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MA Y-DA Y. Costa hither, come hither, and view the face Of Nature, in all her May-day grace! By the hedge-row wayside flowers are springing; On the budded elms the birds are singing ; And up—up—up, to the gates of heaven, Mounts the lark, on the wings of her rapture driven ; The voice of the streamlet is fresh and loud. On the sky there is not a speck of cloud : Come hither, come hither, and join with me In the season's delightful jubilee! Haste out of doors : from the pastoral mount The isles of ocean thine eye may count; From coast to coast. and from town to town. You can see the white sails gleaming down, Like monstrous water-birds, which sling The golden light from each snowy yving, And the chimney'd steamboat tossing high Its volumed smoke to the waste of sky; While you note, in foam, on the yellow beach, The tiny billows each chasing each, Meeting, and mixing, and melting away, Like happy things in the light of day, As rack dissolves in the soft blue sky, Or time in the sea of eternity. Why tarry nt home? the swarms of air Are about, and o'erhead, and everywhere— The little fly opens its silken wings, And from right to left a blossom flings, And from side to side, like a thistle-seed Uplifted by winds from September mead; The midge and the moth, from their long, dull sleep, Venture again on the light to peep, Over land and lake abroad they fly, Filling air with their murmurous ecstacy; The hare leaps up from her brushwood bed, And limps and turns her timid head; The partridge whirrs from the glade ; the mole Pops out from the earth of its wintry hole; And the perking squirrel's small nose you see From the fungous nook of its own beech-tree. Come hasten, come hither, and you shall see The beams of that same sun on tower and tree, That shone over Adam in Eden's bowers, And drank up the dew of his garden flowers; Come hither, and look on the same blue sky . Whose arching cloullessness blest the eye Of sapient Solomon, when he scng, With flint-ring heart and raptured tongue, "The rain is over and gone—and lo! The winter is past, and the young flowers blow, The turtle coos, the green figs swell, And the tender grapes have a pleasant smell, The birds are singing to greet the day ; Arise, my fair one, and come away 1" Come hasten ye out the reviving year As in a glass makes the past appear; And, afar from care, and free trom strife We bask in the sunshine of morning life— The days when Hope, from her seraph wing, Rich rainbow hues over earth did fling; And to I the blithe throng of the green play-ground— The cricketers cheer, and the balls rebound— The marble is shot at the ring—the air Re-echoes the noises of hounds and hare— The perisb'd and past, the things of yore, Come back in the loveliest looks they wore, And faces, !obit hid in oblivion's night, Start from the darkness and smil e in light ! Come hasten ye hither : our garden bowers Are green with the promise of budding flowers— The crocus, and spring's first messenger, The fairy snowdrop ? are blooming here; The taper-leaf'd tulip is sprouting up; The hyacinth speaks of its purple cup; The jonquil boasteth, `• Ere few weeks run, My golden circlet I'll show the sun ;" The gillyflower raises its stem on high, And peeps on heaven with its pinky eye ; Primroses. an iris-hued multitude, Woo the bland airs and in turn are woo'd ; While the wall-flower threatens with bursting bud, To darken its blossoms with winter's blood. Come here, come hither, and mark how swell The fruit buds of the jargonell , ; On its yet but leaflet greening boughs The apricot open its blossom throws; The delicate peach-tree's branches run O'er the warm wall, glad to feel the sun ; And the cherry proclaims of cloudless weather, When its fruit and the blackbirds will toy together; See the gooseberry bushes their riches show; And the currant-bloom hangs its leaves below; And the damp-loving rasp saith, " I'll win your praise With my grateful coolness on harvest days." Come along, come along, and guess with me How fair and how fruitful the year shall be Look into the pasture grounds o'er the pale, And behold the foal with its switching tail; About and abroad in its mirth it flies, With its long black forelocks about its eyes, Or bends its neck down, with a stretch, The daisy's earliest flower to reach. See, as on by the hawthorn fence we pass, How the sheep are nibbling the tender grass, Or holding their beads to the sunny ray, As if their hearts, like its smile, were gay; While the chattering sparrows, in and out, Fly the shrubs, and the trees, and roofs about; And sooty rooks, loudly cawing, roam With sticks and straws to their woodland home. Out upon in-door cares ! Rejoice In the thrill of Nature's bewitching voice ! The finger of God bath touch'd the sky, And the clouds, like a vanquish'd army, fly, Leaving a rich, wide, azure bow, O'erspanning the works of His hand below : The finger of God bath touch'd the earth, And it starts from slumber in smiling mirth; Behold it awake in the bird and bee, In the springing flower and the sprouting tree, And the leaping trout, and the lapsing stream, And the south wind soft, and the warm sun-beam : From the sward beneath, and the boughs above Come the scent of flowers, and the sounds of love ; Then haste thee hither, and join thy voice With a world which shouts, " Rejoice, rejoice !" D. M. Mont. REVIEWS OF BOOKS. Modern German Music, Recollections, and Criti cisms. By Henry F. Chorley. London : Smith, Elder, and Co. The author of this really interesting book, which is in two volumes, is admittedly and demonstrably a musical critic of great sensibility and much erudition. Like most critics, however, it is to be feared he is so wedded to particular theories, and so committed to expressed predilections in favour of peculiar views, as to limit, in no small degree, the public appreciation of his judgment. Fasti diousness in estimating musical composition, and a dainty preciseness in judging of its performance, forming as they do essential elements in the value of a critical estimate, are useful in the highest degree to one who would lead the public taste ; but the public must not be held blameable if, while concurring generally in the opinions expressed, it nevertheless reserves to itself the right of consi dering those opinions as over-drawn, and the dis tinctions as tediously minute. If this proposition be granted, and we scarcely see how it can reason ably be denied, we greatly fear that Mr. Chorley, while acknowledged to be a delicately sensitive connoisseur and an upright judge of musical art and practice, will be found a somewhat tedious expositor of their merits, and a remorselessly minute chronicler of their defects. The volumes now under consideration contain charms far beyond any which can be reached in disquisition. These con sist in the fresh picturings and genial colouring with which Mr. Chorley invests scenes or circum stances which he finds it necessary to introduce into his work. As a painter of scenery, or a deli neator of incidents, he is charming ; but as a pen and-ink portrait painter, he has few equals. Men delssohn was an especial object of our author's affection and admiration, and in these volumes he furnishes numerous sketches of the appearance, character, and habits of the great composer, in all of which sketches there is a fine artistic keeping, accompanied by a dash of genial feeling which render the pictures as charming as they are sug gestive. As an example, take the annexed PHYSICAL AND MENTAL PORTRAIT OP MENDELSSOIIN.7 After the Symphony, a weak and tame contralto singer, with a profusion of fair ringlets, went through the delicious arioso m " St. Paul," " But the Lord is mindful of his own :" and then the conductor, hitherto a personal stranger, came down to me, and gave me a friendly wel come to Germany. It is sad now to recall the inquiries after mutual friends, the quick interchange of a musical piece of news or two, and the unexpected joke (for a joke there was, I remem ber), amongst which began an acquaintance soon to be ripened into indulgent friendship on the one side, and faithful regard on the other. There was this inexpressi ble comfort in all intercourse with Mendelssohn, that he made no secret of his likings and dislikings. Few men so distinguished have been so simple, so cordial, so con siderate ; but few have been so innocent of courtiership, positive or negative. One might be sure that a welcome from him was a welcome indeed. I thought then, as I do now, his face one of the most beautiful which has ever been seen. No portrait extant does it justice. A Edon would have generalized, and, out of its many expressions, made up one which, in some sort, should reflect the many characteristics and humours of the Poet—his earnest seriousness—his child-like truth fulness—his clear, cultivated intellect—his impulsive vi vacity. The German painters could only invest a theatri cal, thoughtful-looking man with that serious cloak which plays .. important a part on the stage, and in the portraits of their country ; and conceive the task accomplished, when it was not so much as begun. None of them has per petuated the face with which or endelssohn listened to the music in which he delighted, t he face with which he would crave to be told again some merry story, though he knew it already by heart, I felt in that first half-hour , that in him there was no stilt e d sentiment —no h ed —n° h ear tiness ; that he was no saye r o f d eep thin for witty ones ; but one of a pure, sincere gsinesearesearc h er intelligence— bright, eager, and happy, even when most imagina tive.