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ilaritararfit. HOUSE OF COMM9N6.-7-WcDNEsDAY The house r-.l.l=e:l , ! e d to- 4 ,1% a four Minutes bef.re ['wiz* The Speaker took he cbair M . ,1 I Ili E N• Ew ‘vRIT. Sir J. C. Houti , ll;:ig, rh ,)r tidstone election com:nittee, reported to the 111,11-,1 kJ. , in , late elution fur Mairistone ,53,4 null and void. and that the petition to the return Fector, and the opposition to it, were neither frivolous nor vexmiitus. ,On rile 'noLion ui the night !lon. Baronet, a new writ was 'then or.lereri in; the b r:-ta:b of Ntlitistone. On the motion of Sir E. Wit.mo . r, the Birmingham and Derby junction railway hill was read a second time. Th e f e n ow i n g hills were re-,rl a third time and passed :—the Southampton Pier hill; the Gazeley (suir.,k ) inclosure bill; and the Ca a6ritlze •inelos;tre A , red.t no , i , :m eu- of petitions on various subjects were pre ic.tnte'd. TIIE RIOTS NNIAE CANTERBURY Sir E. KY %Ten:mit. said he wished to call the attention of "the nOble lord the (tome Secretary. to transactions connected ;with the nnihrtuoate and melancholy circumstances which had I'OE4 taken place near Canterbury. His hon. colleague asked " . a question the o th er even i ng whi c h th e no ble l o rd answered with great. frankness. Now in the ilbriting ()aide newspaper, an article had appeared, making, Lord John Russell condemn the m tZlitrates of Kent, and the editor went on to say that tney (the magistrates) had a straiwe way of doing business in Kent.. ile thought such an observation ought not to go un evolaiaed. It was not his intention. nu the present occasion, to go into the details of the melaueholy events, and, therefore, he should merely nave for retut its, of the correspondence on the snblect, which he con:idered the noble lord would not object to. Helieg-red. however, to saw, that John ThoM. alias Sir William Courteuay, was apprehended on a warrant regularly granted on oath.. in the usual way. Amongst the returns, he wished _to in elude the one from the Home Secretary liberating Thum, or Courtenty, from the Lunatic Asylum. Lord J. RussELL equally regretted with the right honourable baronet tlt. melancholy dtstarbaucea which had taken place. With rtiv.iit • to the liberation of John Nichola.a Thom, that ensued in conseluence of the representations of the magistrates, bat he did not the other es euiug intend to cast any imputations on those ganflectien. The liaeration of Thom was also brought atioutliy two individuals, who stated that they were the father n ail mother of the unfortunate individual, and that their son was num perfectly sane, and if discharged they would take care of him and 10e th it he committed no dit•iturbauce. 'The state ments or these individuals were supported by two members of that house. With respect to blame on the subject, none could he attached to the magistrates or the directors of the Lunatic Asylum, as in liberating Courtenav they only acted under his '( Lord John Russell's) orders. He was perfectly satisfied that every insane hall been used to out down the disturbance. Ile had no objection to the:production of the papers mitved for by the right hon. baronet, but he wished another paper to be added t, them. and that was a statement which he had received from - 'Dr. Poore, containing a n irrative of the whole transactions. Sir E. KNATCHBuf:r, wisti,d Fur the fullest information on the subject, and should he mast happy - to include Dr. Poore's narrative. . • " Eltimg trusted the melancholy loss of life which had taken plaee would induee the government to take some steps to prevent a similar occurrence in future. The him. member pro ceeded to argue that the only means of preventibg: such lamentable occurrences was to rovide a better system of na tional. education Sir El. KNATCIIBULL rose to order. lie. trusted the hon. 'member for Kilkenny would not provoke a debate on the pre sent occasion. the only object of.. the two ion heiu, to obt:tin in form ttion. He had carefully abstained, in moving for papers, to give any opinion, or make any entrunent, either one way or other. Mr. Hume did not wish to provoke debale;Thilt; he must re peat that a better system cif national education would be the only sure reventive against the recurrence of such outrages. He must, however, not that occasion, express his disapprobation of clergymen of the Church ofgrtgland, who were magistrates, taking the field on such occasions. The cleriy ought not to be in the e, m tnission of the peace—he said so twenty years ago. (Hear, hear and oh, oh.) The hon. member was proceeding to make nth a- remarks, but the house became so impatient that he did not ri,riierere. Mr. C. W. WY NN defended the clergy of the Church of Eng land. .There was not a more tneritorions body, or one which was entitl-d more to the thanks and gratitude of the country. Hedeprecated such ottcalled-for and uoprovoked attacks. The returai were then ordered. CHAPLAINS OF THE HOUSE. Lord J. RUSSELL appeared at the bar, aril read her Majesty's most gracious answer to the address presented, praying her Ma jesty to grant promotion to three of the late chaplains of the House of Commons. Her Majesty assured her faithful Com mons that she would take their loyal address into her most se rious consideration, and entleavoarto comply with their wishes in the best mode which could be devised. Hear, bear.). Mr. BAINES gave tidies that to-morrow he should move fur various returns relating to slavery in British. Goiaua. Mr. [ - Loma!: gave notice that to-morrow he should move fur various returns relating to the mode of conducting banking business in this country. WOODSTOCK ELECTION. Si 4. GRAHAM presented a petition from the Maiquis of Blaudford, stating, that in the petition against his return a tecn,nical objection was to he taken by the petitioner against 116 defending his seat in consequence of the lists of objections taken by him to votes of the petitioner not being delivered in the time prescribed by the house. Now it nnpeared from the deposition of the sitting member's agent, that he appeared at the proper office to answer on his part,- hot there was no officer to receive them,- and that every exertion had been made In coin ply with the forms- of the house. Eider these circumstances he wished to have the petition read at lenolh, and, then he should move that the ballot for Woodstock, which stood fur to-morrow, be discharged, anti that it he taken into consideration on Thurs day next. lie had witnesses in attendance to prove the truth of the allegations in the petition. The petition wai read by the clerk at the table. Sir .1. GuAliA'd sait it 11ie house ',Ornitted the farts there rea,ow witnesses, hot if doubt existed he wosil4cull witnesses. The AriLluNsv•GENElt AI. doU hied, a the whote of the fact. in the petition were true, whether the house had authority to in • terfere a . (Her.) They could not prejudge a question whic must come IF:fore aseleet committee appointed under the Oren' , vitle Act. leffefalqw:oh . servation, from Nlr. C. W. ws nu, Mr. OYCon- na eXalilirlea.—The wit -4 li ne~,r. prey , r/ tval Laripct tao the bar, a 1.1 ro d in A,a agent t ? !hargn Margins of !- rottrltteting his defence to the petition presented against his re turn. Mr. O'CoN NELL stivesteil that a short-hand writer ought to be present. The evidence might be very important. A short-hand writer h'aving arrived, the evidence was pro ceeded with:— Witness completed the list of objections to the petitioner's votes on Friday, the Ist of June, and delivered them to his clerk, with orders to carry them to the proper office before 12 o'clock. The examination of witnesses, as to the time of the objections on the part of the Marquis (if Blandford being produced at the Committee Clerk's-office, was proceeding when we left the house THE RIOT IN KENT. (From the Morning Herald.) CANTERBURY, SUNDAY NIGHT, —Two more of the deluded followers of the fanatic Courtenay died no Saturday, Henry lladloiv and Stephen Baket-. The excitement throughout the eastern i t, v i s io of Kent conlinaes to increase. and •t he fanati cism which. Courtenay's insanity has given rise to is in no de gree abated by the death of the imposter. Many of the agri ltural population, as well as several of the trading class, still labour under the grossest religious delusion with respect to the character of Courtenay and his deceased followers. I have spoken with several of the laboarers, who expressed to me their strongest conviction that the whole of them would rise again this days Such, indeed, is th , infonation upon this subject, that during a conversation which I had yesterday evening with a female of r , soectability. who has for some time past been a believer in Coiirtenay's declaration, that he was from Heaven, and had come down upon earth to judge people of the world, she said the account of "Sir William's" death was a falsehood; that he was still alive, and that the person shot WAS some rough `fellow who hail been going about representing him. It had been asserted that the influence which Courteney exercised over his. ignorant and wretched followers was niitained by his deminCiations against the amended Pont. Law Act, and his p ~fyii,es that he would burn down the union poor houses, sod 1 oerf:eive in at "liberal" journal of this day A hope expressed that the inciters of Cut tewiy and his associates rosy lie dis covered and brought to justice." "At this moment," .the writ proceeds, " there is the blood of eleven