The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-11-02 00:00:00

-74 r-. :.• `t AMERICA. FOREIGN (5- CO LONIAL INTELLIGENCE. - By the Royal mail steam-ship Hibernia, Captain Ryrie, we have advices from New York to the 15th, Boston to the 16th, and Halifax to the 18th inst. respectively. She brings 90 passengers, and £12,000 in specie. The Hibernia spoke the Cambria on the morning. of the 18th between Halifax and Boston, where she would arrive on the evening of the 18th. • Our accounts from Mexico, though mere rumours, are interesting. Santa Anna was stated to be at Guadaloupe, whence it was expected he would retreat to Oaxaca. This, however, is contradicted by rumours which report that the American troops, after taking the city of Mexico, bad numerous severe conflicts with the almost innumera ble swarm of Leperos who inhabited and surrounded the capital, and that the latter finally became so annoying and destructive that they obtained the advantage over the American troops, who were finally under the necessity of retiring from the city. It is further said that Santa Anna bad left his quarters at Guadaloupe, and returned to the capital at the head of an army of 10,000 regular troops, and that fighting had been resumed and was still going on desperately at the last accounts. It was further stated that in consequence of the above report the Mexicans had become inspirited, and were flying to arms throughout the country. 3,000 were reported to have gathered at Victoria. In consequence of these reports, great anxiety was felt for the troops under General Scott. A rumour, which is confirmed, states that Santa Anna bad resigned the Presidency, and that the instrument of resignation was dated from Guadaloupe the 16th of Sep..; but that the Mexican people were not disposed to receive it, and had again placed him at the head of the army. There is no confirmation of the report that Santa Anna had been wounded. Among other improbable rumours, it is stated that General Herrera is now in command of the army, and will proceed with 14,000 men to station himself at Que retaro, where it is intended that the Mexican Congress shall reassemble. It is also said, that Santa Anna has moved towards Puebla with 2,000 horse, and that Paredes is raising troops with some success in the state of Jalisco. - The New York Express says :—" There was a report_ by the last arrival from Vera Cruz, that General Quitman. with 4,000 men, had left the Mexican capital for the pur pose of opening communications with the coast. But we hardly think General Scott would deem it advisable to weaken his force in the capital so much as would be necessary to carry out this movement. Obviously the communications ought to be opened from below." General Rea is said to have gotten full possession of Puebla, but the Americans were pouring a deadly fire upon his troops from the surrounding heights command ing the town. Large reinforcements of American troops were on their way from Vera Cruz to the Mexican capital. By the last accounts from Vera Cruz, September 25, there was an American force of 2,500 men at the National-bridge, under General Lane ; another of about 1000 men at Jalapa, under Major Lally ; a garrison of a few hundred men at the fortress of Perote ; and another of about 1000 men at Puebla, under Colonel Childs. The greater part of the force at the National-bridge was immediately to march for Jalapa, where it would be joined by Major Lally's command, or a part of it, and proceed to Perote, and thence to Puebla and Mexico, to reinforce the main army under General Scott. General Cushing's diiision of about 2000 men was daily expected at Vera Cruz from the Brazos, and would forthwith advance to the support of General Lane. As Lane's division will encounter opposition from the guerrillas, particularly at Cerro Gordo, where considerable fortifications are said to have been erected; it is probable that by the time he rerches Perote, General Cashing will come up, which will swell the advancing column to 5,000 men. The intelligence respecting the growing crop of cotton continues very favourable. The weather continued fine throughout the cotton-growing states • and there were no estimates below 2,000,000 or 2,200,000ba1es ; whilst some parties calculated that if no frost should occur before the end of the present month, even the larger estimate would be found too low. According to present appear ances, in this country and the United States, our cotton manufacturers are not likely to suffer next year, from any serious deficiency of the raw material. NEW ZEALAND. Advices from New Zealand up to the 18th of June give an account of a smart engagement between her Majesty's troops and the tribe of the Maories, provoked by the at tack of the latter upon Wanganui, in which it does not appear that the governor or his men have gained any ad vantage. The attack of the Maories upon 'Wanganui was made about the end of May, and they fired incessantly upon the men in the Stockades, and plundered the houses which were outside. Lieutenant Holmes, of her Ma jesty's ship Calliope, and the crew of a gun boat, returned the fire with great vigour and bravery, being exposed for many hours, but their gun was finally disabled. No lives were lost on our side, but several of the enemy were killed, including two chiefs, Makeu and Tutua, who were killed simultaneously, while quarrelling about the plunder of Mr. Churton's house. Governor Grey, hearing of the attack, proceeded to Wanganvi with 100 men of the 65th, and 80 sailors ; but not thinking it prudent to attack the natives with that force, returned to Wellington, and set out again, accompanied by Te Whero Whero and Tomate Waka, two friendly chiefs, and a force of soldiers, sailors, marines, pace, and volunteers, amounting to 700 men, com manded by Lieutenant Colonel M'Cleverty, and Captains Stanley and Hoseason. It was found impossible, how ever, to come to dose quarters with the natives. The Maorles fired from brushwood and hillocks, lying down upon their backs to load and falling flat upon their faces the moment they saw a flash from the boats. With the exception of the destruction of a few warms by the sailors, nothing material was accomplished, while the enemy's loss had been ascertained not to exceed 40 men. Ibrahim Pacha is still in quarantine in Malta. He has derived so much benefit. from change of air that he no longer, it is reported, intends proceeding beyond Malta. AN OFFERING OF DEVOTION.—The city of Venice is about to send a present to the Pope. The offering se lected for the successor of St. Peter consists of eight re markably fine pieces of cannon ! What would St. Peter have said to such a present ? The Queen Dowager arrived in Lisbon on the 22 n d. The King went out to meet the Howe in the state barge, and accompanied her Majesty on shore, and the squadron in the Tagus received her Majesty with the usual demon strations of respect. The cashier-general of the Bank of Sweden was mur dered in the streets of Stockholm on the night of the 13th instant, and his pocket-book, which is supposed to have contained valuable securities, was carried off by the mur derers, who left his watch and diamond ring untouched. A STRANGE ANNOUNCEMENT.—The following notice was posted up yesterday in several parts of the church of St. Thomas d'Aquin :—" Found in the Rue de Bac, pieces of the True Cross. The person who lost them may reclaim them at the sacristy of this church."—Galignani's Messenger. Omnibuses have appeared in Turkey. A regukx course of them has been established between Constantinople and Adrianople, by an Armenian company. These carriages carry twelve persons inside, two out, and are drawn by six horses. The journey occupies thirty-two hours : and the fare is one hundred and thirty piastres. OUR COLONIES. —The following are extracts from a letter from a gentleman in Demerara, received by the last mail :—" Three-fourths of the plantations of Demerara, according to the opinion of the oldest and most competent inhabitants, must be abandoned at the end of this year if the present ruinous prices of sugar continue. The slave holders in Surinam are extending their cultivation, and drinking Sir Robert Peel's health for the free trade prin ciples he has so cunningly carried!' THE LATE INFRACTIONS OF THE QUARANTINE LAWS AT MALTA.—We have much pleasure in announcing that the trial of Captain Tate of the brig Navy, and his wife. before the Crimi.ial Court, had ended favourably to the prisoners, both of whom were, on the 16th October, ac quitted ; as whilst the Public Prosecutor failed in proving any wilful intent, his own witnesses went the length of establishing much blameable negligence and want of due vigilance on the part of the quarantine officers. A TERRIBLE CALAMITY PROVIDENTIALLY PREVENT ED.