— Perhaps there was no contemporary at on ce strong , sins. pie, and subtle eno u g h, to paint such a man with such a countenance. From the above extract it will be seen that the author of these volumes is scarcely less able in hi s analysis of character, or less minute in his intel lectual limning, than he is elaborate and painstaking in his criticisms. His illustrations of scenery are not less interesting or artistically perfect ; and, as a whole, few books have of late issued from the press more likely to arrest and rep a y attention, than the two volumes referred to ; they abound in well-told anecdotes, and are replete with lively ob servations upon men, matters, and places of in terest. The Modern Mystery; or Table-Tapping, its Itiatory, Philosophy, and General Attributes. By d. G. Mac Walter. London : John F. Shaw. Few subjects have been brought under notice in modern► days which have excited so general and " spirited" an interest as " table-tapping." The so-called civilised societies of- Europe and America have been disturbed, distracted, torn by the mani festations—phenomena have been watched, investi gated, explained—the simple and the learned, the inquisitive and the apathetic, have equally been smitten with the singularities of the "manifesta tions," and all have equally in vain endeavoured to reduce them to system, or to demonstrate their absurdity, but all, as yet at least, without effect. The strife of opinion between the credulous and the unbelieving, continues with little, if any,':initi gation ; and there seems good reason for believing that the heads as well as the tables of many of the disputants have been irretrievably turned. To account for so extensive and singular a movement in the public mind has been the object of the author in publi s hi ng th e little book under con sideration, which forms one volume of Shaw's Family Library. To say that Mr. Mac Walter has bgen successful in elucidating the causes of this popular excitement, would be to say more than the truth warrants ; but to aver that he has put forth a lively and interesting little volume will be proved by its perusal. It is free from dogmatism, and is cheerfully constructed. The author professes to seek truth, and his tone induces us to believe in the sincerity of his professions. The Home Companion. London and Liverpool : W. S. Orr and Co. Among the cheap popular periodicals of the day, perhaps no one is entitled to a higher claim on public attention than the Home Companion. It is, indeed, a magazine of popular literature, criti cism, and the fine arts. Its literary contents em brace interesting epitomes of geographical and his torical facts and incidents ; pleasing and instruc tive works of fiction, and moral tales. It is copiously illustrated by wood engravings of a high class, and it is published at a very low price. Our Friend. A Monthly Miscellany, designed for all classes. London : John F. Shaw. The April number of this Miscellany maintains its character for the variety and general interest of its contents. Punch, or the London Charivari. London : Punch-office, The self-seeking duplicity of the Russian Czar has furnished an inexhaustible store-house of ma terials, from which the witty staff of Punch draw jokes and sarcasms of great pungency and spirit. It is particularly happy in its pictorial cuts at Russian impudence. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER NEW MUSIC. La Reine ; Wanda, Yarsovienne ; L' Argentine; Barcarolle de Oberon ; Fantasia it Barbiere di Siviglia ; Online, Bluette ; Ella, Rive'rie ; Bolero. London : Cramer, Beale and Co. _ _ The great popularity of the piano -forte, and the extent to which it is practised as a never-failing source of the most delightful entertainment, has rendered necessary a class of music possessing not only the charm of novelty, but superior in style, and requiring a skill in execution beyond that of mere songs and dances. This want has been ably supplied in the series before us, which are by M. Rene Favarger, who has shown not only his com plete mastery over the instrument, but that true musical genius without which no man can rank high as a composer. He has here afforded ample opportunity to the advanced student to exercise her talent and display the full powers of the piano forte in richness of harmony which cannot fail to secure for the composer a wide popularity. The first we have named, which is a concert piece on " Fanfare Royale," and " God Save the Queen," is dedicated to T. Frederic Beale, Esq., and will no doubt become a great favourite. The " Barcarolle" is from Weber 's opera of Oberon, and is well adapted for a concert ; while the " Bolero" will delight every genuine lover of the piano -forte, from its beautiful flow of melody and yet clearne . Ss of expression. THE LIVERPOOL EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY. THE RESIGNATION or Dn. R. HIBBERT TAYLOR. YESTERDAY, at the Clarendon-rooms, a special general meeting was held of the governors and subscribers-to the above charity, for the purpose, as stated in the advertise ment, of electing a duly qualified gentleman " to fill the vacancy inthe office of honorary surgeon, caused by the resig nation of Dr. Hibbert Taylor." The stand taken by theme dical gentlemen of the town in reference to the circumstances of Dr. Taylor's resignation, and the interest which the case has so generally excited, imparted a certain importance to the proceedings, and the meeting was numerously at tended. Amongst the gentlemen present we noticed Mr. Harmood Banner, Mr. John Cropper, Capt. Greig, Mr. E. Heath, Mr. Henry Crosfield, Mr. John Torr, Mr. Joseph Hadwen, Mr. R. A. Marfie, and Messrs. Mawdesley, Hull, Groves, Riley, Duncan, Grant, &c., &c. Mr. EDWARD HEATH was called to the chair. He said their placing him in that position was so exceedingly un expected, that he did not know a single qualification for it which he possessed, except almost perfect ignorance of the circumstances that had called them there could qualify him. He must, therefore, call upon the parties who had convened the meeting to state the object for which it had been convened. Mr. JOHN CROPPER asked if, before proceeding to any public discussion and inquiry into a delicate matter affect ing both the institution and the character of a public pro fessional man in Liverpool, it was not possible to take a middle course. Could anything be done to save the institu tion and the honour of the medical man ? They were all anxious that that should be accomplished, without going into a debate in which their feelings would be strongly excited. A GENTLEMAN asked if the committee, then, would allow Dr. Taylor to withdraw his resignation ? Mr. Hum, solicitor, said that his sentiments entirely accorded with those of Mr. Cropper, but he was there to contend that legally there was no vacancy. The CHAIRMAN said the treasurer and honorary secre tary, who had called the meeting, were both present, and if they recommended that the meeting should be post poned, there was no doubt that those present would act on their recommendation. Mr. CROPPER said, if it would be possible to find three good men who would investigate the matter, not preju diced in any way, instead of having it exposed in the newspapers, the whole object sought might be achieved. After a short pause, Mr. HA.RMOOD BANNER said nobody seemed to take notice of the application of his friend Mr. Cropper, or the sort of protest entered into by Mr. Hull as to there being no vacancy. Now, he thought the proposition of Mr. Cropper was exceedingly reasonable, and it would have been delightful to have at once acceded to it ; but there seemed to him to be this one insuperable objection. Mr. Cropper had given as a sensible and friendly reason that it would avoid publicity, but publicity had already beet? given to it. A self-appointed judicature, consisting of the medical officers of the infirmary, had taken upon themselves not only an inquiry into the conduct of a professional gentleman, to put that professional man right with his colleagues in this town; but they had really taken upon themselves to try the committee of another institution with which they had nothing to do, and to which, he believed, not one of them were sub scribers. Now they had had a public meeting, and they had just forwarded such a report, and supported it by such arguments, that the committee of the Eye and Ear Infirmary felt compelled to come before the public to answer the statements. In the Albion of that day there was a whole column of observations, but he could only say that the committee were quite prepared to answer all the imputations made against them, and he was quite sure, when that was done, that they should stand not only fair in the minds of the subscribers of the institution that they represented, but that their conduct would be unanimously approved. They had only done their duty, and the utmost delicacy of feeling, and forbearance also, had been shown to Dr. Taylor himself. Now, the ques tion was, whether they should have to go into that or not ; and that the chairman would have to decide. That meeting was for the appointment of a surgeon, in consequence of the resignation of Dr. Hibbert Taylor. He apprehended that, if any one was prepared to recommend a substitute, the meeting must go on ; if not, it was at an end ; but he would say this, that, as there was so numerous a meeting of subscribers, if it was desired to go into the question as to Dr. Taylor, he, as a member of that committee, was prepared to go into it. It did so happen that, though he was not the president of the institution, his colleagues oc casionally complimented him by putting him into the chair. He was in the chair when that unhappy matter was brought up respecting Dr. Taylor, and he thought, when there were so many excellent and benevolent sup porters of the institution present, that the minutes of the committee should at all events be read. That he would take the liberty of doing, and then it would be for the chairman, consulting the wishes of the meeting, to deter mine whether they should go into the general subject or not, and whether, the matter having been made of such publicity by the medical gentlemen of Liverpool, the com mittee should not answer as publicly the statements that had been made. Mr. CROPPER said there was no question in the minds of any onethat he had heard speak of it, of the fairness of the proceedings of the committee; and the reading of the minutes would open the door which he wanted for the present to be kept closed. He was prepared even with a r esatiomnosfrtotmhea ruin d e s i r o e f to th p e r n v e s prevent uwt seconder to his pr o p os iti on ; b u t h a d t h rown out the sug i ha on t , he an d co o n f c a eiv g e ed nt mi lem g a h n t whom none of them • hed • wished to injure. Now, could not three me b f • n e found in Liverpool in whom the committee would have perfect confidence ? The CHAIRMAN said that Mr. Cropper's suggestion proceeded from an excellent motive, in which he (the chairman) sympathised. He was desirous that the whole business