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arose n the ex ause 60 to ed tha trustee may app( I whose caster shall cans, school. as . ma. Df all s s, and o: and to omit roposed to able al attends printing certificat where Protestant ch tures were used of Protestants att, master exercising ance of Prote there instruct the c be approved of b will be antEe mode of education measure as little pleasure of D they wo posed that passages of Scr children ; and the Sc. tionab a special enactme being Sunda o some Roman Ca proposition be ti selecting a r pose to shall sta years im pound a a meeting of are Ares, no more, qua the said & warden t now s trustees should strates at certain circumatan leagues hay, L and W s as to t. at s De and b 4 t of do, a from the ert a clause whir r and suc roved by ..t. ae awa mentio ;tit . that ,our. I prt ssential to LOKI) wnich related to cer --IA determined _o:ant thr: considerable voice in. therefore shall be ( t is my lilt elected by the months antecedent to district where cl ce, that with the balance of precaution that in every ca by providing that no rat —h; trustees, the majOrity does not the minority will return two will be thus seen, that five o acted. The duration of thf all the at s intended to g and he head maste the bishop of th be appointed by according to the words rustees strn( utd be conduct. that the re ed also sv •••• tion to pro Ayers ass frnin t' om factor Louse will obser three trustees I the me m of r, ing and closing of unduly for the pu ars an conduct will be a the part of council, which has the power or plaint be substantiated. I am patience and attention with wh , p l ana tions I have offered. (He: justified in saying that these with the respect which is due frc rch established in with the respect which 1 ence and those tolerant stated to the house, not more warm it. that the necessity of some such r s my belief, that imm ine Hear, hea postponemen ► intimate s ques rsuaded treated with s 1 be es lgs may b ff upon t LI who s Nosv9. ElOrity,.! contra i s —a meas opponents or the government, anu wi earnest desire has been manifested to the adjustment , of this most irnportan so propose fail to effe tion, from will be hop but a system of education ( and in an antagonist spirit, instead of producing a feelir, all classes of her Majesty's suoje.L., bitter spirit which now exists the most fatal conseq uen ces will flow f No man in this house can more strong '-us topics intsl . ouE deb all further atter _ _ 1 that th:cliiculties which the C ontend against in this 1 --• ductior! of r ride of C that sends fi ees. H°' ristendorc th with h;; ;elision , to i. more heart of this : A great a ra!L5g......0,, saving of knowing. And how is anger—shoul tern, tha 1 clause Id also tot .eea to the ~ Be it - and attend such es and y and suc , e, and tea t 3 f the PTiv thorised would sb efore I o their 3f the tw :e, L pro- ut of s Id have a ”al and, 10 for twelve Hear, ou— _ refore, taken the 1 be represented, on adver left mankind, to of our men know whetnei ther." lam awar and now cover a to a e acocnrc atcd as baronet harbinl glad tic the spir of a grea' donnd to the lasting re the bill was defe The Municipa eond tim fortnig the house adjo HOUS The Duke of AR ton, praying that sc posi of iettiing the cliff and sa incalculable. ev it 'E. adopted by the Go land upon the Church pulation would secede 1 ' ";,tprq_ 11 f the f that all that cou ever. Tt g of Li] horrid f ait until the proper id that the noble an 4 learn eil as to tt the testimony was only hat the remedy ler, when )ught the present case (-tilled as ition of Parliament as did the case esiroas of being divorced from Mr. s entertained a very strong of proceedin feeling of the which was erpetuation of the testimor .e did not ai Is of divorce frequently to the present argument, 1 in the tour divorce wcie never entertained by the house •ts below t4ivorce was first obtained a mensa .o. DENIIAN said that the house ought not to proceed in • course as was now proposed, unless an irresistible Ase, suc . . )efore them, was made out. From the first moment, ow,vc ver, that he had read the petition of Lord Charles Townshend, he felt convinced that it was a case in which parliament was boun'd to interfere, to prevent a shame ful and scandalous wrong from being successfully perpetrated. The Earl of WICKLOW said that if Lord Cottenham took the sense of the house he should vote with him, because he thought that such a strong proceeding ought not to 'be re to in a case which had been suffered to remain so long, Lord CAMPBELL supported the bill, on the ground that e case was one of peculiar hardship, which admitted of no other remedy. The LORD CHANCELLOR was of opinion thattbe bill ought to proceed, foi the case was an extreme one; and if the facts true the whole case presented a most scandalous wrong, oot on their lordst luals but also against the privileges of scandalous wrong for which the an redress whatever. 107 COTTENHAM declined to divide their lordships upon e question, and counsel were called in. An arrangement Is then made for taking the evidence at ten o'clock on In rep HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TUESDAY to a question frpm Captain PECIIELL, ,t he exr gulations of the fisherie ange of the in a few days, when .ovecl tha hrd apply to parlia . HUME then I Ashb ad from tt nt even ► ametidn instead of )131e lord w nt to give effect to them ks of the house • having brought ith America, relative . The hon. member s so repeatedly urged in support pprobation of country •ed in the eccentric •ernment had origi- 3 whist was only fair to f visit question ere existed 1-1 e would, that the house adjourn t think- thanks of the ho any censure upon his lordship. aslant officer should have met disputed question they had no sui nat motion Mr. V. SMITE atieagent, ng .that f the . c as, in ictions, !notion Majority seeking to evade it by the ,s deserving of the thanks of hd the late government for not having settled it e negotiator to act on _ 6 retted that the motion had been made, h he did not wish to blame Lord Ashburton he did 'hy they should step out of their way to thank him. DOUGLAS approved of the treaty, and supported aid that Sir R. Peel had, on a former oc d that he was unable to move the thanks of Sore than two a ,n se_ t v , h - i h r e d r s e , tees wit e years Of the nion of Cl - ISMI S . B „ thr nr the - a that las it now, to wtlic n ossibl nt. Shall ill amon ate the ii,,..- I do ; but ye has to s of the seas, ~e , her man- ;sorted t Dr. B Sir C. r, but it was not useful to, give , and he was, therefore, surprise() tention of the ri s of the hot of. Lord Ash- of the noble lord's he perceived it to be . t 1 t to support a vote of Clara The best that could b, ted by th Mr. C. BULLER receder .- it, and t diplomatic' a, rd A The terms of the treat re well out or the :he than Prepared to overloc atv of Wa had not oul ill blood between t Ilv caused the Americ to rollOw him, )k the want of shington was a arable to' this ded in allay- ily hono two nations, but far to alter their laws 1 securi ffic. Ti i moving a vot I) the house dividec ch was defeated by hat of M`Leod - could never occur az- geous to this herlands, and country than the award cit , the King of t "-- St. John which we had conceded was ion of t more than counterbalanced by 'Odle advantages which we r J. HANMF e admittir portance of the ment . of a precedent venient hereafte It be foun Dvernment, in the ordinary its proc 6y prof ingsrktouldnot have estab! nr , the'than eight hay been ; but the.cir- olit stance 'to pecnliar. the ._ !ne ron tacked by Lord Pal :h secure to T. ,, ' " ' ' lotd hid 'bteO most id this 'it was clrton the unprecedented honour ted by the hon r for Edinburgh, that Lord AShhurtdn had by this casts stain on British difiloir7aty, but; fetitirall that aty was, by haps it would ifficult to point out a treaty which had ever the face of such difficulties, or which had been concluded i aides of a war between iurton was successful in con months which Lord Palmerston was ssful in protracting for several years. Indeed, Ile lord had so embroiled the two countries that id left a most difficult task for Lord Ashburton to ac d yet in less than six months he brought it to a sue. He denied.that Lord Ashburton had com r_ e question of the right of search, although the supercilious style of Lord Palmerston, in addressing a sensi tive people, was not imitated by Lord Aberdeen. The United States had not received the right of search, for they agreed that it might be exercised, provided that the vessel delayed might receive compensation for such delay. Id fact, in 1839. Lord Palmerston had himself made a similar proposition to that which he now condemned in the treaty of Lord Ashbur ton, and yet be now contended that the noble lord had taken a step in a wrong direction. The case of. M`Leod had been brought to a successful issue, and