human beings el vigil their means, and calling to 1-leaven for vengeance nivel them." The only " inciters" Which these men have had, besides Conrtenae. have been the cheap and liberal journals, in whose pages the spirit of 'modern innovation has made its way thr.'etehout the length and breadth of the land; for there is abundant testimonv to prove that the blasphemous speechesand renvisentationi hf Courtenay mete mixed up. Upon nearly every oCc4sien, with the revolutionary jargon of universal suffrage, to . which was added a favourite declaration of the fanatic, that the land ought to he divided equally among ail. and that The aristocracy and gentry had .nit more right to their estates .n the working people had to 'them. The assertions and in sinuations thht Courtenay cunningly availed himself of the itt tatn^d state of feeling induced among the people by the new poor laws, and that to this feeling is to he ascribed, in a great degree, the excitement which led to the fatal result, originates in party motives. Not a syllable of evidence has yet trans pired, nor have I been able to obtain the slightest information to warrant theassertinn that Courtenay's power over his wretched followers owes anything to his declaration against the new poor laws; nor indeed to warrant the assertion that he did in any of his .comtnnuications with nr speeches to them, during the last week, at all touch upon the subject. There is a strong feeling among the peasantry of this division of Kent, upon the amended law, but the followers of Coortenav noon this melancholy occa . sinn, were not in that condition , to render any representation that. he might .make, or any denunciations in which he might indulge, of any effect upon them, or at least to and like the extent asserted. Nearly the whole, if not the whole of the pi i soners. as well as the wretched men who have been killed by the military, were in employment at gond witees, and several in possession of a little property. I understand that W might, 'who is dead, possessed from between £B9O. to ,ElOOO. Wills h: tls a comfortable cottage and land under Mr. Francis, and eien were, I am assured, earning from 13,. to 155, per week 'e eh. h Jive •,lattectl at the character of Courtenay's politics as b e , i n 'ce•od..o. e with the 'widen, spirit of legislation. The f a t, i n .: extra( t lrom a weekly periodical. called the BritiA pnhlished he the maniac in 1833, will show that he was justly entitled to fratero!..e as a politician, at least, with the ad vocates of universal stiff. age. vote by ballot. &c. " Better vrnal.l it be fir the United Kingdom if 12 honest tradvs:men, 12 bone-t fat le er. ,m(112 poorlabourers were elected to serve their t onntry, rat ie., I h the present ignorant lion-0 of Commons,, whit.sit is a me, I: parliament, not being the voice o'f' the ne6pl“. Worttever or tory may say, the present srate 'the e•nintry folk shops the truth of our argument, that unless the tithes are wh,, , lv even up, rents hrounht down to a s!ln'hint v.lne. taxation borne by those who have the property to pay for it. -England tr,t,t •o; to a revolution; then Sir Wm. Cottrte , ‘,. will his relative value Fe credited; the people ;o , jnsth , r , demands it ; and when were the "ars ~.• s fir,. I( as :he present ?" i• tt- •'•• •• ' , ,t.trtertay 'on Saturday morning, the 26th, .'• el; a seed through Bouglitoh under the Blean, I •• • :'oil having five or Fix {lien in his company. 1 ; •• t••• ••• •t• T'airbr,!: to Bosenden (where the con !: t. ,„ • • !ered on Thursday). and a consultation Zvl •••• house on fte common. Ile there held 0.;,1*4. 4,, dee!aring to his wretched followers that he o r , s.,, l rt, y be slept Rosen. (Iran, on Moni' d%rixe l % ny' r n i ve i . ith a patty to Fairbrerok. and it is -stated, but• whet-her' 'Cii v rter I have not been able to aFcertain, that a loaf was bro v k n e r n n in ot two, anti placed on a pole. I'HE LIVERPOOL STANDARD fl , •re they visited the: hoimekis,. who rents frttin Mr. I:ratwis the hooseadiOining that person's residence. At this t time there were annul 30 Per s ons with Courtenay, and they cttr ried with them a white flag with a htue border. On Tuesday they proceeded to Gooduesidne near Faversham, and thence to Graveney. Here they halted at a stile leading to a meadow in which there is a bean-stack, and, after remaining there for a few minutes, four of the men were seen by a gentleman who was watching their proceedings with a glass from a mill in Boughton-under-the-Blean, to enter the meadow and pass round the stack. It is stated that those men put matches into the stack, and that. Courtenay loaded his pistol with the inten tion, is supposed, of setting fire to the stack, and he told his wretched followers to look out at two o'clock in the afternoon, and they would see a ball of fire fall on Graveney. They then went round Graveuey church, and over to Boseuden, where they stayed during the night, sleeping, it is said, in a barn. Between three and four o'clock on Wednesday morning, he went through Boughton again, with 42 persons accompanying hint to Sitting bourne, where they, had beer and bread and cheese to the amount of Its. Among other extravagancies committed by the fanatic was the following :—he loaded one ,of the pistols which he carried with him, and told the poor ignorant anti wretched creatures around him that he would shoot the north star; he then fired off his pistol, and said the north star had fallen. This was believed by the fanatics, and a poor decrepit old female declared that, immediately after " Sir William" fired she heard heavenly mus i c. They then passed through Green-street, and went to Norton Court (the residence of the Right Hon. Stephen R. Lushington) and by 'l'hrowley Selling, where they laid down iu a chalk-pit, and the bottom of Boughton Hill, round to Bossenden, having walked about a') miles. Ott Thursday morning the constable Mears was killed. The particulars of this fatal event have already been published in the Morning Herald. Considerable doubt, it appears, is, entertained of the truth of the statements which have been put forth respecting the religi ous impositions practised by Courtenay upon a considerable number of the labouring population. The statements are no less trite than they are lamentable. I have conversed with several who firmly believe the blasphemous assertion of Courte nay, that he is the Messiah, and they insanely assert that they have seen the punctures of the wounds inflicted when he sut fered death. The facts connected with this delusion I torbear to state. They are as numerous and well authenticated as they are 'lamentable. . I have now given you the full details of the late melancholy catastrophe, and of the antecedent proceedings of Courtenay, and his deluded followers. I have endeavoured to state them as correctly as I was able from the thousand and one rumours that are afloat respecting it. 1 think I have shown the true cha racter of that transaction, and in doing so I have necessarily exposed the falsity of the statements made by vonr truth-loving liberal contemporarieS, and by consequence, the incmrectitess of the inferences they have drawn as to the motives and design of the rioters. I now proceed to furnish you with some interest- • ing particulars of the conduct and doings of Courtenay during his residence at Canterbury, when, as You are aware, he offered himself to the notice of the good citizens as a candidate for the representation of that city in parliament.. Of his previous his tory you have already had an aeconnt: lit 1832, when Courtenay first arrived at Canterbury, he kept himself for some days somewhat secluded from ptiblic view, .walkinguut only in the 'miming. Front his singalarnppear ance and manner, however, he soon attracted, tout considera ble degree, the notice of the public. He then represented him self as Baron Rothschild, and about this time Sir John Courte nay Heneywood, of Evingion, near Canterbury, died at his seat. Courtenay then assumed the name by which he has since neeu known,so conspicuously—viz., " Sir \Villain Percy Ilo ney-a-oottc,tirtenay," and he stated to my informant that the death of 'that — friend (meaning. Sir John Honeywood) was the sole cause-of his remaining iu Canterbury. He declared that Sir John was the only friend who had not deserted him since his banishment front the country, which he said was caused by traitors in his fimily. Upon being asked what he meant by his "banishment," he declared that he was no other than Lord Courtenay who had Red from England some ..ears ago, in consequence of the commission of 'a certain offence. The valet of the lamented and highly s respected baronet (Sir J. Honey wood) was then in Canterbury, and lalt situation, and Cour tenay hearing that this man. was in possession of the ward robe of his late master, sent for him, saying that he wanted to purchase any and everything he wished to part with belonging to Sir John. l'he valet accordingly waited upon Courtenay at the Rose Inn, where he nurcha - sed of him a sword, a pair of epan lets, &c., which had been worn by Sir John Huneywood 11 e last time he _went to court. He then asked the valet, whose name was Collard, in what circumstances he 'then was, and whether his late master had provided for him, and on beithr in formed that he had only received his master's - wardrobe, Cour tenay exclaimed " By the Loid Harry, (his usual expression,) you are employed by me from this moment; you are my valet; you shall have the keys