—As the magnificent steamer Hibernia, No. 2, was on her last downward trip from Pittsburg to Cincinnati, fire was discovered in her hold, and upon raising the hatches, the flames burst out and ascended nearly to the hurricane deck, threatening almost certain destruction. The Cin cinnati Commercial says:—There were three hundred passengers on board, men, women, and children, and the alarm is said to have been terrible. The captain, a cool, energetic man, set all hands to works to save the boat, and the lives of the passengers, and by scuttling, &c., the fire was extinguished. The fire is said to have originated from the explosion of some chemicals that were in the hold. To the horror of all on board, it was discovered that some half burned casks, marked coffee, contained kegs gunpowder, surrounded by coffee, and the staves of one powder keg were actually charred ! It seems almost a miracle that the boat was not blown to atoms, and 300 soulfr i nshered into eternity. One shudders at the very thought of such imminent peril. UNPLEASANT ADVENTURE.—On the evening of the 20t1k,.as - Mr. Peel, the English Charge d'Affairs at Paris, was reboring on foot from a party in the suburbs - of Berne, hewas rudely questioned by the sentry, who de manded; inoGerman, who he was, but as the answer was given in Fr4rtch, the soldier affected not to understand )abn, and insolently renewed the question in German. Mr. Peel, haviog again stated that it was impossible for him to answer .ig a language with which he was unac quainted, the sentinel called the guard, who, aided by his companions,-tell upon the English Charge d'Affairs, who, an instant afterwards was pushed with violence into the placeintended for the detention of malefactors and vaga bonds arrested duringthe night. It was only after hav ing remained nearly =two hours in that place, and after having b een exposed during a portion of th a t ti me t o th e eOurae insults of the soldiers, who, by the way, understood French perfectly well, that Mr. Peel was set at lib er t y, i n co l ; sequence of the intervention of the agent of police. It would a ppear that, in answer tothen,tst complaints of Mr. Peei, the agent replied that w h e n there was so muc h agitation inwitzerland, no one could wonder at wh a t f" had happened. --Paris Paper. 111s71:CAL VARIETIES. ------,- Jenny Lind has re-apt neared at Berlin, and has been re ceived with enthusiasm. Our late Covent-garden fa% eliFite, Mademoiselle Alboni, has excited a prodigious sensat, '" in Paris ; though as she has only, sung at concerts, her , 4 ramatic talent has not been displayed. . • Mitt, at the Grand Miss Birch is preparing to make het ' Opera in. Paris, in the character of Ma. 44ilde ' in " Guil Irt?lee'rell." Madame Parapa, who is c.l ating,a .fitrore iiyineipal Italian theatres, is the sis - %'`'v Cl/ CU ex cellentsinger, lir. E. Seguin, \ Y , • =II \... IRELAND. On Friday week, during a high wind, a lady was blown into the canal,•near Dublin, and drowned. On, Friday last, the Custom-house officers in Newry made .a seizure of 22 barrels of American flour, in which was found concealed a large quantity of Cavendish tobacco. The steward of Mr. Skellett, of Cloncody, was shot dead on Sunday evening. The coachman of a gentleman named Sadlier, who was in the company of the murdered man, had his arm broken by the shots. THE RELIEF COMMISSION IN IRELAND. —Antici pating another scarcity of provisions, the Treasury have re-appointed 23 of the 120 naval and military officers who served under the relief commission in Ireland last year, in superintending the distribution of provisions. DISMISSAL OF ANOTHER BOARD OF GUARDIANS. — The commissioners have dismissed the Board of Guardi ans of the Union of Scariff, county of Limerick, in con sequence of their refusing to carry out the poor law; and they have appointedtwo respectable merchants of Limerick, Mr. John Joseph Fish, a Quaker, and Mr. Christie, to discharge the duties. RELIEF SUPPLIES. —The consignments of articles of food from the United States of America to the societies established for the temporary relief of the poor of Ireland, continue to take place. A vessel arrived from New York has brought, as a portion of her general cargo, 468 bags of corn, 309 barrels and 9 other packages of general pro visions, and 320 barrels of corn meal, addressed to the " Society of Friends, Dublin." The arrival took place at the port ofLiverpool, on the way to its ultimatedestination. OUTRAGES.—On Sunday night week, a party of from two to three hundred men, assembled on the lands of Ballinasloe, the property of Mr. Nolan, within two miles of this town, and having forced the keepers, who were, at the moment, on the lands, to fly, forthwith proceeded to carry off all the crops that were then on the property, and seized under distress for rent. A similar outrage, on the same night, took place on the lands of Cloonfinnane, within one mile of Swinford, in that county. This pro perty belongs to the Rev. Mr. Rutledge. Irish Popish priests are so habitually found in the ranks of disorder that their lending themselves upon any occa sion to support the laws and quell turbulence, is accounted a matter so extraordinary—we might say preternatural— as to demand the especial gratitude of the Irish executive. The priests of Killaloe acted properly on the occasion of the late riots ; and the Lord Lieutenant, in a transport of astonishment and thanksgiving, has written a compli mentary epistle to a divine whom the Freeman designates "the Right Rev. Dr. Kennedy," and whom the Irish Government address as " My Lord !" RFPEAL ASSOCIATION.—The usual weekly meeting was held on Monday, Mr. Law in the chair. The letter of the pope in reference to the Irish colleges was read, and ordered to be entered in the minutes. The speaking was principally monopolised by Mr. John O'Connell, at whose suggestion a special meeting of the association was fixed for Thursday, to express their devoted gratitude to the illustrious pontiff for his care of poor Ireland, and for all the benefits that have flowed to them and Catholicism since his reign began. The rent of the week (including £4 14s. from Liverpool, per Mr. James Livingstone), was announced at £95 10s. 7d. • SHAMEFUL ADVICE.—The Dublin Nation—the organ of Young Ireland—is urging its readers to draw their money from the savings' banks, because " if the present monetary difficulties continue, and' Ireland refuses to send her usual tribute to England, the government will deem itself justi fied in keeping all Irish funds it has in its hands." The absurdity of the advice, and the reasons for it are unfor tunately no antidote against its operating amongst an ig norant people; and what would be the effect. It would simply oblige the government to refund several millions of money, which would be drawn out of circulation in gold, to be hoarded instead in holes and old stockings. Loss OF THE TRIBUNE, SCREW STEAMER.—With much regret we announce the loss of this fine vessel, which took place at three o'clock on Wednesday morning off Carnsore Point, ten miles south of Wexford, where she went ashore amidst a dense fog, with a heavy sea running. The captain and crew, we are gratified to state, all escaped, and were, when our account left, making every exertion to save the cargo. It is thought that the vessel will be come a total wreck, and that no part of her will be saved but the engines. The Tribune left London on Friday, and encountered a desperate gale, which lasted during the entire of Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. She is the pro perty of the Senator Screw Ship Company, and was fully insured at the Dublin Underwriters' Association. KumAenionns.—The great tenant-right demonstra tion announced to take place in the county of Waterford, came off on Sunday, at Kilmacthomas, a village about fifteen miles from the city. It was attended by from 4,000 to 5,000 of the farmer and labouring classes, and a few landholders ; but the number of the latter class pre sent was very limited, there being not more than three or four persons on the platform who could be included in such a category, and their properties were not of very considerable extent. There was a large force of military on the ground appointed for the meeting to take place, consisting of the 4th Dragoon Guards and the 34th Light Infantry, together with a strong body of mounted and foot police, to preseve order. Amongst those on the plat form were—Mr. John O'Connell, M.P., who came from Dublin by special invitation to take part in the proceed ings ; Alderman Meagher, M.P ; Mr. N. M. Power, M.P. • Mr. L. Keatinge, M.P. ; Sir H. W. Barron, Bart.; the Very Rev. Dean Burke ; Mr. J. Power, at Gurteen ; the Mayor of Waterford, and about forty Roman Catholic clergymen. THE NATIONAL BOARD.