the recurrence of a similar occurrence guarded against, and a better military boundary for Canada had been obtained than that which was awarded by the King of the Netherlands. The noble lord concluded an animated speech by expressing a hope that the house would mark its sense not only of the merits of Lord Ashbur ad been ex- :omplish, promise( but ats - . po sed, by agreeing , to the vote before the house. • r Lord S. RU§SELt expressed his astonishment that the t government should not •have attempted the defence of Lord f Ashburton until they found it attempted by a gentleman who ' cared so little for the honour of Great Britain as to have been the correspondent of the chief rebel in the insurrection in Canada. The noble lord had said that the speeches of Lord Palmerston and Mr. Macaulay had led to their support ing this vote of thanks, from which it appeared that those ruprp an efreetiye that they could only be counter- :ed by resolutions of thanks passed by both houses of par ment without any precedent whatever. The Ashburton aty had not settled the question of the right of search. fact, that portion of the treety which related to the slave de had caused such an excitement in France, that it re- I the utmost prudence, on the part of M. Guizot, in to allay it. With r spect to the boundary question, he ne adopted by Lord Ashburton in ..c.l to lower this country in the estima- Ind he firmly believed it had lowered us in a nations, and created an impression ,t any claims advanced on the part of England had only to -;sted in order to enforce concessions. Indeed, the first ' Washington treaty was the passing of a bill, by ion of foreigner estimation of tort effect of ti ti an obvious result of the want of dignity of the pro n the part of Great Britain. h-rr, said he was relieved frorn entering fully into - Ic — ousequence of the discussion w hich took 1 character, it was to be remembered that of proceeding, in reference to Lord was one ot . it was h caused by a coin Ashburton, w ich was :Tcbemnre.bßleulworet. mons r hat bon, On. baron services, vices of men em f em 1 in difficult pupil( tsjustified the government in disregardin the purpose of supporting the character of a :ed and honourable man when assailed most Whew the- tirat intelli v,land the ;1' the conclusion of- this treaty reacher as only after that :aiisfaction iwa a prejudice against a most advantageous adjustn , frerences between the two countries. •With rest dary, he :ved that ere long a se uld b€ ae to upon that subject, which was 3urpose . of depreciating the value 01 services of Lord A•hbui at this treaty had not only all 1, a41 laid the foundath y and of th ieved t )1e rela urbed by any the two countriei hange of circums right hon. baron On - a former occasion Sir were moved aga could feel it his duty to meet s No such motion, however, right hon: baronet had so far chan w supported a vote of thanks, ,ose. He would not then repeat ktrlca, li is on the part of Ar I hoist A MOUSE OP COMMONS.,--Wti:Ntilmy: Sir It: PEEL said that the British government had no wish o have Don Carlos placed under any unnecessary 'restraint a France, but under the peculiar circumstances in which the *-1 were plaCed, it was not desirable that ';tied liberty to quit that country. Mr. ELPFIINSTONE moved the second reading of the Mar ,iages and Divorces Bill, which was intended to correct the enormous expenses and the injustice of the present system, - -'i.:cclesiastical Court the power tvorces a vinculo Inatrinzonzi without the iuter- amity of Sr old have ut g to the judge of t Mr. EWART seconded the motion. Dr. NictioLL said that the hon. member had not said that he had applied to any of the judges of either the Law or the Ecclesiastical Courts. He had. in fact, no authority in favour of a bill of such importance. The clause giving to the judge of the Ecclesiastical Court the power of divorce a vinotio rnatii?nonii was highly objectionable, and he should there fore move that the bill be read a second time that day six months. After a few words in reply from Mr. ELPIIINSTONF, the house divided, and the bill was negatived by a majority el 105 to 41. The other orders of the day were then disposed of and the house adjourned. ROYAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, GREAT GEORGE-STREET. M, LEACH respectfully announces to her Friends and the Public that she intends giving CONCERT, at the above Rooms, on TUESDAY EVENT. G next, the 9th instant. MISS SWAIN, MISS STOTT, MIS M. SWAIN, Mdlle. RICHAREAUD, (from Paris, r first appearance in Public,) MISS M. LE CH, Mr. RYALLS, and Mr. S. LEACH, (from the Southamp ton, Portsmouth, and Winchester Concerts.) Mr. EYTON will preside at the Grand Piano-forte Tickets—Body of the Room, 4s. ; Gallery, 2s. 6d. each may be had at the principal Music Shops, and of Miss _X LEACH, 137, Field-street, Everton. _ _ Doors to be opened 'at Half-past Seven, and the Conce: to commence at Eight: Ebt Eiberpoot .otantialli. FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 5, 1843 Sir James Graham lid made the attempt. to remodel the educational clans t elx : of his proposed factory bill, so as to meet the objections urged against them by the dissenting bodies; and, as any rational man might have predicted, /cas failed. What definite plan could possibly be devised, to fall in with such a strange mul titude of conflicting opinions ? What food could be made palateable to so infinite a variety of tastes ? None ;' - and the failure of 'the attempt does not there fore disappoint. us, ttitugh, perhaps, we may regret that it , was ever made. A careful examination, how,- ever, of the' Modifications proposed does not very ma terially alarm us, with respect to the beneficial working of the Measure, even .in its present shape, though some of the concessions offered do appear to us to .be . marked by a generous liberality, somewhat too exube rant, 'towards opponents who have deserved little con sideration at our hands. The . diisenting conscience, has been sought to be gratified somewhat too'lnuch at the expense of the feelings of the Church-of r England majority of the people. 'The just claims of the Church have been shuffled too far into the backgroUnd, whilst the obtrusive claims of sectarians are broadly acknow-. ledged ; and especially we demur to the transfer from the Establishment, of powers offered her by . the ori ginal bill, to the privy council. Dissent may be safer in the hands of the latter body than in the hands of the clergy of our Established Church ; but we much question dvhether the religious and moral teaching of the people is more secure under such control. As a 'Whole,. howeVer, We repeat, our good opinion of the measure - is , not merially weakened ; and although the alterations made in it have failed in their object, so far as that object was to conciliate all the religious or politically religious bodies who were op posing it, there is one class of .the religious commu nity, who were lately ranked amongst the numbers of its opponents, upon whom we trust those alterations will have a conciliating effect, anti whose DUTY, we feel convinced it is now to devote all their influence to its support. We refer, of course, to the Wesleyan If we have understood aright the feeling of Wesleyans upon the subject of the bill, their most ma terial objections were the non-recognition of their own day schools, as compet'ent to grant certificates to fac tory children; the discouragement offered to their Sunday schools, and some objection to the composition of the board of trustees. The competency of .such schools; and of all schools in which scriptural educa tion is afforded, is now fully conceded,-as indeed we always expected 4 Wauld be; and,, where such schools do not .exist,., such ;,regulations have been made in the mode ::h3r7thich dissenting children may receive instruction from their own pastors in their own peculiar tenets, as must materially weaken their disinclination to enter the government schools. With respect to the cttendance of children of dissenting pa rents at the Sunday schools of their. own persuasion, a similar concession has beenmadepuilied indeed to an extreme length which, it appears to us, was quite uncalled for. Such dissenting Sunday schools are not only permitted to receive the chifdren of dissenting parents, attending government schools in the week day; but, by a stretch of liberality on the part of Sir James Graham, are permitted to receive, as‘well, the children of Church-of-England parents, thus enjoying opportunities for Proselytising which are sedulously de nied to the Church herself ! And then, with respect to . . the constitution of the, boards of trustees, how .can Wesleyans—who are not, like the rancorous' political religiOnists, the vowed enemies of the establishment and her doctrines—en. tertain now any very important objection ? . True, the Church of England trustees will always be the