of the day should be deferred and placed in the hands of a small committee, who would make a full in quiry, and report to a future meet'ap p roval, then If that met then the only way would be to withdraw the notice con vening the meeting. Mr. HULL thought it undesirable that it should be made matter of public discussion ; and he was not aware that there were any imputations resting upon the six gentle men who held the inquiry. Mr. BANNER S Lots of them. Mr. Hlnc.i. then proceeded to contend that there was 1111 )t u rs o vacancy, ineasnmoutell:StiLhecoariptmenof by m effi but was general body of subscribers, and it was the latter only, he contended, that had: the power to accept a resignation. He had been desired by Dr. Taylor to say that he did not consider that he had resigned his situation. He (Mr. Hull) thought the motion of Mr Cropper should be adopted, and a tribunal appointed out of the subscribers in that room. The advertisement convening the meeting was next read. Mr. BANNER said that they were met now to elect a successor to Dr. Taylor, and Mr. Hull properly disputed if there were a vacancy at all. Now, he thought it was in cumbent on the committee to show that there was a vacancy ; for the committee were censurable if they had advertised for a successor to Dr. Taylor, when there was no vacancy. He should then proceed to show whether there was a vacancy or not. Mr. CROPPER—That will open the question. Mr. BANNER said it only would that far. Mr. HULL thought it very undesirable. Mr. Tons, as a member of the committee, said that both he and other members were opposed to the course that thinga were likely to take. They did not pass any censure upon the six gentlemen who had held the inquiry; but upon the committee of the institution there were 22 names, and be believed, if the matter were put to the whole committee, that there would be more supporters of Mr. Taylor than against him. (Applause.) They had, how ever, no wish to raise a division amongst the friends of the institution ; but some of them would wish that the case should be investigated by impartial persons. He thought the suggestion of Mr. Cropper a good one, and would add to it, that the opinion of some professional gentlemen, in whom they had confidence, should be asked; for it must, after all, be a professional question. Laymen had thought it right that their opinion was sufficient to dismiss Dr. Taylor ; but, after all, it appeared to him (Mr. Torr) to be a medical question. Perhaps both parties connected with the institution, medical and lay, might have too much feeling in the matter. Mr. CROPPER said he was placed in this difficulty, that there was no appointment moved, else he should be able to move an amendment. Mr. L. R. BAILEY said that, if it went to an extreme, he should move that Dr. Taylor be re-elected, and then call for a further investigation. Mr. TORE complained of the imputation east by impli cation upon the six gentlemen who had sat on the inquiry when he had asked for some " impartial" tribunal. Had not Dr. Taylor admitted the kindness, courtesy, and attention of the committee for the way in which they had investigated the thing, and was he not called in to hear the evidence ? Mr. HULL called to order. Mr. BANNER must beg the privilege of being heard. Mr. Taylor himself knew that there was on the committee a spirit of forbearance and friendship ; and there was not a member of the committee who was not his counsel on the occasion, as a merciful judge is to the criminal before him. They did all they possibly could, not only to extenuate the conduct of Dr. Taylor, but to acquit him of the charge against him. - The CnAIRMAN called attention to the fact that there was no motion before them. He was anxious they should not there go into a question which all parties seemed desirous to avoid. Some irregular conversation followed, when Mr. Tong explained that he did not use the word impartial with any reference to the six members of the committee. Mr. HENRY CROSFIELD said that he had been twenty years connected with the institution, and he thought there was nothing left to investigate. He admitted that the questions of fact were admitted between Dr. Taylor and themselves. It was a question in a nutshell that a simple gentleman there could decide,. as well as all the doctors in the town ; it was the manner in which a certain thing was done. The Eye and Ear Infirmary was now placed to great disadvantage before the public, in consequence of their kindness to Dr. Taylor. There had been a meeting at the Medical Institution, at which resolutions had been passed founded upon an ex parte statement of the case ; while the committee had not made out their case, out of consideration for Dr- Taylor. The committee had acted as Christian men,. and the sub scribers should give them their support. Mr. CROPPER, to make matters- regular, would move that the matter be referred for inquiry to three gentlemen, with instructions to report to a future meeting, and that the three be Mr. Heath, the •Rev. Rector Campbell, and the Chairman of the Liverpool. Infirmary,. Mr. Ed ward Gibbon, jun. Mr. To seconded the motion, Suggesting: as an ad dendinn, that medical evidence be taken, and that the meeting be adjourned till the report should be-ready for presentation. Mr. BANNER apprehended that the matter was now before the meeting, and he must take the liberty, from the course that things were taking, to go a. little into it. (Cries of "No, no.") Into what matter? Every body had been heard, and he thought it only due to• the com mittee and themselves that he should be able to•state at all events what they had done. The medical. men of the town had. met. They had heard what Dr. Taylor said, and had passed certain resolutions reflecting on the com mittee. Bat those present knew nothing of the actual circumstances; they were judging of them by theinflam matory speeches which had taken place, and had not heard what their innocent, harmless committee had done. Mr. Hum, said there had been no charge against the committee. He hoped he was not improperly interfering with Mr. Banner. Mr. BANNII: You are. The CHAIRMAN said, if he intended to speak.to the re solution, he must be left to his own discretion. and good feeling. Mr. BANNER continued: To know whether such a tri bunal as that proposed were necessary, it was surely need ful and necessary to know what the committee had already done. (Cries of " No, no.") He wanted to show that the committee had called that meeting, because there was a vacancy. After suggestions from various gentlemen, Mr. BANNER begged to be allowed to take his own course. He then took up the minute book, and, reading occasionally, said the first meeting of the committee, which this matter had been brought before, was on the 18th of March, 1854, —present,' Mr. Banner, in the chair, and Messrs. James Holme, Captain Greig, Henry Cros field, J. W. Cropper, and Joseph Hadwen—a special meet ing, called to take into consideration the allegation.that Dr. Taylor, one of the medical gentlemen of the institution, had taken improper liberties with a young woman, named Anne Cornell, who had applied for advice andrelief inconsequence of deafness. The parties examined were Mrs.. Tatlock, Esther Hollins, the servant, Mr. Barrow, and Mr. Booth, after which Anne Cornell Was sent for and examined. It was the opinion of the committee that Dr. Taylor should be informed of the allegations against him, and have an opportunity of answering and refuting - them. Resolved, therefore, " that the case be adjourned to the-20th inst., Dr. Taylor to attend, and Anne Cornell also." He trusted the subscribers would see no partiality there,, or want of kindness to Dr. Taylor. At the adjourned meeting on the 20th of March, precisely the same members of the committee were present as before. "Dr. Taylor attended, and stated to the committee in explanation of the allega tions made against him at the previous meeting, that what had occurred had been done strictly as a medical examination, and his only motive was to benefit Anne Cornell. Dr. Taylor acknowledged that he had acted indiscreetly, and, in the belief' that the harmonious working of the institution would be best promoted by his retirement from office as honorary surgeon, he had placed his resignation in the hands of the committee, which was accordingly accepted." After that meeting (Mr. Banner continued), Dr. Taylor retired to his home, where, in the silence of his ehamber, he had time to reflect upon what he had done, and if he felt that he had; taken a premature step, that was the time to recall it but, instead of that, he had sent this letter : " Perey-street, 20th March, 1854. "Dear Sir, —I beg to resign the appointment of honorary surgeon to the Eye and Ear Infirmary. I need hardly repeat how much I regret the circumstances which have led to this alternative ; although, in justice to ray own feelings and those of the committee on the subject, and the interests of a public institution, it is perhaps the best course which can be adopted. " Enclosed are two subscriptions, &c., &c.