of my wealth, and he a gentleman for ever." Tne valet Of course gladly accepted so enticing an offer, an became the confidential valet of the renowned "Sir William Percy Honeywood Courtenay." Iledesired his new (and only) servant to hold himself in readiness to attend to him that day at a public dinner in the market-room. This was the day on which the annual Kent and Canterbury Ca tle Show was and the dinner took place after the show. There were present upwards of 231) gentlemen; amongst whom were the late Lord - Similes, George Knight. Esq., of Godinersham, Sir Edwaid Knatchbull, Bart., Sir William Conway, Bart., the Hon. R. Watson, ( now Lord Similes,) J. P. Flumpti v ., Esq., and others. Courtenay had attended the cattle-show. assuming the appear ance and "dress of an old man, and there he played off many mail freaks, such as jumping upon the bare backs of some spi rited colts, and trying their mettle as well as showing his own. He went through many other curious feats, and altogether made such a display, as fully to convince every person that he was insane. About this published several hand bills, which were seurrilously offensive, and 'contained some gross personal libels against several highly-respectable indivi duals. These proceedings called forth a letter, which'was in serted in one of the Canterbury newspapers, and was s lid to have been written by one of the gentlemen who had been libell ed by Courtentt. It should be stated, that Courtenay at this time, and Wherever he went, still adhered to the declaratien that he was the identical Lord Courtenav who had tied from Eng land as we have before mentioned. The letter gave great offence to Courtenay, and some of those who supported his pretensions, The letter was as follows: Sir,—lf a person bearing 'a name well known in all place?, and at all times—if the same person filling a station of respect ability' insociety, with the language and Manners of a gentle man, were acting under the influence of imaginary or mil wrongs, instead of previously demanding, either by letter, or by the orgAn of a friend, an explanation nr reparation from his fancied assailants—at once to publish a vulgar libel on the latter, would not such an individual, though sustained by a name and by a station, deprive hiMSelf of all claims to any peisonal con sideration? Would not the dock of an assize court be the most suitable arena for such a combatant? • • . . I have put - the case hypothetically , , and taking the converse of its poSition, I shall now give another mere closely resembling the fact. Suppose a fellow whose social position and whose name are equally unknown, varying the latter with even - change of abode, Superadding the language of a iacquey to the ignot ance 'and vulgarity Of a monntebank-•-if such a fellow, with a contempt for all moral principle, with a perversion of all hu man decency, uniting the effrontery of an impostor to the de pravity of an outcast—if such a fell , w were to publish a stupid libel under similar circumstances with these already given— what notice—what proceedings could the libelled persons'adopt ? Would not the presence of such a fellow bring pollution even into the dock of an assize court? " ft is said hypocrisy is the homage which vice pays to vir tue, but th e per.omation this fellow assumes developes a new feature in the pliilesonhy of human turpitude—he proves to us there is one step still lower in the sink of infamy than that trod den by the criminal urged on by passion, and unrestrained by reason—it is that which is occupied by the wretch who volun taHly outrages public decency, and public morals, by gratuit ously representing himself to be the person whom a fatal career of vice has driven from his home and from his country.—l run, sir, your obedient F ervant, ""CUP'I'D. "The above is in answer to a libellous handbill, signed Sir W. P. ft Conttenay. Knight of Malta.' " The name of the author of this letter was immediately de manded by Courtenay, and the author at once `avowed himself. A challenge from the former was the cnnsequeoce, but it was, of course, treated with contempt. His next step to gain notoriety was to get himself proposed as a candidate for the represents ttin of the city of Canterbury, at the general election in 1832. He was accordingly noininaied by a Mr. Greenwood, a respect able watchmaker of that city, and an extraordinary scene of ex citement acid confusion took place during the while of that me morable election. By the way, I may observe that this Mr. Greenwood did not abate one jot of his attachment to this miserable maniac up to the moment of his death, for he was seen standing over his body after he was shot in the wood. On the day of the election, Coot tenay challenged Lord Fordwich and the lion. R. Watson to fight duels with him, hut. of course, those g entlemen took no notice of him. Courtenay appeared iu the Guildhall, ou the day of nomination, in a rich suit of scarlet, embroidered with gold lace, and a velvet mantle, after the Italian mode. The following. is a verbatim copy of the illustrious knight's speech at the ,Canterbury election, where he obtained the votes of 375 electors, many of whom were clergymen and gentlemen of education : " Lord CourtenaY, alias Sir William Percy Honeywood Coortenay, alias Count Rothschild, alias Mr. Thompson, Knight of Malta, King of Jerusalem, Prince of Abyssinia, King of the Gipsies, &c., &c., then sprang upon the tattle of the court, amidst the plaudits of his admirers; indeed, every grimace he made, every action of his body, every rhodomontade sentence that fell from his lips, was received with shouts of approbation; for instance—' Men of Canterbury, what with my addressing yen and your shouting, we shall want some vinegar and honey to moisten our mouths, (immense cheering;) hut I tell von what it is, (in a true Irish accent,) I must first answer Mr. Watson ; (Applause.) He says neither ultra or radical has succeeded; I am neither, and I tell yon 'What 1 would say to them—to Dtike Wellington, Sir William Peel, and all of them. I would say [role of you should sit with Sir William Courtenay. (Applause.) Ti the others, Earl Grey, Brougham. Sir J. flohhouse, Cuhltett, or Hunt, I would say you shall not sit with Sir William Courtenay. (" Bravo, bravo! Isn't he a good un ?") But i will tell you who should sit with him—the man who would defend the rights of the people, and is ready to spill his blood in defence of old England ! I have fought and killed hundreds in Ethiopia, Abyssinia, anti all over the world, (applause,) and he that wins the palm let him wear it. Now for Lord Fnrdwich. 1 would ask Lord Fordwich if a man like myself, of illustrious blood and high character, has not a right in this free country to wear what he pleases without asktne his leave or anybody elsee? (" To be sure. Bravo, bravo! What do you think of that, my lord ?" Tha tree is known by its fruits—judge me by my actions, not by my words, as to who is the friend of the in phan, the fatheiless, and the widow. (Ap plause.) Ask them what. Lord Courienav hail done for them. Go to the widow Lewin, near the Cattle-market, and ask her what. I have done for her. (The applause was here mingled with disapprohatinn, which predominated, and the sneaker changed the theme.) I am of the noble order of the knights of Malta; and, though that order is now done away With, still I am left, and ant the only one remaining. The pure blood of the knights of Malta is iii my body. (Applause.) It is an ho nour not to he purchased by court favenritism. 1 aliirld refuse being ennobled by any party for the purpose of ,supporting either whigs or tories, one has robbed the poor man and the tradesman. the artisan, and the labourer, at the sweat of his brtwt and the other has given them the show of reform—has held the cup to the people's lips, but will not let them taste— ( (lore the shouting was renewed with increased energy.) The Reform Bill is a means to obtain an cull ; and I would have every man, from the age of 18 to 45. give his vote for members of parliament. He who sheds his blood for old Eveland might to hate his voice beard in the representation. ("Good good," says a voice near; "I have been looking all my life for a man like liim. and now he has dropped from the clouds.") Lord Courteray has offered you, men of England, plenty or sport at this electi , m and now 'by the Lord Harry he Will offer himself `or their choice te-morrow for th . r- county. (Herrah.) But mind me ' anv freeholder who votes for time, and withholds his vote for Sir W. Cosway, must expect no favours from Lord Courtenay. He then went no in the same unconnected manner for some time—comphined of a statetnent that appeared in the Kent Herald—should like to meet the author in any way he ( the writer) might choose—asserted he was Lord Viscount Coorteray, who absented himself from this country some veers since; that Smithson, of York, now Duke of Northuinberland, was in possession of that which was his by blood and right. The 500, 0 1 . the Bishop of Exeter ;1 , ,,) tit! property of his. Was it ktlllll , ll diet he was in England. 