prepon derating body ; but a " liberal" member of the Church is not such. a " rara avis in terris" that Wesleyans ought to fear having fair play. Two members at the board dissenters will always have. A third, in many districts they will acquire by the privilege of election given to donors or yearly subscribers to the school funds. And, of the remaining two, elee,Vd by the majority or the minority of the ratepayers, we much doubt that one, even, will be:the intolei ant Churchman, whose character has formed the bugbear with which many of our Wesleyan brethren have been frighted from their . propriety. The feelings with which the present system of education in our own Corporation Schools is regarded by the Wesleyan body—the per fect harmony with his Church-of-England colleagues with which a member of that body at present sits upon the Education Committee, and aids in directing the operation of a system similar to that provided for by the government measure—encourage us in the hope that, every reasonable objection having now been met, and with the conviction before them that, if this mea sure he permitted to fall to the ground, no measure of education can be hoped for, the Wesleyan party will at once disconnect themselves from the violent and fac tious of other denominations of dissent, and contribute their powerful support to government on this question. There is, by the bye, one other objection to the bill which may have weighed with some Wesleyans, and was alluded-to as a grievance by LOrd - Jofin It maybe urged that a master of the'school should not be required to he a member of the National Church. It may be thought hard that trained teachers, bicause 'dissenters, should be debarred from accepting what may be advantageous situations. •But the complaint. after all, is'no greater, or newer, than that a dissenter should not be permitted to occupy the professorship of one of our universities ; and we rather suspect that the Wesleyan body would not, in practice, approve of the contrary principle. It must, if extended to any sect, be extended to all. If a Wesleyan, or an Inde pendent, be declared eligible for an office, in which religious teaching is one Of the duties, how can we exclude the Non-Trinitarian ? Why not a Socinian ? Where draw the line of prohibition--for some such line there must be, unless we admit that the doctrines of revelation can be safely propounded by the lips of infidelity itself ? On reflection, we are satisfied the Wesleyan, body will see the difficulty of the subject, however plausible it may be at first sight; and rather consent to the government plan, with respect to teachers, than commit their children to the danger of hearing the sacred truths of the Bible deformed by fling interpretation of unbeliever From all the indications which surround us, the war of the political dissenters against the hill, as amended, is to be pressed forward with all the virulence by which it has hitherto been characterised ; and so san- guine are they of success, that they are already pro phecying its withdrawal by government, and singing Io Pceans over their anticipated defeat of the Church, and their successful effort to stay the progress of the religious and moral enlightenment of the people. Shall such a consummation be accomplished ? We appeal to Churchmen, and to the `Wesleyan body of dissenters, wliether they are prepared to permit such a . • triumph of darkness over the light of truth--a triumph so fatal to the well-being and happiness of mankind. We trust that they are not so prepared ; and, earnestly and affectionately, we implore of both to take those st rte prompt and vigorous ste p s which, if taken at once, and poured work which, at n taken firmly, will r ender it impossible for any govern ' m wi e t n h t dra a w nd the last hour, they h ave commenced. Let the remon emostr hand o a fn dfromall people Conservativegreat in government, to e n h to stranees of a resolved the position of that government; and we may yet laugh to scorn the hostile efforts of our opponents I Let those remonstrances be withheld; and for what a-crime will this Christian community have to answer at the bar of heaven! If the farmers of Great Britain were bent upon de livering u p to the tender mercies of the ultra it would be impossible to fre th-termadseel‘ party, r ty, con ceive a more effectual plan than the indulgence of that ra ncorous: feeling, entertained b the present g too m ove any of them, rnment. For against the members of possibility of their weaken suppose, for a moment , ing, by any instrumentality, the hands of Sir Robert Peel. Suppose it in their power to drive that m an , who has reared up the Conservative party, and been for years the prop an d stay of constitutional princi p les in this country, to resign in disgust his res p onsible position. Suppose th e breaking u p , b y the influence of the agricultural body , of the present administration ; where would they look for the materials of an admi nistration to succeed it, and to support their absurdly exaggerated views of agricultural protection ? The effort would be a hopeless impossibility. A Stanhope or a Buckingham a dministration could not withstand for three days the force of public opinion upon the subject of a fair development for the national industry; and, as the result of the overthrow of the Peel admi nistration, they would have a government which would at once rush to the extreme length of ultra free trade— to the abandonment of 411 protection to the national industry and the national revenue—and plunge at once the commerce, the manufactures, the finances, the colonial and agricultural interest of the country, into a condition of hopeless and irretrievable ruin. Do the agricultural community imagine that it is possible, now, for the people of this great country — embarked, as they are, in manufacturing and com mercial pursuits—dependent, as are the masses, upon the prosperity of those pursuits—dependent as is the very peace Of the country upon the continuance of the means of employment of those masses,—to arrest the gradual progress of that forward march, in which every nation of the globe is at this moment involved ? Difficult as it is to discern to which bourne that march will bring us,—difficult as it is to discern by what agency it proposes to increase the sum of human hap piness—there can certainly be • little doubt, now, that to stay its course is no longer within the bounds of pos sibility, and as little that no individual class or interest can safely be permitted to lay in its rear and impede its motion. When every other class of the community is competing for existence with its fellow class ; when manual labour is competing with the labour of the machine;, when the noblest intellectual faculties of .man are racked daily to the uttermost, to enable their possessor to sustain himself in the struggle with the giant power of modern days—the universal leveller— CA PITA L ; can the agricultural class, alone, claim, with any show of fairness and consistency, to be exempt from the general lot? We submit that they cannot; and we maintain further, that those are false friends of the agricultural body who instil into the minds of the farmers of Great Britain a notion so preposterous and dangerous to their best interests. The agricultural body must, of necessity, look for ward to the arrival of a period—progressively we trust —at which they must be content to depend more upon their own energies, their own skill, the outlay of capital in improved modes of cultivation, and upon improved means of internal cultivation, than upon any mere legislative protection. By these appliances the produc tion of our own soil may possibly become, in average seasons, sufficient for the wants of even an increased population. When this consummation shall have been achieved—and it is no distant possibility—the neces sity of protective laws wiil be little felt; and, year after year, as we approach that consummation, the need for such laws will decrease. In the mean time, however, whilst agricultural science is putting forth its energies, the wants of the consumer must be.fed ; and that at a reasonable rate. We claim no undue sacrifices from the agriculturists, but merely a submission to the imperative circumstances of the times in which they are thrown. They must progress with the times, and share the competition with external producers to which every other branch of industry is gradually being sub mitted.. Often as we have raised our voice against the course of virtual confiscation, to which some politicians would gladly consign them, we claim confidence in our perfect sincerity, when we assure our agricultural friends that their position, and the position of the country, is no longer one in which they can choose their policy, and say " stand still," when imperious necessity bids them " go on." With what reason, then, is this pettish jealousy of