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ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. The Rev. William John Muore, late curate of Windsor, to the Vicarage of Sarratt, Herts, in the Diocese of London, on the presentation of James Adam Gordon, Esq. The Bev. Francis Phillips Hulme, to the Perpetual Curacy of Birch, near Manchester; vacant by the death of the Rev. Rowland Blavnev. Patron, John Dickenson, Esq., of Devonshire-place, London. lire. \V. J. Charlton Staunton, has been pre sented to the Vicarage of Asiackby, Lincolnshire, vacan,by thecession of the liwv.ltichani Lee. The Rev. G. Mathlison, Fellow of C.ltharine Hall, Cam bridge, has been pre , ented to the Vicarage of All Saints, Cambridge, by tlr Taylor, NLA., a Prebendary in Hereford, Cathedral, has been presented by the Dean and Chapter of Hereford, to the Vicarage of Lydney. Gloucestershire, with the Chapelries annexed, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Hugh H. Morgan. His Grace the Dukeof Bedford has been pleased to ap appoint W. Beal, Esq., L.L.D , K.C.L., of Trinity College, Cambridge, now holdup , one of the M isterships in the Clas sical and Mathematical School of Plymouth, to be Head Master of the Endowed Grammar School at Tavistock. The Rey. Thus. Underwood, M.A., Vicar of Wellington, near Herefird, has been presented by the Deans and Canons of that Cat hedral to the Vicaraze of Diddlebury, Salop, void by the decease of the Rev. J. W. Baugh. The Degree of B.D. has been conferred on the Rev. Joseph Jameson, Precentor of Ripon Cathedral. by the Archbishop of Canterbury, in compliance with tte unanimous inquest of the Dean and . Chapter of Ripon. The Rev. Gilbert Henry Langdon, of St. Peter's College, Camlnidz,e, to the Vicarage of Using, Sussex. Patron, the Precentor of Chichester Cathedral. The Rev. T. S. Green, to the Head Mastership of Ash by de.la_Zfinch Grammar School. The Bishop of St. David's has appointed the Rev. D. A. Wi!liams, ;Master of the Carmarthen Grammar School, to be Rural Dean for the Deanery of Llandilo. H is Grace the Ai% hbishop of Cashel has promoted the Rev. Alfred Thomas Armstrong, A.M., to the benefice of Cullen. vacant by the death of the Rev. William Parsons, brother to Lord Rosse. • In our last we stated that the Rev. T. G. Sirecox had been appointed to the Pe;petual Curacy of Trinity Church, Smet h wick. The Church is a new one, and was consecrated in September last. OBITUARY, In London, in the 79th year of his age, the Rev. Friskncy Gunnts, for 55 years Rector of the valuable living of Leasiit. ham, Lincolnshire. At the house of his father, at Southampton, after a short illness, the flee. Robert Teyetrnere Pilgrim, M. A., Rector of Shaw, near Newberg, Berks. He was in the 34th year of his age. The Rev. James Howell, M. A., Vicar of Arlington,Berks. At Llandinabo, Herefordshire, after a long illness, aged 73, the liev. John Weston Phillips, Rector of that parish, Vicar of Brocknatnpton, and formerly Curate of Fownhope. At Luckhatn Rectory, near Minehead, Somerset, the Rev. Robert Freke Gould, aged 86, Rector of that place and of Thorvarton, Devon. The Rev. Richard Clarke, thirty-seven years Chaplain of St. Michael's, Portarhngton, and twenty-six years Sovereign of that borough. At Auchinern House, near Glasgow, after five days' severe illness, the Rev. James Graham Campbell, jun., of Peterhill and Auchinern, aged 34 years. The Rev. Thomas Harrison, of Firby, YorF shire, aged 69. The Rev. W. L. Glover, Vicar of St. Paul's. Bedminster. At Weymouth, the Rev. W. T. Price, of Hinton St. George Somerset. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE OXFORD, Nov 17.—1 n a congregation, holden on Thurs day last, the following degrees were conferred :—Doctors in Medicine R. H. Goolden, Queen's; A. J. Sutherland, Stu dent of Christ Church.—Bachelor in Civil Law :—F. Rogers M.A., Fellow of Oriel, and Venerian Scholar.—Masters of Arts :—ltev. G. E. Bruxner, Christ Church, grand comp.; Rev. E. J. Randolph; Student of Christ Church; Rev. W. W. Blandford, St. Edmund's-hall; Rev. G. C. Lamutte and Rev. C. Sweet, Balliol; Rev. J. A. Owen, and Rev. E. L. Davies, Jesus; R. Courtenav, Magdalen-hall; and the Rev. F. S. Gawthorne, Exeter.—Bachelors of A rts :—J. S. Karr, St. Mary-hall, grand, comp.; J. B. Phelps. Oriel, grand mop.; J. D. Macfarlane, and J. M. Dixon, St. Edmund haL : T. Purnell, Few-inn-hall; J. H. Williams, J. M. Glenie, B. L. Watson, and R. Shepherd. St. Mary-hall; Crofts, and J. Hayes, Magdalen-hall ; J. L. Fytche, Lin coln; C. E. Thornhill and R. B. Lyons, Christ Church ; F. Rooke and C. Russ de Haviland. Oriel ; W. Edgecome and J. Montague. Pembroke ; B. Davy, A. Ansley, J. S. Whiting, and G. B. Baines, Worcester ; J. Turner, and J. M. Sumuee, Balliol ; W. Fookes, H. Jodrell, C. B. Wollas ton, and G. A. Booth, Exeter; W. D. Hall, Fellow of New; E. M. I.'ickford, It- H. Baxter, and S. M. H. Champneys, Brasennuse ; W. Darnell, P;xhibitioner of Corpus Christi; M. Steel, Jesus; J. ‘Vickes i St. John's; and W. Banister, Wadhain. In a Convocation, holden in the afternoon of the same day' it was agreed to augment the stipends of the under librarians of the Bodleian 1:100 per annum each, to be paid out of the University chest. On Saturday last, Edward Christopher Egerton, 8.A., Probationary Fellow of All Souls,' and the Hon. Gilbert Chetwvnd Talbot, 8.A., of Christ Church, of kindred to the Founder. were admitteii Aetna' Fellows of that Society ; and at the same time, Thomas Henry Lloyd, 8.A., of Btaseunuse college, was admitted Scholar of All Souls'. On Wednesday last, the Rev. T. Pelly, M.A., and the Rev. H. S. Slight, 'M.A., Scholars of Corpus Christi coll., were admitted Fellows of that Society. On Thursday last, Mr. E. H. - Knowles was elected an Ex hibitioner on the Michel Foundation at Queen's college. CAMBRIDGE, Nov. 17,—At the congregation on Wednes day last, the following degrees were conferred :—Doctor iii Divinity by . Royal Mandate: Rev. C. Wordsworth. Trinity —Doctor in Divinity: 11ev. J. Simpson, St. John's college. —Waster of Arts,- It'. Shutte, Emnt. cull. . Licentiate in Medi cine: L'aius.—Bachelor in the ()evil Lau , : E. C. Brewer, Trinity: B. H. Clerk, St. John's.—Bachelor of Arts: J. T. Burt, Trinity. On 'Thursday last, Guillemard, 8.A., of Pembroke coll., in this University, was elected a Foundation Fellow of that Society. The office of Hulsean Lecturer will become vacant at Christmas next, and the trustees have issued a notice re questing all persons wishinz to become candidates for that office to send their names to the Vice-Chancellor, on or be fore the 10th of December next. THE MURDER AT HORWICH MOOR ADJOURNED INQUEST. On Friday morning, at ten o'clock, the adjourned inquest was held. The jury re-assembled at ten o'clock, and having been sworn, Daniel Crook was called in. He said that he was sent for by Mr. Wright. to apprehend the prisoner at the coal pit where he worked, and the constable of Hatherwell took him into custody. Mr. Ainsworth and Mr. Wright were there. The prisoner said that he would go without hand cuffs. He asked if it was something about the man that was killed upon the moor, Mr. Ainsworth said that the man had no occasion to say anything of himself, unless he thought proper. The prisoner said that they had not had a gun in their house since the Sunday fortnight before the sth of No vember. He said he had had uo gun with him on Friday afternoon, but he was out with Mr. Matthew Lambert in the afternoon. In answer to a question by Mr. Wright, witness said that he bad shot a bird that day, but witness could nut recollect the natne,of the bird. The prisoner said lie was in nocent of this business, and as he was going along the moor Matthew Lambert had said to him, "Those that killed this man ought to be found out." Prisoner replied, that it might have happened to Matthew himself, that somebody might shoot hint. James Fletcher re-examined.—Said that he was on the road from the stumps to the cabin when he heard the gun fired, and no person, after the firing of the gun, could have got into the cabin without witness seeing him. When he got to the cabin he found the tramp lying asleep on the floor, who, , on bein g di s t ur bed by witn es s, went towards Belmont. 'lbis evidence exonerates the tramp from some suspicions that had arisen. Several witnesses were examined whose evidence did not bear strongly upon the case, until Joseph Halliwell, in the employ of William Gerard, cattle dealer, Bolton, was called in. Witness said that on Friday last he was going over Horwich Moor for the first time in his life, on his way to Skipton, in Yorkshire, to buy cattle. Whilst going over the moor he lost his way, and whilst he was endeavouring to find it he heard the report of a gun, about 460 yards from the place where the man had been shot. After he had proceeded about 100 yards, he met a man run ning with a gun in his hand. As soon as he heard the report of the gun, he made the best of his way to the place whence the sound proceeded; he was on horseback at the time ; he went there for the purpose of inquiring his way. When he saw the man running he thought of asking him his way, hut the man shunned him, and held the gun down, as if endea vouring to conceal it. Witness rode towards him until he got within 30 yards of him, and asked him his way, but he didn't speak tO him. The man made across the moor-in the direction of Halliwell, from which place witness had come. Witness went straight forward in the direction from which he had seen the man proceed, and arriving at a deep ditch he saw a - man lying in it. Witness turned back again, and tried to find his way over the moor ; the man seemed to be dead. Witness. went. along it because the horse would not go over the ditch. Mr. Ainsworth and several of the jury asked the witness many questions e in reply to which he asked how it was likely he should speak to a dead man. Mr. Ainsworth said that the man might have been in a fit. Witness said a man looked very much like being in a fit, when he was shot through the head. Witness looked at the deceased, but did not offer to touch him ; he was all in a " maze." Witness had gone above 100 yards after he heard the gun fire,m before he met the man running. The in an was proceed ing front, but looked as if he did not like to meet him ; the nearest point at which he approached the man, he be lieved was less than 30 yards. He was positive that the man had a gun in his hazl. Ile was dressed in a blue surtout, trowsers, and a blue plush waistcoat. The man was about 5 feet 9or 10 inches, and had a gun with him. Witness was fetched from his work yesterday (Thursday) by Mr. Perris, the constable of Blackburn, and was taken to Great Bolton Dungeon, where he identified Whittle as the man he had met on the moor. After he left the body, he met with an old man, and asked him which was the way to Belmont, who directed him in the right way, end whilst he was getting at the right track, he passed the five barns a second time, and called for a glass of ale. He did not tell them about seeing the man in the ditch. The body of the deceased had then been taken there, hut witness did not know it. It was about two o'clock when lie was at the five houses the second time. Wit ness was going to Yorkshire to purchase cattle for his master, and had about £3OO about him at the time. The reason he did not make any particular alarm was, that he was afraid that people might suspect that he had committed the murder. When he heard his master and some persons at Skipton talking about a man being shot, he stated then that he was close by when the man was shot. We have not time , to give the evidence at length, as the inquest was not over until half-past five o'clock. The evidence of the last witness was very clear. In a short time the jury returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder," against James Whittle. The coroner complimented the magistrates and other gentlemen of the neighbourhood for the attention they had paid in investigating this dreadful transaction. A contemporary sass that '6 the machinery ofthe Great Western will last' fur ever;" and adds, that "afterwards it can be sold for old iron." Digby Caley, Esq., has declined to take upon himself the duties of a Ton n Councillor of the Borough of Ripon, to which he was elected on the Ist instant. It is said that if he had accepted office he would have been elected Mayor, though all the Corporation but himself and another are Tories. This would have been a very difl'erent specimen of "liberality" from that exhibited by the Whig Radicals, who arrogate to themselves the title of ." Liberals" at Leeds. Leeds Intelti geneer. - PRIVATE LETTER FROM LORD DCRIIANI. — We have been favoured by a kind friend with an extract from a letter, which he has received from his lordship, dated Quebec. 