5:1,(h0) people, from Exeter, would be fetching him thou g h two veers ago the beds of Exeter cathedral raw: a wh,ilo week because the inhabitants thought he was coining home, and then challenged any - One present to dispute the Trinity. Thus ended the freaks of the Canterbury election, and Cour tenay was afterwards chaired, and thanked the assembled po pulace at every corner of the street, being dressed in his scarlet robes, Turkey cap, and continually flourishing his scimetar to persons who had opposed him. During his stay Courtenay had been invited into the societies of No. 1 lodge of Odd Fellows, held at the City Arms, Canterbury; 96 lodge of Ancient Druids, held at the White Lion, Canterbury; and the ancient order of Prussian Hermits, held at the Crown and Sceptre. St. Peter's-street; which societies he generally attended on lodge nights. The excitement still shown by the public is wonderful ; hun dreds of persons staving passed us this day, to take a view of the field of action, and to catch a last glimpse of the illustrious Knight of Malta, alias Sir Win. Courtenay and his misguided followers. MISCELLANEOUS. The firm of Perring, Shaw, anal Co. bankers, London, have now paid 20s in the pound. The Hon. Chas. Elope has accepted the requisition addressed to him by the conservatives of Linlithgowshire to come forward for the vacancy in the representation. A pike was. captured at a float, in Dement Lake, Keswick, on Saturday last, by Messrs. Joseph and William Bowe, which bad attained the immense weight of 2311b5. • HAVING AN EYE To BUSINEsR.—A member of the Liverpool press, on being told of the dreadful affair at Canterbury, coolly observed, •` capital thing for the Kent papers." A contemporary states, that he has been applied to by a cor respondent to suggrest the readiest mode of preventing pew openers from forwarding love letters to young ladies in their prayer-books. REALITIES.—A person being asked what was meant by the "realities of life,' answered—real &irate, real money, and a real good dinner, none of which could'he realised without real hard work. Mr. GOuld, the eminent ornithologist, sailed last. week - for New South Wales, for the purpose'ofprosecuting his researches on the birds of that country. His absence, it is expected, will extend to a period of two years. Mr. O'Connell, in the debate .on Friday, stated that Ireland had never gained anything but lty,avitation. The learned agi mtor would. have beets nearer the truth if, for 'lreland, he had sobstituted himself. Her - majesty has spontaneously forwarded to the fund for erecting a monument to Nelson the magnificent donation of five hundred guineas. Her majesty has also sent a similar sum to the ,Weilington memorial.- • --• INvErtistnss•sniit'F. ELECTION.—The nomination is to take place the 12 inst., and the polling the 14th and 15th. As yet no opponent to Mr. Grant, of Grant, has come forward. ' A Goon WIFE.—A good wife commandeth her ti•uSband in any equal matter, by constantly obe•iing him. TShe never crosseth her husband in the spring-tide of his auger, but stays till it be ebbing water. Her clothes. are rather come!). than Costiy, and she makes plain cloth to be velvet by her husband wearing it. In her husband's sickness she feels mo;.e kriel than she shows.—Fuller. A RECEIPT TO STOP BEGGING.—A person in Barnsley, hav ing been annoyed by swarms of beggars coming to his house, his refusing to give theta any thing not at all .preventing. their attending as usual, he at last sent for a painter, and ordered him to write upon his door the words Police o . ffive. The beggars after this were seen to come asiusual, but on their viewing the writing on the door, they made a speedy and a laughable exit; the experiment had the desired effect. —Yolk Chionick Punni7g is an indirect way of complimenting one's self—of saving, take notice how clever I am. Notwithstanding the pro tests of Lord Chesterfield and Dr. Johnson against punning, the greatest wits, scholars, and most fashionable people conti nue 'to pun, and will continue to Iran- One great advantage in talking to a punster is, that he turns all your philosophy, - wis dom, wit, and serious argumentation into burlesque. He nine times in ten replies to you by making a serious pun in your face, which you yourself do not see. SECRETS OP HEALTH.—With regard to exercise, judge be tween the two following extremes:—A fox-hunter can get drunk every night in the year, and yet live to an old age! but then he is all exercise and no thought. A sedentary scholar shall not be able to get drunk once a year with impunity; but then he is all thought and no exercise. Now the great object is neither to get used to too much exercise, nor to he all thought; but to enjoy his pleasure with a sprightly season. The four ordinary secrets of health are—early rising, exercise, personal cleanliness, and the rising from the table with the stomach un oppressed. There may be sorrows in spite of these, but they will be less with them, and nobody can be truly comfortable without them; WOMEN.—Women make their advances as time makes his. At 20, when the swain approaches to pay his devoirs, they ex claim with an air of languid indifference —" Who is he?" At 31), with a prudent look towards the ways and means. the ques tion is—" What is he?" At 40, much anxiety manifests itself to make the hymeneal selection, and !be query changes itself into—" Which is he?" But at the ttliitnu Thule of 50, the anxious expectant prepares to seize upon any prey, and ex claims—" Where is he?" GEORGE CANNING.—This eminent man was the only son of a barrister of good family, but slender means, who, haying offended his family by marrying, a portionless wife, was discarded with a pittance of 1:150 a-year. A speculating disposition and improvident habits quickly dissipated this annuity; and the first birth-day-of George Canning witnessed the death of his father, who died in penury and misery, of a broken heart. The willow and her infant were left in a state of utter destitution, and the former was obliged for her maintenance to attempt the stage Site appeared as .Jane Shore; but, failing to satisfy a London audience, she was compelled to accept provincial en gagements, and at length married a person of the same profes sion. In you , h she was beau , it'll! and accomplished. In after life, little more is known of her than that she received to the last hour of her existence, the most assiduous and affectionate attention from her illustrious son. Mrs. H nun, for that was the name she acquired by her second marriage, soon became' a second time a widow and settled at Bath. Her son took the earliest opportunity of withdrawing her from the stage; he ap plied to her support a considerable portion of the means allowed him by his faintly for his - college expenses; and when he came forth to the world, his mother shared every success. At his re tirement from the race of under secretary in 1801, he settled upon her the pension of J.::500 ayear, to which he was entitled ; he paid an annual visit to her at Bath, and made it a rule, with which no engagements were allowed to interfere, to write to her every Sunday. Even during his embassy to Lisbon, when there was usually an interval of several weeks between the mails, the Sunday . letter was never omitted, and the packetfre quentiv brought four or five together. These letters the de lighted parent reed with no little pride in the circle of her friends at Bath.—ro,. ke's History of Party. AN 1 7 ...GLISIEMAN'S FIRESIDE-An Englishman enjoys the highest degree of pleasure when he sits round the fire with his family; and even should he not speak a word, it affords him entertainment enough to ,see.,the tire. A fireside is to him he ideal of pleasure; when he pronounces the word he immedi ately thinks of his family, and the train of idea puts him in good humour. The English are, indeed, as they say themselves, the marrying nation ; they, therefore, find as little fault with the marriage-hunting of their ladies as they do with the careless marriages of their idle poor; and even Pitt was often obliged to submit to the reproaches of the opposition for his bachelor's life; the English are, besides, by the melancholy tincture of their temperament,. as much inclined to sentimentality as to spleen. Truly, their family life is an honourable and amiable trait in their national character. Even the coldest Englishman will become cheerful and confiding at the fireside; pride will give way to a well-founded sell-respect, heightened by hospi tality ; unfeigned kindness is shown to every one who is re ceived into the circle round the fire, instead of the reserve which cnstom, fashion, and national character prescribe in social in tercourse- In short, English humour, wit, and sense are seen in their proper light b y the blaze of the coal fire, and one,rnay take it for granted, th at strangers who have travelled in Eng land, and afterwards reviled the nation, never had the °prior trinity of sitting round a fire with an English family.—New fork Sunday Morning News. CHARLES MATHEWS.—Chas. Mathews, before quitting Eng land for America. has been giving a fresh taste of his quality as a mimic. I n a smart, lively, and alliterative vehicle for per sonificat ion, called Palter versus Clatter, he first appears as a loquacious captain, whose "patter" is one continual shower of words, falling thick and fast and drowning all ot her speech; and then successively assumes the characters of a Getman money lender, a barber, and a "seltimeltal genlemal," with a cold in the head got in " sereladil by hoollight ;" each of whom has the same exhaustless flow of gabble. The instantaneousness and completeness of the transformations, which are effected in the face of the audienceand by the slightest means, equal his father's multi-personal metamorphoses; the voice, the manner, and the face are changed. The rapidity anti distinctness of his utter ance throughout the incessant monopolylogue—dialogne• it can not be called, for no ene else has a chance of getting in a word —and in two or three "patter" songs. is such as only to be ri valled by the most expert Italian buffo. The neatness and dexterity ofthe mimetic artist only require the mellowness and gusto that time and practice will mature to give full flavour to the fruits of an innate talent and render the scion worthy of the stock. We here allude to the elder Mathews only in his quality of mimic; but he was more than that, he could personate mental character. —Spectator. BURST OF TEETOTAL ELOQUENCE.