—The Rev. Mortimer O'Sul livan is at present publishing a series of letters, to de monstrate his consistency and Scriptural faithfulness in opposing the national system of education in Ireland. We extract the following paragraph from one of the let ters :—" Has ruin fallen upon our schools ? In the year 1839. the year in which the Church Education Society commenced its labours, there were under its charge 825 schools, 43,627 pupils. In the course of five years the schools had increased to the number of 1,812, the pupils to 104,968; and notwithstanding the unparalleled dis tresses of the last two years, which had the serious effect of lessening the attendance of children upon instruction. the number of schools had increased to 1,899, and the average attendance of children had amounted to 94,825, including 12,832 Protestant dissenters, and 29,621 Roman Catholics. increasing numbers, augmented resources, do not appear to justify the cry that we have been conquered. Some friends and supporters whom we respect have with drawn from us. We regret their loss ; but it does not prove that our cause is lost, or that those who remain to defend it are conquered. The loss, we acknowledge, is a trial—a warning; but it is a warning to strengthen our posts, not to forsake them." THE POPE AND THE " GODLESS COLLEGES."—Ac cording to the Dublin Freeman's Journal, Pope Pius, " the great European Reformer !" has formally con demned the provincial colleges established in Ireland by the law of 1845. We own that we expected this from the See of Rome from the very first, and certainly• not less confidently after we found Pius treading with such servile fidelity in the steps of Alexander the Sixth, Julius the Second, &c. The great European reformer is we see also a little busy in exciting the Romanist Swiss cantons against their Protestant confederates; this, however, is not so much our affair. We are surely at liberty to ask, what has Pope Pius to do with colleges of our Queen's founded in Cork, Galway, and Belfast. He is not yet the lay sovereign of Ireland de facto, though we suppose, like the predecessors whom he imitates, he claims to be so de here. Well, perhaps the time is coming when, whatever doctrines they hold, the nations of Europe will see the mischievous folly of permitting an Italian priest, elected by other Italian priests, to hold a place among the sovereigns of Europe. If, like the Russian Patriarch, the man were a mere priest the Pope could do comparatively little mischief. It is the prestige of worldly rank; the prestige of temporal sovereignty, for which no religious reason can be given ,thatenableshim to embroil Christendom . THE IRISH EDUCATION BOARD.—The Dublin Mail (Protestant paper,) and the Dublin Freeman, (Repeal paper,) have announced that serious dissensions have taken place in this Board. The Dublin Post (Whig paper,) denies it "in terms the most decided and unqualified." Whilst the Dublin Herald says—" Now we can state in terms as decided and unqualified, and upon information, we venture to say, much more authentic than any upon Which our Whig contemporary has relied, that the rumour is fully founded in fact—that Dr. Murray had on Wednes day actually sent in his resignation—that up to Thursday evening it had not been withdrawn—and that unless an adjustment of the quarrel has been effected in the interim, which we have no grounds for assuming , " his grace" is at this moment no longer a member of the Board. The quarrel is very far from being reconciled. The cases belli, we are told, is the Board's refusing to concede to the ag gressive claims of the priests, who insist that the property of all schools under certain circumstances should be vested in them, and not in the commissioners. The Board re sists, and " the Church" is obstinate. The latter never yields, and we doubt if in this instance the former will. It is now rumoured, too—but we cannot vouch for the authenticity of the report—that Mr. Robert Holmes, the representative of the Unitarian interest, has, in like man ner, but of course from other reasons, withdrawn his name from the Board." MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.—On Sunday Mr. James M'Cullagh, Professor of Natural Philosophy in the Uni versity of Dublin, committed suicide in his bed-room, at ten o'clock in the evening, by cutting his throat with a razor. The Rev. S. Butcher and Dr. Stokes, his most intimate friend, gave evidence that for the last few days he had been low spirited, and complained that persons thought he was not right in his head. Dr. Stokes said,— " I think his disease was melancholia, arising from dys pepsia' which originated from over application of mind to a difficult mathematical problem, while he neglected his bowels, and was drinking strong tea. I believe him to have been a very reiigious man ; on Sunday morning I found him reading Butler's Sermons,.which he said it was his habit to read ; he asked me if I had ever read them ; I said I had not, and he said, tapping me on the shoulder, ' My dear friend, I could not recommend you a better book.' He often seemed labouring under despondency ; but I never saw him in such health and spirits as he was in since the College election. I heard that two years ago he had an ulcer on his leg. I do not think that the' stop page of that ulcer affected his mind, because he was in excellent health. He stated in his conversation that his object was to bring a still stronger bearing between sacred and revealed religion." The jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity." The Daily News gives the fol lowing account of the deceased :—" As a tribute of respect to the deceased professor, the quarterly examinations now in progress have been suspended. He was forty years of age, and entered college as sizar in 1824. He was soon conspicuous both for his scientific and classical acquire ments. Scholarship and the science gold medal were among his early prizes.. He was twice a candidate for fellowship. At first he sulked and was unsuccessful. In 'his second, his answer was peculiarly brilliant, especially in mathematics and physics. He was appointed Mathe matical Professor some years after, and on the elevation oi. Dr. Lloyd to the senior fellowship, he succeeded to the chair of Natural Philosophy, in which he gave the most nndoul.tql stqsfactien to the few rOlowship randi- \ ` -1••• dates who attended his 'lectures. The learning of this illustrious man was not confined to the severer sciences. He had read profoundly and accurately a general course of literature, and took especial pleasure in languages, with many of which he was conversant. His contributions to the transactions of. the academy, even before he obtained a fellowship, brought up a European reputation, which was not diminished by his subsequent exertions in the cause of science. He had an extensive correspondence with the learned 'men of Germany. and took much pleasure in referring to the testimonials to his erudition which appeared in the German journals. I may add that his friends expected for him the provostship of the University, in the event of his surviving the present provost, and the present ministry, or a ministry of similar principles, being in office. The liberals intra muros have sustained a deep loss in his death. He was their leader and rallying point, and will be missed in the days of future struggle." To this may be added he was an un successful candidate for the representation of the Univer sity against Mr. Shaw. T - 111 LIVERPOOL STANDARD. COURT AND FASHION. The Court remains at Windsor, and her Majesty, the Prince, and the Royal Family, have taken their habitual out-door exercise since our last. On Wednesday, the Rev. J. P. Lee, the Bishop (elect) of Manchester, arrived on a visit to her Majesty. T:ie Duke of Devonshire has closed his visit to the' Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry, at Wynyard Park, and gone on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Cleveland, at Raby Castle. THE Pitmen OF WALES'S WHlSKY.—Mr.Macdonar=', distiller, Ben Nevis, (better known as " Long John,' has received the Queen's permission, dated on board th e Royal yacht off Campbeltown i to present the Prince of Wales with a cask of whisky, to be kept at Buckingham Palace till his Royal Highness is of age. The Queen paid a visit to Wombwell's menagerie, at Windsor, on Thursday. Her Majesty, accompanied by the royal children and the whole court, walked thrice round the exhibition, entering into familiar conversation about the animals with Mr. Wombwell and Mr. Edmonds. Miss Chapman (the British Lion Queen) was anxious to enter the den with the lions, &c., but her Majesty would not permit this ; though she did see the large elephant, richly caparisoned, with the Lion Queen seated on its back, ride round the quadrangle, the elephant exhibiting some curi ous gambols. After her Majesty had retired, all the domestics and labourers at the Castle were permitted, by command of the Queen, to view the exhibition. LAW INTELLIGENCE. e W. L. Drinkwater, Esq., barrister of the Northern Circuit, and well known in Liverpool, has been appointed deeinster or judge of the northern division of the Isle of Man, vacant by the resignation of John Christian, Esq. JUDGES OF THE SUPERIOR COURTS.