13th October. This_coininAnication is highly interesting:—`• All civil governwightikactw impt aid icable here. I return h ome to follow out the .obiectijr-ixiy mission in the House of Lorctsoz,bere; in ertith. the eakernment of the Canadas is now vsnducted, The post of aflEculty—or action—is now in that Woule, and there L m usil i epair. Trust me, my good friend abuwitin not one iOta - erf the objects of my mission —on the'Ontrarv, ',Bold to-the - fit as strongly as ever—and I believrtltaticonirary to their intentions, my enemies have cr unconiiiiu:si give me, betreOneans to carry them into effect. No &In be:in F,inglahleby the middle or end of De cember. 10n1704,1 ruila/ :. -, GREAT ORANGE MEETING. (From the Dublin Protestant Guardian.) A General Meeting of Orangemen was held on Wednes day the 14th instant, at the Great Rooms of the Conservative Society, Dawson-street, under the sanction of the- Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland; Chidley Coote, Esq., Deputy Grand Master, in the chair; at which representatives from every county and district in Ireland attended. The lodge having been duly opened with prayer, the fol lowing resolution of the committee was read:— " Resolved—That this committee du recommend the Grand Lodge of Irelarato sanction a general meeting of orange men, to be held during the November meeting of the Grand Lodge of Ireland, with a view of __more pallicty-4,4.4-avreeifr. tnity'urnit nowlTTreasing grievances of the Pro testants of Ireland, and the clangers which threaten their dearest rights and interests." A report of the committee of the Grand Lodge was then read, froth which we make the following extracts:— " Your committee, in bringing up their half-yearly report, feel it theim duty to enter into a more than usual detail—a de tail which, however superfluous for the members of the in stitution, is yet rendered inaispensible, from the circum stances of the tacn~s demanding an authoritative exposition of the objects, Ord a demonstration of the necessity of the Orange Institution. " The objects of the Orange Institution are few and simple, being reducible indeed tonne head—the exercise of the in defeasible right of self-defence in its widest and most rational signification—the defence not only of the person but of its appeitainiug rights—constitutiOnal freedom, both civil and religious. In this consists the very essence of the Orange Institution, and there is nothing in its constitution or practice that seeks to extend further. It contains nothing of ag,gres slots. It was the inevitable offspring of necessity; and when that necessity ceases, its dissoluti on must as i nev i ta bl y re sult—but so long as it continues, the Orange Institution i. forced into a permanent existence. * " The oppressions of the E'rotestants of Ireland, the inse curity of their property and persons are facts so uotoi ions, that your committee would content themselves with referring tri them as historical truths, were it not that the contrary has been so often asserted, that while many only affect to believe the assertion, there are not a few who seem actually per suaded of its truth ; and the existence of tranquillity in Ire land, a misstatement as gross as was ever contradicted by facts, is daily applied to as incontrovertible. This is doubt less, in some degree attributable to that currency which bold and hardy assertion too often obtains foruntrut h, but is per haps mainly owing to the frietids of truth shrinking from a cuntroversy with . falseliond. The Protestants of Ireland have so long been silent under their grievances, that these griev ances are treated as non-existent—the policy of quiescence enforced on them by their leaders, and pushed to the extent of a compromise with evil, inculcates it. as a duty to suffer without resistance : and the absence of reaction is adduced by our enemies as au evidence of the absence of oppression. We were told that our long suffering and endurance would earn for us extraneous sympathy; but our very patience has been made a proof that sympathy is uncalled for. The ex periment of quiescence and concession has been pushed to the uttermost, and its inefficiency for good is an established result. If ever a system has been allowed to fully tle velope its effects, the system. of concession has been allowed to do so by the Protestants of Ireland. In compliance with this system the Orangemen of Ireland consented to abolish their beloved Institution : in com pliance with it also every manifestation of Protestant strength and feeling was-avowedly discountenanced by even the conservative leaders. It may be well that these things have been. The impolicy of concession—the inefficacy of opposing inertness to active and vigorous aggression—is now an historical tact, and mistaken friends as well as insidious enemies are at length deprived of the least semblance of a pretext for counselling the Protestants of Ireland to sacrifice both safety and principle by persevering in their present downward course of compromise, inertness, and concession. The time has indeed come when the question must be fairly met, and stated on its right grounds. The Protestant insti tutions—the Protestant people of this country—are in pro cess of extirpation, under the double influence of violent ag gression and timid shrinking from defence. There is no civil or religious right whose enjoyment is left undisturbed— no constitutional privilege which can be exercised with im punity—no duty whose fulfilment does not incur pains and penalties—the rights of property, whether of landlord or te nant, are too often but nominal—the exeicise of our religion is anathematised,_ the performance of its rights disturbed, and its professor followed even to the grave with the bitter persecution of Romish intolerance. The prosecutors and witnesses in our criminal courts become the objects of out rage or assassination; and intimidation, extending its influ ence to the jury box, makes the law itself the best shield for even the avowed assassin—the exercise, of the elective fran chise is controlled by the brutal violence of a sanguinary mob, who visit opposition to their will with the penalty of death— in the legislature, bold and unblushing Romish perjury breaks through the feeble protection destined to shield our Protestant institutions; and the executive, groaning under the despotism of a ferocious priesthood, have discarded the repression and punishment of crime from the number of their duties. Such is the influence produced on our enemies by our quiescence and concessions. What effect has it had upon ourselves? The quiescent endurance of persecution has be come intolerable, and as already produced the alarming evil of a stationary if non diminishing Protestant population. The tine of Protestant emigration bids fair to reduce our yeo manry to a truly despicable minority, while the wealthier amongst us find in absenteeism that safety which Romish vio !mice and Conservative timidity deny them at home. The Protestant representatives keen aloof from the people, and the people find no fixed point round which to sally, The re presentations of the fewness of Protestants in Ireland may bell gain belief, fur they come not in masses before the public eye. The fiction of Protestantism in Ireland being upheld for the benefit of a few aristocrats may.well be credited, when, from the want of union, engendered by the policy of coneee sion the Protestant democracy remains unseen: All tends to render us powerless: Every appeal must now be made to England, for the want of confeaeration forces those amongst us who have still the boldness to speak of Protestantism to seek in England that sphere of action which the iropoticy of • c.ances.inn - has deprived Intni - of at home. And thus again is strengthened the delusion that the Protestants of Ireland are but the resonant of an expiring faction. Your committee then appeal to experience as testifying that some defensive confederation is•called for by the condi tion of Ireland; the experiment has been doubly tried, and the results severally strengthen each other. While a de fensive confederation existed, we enjoyed comparative com fort and security, and retained something of our just influence in the commonwealth; when that confederation was dissolved it was almost affected nut to recognise our existence—not only was the fact of our intolerable oppressions denied, but it was attempted to legislate with exclusive referen.ce to our antagonists, and the executive acted as though they were exclusively the people of Ireland. On our antagonists them selves the dissolution - of the Orange Institution produced nothing of a reciprocating spirit; our concession elicited no similar concession from them, they were too well aware of the strength derived from association, to divest themselves of an instrument so efficacious in• the furtherance of their views—uninfluenced by mu concession they unscrupulously persevered in using for aggression the engine which we had so weakly abandoned as a defence. Notwithstanding the perfect organization placed at their disposal by the combined efforts of their priesthood, their Ribbon associations, and their popish members of the legislature, and a government zealously furthering their views, they could not afford to dis pense with the additional element of public and popular con federation. From the commencement of popish agitation down to the formation of the Precursor Society in the pre sent year, they had an uninterrupted series of associations in vigorous operation, whi c h hav e b een t oo succe s s ful in attain ing many of the objects they professed to have in view. Others of these objects are now avowedly conceded trethein in perspective. Every day, as it were, paying fresh homage, adding new triumphs to the principle of popular confedera tion. Has this lesson been read to us in vain? Is the ex perience of our strength while united, our feebleness when scattered, to be treated as nothing? Are we to persevere in neglecting a means which was once a sufficient defence, and is now used against us with such fearful effect? It must be admitted that some defensive confederation, having for its main object the prevention and repulsion of aggression is imperatively called, for, the executive havin g discharged themselves 'of their most momentous function, and even re primanded the magistracy and police fur exercising the chief duty that falls within their province, the prevention of out rage and crime. The active exertion of self-defence, then, of being a simple right becomes a positive duty, and the only queston that can arise is as to the shape and form under which that right and duty should be exercised." During the reading of the report the secretary was fre quently interrupted by loud and cont inued cheering. The report having been received and adopted, Sir Amyrald Dancer, Bart., moved, and James Harvey, Esq., Deputy Grand Master of Wexford, seconded the first resolution. STATE OF TRADE LEEDS.—We have scarcely any alteration to note in the staple trade of this district since our last. The demand for bulk i , oods in the halls continues brisk, and most of the ma nufactories are running full time. The workmen, generally, are well employed; and, - if we may judge (ruin toe present rise in the price of corn, they are likely to be pretty well employed during the winter, for it is a fact proved by lotig experience, that work is always most plentiful when the price of provisions is high. • BRADFORD.—The market here on Thursday was pretty nearly the same as that of last week. The sales of manu factured goods were considered by no means extensive; there was, however, a good demand for yawn, a t i mprov i ng prices. in the wool market sales of almost all descriptions of that commodity were readily effected, prices continuing very firm. HUDDERSFIELD.—We had another good market here on Tuesday, with an improved demand for both broad end nar row cloths of good qualities, there was a full average business done in Tweeds and fancy Buckskins. The demand in the Piece Hall was equalled by the sales in the warehouses; hence there was a degiee of confidence and.spirit manifested by the manufactureis which produced- an augmentation in the prices of wool asked by the staplers. In some cases the increased prices were reluctantly given, but in others they checked or prevented sales. HECKNIONDWIKE.— The Blanket-hall, for the last two market-days, (Monday and Thursday), has been better at tended .than latterly by the merchants, yet the quantity of goods manufactured is greater than the demand, and prices remain stationary. WAKEFIELD WOOL :MARKET, Nov. 16.