—l am, dear Sir, very truly yours, " R. H. Taylor. "Joseph Hadwen, Hon. Sec. to Eye and Ear Infirmary." That was the resignation of Dr. Taylor. The committee, of course, considered that there was a vacancy, and they called that meeting to fill the office. However, the matter did not stop there, as Dr. Taylor applied to his friends, and thought that he had taken a premature step. At the intercession of his personal friend, the Rev. Dr. Hnme,the committee consented to meet again on the subject, and they were anxious that Dr. Taylor should have acquitted himself. The meeting took place on the sth of April, when the same gentlemen were present as before, with the addition of Dr. Hume. The note of Dr. Taylor was read, and also the following letter, dated the 30th of March, re questing permission to withdraw his resignation :—" Dear Sir,—l beg, with the permission of the committee, to be allowed to withdraw the resignation of my office as hon. surgeon to the Eye and Ear Infirmary, tendered on the 20th instant, and that for the following reasons :—I was hurried into the adoption of this course under the influence of wounded and excited feelings ; and, on calmly reviewing the whole of the circumstances of the case, I feel that they neither required nor warranted me in taking such a step. Further, I see that, in so doing, I have placed my self in a false position, and given an apparent sanction to the truth of accusations which I utterly deny, and which I am prepared to show arose from misapprehension of the real character of the facts. On these grounds, I beg leave to prefer the request above submitted. At the end of that meeting, at which the matter was again discussed with every possible wish to reverse the former decision, it was moved by Dr. Hume, seconded by Mr. James Holme, and unanimously carried :—" That this meeting having had Dr. Taylor's resignation voluntarily laid before them, and having accepted it, refuse further to interfere." Now, those were the facts of the case, and he must repeat that, though it might be considered a professional matter, yet the circumstances were such as should be investi gated by husbands, fathers, and brothers. It was a ques tion whether females should be treated indelicately or not, and Dr. Taylor.had himself confessed that he was indis creet. With regard to appointing an independent body to hold a second inquiry, he considered it a reflection on the committee who had managed the institution for years. Mr. Toaa complained that every member of the com mittee had not been summoned. __ Mr. BANNER explained that all had been summoned who had attended the meetings for the last two years. ' He stated that he had no objection to the inquiry being resumed by the whole committee, a special summons being sent to each ; and they reporting to a general meet ing of the subscribers. Mr. CROPPER agreed to alter his motion to that effect ; and after considerable further debate, . Mr. MAcIvEB, at great length, complained that Mr. Banner had produced by his statements a bias in the meeting against Dr. Taylor. Capt. GREIG, as one of the six, intimated that he should not sit on the second inquiry. Mr. BANNER said that he would. He had acted, and would still act, as would be seen, as Dr. Taylor's friend in the matter, and if it were possible would exculpate him. The CHAIRMAN thought it was an occasion for the exercise of Christian charity and forbearance towards one another ; and after some further conversation, Mr. Crop per's amended motion, which was worded as follows, was carried unanimously : That the proceedings of this meeting be adjourned to receive a report from the committee of the institution, who are requested to re-investigate the circumstances attending the resignation by Dr. Taylor of the office of honorary surgeon,"—The meeting then broke up. THE WAR. CONSTA.NTINOPLE, APRIL 13.—The Banshee, which proceeded to the Black Sea with the declaration of war, and despatches for Admirals Dundas and Hamelin, re turned to Constantinople on Tuesday, and brought the following most important intelligence :—Her Majesty's steamer Furious was detached from the fleet, which was lying at anchor in Kavarna Bay, sent to Odessa to fetch the British and French Consuls, Mr. Jeames and M. Segur. She was fired at, as was also the boat which was launched and being sent on shore with a flag of truce. On the Furious rejoining the squadron, the British and French Admirals held a council, and it was resolved to proceed immediately to Odessa and bombard the town. When the Banshee left Kavarna Bay, the combined squadrons were weighing anchor. The feeling that spread through the whole fleet, on hearing that i boat's crew of the Furious, bearing a flag of truce, had been fired upon by the Russians, may be easily imagined. The Fury captured a Russian schooner, but was chased by five Russian vessels of war from Sebastopol, and was compelled to abandon the schooner. She kept the crew as hostages. There was a general illumination on the 10th, on board the vessels of the fleets, when the Banshee brought the order to com mence hostilities. The departure of the fleet for Odessa was imminent. CONSTANTINOPLE, APRIL 17.—A fearful storm, with snow, is raging.. 1,600 English troops have arrived in the Himalaya, and are quartered in the new barracks at Scutari. There are 26,000 French and 8,000 English at Gallipoli, and provisions are very scarce. A French,regi ment and a detachment of one of the Highland regiments have gone on to Adrianople. From the army of Asia we learn that 4,000 men refused to march from Erzeroum to Kars on account of their arrears of pay. Arnezis, APRIL 21.—The Gulf of Corinth is guarded by French ships of war, and the communication between the continent and the Peliponesus is almost entirely cut off. The Greek government has been informed that no Greek volunteers will -be allowed to enter Turkey. The whole of Southern Thessaly is in arms. The Turks are said to have been defeated at Mezzovo. A despatch from Vienna, dated 24th, states that a sharp combat took place on the 16th before Kalafat. Sixteen squadrons of hussars and eight squadrons of Cossacks, with six pieces of cannon, having come to make a recon naissance of the Turkish lines, the Pasha sent against them two regiments of regular troops, some bachi bouzouks, and six pieces of cannon. The combat lasted three hours. The Russians were vigorously repulsed as far as Maglavit, with a loss of 500 men, The Turks had only 14 killed, and 33 wounded. VIENNA, APRIL 25.—Despatches from Bucharest an nounce that Marshal Paskiewitsch has given orders that Lesser Wallachia shall be evacuated, that the communica tion with Servia shall be interrupted, and that all the free corps shall be dissolved. Advices from Alexandria of the 19th April announce that all Greeks- will be expelled from Egypt on the Ist of May. The Turk% still hold the citadel of Arta The town has been entirely destroyed. 15,000 insurgents invest Janina. The whole of Epirus is up in arms. Pl•ovesa is tranquil. - There has been sharp fighting at Trajan's Wall- The Russians were drawn into au ambuscade, and suffered a heavy loss of men and artillery. The Russians. passed Trajanszs Wall on the 7th. COPENTEAGEN, APUTS 25.—Helsingfors is nearly open. Eighteen prizes had been taken in the Baltic. To render the blockade of the coast of Finland effective, one diViSion of the English fleet has gone to the Gulf of Finland,. the other to the Gulf of Bothnia. All the vessels of the Freneb Baltic squadron which left Brest are in Kioge Bay. PARIS, 28th APRIL.—The Moniteur announces that,. according ton telegraphic despatch from Belgrade of the. 27th, the Russians had experienced a considerable cheek at Czernawoda, in the• Dbbrudscha, and that they had. evacuated Lesser Wallachia. V,PINNA, Assist 26.—For unknown reasons all the Rus sian force is retiring from Kalafat to Krajova. The eva cuation of Lesser Wallachia has been resolved'on, and the troops are retiring on Bucharest, with their hospitals and munitions of war in 1,000 waggons. TRIESTE, APEIL 26.—Persia has officially declared a strict neutrality. The French, steamer Caiman has been wrecked on the ADyssian coast. The St. Petersburg' Journal contains a notice that English and French vessels will be allowed six weeks from the 19th April 'to clear out of Russian ports in the Black Sea and Sea of Azoff, and-six weeks from the 7th of May to clear out of Russian ports in the Baltic. Enemies' property in neutral bottoms wilTbe regarded as inviolable, and may be imported into Russii. The subjects of neutral powers on board enemies' ships-will be unmolested. A medical journal gtves some curious details on the losses sustained by the Russian- army, in the campaigns of 1828 and 1829 against Turkey: Out of 115,000 Russians who at that time crossed the Ptnth, only from 10,000 to 15,000 returned to their country, the- remainder having fallen, not on fields of battle, but in. the hospitals, from inter mittent fevers, dysentery,. and`: plague. Scarcely had the Russian soldiers in 1828 entered Bulgaria, where the tem perature between the day and•the night varies as much as 16 degrees, and where theaws fall like fine and searching rain, than their health began ttPsuffer ; they were attacked with a contagious fever, which the most rigid precautions could not check. In less than one year the number of patients in the hospitals and' field hospitals reached to 210,108, in consequence of r many having been attacked more than once with the same disease. Many of those who recovered from the fever were afterwards carried off by scurvy, which reigned amongst the troops to a frightful extent. The accounts received frara St. Petersburg speak of the financial difficulties of Russia as increasing with so much rapidity that a climax may be daily expected. It appears that, in his last ukase, the Czar has ordered an augmenta tion to his army of 144,0094 men. Upon this the Pays remarks that it is very easy to order such levies, but that a ukase will not create finances, nor ammunition, 'nor provender, nor the many thousand etceteras which are indispensable in order to make an army formidable or efficient. In the Hungarian war, which was a mere joke when compared with the present gigantic struggle, and in which the Czar had orly 120,000 men engaged, he was forced to have recourse to England for a loan, and he actually contracted one fru London for 137 millions. The present war has forced almost all the powers of Europe to contract loans. France has completed hers ; England is adding six millions to her floating debt ; and Austria is at the present moment endeavouring to negotiate a loan, which she would be glad, to get in London or anywhere else. But where is.the• Czar to turn for the money which he requires, and which he has not got ? The following is a translation of the text of the Treaty concluded between Austria and Prussia : " Penetrated with, a, conviction of the obligation which: the protocol lately signed in Vienna, in community with , the Western powers, has imposed on Austria and Prussia, in spite of the inefficacy of all their previous effort. at mediation, these two German powers have for the whole term of the war between Russia and the Western powers concluded a convention, couched on a similar base withthe convention between. France and England, and serving as a groundwork fora, future peace, as it is laid down in the last Vienna protocol. The difference that exists between the two Conventions, arises simply from the differences of the interests which , in Austria and Prussia have been en dangered by the European balance of power being•threat ened by Russia, from