—At the Com mencement of the Michaelmas Term, on Tuesday, (to -day ,) the several courts of law and equity will be opened, when the learned Judges will resume their labours. There are, it seems, in the United Kingdom 51 judges",of the superior courts ; 22 in England, 16 in Ireland, and 13 in Scotland. The judges of the inferior courts, exclusive of the county court judges in England, number 312. in England the salaries of the 22 judges of the superior courts amount to £229,681 ; of the judges of the Court of Chancery, five in number, amount to £30,000 ; the Lord Chancellor has £lO,OOO ; the Master of the Rolls £7,000 ; the Vice-Chan cellor of England, £6,000 ; and the two Vice-Chancellors £5,000 each. The salaries of the Judges of the Court of Queen's Bench are stated at £28,000. The Lord Chief Justice has £B,OOO and the four Puisne judges £5,000 each. The salaries are the same in the Court of Common Pleas, and also in the Court of Exchequer, with the ex ception of the Chief Baron, who has £7OOO. The Judge of the Court of Admiralty has £4,000 and the average emoluments of the Judge of the Prerogative Court are returned at £3,577. CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE. The Gazette of Tuesday contains the appointment of the Rev. James Prince Lee to the bishopric of Manches ter. The Reverend John Rushton, archdeacon of Manches ter, has been appointed rector of Prestwich by the Earl of Wilton. It appears that the Bishop of London is not so ill as hai been represented. His Lordship fell whilst walking on a polished floor, and received a violent blow on the temple, and is under medical treatment for it, but his general health is in no way. affected. BIRMINGHAM GRAMMAR SCHOOL. — The Rev. Sidney Gedge, Preacher at the Magdalene Asylum. Birmingham, will succeed to the Head Mastership of King Edward's Free Grammar School, in that town, the appointment having been rendered vacant by the preferment of the Rev. James Prince Lee to the Bishopric of Manchester. The Rev. Edward Bird, late rector of St. Thomas, Bir mingham, has been presented by. his late congregation, with a handsome silver tea kettle, mounted on a massive stand with lamp complete ; also a pocket communion service and a set of papier mache tea trays, as a memento of their affectionate regard and also of his praiseworthy efforts to suppress the disgraceful practice of Sunday trading in that borough. SIX NEW BISHOPS FOR INDIA.—It is contemplated to apply the principle of subdivision which has recently been made in the diocese of Australia to India, the whole of which enormous territory is under the ecclesiastical juris diction of the four Bishops of Calcutta, Bombay, Madras, and Columbo. These four sees are to be divided, and six new sees formed, so that for the present there will be ten Indian bishops instead of four, and this number will be increased as speedily as circumstances will admit. SECESSION FROM THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH.—The Rev. Mr. Chirol, curate of St. Paul's, Knightsbridge, was on Thursday received into the Church of Rome, at St. Mary's, Chelsea. The Right Rev. Dr. Wiseman offi ciated at the ceremony, attended by several clergy of the. Roman communion. Mrs. Chirol and Mrs. Chirol senior, the lady and mother of the reverend gentleman, made their profession of obedience to the Roman Catholic Church at the same time. CHURCH GOVERNMENT PATRONAGE.—Six important pieces of preferment have fallen in since Lord John Rus sell took the helm of Government, and the appointments are as follow :—The Rev. Hon. Montagu Villiers (brother of Lord Clarendon), Canon of St. Paul's, in addition to the rectory of Bloomsbury; the Rev. Robert Eden (bro ther of Lord Auckland), Bishop of Sodor and Man ; the Rev, Simon Jenkinson (brother-in-law of Sir George Grey), Vicar of Battersea ; the Rev. V. Elliott (cousin of Lady John Russell), Rector of Trinity, Marylebone; the Rev. C. Baring (brother of the late Chancellor of the Exchequer), Rector of All Souls', Marylebone; the Rev. D. Erskine (a Whig) Dean of Ripon. PRINCELY MUNIFICENCE.—The parish church of Ewell, Surrey, being in an extremely dilapidated condition, be sides being insufficient for the population, a parish meeting was held some time since to consider the propriety of repairing the old or erecting a new one, when Sir G. L. Glyn, the rector, offered to pay the whole expenses in the first instance (the supposed cost about £6000) if the parish would agree to raise £lOOO out of the above sum in twenty years, to which they agreed. Sir G. L. Glyn also gave an acre of land upon which to erect it, and a spacious and handsome edifice is now rapidly in progress. The sum of £3OO is given by the Church Building Society. The present building will hold about 600 persons, being double the number of the other, and about one-third of the whole population. The Bishop of Norwich invited Miss Jenny Lind and entertained her at his palace during her professional en gagement at that city—a circumstance which has elicited from the Rev. Mr. Cobbold the remark that his lordship's hospitality might just as well be shown towards the infe rior clergy. At present they have in turns to come from all parts of the diocese to preach before the bishop at the Cathedral, and yet there is neither a bed nor reception of any kind at the Palace. The preacher has to take up his abode at an inn. The bishop has explained to Mr. Cob hold that lunch is always provided at the palace for the preacher, but that his lordship does not give special invi tations, as it might interfere with his domestic privacy on the Sabbath. Mr. Cobbold has in consequence apolo gised. THE LIBERAL GLOBE, A CHURCH-EXTENSIONIST ! We givea few plain and pithy sentences, extracted from this very liberal print, the tenor of which must startle some of its dissenting admirers :—" We -would wish the poor to go to church : we would encourage them to go there, by providing for them sufficient accommodation, — by giving them ample opportunities. The great mass of the people have no accommodation provided for them. Give the people the means of going to public worship, and leave them no excuse for not going. We have no preten sion to the name of a National Church, if something of this sort be not done. Our firm belief is, that if some such means be not resorted to, the mass of our population will be lost to the Church of England. A church, to be good for anything, must be the poor man's church as well as the rich man's." In its first and newly-awakened zeal (says the Herald) it is natural that the Glode should blunder in the suggestion of a remedy. And blunder it does, most, preposterously. Because we have not churches enough, the Globe recommends, not that we should build more, (which would be the common sense plan), but that we should proceed to alter the whole church service.— reducing it to " half an hour, or three quarters," in length! and then, of this short service, ordering half-a dozen repetitions on each Sunday, so that there might be half-a-dozen congregations supplied in turn ! THE NEW BISHOP OF MANCHESTER.—We have taken the opportunity, since our last, of making a few inquiries respecting the clergyman who is understood to have been selected as the first Bishop of Manchester; and we are glad to believe that the appointment of the Rev. James Prince Lee is likely to do credit to her Majesty's advisers. Mr. Lee has very properly abstained, during his residence in Birmingham, from taking any active part in political questions. He was, however, induced to come forward this year to support the educational measure of the go y ernment ; but we rejoice to add, that Mr. Lee distinctly expressed his opinion that Roman Catholics ought not to be excluded from a participation in the grant. This affords a sufficient guarantee that on religious subjects his views are liberal. We may add that Mr. Lee is an inti mate friend of the Bishop' of Worcester, one of the most liberal and enlightened prelates on the bench. Mr. Lee's high reputatjon for learning and scholarship was alluded to in our last. He is stated to be a good and sensible speaker, but without any pretensions to oratory.. We may state (for we believe it would be false delicacy to avoid alluding to the subject), that no reliance is to be placed on some statements, to Mr. Lee's discredit, which have been punished by a surgeon at Birmingham. On receiving one of the circulars, we at once applied to a gen tleman at Birmingham in whose judgment we had confi dence; from whom we learn that Mr. Lee incurred the hostility of his libeller, by oppos ng his application for an n"t , i'intment in the eneral Hospital at Birmingham. liar. Lee never dremed it worth while to prosecute his calumniator, who has taken this oppytupy of reneFing his fitaieks 3-- L 441751 Paper. POLITICAL. MISCELLANY. Rumours are afloat in London of a partial change of ministers before long. • MEETING 'OF PARLIAMENT.— Parliament ha 3 been summoned to meet for the dispatch of business on the 18th of November, when, it is understood, after the for malities which usher in a new house, ministers will imme diately ask a legislative sanction for their new measure. — The Times. The Times admits that some of the effects of the late legislation are at present not a matter of boast. It says —" We do not say it is a matter for congratulation that our securities should pass into the hands of foreigners. It is by no means pleasant to consider that by our mis fortunes or our follies so large a portion of our public and private dividends is likoly to go abroad. Nor do we con template with much satisfaction the prospect of our own market being disturbed by foreign ,fluctuations. The pressure is already relieved, and will be further relieved by the suspension of railway works, and a general con traction of mercantile engagements." A turn out of work of some thousands, on the approach of winter, only hands them over to the Unions—and food without work ! THE MONETARY LAWS.—We copy the following ex tract from a letter of Mr. Muntz, M.P., to the Times, —one of the practical working men in the " Home Trade ": —" It appears fearful odds to be opposed by the Times, the government, the philosophers, Sir R. Peel, and the money holders ; but no odds are important when one is acting in accordance with the principles of nature. It is only a question of time, and success is inevitably certain. Whether the £3 17s. 104 d. standard is partially got rid of by a heavy property tax in exchange for indirect taxa tion, or by any other insidious plan, it must and will be got rid of. The other classes will not allow the money class to monopolise all their property; and, in spite of all opposition, the nation *ill at last confess that the practical men of Birmingham were long before the rest of the peo ple in discovering that the great cause of the distress and misery of the last thirty-five years was attributable to an ignorant, vicious, and unjust legislation upon the monetary system of the empire. The pressure is now great, but it is nothing to what we shall yet feel, although possibly it may be temporarily postponed ; but the present money laws will not be carried into full effect until the value of land, the value of landed produce, and the value of labour connected with them, are reduced to the level of 1785. Then, when farmers are ruining, mortgagees foreclosing, land uncultivated, and both agricultural and mechanical labourers unemployed, with the tax collector clearing away all the existing profits, you may rejoice in your healthy standard of £3 17s. 104 d. But Mr. Muntz does not expose and remonstrate against that which is wrong, without submitting that which he conceives to be practical and just, and concludes as follows :—" The first and indis pensable step is a suspension of cash payments, whilst the subject is debated and arranged. The second, an entire separation between the Bank of England and the govern ment. The third, taking out of the hands of the bank the management of the circulation of the country, and giving it to a National Bank, managed by commissioners ap pointed by, and responsible to, parliament, which bank should issue notes which should be a legal tender, and in which all other banks should pay their notes on demand. The fourth, empowering such commissioners to issue their notes very gradually, to such extent as should eventually false all prices which have fallen, and with them gold and silver, until silver was 7s. 6d. per ounce, which would keep wheat at an average price of 7s. 6d. per bushel, and all other prices in due ratio. And when such price of 7s. 6d. should have been obtained, the National Bank should at all times receive silver at 7s. 6d. against their notes, and pay the notes on demand in silver at 7s. 6d. per ounce." RAILWAY AFFAIRS. The Lynn and Ely railway - was opened on Monday. The Rock Insurance Company, whose capital is invest ed in government securities to the amount of nearly £3,000,000, are about to seek for powers to invest the same in the securities of " established railway or other compa nies incorporated by act of parliament." A passenger on the Great Western Railway travelled a few days since, in the ordinary trains, seven hundred and thirteen miles within twenty-four consecutive hours. The average speed, deducting 4 hours 13 minutes, lost in wait ing for trains, was 36 miles per hour. TRENT VALLEY RAILWAY.—We understand that the Post-office authorities have at length given notice to the London and North-Western Company to transfer the mail trains on the Ist December to the Trent Valley line, and the line will consequently be opened for through traf fic on that day. DISCHARGE OF lIANDS.—Not only are the Birkenhead and Cheshire Junction Railway works now entirely sus pended, but the contractors for the line from Liverpool to Bury have discharged more than half the workmen employed thereon, and the works of the London and North Western in this neighbourhood are judiciously pro gressing at less than half their former speed. On the evening of Friday last, the centering of the third arch on the north side of the Calder Vale Viaduct, Burnley, was thrown down by a sudden gust of wind from the south-west, just as the men were leaving off work in the evening, and only one man was up among the timbers at the time, who escaped with only a slight bruise on his leg. The damage is estimated at upwards of £l5O. SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY.— A morning paper has been duped into giving currency to a report that the South-Eastern Railway was in the iron hands of the fol lowers of the law. It is perhaps unnecessary to contra dict these whispers, but as they have been repeated in quarters where it could hardly be expected that such idle rumours would have reached, we beg to state, upon autho rity, that there is not a particle of truth in the report. Considerable sensation has been created by the applica tion to " a Judge at Chambers," to tax the bills of an eminent West-end solicitor against an old Railway Com pany. The bills are greater than any that have ever ap peared in a taxing office, extending over some years ; and report says, they involve about £200,000. Anxiety is felt by other professional gentlemen lest the example should be followed, as it has always been understood that the scale of taxation is not a remunerative one. From official returns it appears that the amount of traf fic for the last week, on upwards of 3,181 miles of rail way, was £193,723, thus accounted for :-100,871 for the conveyance of passengers only, £49,926 for the carriage of goods, and a remainder of £42,856 for passengers and goods together, not respectively apportioned ; being an increase of £30,478 over the corresponding week of last year, when the mileage was about 2,525. In such times as the present, this amount of increase is a most cheering sign that, at least, the panic has not frightened away rail way travellers. FATAL ACCIDENT.—A plate-layer on the Liverpool and Manchester line, whose name was Jabez Woods, was on Friday killed at Eccles. The early mail train wa^ coming in from Newton, and the man seemed apparently to have forgotten it, for he did not seem to be conscious of its ap proach until it was within a short distance of hiPi. Still he had ample time to have stepped out of the way had he been prompt in his movements ; but the nearness of the rushing train seemed to paralyse him, and the pacing en gine struck him, knocked him sideways, and killed him on the spot. AMBERGATE, &C. RAILWAY.—A meeting of share holders was held on Wednesday, at the London Tavern, London, for the purpose of considering the terms offered by the Great Northern Company for leasing the line, which are to be submitted to a general meeting of pro prietors on the sth proximo. Resolutions were passed, stating that in the opinion of the meeting it was desirable to reduce the magnitude of the undertaking, within the limits prescribed by the financial capabilities of the pro prietary and by the actual requirements of the district for rcaeipltwaL allianceacomm w loca i t t i h on th ; o th G at ro i a t t w N as ort al i s i o en d i e c si o ra m b p le an t y o aocn the principle of an expenditure reduced by three-fifths, the abandonment of a heavy and needless section of the line, the security of a guaranteed minimum dividend, and the option of great prospective advantages; and urgently requesting the shareholders to support, personally or by proxy, an alliance with the Great Northern Company, in the absence of any more eligible offer from other companies. enteral itlfsreilanp. The formal opening of the Birmingham Corn Exchange was celebrated on Wednesday by a public dinner. The new Trinity Beacon, on the Goodwin Sands, was destroyed by the storm on Saturday morning last. During a row amongst the Irish at Halifax, on Mon day, red-hot pokers and other deadly weapons were used. NEWMARKET RACES.—THE WHIP.—Mr. John Day's challenge not having been accepted, he becomes entitled to the whip. GOLD. —A further arrival of gold took place at the Bank on Wednesday last, to the extent of upwards of £1,000,000. The chief proportion came from Russia. A few days ago, a . girl died in London, from being poi soned with some privet berries, which had been sold to her mother along with some elder berries, which they much resembled. The coachman to Miss Romer, the actress, Robert William Morgan, aged 32 years, who had lately been un fortunate in the Derby and St. Leger speculation, hung himself in the stables on Friday last. At the Chelmsford Quarter Sessions, on Saturday, Ro binson, thirteen years of age, was sentenced to seven years' transportation, for stealing a child three years of age, which she had cruelly maltreated. An insolvent at the Bankruptcy Court, London, had his petition dismissed, the other day, because he filled up the blank for assets with three cyphers, instead of the word "nothing." The celebrity*of the first banking house belongs, by common consent, to Mr. Francis Child—the books of the firm date back to 1620 ; Messrs. Hoares' to 1680; and Messrs. Snows' to 1685. At a late meeting of the Bradford Board of Guardians, one of that body, speaking of the manner in which they concluded business, said that if any of his colliers could not behave themselves better he would discharge them. GUN AND PISTOL STOCKS.—The vessel, Fairy Queen, which had arrived off the Tower from Antwerp, has brought 6,000 gun stocks and 250 pistol stocks, consigned to the British Government. The . beggars of the metropolis number 60,000, and the alms they obtain amount to £1,200,000 a-year, an average of £2O a-year for each beggar, which is as high an average as that of the incomes of the working clergy in Wales ! • The children in the Female Ragged . School at Edin buiet have worked a very elegant bed .coverlet for the Rev. T. Guthrie, the eloquent advocate of such institu tions. The extensive premises of lieqsrs. W. and W. Lake, bone and cake crushers, at Wakefield, have been destroyed v b a y ill fi e re o . f i The h io e e p s r ti o m p a er te ty d ; a w t a l 2 i s n oo tin . red for 11) . 00 .. ; , but t f h p e , The British Museum h a s p urc h a sed the teCfrs"T' ll af L n the 'death' of the present proprietor, M. Michel t; 2 " burgh; of a rich collection of Hebrew books, ameaut:- . !ug to 5000 printed volueic4 - and it* manuscripts. An influential meeting was held at the London Tavern, on Wednesday last, the Lord Mayor of London in the chair, and resolutions for the establishment of an asylum for the cure and education of idiots were unanimously adopted. The Brighton correspondent of the Morning Post says it is currently reported that the Pavilion is shortly to be razed to the ground, and adds that the report derives confirmation from the fact that all the domestics now engaged there are to be discharged at Christmas. The house of Mr. F. Lawson, stationer and bookbinder, Drummond-street, Euston-square, London, was destroyed by fire on Wednesday night last, and a female, who was sleeping in one of the back attics of the house, was burnt to death. At the Central Criminal Court on Wednesday, John Ovendon was tried for shooting Mr. Crawley. He was acquitted on the plea of insanity. The circumstances of the attempt were fully reported at the time. Mr C. has since quite recovered. PROGRESS OF BUILDING SOCIETIES.-Our readers may form some idea of the vastly extending building societies, from the fact that since the 2nd of March, 1847, no less than 186 new ones have been enrolled by J. Pratt, Esq. the registrar for England and Wales. The number now established being 1,290. Miss Eliza Toilge, of Boston, Lincolnshire, has obtain ed a patent for improvements in ornamenting glass, by which the most magnificent combinations of colours are applied to the permanent development on plate glass of vivid illustrations of flowers, gems, and other pleasing natural objects. There are belonging to the various clubs 621 yachts, whose register amounts to 29,250 tons, manned by 4,430 men, besides 800 masters and stewards, and carrying 1,810 guns. The wages amount to about £120,000 per annum. This force could be immediately added to our navy, if required. GAS.—There are 126 gas companies in the United Kingdom-113 in England, 2 in Wales, 7 in Scotland, and 4in Ireland. The largest amount of fixed capital is returned at £550,000 for one company, and the highest dividend at any time was £35 for another company. There are five companies from which no returns have been received. Lord Cloncurry, in a letter to the Lord Mayor of Lon don, proves not only that the persons who represented themselves as government agents for foreign lotteries are determined, in the event of an Englishman's share being drawn a prize, to plead the illegality of the purchase against the payment, but that the tickets sold in England, in some instances, are fabricated. The Record directs public attention to the expected attempt to further break down the observance of the Lord's Day, by a Sunday delivery of letters in London. We should be glad to second our contemporary's efforts to get up an agitation against this movement, as there can be no necessity for it. The -present arrangement has worked well and ought to be adhered to. The following new regulations are about to come into operation at the Post-office. On and after the 10th of November next, letters exceeding 4oz. in weight must be prepaid in money or in stamps. With this restriction any weight may be sent by post, but the packet must not exceed two feet in length, and nothing should be posted which will not bear the crush of the bags. The deputation from Glasgow, which had an interview with Lord John Russell on Tuesday, presented a petition praying for the discontinuance of the Bank Bill of 1844-5. The deputation consisted of the Lord Provost of Glasgow, Mr. Hastie, M,P., Mr. Lumsden, ex-Lord Provost, M r . Henry Dunlop, and Mr. Kinnear, and were introduced by Mr. M,Gregor, M.P, for Glasgow. A flood, caused by the recent heavy rains, did much mischief on Saturday upon the low grounds bordering upon the river Parrett, in the neighbourhood of Thorn ford and Bradford. Two horses travelling in a one-horse waggon were drowned in attempting to cross the Long Ford, on their way to Dorchester fair. Three hundred sheep were destroyed by a flood, on the same day, at Wells, in Norfolk. During the late run on the Newcastle banks, a man who had deposited £1,300 in gold with one of them, in sisted that his deposit should be returned to him in sovereigns, and the money was accordingly counted into his hat. He then proceeded to the branch Bank of Eng land, where the cashier refused to receive his deposit ; and he was consequently forced to sit down on a door step in the street, and stuff his sovereigns into his pockets, to the amusement and astonishment of the passengers. At the Mansion-house, on Monday, the Lord Mayor read a letter from Lord Cloncurry, exposing the schemes of agents connected with foreign lotteries. The letter proved not only that the persons who represented them selves as Government agents for foreign lotteries were determined, in the event of an English purchaser's share being drawn a prize, to plead the illegality of the pur chase against the purchasement, but the tickets sold in England, at any rate in some instances, were fabricated. FORCE OF HADIT.—At the Quarter Sessions, Taunton, last week, the learned chairman, W. Miles, Esq., while summing up the evidence in the first trial, turned his back to the jury, and addressed himself to the ladies who were sitting opposite. The crier of the court reminded him that the jury were on the opposite side of the court. The learned chairman had been accustomed at the Wells Sessions to address the jury on the left side of the court, and hence the mistake. THE BEGGING LETTER FOR THE IRISH AND SCOTCH. — The Northampton Herald publishes a list of the collec tions made in that town and neighbourhood on the thanksgiving day, under the Queen's letter. We give a few of the sums as showing the character of the whole : Great Houghton, by the Rev. Dr. Hutton, Bs. ; Grendon and East Maundit, each 10s. 6d. ; Eydon, 4s. ; Great Doding, 6s. 6d. ; Bozeat, 7s. 2d. ; Cogenhoe, 2s. 6d. ; Farthinghoe, ls. ; and Cranford, by the Rev. Sir G. Ro binson, CURIOUS ACCIDENT TO A Cow.—On Tuesday a cow belonging to Mr. Isard, of East Grinstead, while grazing in his orchard, picked up an apple, and swallowed it. The fruit, however, stuck in the animal's throat, and caused it 'much pain. In the absence of a veterinary surgeon, a turnip rope was applied, and sliding past the apple it burst the (esophagus. A butcher was immedi ately sent for, who killed and dressed the cow. The car case was afterwards sold in the neighbourhood for 3d. per lb. THE CHOLERA OF 1832.—We have this week been in formed of a plan pursued to check the cholera in 1832, which may be useful in some quarters, should this dis ease visit this country. When the cholera appeared in the year mentioned, it was very prevalent in the House of Correction at Wakefield. As a remedial measure, Mr. Shepherd, the governor, in all the narrow and confined parts had large bonfires made. Thus a current of air was created, and from that time the first really effectual check was given to the malignant malady in the prison.—Leeds Mercury. ALARMING ACCIDENT.—On the evening of Saturday last, a serious and alarming accident occurred on the Salt Marshes at Warham, near Wells, in consequence of a remarkably high tide, by which, coming in nearly an hour sooner than usual, upwards of twelve score sheep, the property of Peter Hudson, Esq., one of the tenants of Lord Leicester. of Holkham, were drowned ; and the shepherd himself, James Mason, in endeavouring to save the sheep, very narrowly escaped with his life. Mr. Hudson's loss is estimated at £5OO. The drowned sheep were washed on to the Marsh and given to any of the poor people who chose to take them away. Some foreign Jews and the wife of one of them are in custody on a charge of forging notes on the Russian Bank. They have been examined at the Mansion-house. men n a t p werelength.e orle seizeda t T twohe at Fao differentrhroe s u t s e e r s itni d m e cie s c su r ei andbene d_ oye the fgmt room-door was sm a sh e d i n w ith ham hr e b sptrnhtl t r i eae t erc ef ham mers, . a t psnt a oduT t hr htoe a lri any the Jews were capt ure d w hil e f a b r i cat i ng e: notes ; in the room were a number of forged notes, lithographing-stones, and a printing-press. The other four men and the woman were arrested in the Minories ; on one man a number of counterfeit notes were found. The prisoners were brought up on Friday, further ex amined, and remanded till the 20th of November. NEW VOUCHERS FOR ADY.—Sir Peter Laurie waited upon the Lord Mayor, to state that Joseph Ady had lately introduced in his circulars to those whom he pro fessed to be able to inform of " something to their ad vantage," the names of the Lord Chancellor, the Judges, the Bishop of Winchester, Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Sir E. Sugden, &c. The Lord Mayor said he had himself re ceived, a few days ago, a letter from Ady, containing the high names adverted to, no doubt to catch the eye of the inexperienced, who might calculate that no man in his senses would use such names without authority. He hoped that Mr. Ady, who appeared to be more confident of success than ever, was not, at this unfortunate com mercial crisis, deriving profit from his indefatigable spirit of humbug. THE SHAASPEARE MEMORIAL NIGHTS.—We are happy in being authorised to state, that both the lessees of the royal establishments of Covent-garden and Drury lane have generously given to George Jones, Esq., as chairman of the People's Central Committee, the free use of their respective theatres for the purpose of a " Shakspeare Memorial Night." The lessee of the theatres at York, Leeds, and Hull, has also granted the free use of his several theatres to the chairman, upon which occasions Lord Morpeth, M.P. for Yorkshire, has given his patronage. The members of the histrionic profession will now have an opportunity of evincing their sympathy in the good cause by their instant volunteering, and thus support the enthusiastic efforts of the chairman of the committee, who, upon this occasion, re-enters the profession, and has given his gratuitous services to every principal theatre in the kingdom.—Observer. [Mr. l, Jones has made the most painstaking exertions to in crease the funds of the People's Central Committee to wards the purchase of Shakspeare's house, and he seems determined to persevere until the amount is completely raised.] STRANGE SUICIDE OF A YOUNG BRIDE.—On Monday, at New Bridge Farm, near Bridgwater, a coroner's in quest was held on Mary Ripley, aged 27, when Mr. Jere miah Hawkins, a respectable farmer, made oath to the following effect :—The deceased was his wife's sister, and had recently resided at Exeter, from which place he had recently received a letter from her expressing a wish to get married, and that she wished him to be present, fixing Saturday week for celebrating the wedding; that he ac cordingly went to Exeter, and was present, and gave her away to a Mr. George Ripley, mabnnededl.bar a enoe f tent t t hi e er r tore:ld w yea. ihtsriitdcaorhtseehnst state, e arshnnhedoa wfboeolreturneddluotswigti strangely nent ten his house, and nothing particular occurred during the day. iii ahs r g rue u iesPe should a d the a cause, when she said she was e e r l i ,n a g n t t h below, i t was suspected e r c a t t e h d e r she nBaho t o ov bm i e : ehco r w e elr y g o e i in rr e b wi e dkn a ta ea h g d t rs s e eshrdha l‘ e;et . andal aberration ih t oae i c l oper r e k ecn e of mind, a : s nt causet fhu o rsoewd mhaesnrosnmeel manner, into t l o r t i oi n ine . She was last seen from her bed-room, when she spoke to n after she was missed, and search was made for her in vain, r a A iv t s and, after three hours' seeking her, she wag found drowned at the bottoin of the river Brue, about ten feet • 1 Nov. 2, 1847. THE ROMAN CATHOLIC HIERARCHY IN ENGLAND. All the documents relating to this long-debated question among the Roman Catholic clergy of England arrived on Tuesday. The scene of Dr. Wiseman's labours is not to be London, as was originally suppo se d. H e is to be Bishop of Birmingham. The Right Rev. Dr. Walsh, heretofore Vicar Apostolic of the midland district, which includes Birmingham, and to whom Dr. Wiseman acted as coadjutor, is now Archbishop of Westminster. The title of Vicar Apostolic is to cease, and the Bishops are to be for the future called atter their respective sees. The further division of England into sees, preparatory to an increase in the number of bishops, is still under the con sideration of his Holiness ; when that is definitely W ranged the number of Bishops will be increased by four. There will also be one or two more Archbishoprics cre ated. WHOLESALE PLUNDER OF CHINA AND EARTHTN'' WARE. — Great excitement has existed in the Potteries this week, particularly in the neighbourhood of Fenton, by the discovery of a very extensive system of robbery 11 workpeople from the manufactories of Alderman Cope: land, of Stoke, and Mr. C. J. Mason, of Fenton, but chiefly from the establishment of the latter gentleman. Four persons were taken into custody, two of whom were . females ' • and the articles found are sufficient to fill two' large crates ; and include some of a very costly description. Two men of the natnesnf William Edwards and Williars Harrison, have been committed for trial ; the former being a " packer" at the manufactory of Alderman Cope land, and who, for many years previously, had filled 5 ' similar situation at Mr. Mason's manufactory, and the latter by trade a tailor, at Fenton. The two females were' admitted as evidence against them. A verdict of " wilful murder" has been returned by the coroner's jury against Ann Wilkes, for the murder of her children at Birmingham. Distress and fear of the work hodse have been the leading motives of her crime. She had threatened to her brother that she would commit the crime, but he paid no heed to it, thinking " she had not courage to tread on a worm." The unfortunate criminal has made a full confession to the Rev. J. C. Miller, Rec tor of St. Martin's, and lies in the hospital without hopes of recovery. Mr. Miller tendered his evidence of the confession to the coro aT n si e ,ei r t , m but the latter functionary de clinedp aus to e b r a e: e e i i y v a e r d i t . , immediate fear of death. in the Queen's Hospital on Thursday morning . aQ a full confession of her o'clock. The children were interred the same day in 5 0 guilt, ht d .hea n rt olntbgeb unfortunatefhraent h m iiee a rr d wd e t vet; u amfto n br : l in e; at: the offspring died without a struggle. TWENTY PERSONS SUPPOSED TO BE foisosEr'' — ' Since the commencement of harvest, a considerable party shearers,oifiefarmof C G w r a o ri. n t e o n w , ne havenv Inverness-shire, s .sh employedro,who, on t with the regular servants, amounting to t wen ty in num ber, are victualled and lodged in the house. On TuesclaYr at two o'clock, the party dined on sowens and milk and principall y uchoi c bread, their wonted fare, some in the house, and some in the field where they were at work ; in the course of a couple of hours thereafter, every one of them was seized with illness, severe pains in the