Sir Robert Peel's government manifested ? With what truth are the clamours of country meetings raised against imputed " breaches of faith," on the part of that statesman and his supporters ? Never, that we are aware of, did Sir Robert promise the maintenance of prohibitory laws, or even of a sliding scale, which, at one moment, was prohibitory, and, in the next, deluged the country with duty-free foreign produce. .Sir Robert Peel promised justice and fair protection to native industry. Upon these principles the measure which he brought forward was based; and although, during its operation we have had low prices —(which, by the bye, we have had under the operation of the law which it superseded) —the agriculturists are certainly not justified in imputing want of faith to the Government of their choice, until they c an s h ew , be yond the shadow of a doubt, that such were its foreseen consequences, or were, at all, its consequences. We believe that neither alternative can be demonstrated. Neither Sir Robert Peel, nor any other member of his administration or party, ever anticipated as its result a state of the market such as the present; and unless aided by extrinsic circumstances—the farmers' own fears not the least powerful—we do not believe that such a state could have been brought about under its operation. It is quite possible, and very probable too, that the average price anticipated to be produced by it may have been calculated somewhat higher than will result But is this not, we ask, to be attributed, in part, to the stimulated energies of the farmers them selves, and to the favouring weather which they have had for agricultural operations ? One-third greater breadth of wheat is said to be now in the ground tban in average years; and I 1 - Witch circumstances, we have continued cheapness, surely the law is not to be blamed. Farmers ought to remember, too, that their commodity is not the only one depreciated in price. Within the last ten years the money value of every article which enters into a farmer's consumption has immensely decreased ; and we believe at this moment, with the existing low prices, a quarter of corn, a bullock, or a sheep, would exchange for quite as great a quantity of the necessities of life as during what was considered the heyday of agricultural in practice prosperity. However this may be, there can be no doubt that every effort of the agricultural body to injure the reputation of Sir Robert Peel's Government it, a blow struck at their own interests. The unconcealed satis faction, with which the Anti-Corn-Law League regards the attacks levelled by country gentlemen at that Go vernment, ought to be conclusive as to their tendency. In his hands, and in his only, the progress of agri cultural industry tow ar d s t h a t unaided competition with the foreign gr own, w hi c h " Liberalism " con templates with such exu b erant g lee, will be of that gradual character which i t may , p e rhaps, prove itself able to endure with little detriment to its solid pro sperity; whilst inothers, we may be destined to see it, after a brief andhopeless struagle, consigned St length to a position amongst the bubbling elements which fill the caldron of modern theoretical innovation. " Quern Dells vult. perdere, prius. deinentat." Let country gentlemen lay to their hearts the application! PiO2, L We have studiously avoided any reference to the position, occupied by a certain party in the church, with respect to the proposed government measure of education ; nor should we. have noticed it now, hut for the unmistakeabi e manner in which its organs have at length thrown off the mask, which has hitherto con. cealed their real feelings. There can be no question how much of the opposition, with which the bill of Sir James Graham has been met, is attributable to the jealousy with which the peculiar doctrines of that party are viewed by the greAt Mass of the people. Under these circumstances, what should have been the course of men, professedly ardent in the cause of education, and in the spread of Church of England principles ? Should it not have been an anxious solicitude for the success of a measure, by which a large amount of edu cational destitution is removed, and a large sphere of usefulness opened, for the first time, to that church ? And yet how contrary has been their course ! We have seen a restless stickling for the recognition of the church's supremacy in the administration of education ; but nowhere a manifestation of zeal for the promotion of education itself, even in its best form. We have been met with querulous complaints of slights offered to the church ; of poWers withheld, and asserted rights not recognised with sufficient obtrusiveness. We have seen a cold-shouldered inactivity, at a time . when dis sent was vigorously. •engaged in the effort to snatch from the church the admitted modicum of advantage offered her ; but nowhere have we seen, in the conduct of the party in question, a disposition, the most faint, to embrace that advantage, or to afford aid to the Government by whom it was tendered. Such has been the course of the party until the last few days ; but such is its course longer. The af fected indifference, by which it has been characterized, is now laid aside —now, when it is becoming too certain that, without some powerful effort of the Church the attempt to educate the people, by any other than vo luntaryism, is hopeless—and in its stead we are met with sneers at the impracticability of any national mea sure, and, almost a suggestion of the abandonment of the proposed bill as impracticable and quixotic. The Morning Post, a somewhat indiscreet organ of the par ty, repudiates the bill in toto. The Times ridicules its provisions; and whilst acknowledging the impossibilty of refusing some toleration to other religious bodies, and acknowledging as well, the innocuous character of the concessions made by Sir James Graham, arrives at the conclusion, very intelligibly hinted, that the time has not arrived for the " modified system of money being permitted to undertake the proselytizing of the people" and that, therefore, the question of a national system of education may be postponed ! The attempt to in duce the entire community to look with favour upon teaching, is as yet not ripe for success ; and, therefore,. the awful destitution of relighius teaching, which has so recently been brought into prominent notice, is to be left uncared for ! As lovers of our National Church, anxious—more anxious than any member of the party to which we have alluded—for the acknowledgement of her pure doctrines and the spread of her usefulness-, we cannot but deplore the infatuation,which, thus stickling for the shadow—for the formation—of that church, loses sight of the substance, which is the spread of vital religion amongst the people. Much as we are disposed to . deprecate unworthy concessions to dissenting cla mour—much as we deprecate the yielding up of an iota of the church's rights, we must deprecate infinitely more that pettish stiff-neckedness, which, because it cannot realize all its visions of authoritative rule, would sacrifice the power of Christian usefulness which is placed fairly and honourably within its reach. Her legitimate position as the instructress of the people we claim for the church. We long to behold the day when that position shall be universally acknowledged. But we cannot view that, as a feeling worthy of a Christian Church, which, under any circumstances, declares, in effect, that millions shall be left to crawl in darkness from the cradle to miserable graves. Henceforth let Oxford cease to proclaim her supe rior pretensions to regard for the interests of the Church—we use the word in its broad significance— the Church of Christ—that Church whose Founder left upon his true followers the impressive injunction-- " Suffer little children to come unto me." Truly, were she tried by the conduct of her members upon this luestion, she would be found sorely and lamentably wanting ! The following extract from a letter recently received in this town, from a gentleman now resident in Switzerland, is an unanswerable reply to the absurd theories of the anti-corn-law philosophers, who so confidently assert that in countries where there are no corn-laws, the price of bread is considerably reduced beyond the price at which it is obtainable here. Berne, 24th March, 1843 Surely it is discontent which calls for repeal of the Corn Laws, or else it is a vain fancy, for we have scarcely any duty on corn, and that a fixed one; yet bread is just as dear with us, if not dearer, for the best bread is 2d. per lb., whilst yours you say is only I ; the lowest, indeed, only lid. per lb., but the value of money is much greater with us, and no one complains. The Corn Laws in England are the scape goat of rebellion, and woe to them who make people believe that their misery has its source,there. LOCAL. NEWS. POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTIONT.—SOIIIC lectures, illustrated by models, &c., are about to take place at the Music-hall, which may be expected to be of an interesting character. - - THE 11TH HUSSARS.—Two troops of the 11th Hussars arrived in this town on Tuesday from York. They are under the command of Lord Cardigan, who was domiciled during the short stay of the regiment here at the Adelphi Hotel. The troops embarked on Wednesday for Dublin. ST. DAVID'S CHURCH, LIVERPOOL.—On Wednesday, the 3rd instant, the trustees of St. David's Church met pur suant to notice, to elect a minister to fill up the existing va cancy of that church, when their unanimous choice fell on the Rev. Benjamin Morgan, curate of Aberystwyth, who, it is expected, will forthwith proceed to Liverpool to discharge the duty of his important benefice. MODERATION !—A beerseller, for infringing the law a Tranmere, and a publican for the same offence, were yester day fined at the Birkenhead Police-court, the former ss. and the latter 10s. Contrast this with what occurs at our Police court every Friday ; and yet the beershops and public-houses in that district are quite as orderly, if not more so, than in any other part of the country—proving that severity is not always the best mode of securing obedienc to the law. PORT OF MANCHESTER.-It appears that a party from Manchester were in Liverpool on Friday last ascertainging the requisite fittings for a bonded warehouse, and that in the present week a deputation from the Manchester Town Coun. cil are to wait on the Chancellor of the Exchequer to mature their scheme. Although the Lords of the Treasury have power to declare Manchester a port without going to Parlia ment, yet an act must be, in this case, obtained to raise the local funds to pay for the establishment. THE STONE FOR THE ASSIZE COURTS.—TiIe stone to be used in building the New Assize Courts is to be brought from a quarry in Darley Dale, Derbyshire. The workmen in the quarry from which the stone will be obtained, have recently discovered in it another of those caverns for which Derby shire is already noted. The following is extracted from the Derby Courier of the 22d ult. :—" Last week, while some men were at work in the quarry of A. H. Heathcote, Esq., at Stonecliff Firs, Darley Dale, they discovered the mouth of a cave, which, on being entered, proved to be one of the most wonderful, discoveries ever made in a quarry of that sort, and satisfied every inquirer of the great abundance of the stone of which it is formed. The cavern is easy of ac cess, being entered by three different landings, and extends to the depth of 81 feet. The bottom is of the same valuable stone of which the sides are composed, in rocks of the great est size. On one side is a rock 60 feet in length, 33 feet high, and of a breadth we could not ascertain. The whole quarry is esteemed by all that have seen it to be one of the most wonderful productions of nature. For largeness of blocks, superiority of quality, the colour of the stone, and its extraordinary durability against all kinds of weather, it bids fair to stand superior to all other gritstone in the king dom; and also to be productive of much employment for the working class in this part of the country, for whose interest and comfort the worthy proprietor has always shown himself solicitous. Mr, J. Vickers, jun., Darley Dale, is in posses sion of some samples brought from the bottom of the cavern, which prove that there is not the slightest difference in the quality and texture of the stone, which extends throughout a compass of at least 20 acres!" BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS•—At the usual monthly meeting of this Board, held on Tuesday evening last, the following gentlemen were present :—Messrs. J. D. Case, (chairman,) J. R. Pim, Alex. Kerr, D. Appleton, T. Gil bertson, C. Bentham„lohn Laird, Daniel M'Nichol, Wm. Romer, C. A. Watson, Samuel Stansfield, Wm. Cole, J. S. Jackson, and J. H. Greene. The Watching and Lighting Committee's proceedings, including the appointment of five persons as special constables on the Sunday, were read and confirmed without observation, as were also the proceedings of the Road Committee. The Market Committee recom mended that the market-looker should be appointed inspec tor of slaughter-houses, under the act, and the Board adopted the recommendation. The Ferry Committee re ported that the profits of the ferry were steadily increasing, notwithstanding the unfavourable weather, and they requested the sanction of the Board to allow them to have a new boat built. Mr. J. S. Jackson, the chairman of this committee, showed the necessity there was for providing a new boat, in consequence of the increase of the business, and after the chairman and several other members of the Board had ex pressed their entire confidence in the Ferry Committee, a new boat was ordered to be provided. The annual statement of the accounts of the treasurer was read and approved. The receipts of the township, during the year, were £-13,583175. 31d. ; the expenses, £43,232 16s. 6d., leaving a balance of cash in hand of £353 18s. 91d. The property of the township vested in the commissioners, including the cash in hand, is £94,617 18s., whilst the liabilities are only £90,566 17s. 51d., leaving a balance to the credit of the township of £4051 Os. 61d. A letter from Mr. Henry Cole was referred to the next meeting. On the motion of Mr. J. S. Jackson, the Road Committee were authorised to meet the sub-committee of the Finance Committee, with regard to the continuation of Conway-street, and the Corporation road. It was stated that Mr. Mallaby had just returned from London —that the Improvement Bill had received the Royal assent, and that the Cemetery Bill had passed the committee, and would be read a third time that night. The Board then adjourned till Tuesday week, when it will meet to give directions to• the Finance Committee to complete the contracts wider the new bill. COMMITMENT. , -.At tl a Police-court, yesterday, a7servant woman, named Cain, was committed for trial for stealing a watch and pledging it, from a house in which she had lived for six months ROYAL ASSENIBLY-ROOMS.—Mr. and Mrs. Raymond, Mrs. Waylett, and Mr. A. Lee, have been delighting select and fashionable audiences at the above rooms during the This evening is the last of the entertainment. As a long-esteemed and talented resident of this town, Mr. Ray mond ought to be liberally patronised. HIGHWAY ROBIIEGY ,—At the Birkenhead Police-court, yesterday, Joseph Forshaw and Thomas Rodgers were corn mitted for trial on a charge of robbing George Cooper of his watch on the highway at Raby, on Sunday night, the 26th of February. On the application of Mr. Cudlipp, solicitor, the . . _ magistrates agreed to take bail for their appearance. BOTANIC GARDENS. — The first of the Horticultural exhibitions for the season, takes place in the Botanic Gardens this day, when, we hope, that such support may be given to the institution as to jtstify the Committee in making further efforts to secure its pirmaneuce. The weather promises to be beautiful, and the quality' of the exhibition is anticipated to be of the first order,' so that there will be every requisite to attend a numerous assembly. It will assuredly be a re- flection upon the character of Liverpool if these gardens are suffered to decay for want of support. IMPUDENT THEFT FROM A SHOP.—A. man named Wm. Taylor was yesterday placed at the bar of the Police -court, on a charge of stealing a pair of boots and a pair of shoes from a shop at the corner of Islington and Clare-street. It appeared that he had walked deliberately into the shop, seized the articles, and made off with them. The alarm was given, and he was pursued along St. Anne-street by a police-officer, and caught while endeavouring to get over the wall of a timber-yard. He had dropped one of the boots on the ground, and the other and the shoes were found upon him. He was committed for trial. ANCIENT ORDER OF FORRESTERS.—The anniversary of Court " Pride of England," No. 1016, was celebrated on Tuesday evening last, when the members sat down to a 'splen supper which was provided by their worthy hostess, Mrs. Langley. After the cloth had been removed, the Chairman prtsented (on behalf of the Court) a most elegant Star medal to P.C.R. Thomas O'Mally as a token of respect for his very efficient services during the time he presided over the Court. The song and toast went round to a late hour, and the com pany retired highly gratified with the proceedings of the evening. CHARGE OF ARSON.