those that are endangered in, England and Franeeend in either of these countries taken separately. The stipulations of the Prusso-Austrian treaty- of alliance,. offensive and defensive, are contained in the• following three main points r— "1. Austria and Prussia mutually guarantee to each other the preservation of their present extent of territory, both, within and without the German Confederation, so that any violation of the territory of the one• shall be looked on as equivalent to an invasion of the other. '2 Austria and Prussia bind themselves mutually to aid and assist each other, if necessary, even aggressively, as soon as either of them considers German intrests to be endangered, and the other coincides in that view. Defi nite conjectures in which this aid and: conjecture must be afforded, are provided for in a separate memorandum, for ming, however, an integral part of the convention. To give full weight to this treaty suitable military measures shall be taken at stated intervals. The period, the extent, and the nature of these military measures, are reserved for special arrangements. " 3. All the members of the German confederation are invited to join in this alliance for protecting the common interests of Germany, and to support it in conformity with the obligations imposed on them by the constitution of the Bund." ABD-IL-KADER AND TUB WA.B.,—The Cologne Gazette publishes a despatch from Constantinople of the Bth, which states that some French officers are treating, at Broussa, with Ahd•el-Kader, to induce him to take the command of an Arab corps, and that the Emir seems inclined to comply. IiaJAN'S WALL—Trajan's Wall, built originally by the Emperor Trajan, to defend the Roman province of Mcesia from barbarian incursions, is about thirty-five or forty English miles in length, from the Danube to tlke. Black Sea. It is about eight or ten English feet high ; and as the Turks have now cleared the fosse in front of it, whilst the western portion is still further and indepen dently strengthened by a line of deep lakes, and by the deep swampy vale or dell of Karrasu, the line is one of imposing strength ; and about 1,000 or 2,000 feet (for the distance varies) to the south of the rampart we have just described runs another rampart of a similar character and strength, called the South Wall. THE TIME FOR TARING CRONSTADT.—The following story is told by the Presse :—Some years since the Em peror Nicholas, acting h i mself as Cicer on e, con d uc ted an English admiral over the fortifications of Cronstadt, when the following conversation took place :—" You will admit, admiral, that this is amagnificent fortre ss and as im pregnable-as Gibraltar ?” Oh, sire, no fort but Gibraltar is impregnable." "what, then, is your opinion of Cron stadt ?" " It is a good fortress, and one difficult to take." " Yes, doubtless, difficult. It could not be done with 16 ships." " Could it be done with 20 ?" " Not easily." " With 25 ?" " It would take a fortnight." " With 35 ?" "Oh, your Majesty, fifteen hours 1" CONDITION OF OIIR TROOPS AT GALIPOLL-.--We are encamped by the side of the French at Galipoli. We let them get the start of us, it is true, and they have very naturally availed themselves of that start to secure posses sion of the best quarters,—pretty much as we should have done in their case. .But now is the time to compare notes., Already complaints reach us from quarters that would hardly be suspected. IV . len full of 3 . Toung blood, brave, chivalrous, sanguine, car . ing for nothing but distinction, and therefore no more . disposed to complain of trifles than if they were deer -stalking or fly-fishing, do complain, not so much for themselves as for their men. A s to Galipoli, seeing that the situat ion has been selected entirely on strategical principles, it is useless to lament that on the spot chosen for the abode of a large army for we know not how long, there is but scanty water, no shelter, and nei ther tree nor blade of glass. Those inconveniences are common to us and our " But the management on our side, we are told, infamous," and the contrast offered by our proceedings to those of the French most painful. Will it be believed—and the character of our informant does not permit us to doubt—the sick have not a bed to lie upon ? " They are landed an d th rust i nto a ricketty building, without a chair to sit upon, or a door that will shut. The French, with their ambulances, ex cellent commissariat staff, and boulangeries, are, in every respect, immensely our superiors. While no attempts are made to rectify these deficiencies, Sir George Drown," we are told, " seems only anxious that the men shall be clean shaved, their necks well stiffened up, and their waistbelts tight. He insists on officers and men being in full fig— no loose coats, jackets, or any other less dignified relief to strained muscle or fretted skin. His wonderful pack kills the men, as the weight is so disposed as to hang from the shoulders instead of resting on them. As the French have got all the best houses and all the best attendance to themselves, there is all the more reason why we should make it up out of our own resources ; but resources we have none adapted to the emergency. No serious harm is done yet ; but if things are no better on landing on a spot familiar to every schoolgirl, how will it be when our fine, well-fed regiments have entered many days' march into the heart of a desolated and miserable country ? If this is all we have learnt since the beginning of .the cen tury, and if this is all the aid our civilization can offer us, that aid is but equivocal. If the campaign were to be fought out in Hyde-park, or if the men were lay figures for the display of neat uniforms, we might congratulate speculators on the good taste, vigilant eye, and unsparing discipline of the general in command. Unhappily, this is a battle not only of man with man, but of flesh and blood, sinew and skin, with the elements, with fatigue, with hardships innumerable, all of them telling severely on natures ill accustomed to this sort of work. But, if civi lisation softens the soldier, can it do nothing to mitigate aals hardships ? There can be no necessity why, on the very day the expedition lands, the sick should be cast on the floor of their extempore hospital, without the means of either sitting or lying down in comfort. It should be the business of our military authorities to be continually improving the condition of the soldiers, as far as our means will allow. It is now more necessary than ever to husband life and strength, and to cherish, by every pos sible art the brave band whom we have sent so far from home, and whose places it may not be so easy to fill in the event of great loss. Even a cab proprietor cares for his horses, and, small affection as he may have for them, he takes care he shall not have to recruit his stock too fast for his funds. It is to be hoped that due care will be taken at home to maintain such a report of our progress abroad as shall insure the early discovery and correction of such evils as we have instanced before their melancholy consequences shall be brought home to us by the dimi nished numbers of the muster-roll or by bloody disaAer. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT IN TILE BALTIC.—A letter from Memel, of the 19th April, reports the melancholy death of Captain J. Foote, of the corvette Conflict. Cap tain Foote came on shore on the morning of the 19th, with another officer, on business connected with the prizes. About five ins the afternoon he wished to return on board, A fresh north-wester had been blowing for some time, right against the stream of the Har, where it debouches. There was- a heavy surf, especially between the moles. The head pilot at Memel strongly advised Captain Foote to take a larger boat for his return, bat in vain. The captain, with his lieutenant, got into a bong narrow gig, which was manned with five sailors. In less than ten minutes after' the' boat suddenly disappeared. In an in stant the life-boat was , launched and manned with pilots, but it came too• late' to save all ; the lieutenant and one of the men were- still alive and clinging to the thwart straps of the boat r but half frozen ; the captain, with four of his men, had arready found a watery grave: CAPTURES 07 RUSSIAN PRIZES. On Tuesday morning a , prize was towed into Artsmouth harbour, which proved , to be the brig Livonia, of Riga, 232 tons, ten men, GeorgellutZkait, master, from Lisbon, with 300 tons of salt, bound; to Elsinore for orders. She sailed from Lisbon on the 26th; ult., the Russian Consul there assuring the master he might proceed in safety, as Eng land would never declare'war against Russia. Shehas no great guns or ammunition , on board, andwas fallen'in with twenty miles off the Owers-on Monday night, the light at the time bearing W.N.W.