The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-10-15 00:00:00

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. It is stated that the Chinese have concluded a com mercial treaty with the Americans upon the same terms as that with England. Dr. Lardner was stated, by the last accounts, to be at Saratoga, a fast ionable American watering place, writing letters for the New York Herald. NAPLES.—An approaching eruption of Mount Vesu vius is feared, from the crater being full of burning lava, and the surrounding springs quite dry. THE OLDEST MINISTER IN THE WORLD.—The Rev. Mr. Harvey, a baptist clergyman, 109 years of age, is still living at Frankfort, New York, and is engaged every Sabbath in his profession ! AN UNFORTUNATE PURCHASE.—An Antwerp jour nal states, that the British Queen will again be put up for sale, and that if there should not be a bidding to the amount of the estimate fixed by the Government survey ors, she will be broken up, and her materials be employed in the construction of gun-boats. YEAR CLOCKS.—A New York paper states that Mr. Crane, of Newark, has invented a clock which goes for a whole year, witho.it being wound up more than once. The improvements of the inventor consist in the novelty, yet simplicity of the movements. There are but four principal wheels. DR. WoLFF.—A letter received from Constantinople, dated September 19 :—says, " I have this instlnt received a letter from Persia, saving, Wolff writes from Bokhara, dated July 24 :—` The Ameer has r,turned from Kohhan, and presented me with a dress of honour, a horse and one hundred tomauns, and I hope to set out in a few days for Persia.' " It appears by a letter from Vienna, of the 20th ult., that the Emperor of Austria has positively ordered the suppression of lotteries in his states from the Ist of Ja• nuary next. The persons who keep the lottery-offices, and whose appointments were all for life, are to receive a small pension and a sum of money out of the profits of the lotteries for the present year. DEATH OF AN INDIAN CHIEF.—JOCOSOt, the Sauk chief, who was presented to Queen Victoria, and her Royal Court, a few weeks since, died of consumption, on the 3rd inst., in Cleveland, Ohio, far from home and relatives, but kindly provided for by a benevolent family residing in Cleveland. He was 35 years of age. There is every reason to believe he died of consumption, brought on by the dissipations of civilised life.—New York Sun. MURDER OF AN ENGLISHMAN AT CALAIS.-011 Sun week a medical gentleman, named Thorne, was assas u.e.at Calais, by M. Sullier, who is at the head of e passport department. The two had been drinking together, and they were seen through the window of Sullier'sofice as if at play. when Dr. Thorne was observed to fall, and was soon afterwards discovered mortally wounded. He died in a few seconds. Sullier has been arres'ed. THE BIBLE IN SARDINIA.—An officer in the Royal Navy, in a letter to the Record, states that in making a tour of the great Alps round Mont Blanc, with his family, they were " stopped by the Custom-house officers at St. Remix (the first town you meet with on entering the dominions of the King of Sardinia), where our Bible and Book of Family Prayer were taken from us, telling us at the same time, they were all Christians there, and that no book was allowed admission into the dominions of the King of Sardinia that was against Christianity. We told them it was the word of God. They replied, it was writ ten by the Protestants. We rejoined thet it was a correct translation of the Word of God from the Hebrew and the creek. They replied that the Bible was altogether a prohibited book, especially the Protestant Bible. We demanded of them to show their authority for seizing our English Bible, which, we said, was for the use of our family ; they then showed us the copy of a circular to the effect, dated the 18th of August last, written in Italian. It was that day month (the 18th of September) they seized our Bible. Seeing that it was in vain to make any further resistance, we demanded of them a receipt for our books, which they handed to us. We left them our address at Geneva, in case the stir made about the in justice and ecclesiastical tyranny of the transaction might induce the authorities to return our books, which I ern harpy to say they did, as we found our Bible, &c., again at G. neva in about ten days after. I hive since met with an English family who have had their Bibles taken from them, but as they made no resistance, and have demanded no receipt, they have no hope of recovering them again ; I find also the practice is continued of seizing every Bible they can lay their bends on." THE FRENCH AND TAHITIANS.—Long since Rome saw with dislike the Protestant cause spreading in Tahiti ; and even in 1825 some fears were entertained there of some interference by the Jesuits, for in that year Queen Pomare wrote to George the Fourth "soliciting the Bri tish protection, and asking his Majesty to regard them with kindness for ever." Mr. Canning, in reply, declined to comply with the request, but promised to afford " to yourself and to your dominions all such protection as his Majesty can grant to a fiiendly power at so remote a dis tance from his own kingdoms. The dethronement of Charles X. and the expulsion of the elder Bourbons, for a time dashed all the ambitious projects of the Jesuits, and for a time Tahiti enjoyed peace and quiet. But this was not long to continue, and in 1837, a letter was received by Lord Palmerston, informing him that in direct contra vention of the laws of Tahiti, there were several French men " determined to land and reside on the island as Ro man Catholic missionaries." The law was quoted in this communication, viz., " That no !fleeter or commander of D. vessel shall land airy passenger without the special per mission of the government." Lord Palme;ston ought immediately to have taken means to prevent collision im pendinee in consequence of the refusal to admit the priests in 1836 ' . Instead of this, he wrote a dry official letter to Mr, Consul Pritchard. 19th Ju1y.1837, in which he says: —" Of course every government has a right to refuse to any foreigners permission to reside within its dominions, if the presence of such foreigners is considered Inn tful to the State; but if no such reason exists for requiring foreigners to depart, it is contrary to the usual rules of international hospitality to force them to leave a country in which they may wish to take up their abode, provided they do not infringe the laws of the lands." Accordingly the plot thickened, and on the 30th August, 1838, a French frigate, commanded by M. Dupetit Thouars, together with two other corvettes arrived, and demanded, in the name of Louis Philippe, 2000 dollars as reparation " due to a great Power and a VALIANT nation, gravely instilled, and without provocation." It was after this attack that Queen Pomare and her chiefs once more appealed to Great Britain in a very touching letter. Lord Palmerston, how ever declined to its request, and the next step was to send popish missionaries and pick a quarrel with the melees. Their next step was, after waiting to observe how Lord Palmerston would act, to send a buccaneering squadron and plunder the Queen. The third act in the drama was to declare that Tahiti was to be under a protectorate. The next act was to declare that Pomare had " ceased to reign," and the final act was to expel Mr. Pritchard, and in so doing deprive the English missionaries of all official pro tection, and leave Tahiti in the bands of the Jesuits and the unprincipled invaders. Such was the state to which Tahiti had been reduced, when the natives goaded to mad ness took up arms on behalf of their outraged rights and liberties. The Queen sought and found protection on board an English vessel of war. But the French have paid dearly for their cruelty. Every account that arrives, serves to augment, rather than diminish the ounaber of the slain. The natives fought most gallantly, and defended their intrenchments with no little skill. The French state that they were assisted or instructed by Englishmen, which is not improbable, but it would also appear that but for a recreant Englishman the French would have been still more roughly handled. Their success has been very dubious, and had not the individual in question dis covered to them au unguarded pass, their defeat would have been inevitable.