—A staunch teetotal speaker thus emphatically addressed his attentive auditors at a late abstinence meeting in Stockton :—" Intoxicating drink," he exclaimed (duly suiting "the action to the word and the word to the action"), is nothing else, my friends, but liquid hell fire, which was first compounded in the sulphurous labot a tory of the infernal regions, and there invented by that most diabolical of all the chemists, the devil. Stick then, stick to water, my friends, as the cobbler sticks to his last, for you have no more occasion to swallow liquid hell fire, than a duck has for and "umbrella" on a rainy day." —York Herald. Fealfal BUT NOT FATAL RENcoNTRE.—We understand, that what some persons term " an affair of honour," took place on ThurSdav morning last, in the immediate neighbourhood of this toe n. The two principals are " gentlemen of the road," in other words. travellers, for two respectable houses in the ge nerAt Manchester trade. We understand, that the immediate cause of this encounter was a wager, and that wager about cigar! A challenge was given and accepted ; the belligerents obtained seconds amongst their ft lends, and :liter (according to one account) remaioing up the remaieder of Wednesday night, on which the quarrel occurred, the parties met at four o'clock on Thursday morning. in a fiehl, between Cheet ham Hill and Collyhurst. It was arranged that both should fire at the same moment, on a signal being given; we have not heard the dis tance, tint believe it was a vet y respectful one; and, on the sig nal being made, both parties fired, but with-art, any effect on the persons, whatever there might be on the nerves of the belli gerents. One reason for their escape may perhaps suffice. The seconds had very prudently contented themselves with loading the pistols with powder only; and as the balls were safe in their pockets, neither of them could very well lodge in the bodies of the principals. Both parties appeared to be quite sa tisfied with this "satisfaction" to their wounded honour, and they shook hands, and went to breakfast. with appetites no doubt considerably sharpened by their morning's exercise.—Munches ter Gua rdian. The French expedition to the North Pole is on the point of of sailing. The Becherche corvette has left Brest for Havre, where it is to stop but a few days. This expedition, which is under the klutz's special protection, is provided with every thing to insure success, and n , thing that could be useful has been neglected. M. Gaimard, presidentof the scientific commission which is to embark in the Recherche, has been presented to the king by the minister of marine, to take leave of his majesty, who received hint with great kindness, and again conversed with him about the northern regions, which his majesty has himself visited. The Kings of Sweden and Denmark h ave de sired that their countries should take part i n the lat,oors of the French commission. and have added to it wen of . ..learning and officers of acknowledged merit.— Globe. [EXTRA A DVERTISEMENT Z lULA)GICAL GARDENS l t a xit. ATKINS, aitooogii many of his V,itor ou Mon Lis' :hat th Fiery of / Naples - and A.lount Vesuvius gave rneral s:ttisf 61 inform his generous Patrons and the Pohlie that in t repetition of the .-',!coni.l Gala, which viii take place'on Mth DAY next, the llttt ituit.. the Arrangements will be by that time iiuite complete, and he feels conti.lent that the effect to be produced will exceed the previous display. The SECOND GA LA of the SEASON will commence with Tue, GRAND ERUPTION of MOUNT VESUVIUS, On MONDAY NEXT, JUNE 11th. The Velocanic Firing will he under the Superintendence of that able Artist Mr. D' Ernst. ADMITTANCE, ONE SHILLING. Zig tilierpoot ,c.n.tanbarb. FRIDAY MORNING,JUNE 8, 1838, rr The Publication of the STAN DARD commenced this morn ing at 5 o'clock. NEW SOUTH WALES.—We have been favoured with a file of Sydney papers to the 18th of February. Their contents are very interesting; but we regret that we have not room for any extended extracts. The following remarks on the comparative dietary of the English workhouses and that of the converted felons in New South Wales will be perused with considerable interest : ( Frum the Sydney Herald, Feb. 1.) With the merits or demerits of the Poor Law Amendment act, we do not profess to be very familiar, although the subject is one which has, for some time past, engaged no little share of attention in Great Britain. Looking over a late number of the London Times , however, we read a letter from Mr. Walter, the late, member of: Parliament for Berkshire, in reference to that law, called forth by some remarks by Lord Johu Russell, in a speech to the electors of Stroud. - In the course of that letter, Mr. Walter writes,—" I will not trouble you a ith the endless details which 1 could exhibit of the cruel workings of the bill. I will simply subjoin in a 'note the diet table of au union in your own neighbourhood (Stroud); and then ask you whether, in the words of Lord John Russell, this is to bq con sidered a ' reforming measure' ? and whether you can believe that my opposition to such cruelties was likely to engender dis. like in any enlightened and humane constituency in the British empire.?" Now for the table of '' dietary for able-bodied" men :—On Sundays, I4oz. of bread, 1 pint of gruel, soz. of bacon, llb. of potatoes, loz. of cheese. Mondays, 14oz of bread, 1 pint gruel, lib. of potatoes, loz. of cheese. Tuesdays, 14oz. of bread, 1 pint of gruel, lib of potatoes, loz. cheese Wed nesdays, 14,z. of bread, 1 pint of gruel, llb. of potatoes, loz. of cheese. .Thursdays, 14oz. of bread, 1 pint of gruel, 2 pints of soup, loz. of cheese. Fridays, 140 z. of bread, 1 pint of gruel, llb. of potatoes, loz. of cheese. Saturdays, 14nz. of bread, 1 pint of gruel, Ilb of potatoes, loz. of cheese. Thus, then, leaving out the slop which, in poor-house palaver would be designated "•gruel," and a single quart of that other fatten ing bevetage called poor-house " soup," the diet of an able bodied labourer in England, whom.> only offence is that he cannot find work, consists of fibs. of potatoes, 7oz. of cheese, and soz. of flesh meat weekly! For this, also, it should not be for gotten, the able-bodied pauper is obliged to submit to be re strained of personal liberty by being shut up in the work-house. Now, after reading such a statement as that, and so authenti cated, it was but natural that we should look about us, and mentally contrast the relative conditions of an honest English man, whose only offence is that poverty which be could not avert, and of a convicted felon in New South Wales. We have seen the amount of the rations of the former—now let us see what is that of the latter. We will take the case of an ordinary assigned convict, who behaves well—meaning thereby, one who does about half as much work as the imprisoned English pau- Per would do, and who contrives to keep himself out of trouble." instead five ounces of bacon weekly, the law allows him seven pounds of good beef, which his master, in most instances, makes up to ten or twelve; instead of the six pounds and two ounces of poor-house bread, he is furnished with from seven to ten pounds of wheaten flour, or, in certain circum stances, a portion of maize meal in lieu of part of that allow ance; instead of the " gruel," and the " soup" (the latter he can easily provide himself with plenty of meat,) he gets tea, sugar, and tobacco; he obtains betiding anti clothing; he gets soap, salt, frequently a glass of grog, and often a money gra tuity! We speak now chiefly of assigned in towns. as house servants, &c., mostly live as their masters do; are allowed clothipg, and, generally, some wages; and are touch more free from personal restraint than household servants in England, Who would not dare to take the liberties which convict servants do here—and that, too, with impunity ! When, therefore, such a contrast as that which we have presented, forces itself upon the mind, is it surprising that we should desire that England should afford us au opportunity, by promoting and encouraging an extensive and well-designed system of emigration, to assist our honest, though pauper, fellow subjects? To behold starving honesty on the one side, and felonial plenty on the other, is enough to make the blood boil with indignation. We have already addressed the English landlords—the rate-pavers gene rally—and we ask them, whether they will not bestir themselves to secure fortheir labouring poor some portion of the advantages • which they may derive front the New South Wales Land Fund ? After perusing the " dietary table" for the poor of the Cirencester Union ; in the counties of Gloucester and Wilts. our readers (some of them, at least) will be remiuded of that sublime composition by a juvenile thief in England, which we. we recorded some time ago. We know it " off-book." " Who wouldn't he a prig, Merrily to run the riy. And over the sea, away; Without a single may to pay ?" The following intelligence respecting the success of the southern whale-fisheries is furnished in the Sydney Herald of Feb. 15 : NEW ZEALAND.