- The Argus, screw revenue cruiser, Commander Grand 'fired two pistols to bring to ; the master of the brig immediately obeyed the signal, and hove to on the port tack at lathe, p.m., when an officer and five men from the Argus boarded her, and made prize of her. The brig appears a sound , vessel, three years old, and worth £3,000. The barque Alma and the brig Nadesehda, from Lisbon, laden with salt, were also brought into Ports mouth, having been taken in the- channel by the Albaro. The captain of the barque was , offered £2,500 for her at Lisbon, which he refused. A ten o'clock, on Tuesday night, the Avon, steam-ten• der . to the Impregnable, guard-ship at Plymouth, returned' from-a cruise off the Start, bringing with her the Russian, barque Carl, from Lisbon, bound, to Stockholm, with, a cargo of 500 tons of salt, Lieut. Miller and a party of marhies from the Impregnable Ming in charge of the prize: Four Russian vessels left Lisbon in company with the Cfsrl. The Carl was captured 12 miles south of the Start r and only four miles astern of the Brest fleet. The,Mermaid, revenue screw-schooner, Lieut,-Comman-- der Henry Stokes, picked up a Russian barque, off the bank of the Isle of Wight. Her name is the Vesta, of about 400 tons burden, Captain Patterson, laden with salt. She has been towed into Portsmouth, harbour. On Thursday, her Majesty's revenue cutter, Petrel, Mr. John Hughes, deputation-officer of the revenue service,. in command, captured the Russian barque Fame, of Wasa, laden with salt, from Sardinia, John Oltman, master. She is a fine- ship of nearly 500 tons English measurement; and has more than 600 tons of salt on board, with a crew of fourteen stout hands. The-Dart-Admiral's cutter Fanny, Mr. Scarlett, second master in charge, returned from her - cruising ground to Portsmouth on Thursday evening, bringing intelligence that she had taken a fine barque of 400 tons, laden with salt. Blag-Lieutenant Hankey (wheapecially commanded the Fanny on this occasion) remained in the prize with part of 'the Fanny's crew, navigating her to this port. The-revenue cutter Active, Lieutenant J.. H. Traaey, R.N., brought into Spithead on Saturday as a prize the Russian barque Fyra Broder (Four Brothers), of 4,00 tons, and fourteen men, bound from Hieres for Nystad, laden with salt. On. Friday night it was reported that Russian ships were lying-off Folkestone. The coast guard succeeded inn, cap. turing.a Russian barque of about 400 tons. Another Russian prize was brought into Dover harbour on Saturday afternoon by the Lion revenne cruiser, Capt. William Pearn. It is a schooner, the Johannes, Captain Sum:lan, of Burgo, laden with salt on• Russian account. Her-Majesty's revenue cutter Wickam, Lieut. A. R. B. Carter, captured a barque laden with salt, and.brought her into Portsmouth on Sunday, apparently about 40040n5. ROYALTY IN SPAIN.. Wt extract the following from, the 'Madrid correspon dence of The Times :—" It is said that Her Most Catho lic Majesty was grievously offended at the nature of the attendance at the feet-washing ceremony on Holy Thurs day, a great number of persons whose presence she expected having absented themselves, and especially there having been present but two. or three of the numerous ladies of honour, who generally attend in much larger numbers. The Sovereign's unpopularity with all classes of her subjects is lamentably great and. manifest. By the more respectable portion of the higher ranks she is avoided for their own reputation's sake; and by the lower orders she is spoken of contemptuously and with sneers. In this country it is not safe to let oneself be carried away by the current of public feeling, fickle and variable as that is in Spain, or to base one's opinions on those of the majority, which to-morrow's caprice may convert into a minority ; but at the. present time the feeling is un questionably very strong and general that the Queen h as . offended too deeply for the possibility of pardon, and that the hours of her reign. are numbered. The revolution, which many consider inevitable, and confidently predict, is to have for one of its first results her compulsory abdir cation and expulsion, from the kingdom. The course that has been suggested, Lisa worthy and a queenly one for her to adopt—that, namely, of abandoning frankly and. for ever her absolutist designs, of replacing by men in whom, the country has confidence the knot of adventurers. who at present compose her Ministry, and of contenting:her self henceforward with the power and the privileges of a constitutional Sovereign—that course is scouted by the Constitutionalists as a vision impossible to be realized. In the first place, say they, for her to discern the wisdom of such a course, and to act up to her perceptions, she must be a woman of sense, judgment, and sagacity— qualities in which, she has repeatedly proved herself wholly wanting, while, obstinacy, caprice, and selfishness have ever been prominent features in her character.. Supposing her even to take the steps indicated—to declare her adhe sion to the constitution and determination to govern by it—none would credit her sincerity or put faith in her promises. No man relies upon her word,. Dissimulation and treachery are in her blood, both on her father's and her mother's side. " Let us all walk in, the paths of the constitution," said Ferdinand VII., wizen the Liberal party had gained the upper hand, " y yo el prinzero—and I the first of all." I need hardly say how he• kept this engage ment. His daughter, so say the Constitutionalists of to day, would act in a like manner. In the hour of distress she would pledge herself to anything; the peril past, her absolutist tendencies would regain the ascendency, and •pusses would be all forgotten. It appears that the desire to reign absolute is very deeply rooted in her breast, and is fostered and stimulated by the present favourite, who makes no secret of his wish to see a despotism estab, lished. It is only in moments of danger and alarm that the Court turns its face towards Espartero and the Liberals, as to a haven of refuge. It was thus that, after the Saragossa insurrection, overtures were made by the Queen Mother to a member of that party. The Queen believes that, should the worst come to the worst, Espar tero will always be there, ready and willing to save her. Supposing him even to have that power, she does not foresee that her own fate may be decided and her carriage half way to the frontier before he has time to make an effort in her behalf. The evil day may, perhaps, be deferred longer than many expect, but she may rely that, should it come, the reckoning will be sharp and short, and her turnout very sudden and unceremonious ; for, while her public conduct has been such that her subjects talk daily and almost openly of her deposition as of a most desirable event that can hardly fail to occur, her private life has been so shamefully dissolute as to deprive her of those claims to courteous consideration which might have made them willing to soften her fall. As a Queen she has rendered herself odious, as a woman despised. The great difficulty in the case, and that which may preserve to her her crown longer than she would otherwise retain it, is whom to put in her place. Were there, in the whole family of the Spanish Bourbons, a single eligible or even respectable prince, I really believe he would have an excellent chance of elevation to the throne, " vice Isabella, cashiered." But we seek in vain for one respectable either in character or abilities. Don Francisco de Paula, even if he had not degraded himself by taking a wife from the pav‘,is too old and imbecile to be thought of for a moment. With Count Montemolin the Spaniards associate the idea of the restoration of the monkish and absolute regime. Don Enrique, who had a fine game to play had he been honest and true, has proved himself utterly false and politically worthless. He be trayed, in 1847, the friends who were ready to stand stoutly by him, and he will never again be trusted. As to the Duke de Montpensier, ' 'it would please neither Spain nor France, nor probably England, to see an Orleans prince on the Spanish throne. Besides which, the Duke is considered by persons who have had opportunities of judging him to be the least capable of all Louis Philippe's sons. This is certainly not saying much for his abilities, and hardly constitutes him such a king as Spain has need of. And thus does the present Sovereign retain her regal seat, in great measure by reason of the incapacity and undesirableness of those who might be ellOgen to replace her in its" PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL SOCIETY, AND TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, Sin,—l have copied the subjoined from the Clerical Journal, and shall thank you to find a corner for it in your paper.—l am, Sir, yours, very faithfully, A CONSTANT READER. " The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel have had a most successful meeting within the college walls. Several excellent speeches were delivered on the occasion, stating the objects of the society—pointing to the various fields of labour in which its missionaries are employed, and answering some vulgar objections to its ordinary working. Professor Jellet's speech was considered one of the most effective of the day ; while it was cheering to see not only the ' high and dry' and ` the low and slow,' but the `broad' Churchman taking part in the day's pro ceedings ; thus, also, we believe the society not to be the representative of any party in the Church, but to be an exponent of the Church itself. The Christian Examiner has repeated its injurious allegations against the venerable society, calling it Tractarian, and what not ; but he has been himself examined by two very competent writers, the Rev. John Cotter M`Donnell, one of the provost's sons, and the Rev. D. H. Elrington, treasurer of the Dub lin and Kildare diocesan auxiliary of the society. The former writer, in a letter which appears in the April number of the Irish Church Journal, has clearly proved that, although there is some show of argument in the Examiner's charges, there is throughout a painful pre cipitancy of statement and misconception of facts.' "He has,moreover,exhibited the writer in the Examiner as thoroughlyTuncandid and disingenuous. " The Rev. D. H. Elrington has published his answer in the form of a pamphlet, which will amply repay perusal. It is published by M`Glashan, Dublin, and bears upon it the manly features of truth and honesty. It refutes, seriatim, five direct charges against the society, which are retailed over and over again by those Sir Oracles who undertake the pert of clerical instructors. "Mr. Elrington believes such attacks-will have an oppo site effect to that which those who brought them forward intended them to have, and we quite agree with him ; indeed, we have been informed that a very liberal sub scription was paid a few days ago to the society, in conse quence of the subscriber being convinced, by the reading of the pamphlet, that the society had been very shame fully misrepresented. "We are delighted to see the clarum el venerabile *men of Elrington associated with the championship and defence of our old Church society ; and we entertain a hope that the Church of Ireland generally may be led, from the perusal of the pamphlet, to encourage-and pro mote a society which has done such good service:—Cor respondent of the Clerical Journal, April 22nd, 1854." A "PONTIFICAL" PERFORMANCE. TO , THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Slll,—Pray permit me, as a philologist, to state that, having observed placards about the town intimating that the Rev. P. Cullen, " Archbishop•ef Dublin," is to assist PONTIFICALLY in some place of worship next Sunday, I am afraid , our townsmen of the Romish persuasion