—Record. ROUTE TO INDIA. A little pamphlet, emanating from Mr. Waghorn, has recently been published, which contains, in a concise form, much information necessary for travellers to India by the overland route. Three routes are indicated, namely, that by the steamers of the Peninsula and Orien tal Company ; that through France by steamers fro:n Marseilles direct to Alexandria, or stopping at Civita Vecchia ; and that by (Vend, up the Rhine on toTrieste, and thetce to Alexandria. Every step to be taken in each case is circumstantially pointed out, with the corres ponding expenses exactly calculated; and tables are added, which will be found of great utility in showing the arrival and departures of French steam-pa , kets in the different ports of the Mediterranean. with the distances, fares, and rates of postage, &c. set forth in a very com plete manner. Similar information is given as r-gards Lloyd's packets trom Trieste, and all the latest regula tions respecting the Bombay Government steamers. Ap pended to the " Guide" portion of the little work are some practical observations on the state of the arrange ments for forwarding the overland mail, and suggestions fur its acceleration, which, coming from one who has so large an experience on the subject, and has done so much towards the establishment of the present system, are entitled to attention. The proposal made by Mr. Wag horn for the acceleration of the mail is, that on the Calcutta line the East India Company should set aside one of the steamers to run between Calcutta, Madras, Ceylon, Aden, and Suez, in those months when the Peninsula and Oriental Company's steamers do not, until a third steamer is put upon the line by that company, ac cording to their agreement. On the Bombay line it is suggested that the departures should take place on the 26th and 11th of every month, and the eight steamers of the East India Company, which are named as being avail able, should be devoted to the service, and divide between Bombay and Aden, those at Aden to be in readiness to take the mail on immediately to Suez to prevent stoppage for coal. It is further proposed that the mails be for warded at once in :he quickest way, without reference to paasengers,to Alexandria, whence Her Majesty's steamers, warned 12 hours in advance of the arrival of the mad by the Pasha's telegraph, should convey them straight to Marseille s , t h e stoppage at Malta being dispensed with, except incases of adverse weather. The transmission of letters sad passengers by the Peninsula and Oriental Company gip Southampton, would continue as before, touching at Malta and Gibraltar. Be such means it is tildar r i vbe e i calculated nearly 10 day s would n ga E it n ie s d la , n a d nd in ll tim ti e m t e o s er out of 12 the letters wo be answered by the ensuing With regard to the China line, the writer of the pam phlet recommends the a do p tion of the plan proposed by - Mr. Wis.?, a gen tletnan who has devoted much ti me to the subject. A table is given laying the course to be taken by steamers, starting from ll on g Kon g and to uching at Pulo Labuan, tiingapore, Malacca, Peeang, Ceyl on , an d thence to Aden and Suez, pursuing the usual route of the overland mail. The route thus laid down, it is calculated, d, may be performed, all stoppages incittcled, in 59 ays this interval of time will never be Affected by the mon and geme ° " (41 s , 4 , thpy pot Si .4n, Peiind j_ • - 11 wive; se . • p ~ 0 •i/ ' .. •; , ,- • . ,~ f ~ ~}* f ~ ~ ,_ .'I A new overland route is also pointed out vin Trieste, I by which the mails may be transported in case of any in- terruption of the transit through France, and that in a shorter period of time, Mr. Waghorn's caculation being that the journey from London to Egypt may be thus per formed in 9 days 81 of an hours. The concluding observations of the pamphlet are de voted to the railway from Suez to Cairo, which it warmly upholds, and strongly deprecates the interruption which it has met with from political motives, as the benefits it would confer, not only on the native populations in short ening the time and expense of their pilgrimages, but on ourselves by saving a day in each transit, are paramount. It is stated that 33 miles of rails are now in Egypt, hav ing been imported from England by the late Galloway Bey, to whom the execution of the project was intrusted, but who died, unfortunately, in the midst of his labours. The reason assigned for the stoppage of this railway is somewhat startling. We give it in Mr. Waghorn's own words, and purposely refrain from comment : " The question is, why should the Pasha be stopped going on with this railway ? Because France is jealous of it, and England will not permit him, although he has repeatedly applied, through officials, to do this beneficial work to his own countrymen (pil grims), who now take three days, on camels, to cross that desert, on their way to and from Mecca, when they might easily go in four hours on a railway." IRELAND. The Irish repeal rent for the twenty weeks ending with the 7th instant, amounted to £28,303, being an average of £1,415 per week. The highest week was that ending June 17, when it amounted to £3,380. The Limerick Board of Guardians have resigned their offices en masse, in consequence of the 41st article of the Poor Law commissioners depriving the guardians of any control over the clerk. THE SH ROSE INVESTIGATION. - -This investigation has at length been brought to a close. Brophy, one of the policemen implicated, has been suspended. No de cision has as yet been come to with respect to the other parties; but, we understand Mr. Parker has been or dered not to leave tovrn.—Dublin Mail. A BANKRUPT CORPORATION.—The Cork Constitution of Saturday states, that the councillors of that body (a radical ch•que) have the " liberal" sum of Eleven Pence Halfpenny in hand, (would'nt some charitable individual drop them four of the new half-farthings to make up the shilling ?) their debts amounting to Ten Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninety Eight Pounds Six Shillings and Two Pence! DEATH OF THE LADY HEYTESBURY.-011 Sunday evening week the death-bells of St Andoen's, Dublin, announced the melancholy intelligence of the demise of her Excellency the Baroness Reyresbury, an event for wh.ch the public must have been prepared. Her excel lency brew bed her last at 25 minutes before four o'clock on Sunday. The late baroness was second daughter of the late Hon. William Henry Bourerie, and grand daughter to the Earl of Radnor: she was born in 1783. BALLINASLOE FAlR.—This most important fair—the largest in the kingdom—was held last week, and appears to have gone off well "On the whole," says a report, " the prices of wedder sheep, although a little lower, were remunerative and demand good ; yet the expectations of holders have been in many instances disappointed, but considering the scarcity of winterage, decidedlyremunera• tive prices were obtained ; but contrasting money paid for stores in May last, the return did not meet the antici pations. Breeding eyes went off freely at an advance of !rom 4s. to ss. over last year's prices. Scarcely any good sheep remain unsold ; there were 6.000 more exhibited than in 1843. Good beef went off briskly. DREADFUL MURDER.—The Sabbath evening has again been chosen by the assassin to commit his deed of blood in the county of Tipperary, and the victim who has fallen a sacrifice on this occasion gave no offence beyond the fact that he had some connexion with land. It appears that on Sundae night week, David Maxwell, under agent to Mr. David La Touche, was in his own house in Iker rin, which is only a mile from lioserea ; the room he had been sitting in was on the ground floor, and he was in the act of undressing himself in order to go to bed, when he was fired at, and a ball passed through his back, and lodged in the left breast. The poor man was promptly , attended to, but after lingering a short time in great agony he died yesterday. No clue has yet been obtaured to lead to the detection of the murderer.—Dublin Paper. ELOPEMENT.—On Saturday night week, a young and interesting female, Miss Catherine Cleary, eloped from the residence of her father, a wealthy farmer at Coolrush, Tipperary, with a young farmer named Sherlock. They drove off in a car to a relative at Miltown, near. Banagher. Ott the Monday following, at a very early hour, two armed horsemen (relations of the lady) dashed up to the locus in quo of the lovers, and the house being soon afterwards surrounded by a large party of " Tipperary boys," armed with sticks, plehforks, &c., the garrison, after some re sistance, was compelled to surrender, and the lady was taken away vi el arrnis. ller sobs and tears were una vailing, and 4g she was led forth she cast a last fund look I at her " gallant Lothario." BARBAROUS MURDER.