—From our correspondent at the Bay of Islands we have received the following list of arrivals at that place :—December 16, Nancy (French whaler,) 14 months out, 2200 barrels, sailed the 57th; Ganges ( French,) clean, 4 months out, sailed December 20; Vanguard, from Sydney, sailed Jan. 2; December 28, Harriett, How, of Sydney, 700 barrels, sailed Jan. 16; December 29, Norwhal (of London,) 2200 barrels. 25 mouths out; Jan. 4, 1838, Victory, (American,) 1200 barrels, 24 months out, sailed Jan. 22; James Munroe (American,) 1700 barrels, 37 months out ; Mary (American,) 1500 barrels, 29 months out, sailed the 13th; Le Mancha (French,) 400 barrels, 6 months out; Rambler (American,) 1700 barrels, 28th monOs out, sailed Jan. 28; Jan. 5, Panther (American,) 1900 barrels, 29 months out; Nantucket (American ; ) June 9, Martha, from Sydney in 10. days ; Jan. 10, Dublin Packet, from the coast; Angelina (French) 200 barrels, 6 months out, sailed the 28th; Origambo (American,) 2600 barrels, 16 months; Jan. 11, Dart mouth (American,) 6(X) barrels, 16 months out ; Bunkers American,) 15(X) bariels, 28 months out ; Jan. 15, Ganges (American,) 17(X) barrels, 26 months out; Jan. 21, Hope, a new schooner from Tahiti, with sugar, for Sydney; Jan. 24, Bowditch (American,) 1860 barrels, 26 months out. By the Sir David Oglehy, from the South Sea Islands, yes terday, we have received the following shipping intelligence:— Ships at Tahiti—Nov. 20, Charles Fenwick, twenty-two months out, 2400 barrels hound to New Bedford; Nov. 27, Palestine, of Salem, twenty-four months out, I2OU barrels; Nov. 30, Charles and Henry, of Nantucket, 14 month out, 500 barrels; Dec. 6. Catherine, of London, 38 months out, 1400 barrels, brought to Tahiti the master and officers of the ship Briton, of London, which had been wrecked at Christmas Island. The unfortunate men hail been on the island for six months, when they w ere t a k en by Capt. Browne, of the Charles Frederick, and conveyed to the Sandwich . Islands. At nuahine—Dec. 12, ship Milo (Ame rican whaler,) with 2500 barrels, 33 months out. The follow ing vessels were spoken by the Sir David Ogleby:—Cvrus. of Nan hicke , , 13 months out, in longitude 60° 30' west, and - latitude 19° 10' south ; February 3, Chieftein, of London, thirty-six months out. 15(X) barrels. The Martha, from the Bay of Islands, brings news of the arrival of the Micmac, whaler, at that place, with 600 barrels of oil—having put in to ship a new main-mast. The Elizabeth, schooner, haul just arrived from Sydney, and the Lady NV elliug tum, haler„ hiltBo barrels of oil, was enterin , the Bay when the Martha sailed. Two brigs were seen by Captain Ilay, about mid-way between here and New Zealand, which appeared to be the Lady Leith and Genii--as they gave the Martha a wide berth, and their try-works looking clean, it is conjecture edd they ha td . been itions unsuccessful. The Martha has made a very exp p. We may also add the following on the same subject : SOUTH SEAS.—The ships in the South Sea whale trade at present are very numerous; a gentleman who has had . good opportunities of knowing, estimates the American fleet alone at upwards of 4100 vessels, and it is nothing uncununon to see ftom forty to fifty of them at one time in the Bay of Islands, The French h a ve lately turned their attention h>ji the sisottr.lr South Seas arid. an „,„„,,,, s ,ileer of French vessels is now - ch The Caroline lately s p oke a shi p onl y three months which m and a ' h e' alf . t 400 from France. had ig „w h t end ti sn , . The Fren s hips are describe d to he s p lendi d new ressal s , o f a b ou t , i ns, fitted lIP quite equal to the most beautiful pass a g e s hi ps that visit this colony. The: rench G ship period in . S)dney shortly. The price of aglicultural and Wiwi produce may be learned from the following : TiEsnAv, VF.8.13.-Flour, first quality, 195., second ditto, !Gs., ration do., I Is. per 10011.1,. Wheat, is. per bushel. Maize Is. to 4s. Gd. v.--Oateu 11 ov, 8s; to 10s. per cwt. Lucerne Ilay, per lit to, Ss. Wheat Straw, 2c..5. to3os. per load. MKAT.—lieer, per ear Lase per lb., 31 , 1., ditto per joint per lb., Ad. Mutton, iwr carcase per ib., 31.1., ditto per joint, per lb.. 4' i I. Veal awl l'ork, 9,1. per lb. Vp.:t,itcrsßLES. Potatoes, 16 , . to ISs. per cwt. Cabbages, 2,1. to 3d. each. Caul t il owets , 3d. to 8,1. each. Turuips and Carrols .31. IL to 41. per b unc h. Leeks, per bunch. Celery, 11- to ed. per stick. THE DISCUSSION AT DUBLIN.—We are sorry that it has b: en placed entirely out of our power to give any report whatever of the very interesting discussion which has taken place at Dublin, within the last fortnight, be. tween the Rev. Mr. Gregg — and Father Mag&re. To such of our friends as have access to the Dublin papers the particulars or the controversy must be familiar; and we confidently appeal to them-whether Protestantism has not achieved a splendid triumph in the person of Mr. Gregg, over the errors of Popery, as represented by the wily champion of the Romish church. The discussion has more than tealised the most sanguine expectations of the friends of true and unadulterated Christianity. Day after day did Mr. Gregg meet the cavils and demo lish the sophistries of his crafty opponent. The word of truth has proved indeed a powerful weapon in the hands of the admirable champion of Protestantism. Fears were entertained when he entered the arena with so ac complished a logician and so eloquent a speaker as the doughty priest Maguire ; but we 'are proud to say that. Mr. Gregg has proved himself, in every respect, more thin. a match fur his opponent. In closeness of reason ing, in ehmrness of illustration, in vigour and perspicuity of style, and in tact and self possesion, be has proved himself to be decidedly superior to his antagonist. The following passage froth the letter .of, a gentleman who was an eye . and ear witness of the protracted discussion will serve to show how greatly the victory is appreciated on the spot. He says, " Popery, since her intrusion into England, has never received such a blow as she has in the course of the past week ; in fact, themonSter has been nearly decapitated. She has been attacked in a right way, and in a night spirit, and in the Lord's strength. Let all the ministers of the Gospel tread in these steps, and use the weapons in season and out of season, in their public exertions and private intercourse and exhortations, and I venture to predict that ere many' years pass away, the beast with ten horns will not have I one of them in Ireland." This language is amply corroborated by the conserva tive press of Dublin. Speaking of the effects which are likely to be produced by this discussion, the Dublin Re cord remarks—" Om present conviction is, that the Rev. Mr. Gregg has, by God's permission, struck a blow in Ireland which will be felt in its remotest corner—a deadly blow at the head of the beast, which it will be easy to follow up, and which, if followed up with only the slightest degree of vigour, will be the means or ulti mately producing the most important and blessed effects." But the strongest proof of the damage which Popery has sustained in the conflict is, the circumstance that Mr. Maguire's chairman, the Rev. Mr. Macnamara had actu ally announced the premature intention of closing the debate yesterday. This is certainly no proof of confi dence on-the part of Father Tom. The Rev. Mr. Nan gle, Mr. Gregg's chairman, has distinctly declined the overture, and insisted upon having " the claims of the rival churches fully, freely, and searchingly investi gated. We sincerely hope that lire proceedings of this trium phant discussion will shortly be published in a series of cheap tracts, so as to be accessible to all classes in the community. We are sure that much good may be done by their dissemination, in England as well as in Ireland. THE LATE FATAL AFFRAY IN KENT.