stomach and intestines, accom panied by retching and purging, and a burning heat; and, in fact, by all the usual symptoms attending poison. BY nightfall, their condition became worse, and medical as sistance was obtained, but by this time many of the women were in a most deplorable state, some of theta delirious. Towards morning, they gradually recovered, and are now out of danger. The procurator-fiscal was promptly on the spot, and investigated the circumstances, but as yet no clue has been discovered to the origin of this serious affair. A special meeting of the Bristol Town Council was held on Tuesday last, for the purpose of considering the report of a committee specally appointed to confer with the coun cil of the Free Port Association in reference to the adop tionfcohrantodhfies e a r te s od c hu theec t m i o e l no f w o oe r transferringfstthe apossibleue dues . points the upo n shippingcmanagementnsi r tentanw di o t of te the e docks from a p r i vate company, to the cor: ora tion; and maintenance of the works. The report recommended 0 3 ' the city should take possession of the docks, guaranteeing to the shareholders £2l2s. 6d. per cent. upon their share , , and the noteholders 5 per cent. (the amount at present guaranteed) upon their notes, the council to have the op: tion of purchasing the shares at 25 years purchase, that the sinking fund should be abolished, and that a rate not exceeding 4d. in the pound should be le v i e d th roug h o ut the ' borough, so as to enable the corporation to reduce thq tonnage dues upon some descriptions of foreign ships fro!" 3s. to Is. per ton, upon others from 2s. to ls. per ton, 7, so in proportion. After an animated discussi on th e coll_.%* cif confirmed the report by 42 to 4, and directio n s Wei given to the law officers to take the necessary s teps l t e , going into parliament with a bill to carry out the agf ment. BAPTISM OF THREE CHINESE YOUTHS.—In the Wh i g Of last year, the Rev. Dr. Le. ,, el one of the Lond on Missionary Society's agents in China, brought to Hunt ll ' his native town, three young strangers, dressed in the cos tume of the inhabitants of the Celestial Empire, whose names were Lee Kimlin, Song Hootkiam, and Ung °" sow. They came to this country as catechumens, n, having publicly expressed their faith in the Christian reo gion, and, on their arrival here, were placed under the care of the Rev. Mr. Hill, pastor of the Indep ende nt Church, and of Mr. Legge, the father of the devoted mis sionary, with the latter of whom they resided. They c ,, at tended the parish school of this place, and have made considerable progress in their studies. A short time ag° 7 the Rev. Doctor came again to Huntly, when two o f the youths requested to be baptized, and admitted as member s of Christ's visible Church. Being satisfied that their knowledge of the Gospel was such as warranted him take this step, he consented. A few days a ft e r, L"'" youngest made the same request which was graui.."'de'.. day, the 15th, being set apart by the deacons of the I late pendent Church as a day of thanksgiving for the l i t,. abimdant harvest, the ceremony was fixed to take plac e on that day, at the forenoon service. The occasion waS one of great interest. IMPORTATION OF CHILDREN FROM ABROAD.—OD 'Sa turday, a little German boy, named Glotz, was brough t before the Lord Mayor, at London. The Rev. Dr. Low, Cappell, minister of the German church, stated that the child had not been brought before his lordship as a Pri soner, but as a suppliant for justice. , He was one of those victims of the cruel traders in unprotected foreign children with which the metropolis abounded. It was at the e ndens request of the Society of the Friends of Foreigners hi Distress that application was made upon the part of th e boy, for the purpose of compelling, if possible, one Ca.; raud Heuser, who had induced him to come to EnglauG as a street organ player, to supply the means of sending him back to Germany. It was the practice of persons who, like Heuser, obtained a good livelihood by that sort of trade, to prevail upon parents at certain seasons t° di4ose of their children for musical employment England, upon the receipt of some trifle of money, an! the promise of good bed, board, and wages, and the result was, that multitudes of these young creatures were•ix.ql very short ruined in health and morals, and treated with the utmost cruelty and indignity. In the present case Heuser had engaged Glotz for eighteen months for the sum of £6 and the promise of comfortable s " other bad at the same time brought over with him but boys. At first the boys were treated with kindness, upon being taken down to Yorkshire to work at the music they were beaten and kicked, and starved and abandoned. by Heuser, who enjoyed the independence they provided for him at home in smoking and drinking. Glotz had been turned off without receiving a shilling of the due pay f to him.—The Lord Mayor said he was rct these cruelties, but he thought h'would be is interferencew lof little avail. nine SUICIDE IN ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL.—On Thursday, about half-past one o'clock, a most determined act of self-destruction was committed in St. Paul's- Cathedral, by Mr. W. Davison, solicitor, of Bread-street, Cheapsidet and 21, Bloomsbury-square. The unfortunate g entle; man was well-known in the city, and was for a period 0.! thirteen years one of the members of the common council for Bread-street ward. Of late a decided change in au manners had been noticed by his friends, and they w ere ail of opinion that his mind had from some cause become slightly impaired, but no one ever imagined that he Coll° templated self-destruction. On Thursday morning he left his private residence at the usual hour, and it is be lieved went to the exchange to transact some private bur siness. From there it appears he went to St. Paul's Cathedral, paid the admission money to enter the Whip pering Gallery, and shortly afterwards Thompson, who has charge of the gallery, noticed the unfortunate gentle man climb over the railings that surrounded the gallercr and deliberately throw himself over. He, fell with a crash that echoed completely through the building. Se veral persons immediately went to his assistance, when they found him nearly lifeless. Without delay they . re'' moved him to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, but he expired" on the road thither. The surgeons, upon making an ex' amination, found that the right leg was fractured, the ribs forced in, the lower jaw shattered, and the teeth knocked' out. The height deceased fell it is understood was up wards of 130 feet. Upon searching the unfortunate de ceased, a £5 Bank of England note, £5 in gold, and 185• in silver Were found in his pockets, and also a number of bank-bills and other documents. He had also a geld N' e year ending watch and a bunch of keys in his po.s,sp_essThimei. t wo prints which held the keys together was broken into half-a -p March, d d i o sT z t e rHi n bEu pieces te,,dAti lo b Tt y hu t e h Ns e ui f bo o sN r c r e ob o Fe f r fa. THE 1847, and the seven engraved outlines, reduced from seven cartoons, have been published. The engravings are line engravings, by Mr. C. Heath and Mr. Rolls, from two p i c t u res having the titles, " Th e Last Embrace " and The Neapohtan Wedding." The outlines after the cartoons are entitled "Non Angli sed Angell" (an in cident in the history of Pope Gregory I.), engraved by E. Webb, after G. B. Scharp, jun. ; " Saxon Almsgiving, engraved by Shenton, after Scott ; " Alfred addressing his Successor," by Shenton, after W. P. Salter ; " Sei zure of Mo r ti mer b y Ed war d in Nottingham Castle,'' by Shenton, after Paton; " The Entrance of Henry Vl into London," by Webb, after E. H. Corbould ; " Spen ser reading the Faerie Queen to his Wife and Sir Walter Raleigh," by Webb, after M. Claxton ; and " Hower(' visiting an Asiatic Prison," by Webb, after C. Armitage- The two engravings in line are but commonplace thingsP and not likely to raise the reputation either of the arts or the Art Union. " The Last Embrace" represents a newly-made nun taking leave of her parents ; the nun is perfectly resigned, and the parents most stoically indif ferent. There is a total want of character, and nobody seems to sympathize, rejoice, or regret. " The Wed ding " consists of a group of silly-looking people, uncon nected with- each other, drawn up in array, and mar-. shalled according to the rule of composition. The out , lines are better, the drawing is correct, but the figures want life.- They are groups of statues, .put together with some technical skill, but without animation or vigour. This number or portfolio of engravings will leave the of the nil Union %Lc:iv it found it. it is nos by such productions that the &enius and talents of Bog' lish artists should be estimated.—Times.