may be deluded by the use of this word PONTIFICALLY — erroneously imagining that it may have reference to some thing of a mysterious and celestial signification, and thereby clinching the poor creatures in superstition. Pray let them know that the term pontifically signifi e in a manner - belonging to bridge-making, and is derived from ponte faciendo. The construction of the first bridge across the Tiber was, I think,- considered to be a work of such magnitude and skill, that its good keeping was entrusted. to a minister of sa,credlthings among the Romans, and he was thence called the Pontifex or Pontiff. Of course, when such a functionary took a walk abroad, he did so pontifically, and when he- sat down to rest himself, he sat pontifically. It will therefore appear that, when the Rev. P. Cullen arrives before our Romanist townsmen, in a•few days, he will be dressed pontifically, not, however, like a " navvie," or one for attending to the repairing a a bridge over the Tiber, or any where else. Trusting that the insertion of this note in youJ paper to-morrow may help to remove ignorance from the Romanist mind,—l am, yours truly, Liverpool, May:lst, 1854. JAMBE GILLESPIE. ECCLESIASTICAL INTELEIGENCE. PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS. Rev. E. P. Arnold,.M.A., Fellow of All Souls' College, Ox ford, to be one of Her Majesty's Assistant-lospectors of Schools. Rev. W. Bell, LA., to be Chaplain to HOES. Belleisle, hospital ship for the Baltic Fleet. Rev. W. Campbell, 8.A., to be one of Her Majesty's As sistant-Inspectors of Schools. Rev. C. d. G. Gambier, 8.A., to the Curacy of Mevesyn Ridware, Staffordshire. Rev. R. Giles, 8.A., to the Rectory of Partney, Lincolnshire. Rev. G. F. Gillbanks, to the Curacy of Cosely, Staffordshire. Rev. S. J. Heathcote, 8.A., to the Incumbency of Williton, near Taunton. Rev. C. Hill, MA., to the Vicarage and Rectory of Cul. worth, Northamptonshire. _ Rev. H. L. H►issey, Incumbent of Withicombe Raleigh, to be Domestic Chaplain to Lady Rolle. Rev. C. A.. Hunter, M.A., to the Vicarage of Tamworth, Warwickshire.. liev. F. J. Kitson, 8.D., Fellow of St. John's College, Ox ford, and Incumbent of Fyfield, near Abingdon, to the Rectory of Hemyock. near Collumpton, Devon. Rev. A. M'Laughlen, M.A., to the Prebend of Fennor, in the Diocese of Cashel. Rev. J. Marshall, to the Stipendiary Curacy of St. Philip's, Salford. Rev. J. Ridgway, to the Stipendiary Curacy:of Kirkham, near Preston. Rev. J. Rose, to the Perpetual Curacy of St. James's, Norwich. Rev. T. B. Sykes, M.A., to the Curacy of Barnby.on-the- Moor. Rev. H. W. Thrupp, to the Curacy of Pleasley, Derbyshire. DIOCESE OF CHESTER. PREFERNENTB.—The Rev. G. A. Perryn to the perpetual curacy of Guilden Sutton, in the county of Chester, void by the death of the Rev. Peploe William Hamilton. Patron, the. Right Hon. Lord Stanley of Alderley. The Rev. William Stothert to th& perpetual curacy of Forest, in. the parish of Prestbury,Cheshire, void by ces sion of the Rev. Thomas Henrey,:. Patron, the Earl of Derby.. VACAACY. —The Rectory of St: Thomas's Church, Gol bornes,in the county of Lancaster, by resignation of the Greenwell. Value, £1,50 with a house. HO.RTICULTU_RE. Stow, CONSERVATORY, &C:--Use the syringe freely in, the morning, but take care. to shut the ventilators soon, after noon. The weather has. been so uncertain, and still is,. that little can be done. besides guarding against the evils, of a sudden fall of temperature. In London and its. vicinity, on the night of the , 2lth ultimo, the thermometer fell lower than it has ever.been known during the present century in the month of April, and consequently the , splendid promise of a plentifill crop of fruit has been en-. tirely destroyed. We have suffered slightly in this neigh bourhood, but, fortunately, being somewhat later,. we are. much less injured. We.must, therefore, for tlio.present, confine our directimis.to simple protection against these• night frosts, from which, in the present state of the atmosphere, we are. by no means free. The. wall-fruit trees appear to be doing well ; but we should certainly,, in the present uncertainty, wait at least a week, before thin ning peaches, nectarines, and apricots. The trees should be liberally supplied with liquid manure wbentheground is damp, as the cold weather has checked, their vigour very considerably. A FORTIINALTR BARQUE.—We read in the Gateshead Observer that Mrs. Peter Gibson, of Deptford, Sunder land, whose husband had built a vessel for Mr. Thomas Speeding, jurt, of 111onkwearmouth, was.privileged, on the Ist ult., to give it a name, and named it " The Kiss !" The vessel is described as a " barque," and Mr. Gibson probably intended that it should be one, but his wife (thus puns the Gateshead Observer) has made it a" smack." PATEGOB AND POLITICS. --- Mr. Miall, M.P., in his notes in the House of Commons, says, that when Lord John Russell's voice wavered from emotion in his speech on the Reform Bill, on Tuesday, "there arose a cheer from both sides; of the house, loud and long-continued, during which the noble lord struggled to regain his self-mastery. Every eye, was glistening with sudden, moisture, and every heart was softened into genuine sympathy. After a minute or two of cheering, the noble. lord' resumed, but still in a faltering voice, and with tearful accents. But his feeling had done what no logic• could have accomplished. The effect was electric. Old prejudices, long pent-up grudges, accumulated discontents, uncharitable suspicions all melted away beneath that sudden outburst of a troubled heart. The patriot had conquered the man, but it was the agony of the man that triumphed over the house. RUSSIA AND TJE CRIMEA.—The most severe blow that could be dealt to Russia, indeed the only blow that can ever induce her to draw back from her present advanced position, would be the conquest of the Crimea. It is the only valuable point of Russia to a naval power. It is, to all purposes, an island, assailable and defensible on all sides by sea. There is an isthmus or narrow neck of land at Perecop, across which fortifications of great strength could be erected, and which might be rendered difficult for any Russian force to overcome. Within the peninsula, too, is Sebastopol, the southern arsenal of Rus sia. If the weak point of Turkey be the Bosphorus—at which Russia has ever aimed—the Crimea may be equally the aim of Turkey and the maritime powers.—Bentley for March. THE RECORDER OF HULL'S MORAI, TRH: MFR.—Lord rc e Warren,r a t ion bPyalmtheersthleanrn's e p d e t , r e t choer derbyboy o raised such a commotion six months ago , on account of t t an h if; w b h o7o e u g d r , e M i n r e a . the severity of the sentence then passed upon him, is again in the hands of justice. He had been sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment, with a view to his being taught to earn his living, and to acquire the elements of a common school education ; but having patrons in the borough to represent his case to the secretary of state, his sentence was commuted to six months' imprisonment, which expired only a few days ago. Well, his apprecia tion of the services rendered to him by his local friends, and by the noble home secretary, has not been of a very exalted order. In less than a fortnight from the date of his release from prison, he is again placed at the bar of the police-court—again committed for trial, at consider able cost to the Crown and to the ratepayers of this bo rough. This is the learned recorder's moral triumph. This is the proof of prescience which we attributed to him, when he passed what was truly, in the case of this lad, a merciful sentence. What the boy really wanted was to be properly weaned from his evil habits, and trained to act uprightly, and to work for his living. Now, the only remedy is to send him away altogether. The commuta tion of his sentence having failed to reform, has utterly destroyed him, so far as local treatment is concerned. We would congratulate Mr. Warren upon this vindication of his judidial conduct, but for the pain which he, in com mon with every good man, must feel that it should be pur chased by the criminality of a poor, neglected, ignOraut fellow.creature.—Hull Advertiser, TUESDAY, MAY 2, 1854 CHESHIRE AND JIALES• „ f ollow` C fl )t CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. — Thu the week ending 23rd April, 1854, was as o ” ; Passengers, parcels, &c., per railway, £2,549 105 '„ An ds, steam-boats, £371 18s. 11d.; total, £2,921 17s. 4d. ',per £1609 16s. 11d. : total, including Carnarvon trawebar. rail, £4,159 15s. 4d ; steam-boat, £371 18s. 5d,; responding week last ye ar , per rail, £3, 21 . 4 l tiOd• per steam-boats, £292 17s. Od. Increase, £102 4 ""' THE FAST DAY.—Amount collected in the churches,_ Chester, on Wednesd a y, 26th inst , for the benefit 0.„.. wives and families of soldiers gone . to the seat of WiLt Cathedral, £3l 10s.; St. Bridget's, £lB St. Church, £9 lls. 100. ; Trinity Church, £ 25 iw 'kefl; John's, £2O lls.; St. Mich ae l' s , £5 55.; St. Pete r's, St. Mary's, £2B 17s. 4d.: total, £162 Is. 21d. „ stla THE CHURCH RATE AT RUNCORN.-011 MODuil.L44 Tuesday, last week, the inhabitants of Runcorn exl";;;., their opinion on the proposed church rate for that e of by polling their votes at the Town-hall. At the easer, the poll, at four o'clock on the latter day, the rnf a iot were—for the rate, 386; against it, 841; mailor it Y the rate, 455. ef ° ll THE WALLASEY STEAMER, in crossing the of 3 Sunday night from Egremont to Liverpool, run foul vessel lying at anchor, and carried away her fn ° which, in its fall, we understand, seriously hurt one two persons on board. TRANMERE.—On Wednesday, at the school-room s 'fflisk, mere, after two sermons preached by the Rev. A. the M.A., curate, the sum of £8 10s. was collected for the wives and children of soldiers. We understand that "0. works for the new church in that district are to be 6° meneed in a few days, probably in the ensuing we ek ' of A FIRE occurred on Tuesday evening in the bongos Captain Cook, Parkfield, Birkenhead. It was P r°l3l the extinguished, but not before damage had been done to amount of about £lOO. O9 RIOTS' AT STOCHFORT.—At three of the princ i p al in StoOkport the owners have succeeded, notwiths t ,lbeir the opposition of the unionists, in retaining a fog °.