—The particulars of the late fatal encounter in Kent 'are too generally known to need any extended comment on the nature or the origin of the disturbance. The Whig-radical papers seek to charge the affair upon the poor-law agitators Irnd it has been malignantly insinuated by the leading organ of the ministry that a noble peer, long known for his able advocacy of the rights of the poor, had con nived at the mischievous 'proceedings of the maniac Courtenay. We have not been able to discover, in any of the accounts which we have perused, that there was the slightest connection between the recent outburst of fanatical frenzy and any systematic opposition to the new poor law. The whole affair was, from beginning to end, the isolated work of a raving madman. His deluded followers, over whose passions this frantic enthusiast seems to have obtained the most complete ascendancy, do not appear to have any definite object in view, be yond that of realising the splendid promises held out by their infatuated leader. It is perfectly absurd to mix up the question of opposition to the poor law with the law less acts of such a, maniac. If his proceedings were characterised by resistance to the operation of any spe cific law, it was, undoubtedly, the law for preventing smuggling rather than the poor law. In dispassionately reviewing the melancholy details of the recent catastrophe, it . is impossible to exonerate the government, or, at all events, Lord John from the moral responsibility inseparable from the fact of sending forth from the surveillance of a lunatic asylum a man so dangerous as Courtenay. The facility with which the Home Secretary seems to have listened to the representations of those who sought for his liberation is any thing but creditable to his prudence. But in dis charging this wretched madman, - and sending him forth to Organise an insurrectionary force , the government seem to have acted upon precisely the same principl e as that which has too fatally characterised the administra tion of Lord Mulgrave in Ireland. There we have re: peatedly found the gaols nearly emptied of their inmates at the solicitation of the friends of the condemned felon., or at the instance of their priestly advisers. Yes, the greatest malefactors have frequently been let loose upon society, perhaps to imbrue their hands in the blood of fresh victims, and that before a tenth part of the term of their incarceration had expired. The recent interference of Lord John Russell on behalf of Courtenay was just a parallel instance of the exercise of uncalled-for cle mency. That it was far from being a singular instance of such clemency we may readily imagi ne w h en we ca ll to mind the mysterious manner in which the sentence of Miss Newman was set aside. It is unnecessary for us to enlarge upon the mischief which such a line of conduct is calculated to produce. Its effect upon the morals of the country may be. easily appreciated. Viewing the tragedy of last week as the result of pure madness, the inquiry naturally arises, why were so many lives sacrificed in quelling the disturbance? Could not the local authorities have devised some means for captur ing the maniac without bringing a detachment of 100 of the military to oppose a small band of 40 or 50 labour ers, armed only with stakes or bludgeons ? To us there appears to have been a culpable degree of 'recipitation manifested in all the proceedings against these deluded fanatics. The only one of the whole party who appears to have had fire-arms was Courtenay himself. After his fall, where was the necessity for mowing down the •pea santry by a discharge of musketry ? Mi g ht they not have been prevailed upon to surrender without having recourse to such extreme severity ? Indeed, it appears to us that if the misguided peasantry had only been - made acquainted with the proximity of the military—if thei• had only been allowed a little ti me for dangers into which . their rash con duct was leading them reflection—if care had been tak er, to inform them of the —and proper exertions had been used to get hold of their leader, there is every probability that the effusion of blood which took place might have been avo id e d . T his i s t h e more probable when we consider that many o f those who were cap tured said that they had b een com pelled to enroll themselves among the followers of Cour tens y• 11•111i.IMMIEN=.1 IDOLATRY IN INDIA.—On Tuesday next a public meeting will be held in this town, for the purpose of aiding the praiseworthy efrotts now in progress, in va rious parts of the kingdom, to induce our civil authori ties in the East Indies to abstain from giving any for. they patronage or encouragement to the idolatry Of the natives, The subject is one which ought to engage the serious attention, and command the most strenuous and persevering exertions of every sincere'Cliristian. The evil of which we- complain, and which will be brought. under the notice of the meeting is of the most flagrant character. We believe that - the facts connected with this abominable practice only need to he more extensively known to become the theme of universal reprobation. We are glad to find that the General Assembly 0r t Church of Scotland have taken the matter intotaheir, consideration, and that they have cordially t r i - 1 , 7 ) 1 t of mously recommended the immediat c ri i : e l a gra the question in the northern districts of ,r r :B at r , i i t r a e in o, l . ' , l:e t, following documents, illustrat ive . of India, mid vi l ll t i l ch crauplaints made by the Christi:up.; were submitted by Mr. ',rainier to the notice of the As embly, Will be perused with interes t:— jug "Id August, 1836, a memorial, containing th e JUNE 8, 1838. statementii, was press nted to the Governor in Council at Madras, signed by the arclideacon, eleven chaplains, thirty-nine mis sionaries, tiurivgentleman of the civil service and others, and by one hundred and eleven military and eleven medical officers : •' •I. That it is now required of Christian servants of the Government, both civil and military, to attend Heathen and Malmmedan religious festivals, with a view of showing them respect. "• 2. That in some instances they are called upon to pre sent offerings, and to do homage to idols. "' 3. That the degrading and impure services of the pagoda are now carried on under the supervision and control of the principal European, and therefore Christian, officers of the Government, and the management and regulation of the re venues and endowments, both the pagodas and mosques, are so vested in them, untie' the provisions of Regulation 7th, of 18 17 , that no important idolatrous ceremony can he performed—no attandent of the various idols, not even the prostitutes of the temple, be entertained or discharged, nor the least expense in curred, without the official concurrence and orders of the Chris tian functionary. '4. That British officers, with the troops of the Goverty. ment, are also now employed in firing salutes, and in oth erwise rendering honour to Maimmedan and idolatrous ceremoni", even on the Sabbath-day, and Christians ate thus not unfre quently compelled by the authority of Government, to desecrate their own most sacred institutions, and to take part in unh ol y and degrading superstitions.' " Sir, when I. read these things, the strongest impression on my mind is that of wonder at the. long-suffering and patience. 0 1 God—that he bears with us as a nation countenancing such proceedings. Surely " His ways are not as our ways, '. o 9r " His thoughts as our thoughts," otherwise this would not have been endured till the present hour. But I hasten on to the me mnrial presented to the Governor at Bombay concerning Silui" far practices;— " A similar memorial was presented to the Governor in Coun cil of Bombay by similar patties. They say—' The counten ance and support extended to idolatry and superstition. and It!t! , violation of the principles of toleration, to which we refer, con sist principally in the following particulars:— " 1. Iu the employment of Brahmins and others for the per pose of makingbeathen invocations for rain and fair weather. , " ' in the inscripti.n of Shri on public documents, and the dedication of the Government records to Ganesha, and other false gods. " 3. In the entertainment in the Courts of Justice of ques tions of a purely idolatrous nature, when no civil right depends On them. "`4. In the degradation of certain castes, by excluding them from particular offices and benefits not connected with religion. " In the attendance of the servants of government, civil and military, in their official capacity, at Hindoo and Ma homedan festivals, with a view to participate in their rites and ceremonies, or in the joining of troops, and the use of regi mental bands, in the processions of Heathen and Mahotnedan festivals, or in their attendance in any other capacity than that of a police for the preservation of the peace. " 6. In the firing salutes by the troops, or by the vessels of the Indian Navy, in intimation and honour of Heathen festivals, Malmined.in rde " &c. 'fbe memorial farther prays that inquiry may be made into the following : "' 1. Support given to Hindoo temples, to mosques and tombs, either by the granting endowments, pensions, or im munities, or by the collection and distribution of the officers of Government of the revenues already appropriated to them. "f 2. The granting of allowances and gilts to Brahmins, and other persons, because of their connection with the Heathen and Mahomedan priesthood. " t 3. The present mode of administering oaths in the native Courts of Justice, and whether it be such as is proper for a Christian Government to allow and to sanction. " ' 4. The endowment and support of colleges and schools for the inculcating of Heathen and Mahomedan doctrines and prat ices.' " • I come now to read the translation of an order issued to the chief revenue servants by the Collector of Canara, in 1833, directing SPECIAL CEREMONIES FOR RAIN to be performed in certain pagodas of that district : " Ist, Communications have been received from the chie f revenue servants of some districts, stating that, from the defi ciency of rain, the cultivation is hindered, and requesting per mission to perform ceremonies in the pagodas for rain. Upon looking at the rain reports it appears that it is so. It is, there ordered, for the protection of the Ryots (peasants), that they must go to the pagodas of their villages with cocoa nuts, cocoa nut water, &c., and, with worship to the idol, must offer up their prayers. In the pagodas, for the maintenance of which there is an allowance from Government, you must order the officiating priest to perform the worship of the idol properly with prayers. "21, If the Ryots and respectable people say, that ceremonies for rain are required ; if it appear to you