—The Cork Constitution of Thursday gives the report of an inhuman barbarity. which, in the mitigated vocabulary of agrarian crime, is called an "atrocious outrage," but which, in the common language of indignant huma❑ nature, would, anywhere but in Ireland, be termed a series of barbarous Murders. Out of a family of six—a lather, mother, one son, and three daughters—upon whom the general onslaught was perpetrated by a gang of armed rntscreinits, the son has died of his wounds, and but little hopes of life remain for the mother and one of the daughters; the father's skull was fractured ; and he and the two daughters who are likely to survive, were left by the murderers to all ap pearance dead. And this forsooth is—au agrarian out rage.—Dublin Mail. REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—The Conciliation Hall, at the usual weekly repeal meeting yesterday week, was almost deserted ; ne,vertheless the rent took a rise, and amounted to £630. The principal speaker was Nlaurice O'Connell, who, in the course of his address, 'whilst speaking of the magic effects produced by love of country, related an il lustrative anecdote. " Father O'Shaughnessy," said he, " was travelli g in France, and happened to be 'called upon to read prayers over a man that was possessed by a devil. Well, he did so, and the devil was expelled, but on leaving the wan he just said—' Why, then, Father O'Shaughnessy, would it not be better for you to stay at home in Ireland with your own flock than to be turning the out of my home here ?" Well,' says Father O'Shaughnessy, when I heard the fellow speaking of old Ireland. I could not help loving him—bad luck to him ' " The hon. M.P. promised a long letter from his father at the next meeting. UNIVERSITY 4- CLERICAL NEIVs. OXFORD, OCT. 10 —ln congregation holden this day, being the first day of Michaelmas Term, the following degrees were conferred :—Bachelor in Civil Law—Rev. J, Marsh, Fellow of New College. Masters of Arts.— Rev, J. De Lasaux Simmonds, St. Edmund Hall; Rec. A. Peache, Wadham College. Bachelors of Arts.—B. E. Watkins, Wadham ; C. Cutcliffe, Magdalen [tall; A. F. Stopford, Balliol ; F. B. Pryor, Fellow of New Col. lege ; F. Phillott, St. John's. CAMBRIDGE, Om 10.—Trinity Fellowships.—The fol lowing are the successful candidates announced this day : —Fenn, Clark, Bowring, Ht dley. CAMBRIDGE', OCT. 11.—At a congregation to-dav the following degrees were conferred :—Bachelor of Divinity. —Charles Paglar, St. John's College. Masters of Arts. John Tagg. Pembroke College; Martin Stephen Cole, Christ's College. Bachelors of Arts —Charles Auber, Trinity College; James Bell, Catherine Hall; Robert Warner Wheeler, Jesus College. OXFORD VICE-CHANCELLORSHIP. — Tile election of Vice-Chancellor for the ensuing year took place on Tues day, and the unprecedented influx of members of Convo cation fully justified the anticipations which had been formed of its importance. On no occasion, since the memorable defeat of Sir. R. Peel, in 1829, has such ex citement prevailed among the electoral body of Alma Mater. The proceedings commenced about half past one o'clock, when the usual forms were gone through. arid the Chancellor's letter, nominating Dr. Symons as Vice chance'lor, was read. Upon the" assent" of the masters being demanded to the nomination, the cry of " placet " was answered by that of " non-placet," and a scrutiny was demanded. Tine voting, owing to the immense num bers present, occupied a considerable time, and, at the end, it appeared that the numbers stood thus—ptacets, 883; non-placets, 183. The Vice•Chancllor and iris successor then addressed the Convocation. This wt ighty condemnation of Tractarianism, will, we hope, prevent fi.r some time to come that body so unnecessarily and wantonly disturbing the peace of the university. PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS.—Iiev. F. Wood ward, 8.A.. to the curacy of St. Wcollos.—Rev. W. H. Twyning, B A., to the curacy of Roath.—Rev. W. S. Chapman, B.A, to the vicarage of Kemple, Wil t ., vacan t by the death of the Rev. R. Goddard.—Rev. W.Clement son, A. 8., to the curacy of St. Paul's, Nottingham.— Rev. W. Adamson, late curate of Slintold, to the incum bency of St. Augustin's church. — Rev. V. P. B a bi ngton, 8.A., to the assistant curacy of Great Yarmouth.—Rev. W. J. Clayton, B.D•, to the vicarage of Ickleton, Cam bridgeshire.—Rev. G. R. Harding, L.L.8., to the curacy of Rodney Stoke, Somerset.—Rev. T. Hare, B A., to be assistant curate of Yeovil, Somerset.—Rev. S. Pagan, B.A. to the new district of Leverbridae, Bolton-le-Moors. —Rev. W. B. Flower, 8.A., curate of Knutsford,Cheshire, to be chaplain to the workhouse, Nether, Knutsford.— Rev. 11. Faulkner, 8.A., to the curacy of Stroud, Glou cestershire.—Rev. H. F. At herley. M.A., to the curacy of Upper Beeding, Sussex.—Rev. A. F. Hart, M.A.. to the vicarage of Arundel, vacant by the death of the Rev. H. J. Parsons.—Rev. F. F. Hole, 8.A., to the curacy of Shr pton, Mallet.—Rev. H. T. Lee, B A. to the curacy of Wenvoe, Glaniorganshire.—Rev. W. G. Tucker, 8.A., to be chaplain to H.M. ship Albion. The munificent sum of one thousand pounds has been bequeathed by the Rev. H. T. Barnwell, of Bury St. Ed mund's, lately deceased, to the institution fur the indi gent blind at Norwich. CALCUTTA CATHEDRAL.—The Bishop of Calcutta, in a letter to the secretary of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, dated May 3d. 1844, states that the tower of the new Cathedral at Calcutta " is now raised to the first tiers of stones above the lancet win dows about ninety feet from the plane of site, and pre sents a most commanding object. The internal scaff 'W ing of the lantern is being removed with the centering, to allow of the stones being elevated with greater ease than they could from the outside. The building has not settled more than a quarter of an inch in the last six months; so that the walls of the choir and transepts will soon rise, the ornamental work brine safe from disturb ance.pees 1 3 1j a p na to sA p p ril e l , st a , b ‘‘ o .e ut hZ2ite,xopooex—itlot2(m)9o,ore2f!thCa.nrivue expec.ed." The Rev. C. J. Plumer, vicar of Norton, has presented the sum of five hundred pounds to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. NEW CHURCHES.—On 30th ult. the Bishop of Salisbury consecrated a new church at Westbury, Wilts; on the Ist instant, Horningsham Church ; on the 2d, the Church of Codford St. Mary ; and on the 3d, the parish church of Newton Tony,—all in the same county. It is stated that the Rev. Mr. Ward, of Balicl College, has been removed from the office of chaplain, which he held in Baliol College, retaining the emoluments of his fellowship. We are informed that the rev. gentleman has also been prohibited officiating in the diocese of Lon don.—Oxford Chronicle. A CONVERT TO TIIE CHURCH.—The Rev. J. Kelly who has been for a number of years a dissenting preacher at an Independent meeting-house, Wakefield, where he has always had a large congregation, has just been or dained by the Lord Bishop of Ripon, and licensed to the Curacy of Wakefield. HARROW SCHOOL.—Her Majesty has been pleased to confer upon the Rev. Dr. Wordsworth, head master of this institution, the prebendal stall in Westminster vacant by the death of the Venerable Archdeacon Bayley. An annual residence of three months being required, Dr. Wordsworth resigns his present post, which therefore be comes vacant at the end of the present year. The present head-master has held this important station since Easter. 1836, his predecessor, Dr. Longley, baying been then elevated to the episcopal bench, and being now Bishop of Ripon. That right rev. prelate had held the office of head-master of Harrow for seven years, having succeeded the present Very Rev. the Dean of Peterborough, Dr. Butler who had occupied the same position twenty-four years. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. LAW INTELLIGENCE. Mr. Carus Wilson, the well• known solicitor, has been imprisoned by the Royal Court of Jersey. for contempt of Court. In a libel case tried before them he appears to have protested against some of the Judges on the ground of personal animosity. He was sentenced to pay a fine of £lO and to beg pardon of the Court. Having declined compliance he was in consequence incarcerated. RECKLESS PROFLIGACY.