—There has been a full average of business done in wool of all kinds this week, and although there is not a quotable advance, yet upon some sorts a trifle more has been obtained. THE IRON TRADE.—The price of iron remains firm. Orders are abundant; and very few manufacturers are anxious to increase the order on their books at present. This we believe is true of the works in other parts of the kingdom, as well as those in our immediate neighbourhood—Glarroryan Gazelle. CONSISTORYCOURT, CHESTER THURSDAY, Nov. 15. Johnson and Donald, promoters, against the Rev. Mr. Masters, Vicar of Runcorn. • The Chancellor of the Diocese this day gave judgment in this protracted suit, at great length. He first recapitulated the proceedings, stating that the articles exhibited charged incontinence on the vicar, and that the female with whom it was alleged he had illicit intercourse, had given birth to a child, &c., and the promoters prayed that he might be cano nically corrected and punished. The allegations in reply went ►n total denial of the charge, and alleging that the principal witness had had intercourse with several vounu men. The Rev. Judge recapitulated the evidence, weighing the adverse parts with great nicety. He said the case rested o►► the direct testimony of only one witness, Mary Hindle, herself particeps criminis ; and that the corroborativeevidene e was so weak, that he could not allow it to weigh in support of so grave, so criminal a charge, in a case which, if decided adversely, would blast the vicar's prospects. He slated in conclusion that under all the circumstances he dared not give sentence against the vicar, nor pronounce him actually guilty of the of f ence charged against him. He felt that he should act at variance with the highest authorities in the land, if he ad►pitted the charge was proved. At the same time the conduct of the promoters was entitled to the respect and acknowledgment of the court; and the same feeling ought to be entertained by the vicar. They bad been actuated by the purest of motives, the vindication of the church from what was injurious to it; and in doing this, they had shown every consideration for the feelings of the vicar, and had acted on no otherprinciple than a deep sense of public duty. Therefore, in dismiss►ng the defendant from further attend. ance on the court in respect to this suit, be should do so without making any order as to costs. THE WESLEYAN CENTENARY MEETING IN MANCHESTER. (From the Manchester Guardian.) In the Guardian of Saturday last, we briefly 'noticed the holding of a meeting of the Wesleyan Methodist Society. preachers and lac men, in this town, during the Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, in last week, and the fact that nearly £30,000 had been pledged as donations, by parties present, to the great fund for celebrating next year the centenary of methodism by founding institutions, and in other ways contri buting to the extension of that form of Christianity promul gated by John Wesley and his followers in the ministry. We also st e±d a few of t dau.,,,r4e—n-avees-einti tt.c amuutrts given; eing a 1 that could be then ascertained for public‘tion. As the circumstances under which such large amounts were given may excite some curiosity, especially as this meeting was to be followed up by others held in Liverpool, (this week) in London, Bristol, Birmingham, Sheffield, Leeds, Hull. Newcastle-on-Tyne, and Dublin, we subjoin a few particulars relating to it, which we derive from the published resolutions of the Manchester meetings, and from other sources. The meeting was in Oldham-street Chapel, commencing on Wednesday, the 7th inst.: the Rev. Thomas Jackson, president of conference, in the chair; the Rev. Robert New ton.officiating as secretary of the conference. There were present no fewer than seven ex-presidents of conference, viz., the Revs. Richard Rece, Joseph Entwistle, G. Morley, G. Marsden, Dr. Bunting, Joseph Taylor, and Edmund Grim (trod; and about 250 other ministers and gentlemen con nected with the societies and congregations in London, Man chester, and Salford, and all the neighbouring towns, Liver pool. Leeds, Birmingham. Bristol, Sneffield, Newcastle on-Tyne, Hull, York, Dublin, &c. &e. The resolutions of a previous committee of ministers and gentlemen held in Bristol in July last, on the subject of a proposed celebration in 1839 of the centenary of Wesleyan Methodism, and als6, the subsequent resolut ions on the subject of the conference recently held in Bristol, having been read and considered, the meeting, after some discussion, chiefly as to the several modes of application of the fund, passed a series of twenty six resolutions, of which we now proceed to give an ab stract : - The Ist expresses cordial approval of " the proposed cele bration, in 1839, of the formation of the Wesleyan Methodist Society in the year 1739, under the providential instrumenta lity of the ever-to-be-revered and venerated John Wesley; and deeply feels that the primary object of such celebration should be the religious and devotional improvement of the centenary, by solemn public services in all our chap els, both at home and the various missionary stations abroad." The 2d, on the motion of Mr. James Wood, expresses the opinion "that it is eminently right and expedient that there should also be a general pecuniary contribution, by means both of individual and family donations, and of public collec tions, through all our societies and congregations at home and abroad," as "a practical thank-offering to Almighty God, for the personal, oomestic, and public benefits derived, by his blessing, from the labours of Mr. Wesley, and of his coadju tors and successors, during the last hundred years, and from the direct and indirect influencesof the various ministrations and agencies of Wesleyan methodism, not merely on our own relia"ious community, butes() on the Christian church at large, and on the spiritual interests of the world." The 3d concurs in the judgment of the Bristol committee, unanimously sanc tioned by conference, that the connectional fund, to be raised on occasion of the centenary, should be applied; 1. to the erection and preparation of premises for the accommodation of students in the Wesleyan theological institution ; 2. to the provision of commodious premises in London for the use of the Wesleyan missionary society. [These objects are stated to be recommended by their monumental and connectional character.] The 4th, on the motion of the Rev. Dr. Bunting, declares, that, while concurring in the pre-eminent claims of these two objects, the meeting is "satisfied of the duty and disposition of the members and friends to raise, on this special and extraordinary occasion (which to them can never again occur,) a much larger sum than that which these objects alone will require; and pledges itself, individually and collectively, to the most zealous exertions for that purpose." The sth, ou the motion of Mr. G. R. Chappell, of this town, gives the fol lowing "conclusions:"—" 1. That the sum of £BO,OOO is considered as the very lowest which must be raised, by the universal effort now contemplated, for the centenary fund. 2. That, after a liberal reserve for the purposes of the theo logical institution and for the new mission 'sense, the remain der of the £BO,OOO should be employed as follows:—(l.) In providing a Wesleyan missionary ship, for the purpose of forwarding missionaries and missionary stores from New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, to our- mission sta tions in New Zealand, in the Friendly Islands, and in other Polynesian grouper. (2.) In finally liquidating a building debt of about £5OOO, yet remaining on the premises of our two connectional schools at Kiugswood and Woodhouse Grove ; • thus liberating, for the use of the Methodist Preachers' Annuity Society, a cousiderable sum now an nually payable for interest on that debt, and for its gradual reduction, and restoring such sum at once to its origi nal and proper use, as part of the income applicable to the support of preachers compelled through age or infirmity to retire from their regular labours in the ministry, and of the widows of our deceased ministers and pastors. (3.) In placing at the disposal of the chapel loan funds committee which committee, we understand, in conjunction with cha pel trustees, have been the means of liquidating £150,000 of debt upon various chapels] a considerable sum, sufficient to enable it to continue, without material interruption, its most beneficial and important operations (which must be otherwise for a while wholly suspended, owing to the entire exhaustion of its present resources), and thus to relieve many cases of distressed trustees and over-burdened chapels from the pres sure of debt and difficulty, and also to enable that committee to accelerate, by judicious arrangements, the period at which the interest, and eventually the principal, of the loans al ready so usefully expended, be fully discharged; so that the annual income of the regular chapel fund may become inure speedily available." [ln a note, it is stated that the five appropriations above enumerated e ill ropti se t hat at least the minimum 01E80,000 should be provided.] The 6th reso lution expresses the hope that that minimum may be very considerably exceeded, and declares, that whatever surplus shall be actually realized, shall be devoted to some one or more of the objects named above (under the direction of a committee, to be appointed from among the principal sub scribers), in such proportions as the claims and necessities of each particular object shall seem to require. 'rhe 7th, that the subscriptions be now commenced, and that James Wood, 14:sq., of Manchester, be appointed the general treasurer of the Wesleyan centenary fund. Bth. That, to meet the wishes and convenience of some classes of subscribers, the donations of those who desire it shall become due by three annual in stalments; namely, in the week immediately preceding the conferences of July 1839. 1840, and 1841. 9th, That a gene ral centenary sub-committee be appointed, to meet from time to time in Manchester, to promote the contribution, and take measures to engage the co-operation of all the preachers, trustees, class-leaders, and people, in every circuit of Great Britain and Ireland. The 10th gives the names of the com mittee, including the treasurers, a number of ministers, and gentlemen - of Nlanchester, Liverpool, and Stockport, with power to add to their number. The 11th names five secrete ries to this sub-committee, one minister and four gentlemen, all of this town. The 12th recommends the appointment of local sub-committees and sub-treasurers in every circuit in the united kingdom. The 13th recommends that one or more public meetings of friends be held in every circuit, as early in 1832 as convenient, for the purpose of obtaining donations in each locality. 14th. That the varuable help of the ladies be solicited, by the formation, in each circuit, of a ladies' committee; 1. to promote the private and family donations to the general fund; 2. to carry into effect the recommenda tion of Bristol cominiitee, that local arrangements should be made for enabling the children of the Sunday and day schools and the poor members of the society to participate and enjoy the pleasure and benefit of the intended eele; bration, on one of the days set apart, but so as not to in terfere with - the public religious services of the occasion. 