that the distress is really true, 'and if ►t appears necessary that they should be per formed, you are to take 35 rupees from the amount of collec tions, and give them to the Kudre Devanath Devasthan, and having performed the ceremonies properly, you are to report to me the corning of rain." "THE FURNISHING or SUPPLIES FOR IDOL WORSHIP. "To the acting principal Collector of Coimbatoor, from the chief Revenue Officer of Kangyam :—The Overseer of the pa goda states, that for the sanctuary of these four gods (here fol low their names) both for the fixed idol and the festival idol, the government sometime ago bought and gave cloths, and they report that these cloths are now very old and rotten, and must be renewed. Having seen them, and made inquiry, I find it is not the rule to give the cloths, &c., for the above holy places every year; but when cloths, &r. are necessary the government have been in the habit of giving them, and I know that they are all old. I have therefore made a statement, amounting to 50 rupees, for buying and giving cloths to the said gods, and now enclose the said statement in this address, and send it to the Collector, waiting for orders." FIRST STEAM SHIP FROM LIVERPOOL 'TO NEW YORK. e We have great gratification in observing that L i v er p ool is not to be left behind Bristol in steam navigation so lon g so g l as we had reason to apprehend. The spirited pr o p rietors of that splendid vessel, the Royal William, which has many successful vovas.ves, invariably beating her Majesty's steam packets, is under appointment to cross the Atlantic, and will sail from Liverpool for New York on the sth July. Her acCommodattons will be of the first order, her berths commo dious, and she will catry a surgeon. From the well-known sailing powers of the Royal Williatn, it would not surprise us if she should make the speediest voyage yet performed; and she is built with peculiar arrangements for safety. We con gratulate the inhabitants of Liverpool on the spirit thus early displayed, and the determination evinced that the Mersey shall not he the last river from which steam ships shall proc eed in connecting the United States with England.—Mail. THEATRE-ROYAL, LEVERPOOL. Mr. W. FARREN, of the Theatres-royal, Drury-lane and Covent-garden, is engaged for TEN NIGHTS, and will make his Fifth appearance this Evening. rHIS present FRIDAY. June 8;183% will be performed I the favourite Comedy of the SCHOOL. FOICSCANDAL. Sir Peter Teazle - • Mr. W. Farren. Joseph Surface Mr. Stuart. Charles Surface Mr. W. Howard. Crabtree Mr. Baker. • Sir Benjamin Backbite Mr. W. H. Bland. Lady Teazle Miss Faucit. Mrs. Candour Mrs. Clarke. Lady Sneertvell Mrs. Baker. Maria Miss Cleaver. After which will be produced the last. new Farce, written by Charles Dance, Esq., and performed with the greatest approba tion at the Olympic Theatre, called NAVAL ENGAGEMENTS. Admiral Kingston Mr. W. Farrell, (As originally performed by him at the Olympic Theatre.) Lieutenant Kingston • Mr. W. Howard. Dennis Mr. Baker. Short Mrs. 'Pontife.x 'Mrs. Clarke. Mrs. Mortimer Miss Valleit. On MONDAY. a VARIETY of ENTERTAINMENTS, in which Mr. W. FAR REN will sustain his original charac ters, being the Lt , ..ST NIGHT • BUT FOUR of his Engage ment. The new Dramas of" ADVICE GRATIS," "THE BEN- C:AI. TIGER," and "MY. YOUNG WIFE, and MY OLD UMBRELLA," are in preparation, and will be produced in the course of Mr. W. FARREN'S engagement. TO THE PUBLIC. At the suggestion of several of our friends, we have been.induced to POSTPONE THE ENLARGEMENT OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD until the 3d of July, in order that we may not break in upon the half-yearly files of our subscribers, and that the new series may commence with the first number in the second half-year. MANCHESTER. RACES. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6.—The 'Wilton Stake, of 10 soya. each, with 50 added. One mile and a quarter. 5 subs. Mr Worthington's b c by Battledore, 3 yrs , Mr E. Buckley names b c Puffendorf, 3 yrs 2 Mr R. Hudson's b f Columbine, 4 yrs 3 Sweepstakes of 50 sous each, h ft, for the produce of mares covered in 1834. One mile and a quarter. Mr Honldsworth's b c by Vanish, out of Flush....walked over Four paid. A Free Handicap, of 10 sovs each, with 30 added, for four year olds. One mile and a quarter. 7 subs. Lord Stanley's b c Argante, 6st 4lb 1 Mr A. Phillip's ch f The Maid of Mouton, 7st 10lb 2 Mr Lacey's b c Capulet. 7st 61b Colonel Cradock's br c Box-keeper, 7st 61b ► 0 Mr J. 0. Fairhe's gr c Pyramid, by Falcon, 6st7lb 0 Hvr Maj6stv's Plate of 1.00 guineas. Three miles and a distance. Lord Eglington's b g The Potentate,6 yrs 1 Mr Duucall's b c Drone, 3 yrs 2 Mr Heap's ch in Miss Rachel, 5 yrs Ten drawn. _ THURSDAY, JUNE 7.—A Sweepstakes of 20 sovs each, with 40 sovs. added. Three qtia rters 'of a mile. 16 subs. Marquis of Westminster's cby Langar, out of his Laura 1 The St. Leger Stakes, of 25 sovs. each, with 60 added, for three veal old colts. The second horse to receive back his stake. One mile and three quarters. Mr E. Buckley names t, c Compensation, by Emancipation 1 One Hundred Sovereigns, given by the Owners of the Race Course, added to a Subscription of 10 sovs each, for all ages. The owner of the second horse to receive back his stake. Two miles and a distance. Captain Lamb's ch c Chit Chat, 4 yrs 1 We Perceive by an advertisement in another column that the Rev. H. I'. Buddicom will preach on Sunday morning next at St. John the Baptist's, Toxteth Park. on behalf of the National School in con❑exn.n with that church. The dense population of the district requires that such an institution should be liber ally supported by all who regard the Word of God as the only solid basis of education. _..._ _____ ... ..........._ _ _ CONFIEm A TioN.—On Tuesday morning the Lord Bishop of the diocese adMirristered the' ordinance of confirmation a t St. Martin's Church, and iu the afternoon his lordship attended 13t. Jude's Church. and there performed the same ceremony. On Wednesday, his lordship attended St. Michael's Church at len in the forenoon, at St. John the Baptist's Church in the after noon, for the same purpose. The number of young persons confirmed on this occasion was, we are informed, much greater than at any Former period. THE LATE PE IZE FIGHT AT W INDSOR.— Thi s di s graceful e xhibition, whirls was stopp e d b y t h e i nterference o f the police last week, and in putting sin en d to w hi ch, severa l o f the officers were injured, has terminated in the death of Inspector Ross, under whose which he received by the brutal conduct of the crowd. Inspector Ross, was one of the most valuable and efficient officers of the police force—a man whose steadiness was always to be depended upon, and who in several cases of emergency has shown the most undaunted bravery. He expired at the Infirmary on Wednes day. The coroner summoned a jury to hold an inquest on th e police - body yesterday ; after it had been viewed, the inquest was n n _ ad journed to this day at 12 o'clock, to give time for the obtai f a i . of a large body of evidence. This is another death which ee . t er ! resulted from the brutal practice of prize fighting. We a stand that several parties have been taken iutocustodY w h o were concerned in the fight. of this town, %%slime the rent of the houses rarely exceeds DREADFUL or £2,5 per annum, it is a common custom for rheten w t.. ~Li i" polish with black lead the small circular slabs of iron ee nic cover the apertures by d eroos to therel,y rendering them extremely slippery and a * in ber arms, the foot passenger. A young woman, with a child which coals are conveyed-into th uence of a few days since met with a broken limb in consect_e w,re placing her foot on one of these " accident traps." W on the pro passing at the time, and could not help pondering we at first halite reason of this iron-slab polishing mania. , w,iiings thought that• the " traps" could be placed opposite the d to in us of medical men only, but the number of them forbade __„.o • •at last we believe we hit it—all persons ru dulge this o t omen , . hod of putting are in arrears with their doctors adopt this met ellars , u f their bn,iness in their way, as a means of paying the int erests e tbis acc ounts, perhaps; and those wh o are anxious to esecrna Paids to imputation had better, therefore, order .their hous . 0. their waste no more black lead on the pavement froutin,, dotoieiles. A TrEM PTV. 1) ICIDE.—VENDING POISON.-01.1 Mondalle r Yi Ca night, one of the ?surgeons of the South Dispensary was to visit a roan who, in a fit of passion, consequent on some Ma trimonial differences, had swailt,wed a large dose of laudanum. The,man was in a state of stupor on the arrival of the surgeon, plotter measures having li e s, and remedies apPlied: but to, was, fortunately, restored. co n fessed t o the medical gentleman, that he had purchased six-pennyworth of laudanum at the shop of a neighbouring druggist. It is true, be obtained the poison under a false pretence, Ind it is evident that druggi'rls a e ought to use the utmost caution it , vending such potions as destiuctive to life. In this case, the man had nearly effected his purpose. Suicide is frequently the result of a transient stale of excitement, un,ch a little reflection would effectually . .dissi pate. If the difficulty of procuring poison were increased, time would be allowed foi this reflection to come, and, prot:ably,./nanY cases of suicide would be prevented. ~"~: