The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-03-21 00:00:00

mg. . 0 m i- ments and ?cure Pea ce thus often there is the there is so e, the (ant e • and ,aar of plenty, :h is snout forth In $ ence in the af clandwhfs ich , ) u ne_ d of hey )spel—it, and el e ' upon 10-- iild ! Th e • winter Fane ith solemn !r e, nowt ° ntelligenv to unde r ' child, who, advancee velation t° n to arm , `o bear Che one . livine Je t wd of cl! 5 : ly affin it3 ' ed a Fel bonds ° Lt. be 0 11° th e ties_o!, Avs , gs• with it having-re money he eertr and 03 0 ' of a chili' ers• The r e condo' 'yielded to distint , an on 3_1,1! i7orthlegs' to re nder is Able to r 5 3Seng e' sa l o ov , t , Tye iced h i P lanleP"' s tandla affecte, a ' esty that 511 .! nby 111 ' er of the fio t o I ,, y r e AP ‘ r inl h d o c t (I; "oil 00:000 liar& 21, 1848. CORRESPONDENCE. 'HE CHURCH.-PARTY SPIRIT. TO Tr, D EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. In (Conclusion.) tr . u . th, we . have far less t o do if with the issues of things on e ° with their probati on ; an d in the latter we have !our es, we are called pon both b reason and re ligion to b caltm our anxieties upon both by reason and re -Igb,, to Calm our anxieties and to repre y ss our anticipa lions about the former. We are neither omniscient to foresee nor omnipotent to rule the event ; but having our simPle d uty prescribed, th e sa f est an d on l y course i s to do it, at the same time exercising the most cautious foresight and being ruled by the most deliberate wisdom. :aKeeping this great and consolin g p r i nc ipl e i n v i ew , it i s s z : o to see how the cont rac t e d sp i r i t w hi c h I h ave not i ce d t his letter i s utterly antagonistic to its lofty teaching Erin Pposed to its gu id ance. B efore, then, we i nst i l s i mple ciples of practice, and expound th e course of d u ty, We enemy to truth must b e d e t ec t e d an d vanqu i s h e d. beforWe must attack the prejudices before we apply ourselves e reasons of mankind, and break down the barriers nire e we send truth on its journey. Our affections are the mistresses of our will, and the will generally rules the IlUderstanding. Men must be made willing to be con vinced before conviction can seize them, and their natural Predisposition to one course overcome ere we can direct I Pein to another. We might as well hope to awake the blind by sounding a trumpet in his ears, or to terrify the *.„1 4 ,d by brandishing a sword before his eyes, as to effec- Z, 4 1 reach the understanding or alarm the fears of one Tod by the galling chains and fortified by the unyielding sti .,naoY of prejudice. But let it not for a moment be ifienosriedteri :d , that I intend to apply the remarks contained therto to the principle of state parties ; for however philosophers may represent the advantages and t P h a o in c, t the beant of outward seeming unity, and notwith standing the specious but hollow and despicable .. cant of lato by the disruptions of all state combinations and b - vinpt of all party-honour and obligation . hope to tviTistitat upon ion the integrity of the Constitution ; parties te h ave,, ever been in England the mightiest bulwarks of h , and the most effectual conservators . of her tut eeerrtyre---e7not, indeed, of that licentiousness to which de efe a l i n t g . u°yr s i'e wont to give the sacred name, and whyh bears the haggard aspect and revolting q God' s ( if a monster and a fury, but of that genuine freeidtoeinxi,stws hich is arrayed in all the graces and ne i PPed with all the appliances of a heaven-born Mi iirra, and is indeed the brightest treasure we can possess - 13 r in defending die • ' that liberty which may be Ira n.fraLelY recognised from the effects she produces on the c , s; „ t on which c h er i s h es h er , an d w hi c h requires not the as ance of freezing science, or the illustrations of "political enn nalY" to discover and display her beauties and advan 'ages ; which is at once dignified in her demeanour and ill'acious in her aspect in whose right hand it may be said Mercy sits to court the suppliant, and in her left justice stand s to restrain the oppressor; which is, in a word, the aptest model of the moral effects of that religion which God intended to be her companion and her guide. Of this liberty I firmly believe the wise system of parties to be the best preservative that the wisdom of man could devise or the frailty of man require. But the " party spirit" I have been endeavouring to explain and dissect, being most destructive of the end which the other is in tended to answer, cannot be identified with it. A consti tutional party is established not merely for its own sup- Port, but for the accomplishment of an end by the most effectual means, for the good of the commonwealth, the p r eservation of order, the protection of religion,—from Which faction is in the principle widely distinguished, and the practi ce s h ou l d b e diligently eschewed. Let us not 'ea mistake that paltry and dangerous spirit which is the PffsPring of narrow prejudice, and the foster-child of will ng ignorance, for the honest, inbred affection,. which is generally the most salutary preservative from licentious ness and infidelity ; nor, on the other hand, must ial:nityistinake the impartial disinterestedness, which is Lae first characteristic of an honest man, and the foremost a sincere inquirer, for the cant of that despica blethZeralism which is the most frightful plague-spot and To g; t r A t ,nxious disease of this specious and rotten age. co ttut ,, !mgether for the support of our religion and our . S but surely to form ourselves into a holy comact , ser ve d tA - t wo lose sight of that object which at the . first religion " n uain us together, and put personal motives for g areen r f l . , and faction for country, we break the sacred .li to whi ch a nd Pollute the sacred bond, we lose the fidelity Wh' untY oncet •al' dus and the lofty motives with hick we we re c in ' s e pired. From defenders of a right or list f tre asure, we b ecome as cand i dates i n an un h a ll owe d or dis honourable victory, and degrade the stage of talt,riotisni and religion into an arena for personal contests arena vindictive opposition. To be engaged on such an test a as this is, by many, considered to be the surest . to of orthodoxy, and the only evidence of zeal ; whilst Cianaent and to discourage the unnatural contests of 'archnten, and to decline inscribing the badge of less ar tY on one's banner, is to be denounced as th:,oonscientious than any, and one who would sacrifice utbtoearest interests of the Church and the most pipor and requirements of truth to the attainment of quietness lierh:„ e . s ee• But I firmly believe there are some, nay, °ease:: n i anY--nay, perhaps the great est number—whose dis s i 1 ‘ is, that without wrangling, without envy, without ,„„rndation, they steadily walk the middle path, the Z I T f old - way. which, equally distinguished from heresy tio a r rinl schism, is characterised staunch affec doandreverential adherence to their Evangelical Church, tio as e trine, in discipline, and in authority. The convic 'the, of these men are no less deep and serious, though Uni t yl n a,, be less rife with their protestations, and less 141 1 tl'e Performance of their duty ; nay, though they b ony, rtne (who by the noise they make seem toe be t he act6,,nt Who are in reality " ram ayes" eccl )as 111044's and cowards, I strongly believe themtolethe aien en„aseientious and the highest-principled of Church death ' 6 ut though these men are unwilling to fight to the * A Z, for trivial oints of controversy, or to adopt as their it'ovirord the cry p of any party ; though they are unwill- It t g t : reflect such a dishonour on their Church as to think ,V ees sarY to distinguish themselves by the . name 'he v ' a _ i n gelical" or the name " Catholic" (knowing, as (=ohs' " 0 , that their Church possesses all the doctrines ti47Prised under the first, and all the characteristic fea -14 expressed by the latter) ; yet they cannot desert . the brea ch, nor of their Church when enemies are in the ettli e Tl oor shrink from the post of action when they are fe ct i on to it, not by faction or caprice, but by duty and af life to j ac , To live " a t p eace w ith a ll men " i s d ou b t l ess a Droteeti o - h e c'veted and admired, and to need no buckler for M I, i ll a B A T 11° sword for battle—to be in a happy as well li,osition. But it behoves us to see that peace -- ", 11 E With higher motives, and that it is not our Unlia feelig tnalY which dictate its preservation ; that when we the re L our armour, and lock our sword in its sheath, that nee no field which demands our presence, and no foe bo.. needs repulsion. It were but a poor and disgraceful Ml"t to make, if our country were threatened with inva , and enemies already on its shores, that we cou ld wa l k abroad w ith out a weapon, and that we kept our distance from the field of battle. Surely, in such a case, c W ould be only the i nsens ibi l i ty of selfishness, and tpeahee .. co nstraint of cowardice. B u t st ill i t also behoves us to psht not as parti sans , b u t as Ch urchmen ; not as if with the particular opinions of independent sects, but as all united Chnil One common ground ,• those that cannot do this fall 7 sho r t, or go very far beyond, the principles of true i l r chrnanship. We s h ou ld not fi n d i t difficult to point to 1 ,,T e most .prominent memb ers or ministers of the Ch urc h Who rejoic e in almost invidious appellations, and who under eN , V r active designations are e ith er a l most d i ssenters in na -. 44.'„ing but out war d appearance and communion, or Ale s le Pretended ausp i ces o f " High Church " princi liatteredt"P°und the d es t ruc ti ve d octrines of Popery to their C hnrel,,,,admirers ; but we want neither such " Low " High Chu rc h men "— w h a t we 1 : 11 113 1 3 e n li t r t i k , B B 7 r B 2e4 e I i n u o r c r h m s u a e n h . h ere I must conclude these somewhat desultory Olisei vnt t e aving to future leisure and opportunity further conoe lon a _ A on points directly and indirectly more or less min n 'e,o with and and the Cnurch, when I may lahi eit Your kindness favour. NIGEI HOSPITAL CHAPLAINS. 'TO 71,7,.. ,-'4-a EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. ynT_lt,--Por some time past I have thought of addressing . 0 1 a subject which I regret, a more serious consi tlit-VroPortance, has not met with from its very great and ka l i i tl i no from a christian public than has hitherto been *ow consi ifer I mean thesub t j o ec w t o o u f n h d os t eil ; ,.. _ is far from my wish teeli:CleanrsPhietafleeclilinapglsaionfs.hainpy. lio lding so responsible . an appointment, still I ti ght a duty to state that during an experience of the last viit if/ , in which I have b b een t m t o b r e e o k r in l g e d ss om co , n l ne h et n e r d e oft._ . erent hospitals throng ou z l qu indeed felt much grieved to witness how little time ti.4l4t_ttention were devoted to administering to the spiritual ad n ! the many suffering inmates . who continually al 4 within the walls of these noble buildings ; for it has or „„ a Ys seerned to me that, if there be one field more open sp r - ", °le eininently calculated nip another for h I the a ' i °f r evealed truth, it is in such asylum u s t m as be th rs es o e f , t)0,,,, e there are not only ever to be found nn umbers nofortunate sufferers, who coup from all of the Rosi, a i bl e globe, and on whose ears it may be soundthe uringin of da''tPeaee has never fallen ; but therp are p dens o h r e r daY, the most abject and profligate of o our own 4 414 populated streets. And though we cannot but take ri ~,,.411,d feel deeply impressed with the care that is noclii,„;` Perishing bodies, yet, after all, what are the gieZrn.forts they enjoy, and what is all the medical or ‘‘,., i th the'l,.4l Which is bestowed on them when compared in nat eO-4eglect of their never-perishing souls. No laklo the,."eas it almost appears as if greater value werese u t s , e 6,s:intitutions, on the body than on the soul. Let town. step for -ejarople the Northern Hospital, in this 4'svdc:oave two house-surgeons, one of whom is s rar to ~!la case of casualties, and no less than . six to f egleal officers, attending regularly . , and hable . t s o f b e e eitconr whenever their presence is required : such 0 _h 1-4 et us no sever with respect to the care of tfie e b be t. %le n o II "' turn to the spiritual state of things. W th e ~.,11-resident honorary chaplain, who has on his hands ltop t rY of visiting a large, most depraved, and . densely ioshi,..ate, d district of the town, as well as attending to the no , , •,;-"`".; and, I would ask is it possible for any man, .44 enteivp: zealous, indefatigable, and active he may be, effi- Oily c o ne ' o Perform Loth these offices ? I feel certain that 4 gte w;, 1 , 11 ° for a moment considers the subject must Prp eir ic". toe, that at all events it is more than one can leek d' Perform. 'What is half an hour or an hour i n the tx ,_ ay, and one short bouron the Sunday, which is the ti e t s ent of time that can be devoted, in consequence of du aul4llelleeted with the church ? When I consider the Co l ,. ° ,_t oloney sent out annually to our missionary sta ufelluread „ , , ; when I look at the glorious endeavours eietieLue,tialf of the Pastoral Aid and other similar so ilevei4,„,"' o , oll a, e, I cannot but think that the subject has Dolilterc 4;lak:Cal 4,-iinrcly from, the fact that a christian v,i th 1... liotUrhie—of ihe'roore than heithiiidaikness, knia."Pect to t ea'sG revealed truth, which covers the —4 ni tuost of many suffering inmates of crur hoe pitals. The gaols throughout the country are well pro vided for in this respect ; not only are there resident chap lains appointed, But the public too, in most cases, take an interest in them ; ladies are not ashamed to go round and visit the poor wretches in their dungeons, and this is as it should be ; and although I do not think it to be expected that ladies could give the same attention to hospitals, yet some other means ought to be devised. " This ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone." When is the time at which the mind of man is so ready to receive the gospel seed, judiciously, kindly, and affectionately sown, as on a bed of sickness ? Ido not now refer to the case of poor wretches who are stunned, and almost un conscious, from accidents, where only a few hours at most can intervene before death puts an end to their sufferings here, in too many instances to be exchanged for greater suffering hereafter, though even in the eleventh hour we know the balm is frequently applied to the wounded but repentant conscience ; and though the power of utterance is almost gone, and the glazed eye proclaims the swift ap proach of the king of terrors, yet God by His spirit can perform a work which all around are unconscious of. His gracious promises are gently whispered in the sinners half-closed ear by His faithful minister; they find a rest ing-place within the now scarcely-heaving breast ; a faint prayer for forgiveness, though unheard by man, reaches his God, " who seeth in secret," and an immortal soul is saved. But these instances are rare, at least we have not the proof that we have in those cases which recover, and consequently cannot see the fruits of our labours in them, but must trust, as we have one instance given for our en couragement in the Scriptures, 'that it is sometimes the case. But when a man has been taught through a severe illness, or is recovering from a serious operation, when he has been in the very jaws of death, is he not led to con trast his condition with others alike afflicted in the same ward, who have been summoned away ? When he has lain for weeks, perhaps months, with nothing to excite his mind to throw off serious thoughts—the word of God sounding in his ears day after day—the calm and stillness of all around, save at times the heavy moan of one fellow sufferer, or the muttering delirium of another, just chang ing time for eternity—the agonizing prayers for mercy of others from the hands of a God whose laws their whole lives have set at nought, and earnest cries for life and time for repentance when death is glaring upon them and mercy can no longer be found—all conspire to prepare the lately obdurate but now softened heart to look to Him without whom all the physician's science or the surgeon's skill were powerless. No longer can the newly-sown grain be uprooted by the levity and ridicule of worldly and sinful companions ; the drunken oath is changed for the silent prayer, the public-house where he was wont to repair to find an anodyne to lull the aching of a terrified conscience, is changed for the Bible-promises where is found the true anodyne—the Balm of Gilead. Is he an English or fo reign sailor, who visits distant climes and mixes with the lowest and most vicious of mankind ? Is he a workman in one of our large foundries, or in the factories of our neighbouring towns, or whatever may be his occupation, may we not anticipate almost with certainty that the gos pel fruit will assuredly increase and bring forth abundantly ? Yes, sir, here is an opportunity such as we can rarely meet with for extending the light of religion, and are we, who profess christianity, to suffer so many immortal souls to perish for lack of knowledge, without a single effort in the cause ? Are we to satisfy ourselves with the exertions of our foreign and home missionaries, when there is one cor ner of the Lord's vineyard left almost without a labourer, and that too in the very centre of a christian community ? Shall we shrink from our plain duty for fear of being thought meddlers or busy-bodies, when we know that these things are so ? Shall we withhold a trifle of our worldly riches, which flow bountifully when the suffering body is concerned, and refuse to subscribe a paltry sum to further this noble cause ? No, sir. I trust that more need not be said, but that the subject will be warmly responded to, that universal attention will be directed to it, and that we shall soon see resident house chaplains in these noble buildings as well as house surgeons I am, sir, yours, &c., Liverpool, March 16th, 1848 MEDICUS THE CURRENCY—FREE TRADE—THE LOSS OF THE COLONIES OF ENGLAND, &c. &c. Our readers are aware that our friend Mr. Buchanan is not a currency reformer and protectionist of yesterday. It has always been our object to get the public made aware that this gentleman is no theorist, being a mer chant, and long extensively engaged in large transactions with Canada and the United States. For the same purpose we think it not inapropos to pub lish the following from the LIVERPOOL STANDARD of the 24th March, 1846, and we desire to call attention to a more recent communication from the same gentleman, which appears in another column : TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD Sir —I am very mu c h gra tifi e d b y your not i ce of my humble efforts to awaken the mechanics of this country to a sense of the fatal blow about to be struck at their pros perity by Sir Robert Peel's measure. . _ Even the cotton trade will, I sincerely believe, be in jured from the first, although as the employment in that trade at Manchester, is chiefly to machines, girls, and children, the consequences of failure or depression in it would not be so fearful or heartbreaking as would flow from want of employment for the MEN, the hard-working men of Birmingham, Sheffield, Glasgow, &c. I have no direct interest in agriculture or timber, either in this country or in Canada, and, as I do not return to that colony. I may. perharm, the imputation of what Mr. Cobden calls colonial selfish ness. My interest, as a shipper of British goods, is, in fact, identical with that of the maker of these goof's ; for if his manufacture is beaten out of Canada, (either through foreign goods, while it remains a colony, or by American tariffs, after it shall have become a state of the Union,) my trade as an importer of British goods is also extin guished. _ Now as free trade in England means also free trade in the colony with all the world, and as the extra or pro tective duties in the Canadian frontier in favour of Eng glish manufactures is what alone prevents Canada now receiving her cotton and coarse woollen fabrics, loaf sugar, &c. &c. from America, and many other manufactures and productions of continental countries, including cutlery and other German hardware, it follows that, as merchants, we must either be driven by Sir Robert Peel's measure to buy in America, Germany, &c., or be driven out of the trade. The latter is an alternative which, as an individual, I shall adopt, because the moment I see free trade intro duced into the mother country, I shall see danger to life and property, before very long, in reserve for Canada in achieving her independence, (which I have no confidence that the good sense of England would allow to be brought about peaceably, although no man can show any, the slightest interest British America will have in continued connection with this country, but quite the reverse, after the colonial or protective system is broken down.) When Canada is lost to England we shall have to pay for our timber in gold, (instead of manufactures as at pre sent,) just as we now pay for three-fourths of our raw cotton from the United States ; but who can assure us that, EVEN FOR CASH, we could always get a supply of timber from foreign countries ! It is now well ascertained that the Baltic alone could not furnish the supply now required, say two millions of loads, (although we were always at peace with these con tinental powers), so that we must depend upon North America for a large share of the timber wanted in Eng land. But Sir Robert Peel forgets that, in 1809, the public mind of England was convulsed on the subject of timber. The enmity of the governments of the Baltic cut off our supply, and the price rose from £5 to £l6 10s. per load. Parliament was called, but instead of following Sir R. Peel's free-trade course, the statesman of that day raised the protection to colonial timber from 20s. 9d. to 575. 4d. per load, and gradually British timber was prepared, through the erection of immense saw-mills and other lumbering establishments, at a vast outlay of British capital in Canada and New Brunswick, and imported in sufficient quantity to regulate the trade (say two-thirds of the whole). The price was thus permanently reduced, as low as ever it was wh en th e ent i re supply was foreign, paying only a duty of 10s. Ild. per load ! before the day of England's necessity drove her to raise up, by protection to British labour, in the forests of British America, that great national interest which is now being given to the Americans by our adoption of the anti-British theory of free-trade. The effect of free-trade and its consequences (on the currency, &c.) on Manchester, Birmingham, Sheffield, Glasgow, &c., will be UTTER RUIN to tens of thousands of the most deserving and hardworking men in the world, which I view as afar snore serious consequence than the loss to the British empire, and the gain to the American republic, of three thousand ships and sixty thousand sailors. The free-trader may tell us that gold does not go to America, but he is too intelligent not to know that it goes to the continent to pay for luxuries sent to America, and for which America cannot pay by any other possible means than through drafts on England, or English gold. America draws these drafts on us to more than double as great an amount as we send her goods, so that there is at least two-thirds the nominal amount of the American trade, WHICH YIELDS NO EMPLOYMENT OR PROFIT TO THE English artizan. If, th;ough the loss of Canada and the West Indies, two other great staples, timber and sugar, were put in this position, there would be no s a f e ty (even as a matter of simple existence) for our over-supply of English arti zans, but in their transferring themselves to the United States, to get under shelter of the protection of the Ame rican tariff. It is my sincere belief, that time is all that is required to show that FREE TRADE IS SUICIDE ON THE PART OF BRITISH ARTIZANS, and that by not preferring a mode rate protection to out-and-out free trade, the liberal party will become very unpopular, in this country. There is no man on either side of party politics who understands the practical interests of the empire better than Sir Howard Douglas, and no one expresses them so well. In his speech on the late debate, Sir Howard Douglas explains the true policy of England:— " "The whole amount of manufactures exported to India does not at present exceed .e 8,000,000 ; in 1844, £7,695,666, inclu ding Ceylon. If we were to encourage, as we might, the natu ral productions of British India, to enable her the better to pay for British goods, THERE IS SCARCELY ANY ASSIGNABLE LIMIT TO THE INCREASE OF THAT VAST MARKET OF CON SUMPTION FOR THE PRODUCTIONS OF BRITISH INDUSTRY; THE DEMAND FOR BRITISH COTTON GOODS IN PARTICULAR, if the popul a ti on took b ut at the rate of 10s. per head, would amount to £'50,000,000 sterling; and the demand for woollens, silks, pottery, gla ss , p l ate d wares, cutlery, iron, brass, and copper implements) and an infinet of articles for domestic use, would be prodigiously increased." _ - Let us take Sir Howard Douglas's advice, and endea vour to give employment to British subjects instead of foreigners: Let us morganise the Colonial system (which is the cause of England's greatness) on the principle of moderate protection. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Let us prefer to produce our cotton, sugar, timber, &c., GAMEKEEPER SHOT BY POACHERS.—At the Cardiff from the labour of British subjects, who have British police-office, on Thursday, three men were committed for habits, and consume British manufactures entirely, rather trial on a charge of killing David Davies, watcher to W. than from the degraded labour of the American slave;. W. Lewis, Esq., of Newhouse, near Cardiff. The de and then our demand will be for manufactures and not ceased was shot in an affray between the gamekeepers for gold, the national currency will get out of its present 'and a party of poachers, on Wednesday se' nn i g ht. feverish and excited state, which gi v es no d e p en d ance to At a late meet i ng of a trades' protection society in the manufacturer, and keeps the labouring class always London, a Mr. Hornsley attributed the want of employ within a few weeks of absolute want. ment for silk-weavers, not to the abolition of protection, At present it is no matter how good and certain a mer- but to the death of William IV., as lie said that when chant's prospects are of disposing of goods, he cannot Queen Adelaide was queen consort of England, she al buy them if the British money market is deranged, or, ways patronised the home trade. in other words, if specie (the groundwork on which is 'I HE CHINESE JUNK.—This specimen of Chinese naval built all confidence and credit*) is being exported to fo- architecture has at last left Boston for England. where it reign countries, or beyond the limit of the home and is proposed to exhibit her in the Thames ; she was towed Colonial trade. out to sea by a steam-boat. Many wagers are laid as to Even the comparatively slight trial we have had of the the time she will occupy in crossing the Atlantic. Some fruits of our HIGHLY-WEIGHTED ARTIZAN BEING RUN persons say three, others six months. AGAINST THE UNBURDENED FOREIGNER, has been what A cargo of excellent Swede turnips from Berwick-on- I call ruinous both to the minds and bodies of the people. Tweed has been delivered at Sunderland and readily sold The aggregate capital in England, 'tis true, h as b een at t h e rates o f s i xteen s hilli ngs a ton, and one shilling a increased, but it has found its way into the hands of the hundred weight. Turnips are so plentiful on Tweed-side money-lenders, with whom the manufacturer now shares that farmers are stinting sheep at one penny a head per his profit, and none of it has remained in the pockets of week to eat them off the land. the working classes, who, in fact, are getting more and M. Dejean's French company of equestrians are appre more crushed in their circumstances and degraded in their ciated in London. They have already become fashionable. moral and intellectual condition. Rather than buy our Among the visitors on Monday and Tuesday were the pre-eminence in commerce at so dear a price as the dis- Duke of Wellington, the Marquis and Marchioness of tress of the working classes and a continuance of over- Douro, Count de lvlontemolin, the Marquis and Marchio production, let us, by a parliamentary grant of the public ness of Douglas, Count D'Orsay, &c. money, (a million pounds a year, if that were necessary,) A fellow named John Dawson, being brought before in support of SCHOOLS OF EXPERIMENT, (with their tra- ' the Edinburgh magistrates the other day, for stealing a Yellers and ramifications all over the world,) make, and , loaf from a baker's shop, pleaded starvation as his excuse. educate the people in, those advances in manufacturing On searching him, however, there were found on his per science and knowledge, which are found necessary to keep son six sovereigns, one Irish pound note, one shilling in us first among the nations. ; silver, and 24c1. in copper. He was sent to the treadmill Rather than not have a radical change in our systems, for sixty days. and to enable it to be attempted safely, I would support A NEW KIND OF ROBBERY.—Within the last few the minister in laying on an income-tax for three years, weeks, that class of vagabonds known as bone and rag of 20 per cent. for the first year, 15 per ceat. for the gatherers, have stripped all the printed placards off the second year, and 10 per cent. for the third year, to enable usual posting places in Leeds, and sold the same at six him to construct an immense system of emigration to the , pence per stone, to make, we suppose, new paper of. colonies, as well as to push forward our colonial cotton Some of them have been brought before the magistrates. and other productions, and to ameliorate in every possible Being first offenders, they were discharged with a repri way the condition of the industrious classes in the manu- mand.—Leeds Intelligencer. factoring districts end Ireland. ISLE OF MAN.—On Monday the preliminary inquiry There never was before so glorious an opportunity as took place into the charge of murder against John Bridge the present for this country to return to homely and sound man, a private of the 15th foot, stationed at Castleton, for principles, and there may never be again. shooting a brother soldier named John Connor, on the Ist The effect of the construction of railways on the LA- of March instant, in the barracks in that town. The jury, HOUR MARKET is such that (independent of Sir Robert after having retired a short time, returned and indicted the Peel and the political economists) every man, woman, prisoner, who was committed to prison to stand his trial and child can get employment and high wages, and that for the murder. at a time when there is scarcely one article of manufac- DISTRESS IN LEEDS.—We are sorry to say that, in ture for which there is one-half the demand usually ex- stead of diminishing, the distress has greatly increased. perienced at this season of the year. Passing events have determined the working men of Leeds But the construction of railways, like foreign trade, is to bring their condition before the public, and for this at best but a temporary employment for a population, and purpose a meeting of the unemployed was held on if GREAT NATIONAL means be not now taken to provide Friday. A formidable array of men took place willing and permanent outlets both for the people and their labour, it anxious to labour, who are unfortunately deprived of the is easy to foresee that wretchedness and distress among all opportunity. classes of the community, will by-and-by be greater, more A dividend was declared on Thursday, at the half severe, and more lasting, (so overwhelming now is the yearly meeting of the proprietors of the Bank of England, increase of our population) than we have ever before ex- at the rate of 4} per cent. for the half year, interest and perienced in the worst times ; nor will it matter whether profits, free of income-tax. A higher rate was contended nominally the coloni a l system or the theory of free trade for by a section of the parties present ; but the former one is in operation. being but 4 per cent., it was thought there was no cause The agricultural i n t eres t o f this country was at a cer- for dissatisfaction. It was also resolved that the system tain disadvantage i n fi g hti ng the battle of protection as a of electing the governor and deputy-governor by rotation matter of merely agricultural selfishness ; but they will should be abandoned. be sure to triumph a t a g ene r al election if they ask for a VENTILATION.—In our prisons, contrived under me five shillings protection to British and Colonial corn as dical advice and superintendence, 1,000 cubic feet of air THE ONLY CONDITION ON WHICH THE COLONIES CAN BE is held to be necessary for each person. In No. 2, RETAINED, AND, AS A CONSEQUENCE, OUR NAVAL Church-lane, St. Giles's, London, the allowance to each POWER SUPPORTED, cou pl e d w ith their defence of the inmate is eighty-six feet ! in No. 4, only seventy-seven ; British artizan from the cru el competition of the foreigner, and in No. 7, it is no more than fifty-four. The mor with which Sir Robert P ee l's bill threatens him, the tality is naturally very great. Out of 100 children born, foreigner having the run of the British markets for his there die, in Islington, sixteen without attaining the age surplus labour or sweepings (which can afford to be sacra- of twelve months ; in the city of London, nineteen ; but ficed), while the British weaver and mechanic is excluded in Church-lane, thirty-one ! from the foreign market. Lord Ashley and Mr. Stafford, M.P., have, through the A truly British party, now starting up under whatever me di um o f t h e Ti mes, ma d e an appea l to the public on name, will get the support of the working classes, wh o behalf of the many t h ousan d s o f E ng li s h wor k peop l e, w h o are tired of the present SYSTEMS OF MEN" (as they get have been suddenly and violently driven from France to tired of quack doctors and their specifics), if that party the shores of their own country, without, in many (kindly descending f r o m th e di s tance and coldness of instances, having received the arrears of their wages, or abstract theories, or , in other words, of mere political b e i ng perm i tte d to b r i ng w i t h t h em t h e sma ll est port i on economy) will pass a NINE OR TEN 'TOURS' BILL, /1 and by of their property. The Queen and Prince Albert have parliamentary grant will provide intellectual employment, given £2OO towards the object. with the means o f h ea lth an d r ecreation for the poor in FALSE REPORT.—In their haste to give the " earliest those hours of happiness, which they have been the intelligence," the London papers stated that a person of blessed means of calling into existence. the name of Wm. Hall, residing at Twigworth, Glouces- Let the new government also pledge parliament to give ter, had, while in a drunken fit, murdered his wife by half a million each year to a NATIONAL SYSTEM OF C OLO - kicking her. It turns out, however, that the husband NIZATION. having returned home rather the worse for liquor, she Let them so systemise matters that, through the labour begun to scold him, and in the height of her passion fell of a British colonial population, we will each year be down and expired. The poor fellow was greatly dis getting more and more cotton, more wheat, more timber, tressed at the circumstance. more sugar, more sheeps' wool, and all other necessaries, PATIENT SEARCH REWARDED.—RecentIy a fine large PAYING BRITISH LABOUR FOR THEM, AND NOT BRITISH vein of lead ore was discovered in the manor of Hartsop, GOLD, AS AT PRESENT. Patterdale, of which the Earl of Lonsdale is lord. It was And let such a government, rising superior to the petty influences and considerations of the London Land Speen found by a poor man, a miner, named Hodgson, who, for upwards of 25 years, felt convinced that there was a vein lators and Companies, assure every family which, by its in the manor, and who, from time to time during that own or its friends' exertions, can reach Canada or any long period, has searched, and, at last. found it, and who other British colony, where there are unconceded lands has been presented with a share of it, as a reward for the belonging to the crown, of their getting WITHOUT CHARGE, discovery. The ore is of the best quality, and there is no AND AS THEIR PATRIMONY OR BIRTHRIGHT, A LOT OF doubt but that the company who are working it will realise LAND, (200 ACRES), (with the cost of clearing three large profits. acres, as a commencement, and a ye ar 's p rov i s i ons till THE RIOTS IN SCOTLAND. — Accounts from Glasgow the first crop is got off the ground (to be repaid to go- state that no further disturbances had taken place. All vernment), to such as have only means to t a k e the m out, was quiet, and business was going on in the usual way. but whose reaching the colonies by their own exertions The colliers and their employers had had a meeting re will be sufficient proof of their being the proper parties to specting the demand for increased wages, but the masters emigrate.) refused to comply. The only thing Frenchified about the The revenue of Canada is £500,000 (half a million ) revolt at Glasgow was an attempt to erect a barricade on and her expenses and interest on her debt are £400,000 ; a small scale at the head of the Gallowgate. It consisted nor do I see why any well-managed colony should be a of three coalcarts and a few planks. Its defenders, how burden on England. ever, were found wofully wanting in French courage, for And the simple reform required in colonial manage- when the military appeared they fled. From Aridrie, Kil ment is, that each colony shall have appropriated to it a marnock, Paisley, Greenock, and Edinburgh, the reports separate room in Downing-street, and be caused each to are all equally favourable. have two private Secretaries in future, who should alter- MELANCHOLY STATEMENT.—A letter has been received nately be three years in the colony and three years in at Leith from Peterhead, dated the 11th instant, which London pushing colonization and the other interests of states that the whale trader Hannibal, of that port, Capt. the colony, and securing for colonists who come to En- Laurie, had been lost on the shores of Norway on the Ist gland the consideration due to their rank and influence of February, and all on board drowned, with the excep in their particular colony, until the colonies get repre- tion of one of the crew, who lashed himself to the mizen sented in the Imperial Parliament. mast, and there remained five days without food or drink. You may depend that it is not in human nature that It states that the ill-fated ship was in the latitude of the the oppressed labouring classes should misconstrue sub- Orkneys on the 31st of January, and on the day following, stantial benefits like these, by whatever minister or party during a tremendous sea, the crew, fifteen in number, and offered. I am, Sir, five Germans, whom they had picked off a wreck, were Your obedient humble servant, all washed off and lost. The Germans belonged to the ISAAC BUCHANAN Lydia, of Embden, and were picked up in the North Sea to suffer another and fatal shipwreck. JOSEPH ADY.—At Bow-street Police-office, on Satur day, Mr. Peacock, solicitor to the post-office, applied to Mr. Henry for a warrant to apprehend Joseph Ady. It will be recollected that Ady was convicted some time since at this court, and ordered to pay for the postage of certain unpaid letters to the amount of upwards of £l6. He promised to pay if allowed time ; but not having made his appearance at Mr. Peacock's, an execution was issued against his goods; but on attempting to levy this, Joseph produced a receipt, signed by his sister, proving that the property had all been assigned over to her. Under these circumstances Mr. Peacock now attended to obtain a war rant against his body, in order, if possible, to cure him of his cacoethes scribendi, for he is still carrying on his busi ness as briskly as ever, and innumerable letters from him passed through the post-office daily. Mr. Henry said be would put the law in force to the utmost extent to stop him, and ordered that the warrant should be issued imme diately. LORDS ELLENBOROUGH AND HARDINGE.—AIthOugh the necessity for a war policy might have been great, and it was indispensably necessary to restore the pr6stige of the British arms throughout India, Lord Ellenborough's rule was essentially warlike and uneasy. The same fate ap pears in some measure to have attended upon the govern ment of Lord Hardinge, although it is in this respect more favourably judged than that of his predecessor—that no question has been raised as to his moderation in victory, more than as to his dexterity and firmness in preparing the triumph of the British arms when every effort had been exhausted for the maintenance of the peace. We do not judge Lord Ellenborough unfavourably, we simply enunciate a fact when we say that the result of a com parison between his government and that of his successor is to proclaim him prone to war, and Lord Hardinge de sirous of peace. It was, however, the lot of the latter Governor to fight many " great battles," any one of which war more important and sanguinary than all the hostilities of Lord Ellenborough's rule.—Times. CORN, &C., FROM AMERIC .k.—The Farmer's Journal of Saturday, says, " Our advices from America are to the effect that the value of both wheat and flour is on the advance in the New York market, although the whole of the orders received out from England had been executed. We have the best authority for stating that they have not exceeded, since the commencement of the present year, 200.000 parcels of flour, and 220,000 quarters of wheat and Indian corn. These quantities may be thus divided : FLOUR. Brls. Shipped off, from the Ist Jan. to the 24th Feb. 120,000 Purchased for spring delivery BO,OOO Glasgow, 19th March, 1845 * It is self-evident that the paper currency to be safe must be small and fluctuating in this country when the bulk of our trade is with foreigners, as they do not take in exchange its manufactures (or labour) : for commercial confidence (or credit) exists less or more just as there is less or more move ment or exportation of the precious metals. 1.8. Total -Flour GRAIN. Shipped off, from the Ist Jan. to the 24th Feb* Purchased for spring delivery 200,000 Qrs. 90,000 130,000 Total Grain .. 220,000 Thus it will be perceived that we have yet to receive 80,000 barrels of flour, and 130,000 quarters of grain, at least 80,000 of the latter being Indian corn, and which can have but little influence upon the wheat trade here. It is, however, quite evident that very large quantities of flour and grain will find their way hither during the present year on American account. COURAGE OF A CLERGYMAN.—At the Nottingham assizes, Joseph Palmer. aged 24, was placed at the bar, charged with having on the night of the 17th of January last,, broke into the house of the Rev. Charles Walter Hudson, at Saundby. The prosecutor, on the night of January 17, had been sitting up somewhat later than his ordinary hour, reading-, when he heard a noise at one of the windows, and looking through saw a man, though at the same time he must have remained unobserved. The prosecutor went round stealthily to the front door, and there saw three men in all. They were extractinc , a pane of glass. The rev. gentleman immediately armed himself with a poker, and • the moment one of the men made an entry, knocked him down. The prisoner (for it turned out to be him) immediately rose, and attempted to escape , by the window, in which he was assisted by the men out side, who laid hold of him and attempted to drag him through. The prosecutor, however, clung to his man, and was actually dragged through the window along with Palmer. The two. men then commenced an'attack upon him,, beating him about the head, face, and wems ; but all would not do, and they were obliged to quit the field, leaving their companion in the grasp of tb.e enemy. The learned judge (Maule) was loud in the praise of the intre pidity and courage displayed by Mr. Hudson, and in tes timony. of his approval of his conduct r - tirdered the sum of ten pounds to be paid over and abov4 'the expenses allowed. itt.the character of prosecutor, Dtscourrrs.—The gold in the coffers of the Bank of England now nearly amounts to £15,000,000. With such an enormous stock of treasure, it may be expected by many persons that the directors will further reduce the rate of interest. The adoption of such a measure at the present juncture would, however, be hardly"prudent, for, although there is every prospect of a large surplus remain ing in this country. still the threatening aspect of affairs abroad warrants excessive caution on their part, especially in connection with the cheapening of money. In the discount market, the brokers are inclined to support rates; and no disposition has been exhibited on their parts to ' bring them down. About three and a half per cent. is the most current quotation. MIRACULOUS PRESERVATION.—On Thursday a woman named Martha Bolston, attempted suicide by throwing herself into the river Avon, at Bristol, close to the Sus pension -bridge. The tide was ebbing at the time, and she was carried a long way rapidly down the river towards the sea, when she struck against a trow, sunk, but, in about a minute rose on the other side of the trow, having Passed under its bottom. At this time she was perceived by Mr. Eaglestaffe, of the Rock-house, who, imagining it to be a floating dead body, went in a boat and picked it up. On being conveyed to Mr. Eeglestaffe's house, his wife had her undressed, and having placed the body be fore a good fire, commenced exertions to restore life, and after upwards of an hour, succeeded in restoring animation. DISTRESSING WRECK.— On Tuesday the sloop Britain, of Tintern, loaded with timber for railway purposes, left that place for Newport, and, strange to say, the captain (Thomas Davis) left behind him the hatches, although his directions were to return with a cargo of coals. As the vessel proceeded down the channel, and when near the lighthouse, the waves were observed to beat over the sloop, and the captain, with his brother-in-law (William Maybury) and his son, were seen to take to the boat, and shortly afterwards disappeared. The sloop was observed for half an hour tossed to and fro before she went down. By this melancholy event two women residing at Tintern became widows, eleven children fatherless, and three un fortunate creatures were ushered into eternity. GENERAL EVANS AND TEE DUKE OF NEMOURS.— A small affair excites curiosity in London. In the list of early visitors to. the Due de Nemours was the name of General Sir De Lacy Evans. Through The Times of Thursday, the General declared that he had never called. On Saturday Lord Foley asserts that the General's name appears in the visiting-book, in his own handwriting, and that a person of rank saw him write it there ! In the Times of yesterday the General says that he called at the French Embassy, to pay his respects to the Duchess of Montpensier, and asked for her special and separate visitor's book, in which he wrote his name as Lieutenant. General—the rank he holds in the Spanish army, and to which he has not attained in the English. He states that he had no intention to pay his respects to the French prince. DEPUTATION OF BAKERS.—On Thursday, a deputa tion of master and journeymen bakers waited upon the Secretary of State, to solicit the support of Government in the application they are about to make to Parliament for a legislative enactment for the abolition of night work, and for the limitationi of the hours of labour. The depu tation was accompanied by Lord R.obt. Grosvenor, M.P., and Mr. Wakley, M.P. Lord Robert Grosvenor intro duced the deputation to Sir George Grey. His lordship said he wished it to be understood that the masters and the workmen were willing to arrange the matter them selves, but it was found upon inquiry that nothing but a legislative enactment would be effectual to carry out the desired object. Mr. Wakley, M.P., said it had b een proved by the statistics of London that the bakers were shorter lived than even the white-lead manufacturers, or the scissor-grinders of Sheffield. Sir G. Grey said he hoped they would not expect him to give any hasty deci sion upon so important a question. He would promise them that he would give the matter due consideration, and he could say that Government would not stand in the way of any practicable measure that would be deemed fair to all parties. MURDER.—At the York assizes, on Thursday, George Calvert, 38, Thomas Hodgson, 28, and James Mellor, 22, were charged with the wilful murder of William Wood, at Farweather, near Bradford, on the 18th of December last ; they were also charged with committing a burglary in the dwelling-house of the said William Wood. Cal vert and Mellor were found guilty, and Baron Rolfe, in passing sentence, said :—You have been convicted, on the clearest testimony, of a most barbarous murder. Every murder must, necessarily, be a case of great atro city, but it has rarely indeed happened to me to be pre sent at an investigation which disclosed such long-con tinued and persevering barbarity as was inflicted by you on that fatal night. I have seen cases where deadly wea pons have been used, and where the victim has fallen under the sudden infliction of some deadly wound; but rare indeed is it that four men in the prime of life at least, have been proved to have broken into the lone house of a. poor but .pparently industrious and respectable cottager, to have driven him, absolutely naked, from his house, in the dead of the night —to have beaten him first with sticks, and then with another deadly weapon, and not being satisfied with one attack, to have renewed it, more than once—to have left him prostrate on his own floor, absolutely without a rag upon his body, while you deli berately plundered the house, and thought to escape with impunity. LECTURES ON MAN CULTURE, by theßer.T.D. Gregg. —We cannot allow these lectures to terminate without expressing our very high sense of the importance of the subject, and our admiration of the superior manner ire which it was treated by the Rev. T. D. Gregg ; in this respect indeed the expectations which we were led to entertain at the commencement of the course were more than realised. It is gratifying to know that those who, did attend were especially qualified to judge of the sound ness of the views brought forward, and that their appro bation was most decided. We are aware that some have been hitherto disposed to regard Mr. Gregg merely as a distinguished politician of ultra-protestant principles ; these lectures will certainly convince th em that, whether they concur with him in that respect or not, his opinions on the question of education, that is on man culture, on the developement and due exercise of our intellectual powers on the formation of character upon a true Christ ian and philosophical basis, are deserving of the most serious consideration, being both sound in principle and practical in character. Whilst his various readings front the oriental languages, the ancient and modern classics, combined with his own critical remarks, evinced to those acquainted with such matters, the extensive research and refined taste of the scholar ; he also succeeded in equally instructing and entertaining the English portion of the audience, so that the interest first awakened increased irom night to night. Mr. Gregg concluded by reading an address to the Queen praying for inquiry into the present system of public education. It is evident that his vigorous and eloquent style of address would recom mend any subject to a popular audience.—Cheltnhm Jour. INDIAN CorroN.—Before Mr. Blight's committee on the cultivation of cotton in India much information was elicited from Mr. Robert Wigram Crawford, a partner in the house of Messrs. Remington and Co., Bombay and London, the only witness examined. Having traversed the western coast of India in all sorts of craft, and journeyed after business throaogh most of the cotton growing districts for several years, this gentleman's evi dence was of a highly sanguine character as to the cape. bilities of the country. He spoke warmly in favour of a railway being constructed, to connect Bombay with the interior, the utility of which he likened to that of the Ganges at Calcutta. The railway systeni, lioweitet, not be comprehended by the natives. and on that account they would not cordially engage in subscriptions for its construction, although interest was guaranteed on their advances ; but if they once saw it in operation for ten or a dozen miles, they would understand its capabilities at once, and immediately engage in promoting its success. In the course of his evidence on this subject, Mr. Craw ford mentioned the fact, very well known to the observers of eastern habits, as one cause of the poverty of the Indian population, that there are no means provided for the investment of their small savings, consequently, they are what we should call improvident. It is not, however, exactly improvidence in their case, because their small sums are invested in bronzes and jewellery, which have some value ; and, as an illustration of similar habits nearer home, the Chairman stated that, when he was in Syria, he recollected seeing a donkey driver give £2O for a bracelet. Mr. Crawford expressed a confident opinion, that ultimately, East Indian cotton will be produced of a quality and price to meet the American product upon perfectly equal terms in the Liverpool market. EATING AND DRINKING ON BOARD THE TRANSAT LANTIC STEAMERS. —The Glasgow Herald furnishes us with some curious particulars of the eatables and drinks bles supplied for the consumption of the passengers on board Cunard and Co.'s American steamers. Each ship on her outward trip is supplied with 50 dozens of port wine, 100 dozens of sherry, 100 dozens of champagne, 50 dozens of Madeira, 50 dozens of hock, 200 dozens of soda water and lemonade, 300 dozens of Scotch ale, and 200 dozens of London porter, besides spirits of all kinds. There are also ample stores of ice, and an abundant sup.. ply of fresh water. Each ship is victualled for 21 days, and carries at least 4000Ihs. of beef, mutton, and pork, fresh and packed in ice. Then there are 16 dozen fowls, 4 dozen of geese, 4 dozen of ducks, 4 dozen of turkeys, 6 dozen of pigeons, and one dozen of roasting pi g s, b es ides an ample store of tongues, calves' heads, &c. Milk is furnished by the cow, though each ship also carries a sup ply of forty gallons, which is packed in ice, and keeps fresh and sweet till the end of the passage. The baker turns out 200 loaves or rolls per diem, and the confection er is never idle. Breakfast begins at half-past eight, and the cloth is removed at ten. There is lunch at twelve, and dinner at four. Tea is served at seven ; and then follow snacks, wine, punch, toddy, gin slings, sec.,—that is for those who want them—till half-past eleven, when the steward's bar is closed, and all the lights are out by twelve. Such is life on board a Transatlantic steamer; and in the summer season it is said to be becoming quite common for parties to make a pleasure trip to America, in the fashion that people go up the, Rhine. There have even been occasions in which young married people have spent their honeymoon in a trip to Halifax, a flying visit to Niagara and New York, and a return voyage to Eng land, and all in six weeks, BEQUESTS TO THE NATlON.—Colonel Petrie left the sum of 16,0001. to the Chancellor of the Exchequer for the time being, to be applied to the use of his beloved native land. The will was disputed on behalf of the widow on the ground that the demise of the property was of too vague a character to be valid. The Vice-chancellor, however, held the bequest to be clear, and rightly claimed by Mr. Genlburn for the service of the country. On Wednesday, the Lord Chancellor, to whom an appeal was made, affirmed the decision of the Vice-chancellor, and dismissed the appeal with costs.—We have heard that in the case of the lady of Hereford who bequeathed all her property towards paying off the national debt, the Trea sury has not, from the peculiar circumstances of the case, claimed the money, but very properly left it to the survi ving relatives. Is THE KING OF THE FRENCH RICH ?—The Times of Monday says, " In common with the rest of the world, we were under the impression that the ex-king of the French had prudently amassed and secured sufficient funds to support his family in affluence and comfort, but we regret to find that this notion is the reverse of the truth. Louis Philippe, it now appears, whether from an ill-grounded confidence in the stability of his govern ment, or from motives of nationality and patriotism — possibly from a mixture of both—has entrusted the whole fortunes of himself and his children to the soil or the faith of France. If, therefore, the future legislature should determine to confiscate the private property of the House of Orleans, those unhappy princes would be reduced to a state of destitution which would fill all Europe with sentiments of shame and indignation. We do not, however, anticipate anything so merciless and unjust." STRANGE DISCOVERY OF A BURGLAR.—A gentlemint named Dutton, aged 80, of the Brynne, near Wrexham, Flintshire, was listening in bed to his clock striking the hour of 12 at midnight, when to his surprise the last six strokes sounded much louder than the former. The old gentleman naturally supposed that a door had been opened ; upon listening, he heard the jingling of keys, and to his astonishment he was but too fully convinced that au in truder had entered his bedroom, and was about to take the contents of his bureau. He immediately jumped out of bed, and clasped an individual having on a fustian coat ; he held him tightly, and called lustily for assistance. The thief carried the fearless old gentleman through two rooms, when his son-in-law and wife arrived, who succeeded in capturing the burglar, who is now safely lodged in the county gaol. It appears that the scoundrel had only been dismissed from the service about three weeks. MR. AND MISS VANDENHOFF. --i); - ;lay g oers to Wakefield theatre had a treat on Friday and Saturday last, in the performances of Mr. and Miss Vandenhoff. On Friday they played " Matthew Ellmore" and " Mar carete in " Love's Sacrifice ;" and on Satu r d a y the ," and " Mrs. Haller," Mr. Vandenhoff sus .taining also the character of " Young Wilding," in Foot's comedy of " The Liar." They were most enthusiasti cally received, and called for on both nights. The writer of this notice has seen " The Stranger" performed nearly twenty times, but never saw it better performed than on Saturday night, since " The Stranger" of Charles Kern ble. It is now twelve years since he wrote his last notice of Miss Vandenhoff. During that period she has suffered severely from affliction, but she comes again among us with undiminished histrionic power, and looking more beautiful than ever. We sincerely wish her a long life of health and happiness, for the stage cannot afford to lo se so excellent an actress.—Leeds paper. A REMORSE OF CONSCIENCE.—" The following proof of remorse of conscience," says the Droit, " was given two days ago :—A working man went to the commissary of his quarter, and stated that, after fighting for the people during the three days of February, he was among the first to enter the Tuileries, and, reflecting on the state of desti tution in which he had left his wife and family, was tempted to take a double breast-pin, united by a small chain, and mounted with two large pearls, upon which he afterwards obtained sf. from the Mont de Piete, which saved four persons from starvation. But having got back to work and pay, he was able to restore the sf. with the ticket from the Mont de Piete, which he placed in the hands of the commissary, who gave th e man hi gh pra i se for his resolution in doing what was right. The pin, when redeemed, was found to have belonged to the Duke de Nemours, and each pearl is worth 500 f." The Bruit adds, " that several other similar restitutions have been made, and among them a valuable tortoise-shell box, with a por trait set in gold." SOMNAMBULISM EXTRAORDINARY.—A short time since, Mr. Cunnington, of Brampton Moor, fancy turner, &c., was awakened about two o'clock in the morning by a noise at his door. He got up and opened the window, when his daughter Hannah called out, " Come father, go to work, the steam is up." Mr. Cunnington dressed himself as quickly as possible, and went to the engine house. about 100 yards distant, when he found the steam roaring out of the boiler which is attached to the engine that turns his work. Having drawn the fire and made all safe, he returned home for an explanation of the strange occurrence, when he ascertained that his daughter had got up in her sleep, taken the key, and gone to the engine ; she had then made a fire and got the steam up, when she returned home, but was unable to gain admission into the house in consequence of the door being fastened by a drop latch. She was still asleep when Mr. Cunnington re turned, and he had some difficulty in awakening her. She had no knowledge of what had taken place, and what makes the affair more extraordinary is, that she had not been accustomed to do anything at the engine.—Derby Reporter. _ ARCTIC EXPEDITIONS.—It may confidently be hoped that the arrangements made with a view of rendering assistance to Sir John Franklin and his gallant crew may be crowned with success, should the expedition have got into difficulty. A reward of upwards of 100 guineas has also been offered to any of the whale ships which may bring information of the expedition, the actual amount of the reward depending upon the authenticity and value of the information conveyed. They have also been invited to look out for any of the copper cylinders which Sir John Franklin was directed to throw overboard daily on reach ing 65 deg. north. Although these precautions are most proper and creditable to the authorities, we do nct our selves feel any unnecessary anxiety as to the fate of the ships. That they may have been hampered, as others have been, is very probable, and is almost a necessary contingency in the navigation of an icy sea, but we place great hope in the materiel as well as personnel of the ex pedition ; for ships better adapted for the service, better equipped in all respects, or better officered and manned, never left the shores of England on any of those arduous voyages of discovery which have helped to raise the cha racter of the British seaman in the eyes of every enlightl ened nation in the world. • THE ESQUIMAUX.—The two Esquimaux brought from Davis's Straits by Captain Parker, of the Truelove, have been exhibited, since their arrival, in several of the prin cipal towns in this county, and have been visited by thousands of delighted spectators. They have received the greatest encouragement in every place, and have been presented with numerous valuable presents, consisting principally of firearms, which they are greatly in need of in their native country. The warmth of our climate appears to have had a sensible effect upon their constitu tions, as they are evidently not so strong and healthy as they werelpon their arrival. While in their own country they consumed between 6and 7 pounds of raw meat per day, but now they only eat as much as an ordinary person. They now eat cooked meat, which formerly they refused to taste. When they first went on board the Truelove they appear ed as though they had never been washed, and had a dislike to the water ; but now their habits are so much changed that they take the utmost delight in washing, and go through the operation two or three times a-day. They speak a little of the English language, and that in a very perfect manner. They appear now to be very anxious to return home, and, when told that they were to sail for their native country on Tuesday next, they were quite delighted. On Wednesday last they were invited to meet the wardens and elder brethren of the Trinity-house at their board meeting, when they were kindly presented with a very valuable collection of new guns, ammunition, tools, &c., suitable to the wants of themselves and their fellow-countrymen. Captain Parker states that he has laid out upwards of £lOO in purchasing firearms and other useful articles for them to take home. They sail for their native land on Tuesday morning next, by the Truelove.— Hull Packet, THE ENGLISH IN FRANCE.—On Wednesday the Lord Warden steamer arrived at Folkestone with passengers, and the Queen of the French arrived next morning with 86 passengers, principally English residents who have left Paris. We hear a great deal just now of the tranquility of the Freneh capital, and there are persons who ridicule the fears and apprehensions of our countrymen in remov ing themselves and their families from the scene of so peaceful a revolution ; but a " reign of terror" has been established there in a small and quiet way, which fully accounts for the desire shown by English families to leave Paris. A lady who arrived states, that she ordered a dress to be made up for her, the usual charge for which would have been 12f. When it was sent home she was not a little astonished to find that a most extortionate demand of upwards of 70f. was made. On her indignant refusal to pay so monstrous a sum, she was impudently threatened with the vengeance of the mob, who, she was told, would soon chase all the British out of Paris. Under the influence of the terrors excited by the late events, and the fear of finding herself exposed to the fury . _ . of the populace, the lady eventually compounded for 60f., andleft Paris as quickly as possible. This is by no means the only instance in which the fears of unprotected En glish residents in Paris have been worked upon as a means of extorting money from them ; and this may, in fact, partly account for the breaking up of so many English establishments. Nor is the flight confined to the English nobility and gentry. A Russian Prince arrived on Wed nesday by the Lord Warden, with his suite. He resided for many years in Paris, but shares, with many of his country men, and almost all the Austrian nobility in Paris, a deep distrust both as regards the continuance of order in Paris and the preservation of friendly relations between France and other foreign powers. The English gentry are ar riving in hundreds daily from France. A MYSTERY RESOLVED.—Our readers may have had their attention arrested by two successive advertisements in the Times, mysteriously informing Z. A. that the Council of University College acceded to certain undivulged conditions of his. Like us, they may have had some cu riosity to know the key to this mystery, and having by seeking found it, and found it to be a golden one, we are willing to make our readers as knowing as ourselves. Some weeks since, it appears, an individual, who refused to give any name, called on Lord Auckland, as vice-presi dent of the council, and announced his intention of giving £5,000 to the college, to be a fixed fund, at the disposal of the council, on condition that the council should con sent to give to the fund such ordinary English surname as he should prescribe at the time of paying the money. In the event of the condition being accepted, the coun cil were to advertise the acceptance in the Times on two successive days, which Z. A: named. The council decided, as most of our readers, we presume, will de cide, and as we have made up our own minds to decide, whenever they or we shall have to weigh a similar alter native. They did not, it would seem, consider that there w as anything in the terms for which £5,000 was not a good and sufficient equivalent. The advertisements were accordingly inserted ; but nothing more was heard of Z. A. until some days after the second had appeared. On the 29th of February, however, (the rarer the day the rarer the deed,) Z. A. made his appearance at the Admiralty, and handed over to Lord Auckland £5,000, in Bank of Eng land notes, intimating, at the same time, the fund was to be called "The Andrew's Fund." We believe an under standing exists that :no attempts are to by made to trace the donor ; and his name is not to be divulgl4, if by acci dent it should be discovered, an additioq, to the term Plat which, also, we hasten to promise, by anticipation, our adhesion, to any philanthropist in se rChpf an easy reci pient. So much, meantime, for ap . id eccentric mu nificence, which may have reasons or the singularity of wee its form. Generally speaking, it is difficult to assign this 1 reason why a thing should not be khown without aituallr ' making it known.—Globe. @timid Aliatllanv. Viscount llardinge, the late Governor-General of India, arrived at Blackwall, on Wednesday, from Ostend. On Saturday week, a boat with three men in was upset on the Severn, near Berkeley, and the men were drowned. The Lord Chamberlain has forbidden the performance of the melodramas entitled " Jack Sheppard ' and " Oli ver Twist." _ - 111 r. TII. Norman, surgeon, of Wivesliscombe, Somer set, committed suicide last week, in a fit of insanity, brought on by excessive drinking. FEMALE DEPRAVITY. — Last week, no fewer than eight females were sent from Leeds to York Castle for trial on charges of felony. A volunteer rifle corps, 1500 strong, is to be embodied at Glasgow. They are to furnish their own uniforms, if government will supply the rifles. On Tuesday Mr. Curry, the newly-appointed clerk as sistant to the House of Lords, expired in a fit of apoplexy whilst engaged in his official duties. Under the sanction of her Majesty, a night will be given by Mr. Lumley, at her Majesty's Theatre, for the benefit of the distressed artisans of the metropolis. Ripe strawberries made their appearance, for the first time this season, on Saturday week, in Covent Garden Market, London. On Thursday, the Admiralty made a contract for the supply of 5,000 tons of coal at Malta, for her Majesty's steamers, at fully 25 per cent. less than the price paid in January. At the stated animal meeting of the Royal Irish Aca demy, on Thursday, the Archbishop of Dublin, in a short speech, recommended the use of tar as a preventative of the potato rot. The Earl of Cardigan was again unsuccessful in a second attempt last week to become a member of the United. Service Club. Sir Robert Wilson has been similarly un successful. _ The Lords of the Treasury have decided, upon.satisfac tory proof being given, to allow vessels laden with grain, that have been detained by stress of weather, to have their cargoes cleared free of duty. The Mendicity Society in Red Lion-square, London, has been brought to a stand-still by the prevalence of typhus fever. All its officers have been attacked, and its manager has died of the disease. M. GUIZOT AND HIS FAMILY.—The ex-minister of Louis Philippe and his family have, as Protestants, joined the congregation of the French Protestant Presbyterian Church in St. Martin's-le. Grand. Cleopatra's Needle, given by the Paella of Egypt to our government, and so long permitted to lie neglected, is to be immediately brought to England, and erected in some conspicuous place in London. Among other curious consequences of the French revo lution is the stoppage of the usual visits of English buyers of fancy goods, and copiers of spring fashions in the mys terious arts of millinery and dress -making. The sixth annual Meeting of the Metropolitan Early Closing Association was held on Wednesday evening, in Exeter Hall. The Lord Mayor presided. The Bishop of Oxford, the Earl of Harrowby, the Rev. R. Burgess, and the Rev. Dr. Cumming, were among the speakers. An old woman named Lockwood, who had long been a watercress hawker, and was noted for her penurious ha bits, died last week at Wakefield ; and it was then disco vered that she possessed more than £BO in money, al though she had long received relief from the parish. A NOVEL SWEEP.—Amongst the various plans adopted in Sunderland, to enable parties to emigrate to Anlcrica, is one of a novel character, that of several hundred per sons joining in a sweep of Is. each, the person drawing the prize ticket to take the whole of the money. The youthful Marquis of Boumont (son of the Duke of Roxburghe, and grandson of the late Sir C. Dalbiac), who is only 8 years old, captured six salmon with rod and line, on Saturday week. The weight of the whole was 551b5., and the largest weighed 141bs. A arm servant, named Robertson, who had for some time cohabited. With a female at Inglismaldie, has been conimitted for trial, charged with the murder o f one of his children. He had engaged to put it-to-nurse-,-but it- Vtead of doing so he murdered and burned it, according, to his own confeseion.