15. That the missionary committee and secretaries be re quested to adopt early means for obtaining the concurrence of societies and congregations at the foreign stations, in the religious celebration of the centenary, and in the accompany ing contribution. The 16th recommends that the volume which the president of conference is preparing, on the occa sion of the centenary (on the rise and progress of Methodism) tie published as speedily as practicable; and that a eheap edition, as little - abridged as possible, be printed tot sale or distribution among the poorer members, and in the Sunday and (lay schools. The 17th approves of the resolutions of con ference as to the time of celebrating the centenary, viz.:— That the official discourse to be - delivered before the con ference at Liverpool, in 1839, .by the Rev. Thomas Jackson, shall be considered as the centenary sermon ; that one day he set apart during the session of that conference, for religi ous services; that, in all other places, the month of October, 1839, is deemed the most suitable period for the centenary services; and in consideration of the universal congregational collections then to be made fur the centenary fund, no col lection for ordinary local purposes to be made in that month; and the school collections usually _made in October, be next year made in September. The meeting recommends that conference should direct, that, on Friday, the 25th October, 1839, meetings be held in every chapel, early in the morning, and also in the evening, for united prayer and thanksgiving; and that, where con - lenient, the same day be selected for public discourses and worship in the congregations; and, where local circumstances prevent this, the 25th to he uni formly adopted for the early morning and evening services. The 18th approves of the appointment of special deputations from conference, to visit ten large towns at the time of the centenary, in order to assist the preachers stationed there, in the religious services of the occasion ; and recommends that Dublin - and Edinburgh be added to ,the list. The 19th re commends'an arrangement at the next conference by an' ade- quate increase of the auxiliary preachers' fund, for the regu lar and perinatient provision for the hetter support of minis ters.on theimriernurnitry list, and of the widows of deceased ministers. The '2oth appOints a sub-committee to sit in Man chester, in Order to carry out the object of the 19th re,olu tion. The 21st ierpreSts.three ministers and six gentlemen (several of the latter ship-,bailders) to meet the treasurers and secretaries of the WeAleyan Missionary Society in Liverp,ol, some day in the week preceding next conference, as a sub committee to consider the best method of providing and ma naging the Polynesian missionary ship. The 22d declires the adjournment of the meeting to the following times and places, for making known and explaining the plans adopted in reference to the centenary, and of obtaining general sup port in aid of the centenary fund :—Liverpool, Wednesday, November 21, 1838: for the Liverpool, Macclesfield, North Wales, and Isle of Man districts.—London, Friday, Decem ber 7; for the Southern and South-eastern" districts.—Bristol, Monday, December 10: for the West of England and South Wales:—Birmingha m , Wednesday, December 12; for the contiguous midland districts.—Sheffield, Friday, December 14; fur the Sheffield and the Nottingham and Derby die tricts.—Leeds, Monday, December 17; for all the West . Riding districts.—Hull, Wednesday, December 19; for the Hull, Lincolnshire, York, and Whitby dist' icts.—Neircastle on-Tyne, Friday, December 21 ; for all the northern districts nits.—Dublin, Wednesday, February 27, 1839 ; f or all and l c e ir la cnd. Th e pre s id en t an d secretary of conference, Dr. r Bunting, Mr. James Wood, a number of other gentlemen named, and as many other members of the committee, both ministers and laymen, as conveniently can, are requested to attend these meetings. Further adjournments to be fixed, if necessary, at any future /meeting in the course of the year ; and the final adjournment for business, to be fixed for Liver pool, in connexion with the ensuing conference on such/day as the president may appoint. The 2.3 d resolution is expres sive of 'most devout thanksgivings to Almighty God, for the extraordinary tokens of his presence and blessing;" and of a firm persuasion "that the approaching centenary will obtain a permament memorial from Heaven,—the memorial of a great and extensive revival of pure and primitive Christi anity." The 24th is one of thanks from the members from distant places, to the friends in Manchester and its neigh bourhood, for their great hospitality and Christian kindness, and for their exemplary zeal in promoting the important ob ject which had brought the meeting together. The 25th re cords the sense of the lay members of the committee, of the valuable services rendered to the centenary cause by the Rev. Robert Newton, secretary of conference, and by the other respected ministers in attendance.—The Rev Thomas Jackson, president of conference, having vacated the chair, thanks were voted to him, "for the distinguished ability, affection, and piety, with which he has conducted the various business of' this most happy and interesting week; and for his very edifying and acceptable communications, connected with the history of Mr. Wesley and of- methodism."—The "three days" of this great meeting terminated on the Friday evening, at a late hour. ' At and since this meeting we understand. that eleven indi. viduals or families have subscribed £l,OOO, or 011 Q thousand guineas each, and among them, we are informed, thera are three ladies; about fourteen have subscribed five hundred guineas each, and a great number one hundred guineas each. The total amount of subscriptions, up to yesterday, was £36,04445., a verag i ng a b out £lOOO per d ay s i nce t h e termi nation of the meeting yesterday week. The first of the adjourned meetings commenced at Liver pool on. Wednesday last; but hitherto we have not beard aay thing of its procejgings. A CRUSTACEOUS TOUR. BY THE IRISH OYSTER-EATER. (From Blackwood's Magazine .for November.) I arrived at Belfast, which boasts no indigenous bivalve, but adopts for her own the gigantic oysters of .Carrickfergus, which, as I am informed, is the name of a city, nut of an oyster-bed. Procuring a guide, I requested him to precede my steps to those Cimmerian regions " where oysters most did congregate," and presently arrived, guided more by the nose than by the other senses at one of the retired emporia of shell-fish in the Athens of Ireland. The place was a study ; —soft unresisting mud formed-the unplaned and rough, elevated upon a pile of bricks, simulated a divan, while the table was supplied by two of the divan boards tacked together, and extended from end to end of the " salon." A rushlight flickered in. an old iron candlestick, and " a most ancient and fish-like smell" pervaded the apartment. Forthwith appeared a hideous crone, whose breath, redolent of whisky and tobacco, was expended in the business-like enquiry, " Wud ye be for oysters, my man ?" This interrogatory was replied to by an order for half a hundred of her very primest Carrickfergus natives—to begin with. " H a lf a b a nner—a hail half-h unner —Oh! o h! oh! the man's a haveril—a hail. half-hunner o' Carricks—save us!" With this ejaculation my hostess, having clutched the rushlight in her palm, decamped, leaving me in a state of tri bulation that may be imagined, as the saying is, but beggars all description. In a few minutes, however, Alecto returned with the rush- light stuck in a trencher of the largest size, upon which were half a dozen of the most magnanimous oysters I had ever seen. They were . natives to be sure, but natives of Patagonia;—the least rivalled in circumference the largest saucer I ever saw, while the biggest equalled the periphery of a soup-plate. What a vision fur the immortal Dando! What would not Louis des Huitres have given fur the dish ? For my poor part, I never relished making two bites of a cherry, or of an oyster either. Like humble friends, oysters do not take kindly to cutting. Every fish-ought to be no more than a mouthful, lAA it ought to be no less. I leave to more enterprising gour mands than myself the task of a critical analysis of the Pati gouian bivalves of Carrickfergus.- I ought to obserVe, in justice to Belfast, that at the excellent tavern of M'Allister, in Graham's Entry, where the best supper in supper-eating Ireland may be had, there is to be found occasionally a sup ply of the teal Carlingford oyster. This joyful event, how ever, is rare, and I lament to obsirve that the metropolis of the north of Ireland is so debased 'hj , tt tut prmiPertius-trade, so absorbed in the grovelling concerns of her thriving manu factures, that the breeding of oysters is shamefully neglected, and no pains are taken to awaken a patriotic enthusiasm on behalf of native Irish oysters in general, while the " Poldoody Association," lately established for the constitutional redress of ostracerial grievances, is here regarded by the very oysters themselves with silent contempt! With a sigh I ascended the " Fair Trader" day drag, at five o'clock in the morning, en route to the next town of crustaceous interest, passing along the great Dublin toad, through a country of amazing fertility and beauty,• inhabited .by a sober, industrious, and religious people, watered by bubbling gravelly streams, shel tered from the cold north wind by hills, whose acclivities were seen white with the bleaching linen, sometimes con founded by the stranger traveller with virgin snow upon the ground, sometimes caught through circling groves like lakes gleaming in the sunshine. To an indiffe rent person a sight like this might be worth the rememb rance; b u t t o me it wa s a desert. My impatient soul bounded onwards to Newry, where I knew the " real Carlingfords" were to be had. illy no less impatient stomach, clogged with. its material tunics, and sadly embarrassed with its serous, mucous, and muscular coats, gave vent to its ill-humour in awful rumbling noises, such as vex the intestinal canals of Vesuvius or Stromboli. But, lo ! at the brow of the hill we pause—in the valley before us lies Newry-=beyond, in the far distance, are seen the blue outlines of the Carlingford mountains—beyond the mountains lies the bay—at the bottom of the bay lie the oysters. " Coachman leaves here, sir." We-are in Newry —and before us, .on the .breakfast table, in a huge wooden bowl, behold the gelatinous objects of our affections—the real, the undoubted, unsophisticated Carlingfords, and no mistake! Newry is dear to my remembrances—l have heard it called an odious hole, and so forth . —to me it was everything that was delightful, for then oysters were in season. The waiter at Black's (for your own sake go to Black's, the Shakspeare, and order your oysters in Edmund Kean's favourite room) talked about patty squabbles and religious squabbles. I saw nor heard nothing of either, foi the oysters were of the primett. The disaffected grumbled, it is true, about the decline of trade, and taxation, and such stuff; crops, they said, were never so bad—when, may I ask, were oysters better ? Thus is it ever with perverse human nature the vice to neglect the blessings we possess, and hanker after the blessings which we possess not, to complain of the unavoidable contingencies of sublunary things, and forget, in ever-wrought anticipations of unattainable felicity, that much whereof the happiness of life.is made up is still within our grasp, and that whatever ills oppress us, and whatever cares corrode, still there remains for us the consolation that we have oysters of the best, and that our oysters are in season ! 1 have always been prone to a belielf in supernatural', and a circumstance occurred whil e I was opening an acquaintance with the natives of Carlingford, at Newry, that by no means diminishes the Rosicrucianitv of my notions of the spiritual. It was near the midnight hour—the candles down almost to the socket—l had supped sparingly on some three quarters of an hundred, more or less, of my favorite fish, scalloped, stewed, and au naturel, kept down by half-a-dozen stiff tum blers of hot brandy and water, less or more—a sort of sopori ferousness laid hold of me—the full length of the immortal Kean, presented by himself to his friend mine. Host of the Shakspeare, reeled in its gorgeous gilded frame—the cham ber was locomotive—if I had exceeded in any way I might have supposed myself a little " how came you so?' Be that as it may, however, a rustling noise was heard outside the - door, as if a barrel of oysters had been tumbled on the spot, which I verily believe to have been the case, for on a sudden the 000 r oprit.etl ...rar sea of oysters, rolling heels over head, in waves a confusion to my very feet. 'it - was, in fact, a deputation from Carlingford, sent by the natives there to invite meto a public dinner. Think of that, Master Brook ! By one of those legerdemain tricks that occur so frequently at-public meetings, the entire deputation got, somehow or other, upon the table, where,'having wriggled thems - elves into something like order, a venerable bivalve, grey with barnacles and age, advanced to the front, and having opened his shell, delivered himself nearly as follows:—"Sir,—The natives of Carlingford having heard, to their cost, of your arrival in this neighbourhood, and being well aware of the deadly interest you take in their affairs, have resolved to sacrifice a number of their choicest inhabitants to your judicious palate—(` hear, hear!' from a - little fat oyster;) —and accordingly, fur the honor and reputation of the natives of Carlingford—(` bear !' from the fat one) —a sufficient number of volunteers have ge nerously come forward—(bravo !)