—At the final examination, in the Birmingham Bankruptcy Court on Tuesday se'nnight, of Henry Jecks Dixon and John Dixon, Kidderminster, carpet manufacturers, it appeared that the latter had in four years lost no less than £2413 lOs by betting at races, and £213 Gs on opera admissions. Other instances of extravagance and profligacy were proved, and the further hearing of the bankrupt's case was adjourned till the 2nd of December. Henry Dixon, upon whom no imputation was made, was discharged. ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE BENEFIT OFCREDITORS.—An important judgment was recently pronounced by the Vice- Chancellor of England in the case of " Bush and Co., v. Shipman and Co." The plaintiffs are hop-merchants in the borough, and had had dealings with John Shippam, grocer of Mansfield, of whose estate and effects the de fendants were assignees under a deed of assignment. Some time before the assignment the insolvent bought a quantity of hops from the plaintiffs, but which were in the possession of the plaintiffs at the time the assignment was made. Three months from the date of the assign ment was the time limited for creditors to come in and take the benefit of it; but some time after the expiration of the three months, the plaintiffs sold the hops in their possession, passed the proceeds to the credit of Shippam's account, and then sought the benefit of the assignment for the difference, but on the assignees refusing to allow their claim, they filed their bill. After hearing the case the vice-chancellor said that both on the substance and merits of the case the plaintiffs could not recover as they were clearly not entitled to their security, and at the same time take the benefit of their deed. That point had been decided in " Cullingworth v. Lloyd," (2 Beavan 385) and was to govern this case. The plaintiffs were, therefore, condemned in costs. IMPORTANT TO SCOTCH AND IRISH CREDITORS OF ENGLISH BANKRUPTS.—Tuesday, in the Bankruptcy Court, in the case of D. M'Kenzie, of Chambers -street, City, merchant, a pint of some importance to the credi tors of English and Scotch bankrupts was decided on the proof of the Clydesdale Bankirg Company. who were creditors of the bankrupts to the amount ef 1.1,100. The solicitors to the fiat ohjec'ed to the proof on the ground that the affidavit was sworn before a Master Extraordinary in Chancery, whereas the act required that where persons reside out of England, it should be sworn before a magis trate, and attested by a notary public. The learned Com missioner Evans held this to be the legal mode of proceed ing, and the proof was rejected. An assignee was then chosen, but before the close of the meeting, the solicitor to the hank said, that in searching for cases, he found that by the 6th and 7th Vict., c. 42, the power of Masters in Chancery to take affidavits was extended to Scotland and Ireland. The learned Commissioner said, it was quite a new thing to appoint Masters of the Court of Chancery of England in those places, and he certainly never heard of their power to take these affidavits. On perusing the act, however, he found such was the case. The proof was ad mitted, and a power of attorney was put in to vote for the choice of assigi.ces, but the power had not got the seal of the company, and was held to be incomplete. THE COURT 4- FASHIONABLE WORLD. LOUIS PHILIPPE IN ENGLAND. Yesterday week, at half-past six o'clock. p.m., his Ma jesty the King of the French embarked at Treport, on his long expected visit to her Majesty Queen Victoria. His Majesty was accompanied by his son, the Duke tie Mont pensier, and a host of distinguished persons attached to the French court. The Queen was deeply affected at his Majesty's departure, being her first separation from the King since their marriage. All the population of the place turned out to see the King's departure, and every house was illuminate.] ; nor was it only the houses that were lighted up, but a very curious effect was produced by the illumination of the whole line of the pier. along which were placed flambeaux and lamps. In this work the fishermen's wives took a prominent part. for on them was conferred the honour of lighting his Majesty as he walked from his carriage along the stand to the small barge which was manned to convey him aboard the Gomer. It may easily be conceived that about 50 of these women marshalled in a line as regular as soldiers, and each artneA with a large and flaming flambeau, must, combined with their peculiar costume, have given a very striking appearance to the scene. About day break on Tuesday the squadron approached the English coast, and the inhabitants of Portsmouth were early on the look-out for it. It was contrived that a sort of fleet, as it were, formed of the squadron of experimen tal gun-brigs and one or two ships-of the line, and some other vessels, should, by stretching out for some miles off the harbour in the direction of the French coast, at once act as heralds of the approach of the french vessels, and as a sort of escort to his Majesty up the harbour. oppo site the Victoria Pier his Majesty stopped the steamer, and retired to the saloon, where the Mayor and Corpora tion of Portsm uth presented his Majesty with an address to which his Majesty replied, and in the course of conver sation afterwards with them, his Majesty feelingly alluded to his former visit to Portsmouth many years ago. He remembered the v arious objects ofattract on, and recollected the dock-yard well, though it was then called the Naval Col lege. The King soon after returned on deck, and was vociferously cheered by the populace assembled on every available piece of ground. At Cold Harbour,whichthesquad ron reached at halt-past nine, they awaited the arrival of Prince Albert, but nearly an hour elapsed after the king's steamer took up tier moorings before his Royal Highness arrived. At twenty minutes past ten the Prince entered the yard and stepped into his barge, loudly cheered by the spectators, who thronged in the briars that covered the harbour. Immediately behind the Prince was the Duke of V , ellington, and, as he descended the steps, a cry was raised of " a cheer for the Duke," to which a deafening response was given. Th- Duke wore his Field Marshal's uniform : but the Prince was dressed in plain clothes (black), with a white hat and crape band. Win n the Prince stepped on the deck of the Gomer his Majesty hastened with eagerness to greet him, and not only shook him heartily by the hand in a manner which denoted a most friendly feeling, but saluted him on both cheeks, after the French fashion. The Prince returned the King's welcome with equal warmth, though his demonstrations of amity were confined exclusively to the English style. The greetings of the King and Prince bad scarcely con cluded when the Duke of Wellington came on board the Goofier. His Majesty Louis Philippe instantly recognized trim, and seizing both his hands in his, shook them cor dially, addressing the Duke at the same time in terms of the most friendly import. The French King, Prince Al bert, and the Duke of Wellington, remained uncovered during their mutual salutations. The royal party then landed amidst every demonstra tion of applause, and the King and Prince Albert walked up the yard, followed by the Duke, M. Guizot, &c., &c., to the carriages in waiting, which they entered, and drove off at a rapid rate to the railway station. They here set off in a special train to Farnborough Station where car riages were in waiting, in which they immediately set off towards Windsor. Here every preparation was made for the reception of the Kingly visitor, her Majesty, in her anxiety, having descended into the grand vestibule at which the cortege was to enter, some minutes before the carriages drove up. At a quarter-past two the escort swept rapidly round the quadrangle and formed in front, whilst the first carriage, containing the King, Prince Al bert, the Duke de Montpensier, and M. Guizot, drove under the portico. At this moment Queen Victoria ad vanced to the threshhold, and in the most cordial manner extended her arms, whilst Louis Philippe and the Prince descended from the carriage. Their Majesties embraced most affectionately at the moment of meeting, and the three principal personages advanced at once into the ves tibule, the French monarch bestowing his cordial smiles and greetings upon Sir R. Peel, the Earl of Liverpool, the Hon. George Anson, and others of the Royal household with whom he was familiarly acquainted. The Duke de Montpensier and Admiral de Mackau escorted the Duch ess of Kent, and the Royal party, followed by the Minis ters and suites of both the Monarchs, proceeded at once up the grand staircase, where, turning to the left, the Queen conducted her guest to the apartments which were occupied by his I mperial Vlajestyduringhisvisit. The whole ceremonial was so entirely of a domestic and social nature as almost to disarm description, and to reduce its narra tion to a mere statement of the facts. But there was ne vertheless such a heartiness both in the welcome and the appreciation of it on the part of the Royal guest-as to ren der an attempt to convey a true idea of the scene at least pardonable. Having installed the King in his apartments her Majesty and the Prince Consort withdrew until the hour of luncheon. At eight o'clock the Royal visitors were summoned to dinner, which was served in her Ma jesty's private dining-room, covers being laid for the prin cipal persons only of their Majesties' suites. Her Ma jesty occupied the centre of the table, the King being seated on her left. The Earl of Liverpool officiated at the north end of the table. The gorgecus wine -cooler, con structed tor George IV., stood on a pedestal in front of their Majesties. Whilst the repast was proceeding, the private band of her Majesty performed in an apartment. immediately connected with. but not visible from, the di ning-room, several of the compositions of the most distin guished masters. On Wednesday morning the puke de Montpensier quitted the Castle, for London, in a carriage and four; and in the aft er noon th e Ki ng o f the French promenaded on the south terrace of the Castle, accompanied by her Majesty and Prince Albert, and afterwards the royal party visited St. George's Chapel, Cardinal Wolsey's Chapel, the Royal Aviary, and afterwards drove to Frogmore Lodge, the residence of the Duchess of Kent. After their return to the Castle, the royal party inspected some of the principal domestic offices of the Castle on the ground, passing through the confectionery room, the kitchen, and the gilt room. At seven o'clock a grand dinner was given in St. George's Hall, in honour of the royal visitor. The magnificent service of gold plate was used on the occasion. The Queen was seated at the north side of the table, be tween his Majesty and the Duke de Montpensier. Op posite was seated Prince Albert between the Ccuntess St. Aulaire and Lady Charlotte Dundas. Amongst the com pany, sixty-five in number, were the Duchess of Kent, the Duke of Wellington, M. Guizot, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord and Lady Lyndhurst, the Duke of Buccleugh, Mar quis of Exeter, Earl of Liverpool, Lord and Lady Wham cliffe, Sir Robert and Lady Peel, Sir James and Lady Graham, Sir George Murray, &c. The quietness of the castle is in no degree disturbed by the presence of King Louis Philippe, who, it appears, is best complimented by being suffired to remain entirely at his ease. After breakfast, on Thursday, the new char- a -bane, presented by his Majesty to the Queen, was brought into the grand ,. quadrangle, and the royal p ar ty set out for a d r i ve , via Sunbury, to Twickenham, and thence through Bushy Park to Hampton Court. After wards they repaired to Claremont, where luncheon was provided. In the evening a banquet, on the same scale of magnificence as that of the previous evening was given, the additions to the guests being the Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburg, and the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk. In the middle of the table opposite to the royal circle was the " St. George candelabrum," exhibiting the com bat of St. George and the Dragon, forming a most con spicuous and magnificent central ornament, being far su perior in size to the other candelabra and epergnes. With this exception, and also two of the " Hesperides" candelabra, which were placed near each end of the table, the entire plateau was formed of epergnes supporting flowers. On both sides of the plateau were a row of can delabra filled with waxlights, lighting the royal banquet in the most brilliant manner. The table was also orna mented with the splendid service of gold plate, including ' vases, wine.coolers, and large dishes, all of them of the most elegant forms, and richly chased and sculptured. In front of the west sideboard was placed the head and front paws of the royal tiger couchant, which formerly supported the canopy of the throne of the Sultan of My sore, and was taken at the storming of Seringapatam. The eyes, tusks, and claws of the figure are of rock crys tal, the rest of the head and paws are covered with plates of pure gold. The state standards of Tippoo Sultan, also captured at the storming of Seringapatam, were placed over the tiger's bead, and on each side were can delabra filled with wax lights, ornamented with Oriental figures and emblems. The east sideboard contained a number of large and handsome sh.elds, salvers, urns, vases, statuettes, tankards, and vases of gold, brilliantly illuminated with candelabra and sconces. On Friday morning the royal party took a drive after an address bad been presented to his Majesty by the Mayor and Corporation of Windsor. After their return to the Castle a chapter of the most noble order of the Garter was held, at which his Majesty was duly created a knight of the order with every solemnity. In the after noon the royal party rode out to the grounds of Virginia Water. The lake was studded with pleasure-boats and barges, and the Victoria and Royal Adelaide frigate, both of which were gaily bedecked with flags and ensigns, floated proudly in the midst. Haying visited the water fall, the ornamental ruins, the Belvedere, and the other attractions of this delightful spot, the royal party re turned to the Castle at a quarter to six o'clock. In the evening a banquet upon a scale of unusual magnificence took place in St. George's Hall. Covers were laid for 160 guests, and nearly all the treasures of the Castle in plate and plateaux, candelabra, goblets, vases, &c. were displayed on the table and buffets at either end of the hall. Previously to entering the hall, the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal were presented to the King of the French in the drawing-room by the Duchess of Kent. It is said that the infant Prince gazed with some astonishment at one of the beef -eaters, who was on duty in his state livery at the entrance of the apartment, and called out " Who is that great man there ?'' in a tone that almost upset the gravity of the distinguished circle. On Saturday a deputation from the Corporation of London proceeded from the Guildhall to Windsor to pre s -tit an address to his Majesty Lcuis Philippe. The members of the deputation and attendants occupied 13 carriages. His Majesty received the deputation at two o'clock, and replied very graciously to the address. A short time after the deputation left, the royal party paid a visit to Eton' College, where the boys, to the amount of 700, were assembled in the quadrangle, and who greeted his Majesty with deafening applause. The Queen and her guests were then conducted through the building. In the library there is a book where distin guished visitors are accustomed to write their names. Prince Albert's name was already in the bock, and her Majesty was requested to write hers. She wrote " Victoria R., October 12, 1841." The Duke of Wellington wrote his name under the Queen's, and the King of the French, who had of course been requested to write his, filled the opposite page. His Majesty had expressed his delight at the enthusiastic reception given him by the boys, and, with their shouts ringing in his ears, he wrote, "Louis Philippe, encore emu de l'accueil que lui oat fait les &eyes de celle honorable college." On their return to the castle, a dinner was served in the evening iu the usual style of splendour. On Sunday the King and his son, attended by their suite, went to the Roman Catholic Chapel at Clewer. Mass was said by the Rev. Mr. Wilkinson, the officiating priest of the chapel. The Duke de Montrensier sat on the right of the King. The text chosen by the reverend gentleman was, " Render an account of thy stewardship, for thou mayest be no longer steward. In the sermon there was no direct or indirect allusion to the presence of the "May i i n t g p , ie e a x , c e e y p o t u t r h i‘ a t i j t l - e ! s e t . T g e h r e rt n a g n p h a e i n with, marked attention throughout the service, which lasted altogether nearly two hours. When his Majesty left the chapel to enter his carriage, a considerable number of people had assembled outside, by whom he was saluted as he drove off. He bowed from the carriage window in return. On his Majesty's first entrance into his pew, the impulse of curiosity was so strong that all in the chapel stood up and stretched forward to obtain a -ight of him, but they soon after sat down and afterwards paid great attention to the service. His Majesty wore plain black clothes, with the blue riband over his shoulder and a star. After luncheon in the afternoon the carriages were sent round to Datchet Lodge, the intention being that Her Majesty, the King of the French, Prince Albert, and the guests and suite, should walk down there and ride home. The terrace was thrown open to the public in the after noon, after three o'clock, in order that they might all have the opportunity of seeing the royal parry. The threatening appearance of the sky, however. put an end to the plan ; but at a few minutes after four in the after noon the whole party descended the steps leading to the terrace, and walked up and down in view of the many hundred persons assembled. Her Majesty walked with the King of the French, the Prince walking immedia.ely after in company with the Duke of Welington. The Earl of Jersey, the Earl of Liverpool, Earl Delawarr, and many other noblemen and gentlemen followed, dressed in the Windsor uniform. Sr R. Peel was in the party, hut he did not wear the Windsor uniform. The royal party walked up and down the terrace several times, loudly cheered by the people assembled. until the rain, which began to fall heavily, compelled them to return within doors. The Queen and Prince Albert attended Divine Service in the private chapel of the castle. Viscount Melbourne, Lord Joh❑ Russell, Lord Ellenborough, and otherdistin guished personages were expected to join the royal circle at dinner. Yesterday, at twelve o'clock, the Kng of the French, accompanied by her Majesty and the Prince, were to leaTe the clstle for the Farnborough station of the South-Western Ralway, where a special train would be in waiting to convey them to Gosport. Her Majesty and the Prince were to accompany his Majesty out of the harbour, lunching on board the Gomer, and bidding his Majesty adieu off Spithead, returning in the royal yacht to the Isle of Wight, where her Majesty will make a brief sojourn. The French papers contain various remarks on the King's visit to this country. Some of them take it as an insult that the Duke of Wellington was selected to receive his Majesty on his landing. They do not appear to un derstand that his Grace was there solely in his official caoacity of Lord-Lieutenant of Hampshire. 'file King, before leaving France, granted an amnesty to fifty-nine prisoners who were suffering for political offences. The Moni(ur contains their names. They are for the most part obscure persons, implicated in the insurrection of the 12th and 13th of May, 1839, in Paris; in the Repub lican plot of Marseilles ; the expedition of Louis Napoleon to Boulogne; and the attempt of Quenisset against the lives of the Dukes of Orleans and Aumale. A ROYAL ALBUM.—The album which King Louis Philippe proposed to offer to Queen Victoria in coutme moration of her visit to the Chateau d'Eu, is finished : and his Majesty carries it over with him to he presented at Windsor. It is of unusually large size, being 32 inches by 24, and proportionally thick. It contains 32 drawings of the first French artists, representing the different apartments of the Chateau d'Eu, and scenes and events connected with her Britannic majesty's visit. To prevent friction, the drawings are let in, and, as it were, framed by thick sheets of Bristol paper. It is splendidly bound in scarlet Morocco, by Ginain, bearing the arms of Eng land, within a rich border of most delicate tooling. The case or box in which it is enclosed, is covered with rich purple velvet, on which is also impressed the queen's arms.—Galignarri's Messenger. WEYIIILL FAIR, HAMPSIIIRE.—This fair, which is the most important in the south of England, was held on Wednesday in an extensive ranee of fields three miles from Andover. The fair continues for six successive days for the sole of sheep, horned cattle, and horses, the supply of which this year was very large, and exceeding that of the preceding years. The sheep-pens covered many acres and the trade was rather brisk ; the best ewes making from 28s. to 335.. an d goo d S' ou thdown wethers obtaining good prices. The supply of horned cattle was large and the trade dull, the prices being 12 per cent. lower than the average of last year. TI e horse field was large , and pr ime cart colts made high pricts. THE "ROYAL" MERSEY YACHT CLUB. The monthly meeting of this rapidly increasing club was held on Tuesday evening week, at the Club-room, Mersey Hotel. The attendance was more numerous than on any former occasion, and included several yachtmen, far and near, of long experience and skill, who had become mem bers. The secretary, Mr. H. Melling, after reading the gratifying minutes of the previous meeting, read a letter from Sir Robert Peel, who had been applied to to become an honorary member, in which the right honourable gen tleman expressed his pride to become a member, and his every wish for the success of the Club. Another letter was read from the Most Noble the Marquis of Anglesey, a nobleman alike distinguished for his prowess in the field, and his encouragement of daring and skilful feats on the ocean. The Noble Marquis is owner, and frequently sailer, of a fine yacht called "The Pearl," and wrote, amongst other complimentary expressions, that he was " proud of the honour." Lord &.ndon, M.P. ; Sir Howard Douglas, M.P. ; John Gray, Esq., owner of a new cutter of 50 tons, building at Cowes, William Jackson, Esq., Birkenhead, and a number of our most respectable merchants, ship owners, and tradesmen—in all thirty-one—and who had previously been proposed, were then unanimously elected members. The nomination of new members to be ballotted for at the next meeting (according to a rule of the Club, which makes no distinction of persons in this respect.) was then proceeded with ; and arnongq them were the following : —The Earl of Wilton, who has a seat at Heaton Park, in this county. is owner of a splendid schooner called the " Xarifa," of 173 tons, and who wrote that he should be " most happy to become a member"; the Honourable Colonel Pennant, of Penrhyn Castle, North Wales, owner of a beautiful little yacht called " The Diamond," which we expect in the Mersey in the spring ; Sir Richard Bulkeley, of Baron Hill, Beaumaris, also owner of a fine yacht ; Joseph Weld, Esq., of Lulwortb Castle, Dorset shire, the oldest yachtman in England, and owner of the largest cutter-yacht in the world, " The Alarm," of 193 tons, a most superb vessel. The Alarm has visited the waters of the Mersey, and was much admired by all who saw her. The venerable gentleman, who, we need scarcely say, is strongly attached to yachting, not only as a perso nal pleasure, but as in its pursuit a means of introducing finer models of vessels, and their more adroit manage ment,—at theclose of his letter writes as follows :—" 1 only fear that my feeble endeavours, at this great distance, will fall short my wishes, in giving that support to an amusement which I have been so long engaged in." ' These communications were received by the Club with great pride and gratification. The whole of the parties nominated—twenty -8:x in number—will be ballotted for at the next monthly meeting, on the sth proximo. The Secretary next read official c Immunications ad dressed to himself,—one to the effect that her Majesty had been graciously pleased to grant the title of " Royal," to he adopted and used by the Club ; and another from the Secretary to the Admiralty, stating that he was directed by their Lordships to grant their permission to the vessels of the Club to wear the blue ensign of her Majesty's Fleet, with the distinguishing mark of the Club. The applica tion was, we miderstand, transmitted through Lord San don, and his lordship, with his usual alacrity in every good cause, gave it his immediate and anxious attention. Not only was the permission of their Lordships freely given to the Club, but (and th s we consider an additional honour) they intimated that they would also grant a separate war rant to each yacht. The general warrant, which bears the usual expressive and remarkable sral of the Admiralty, is dated " September 24th, 1844." The following is a " copy " of Sir James Graham's polite communication to the Secretary, announcing her Majesty's gracious reply to the request that the Club might be called " Royal" : " Whitehall, 23d September, 1844. " Sin, " I have had the honour to submit to Ihe Queen the request of the Mersey Yacht Club to b: called ' Royal'; and have the satisfaction to inform you, that her Majesty has been graciously pleased to consent to its being called • The Royal Mersey Yacht Club.' " I have the honour to be, " Sir, " Y,..ur obedient servant, " JAS. GRAHAM. " Henry Welting, Fsq., " 16, heist-square, " Liverpool." The " picture" of the ensign (with the burgee, &c.,) sent to the Lords of the Admiralty for their approval, was painted by sir. 'Alelling, the secretary, who is , a' artist as well as a sailor. It is very chaste and beautiful, the dis tinctive mark, or insignia, being the Crown over , he Liver. A singular model of a vessel of a new construction, for sailing, or for steam-propulsion, especially by the screw, the invention of Mr. J. Scott Walker, one of the origina tors of the club, was then submitted and excited much curiosity, and considerable discussion. We shall give a description of it hereafter. The business matters being concluded, the members entered into a conversation on nautical topics, in the course of which many amusing anecdotes of yachting were related, and the members separated at an early hour after spending the evening sociably and delightfully. LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY. We guarded ourselves when lately express ing our satisfaction with the arrangements of the Directors of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company, by reserving the full meed of thanks which we should have felt it incumbent upon us to render, until we had ascertained from experience whether the third-class train, accorded to the poor travellers upon that line, was one regulated by a bond fide desire to subs,rvc to public convenience. We do not know why we made this reservation. It could not he from any distrust of the personal honour of the gentlemen who sit upon the board of this railway. We could never have imagined that they would stoop to an evasion of a just demand, and provide an accommodation which, although it looks well upon paper, is in reality a mockery. The bare mention of the terms of this concession will, however, be sufficient to shew—to Liverpool at lnst—that it is anything but a boon to the poor. The third-class train from this town starts at 20 minutes past 6 p.m.; the third-class train from Manchester starts at 6 a.m. There is, therefore, no cheap train from here to and from Manchester in one Gay; and a poor tradesman or mechanic going and coming by the third-class train from this town to Manchester must, if he has one day to spend in that town, spend also two nights, whilst by the ar rangement a Manchester traveller can leave at 6 a.m. and spend here a clear ten hours before the return train starts, and be at home at 8 o'clock the same evening. Manchester is favoured ; Liverpool is clearly left out of consideration. But the following portion of the arrangement is, if possible, worse and worse. If the poor traveller consents to go by this three-shilling train, of course the world would suppose that he would present himself at the Lime-street station. But no—he must not have this conveniency. He must trudge up to Edge-hill station, with whatever luggage he may have And this is not because no train leaves Lime-street at the appointed time. There is one. But the Directors avail themselves of the opportu nity of a poor passenger having luggage or physical incapacity—of t xing the lame, the halt, and the blind—by charging those who are compelled to start from Lime-street sixpence more! In reality, therefore, this cheap three-shilling train is a three and-sixpenny train, useless to nine out of ten people in Liverpool. CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER AGAINST A FEMALE. On Thursday an inquisition was held before :he Bo rough Cormier touching the death of Mary Songhan, and from the circumstances of the case, an elderly female named Catherine Gillis, and her daughter Margaret Quig gin la married woman) were brought up in custody, the former on suspicion of having inflicted the injuris that caused the death of the deceased, and the latter of hav ing aided and abetted her in the act. Margaret Greenwood. being sworn, said she was the wife of John Greenwood, and lived at 14, Craven-street. Witness knew the deceased—Mary Sooghan—who re sided near witness. Five weeks last Saturday (or there abouts) witness beard deceased and Margaret Quiggin (now present) quarrel several times during the day. but saw nothing like violence used. About six o'clock the same evening, witness saw deceased sitting on the ster.s of a house fronting the street sewing. Witness got her to fasten her gown for her. In five minutes after, witness heard the mother of Mrs. Quiggin (Catharine Gillis) quarrelling with the deceased, and using very abusive lan guage. Witness went to the door and saw Mrs. Gillis holding the hands of the deceased down on her (deceased') knees. She (Mrs. G.) lifted up her head close to the face of the deceased, and said " If it was not for the law she would tear her (meaning the deceased's) liver and lights out"' and she spat in her face two or three times. Witness heard the deceased ask Mrs. Gillis to go away, as she did nut want to say anything at all to her. Some other words passed between them. but the:deceased did not appear to be in a passion. Witness saw Mrs. Gills take hold of the deceased by the hair of her h-ad whilst she was silting on the steps. and pull her down into the channelaud drag her. When they got into the middle of the street, Mrs. Qwiggin came out of her house with a flat-iron in her hand and went to deceased. She took hold of deceased upon the head, but whether to assist her mother to drag her about, or to loose her hold of de ceased, witness could not say. Witness got them asunder, and a neighbour came and took deceased away also. Witness did not see either Mrs. Gi:lis or Mrs. Quiggin strike or jump upon decease d. She saw the deceased several times after, and she always complained of hating received some injuries to her right side, which she fre quently said arose from the umee of that day. She was very large in the family way. From that time deceased appeared to be getting worse daily, and about a fort night ago a surgeon was called to her. Witness also called to see her on Sunday fortnight and she was then in labour, and continued so until the Wednesday following, when she .ors . w e 'a f s ro d m eli t v i e la red of a d ttime , ande . d confinedmal child, t o her S I b e e k d e gettingputnul her death, which took place yesterday (last Wednesday) morning. Thow - as Anderson, a seaman, living in a court in Craven -street, !said he knew deceased. On Sunda; evening (5 weeks ago) he was standing at the entry en"' when he saw deceased sitting on some steps sewing' Witness corroborated the assault on deceased by Mr' Gillis, as stated by the last witness. He also saw °e: ceased fall in the street. and Mrs. Quiggin came outwit° a flat-iron ; whether she took hold of deceased or not, he could not say, but he saw Mrs. Gillis kneeling on the, deceased just after. He saw no bl ows s t ruc k by e ither 0 1 them. Mrs. Quiggin struck at her in the face. Mr s ' Quiggin's husband was standing at his own door at the time, and called out " Lay into her", (meaning the de ce as ed ). Deceased was taken away into her own house , and witness did not see her again until he saw her dead. Ann Cockshott, a married woman, who lived in the deceased's house, he a rd th e no i se i n th e s t reet , an d wen* , to see what was to do. This witness also spoke to MI I I Gillis's spitting in deceased's f ace , upon w hi c h decease," lifted her hand to Mrs. G.' s f ace , b u t w h e th er s h e struck her or not witness could not say. Mrs. Gillis cried on!' " That is what I wanted." A woman named Tester 1 1; terwards brought deceased up th e cour t. Sh e (d ec eased ) was not able to walk, and witness assisted to place be on the steps, and afterwards in bed. Deceased was seised with a shivering fit, and could scarcely speak. From O t time she got w orse th an b e f ore , b u t did not comp l a in O f being hurt in the quarrel. She was taken in labour on Sunday fortnight, but was not delivered until the folloW' ing Wednesday. She was attended by a surgeon, but go t worse no to her death. Mr. W. T. Callan, surgeon, said he was called to de' ceased on the Sunday, the 22d September. He found ber flooding, and faint from loss of blood. He attended be r , up to the time of her death. Sh e was d e li vere d o f a dead male child, three days after. Fever afterwards ensued,' and she died yesterday (Wed n e s d a y) morn i ng . H e mad e a post mortem examination, and found the cause of dead to be inflammation of the womb. He was decidedly 01 opinion that the inflammation alluded to was not set OP either by protracted labour or natural causes, but the result of external violence. He was of okinion that so injury received three weeks before the deceased was deli• vered might set up the inflammation. When he was first called, he found considerable flooding, which had been going on for some time, and which would tend to keep down the inflammation. Mrs. Gillis called several witnesses, but their evidence did not materially affect the case. The Coroner summed up with great precision, and the jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against Catheritli Gillis, acquitting the daughter Qwiggin of riding and abetting in the act. The prisoner, who at the close or the proceedings became very violent, was committed to take her trial at the Assizes, and was conveyed to Kirk dale Gaol. Oct. IS, 1844. THE QUARTER'S REVENUE. The Income and Charge on the Consolidated Fund in the Quarters ended the 10th of October, 1843 and 1844. Qrs. ended 1843. I Oct. lOtb, 1844. £ 4,518,573 4,518, 5 71 3,977,3 60 1,665,68* 201,43 9 1,958,711 200,00 0 10,00 0 19,953 201,00 9 28,117 123,692 12,90 1,541 IN COME. Customs—Consolidated Duties Sugar Duty applicable to the Con solidated Fund Total Customs • Excise Stamps .... Taxes... Property Tax Post Office Crown Lands Miscellaneous Produce of Sycee Silver received from China Jmprest and other Moneys Repayment of Advances To Cash brought to this accnunt to be applied to pay off Defi ciency Bills.. CHARGE. Permanent Debt Terminable Annuities .. Interest on Exchequer Bills issued to meet- the charge on the Con solidated Fund Sinking Fund Civil List Other charges on the Consolidated Fund... ' To pay off Exchequer Bills raised per Act 6 and 7 Victoria, c. 87, for Opium Compensation, &c.. For Advances Total Charge Surplus ..... 3,395,198 1,328,281 21,0091 97,6131 326,014 140,00 C 4,616,3 56 1,342,559 6,646 442,5 20 97,572 5,308,11: - 7,406,034 417,6 10 12,714.14 t:. 1,171,41 g 184,225 - , 8,308 ,90(7 4,59 5,635 12,904,541 This return has one distinguishing feature of a ! noSt cheerio:; description—an increase in the Customs, com pared with the corresponding period of 1843, on the year of 1,723,1651., and on the quarter of 473,347/. This is the true pivot of our national prosperity, and is the more gratifying when the bold reductions are considered which the Minister was encouraged to make when supported by so grand a reserve as the property tax. Swift's remark, that in the arithmetic of the Customs two and two do not always make tour, could not have a more apt and definite application. In this case Sir Robert Peel's subtraction has been turned into addition, and he has proved finance to be his stronghold, whatever errors are to be found in his general system of policy. A trifling decrease in the Excise on the quarter is to be ascribed rather to growing habits of temperance in the lower orders than to anv oinaunition of means. It will bear, in fact, no other construction, for activity rcigus in almost all the departments of trade, and the wages of labour in the manufacturing di s t r icts bate probably doubled in amount within the past year. It is consolatory also, and another go od omen, to find that the Post-office, the great accumul a ti o n of Pen n 4 e ar ; has advanced 82,0001. on the year, and no less 40.0001. on the quarter. The property-tax, which shows an increase of 106, 131 ' on the year, and a decrease of 89,1931. en the quart er ' may be said to have found its level, and to provoke no re_- mark, except to hope that under circumstances of such promising augury we may soon get rid of it. In the pre sent account is to be seen, moreover, the effect of the judicious application of the surplus revenue in paying deficiency bills; only about 2,500,000/. will be wanted to meet the charge on the consolidated fund for the quart er just ended. The total increase of the revenue for the year i 5 1.395,349/., and on the quarter 520,9441. B u t for th e disadvareageous effect of the strange item termed " cellaneous," which has no proper place in this account, the increase on the year would have been returned a` about 2,160,0001. THE CHOLERA IN PARIS.—A history is hardly COn 3 * plete without a p!ague, or pestilence, or famine, or sonn! such wide-spreading calamity, on which the historian OD spend the dark colours of his descriptive eloquence. Coll" sidering that M. Louis Blanc had but the space of te ll years tinder him, he must have regarded himself as eery fortunate in meeting with the cholera, which figures tier_ as a very respectabl pestilence. The carrying forth til; dead, naked and uncoffined, in open carts, is an itneg t offered i as perhapss nodt essi to there ht slightly esu constructed, ssst=t:eicuedo, constant esnodt bodies terrible ine tts dl often presented to us in descriptions of this nature; butt bho hyailideiendneofhtp,e:id danger of their cholera piled up in carts and tumbrils, in coffins so bast,l'i n• tents being poured upon the pavement. But the strang e e t y he r i a r tt h l o ed r, i r b iv ie er c r reports which were afloat amongst this credulous and Pg' i s ; slonate population, form the most striking feature in t • 11 picture. It was reported in Pars, as our readers probably remember, that there was, in reality, no lera, but that poison had been poured into the fountsilla of the metropolis, and had been mingled with the wine s ° 0 the flour; and thus it was that the people were dying. , 0 was dangerous to be found with a phial in the hand, 01 o r be seen sitting, without any ostensible cause, near on e e • the public fountains. A young man was looking in tp ho' well; he was massacred. Another met the same fate,.l, was leaning over the door of a dealer in wine and sl o t• in order to sec what o'clock it was. AJew in the n' had place was thought to have a sinister laugh ; they sear e „..... him, found a packet of white powder—it was camlor:.... they killed him. and set on the dugs to tear the body' Blackwood's Magazine. SCRIPTURAL EDUCATION.—If parents send theirj no ld dren to be educated by the government, they sh e in know this, that the education must be scriptural. 11 1beir lies the government's duty and responsibility ; it' s ~,,- r en, duty to God, and to the people. To compel the r - ,00 to send his child to your school, that invades the Pa r j w ho responsibility and right; but to sanction that pereP ve the sends his child to your school, in refusing to gi di doll Scriptures to his child, to receive that child on eon, & IA that you act on that refusal, is beyond your own d ut y of oaaftth oesfree cwt responsibility to God. It is to be a partaker of the boat' the parent against the child for which you will be se e /300 4 able unto God. This is the naked principle of t he „ con, of Education, and it is one in which no churehin e uo ten acquiesce for a moment. The rev. gentleman then q r , 0 a passage from the Bth report of the conamission e l u're' show that he had correctly stated their principle. c -7, te d, gretted to say that when this s'atement was inves 18 1 _ 1 , ep t the aPlit'ois it conveyed a meaning totally different from ad it, "" one. Many were deceived by it, and having re , , said, the board does not exclude the Scripture t.nrysor verse is the fact ; they say so expressly. But when t exe l "" lated into plain English, it meant this—we do no u _ so ot, or prohibit the Scriptures in schools when parch 5%0 /heir children to be instructed therein. The rule somewhat more lax than it was at the original coni.strncipir of the board; but still they allow parents to pro i? l , ‘ l , w ilt e children from being i nstru cted in Scripture, and not grant one farthing when tP the patron will not ac, the in that assumed authority of the parent. What to prinei tst principle? ) why, that I am to acquiesce in the riF" ocer an au hori t Y authority of m y fellow-man to exercise a _ di boi his child, in my school , supreme to that cf God ; 'Leo, to peril Iris immortal s,:til! Is this to keep yo u r d i iit and nut be partakers in other men's s i ns ? w bo pure. r" to act as faithful stewards ? Is he an honest stew? .. .., 0 0 says, " I acknowledge that I and my children ot' l oo o, rob my master, but I may connive at my fellow-s ea w e • - the prinew in doing so when they please." Th is is the the National Board, and that on which they reqn_- ; he/ ministers of the Lord Jesus Christ to act.—Speec Rev. R. J. .111' Ghee. 4,276,151 4,276,151 3,982,647 1,650,366 194,100 2,047.904 160.000 20,000 17,744 31,305 230,932 12,614,1491 ioo,oool 12,714.1491 Qrs. ende, 111143. 12,904,5 11 Oct. lOth► 184-1. ;'