formation of the Chester and Holyhead line, and also for the work ing of the packet service between Holyhead and Kings town. The Orleans Railroad Company has set an excellent example. It has opened, under the direction of its chief engineer, Mr. Clarke, a course of lectures on the ele ments of locomotive machines, for the instruction of per sons employed in the machinery department of the com pany. THE BURY AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY.—The usual notices have been given for the construction of a railway between Bury and Manchester, and between Rawtenstall (six miles from Burnley) and Bury, and to whic) it is probable, or rather certain, that no opposition will be offered. The estimated expense is about £250,000. RAILWAY TO ENGLAND.—The subscriptions here are proceeding rapidly—nearly £lOO,OOO having been sub scribed since the meeting of the company about a month ago. If the parties continue to exert themselves in the same vigorous way for a few weeks longer, they will be quite in a condition to apply to parliament at the com mencement of the session.—Edinburgh Paper. - LONDON AND CROYDON RAILWAY.—On Wednesday morning a special general meeting of the proprietors of this company was held at the committee-room of the London station, to consider the propriety of extending the line to Epsom. The chairman proposed the following resolution :—" That it is the opinion of this meeting that it would be of great advantage to the shareholders of this company, and to the public generally, that a railway shall be formed from the London station to the town of Epsom." Mr. Fitch seconded the resolution, which, after some dis cussion, was carried. Another resolution, ernpowe►ing the directors to make application to parliament, and to take whatever measures might appear desirable, was also agreed to. OPENING OF THE HUNT'S BANK STATION AND EX TENSION LINE OF THE MANCHESTER AND LEEDS RAILWAY.-ThiS station, which is within sight of, and not five minutes' walk from, the Manchester Exchange, will be opened on Monday next, New Year's Day ; on and after which day, the present station in Lees-street, Oldham-road, will be closed for passengers, and be wholly appropriated to goods and cattle. A passenger, &c. station is also to be opened at the Miles Platting junction (of the extension with the main line,) for the convenience of parties living in the neighbourhood of Failsworth, Hollingwood, and Newton Heath, from whence a train is to start for Hunt's Bank every half hour, from eight morning till half-past eight evening. Refreshment and dining rooms are to be opened at the Hunt's Bank station. RAILWAY LOANS.—A good deal of attention bas been directed in the city circles to the announcement which has been issued by the Manchester and Leeds Railway Company, that they are ready to receive a limited num ber of loans at 31 per cent., in sums of not less than £lOOO each, repayable at any time, on giving twenty-one days' notice. Persons seeking temporary investments have thus a security equally available A ith an Exchequer bill, with the further advantage of returning a larger in terest to the holder. As the example of the Manchester and Leeds Company will no doubt be followed by other companies, it may be as well to warn the public to exa mine for themselves into the character and means of every railway body before incrusting their money in their hands. This should not be omitted even in the case of the Man chester and Leeds, which, however, we suppose, is will ing to submit to the most rigid scrutiny. The Manches ter and Leeds profits in the present half-year will enable the directors to declare a dividend at the rate of seven per cent., after leaving a reserve fund of £20,000. The gua rantee of so powerful and wealthy a company must, we should think, be unquestionable. We have, indeed, no doubt whatever that, in the present state of the money market, such an opening for temporary investment will be eagerly seized by many persons.—Standard. " ALL FOR OURSELVES IN THIS WORLD."—At the Stockport meeting of the friends to the liberation of Mr. Oastler, Mr. Ferrand had to mention that noisy free trader. Mr. George Wilson, the chairman of the Anti- Corn Law League ; and he took the opportunity of relating an anecdote of that worthy gentleman, which will go down in the history of agitation side by side with the celebrated saying of the coffee-speculating Manchester. Mr. 'Wilson is a starch-manufacturer. When Sir Robert Peel pro posed to reduce the duty on foreign starch, Mr. Wilson got together a meeting of the starch makers of the district, and the result was the sending of Mr. Wilson at the head of a deputation to. London, to induce the prime minister to forego his intention as to the duty on foreign starch. Here we have a brilliant sample of League free-trade ad vocates. What Mr. Wilson wants is obvious enough. "We are all for ourselves in this world." The chairman of the League would bring in foreign corn, duty free, that he may have a cheap material for his starch, but he ob jects to a competition with the foreign starch-manufac turer, because that would bring down the price of Mr. Wilson's own article. CONCLUSION OF THE GREAT CHESS MATCH.—This celebrated match was terminated on Wednesday morn ing, by Mr. Staunton, the English champion, winning the 11th game, and thus concluding the wager for the best out of 21. The battle commenced early on Tuesday morning, and M. St. Amant appeared in great force, and directed so well-combined an attack, that at three o'clock, in the opinion of a crowded and scientific audience, he was likely to prove the winner. The struggle was then postponed for an hour, and recommenced at f our , w h en Mr. Staunton contrived, with admirable skill, to destroy by degrees the formidable position of his adversary. In this state the game was conducted till midnight, Mr. S. pursuing his advantage with industrious activity, and M. St, Amant in vain trying to recover the ground which he so advantageously opened in the morning. At midnight the battle was again postponed, to be renewed on Wed nesday, an increased interest being given to it by the turn fortune or skill had taken against M. St. Amant. The room was crowded on Wednesday morning, and the com batants set to work highly excited by the presence of so many distinguished amateurs. Victory, however, de clared, after a short struggle, for our countryman, who won in masterly style, after an engagement of two hours —making the duration of this game 14 hours. M. Des chapelles, who for so long a period has given up chess playing, ir, desirous of trying his skill with Mr. Stalin_! ton, but he %%ill not do so unless for a very considerahle t stake. He offers, it is said, to raise 10,000 fra , cs (4:40n) erous fr me, provided Mr sans can muster money to equal the amount. GENERAL MISCELLAN Y EDUCATION IN JAMAICA.—Mr. Russell has given no tice of a bill to establish a college in this island. PRECOCITY.—A boy, " Master Arther Harvey, from the Royal Adelaide Gallery," aged eight years, has been lecturing at Bath, on the subject of Astronomy. It is rumoured in military circles that the colonelcy of the Ist Royals, vacant by the death of the late lamented veteran Lord Lynedoch, will be given to General Sir G. Murray, the Master-General of the Ordnance. THE LATE DUEL.—We are assured that Lieutenant Munro, who has recovered from his late indisposition, will surrender to take his trial at the next sessions of the Central Criminal Court.—Morning Chronicle. LIEUT. MuNßo.—The sale of this gentleman's effects has been stopped by Mr.Wakley, the coroner, who claims a power over them in consequence of the verdict of wilful murder at the inquest on Lieut.-Col. Fawcett. AN AWKWARD ACCIDENT.—Last week a hackney coach and two horses backed into the water at Newhaven quay, near Edinburgh. The vehicle was damaged, but unfortunately the poor animals were dro,.ned. Mr. Baldwin, jun. of the Standard has, within the last few days, become the purchaser of the Herald for, it is said, the sum of £28,000, after having been ❑ibbling at it for a considerable time past. An alarming fire broke out on Tuesday night, in the Guildhall, London, but was extinguished without serious damage. A stone slab, beneath a patent stove, had be come red hot and had ignited the joists of the floor. THE LEICESTERSHIRE MURDER.—The Grand Jury, at the Leicestershire Assizes last week, ignored the bill of indictment against John Messenger, la:mer, of Gad desby, for the wilful murder of his man-servant, James Garner, at Whitsrintide last. PROMOTION OF SIR ROBERT SALE.—With the excep tion of his Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge, this is, we believe, the only instance of a regiment being bestowed upon any officer under the rank of Major-Gen eral.—Morning paper. It is a very remarkable fact, that the imperial weekly average price of wheat for the three weeks respectively preceding the Bth instant, only varied one penny per quarter —a steadiness of price at this season of the year which affords little encouragement for gambling specula tions in grain. It is rather a remarkable fact, that the imperial weekly average price of wheat for the three weeks respectively preceding the Bth instant, only varied one penny per qr., a steadiness of price at this season of the year which affords little encouragement for gambling speculations in grain. • THE LEADERSHIP OF THE LORDS.—We are enabled to state that the Duke of WellingtOn will, in the approach ing parliament as in last, act as the leader of the Upper House, and that no intention exists, or has ever existed, of anticipating Lord Stanley's elevation to the peerage by the ordiniry process of succession.—Times. PARRICIDE.—Jo,eph Dobson, aged 25, was indicted at the York Assizes, on Tuesday, fur the wilful murder of his father, at Mount Tabor, near Halifax, on the 4th July last. The prisoner (as mentioned in our columns at the time) deliberately shot the deceased, the gun having once missed fire. He was left for execution. TRIAL OF MRS. GILMOUR,—We learn that though the Circuit Court sits in Glasgow this month fur the clear ing of the calender in the western district, the trial of Mrs. Gilmour will not come on before that Court, but is likely to take place before the High Court of Justiciary at Edinburgh, about the middle of next month.—Cale donian Mercury. THE BURGLARY AT SUTTON BONNINGTON.-At the Nottingham Assizes, on the 18th instant, four men be longing to that town were indicted for a burglary, with violence to the person, on the 27th October last, in the dwelling-house of the Rev. Robert Meek. The circum stances of the outrage were detailed in our columns at the time. The prisoners were all found guilty, and sentenced to transportation for life. SAM WELLER.—This once celebrated horse, who has won steeple chases and hurdle races, in the whole amount ing to 17, was recently sold for £1 10s. ! It will be re membered, that Mr. E. Herbert, of Powick, in Worces tershire, by whom he was bred, sold him for £7OO. The horse is quite sound, and the Worcester chronicle says he was purchased at Dixon's Repository, at Barbican, for the above sum. EATON SOCAN.—INCENDIARY FIRE.—O❑ Saturday morning week, a fire was discovered blazing in the stack yard of Mr. J. Hall, an opulent farmer and corn-dealer; and the whole, consisting of nine large stacks and hovels, two of which were very large. containing upwards of 100 loads each, fell a sacrifice to the flames. The barns and outbuildings were saved by the vigilance of the gentry in the surrounding neighbourhood. FAILURE AT DUNFERMLINE.—Mr. George Birrel, the largest manufacturer of Table-linen in Dunfermline, has suspended payment. His liabilities are said to be £50,000. He employed neatly 2000 hands, with at least an equal number of dependents—about one-fifth of the whole pop ulation of the town, so that unless some arrangement be made for continuing his works, great suffering during the winter will be felt by a large number of persons. FIGHT FOR ONE HUNDRED POUNDS ASIDE. — TiIe pugilistic encounter for £lOO aside between Tass Parker and the Tipton Slasher, which was to have come off on Tuesday last, yet remains undecided. The men met at the appointed spot near Gravesend, accompanied by their backers and a large number of their friends ; and, after a few rounds of severe fighting, the brutal exhibition was put a stop to by the prompt interference of the magis trate. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.—On Wednesday night a tremen dous conflagration broke cut in the extensive oil-cloth manufactory of Mr. Turner, situate at the back of Charles-street, Northampton -square, Clerkenwell, which, from the combustible nature of the materials used in the factory, in a short time ended in the entire destruction of the premises and stock-in-trade. Several houses conti guous were extensively injured. The loss is estimated at nearly £3,000. NEWPORT, ISLE OF WIGHT.—ANOTHER BANK FAIL VAR.—We regret to state, that the old Banking Company, lately carrying on busiuess in the names of Sir It. Bas sett, Roe, and Blachford, has declared its inability to meet the demands of its creditors. The deposits are said to be immense. Luckily there will not be so many sufferers amongst the lower class of tradesmen in this instance, as the firm has for some time ceased to issue promissory notes. FATAL ACCIDENT TO LORD INVERARY.—It is with considerable regret that we have to record the death of the abave-named nobleman. His lordship was on a visit to his Grace the Duke of Montrose, at Salby Lodge, Northamptonshire. On Saturday week he accompanied the noble duke to a " meet " of the Pytchley hunt. In the heat of the chase, his lordship's horse fell at a very hazardous leap, when its rider was thrown underneath it, and received such severe injuries, that, after lingering till the following morning, he expired. Hir lordship was not more than 23 years of age. DEATH FROM TOSSING BY A BULL.—John Mellon, a servant in the employ of Mr. T. Melhuish, of Cheriton Fitzpaine, on last Friday evening went from his master's house to drive home the cows and a bull. He was found shortly afterwards leaning against a hedge, and on being questioned he said he had been tossed by the bull. His face was covered with mud and blood, and he was then conveyed to the Bevon and Exeter Hospital, where he continued in an insensible state until death relieved him from his sufferings.—London paper. THE DUKE DE BORDEAUX IN BIRMINGHAM.--On Monday the Duke and suite were expected in Birming ham by the eleven o'clock train, and the Rev. Dr. Weed all, the Catholic bishop, and about half-a-dozen Catholic ecclesiastics were in waiting at the station to receive him. The Duke did not, however, arrive until half-past one o'clock, when, in company with Dr. Weedall, he arid suite departed for Oscott College, about five miles from the town. On Tuesday the Duke de Bordeaux inspected the principal manufactories in Birmingham. THE LEAGUE.—The Anti-corn Law League have com menced operations in Sunderland this week in good ear nest. On Tuesday the post-office people were alarmed by the arrival of some huge bags by the London mail, which, on being opened, were found to contain between five and six thousand copies of the League newspaper, addressed to inhabitants of Sunderland. The poor letter carriers were engaged to a late hour on Tuesday evening in delivering the valuable packets, and up to Wed nes d a y noon they had not got throu g h heir labours. —Sunder land paper. [This is an indecent speculation in antici pation of the death of Earl Grey, but the League sticks at nothing.] EATING LUCIFER MATCHES.—An inquest was held on Thursday, in Stonehouse, on the body of a fine little girl, aged two years and a half. The child had been playing with a box of lucifer matches, and had bit of the heads of four or five of them. Immediately after it was taken ill, and died in a few hours. The surgeon proved death was occasioned by the poison which had been taken in eating the matches, which was corroborated by the manufacturer admitting the deleterious nature of the composition used to cause ignition. EXTRAORDINARY ATTEMP T B y A F EMALE PEDES TRIAN.—Such a feat as was n ever bef ore attempted by any woman in the world, i s now Performing upon th e Leeds and Whitehall-road, Wortley, near the house of Mr. James Wilkinson, by Mrs. Harrison, namely, that of walking 1,000 miles in 1,000 successive hours, and in all probability will be accomplished ; she performed one-third of her feat on Saturday week. Bets run in her favour, but much will depend upon the weather ; however, she is in good health and spirits, and likely to surmount every difficulty. THE PORT OF H ULL.—Business has scarcely eve r b een remembered so brisk as at th e present period. During the past week there left this port 108 vessels. Of these 44 were in ballast, 17 were steam -packets with goods and period 104 ves passengers, and the remaind er laden w ith woo l, li nsee d oil, and seed cake, &c. D ur i n g the sam e sets entered this p or t, i nc l u di n g five in ballast, an d 16 steam-packets. The princi pa l importations d ur i ng t h e awnedektalhlaovw. N have been o lweossolt,hwa-n 17 ood of these vessels hav e arrivedorn, seed flax, hemp, i ron, from St. Petersburg. ACCIDENT FROM A P RINTING MACIIINE.—Mr Richd. Newcombe, proprietor of the Stamford Mercury, met with a seriou s acc id ent by gett i ng hi s hand entangled in the works of th e machine, on Th ursday night week, during the printing of the pa per. We u n d ers t an d h e was in the act o f rul;hing something off the form of type dur - at work. Fortunately, Mr. ng the time Barnard, the e by a gr His right 1; ..en crushed to atoms. Dec. 26, 18 (3 CURIOUS INSTINCT OF THE HERON.-- Th e la t r i Robert Pringle married his relative, Miss Pr ing „ ll l Torwoodlee, the denizens of which, when the 1 1) ; bride was rem ove d t o Sti tc h e l H ouse, removed al s o ti plantations by which the house is surrounded , "'v tinned domiciled there during the lifetime of Ir'r ship. What i s s till more won d er f u l , h oweve r, irnme d° upon the death o f L a d y P r i ng l e th e y sought.l avidity their f ormer h aunts, apparen tly gifted Wi L knowledge that the tie which bound them to Stichelel was broken.—Kelso Chronicle. A s CHARGE OF MURD ER .—At th e Nottingham - ,„ c i s i on Tuesday, Willi am K ett l e b an d, age d 35, was ". for the wilful murder of his own child, a boy sg e years, on the 19th May last. The deceased was loa n a pond ; subsequent circumstances led to a suspieiM!, r h et e ttuhr w e was thrown there by the pris o ner; and the d e l osh e a t d ria a l left verdictno e f doubt guiltyof e h f is m g a u e i l e t i . au T ei h t e er j , u ry ho!' surprise of the Judge, who, observed that tniheucrnhetr°; view of the j ur y was most extraordinary. The prix' was sentenced to transportation for life to the mos t P settlement. THE MISSING CRYSTAL.—W e are truly happy t o that the piece of crystal abstracted from the co nserva at Chatsworth during the late Sete has been rctuV along with a letter, bearing the London po st-n , which the foll ow i ng is a copy •—" December 11, I°' To Mr. Paxton.—Having observed in a late DerbYs paper that a small b rown crystal was missing from_ conservatory at Chatsworth, th e sam e having c om to e! dentally into my po ssess i on , I h erew ith return it ,) as directed, without w i s hi ng for the reward offered; • The return of the arti c l e so f oo li s hly abstracted Is a hIP gratifying circumstance. tphaes A rsee c d T b, s eio o nf : PARLIAMENT.—By a return made cla r :i sessions it appears that, from the year 1834 to 184'1• _ inclusive, no fewer than 2451 acts of parliamen whichl2 public 913 personal, and nrivate. Last year was the largest nu . personal, local, : f 184, ( private. Of the acts passed in the sessions o G r related to Scotland, seven to Great Britain, 53 Public a Britain and Ireland, and 21 to Ireland, of the P"' 0 " - G e r whilst 21 of the others related to Scotland, 27 t s• Britain and Ireland, and Bto Ireland. More a ct , yi th passed in 1842 than in any other session since 1834—there were 294. •pt, t WAR IN CHINA.—We understand that the — B6 l , acts, and apnudblli:2acts, and 153 S ciao, Company are about to pay " donation bairn! iq oa to wers and men employed in the first expedition to thec it hen Captain Elliott agreed to accept ransom for .d. The allowance to the army has been long sin ceP al o r t officers and men employed in the following" sh)r s Royal navy will be entitled to share—the Alge"`T ro i;'t I eim, Blonde, Calliope, Columbine, ConwaY,,pidesl Druid, Herald, Hyacinth, Larne, Melville, T Nimrod, Pylades, Samarang, Volage, and Welle''Y'cot shares to the officers, where they have served 12 m s9o l on the coast of China, sill be—Captains, about Commanders, £550 ; and Lieutenants, £2OO. i se e THE QUEEN'S BILLIARD-TABLE.--II w„ anticipated that a p or ti on o f t h e ti m bers of a e esilo s ds o f , George, (sunk in 1782.) atter having lain u P w l j ecl years at the bottom of the sea, would have furnish ,r esto terials for a royal billiard-table in 1843. M r * seve r of Catherine-street, Strand, havirir purchased moo loads of this salva ge timber in the dockyard at Po rts, s , c an was honoured a short time since with her M a i e s4Tl mind to convert a po r ti on o f it i n t o a billiard -0u e ', l a si most beautiful of th e woo d h as b een selected , an or perb table, highly credit a bl e t o the manuf ac turer , bet worthy the regal sple n d our o f Wi n dsor Castle, b a s put up within these few days believingl' Ilßa never et P v ß eo l rc A cs T uat Ehwr that occurred anythingtn E oa B nne U i K tn)u E c st . i —One d O nf rut t i ilel,eru which o i ni of our hi o l o u yor r eal ci fubP:dep.a; if : e i t . 5: : :1 1 1: e e rs t t t ybfil l s ‘wnl t i,h a g A ho t iyl e , i t s ' , , that " at Lady Cowley's soiree, On NI " a il a nihri„w o,ooe,work]ossdrtmtieiahsstsaem while within t i.wrhe.was Iss r eso e as s ihtid e danet r ,n. i tal t odrs . lisi.en: standing \ggl A aig, br t n i l .fs i yeo o aar r i IL I the i g o,tau. ic: 1 iadi r, )u g da t i ti,:e,lttesiolartereffs overheardyt at l i(:rpi was aa;oltii:nb a ite:, ; ; ; :h a i) a: i at I: cease' iicin) : oiiue to t ill oo anti-room) is a cooler room, and beyond it (th e wa s fel t iwlcawg a aorr p oivei iti p rienkn l dm i cgiw e ei 1 granddaughter ri:, : d,slet o geboaim, t ielf h tloceo e t narinlgn m eigsn a tt g oo i s t t h r e a twe employ s o , still cooler.' This prompt and significant ' , h it understood, and taken." ven 11 I V o iCe g THE NEW POOR LAW.