—to die gloriously for their compatriots. Hear, hear!' and clattering of shells on all sides.) We, the deputation in this matter appointed, do therefore respectfully solicit you to n ame a day—(`hear, hear!' from the corpulent bivalve)—when we may expect the pleasure of your company at the oyster-beds, for which pur pose the Mayor and Aldermen of Carlingford have gener ously placed an oyster boat and diving-bell at your disposal." (Great and enthusiastic clattering.) What answer I might have made to this hospitable . proposal 1 know nut; for, hav ing taken umbrage at the eternal " hear, hear !" of the little bloated native (there always is in deputations, if you observe, one greasy little abomination nicking his lungs as prominent as his befly,) I watched my opportunity, and, catching him between the jaws with my oyster-knife, while in the act of ejaculating a "hear, hear!" I opened him in a twinkling, to the evident consternation of the surviving crustacea, who see ing me bolt their obese colleague, retreated in the same dis order in whirls they had arrived ! I might have treated the whole affair- as _the natural result of a scanty supper and limited supply of .grog, had I not discovered a paper which the deputation left behind in their precipitate retreat, and whirls is so well considered and temperately expressed, that I do not think it unworthy ,a place in the records of my pere grinations. " To the Most Honourable the Marquis of Anglesey, K. G , K. St. P., G. C. 8.. a General in the Army, Col one l o f t he .7th Light Dragoon Guards, Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey shire, &c., &c., &c. " The Petition of the Natives of Carlingford humbly and -re spectfully showeth, That petitioners and their ancestors have been, from time immemorial, submarine inhabitants of the oyster beds in the bay of Carlingford, whereof your Lordship is Lord: of the soil. " That they have enjoyed for centuries a reputation for fat ness and flavor second to none, superior to most, equal to any. "'That they bring higher prices, and are m ore i n d ema nd than any other description of oyster in Dublin and elsewhere. "That they regret to state. that, of late years,owing to the poverty of the fishermen, or'the system of too frequent dred ging, or front indiscriminate and rapacious abstraction of the inferior fish, they have suffered in character, are less in de mand, and sold at a lower price per hundred than formerly. " That whereas in personal appearence your petitioners were formerly invariably as round as a ball, white as a nut, and full as a tick, they latterly have become little better than so many bits of slate, owing to the operation of some or other of the causes above stated—. " In tender consideratiOn whereof your petitioners, regar ding the Poldoody Asso'ciation' lately established, in com mon with other inhabitants of the North of lieland, with sovereign contempt, turn - to your Lordship, as their landlord and natural protector, in the hope that, without injury to the interests of the fishermen' of Carlingford, some legislative enactment may be adopted, to preserve from further deteriora tion the Carlingford oyster-beds. " And your petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray. " Signed, on behalf of the petitioners, "XtoTtlEits.-of-PEAttr.s." I take no credit to'inyself t o r theannouncementof the fact. Which I state from utidoubted.authority, that owing to my ex ertions in this matter a Commission has been appointed to enquire into, and report upon, the state and prospects of the oyster-beds, generally, while six and thirty Assistant-Com missisoners, with a sufficient supply of biscuits, oyster-knives, and bottled stow, have already been appointed, and have actually set out to prosecute their enquiries on the spot. It is supposed that in twenty years'. time there will be sufficient data accumulated to frame the first report, and that not more than thirty thousand pounds will be required annually for this Commission. Indeed it - is generally supposed that our pater nal government, actingon the principle embodied in the Rail way Report, will discourage oyster eating generally, except under'Government auspices. it has already been calculated that no oyster-cellar under extra-Ministerial management will pay more than three and a-half per cent. on the sunken capital, and it is predetermined to recommend a "Central Metropolitan Oyster Emporium," to be established in the Castle of Dublin, of which the celebrated Mr: Dando, the oyster-eater, is intended to be resident Stipendiary Com missioner! Leaving Newry and the North, we cross the Carlingford mountains into Eolith, passing on our way many towns and villages remarkable for beggars and dirt, and one sweet little spot (Castlebellingham), notorious for cleanliness and hum ming ale—good ale, rare beverage in this alcoholic clime! Oysters are not cultivated between Carlingford Bay and the Hill of Howth ; the country may therefore be as well oblitera ted from the maps in future. 'On the 29th of June a scion of the house of Timour was hanger, at Dolhi, for having brutally murdered his wife be cause she refused to give up half her jewels to his paramour. The poor woman was young and beautiful, and eight months gone with child. The wounds made by the rufhan's sword cut her up, and the child fell at his feet. ON THE WICKEDNESS OF WOMAN.—The wickedness O f women is a subject upon which the stronger sex among the Arabs, with an affected reeling of superior virtue, often dwell in common conversation. That women are deficient in judg ment or good sense, is held as a fact not to be disputed even among themselve4, as it rests upon the assertion of I he. Pr ophet ; but that they possess a superior degree of cunning is pronounced equally certain and notorious. Their general depravity is pronounced to be much greater than that of men. " I stood," said the Prophet, " at the gate Of Paradise: and 10, most of its inmates were the poor ; and I stood at the gate of hell; and 10, most of its inmates were women." In allu sion to women, the Khaleefeh 'Omar said, " Consult them and do the contrary of what they advise." But this is not to be done merely for the sake of opposing them; nor when other advice can be had. "It is desirable for them," says a learned Ituttin, " before he enters upon any important under taking, to consult ten intelligent persons among his particu lar friends; or, if he have not more than five such friends, let him consult each of them twice; or he have not more than one friend, he should consult. him ten (lines at ten dlr., firent visits; if he have not one to consult, let him return to his wife, and consult her; and whatever she advises him to do, let him do the contrary; so shall he proceed rightly in his affair, and attain his object." 4 truly virtuous wife is, of course, • excepted in this rule: such a person is as much respected by Muslims as she is (at least. according. to their own account) rarely met with by them.—Notes to Lane's Arabian Nights. ..--- s,\ . MISCELLANEOUS. A NOVEMBER FOG.—During the whole of Thursday morn ing the metropolis was visited with a thick fog, which rendered it necessary for all persons employed in offices, shops, manu factories, &c., to burn gas, oil, or candles, in order to pursue their several avocations. Instructions have been sent from the Loid Chamberlain's office to prepare the loyal Pavilion at Brighton, for the ar rival of her Majesty and the court on Thursday the 30th lost a nt.— Morning Herald. - EXTriAoRDINAHY WEIGHT OF THIRTY PIGS.—Mr. S. Raingill. of Streford, recently purchased from Mr. James Taylor 30 pigs, which, when killed. averaged 21 score each, and 191b's. over.- SINGULAR ADVERTISEMENT.—The following appears in the advertising columns of the Wakefield • Journal:—" A finger left:—The shoemaker who left the top-point of his fore finger on the ridge of a row of celery. in a garden near East Moore, on Monday night last, may have the seine ott appli cation at the Journal office, on condition that he produces the remainder of the finger.—Wakefield, Tuesday, October 30." TESTIMONIAL To MR. J. S. THOMAS, DEPUTY-GONSTA BLE.—On Wednesday last, was preesnted to !Jr. J. S. Thomas, deputy-constable, from the bankers of Manches• ter, a superb box, lined with gold, and suitably inscribed, as a mark of their esteem. for the zeal, activity, and integrity evinced by Al i. Thomas, in the bringing to justice that Levia than of commercial fraud, " John Kinnear," who was con victed last spring assizes at Liverpool.—Manchester Guardian. ANOTHER GRAND If , ADICAL DEMONSTRATION.-011 day last, what was to have been a grand radical demonstra tion was held in Leigh, which, however, proved to be a com plete failure. The meeting was to have commenced at half past ten o'clock ; but, from want of numbers,' the greater part of the morning was spent in beating-up for recruits in the neighbouring townships, and, between eleven and twelve, about 70(J) persons had thus been collected together in the Market-place. At no stage of the proceedings did the num bers exceed 2000, three-fourths at least being women and children. The meeting was attended by Stephens, and another rev. gentleman ' named Jackson, of Leigh. The proceedings are-described to have been of an inflammatory and abusive character. I.IOGD AND THE LONDON HORSES.—To a " pTo vine ial" who has on eye to the sublime in horse-flesh, the London waggon steeds rivit his attention at the very outset. This was decidedly the case with James Elogg; and the young gentle man who acted as cierone to him during his visit to the me trupolis informed us, that though he often called his attention to scenes of interest, articles of vertu, or to an equipage adorned by a galaxy of London fair ones, the Bard of Yar row, having his eye on a glorious team; inure than once re plied, " Odd, man, never mind the trifles; but did ever mor tal see sic splendid brutes ?"—Diunfries Courier. MUNIFICENT BEQUESTS.—ID addition to the bequeSts of the late Miss Byrom of £lOOO to the Infimary, and £5OO to the Lying-in Hospital, which we announced last week, we understand that this benevolent lady left £5OO to the Ladies' Jubilee Charity School, £501) to the House of Recovery, £5BO for the repairs of St. John's Church (built by her father.) £3OO to the Eye Institution, and £3OO to the Warrington Charity fur the Relief of the Widows and Orphans of the Clergy.—Surely it may be said of her, that she died not only full of years, but of good works. In her a name, which has been long connected with the history of Manchester, has passed away ; but "The memory of the just is blessed."— Manchester Courier. BIRMINGHAM BURGFSS RoLL.—If we are correctly in formed, in the parish of Birmingham alone, out of about 3500 names on the list, not fewer than 1200 unqualified persons are returned as burgesses. The manner in which the bur gess list for Deritend and Brodesley is made out, is still more disgraceful than even that for the parish of Birmingham. We are informed, upon an authority in which we can pl.►ce implicit confidence, that out of about 1500 names placed on the list, 900 have, in reality, no right of voting, while many of the most respectable householders, who have been rated to the poor for a number of years—as it appears to us— simply because they are respectable and not radicals, have been carefully omitted from the burgess roll.— Birmingham Advertiser. THE Auctintsuor OF YouK.—On Sunday last the vener; able Archbishop of York preach his farewell sermon at th cathedral in that city. There were present the Earl de Grey, Viscount Milton, the officers and the men of the Yorkshire Hussars, and almost all the menab•!rs of the Vernon families. His grace said he bad now reached his eighty-fourth year, and that he felt he must refrain. from preaching at his advanced age: The congregation might not again hear his service ; but he entreated them to live according to and he guided by the precepts of Chritian faith; as it must render them happier, wiser, and better members of society, and in sure them immortal glory.—York Herald. MRTEoRoLoGic AL SOCIETY. --At a meeting of this society on Wednesday last, a communication was read from Mr. Charles Green, the aeronaut, on the variety of currents in the atmosphere in England. He expressed his opinion that in England, at a great elevation, the -north-west current generally prevailed throughout the year without reference to the direction of the wind near the earth, which constant cur rent is at an elevation of from 3,000 to 14,000 feet. This upper current carries his balloon at the rate of about six miles an hour, whilst the lower current will carry him at a rate of thirty miles per hour. He states that in one of his ascents from Liverpool he entered the constant current at an elevation of 14,000 feet, and descended into a lower south-east current at the height of 12,0 W feet, the former carrying his balloon at the rate of five miles, and the latter at a rate of 801Irniles per hour. The greatest speed he ever travelled was 97 miles in fifty-eight minutes, and his speed has often been froth GO to 80 miles an hour. The next paper read was from Mr. Manerly, of the Royal Academy of Gosport, on the aurora borealis, from observations made-for a period of twenty five years. After advancing a theory upon the subject, he stated, from a long series of observations„that rain and wind invatiably come on in twenty-four hours atter the disap %/I 4e VALC:E OFGIBRALTER TO GREAT BRITAIN.—The value of Gibraltar to Great Britain has been questioned by a recent writer on Spain, who doubts whether it be worth preserving.' "The command of the ,Mediterranean," he observes, be longs to the strongest fleet." This—albeit a debateable pro position—l will not stop to dispute, since what Gibraltar claims is simply the command of the entrance to the Medi terranean, and that clearly belongs to the power which can most readily keep a force near at hand to prevent all ingress and egress. Now, Gibraltar is so situated as to enable Great Britain to do this with very small naval means; whereas it would require a fleet of any other nation to watch the straits, because that power would have also to blockade the port of Gibraltar. This any one at all acquainted with the locaii• ties, the pr-vailing winds, &e. will readily admit to be at times an impossibility; and on every occasion that the blockading squadron might be driv e n fromits cruiziug ground, the com mand of the straits would again be possessed by Gibraltar, should its batteries shelter but a few gun boats. The im portance of Gibraltar will increase tenfold in the event of steam war, as every thing hill then depend upon the vicinity of the contending parties to their coal depots.— Scott's Ronda and Granada. NOVEL. SPORTING —A great, uncouth, savage-looking fel low, named John Whittaker, was brought before the ma gistrates, at the New Bailey, or. Tuesday, charged with hav ing attempted to shoot his sister, with a pisiol, on the evening before. She stated that, without any provocation whatsoever on her part, her brother entered her shop on last Monday evening, and, presenting a pistol at her, threatened to blow her brains out.—Being desired by the magistrates to say why he conducted himself in so extraordinary a manner to her, she repeated that she knew nu cause for it, except drink. Ile was inebriated at the time, and it was not once alone he so menaced her.during the evening —he returned to her shop, and acted in a similar manner four or five times. She was afraid of-her life, and wished to have him bound over. —The prisoner stated, that he had been shooting sparrows with his pistol, and being somewhat in drink, he raised the pistol to his sister, for a joke—but he had no intention of doing her any harm. The pistol was not loaded.—To prevent a repe tition of such dangerous jokes at the end of a day's drunken sparrow shooting, he was ordered to find two sureties in LIU each,. and himself in £2O. to keep the peace forthree months. —Manchester Courier. RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—Ou Wednesday morning last, a rather serious accident happened on the Bolton and Leigh line of railway; but it was fortunately not attended with loss of life. Our readers are probably aware that' oh this line there is only one pair of rails, and, therefore,, whatever has either to pass along or return must do 'so On the same rails. On the morning in question, we understand the train con veying passengers from Bolton to the Kenyon Junction, started at a quarter past seven, the usual time, and arrived at Bag- Lane. When it reached there, it was found that a train of goods, which should have arrived, had nut, and there fore it was thought the train had not set off. Such anticipa tions, however, proved erroneous; for the passenger train had not proceeded far down the incline, before it came in contact with the luggage train, which was being drawn up by the stationary engine; and such was the violence of the con cussion, that most of the carriages were shivered all to pieces. There were seven passengers in the carriage next to the en gine, all of whom are more or less injured. and the two engi neers dangerously. One, named Collier, had his leg fractured to such an extent as to render amputation necessary. We understand the accident arose ill- consequence of the dense fog which has prevailed these last few days, and which pre vented the trains being seen, until too near each other to prevent mischief. The cause of the luggage train not being apt Bag Lane, as was expected, arose from the slippery state of the rails, which impeded its progress.—Wigan Gazette. ACCIDENT ON THE NORTH UNION RAILWAY. Parkside, Friday London mail which left ,Manchester at three o'clock, was detained at this Place between two and three hours, waiting for the arrival of the northern mails, rs hich should have arrived by the North . Union Railway train, leaving-Preston at 2 A.M. ' Ultimately the Manchester train proceeded on without the bags, under the charge of a guard from the Manchester post office to Birmingham. The cause of the detention was an accident that occurred to the north union train, which we regret to state, was caused by the wil ful and malicious act of some person, at present unknown to the directors of the North Union Company. The train left Preston at the usual hour, and had proceeded over the narrow embankment, within a mile and a half of the Boar's Head station, about three miles on the Preston side of Wigan. Here the engine came in contact with a large block of stone placed on the rail. The concussion was felt all along the train. At a bound the engine cleared the stone, and fell over the embankment, some six or seven yards below the level of the railway. In the descent the engine was turned completely over. The concussion and sudden check fortunately broke the link of the chain which attached the engine to the tender, or the concequences of the accident would have been of a much more serious nature. Charles Elnsworth, the engineer, a married man with a young family, was on the engine at the time it went over the em bankment, and great fears were entertained for his safety. He was found shortly 'after the accident with one of his arms broken in two places, and his hand fright fully shattered. The fireman was on the tender, and received no serious injury. All the carriages were thrown off the line. There was only one passenger, a lady, on her journey to London ; she es caped uninjured, as did also the guard. The engineer was conveyed to the Boar's Head public house, where every at tention was paid him that his situation required. A post chaise was procured from Wigan, and in that the mail bags were conveyed to Newton in time to proceed on to London by the second class train, which left Manchester at half-past six. It is with much pleasure we state, that the lady who was in the mail at the time of the accident, had sufficiently recovered from the effects of the fright, as to be enabled to pursue her journey at noon. The trains from Manchester. Liverpool, and Birmingham, were taken on by the " Fury," an engine belonging to the directors of the Liverpool and Manchester railway Company.— Manchester Chronicle. SULPHUREOUS AND SALINE FOUNTAIN AT MAWDESLEY. —This fountain, which has been so long springing alinost unknown and unnoticed, is, we have the pleasure to announce, about to be brought into repute. Numbers are daily flocking unto it to carry away or drink of the waters; and a gentle man from Liverpool has taken a lease of the field wherein the spring is situated, for time purpose of there erecting hot and cold baths. Had this spring been more generally known, it would have been more generally frequented; for its water, in Every respect, is equal to that of Harrogate. Mr. Haugh ton, a medical gentleman of Ormskirk, to whom the greatest credit is due for his endeavours to introduce the fountain into note, -informs us that the water in no way differs from the Harioaate, either in its properties or ingredients. He has lately analysed it, and finds its component parts to he sul .phureited hydrogen, carbonic acid, lime, and common salt. Mr. Coxless, surgeon, of Preston, to whom a bottle of the water has been submitted fir examination, likewise pro nounces it analogous in its leading chemical characteristics to the sulphureous waters of Harrogate, Moffat, and Aix-'a- Chapelle. Its medicinal properties he describes as diapho retic and diuretic. and says it may be beneficially adminis tered in some forms of dyspepsia, hypochoudriasis, &c., and is likely to be particulaillv; useful either when given internally or used . externally as a lotion in certain chronic cutaneous affections. -- Preston Chronicle. CORRESPONDENCE. SIR GEORGE ARTHUR AND HIS BUTCHERIES IN UPPER CANADA." 7'O THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Slit,—The liberal, or Whig-tadical papers of England have been lavishing their venomous attacks upon the brave and loyal defenders of the constitution and allegiance to their youthful Sovereign, of the provinces of the Canadas, and , copying the execrabla sentiments of - one of the Must diabo lical fiends in human shape, William Lyon Mlienzie, have dared to stigmatize the deserved and most proper execution of Lount and Mathews, two notorious rebels, as the "But chery of Sir George Arthur"! It is our misfortune that even at this day the Canadas and the people are so little known and understood in England, a.gd so trifling a degree of credit given by our friends at home to men who, braving the perils and rigours of this northern clime, in the depth of winter, with only the clothes they stood in, rushed in thou sands to expel the rebel crew, and defend their altars and their firesides front as wicked and crafty an enemy as the world ever produced. Yet we ate told, from very high autho rity, that plunder only was the object of these misguided and mistaken men! The crime being of small amount, the punishment must be in ratio! Admirable reasoning, fora smith ! The good folks at home, beguiled by that most cor rupt and lying press of the frontier of the United States, re echoed by the venal radical writers at home, and trumpeted forth by that most immaculate Grecian, Joseph Hume, in his place in the Ilouse of Commons, are led to believe the thrice-told tale, that these men are martyrs to the cause of liberty and conscience—the men who risked their lives to protect their country, stigmatized as blood-thirsty tyrants— and the gallant but too humane Lieutenant-Governor held tie to public observation as a delighter in the shedding of blood, even against the remonstrance of his council!! Jus tice to Sir George Arthur demands that the most unqualified contradiction be given to these mendacious assertions: the minutes or the council obtained front Lord Glenelg and Mr. Hume, and transmitted by him to M'Kenzie, sufficiently refute the latter charge; and the relation of the following facts, as an rye-witness connected with the proceedings of the last insurrectionary movement, will be a satisfactory reply to these slanderous and indecorous charges against this high minded officer. I was present when three Indian chiefs, who were bringing up it body of 3Qolndiansto hem the rebels in, by a simultaneou s movement of the troops from Toronto, were introduced to his Excellency, at the Clifton House, Niagara Falls, in June last. - After some conversation as to the line of march, &c., the Lieut.