—Yesterday, John Smith, a stone mason, residing at Liscard, was charged, at the Birkenhead Police-court, with setting fire to his house on the previous evening. It appeared that the prisoner had been indulging rather too freely, and, on his ''return home, quarrelled with his wife, beat her, and then attempted to burn his furniture, which would no doubt have caused the destruction of the house, had it not been for the interference of the neighbours. It appeared, however, that in consequence of some injury the prisoner had received to his head, he lost the control of his senses when under the influence of liquor; and in order to make some inquiries, he was remanded for a day. CHINESE EXHIBITION AT THE PORTICO.—There is at present open at the Portico a very interesting and well se lected museum of Chinese curiosities. The objects consist of implements of husbandry and warfare, dresses, specimens of carvings, laces, silk, drawings, &c. There is a curious model of the car of Juggernauth. As illustrative of the habits and customs of the Celestials, this museum is well worthy of a visit. Children oug,lit, by all means, to be taken to see this collection as bcing likely to convey to their minds useful information. There are some beautiful dissolving views to be seen at two o'clock and eight in the evening. This museum requires only to be known to be extensively patronised. STEALING ToßAcco--A boy, named John Dockery, was yesterday brought up at the Pollee -court, on a charge of stealing 21bs. of tobacco from the shop of Mr. John Crewe, Scotland-road. The prisoner was distinctly sworn to by the complainant ; but two females, his friends, Cecilia Wallace and Nabina Hanley, attempted an alibi, but failed from a dis crepancy in their accounts. The prisoner was committed for trial. Shortly afterwards the two women were brought hack into court, and charged with having threatened the com plainant for appearing as a witness against the boy. The case being proved, they were each required to find bail, them selves in £2O, and two sureties in £lO each, and, in default, were ordered to be imprisoned for 14 days. INQUESTS.—On Tuesday, on view of the body of William Fitzsimmons, a child of four years old. Deceased, who lived with his parents in New Bird-street, was left with another child, about a fortnight ago, and his clothes taking fire, he was so severely burnt that he died on Sunday last. Verdict, Died from the burping, but how caused no evidence."— Same day, on view of the body of Henry Boardman, a child of two years old, who lived in Lambert-street. On Sunday the deceased was so severely scalded by a dish of hot broth that fell upon him, that he died on Monday night. Verdict, " Accidental death."—Same day, on view of the body of James Smith, aged 76. On the 12th ult. the deceased, while in Netherfield-road North, was accidentally knocked down by a horse, and received a fracture of the left leg and elbow, of which he died on the 29th. Verdict " Acciden tally killed." , A CHEAP TENEMENT—A Mrs. Owen was yesterday pro ceeded against in the Police -court under the small tenement act, with a view to her being ejected from a good cottage house in Mary's-place, Gildart's-gardens, Maguire-street. It appeared that the house had been taken by her from a Mrs. Pritchard, her relation, at the weekly ren t of 3d.— though the defend an t contended that no agreement for the payment of rent was ever made. It appeared, however, that she had once paid 2d. a week, and on three other occasions 3d. at a time—the whole, for weekly rent, amounting to 11d. over a space of five whole years; and this being considered proof of tenancy, she was required to quit—the notices hav ing been duly served—in 21 days. She complained of this decision as unfair; but Mr. Rushton said she certainly had a kind landlady ;—he wished his landlady were equally reason able and considerate ! • • ATTEMPTED ROBBERY !FROM A TAVERN.—At the Police -court, yesterday, three suspicious -looking fellows— James Lee, James Smith,. and. Henry Francis—(supposed to belong to the Birmingham society of thieves), were charged with attempting to steal a quantity of money, on Tuesday last, from the house of Mr. Owen, the Shakspere Tavern, Williamson-square. It appeared they had gone to the house several times on Tuesday last, and on two.occasions got change for a sovereign, the change being taken from a chest, where the money was kept, in the lobby. On their calling in again in the evening, it was found that the closet had been forced open, also a work-box inside of it, and that no one else was pear it. They had, however, missed the money, which was lying under some papers. about a foot from the box. They were apprehended, and on one of them was found upwards of XS, and on the others considerable sums, which they could scarcely have came honestly by. It is sup posed they were connected with a recent robbing in the town. They were all committed for trial at the sessions. A MAN FOUND DEAD ON SHIPBOARD.—ArI inquest was held on Wednesday, before Mr. Currie, on view of the body of a man named John Duke. The deceased, who was about 60 years of age, was ship-keeper of the brig George, lying in the King's Dock. On Wednesday morning, John White, the carpenter of the vessel,• on going on board to his work,' had occasion to go between decks for his tools, and, on open ing the scuttle of the after hatchway, saw the deceased lying at the bottom of the hold, just under the hatchway, and a quantity of blood about him. A• police-officer was called, and deceased was found to be quite dead. All the hatches of the upper deck were closed, and he must have gone through the cabin to get between • decks, where the hatch es were all open. Th e b o d y was taken to the dead-house. Mr. Wood, surgeon, made a past • 7norteln- examination, and found an extensive fracture of the skull, which was the cause of death, and was probably caused• by a• fall: The jury re turned a verdict to the effect, that the deceased was found dead from a fracture of the skull, but how received there was no evidence to show. A MAN NEARLY EILLEH BY THE FALLING OF A BALE or COTTON.—At the Police-court yesterday . , a' man 'named John Hilton, a labourer, was placed before Mr. Rushton, on a charge of having, by his careless conduct, nearly caused the death of a man of the name of Robert Wilkinson. It ap peared that at about 11 o'clock yesterday forenoon, Wilkin son, a butcher in the employ of Mr. Ethill, of Oldhall street, was passing along Launcelot's-hey, in front of the warehouse known as Davies's, when a hale of cotton fell upon him from the first floor, and crushed him to the ground. He was taken up apparently in a lifeless state, and conveyed to the Northern Hospital ; but after surgical assistance he revived, and it is hoped is not dangerously injured, though he was unable to appear in court. The bale, it appea view was thrown ou t o f t h e warehouse into the street, with a ie d, w to its being put in cellar with some others of a similar mark. The prisoner said he could not deny the fact; but that he had, previous to throwing it out, asked a companion if the street was clear, and being replied to in the affirmative, did did not think any one was below. He was required to find bail to appear, if called upon, hinuelf in £4O, and two secu rities in £2O each. MERCHANT SEAMENS' FIIND.—A petition:to parliament is now in course of signature in this town, by the sea-faring portion of the community, complaining of the distribution of this fund. The following are the principal clauses of the petition :—" Your petitioners beg to direct your attention to the 2nd section of the Act, whereby it is provided that the widows and children of such seamen only as shall have con tributed to the fund for the space of twenty-one years, and shall die a natural death, shall be entitled to relief; and they beg to suggest, that a much shorter period might be adopted with great advantage to the families of deceased contributors, and without pressing too hard upon the funds of the Corpor ation. That your petitioners are of opinion, that the present unlimited power of the trustees, in receiving and applying the funds, is prejudicial to the true interests of seamen and their families ; and it can be shown that such power has been fre quently exercised with great partiality, whereby persons have received relief who had no right thereto, and other just claimants have been neglected. And your petitioners hum bly represent, that as they cheerfully contribute the funds, they ought, in justice, to have a voice in the election of those persons by whom these funds are to be distributed ; and that a report of the income and expenditure, with all the partic ulars thereof detailed, should be printed and distributed annually. Your petitioners beg to represent, that the mode of obtaining the certificates necessary to entitle claimants to relief from the fund prescribed by the said Act, imposes a great and unnecessary trouble and delay, amounting in a great many instances to a prohibition of the benefits of 'the fund.; and, they would humbly pray, that some more simple method may be adopted, by which the said trouble and delay may be avoided, and the fund at the same time be protected against imposition. That your petitioners are of opinion, that a mor e lib era l a ll owance should be made from the funds to shipwrecked and destitute Seamen, to enable them to reach their homes. your petitioners beg to point out what they consider a peculiar hardship, namely, that if a seama n be drowned whilst serving on boartLa foreign, or even a colo nial ship, his widow and orphans lcise all claim on the funds, through such sailor may have contributed largely thereto and never before sailed in other than British bottoms." THE FuNDS.—WEDNESDAY EVENING.—It seems now to be generally admitted that the offer to settle the last dividend on Mexican stock by a third of the amount in money and th e remainder in stock ar par, has proved a complete failure, and that the holders will uaturally prefer retaining their coupons and the entire claim which they represent to the relinquish ment without consideration of more than a third of a claim, which would of course take place if they effected a stock at par which is worth less than a third of its nominal value in the market. But even this is a more favourable version of the projected operation than is given on the Stock Exchange where it is considered that the sacrifice would be equal to two thirds of the claim, on account of the great uncertainty which prevails as to whether the new stock when issued would be marketable. The Committee of the Stock •Ex change, have as yet pronounced no opinion on the subject; but from their known dislike to defaults on the part of Go. vernments, it is thought highly probable tklineyitwsilal not allow the new stock to be marked should it n t ( h i e e r r s e t n is n d n o n o n c t s s i l t e o m d t a j a v k i d e e n a r a t y a p s s p u y c e l t i b p e r ? e e n . . caution, A s e s ow i e t v i e s u r deem • bl me claimed, and the holders are waiting either forricamplreasaytstonneenitinihtoii.i. ite t e ake the matter into consideration. A full m o e r e f t o in r g so n m f e th p e ro nn p in os n ition that they i t m ie n y ish ca A n ders is already convened to a lte t o ic t- o hdea o y f tn: nearly one guar at market t e presented e m n t o e r d e b T u h s e in E es n s g t i r i a sh ns s a c c c t u ed rt , ie a s nd w o e n re Consols, several good purchases ter per cent. occurred ti,ilbenetwatedhrvo a much firmer appearance. tion for money was 961 to tc; 181 ; Three per cents reduced. having been made for priva t te n n i i i v d e t s .n t r m t e h n e t a . nen T u h n e t il 6 n i al b tr y o n t r a s - . Bank Stock left off at 180 to Reduced,Ln ;bong li n , &to. 56, to 267 ; India Bonds, 755. to 775. N 9s4 v t to r ; e T e . h a r n e d e :n a n. Three - and - 1 p e Annui ties, 12f ; India Stock 2 t 67s pm, for the 3d issue, and 65 5 0 • pm. ; Exchequer-bills, CPeerntsCe.,lso.2 675, to 695, pm, for the lid issue. _ • POSSESSION OP STOLEN GOODS. — At the police court eri Tuesday Catharine Williams was placed at the bar, charge_; with having been concerned in robbing the premises, formel i n She li e , in the occupation of Mr. Ball and Mr. Dawson, street, Everton. Rebecca Stringer was also plactAl at bar, but she was subsequently made a wi tness. It aPPear,e_ s that on the night of the 21st December last, .the PrerTac, above-mentioned were broken into shortly after seven o' e .___ the 'members of the two families who occup ied them being out -at the time. About £l4 worth of a pparel articles were stolen. Information was given to the n ight, but the property was not discovered. On Monday Mrs. Ball was passing along Bevington-bush, she sa 4 - c h woman, named Mary Ann Edmondson, carrying child had on a little coat that belonged to one of Mr. Dawson children, which coathad been stolen on the night of the 21 st. of December. She stated this to the woman, Who told er that she had purchased the coat from Rebecca Stringer. nt inspector of the district was informed of this,_ and he wen; and took the poor woman, Stringer, into custody. It turned out that she had purchased the coat for her baby from he prisoner, Catharine Williams, and had afterwards sold it to dpolice, Edniundson to enable her to buy food. The poor oan. Stringer, was greatly distressed. She trembled violent'?; and appeared scarcely able to support herself. She Noes_ taken from the bar td the witness-box, and her evidence 5v,... taken against Willia m s. The latter having n ai l ing to noe l in her defence, was co4imitted for trial. HARRINGTON . Docx.—The report of the company, 52b mitted to the shareholders at their seventh annual meeting? recently held, shows that the prospects of this impor tan t undertaking continue to improve. The rental for the Pa s , year, including dock dues, has considerably exceeded that of any previous year, amounting to £3,847 10s. 4d. And and reference to the real value of the company's property, en" the probable future receipts, this may be taken as a low stan dard. We brought under notice some time ago the extensive arrangements which were being made by Messrs. Todd Nat r and Co., and others, upon a p or tion of the comP koi estate, for the importation and crushing of copper ,ire. Though the necessary works for this pur pose are adv ancing t rapidly towards completion, the business itself has as i e t , scarcely commenced, and consequently the whole o f the 'erg amount expected to be realised from this source in the shag of dock dues is in reserve, to swell the income of the proP etors in coming years. We learn likewise that the agents the North American line of steam-packets have lat el y taken a lease of land and wa t e r space from the company purposes of that establishment. This is another imPor tan circumstance, which cannot fail greatly to enhance the value of the property, as well as - to draw attention to the OW: tages which it presents in a commercial point of view ; 01 ' the least among which is the moderate charge for insurance, compared with that which it has been found necessary, t° establish at the north end of the town. These are grati f Y ng facts, not only as regards the interests of the companY, but also as regards the interests of the town, which are Close identified with the success of every project for affording ad ditional dock accommodation. • • for thet DESTRUCTIVE ..FIRE AT " 'DOC° WAREHOUSES." . • Are WO Yesterday afternoon, about a quarter past three, o- -- , Th i ce observed in the fine pile of warehouses known as " the `roe of Bridgewater's," (now in possession of the trustees 0 . a d late nobleman,) an d s it ua t e d b e t ween th e D u ke's Dock 8 of the north end of th e Ki ng ' s D oc k. Th e ra nge consists. g one continuous and handsome pile of 10 warehouses , runniti, east and we s t, and w ith f ron t age both to the north and son., with two brid ges un d er t h e two centre ones f o r the e"" t he ence of disch arg i ng fl ats an d b arges th a t a rrive from interior of the country by the Duke's Canal, and from corn by the Mersey, i n th e sma ll b ut conven ient dock -- r' 36 Duke's"—immediately adjacent to the premises; and,:: are company are extensi ve carr i ers b y water, the r°° ` -- de generally filled with valuable goods awaiting transit or eat: livery. They are s i x stor i es in height from t h e ground* a .t, the two centr e ware h ouses are e l evate d hi g h er than the : e' by a pediment to each fr. The fire broke ou t in ont the third warehouse from the e es ! end of the range, and the flames were first seen to issue itt: A ' manner that threatened the whole, from the south doors 11 . n windows of the fifth story. They soon afterwards spread O s s t in s; opposite frontage, and to the upper or sixth story of th e A a lled warehouse, and to the roof. The three top rooms w ere "tad) with cotton, amongst which (probably in the room „ e ds the fire origin a t e d—b ut f rom what cause i s no t yet exPho".rt In a very short time (about half an hour) t h e greater li F; a of the roof fell in:, and immense and alarming bodies,°c tn sly rose tip through the apperture. The alarm was 'ins,:ser conveyed to the Fire Station and several engines and "were carts, and a strong body of the fire and ordinary police, very despatched With all possible speed to the spot. I n a • tied short time there were thirteen or fourteen enginei statme of opposite to the frontages and there being abundane water at hand, bOth from the King's and the Duke's po siv most of them were soon got to work, under the sups are 2 Wiw f " tbe tendence of the suPe'rintendents and inspectors assisted by the 'MaYor, Mr. Rushton, and others o disa d. authorities. They, however, laboured under lunch, o f the vantage in the first instance, owing to the great heigh t ec conflagration; and before measures could be rendered ewidi, tual, the three upper rooms - of the warehouse we their contents, in a blaze ; and the two upper rooms ° great th!eat - adjoining —east and west—also became ig,nited. I3Y of and persevering exertions, however, of the superintenaassis the fire-police (Mr. Hewitt) and his men, and other tants, who, at great personal risk, ascended the stairs.orneb. two last-noticed warehouses, and introduced hose and g as to pipes by the windows, the flames were so-far arresteurosaaS he confined to the three only : the roofs and two tV,:barst only of, the two on each side of that in which the n be fire out having fallen a prey to the destructive element' re hous e had communicated to the top stor of the second wa,.. e aes frorn that first burning, on thewest,and the smo'r t wo. issued from a circular window in l tcliment over ta : 3 „ e t hat centre ones still further to thewes t t ' ss e, a P rd , but the fire '.,'" o t on direction was soon arrested, and Hewitt and his m en frallee the tops of the roofs at each end of the three that hal eig ht, well-d i rected I I e p e o t eudred copio u sfrom carried to that p th e • wate e r t u i : t bree mous jets of burning materials below them. The cat-heads °' as burning warehouses fell piecemeal to the grounk a . in s the remains of their wooden coverings ; and the u e , - , n er, o s timber of the upper floors and roofs fell in like mines be ternally. Several of the men engaged with the er)(4 l d iron' narrow escapes from the falling of pieces of timber as Work outwardly. e upp er About half-p ss t f our o ' c l oc k , t h e cotton i n the for stories of the first ignited warehouse presented t : - o f bal es. ance of masses o f re d-h o t mater i al in the sheP; °l.°ll't An immense quantity o f wa t er was, h owever , tbro -l w itbo a it by the windows and doors, and probably still m °r %sen e s : waste) from the hose on the roofs; and it soon r-thst he darker and subdued appearance, giving indiea ti° ,s li s enef e :;a' worst was over, and that the fire would not e xtend Z e sittla' n ( to the pile of bUildings. The hope thus excited wa s e p : boas e realized. The three lower floors of the middle wa r- his P e '' auctioni t o f th e those on fire still stood firm up to six o'clock , twitted the parties interested to remove a great Porbero ° property upon them, by employing labourers and ° oa carry it out, and convey it on trucks to vacant sPa e ,T e isa tel a l quays and streets. But much of it was injured bY t bscht, s that hart been thrown in by' the doors or windows, or .1"- pper stor d ie: ot v ery poured down through the floors from the u wind at the time was luckily from the westward, an si.N.W l ' ) ; strong (from the appearance of the smoke from the S tia d the n ; so that the heat of the fire was driven easterlY•e pry of been t a similarly strong draft from the eastward, l' en ess, b , bi ity is that no human effort could, from the fi ere atfl i 's the fire priori, have saved a art of the range , 11 ;0 10"; standing the supply of water n . y P The whole oil% shel ter stands isolated and exposed to the breeze, wit" u n bee d s from bill or height on any side ; and we think the P.oicirs b e s serve great credit for their timely, energetic, and Su c h of, t , exertions, at great personal hazard, in saving so En" d i n inter, e . pet, tri b d u i r t e e c d tir t i h g e pyoperty in the three 'warehouses and all of those a i m We observed Mr. Hewitt active on the top of th e i , w ; ll „g to male Warehouse next the fire on the west, with a sPea oil h e preservation e n : :a n t n a 1 0 d f the large attributed that to his fearless and discreet manageni s rop e ', c l saved—of which that consumed or otherw+s , the forms on and be ly a per centage. Di A lkne'simmensethosecollected Who were.a.---ient as ao interested in the event, th v g osk were at a conye,,,, ° 00 ;4 safe distance. The sm w , ere e ' n fr°'" sh" 04e anu flames were see CIO of lahregaerdami.t adroissi toy :if parts of the town, anddistinctlyfrom the „ n en even ._ _ co noen. shore, and the alarm and interest excited were v . Are great. too' 'a• that first ,ra, The three top rooms of the warehouse w ith r 0 10 were filled with cotton, the lower rooms cute"' ban ot mostly .wheat. The top rooms of the other two we re a b some cotton stowed in theand other articles, bet, a aloe, so full. In the lower there was waste,fus ax e d rooms . of these cotton sav e ' grain and flour, bags of white rags and co uite° dre 5 : 11 : were a s mac, &es A large articles f-h' . quantity of the latter wa ter- _most ti:e,r.t:3:::, row the fire thoaghinuchof it saturated or ‘ e v ec i n t : pat w ioo e i e t : lj e cii i !: o tw ri o gi w n a at r e e aaornyoudne4o! loss, chiefly d ho w u a s s e p s ea at the east end of the range, the . 0 of k it erctluy piedburnt we learn,were in the . of which Mark Ywas ightingale, agent.' The ware '''' TV, Eeh to ar s r ty . e butY• w itP About five o'cloCCl Le of accuracy • but it has been stated to t e tc t 3 . 80) was at the north:h a :i t:we and £15,000- to £20,000. 'TI wit a • ly, la The insurance (but to. o we we are unable if not , the Royal , iso v.n,s i a n usr c ea o ffn t ec. t ee o t n e9d , ffiicschneie.oflt.::t aisi:r(uti at , tipti: JO, poiwckeidimu7vienswe,naysibanled v.bnrodkaepupanrdeerrt i l ' a o n e to play into one of the 't awidnr,wtslien the third etsci'dertikb/0, the ifireafto P olice hate lio r g y? t he e height, ron which he stood, after he had attained a c °l ' e nin ' s o and he was precipitated to the irrouiravieg Ito severe) y inbred on the head ' side but w- are t cs- t ' and si s w ay that he rallied so f. • ( 1 to wal k °r ota ° al as to be enable m i n ed ro be' ay to the Southern Hospital ; that he coati) _,, i s a P his side, and that as no bones are broken, tiler' O h speedy recovery. J. o 4 roe -ler , An officer i ' _ea it s y ~,,,,, ~. steam of the navy (the commander, we 1 (),‘-! . 1 _ tender Redwing,) was on the ground 5yt . .`„,.., • irg hlyimkilalnedd,Danh: g r us i n i t s it men, and rendered every possible..assist.erisol7, of water thrown by the engines into tuslid upperhtf warehouses, in the short space of about an boar ( thetit s mated from the fact, that on one ° open %AY room Boars south frolit,e•f that to the westward being.throw_uttrds of it rushed out like a cataract for up ir an hour. eith e t ea None of the walls orthe warehouses have fallen u er ec_d side per. or out—theY, being . well . built and strong, &logs , e e P ti t willti , LPs 30 years ago. They are, In truth, fine b ui , he pr re' day notar competition with the best warehouses of,'ich (a t yet to il .o3 iglit 7 Bards constructed on fire-proof rinciples , n plating under the Pand roots) they „ila floors qe adapted. bole Vi c• ew , N' c During the • t} when th nituto the height of the alarm, and appeared were to be in danger,iman office fixtures, f!' r e frcnO io% most removed with reat' haste and much Ba the djoilo., easterly warehouse from the . d 0 , and also. , an of countin- I ~- louse of Me , , p t ,lett i' 2l7 ' ,NW ° , s O/8 carriers by water. This Ssrs. aLI . 0 . ther e ' ou i • was, Unluckily, la Lt fire.; dog e mov ement would, as neither of the premises caug" t • in l i c e, - counsel • er ) o parties who considei their prop „b e 13, . fa on such eme • • t whose as ~. igencies first to consult the heads 0: . 0 $ two sue assistance they may have up to the last ttet ion 1, eh hasty fittings are quite equal in des° The othfetielxevery sc• fire. superintendents and inspectors of policender the. pot 'were c p ar tive and efficient throughout, and every mall.Aitty One bY present, to be anxious to do his d t Mr. cbesai for The esent, he bein'r continue) to present, uy- • _A ,in _ b o .e, serious illness. s , we regret to say, conn . u" in, to 's N" observed amongst the most active ge ntk excellent The town is, however , and which i lit discipline in which he has traine d lhe occ B w ere the We was so prominently most oi nyie " n vili? , gr. reg oireu sv ies• m axwell ' , 4l.ld even at the point of danger vibe'L ce CO inspector of salvages for the insllr; will provaptitio vvas still burning last night , .. e a wl t hrv, ° burn for some time from the flat' pp d tbe . 0 11 0 mo L s i t ses, the middle one of Which re warehouses ; but it will not extend beY ssa rilY , l ' e re will neF r e e " a f o r t P CePtion o . f. The whole will, however, be repa i red goods in comparatively few WeetsP. a Illeaciurapar..-- liable ia m moN s z f y o . r . e ty are ar publicans P ROFS ey \VHENS BY AN EMINENT , o. ke as subject to im osition?—neea -wer empty b take inns. Is this c) o good had o m n a ei, " somesaid Why wasPLord Fluntingt.o,„s on j o Why is house ?—Because he had such lots cif;_ t l e eitils e Mottle Isle of Wight like WhitechaPe • the man in a c t o s u lr s him. answer.' ng I , s , r ) !'ght to be good, for I made it mYse torg erY his that he took up the man the 0 by fiddlin g , I " ef enee proved that lie had Of asminaViity:;o:ll:eitiodit 1 motion, when tb 'it) -182 hen-agreed to, and the