` s od hands —perhaps 50 or 60 at each mill. On Mologt,' Tuesday nights as the hands left the mill they I , ° _`a n g saulted by a riotous mob of turn-outs. Three of tom" leaders were taken into custody. the TAB WiRRIeL GUARIMANS.—The following ..," I ;l3ii. newly-elected guardians for the Wirral Union. -r.,, 0 i401 kenhead :—Mr. Robert Har wo od, v i n t n er; Mr. "L - intl Henderson, seedeman ; Mr. H enr y Gough, innkeePer Mr. Henry Hilliar, hotel keeper. Mr. James High tol l o llo been returned for Claughton-sum-Grange, and , Crowther for Oxton, Mr. J. D. Case, for Neston , of trate, was appointed chairman ; the Rev. M. Cox g? Heswall, magistrate, vice-chairman ; and Mr.Georg,e ou tr guardian for Higher Bebington, was appointed "er chairman. b; TESTIMONIAL OF RESVECT.---011 Friday Ails- , Or fifty of the inhabitants of Birkenhead met at the hoagre, Mr. Robinson, the British Queen, Price's-street, and,,,,jice seated to Inspector Birnie; of the Birkenhead I'lo Force, a handsome timepiece; valued at upwards O f r it; as a token of their satisfaction with the faithful vor li , e rc ier which he has at all times discharged his duties. 111- co ur to make domestic matters still more agreeable, the oy , pany also presented Mrs. Birnie with a purse of r a , ° loo At the same time they presented policeman nv" w ith s with a silver snuff-box, and policeman Thompso n e d to purse of money, for their valuable services rendelcoa. Inspector Birnie in the apprehensiort of Thomas n f the kinson, a notorious honsebreaker, on the prenli ses Angel Hotel. The evening wa s s pent in the most aff 4 7;,j able manner, and the company evinced great satisfac' at the liberal catering of Mr. Robinson; dai'° ASSAULT ON BOARD A FERRY-BOAM----On Th in the Birkenhead police-court, Daniel Driscoll was of with having assaulted Mr. James Stephenson,dos Birkenhead. The complainant stated that en Slin froal night he was crossing by the twelve o'clock b' s ' t a l o ne in et Liverpool to Woodside. He noti c ed a lady sittg ,it in the after pa r t of th e vesse l, an d as k e d her whbe:oe was the half-past eleven or twelve o'clock boa t • replied that it was the twelve o'clock boat. nn.,_ ll l" - in -u ic't ll , after this the defendant came• up and' charged "L — ~t stO ' having insulted his (defendant's) wife. CbraPlai n6- th e he was-very sorry if he had done so, and . appealed tiso, lady herself, who said that she had not been ir t oci‘ The defendant then seized him by th e neok r az u s him several times, an d hi s h a t f e ll overboard in the in The defendant alleged that the complainant behave" ~,ras indecent manner towards M r s. D r i s coll, and aftev"ded knocked him down twice. He denied thesault ello against him. The magi s t ra t es convicted' biln, ' 7 ll s ,Ocl• penalty of 10s. and costs, together amounting tti gl gr• as . )l l or, in default, to be committed for fourteen day . tte 6 Clay, manager of the ferry, said that the ferry CO would inquire into the circumstances of the case• • FES7IVITIES HOOTOIV:-- -LL t he HOOTON.HALL, in Cheshire, was, on T u esday scene of brilliant festivities, held in honour of of Richard. Christopher Naylor, Esq. Mr. - Na '6ro r proprietor of the hall, was married at Naples t° rec tor I?, second daughter of the l a t e R ev . R. Treder° ft ' i ,;„ Tangmere in Sussex, and with his bride is on England, where they are daily expected. her ° r A gran& banquet was given in the conservat 011 by -f • covers were- laid for 240. Th e c h a ir was ta t c 3fr. J ` e t i John Naylor, supported by Mr. John T o rr . a j n cipa i i a vit Tobin, as viee-chairmen, and amongst thef_ t ru a l e, Borylal guests were-Messrs. John North, H. Li, r tti ` . "-Edwards Edwards, Colonel Gold, Ralph Dawson, -••• - f e h a W. H. Gee ; B. Arkle, W. M`Che a ne, _ Gr ep Hollerhead, J. W. Arkle, Rev. Canon Eath n ' 11; Thomas Herbert, (Chester,) Rev. R. M. Field er, North, A. L. Cobin, R. W. Poole Wm.. Riaht oo, oo,, (L'ondon), Rev. W. Harris, j Arthur• Hohne , ;ro man Bennett,—Crellin, Dr. Lingard, &e,, &c. 3 d ot,/ usual loyal and routine toasts, the chai rm an ea" e ' all present to join in drinking the toast of the dgY'britle;, health of his brother, Mr. Richard Naylor, and h is 00", He could' say that, howeve r unexpectedly ands biril a • 1 ; the news. of his brother's marrriage came upo n 11,0P ° e was much pleased to hear it. He would merely 7 0, them tooltink the health of Mr. and Mrs. NnYic•-• 1 ° ,,, cos' toast was drunk with immense cheering, which tinueclifor some minutes. t to P - ecl Mr..ITAROLD LITTLEDILB said he was abo n P great liberty in rising to propose a toast. - -e y d the the health of the chairman, his wife and familY , a re' life and' happiness to them. (Cheers.) fo Sr , The CHAIRMAN acknowledged the toast in ° • pritteremarks. tea 0 ° Mr..J.A. TOBIN said a toast had been entrus an d which he had great pleasure in, proposing o r° ,, p ;itll tenantry of the Hooton est a t e ." When be P-reS4 and'hefore him so many of them assembled 122 A P-t o e: o A - to to telebrate the marriage of their landlord, a°,_%* sparnel their wishes that he and his wife might long n e ppel n i ce live amongst them, he felt hewould not be or o .) e ll if he asked them to fill a bumper toast. (App' s often, heard that property had, its responsl°''' nd s° llo as- ita priviledges, but so also had the tenant , i ° o ooo,,,ht had the labourer. Each inehis respective sta: t di adO r ip'l l relative duties to perform : and though the co or do much good—without his efforts metld proc,,e be response from the tenants, those efforts Ic o- , ar ° ,,t availing. (Applause.) Hi) , would not tresPa'" r ks, 13 ,:„"toti time of the company by. any lengthened reT a the ll' for, once give them " Success to the tenants c ",,, 0 ,, r/j oie ° , estate. May their perseverance and indas . "•li " e ct i o ro them that reward and success which are r, h 1 1, 11 00 1 ‘ 4 to those who struggle fbr them ; and maY; l ,l? ) e rea.' the n and tenant mutually feel that they are but 'lige t, e e in the same general chain, and may they Irog - ,,er5. , ,,,,a5i°1 in one bond of union and good wilt!' (C h i n P- 0 1 o °' Mr. CRACRENTHCARBB returned thanks in littl e a the and discursive speech. He would say ve i l' times. This was not the first ti me that I.leoootoat'ed is pleasure of 'participating in the fe s tivities el r ticil ) ;,, )ir• and he saw many others p r e sen t w ho bad suds °°7pe them. From his experience since he had ids 11 Naylor he could assure all who aspired t•° " - dlord' t wit that they would find him a mos t exce llen t lento fill t or The CHAJunciar, called on the comP an ah l of t he ' l ,ll `‘ 4 glasses to the brim, whil s t h e gave the P",,ga which the last gentle man h a d omitted, ~ and a lad." (Great laughter.) pled t /36 Mr. TORE proposed . The. ladies," Wii tter name of Mrs. Naylor, of W a lt o n-hall, ° guests rose. f 051.5. t5 , o upr A glee party was in attendance, consistine_, ft o m:cter a gen" d ''l‘ G. Holdenjun., D. Jones, J. Mellor, an a°,l tu° who sung before dinnes. " Praise the 1 ,0 7 bin a the dinner " Non nobis Dosnine." After dinner place. The dinner party broke up, and r l c iosse s d park, which had been thrown open to t" 1 ,,,00:004 criminately. A scene of animation and st i e s, 0 0 0 00 ° joicing here present e d it se lf. Hundreds of it oty _ de' others,. were assembled, partaking of the 11005,1 r, new lord of the manor of Hooton, whilst tnrtg t o t paring to take part in the rustic games whilst pit wore to form part of the day's proceeding th e prtl main features of attraction in the park wa s no dari n dbee S roasting two whole oxen, which was geil l i ai a s b° ro e° whole of the day. For this purpose a bu , ... 4 i 1d t he P oe° specially erected in the centre of the park , Of,, t oa of . roasting commenced on Monday the di' were distributed amongst the poor, of t hildre ll . l3 tb e Thursday. In the afternoon the schuod bled becl Eastham, to the number of about arf icti to ''oey• park, and were regaled with buns, in a d "' no s. ef each boy and girl were presented with a 6 r d ` fi t eta; While these hospitalities were g oing Pow', re se, ec to , , mediate vicinity of the hall, the workmen to a ro b ployed in the improvements going forty ar" 0 1 '07 were also partaking of a substantial dinner,, Sat ,1 0 been provided for them at the Royal H and in another part of the village the cottag supplied wiith a similar' repast. otel e o v iery rs" as churches severaleTe Tai vi c nc h edu a l churches THE PAST DAY W i as l 7l: E ser A ved strictly il l P l e i s bli O r l; .- 4 ,.... - the üblic offices were closed, aud the ors 1 i nor°,4l o e d t i e s c h aweer were s and evening. The am o u nt co ll e cted in the so le s 1 about ß, : . T h £ 3 e 4 O Limerick il pexa nlide,lontotel):: death of the Knight of Glin, John J. itzge“ - fiv '706 0 fully o easaettaemndoeudribteottih, as far or p te pired of the prevailing epidemic, and afte r 4 c e ease u su d illness, at Ghn Castle, on Tuesday. Th e u militi s ' Lieutenant-Colonel of the county of Limeriel"' fire one of the oldest magistrates of the district. terrific AWFUL CONFLAGRATION.-011 Tuesdas'y 3 ec te o t ona , goai l broke out suddenly id the sheds and yards c mi av , ,: e r the extensive flax-mills of Sir John Dime inateg Pleasant, within two miles of Dundalk The arks iiS tli • 11 • par . f loc tion of the fire was a slight flame and some s . es, 0 0 os from a shed in the western corner of the preT r i c s oy had e j to a large quantity of flax was stored; buts c. d d e stea A nd minutes elapsed before the conflagationhe __ ;ge s, e _,. almost the whole of the ricks of flax on prp 0 1 ;1 a tremendous body of flame was seen to isV n e t u ougro. raging with such terrific violence as U . :* st l os at . ; t o, attempts to subdue them by such aid e 7 t he De ar ' .;t o , Capt. Williams, of the Pride, Capt. KellY , Stool Par and Mr. MI/Later, agent of the Dundalk _ r tive C '-0. Company, dispatched the crews of thetreni%ns of ti's' le in boats across the river, as the speedies .. -, ar ties_. , by Port, to the place where the fire occaZ u g iroil ate" 2nd Dragoons were engaged in Pilit; burningoe jol mews of ropes and chains, through tii -' tinction• s ad 11 in Order to secure their more s — euY r ex a sid poo , b'eriiier . in estimated at from six to eig it thous , mAO portion of it is covered by insurance. --AN