-Governor, addressing them in warm and energetic language en the duty of humanity to prisoners, desired most imperatively that "no lives should he taken, no blood shed, if it was possible to avoid it ! Take theni prisoners, but spare their lives, inv friends,"—which they solemnly promised to observe. Instead of ordering the immediate execution of every scoundrel taken in arms, by a drum-head court martial, (which ought to have been done,) a commission, after some delay, was sent over—trill by jury allowed—every delay asked for granted—and the prosecution carried on in so humane a manner by this Solicitor-General (Mr. Draper), as to call forth tine unanimous applause of the counsel for the prisoners. Only one, as yet, has been executed! Sir George Arthur as little deserves these oppro brious epithets as the gallant hero of many battles, Sir John Colborne, whose memory will be handed down to posterity by thousands and tens of thousands of grateful hearts, as the preserver of his country from-the fangs of as blood-thirsty set of cowardly assassins as ever handled a pike; while the recollection of Lords Gosford and Glenelg, " Noodle and Doodle," will be transmitted in execration and ineffable con tempt. The truth is, all this false leniency and puling sen timentality is most injurious to the best interests of the pro vinces: the honest and the good are disgusted to find them selves treated with coldness and indifference, while the guilty and disaffected are openly encouraged and rewarded here and at home; ex. gr., the notorious Chapman, the well-known mover of the rebellion in Lower Canada, author of the in flammatory letters from London to the Correspondent and Advocate, the hired assistant of Roebuck in all his treason able efforts to produce bloodshed and murder in the pro vinces, is rewarded by the " little Lord Jibe" with a place and a salary, as an encouragement to others of the same stamp to follow so good an example!—and that most noble " Lord Goosey," who found a colony in peace and left it in flames, by his own folly and imbecility, is honoured with the Order of the Bath ! What insult to loyalty is this! The same conduct is pursued here. Men who have pushed the affair on, or kept in the rear while the battle was raging in front, wilfully withholding their services and their means when required, have fattened on the plunder of simple John Bull, and gorged themselves in the spoil. Sutherland, the Yankee robber, whose exploits are written in letters of blood, in the western district, is pardoned, unconditionally!—his wicked associate in crime, Theller, whose life is doubly for feited, is reprieved !—the guilty authors of the rebellion in Lower Canada shipped off to enjoy the agreeable recreation of spending a few moons in that delightful retreat, the Ber mudas, supplied with every delicacy- and luxury the stores of Quebec could afford, to make their short sojourn pleasant and agreeable; this is the "otium cum dignitate" of male factors with a vengeance! It is due to the loyal people of Canada, that the real characters of certain individuals con nected with the late transactions should be correctly under stood in England. William Lyon M'Kenzie is a liar of the first water, a cheat, a !swindler, a bad husband turd a most wicked father, a rebel to his Queen, an infidel, an arsoner, mail robber, and a murderer!—t o crown all, the right-hand man of Hume and Roebuck ! Hear this, ye credulous dupes of whiff-radical principles! Lount, a Yankee, was an illite rate ruffian, a bad husband, a wicket father, a Sabbath breaker, a rebel. a manufacturer of pikes; he was a black smith, and elected to serve as a member of the House of Assembly in the radical parliament ! !—and, but for Gibson, the murderer in cold blood of all the prisoners captured in Yonge-street. Of Mathews I know little; but firmly believe he richly deserved his fate; they both pleaded guilty, and acknowledged the justice of the sentence. How far the mis creant Theller and his. gang deserved the clemency of the home government, -I leave to- the brave and injured men of the western district, headed by that prince of good fellows, Col. Prince, to relate. A hare recital of all their sufferings, trials and vexations—harassing marches in the intense cold of winter, night and day, -in the pitiless storm or freezing blast—their want of food and clothing—the exposure of their wives and daughters to the - merciless attacks of these despe radoes, to avoid which they were compelled to flee to the woods for protection and shelter, and one most excellent lady, the wife of a distinguished gentleman f lost her life in consequence! Their subsequent ill treatment by the Com missary -General will create a feeling of astonishment in the breasts of the honest people of Old England, to learn that their brethren in Canada have been subjected to such un merited indignities, abuse, and neglect. On the frontier, in the late insurrectionary movement, the gallant militia of the district. of Niagara, leaving their harvest to waste, exposed to the noonday sun and the dews of night, rushed at once to the scene of danger, staking a forced march of jinly miles— some with arms, many without,—and, without the assistance of a single soldier, captured the whole gang! The object of the attack tin the Lancers was the murder of Cornet Heath --the plunder of the arms and horses of the men—the rob bery of Mr. OvertrolPs house of IAX/dollars in the dead of night—with the intended murder of Mr. Davis, postmaster, who escaped by a miraele. If these midnight assassins are to be pardoned or reprieved from death, their just doom, how are the peaceable and well-disposed to be protected ? M'Cleod was pardoned by the late Lieut.-Governor at To ronto, and yet we find him one of the most desperate of the gang! If mercy is thus bestowed upon the guilty, where is justice to the honest and innocent? The consequence must be, that Lynch law in future will usurp the place of the good old law of the land; and as our sympatbising neighbours are preparing for anoth er campaign, on the closure of the navi gation, we shall then probably be enabled to chew which is the best preventative of crime—false and injudicious mercy, or just and immediate punishment. I remain, Sir, yours most obediently, JOHN MEWBURN. Stamjiml, near the Falls of Niagara, Upper Canada. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. TO THE EDITOR OP 7"/ IE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. I hope you will pardon the liberty I so frequently take of addressing you, but I cannot .suffer my property to be at tacked publicly by men who are either ignorantly or malici ously led with impunity. To notice every diabolical and ma lignant slander thr own at t h e G reat Western Railway and its Managers would be an endless task, so numerous are the inventions of the enemy, and so ready is a part of the press, (called hireliag,) to insert them. The vile calumnies which the Railway Times (much better known toy the familiar ap pellation of the "London Story Teller") has from time to time vomited forth to serve interested purposes, by endea vouring to excite hatred towards the directors and Mr. Brunel, has led many to believe, that that journal receives its principal support from Liverpool or Bristol. Indeed, so many of the charges made against the Great 'Western Rail way in the leading articles of that journal, and so many also under the pretended signatt.re of so and so, bear such a strict analogy to the general conversation and calumnies heard on 'change, that no doubt can be entertained of the surmise being correct, and that they emanate from a certain set of speculators in this town, who, although respectable as regards wealth, yet condescend to publish that which they know to be false, for the purpose.ef amassing it. A railway journal was long found to be a necessary desideratum by the scientific railway sharks, (called speculators,) for the pur pose of satisfying their rapacity, by preying upon the fears of the weak and timid by fictitiousre . ports.of exaggerated dis asters, or fancied prospects of success. Expediency •has caused this journal to-he published in- - London, and that its ramifications might be complete,'a letterabox ha s Been opened in Liverpool, for the purpose of traasmitting (free of postage) • all railway communications from this neighbourhood. I should be sorry to denounce any - railway publication if I could but see that its object was to disseminate truth in lieu of error; and to endeavour by laudable means to protect the innocent holder of shares from getting into the jaws of the Railway Shark; but I tarn crimpelled to say of the above journal that it does not participate in the character of being one of the best public instructors - upon railway matters. If the editor of the Railway Times be (as he professes to h.) really a disinterested adviser, why' is he so anxious to heap abuse and misrepresentation continually upon the Great Western alone? if he be the Pure and disinterested advo cate for elucidating.all that is good and bad in railways for the advantage of the public, why no t f avour t h e pu b lic occa sionally with his editorial opinions upon the cost, manage ment, income, &c, of sonic of the other great lines formed and in a state of formation ? • There are many that have and will cost more than the Great Western, but or these we never bear a word, which clearly shows that he has little to do with principles of honour, but those of profit; and that he is not an inquirer after truth, but seeks how to confound it. Re cently the editor ihforined the public that "he was some thing more than a proprietor" in the Great Western; if so, he certainly could furnish something like an authority for his assertions, and net baselV attempt to blacken the Great Western Railway with such silly sarcasms as " Brunel's Whistle," " Whimsey," " Prodigy," &c. If the Great Western is to be assailed, let it be with facts and real argu ment, not with unsupported assertion and sophistry. I am clearly of opinion, that if half the charges made by the Rail way Times ag ainst the Great Western were capable of pr oo f, they would be named with date and place to prove their authority; and so long as this proof be wanting, the only conclusion every homiest, sensible, and unbiassed man can come to is, that the Railway Times contains more falsehood than truth, and that Mr. Brunel, with the directors, have shewn their good sense by not taking the slightest notice of the vile attacks upon them. There is no necessity for our local opinions being expressed in London papers ; it is, therefore, pleasing to observe, that your valuable paper is approximating mu utility to a respectable Liverpool Railway Times, from the valuable information it contains, and the liberal manner in which its columns are tlirown open for free discussion. It is rather extraordinary that Liverpool, long ere this, has never had a journal devoted entirely to railway statistics. Lancashire holds considerably more rail way shares than any two ceunties in England, and why not s have one ? It might be edited and conducted upon princi ples of honour and integrity; and if a few gentlemen ac quainted a it h the arts and sciences could be prevailed upon to become its active supporters and correspondents, its pages no doubt would become the organ of communication and discussion upon railway matters in general, and more parti cularly such as are interesting to the good old to wn ..t . Liver. pool. R es ia rs , seeing one's name in print occasionally would have the effect of creating a national emulation, and the Li verpool Railway Times woulil very soon iteCOITIC a depository for thought s of selid infotmation and instruction upon railways. Liverpool awl Manchester have a direct interest in the pre• servation, advancement, and improvement of railways; and I can just fancy a publication it. which the intelligent holders of shares for investment take upon themselves that part of the Liverpool limes illustrative of fair dealing, suit showing the advantages to he derived from steady honesty; then the holders of scrip hold upon speculation, credit, or time bargain, taking up.in themselves the part of developing railway trickery and t.:tibterfu.zy is all its parts, next the in's and out's of a sharebroker's office (dealers on their own ac count) might probably be made familiar, by some expelled clerk, one or two who have failed in the trade. If such a work could be established here, the cause of truth and justice would have many advantages in combatting misrepresenta tion and calumny; and a stay would also be put upon Liver pool opinions being thrown into a London Railway Times; it would also familial ize and make us all so intimately ac quainted with every thing connected with railways, that we should hear of few being fleeced, and fewer becoming rich upon no capital. - A - trading man is an hononr to, and support of society. but I ant no advocate for trading upon chicane' y, but unshaken integrity between man and man, grounded upon real capital. If I were to consult my own inclinations, 1 should probably feel disposed to enter into an expose of railway trickery; but being more ebaritably disposed (at present) front a conscientious opinion, that the puny efforts of the malignant vilifiers of the Great Western will meet front the public that odium which the deliberate slanderer so justly merits. I refrain from doing thi s . I regre t t o find that Hr. Hoyes has no better regard for himself than to colt tnaue his reckless and futile attempts (through the Railway Times) upon the character of Air. Brunel, and my pity for him is magnified, from his being accounted to be ell able and intelligent man, whose .ntly vexation appears to be, the non fulfilment of an insatiable pride, in the expulsion of an ho nourable and talented man. It is commonly reported that the party of whom Mr. Hoyes is the leader, intend, bs a most miserable act, (it is said they are subdividing their shares to increase their votes,) to attempt the expulsion of Mr. Brunel on the 20th of next month. 