—At the CN , --- we s O. - - e office, on Tuesday, an infirm old man, 70 Yea r- , 0 10 4 a t t e h g o bi s i l a l te e r p r a ' t a tee r i , T s t h I l : e i: people were bare w r l d i y: poor for St. Pancras parish had refused to a d bisak e t e rk b a h e o c l a u a N‘ s u . e s y , e e r , knee be, ri a, Was roni i "r " work ad wife hands h aodff,'c'orma declaredtpber to take the c , 'ild alone. The oldman said he b°l?,ito the he and his wife would' not be elled to g° 1- e st ° from him in a workhouse, and be " pushed a ° catot l lioetflatertneimcenpedodedMarl Correction, ot, creohgttnieta:mrnnei which iyiwil. years' h co; c li having aegn h v.i 1 valiaieiedlmsg their ,thabi . been rteeaieiessr,been said n c eee o nnvs l r itt i eda v neb i ot c ntiofi t cs e eetil d ,bn_i eaded b va y enebci a eacro i , ,pd u To,o :, ,,, , r ;, att. schofi it;oe r . act : about " by the officials there. ebi : u:s f ionli V : etateb MISTAKEN IDENTITY.—A person of the nsT e a ud OA: an assault upon a little girl, at Dixton, 1\101 11 :° ° -b- 1 s k fl e „ u s .- 241 h of April last, has been liberated frorn th e „d the P - af sibility of a doubt, that Morgan was in "Usk t ' o itte d d to it if _,, 00 offence—that persons who could have provedhp frow aw to n support relievingpYair:urnttnhkhtlsece.im:oisorfesevhet i i t: l e: y ea :e a e i ce . di p ricii e ci a thefitt:tobb: the before Sir J. Graham, Her 114sjesty's fr e- to dai s " granted, and the poor fellow set at liberty 8 - 0 n Wednesday week Messrs. Hu g h Parker' ffi ~.... -Carmarthen Journal. rrc" 13, 1 c„ A t ' ll „, Pe re : PARKER AND CO. OF SHEFFIELD'S -A S w -V - 0 lce ' eld , bBO l b e .' John Brewin, and John Rogers, late of Sh icp e n k t uptc-belf, appeared in the Leeds District Court of Ban n for a joa. fore Mr. Commissioner West, on apPlic au a ed Bg ri cerl of themthei certificates , January, unde under Sheffield last.th o e i d fi l a ttntaronaf trans s b , pai iced,kivirtri .p thatt p cY a ri i kn e e 't sfa e rc o orli Tfl , tt r oe bank during the last twelve years. Itiherervivbitelinsedgpnac-rsusfiteel £70,000, besides not getting one sixpence P ° a aa t a ivr She r Aft e As t A-r*.fices• said i- a other partners also had made large sacr;-,„, i rt q i a 'sss h % good deal of argument on both sides, the `.-- had 'd the it might be considered that the b an kruP‘ s purll e r tifi' tcsAare t hooela l b i elnest e deetc i fiveirs r eedeyi rrultsfistdoaltuin:ottaroaikaailllotlnryhapki farmer examination, gtaeioborterteaehpgniaenragt enrtteesoddd(eti a y . From r u o t m thesome o m Court ° o u t :: e r : ~ ar ' : 1, o a f r 1 c o t, e ; c r : giving of the final decision as to the gran tin Tions. ; the. fell from the Learned Commissioner as to P tijo arn rop tO necessary forms, it was understood that th e .l i t e bat lic was only formal, and that the certificates to OC Cll ii r' PLAY I N G A T S 0 L ' hroh D : re,fiei l spt : ahit ß esriel S mei aesr dh — vnt aoote_nokfi change rather dhLhweabisnaioelngoor evri :v v:h:se i t l o, : nbeot ego d :se i ef i bi r oeic ;e C o ll ie ll ieeeb, ti,re i r y g s to B ", ;8: 1 ,;:t r V , shire, last week. There is a detachnl e ,.% a fr o of t .' ; ll becca" and her children. On Monday an d trav e to pro he thought it would be rather danger e a; that g - bil;E; - ; ceed any further in his own dress. " . " - 're Pl°-ib rte . and they judging that the soldier's c as do ro ota e kts bl t ti h raoa a non n dts t ei h nrt e h i tiraletioessaknnee new garb, place. the fa r ra w s I . . wen t t oe a at t ha ' s soldier-like t a e r d b , a h w i a s y w . i fe s o u w n s p a e a c s t O i 1 1 : ft , e w r 9 y s f i l l ' e° _,:u t o b i e her rec ° ' orni ej e%' „ e t L . A.O it , / swoon, she took a long stare at the a°,•l o 6 , s ell. .. at laa,."l transformed into a soldier in spite et "' wa n g.'„ 0 1° planation took place, and the good 'V et au di‘ r afe inured herself to the sight of the red iae r !„ s tate f° a loe, appurtenances. Matters continued in this to wanteverlr 0 days, when the first cousins to the militarte„ for ..a t! —the police—paid a visit to the farrner,,r.ought Privo'ia the a more satisfactory explanation than Ir e ' roug ht be lie° 11 give respecting the exchange, he was h „ ;ro n, 0 magistrates, and finally committed top'" eti ll now lies.—Carmarthen Journal. the Ille ste f *Tr , --Sic e m o be Ajo g PROGRESS OF THE LEAGUE FIT ,-- ; , the ,-• a me ltiu i .,, - .0 of the League on Thursday evening 18 ,_ 5 "x3671 - a nd x- r o subscriptions have been augmented °Y d Sons , "Higen .£2oo from Messrs. Nathaniel Buckley st r i c t i nte Mon d3l from Mr. Philip Novelli. In our d ~.i d on to sub; will be found notices of two meetings t x 340 w he larift evening last,—one at Warrington, whe t. ' - , ere t -.. l'' scribed, and the other at Todmorden, 1 7 0 Pat Lsiugaa9 amount was raised, for that place , ° t f ds .43o°• ef enil Wigan, we believe the subscription exc i e d ` . Last. t wbic, similar meetings are about being he Bradford' ' 4 the t tile s u g r ' there was to be a very spirited one aConseris den, t• Mr. W. Rand, one of the leading _, gr. CO blie vic e' town, was expected to preside Ken u to a ddresS,L. tae etl i d Moore, and Colonel Thompson, e f ie , ha ve ti,r o i e s e s t ing. This evening " the BarnsleY f olk" the 0111 t o is_ o in aid of the fund ; to-morrow ev' i " the " n ie h e e tai te sr meeting " comes off ;" and on Frit Accrington. Next week we fin Leis 00 18 eaF r 0f ster r ic 0 t at Nottingham on Tuesday, at t Nesva„, nr 0 5 d ro bably a at Derby on Thursday, and Pr° of 1843. ' - t hea h t' day. And so finishes the camPaig n r T K or JanuarY2„ We"' 1844, commencing in the first wee .. n O. ce ment o already at least a score of appoint 01 10 0 1 ‘ : Y field is t° T pesa ll i: regret to - to —Manchester Guardian. __We - - ,ieh at DEATH OF LORD LYNEDOCH• ~ is ip „. before eiev pi ti . place on Monday night, a little street, " -- C.i .u. 'l l _.. 1 his Lordship's residence in Stratton-str eet, __ : „ . _ a 0 ,1 _ Thomas Graham, Baron Lvnedoch, G• 1; " f unog ea 01 : 0 was the son of Thomas Graham, Esq. , '' conn ec af t its Perthshire; by the mother's side he em t ! _,„ e hter_,o .., the Hopetoun family, she being the six_ o nr; a o T o f V t. ; first Earl of that name. Lord Lyned n vtrer ne tig t , 0 the death of the venerable Lord Lynea.ofeon, o , e.c i c o s e a ‘: 1750, and had therefore reached the e rativell his ov at the time of his decease. At a con ~,„, hi P otio trif age he entered the army; in they ear 1?9 4 .''' ce of t ile C Di et ; exertion, raised a regiment for the seri/ by a and was rewarded for his zeal and loYilitL aa ry, lll 4 o,, The inferior ranks of the service ne, Ly netla h ia,4 death lAN tret °P ' ' through. At the time of his oar s, s a d ili .r period of service in the army was fifty Y.._ war, ..,,° iiitar i over the whole of the French revolutiona t o l the D 'uo ie y C e o a l r o . n el' commission, dated the 6th 2f Fe hr tell l eluding the rise, progress, and downfall f _ d Lorti . , o o: , despotism of Napoleon. During that Pet' He r.. 5 0 1 ' doch saw much service and hard fighting. he r et oo c ie has also .e e ,, s e o 4 / dad, Roderigo, and St. Sebastion ; he 0 4* botb 11° " c 9 havingl arly distinguished s tingu. receivedi sh crossesed himselfthein t eral times honoured with the thanks. _ held at the ly Parliament. The military commands 11 . e Colonel of the Ist or Royal Regiment 0f_F 0( .. ) ... 1 1),,,,0! f also Governor of Dumbarton Castle. In 1 , 1 , 1 0; .j .. 1 1 0 ,:; married to Mary, the daughter of Chan; % 0 ,,ip1,1P cart, who died in 1794 without is,ue. H 1 ~.,'. : 4001 ' succeeded in his estates by his nephew, Mr. 1 - 7 '' the title, we believe, is extinct. of his death were those of a General in _the, B l,9, rot,ssa;i sec / victories t w o r a i l ; sO f s f ' B a