9l r. Hoyes, certainly, is not unsupported in his object, for I lake the writer of a letter signed G.C., in last week's Railway Times, to he a pupil of his; the latter having ventured to intrude himself upon the notice of the public as a calculating boy, under the impres sion of rendering a most valuable piece of information, viz , "the future prospects and return of the Great Western Rail way." Without the slightest desire of putting my labours in competition with G. C., or any other calculator upon the return of the Great Western, or any other railway, still I do consider myself justified, from the arithmetic I sin possessed of, and being a shareholder, to correct, if possible, that which appears to the to be the emanation of a vitiated mind, dealt out for the purpose of assisting the conspiracy for bringing into disgrace a body of men (and an undertaking) whose labours and integrity may be rslied upon with safety, and whose characters will bear comparison with any body in the kingdom.. Notwithstanding the Great Western directors are some of the first commercial and hest educated men to he found, yet G. C. labours disingenuously to show that they are as a railway board the most childish and most devoid of com mon sense (I may here remark, that it only requires a good mathematical education, joined with good common sense and a little experience, to be an engineer; and to be a good director, nothing more is required than real honesty in deci ding upon matters submitted by the engineer for considera timt) of any other railway board in England, either great or small. Such are G. C.'s opinions of the Great Western di rectors; let us review the context of his letter. First, he considers " what return are the proprietors likely to receive under the present management. Secondly, that the actual amount of revenue for 4 months to Maidenhead from passen gers has been about £29,700; and that the nett revenue (after deducting expenses) of the whole line, admitting the income for the 22 miles as a data for calculation, will be from passengers £l9OO per mile. Thirdly, that the splendid revenue of the Great Western will yield a dividend of £4 4s. Gil. per cent, upon passengers. Fourthly, that the road will cost £45,000 per mile, and the incidental expenses will be 50 ~er cent, upon the gross income; and that other companies are able to borrow money on bond at and 4 per cent., whilst the Great Western is paying 5 per cent. And lastly, that the Grand Junction, or any other line executed with economy; with such a revenue, would yield a dividend of 10 per cesst."—When men take upon themselves to pub lish errors, they should at least show a disposition to exhibit the whole truth, without which a man becomes guilty of pre varication, and the crime of injuring his neighbour without grounds may be laid to his charge. So it is with the principal part of the foregoing remarks of G. C. Some are taken from. the directors' own report, some (essential parts) are taken front his own imagination, and, taking them as a whole, you are -intuitively led to pronounce them as intended to pro duce a false impression upon the minds of the proprietary against the meeting to take place on the 20th of next month. It is an error for G. C. to AMY that the Great Western will cost £45,000 per mile. The directors say it will cost less than £40,000 per mile. It is an error for him to say that other railway companies can borrow money at 3% and 4 per cent. If so, why did he not name them? There is an absolute want of candour through ont G. C.'s letter, and the words from passengers upon passen gers are placed so ambiguously, that a superficial reader is apt to pass the real meaning. G. C. never once alludes to the expected revenue from merchandise, cattle, coal, &c., as proved before parliament, which admits of both his calcula tions and his policy being impugned. It is sufficient, there fore, for my present purpose to show that no one who is not anxious to calumniate the Great Western, could possibly come to the same conclusions as G. C. i. e., that it will never snake an ample return for the capital laid out. To do this it will only require one of G. C.'s own admissions to show that the Great Western railway has little to fear from such puny assailants, and also that he knows very little of comparative estimates, and much less of truth. The next time G. C. at tacks the Great Western, whether by himself or in conjunc tion with others, let me advise him to use different weapons — instead of slander and falsehood, demonstrate with truth, jus tice, and judgment. If the actual income from the directors own report Jro jiver months, upon the fractional pale of the line to Maidenhead (22 miles) be £29,700 —that is equal to £B9.loo—per annum for the 22 miles—now If 22 miles get £89,100, what will 117 miles ..... £473,850 Add revenue, as proved before parliament, arising front cattle, merchandise, &c. Deduct for every incidental charge 40 per cent. upon the gross income (though it is believed it will be less) Amount disposable for dividends £156,694 Suppose the capital to consist of £3,250,000, of shares paid up, on which a dividend of eleven per cent. is paid Suppose the capital to consist of £1,500,000 of bonds bearing interest at 5 per cent. . 75,00 0 Suppose for additional expenditure or carried to re serve fund 24,194 £456,69•} The above result differs from G. C.'s very materially. If it be wrong, I shall be glad to acknowledge it ; if it be right, I hope G. C. will make restitution. The above can only be a criterion, for I see no reason why the Great Western should not look for the same prospective decrease as other lines when completed. The traffic i❑ passengers upon the 22 miles has exceeded that of any other railway rit. the kingdom, and yet Out of Arty-six coaches conning out of London to the West of England, only ten run as yet upon the Great Western. G. C.'s calculations appear to have cost him considerable labour though to me they appear to be of little or no use to the public, except to mislead, yet he thinks he has been 17104 i❑ allowing the whole line (as he states) the same re sults as the fractional part of twenty-two miles, There is not one generous thought in G. C.'s valuation of the Great Western, and I think he may rest assured that the Great Western proprietors are generally men of too much discrimi nation and discernment than to be led astray by calculations and conclusions grounded ns G. C.'s appear to be upon the very worst of motives. It wouid be an invidious occupation to draw comparisons of income with other great lines, but the Great Western with its future property, or even now, will bear comparison with either the London and Birmingham , Liverpool and Manchester, or the Grand Junction, bearing in mind that the latter line can scarcely be said to be more than one-half made, and that at some future period they must almost double their present capital by an independent line into Liverpool. I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, \VM. WATCH, SHAREHOLDER. Liverpool, Nov. 17, 1838. INFIDELITY versus SOCIALISM. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. 111,.—..1 have observed a notice placarded on• the walls of this town, announcing a PUBLIC DISCUSSION, to be held od e Tuesday evening next, b e t ween a person ca lli ng himsel f " The Rev. R. Carlile," and a "Mr. Lloyd Jones ;" on which occasion the former gentleman undertakes to prove the fallacy of Robert Owen's principles of SOCIALISM, which every °' knows are fuunded in infidelity. Hence some persons may be incl. ced to suppose that this " Rev. B. Carlile" is an ad vocate of Bible Christianity, and even a minister of t he Gospel in some christian society, whom it may be necessary' to undeceive. He is the same individual -who some year s ago exhibited himself as the avowed champion of infidelity' ; and who, in conjunction with the equally •‘ Reverend Robert Taylor," traversed the kingdom for the purpose of propagat ing their diabolical principles of atheistical blaspheinY• According to Mr. Carlile's own testimony, recently borne in rirint, in M.S. correspondence, and in verbal conversation know that .his principles of infidelity have undergone lie change; and that he is now the paid agent of a society en gaged in their promulgation. Mr. Carlile has latterly an" nounced himself as a " Tiinitarian Christian," but he does not believe in the existence of a God, or of any other spi rit in the universe, except that of Man; which lie asserts to be the intellectual offspring of a material world, which lat ter object constitutes "the FATHE R " in Mr : C.'s "Trinity!': t ° whom, however, .be explicitly denies, the possessinn the faculties of intelligence, conception; or design. In-the sam e atheistical system of falsehood and d ece pti o n, the human s" u, is" the Son," and its highest p r i nc ipl es o r qualities of "r" f " dom and affection, "the H oLy GHOST !" Such is the tex ture of the flimsy mask which this arch-hypocrite in theology has thrown over his immutable atheism, as a lure to entrap unisary souls in the meshes of his tissue of atheistic infidelity: Your insertion of this caution in your excellent paper ! R il l ' therefore, confer a benefit on the Christian community Id this town, and Oblige A BIBLE CHRISTIAN• Liverpool, 19th Nor., 1838. TO THOMAS HARVEY, ELQ. Slit,—On my reaching home this evening, I found yourself justification n e o o f f your sums sP c special e deem fh m o h t e a r s n , the ward, and, Met entre consider us your constituents, hav ingda:?tldw.erel.pfroe; a right to an explanation of your conduct, and this may account for your honouri ng me w i t h one o f y our c irculars. -- In sending out circulars. you have adopted a mode of a new councilman explaining of his conduct, which gives promis e your future activity in our service. As you conclude your plea (rather dogmatically) wit h these words—"'l'o my mind these claims are satisfactory'. You will. of course, form your own judgment." I beg to gi v A e you my judgment, which is, that your defence, (unsolictleu as it was,) is not made out, and that you rather aggravate your conduct than jnstify it. In your straightforward proceeding, in resigning rt situation, and refusing " to consult the Town-clerk," I b ai l hoped better things of you. and have often said, that if electe d, you would make a good councillor; but I must now think otherwise, when I find your conduct as candidate and coun cillor, is so much at variance ; and I begin to opine, that the Solicitorship to the Dock Estate, was nut so very desirable: and that the work was laborious, the clients edgeway s, remuneration inadequate. not Your special plea saes , " every man should t ake care to concede a principle. ; ' 1 say also every man should take ease not to violate a principle—and, therefore, I should haye preparing. better satisfied if von had taken half the paias p a plea which could have justified your disregar.u, of all principle, in submitting to lie a candidate for our wryod after you had sat in judgment upon the burgess roll. I ,_ told us in your address that you were requested to consent to be nominated, so far back as May last, and therefore yott had every opportunity of resigning the office of revising,. assessor, before the revision t ook p lace in October. WhYt you acted the indelicate part of delaying your resigna,ijit(ill until after the revision, is hest known to y ourself.' It w have been more satisfactory to some of y our p ersimal frienti! and supporters, as well as to myself, had you held your seat in the council (which you petsonally canvassed for tirolarly ardently) under less suspicious circumstances, par as your resignation before the day of revision would b as e left no loom for immtiks of an unpleasant nature, wh ich I ne ar 'will not be eff iced so long as you remain in the council. f a ncy you deemed it more suitable to sour wishes to revis e . ! the lists yoursel f ; and as the act sass —" a you, 7 0 ma y resign his office at any time , on paving," &c. e luded your seat,_ if returned. would be quite safe so lon_i„,ea: you he l et t er of the law, though disregardless n eac s pirit. " Every map should take care nut to co principle." Y ours, &c., SS OF A CONSERVATIVE BUR E S RODNEY-STUEET WARD. Saturday evening.