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June 4, 1844, fiflantes. A A LADY, who h as res id e d some y ears i n a Ge n tle m an's Family as GOVERNESS, wishes for a RE-EN GAGEMENT, in July or August next. For reference apply to E. WYLAM, Esq., No. 7, North , Bailey, Durham ; ..or Mr. GEORGE SMITH, 27, Bold street, Liverpool. 'ANTED an experienced ASSISTANT to a CHE MIST and DRUGGIST, to undertake the Ma nagement of a Shop. No one need apply whose character will not bear the strictest investigation. Address, C. WEATIIERILT, 269, Scotland-road. 'WANTED, FURNISHED, a COTTAGE, for two or three months, containing about four - ,Bed-rooms t an x cl eh tw an o ge S . itting-rooms, situate within five miles of the APply, with all particulars, to Box H 32, Postoffice. LIVERPOOL DOCKS. THE TRUSTEES of the LIVERPOOL DOCKS are ready to receive TENDERS fo r a LOAN o f M ONEY, at the rate of THREE POUNDS TEN SHILLINGS (3k) per Centum per Annum Interest, for a period of not less than Seven Years. All letters, stating .the amount parties are willing to lend, to be ad dressed to GEORGE WITHERS, Esq., Dock-office, Liver- P O Ol, not later than MONDAY, the lith day of June, 1844. The Interest will be paid half-yearly, either in Liver- Pool or in London, or remitted to the parties, at the option of the Lender. By order, DANIEL MASON, Secretary. Dock-office, Liverpool, Thursday, 23d May, 1844. • £5. REWARD. LOST, on SATURDAY, about Twelve o'clock, between the Bank of Liverpool, A. Heywood and Co.'s, and the Branch Bank of England, THIRTY POUUDS in B ANK OF ENGLAND NOTES. The. Numbers and Dates are known, and the payment of them is stopped. Whoever has found the same, and will bring them to E v 4 Ns Dock-office, shall receive the above Reward. Jine, 1844. 13Y THE ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. PHOTOGRAPH lA. MOUNT GARDEN S. (W ITHIN TEN MINUTES' WALK OF THE CTJSTOM-HOUSE.) THE Public are respectfully informed, that, owing to the many improvements that have been recently ef f ected in Photography, Portraits are now obtained in such absolute perfection as to leave nothing further to be desired. The whole art, including manipulation, appa- Tatus. and the disposition of the building, having under gone so complete a change, most of which are peculiar to 4thia Establishment, as to render the process entirely in dependent of direct sun light, the best pictures being taken in the shade, rain *taking ne dference. Every Article connected with Photography supplied for Exportation. Open from Nine in the Morning. AT a MEETING with reference to the DISSENTERS CHAPELS BILL, held in the Charitable Institu tion House, Slater-street, Liverpool, on THURSDAY, May 30, 1844, , EDWARD CROPPER, Esq., in the Chair. 1. Moved by the Rev. Dr. TATTERSHALL, seconded by THOMAS BLAcxstßihr, Esq., and supported by the v. A. E. FARRAR, That this Meeting has learned with extreme regret and alarm, that a Bill has been sent down from the Lords to the Commons House -of Parliament, intituled " An Act for the Regulation of Suits relating to Meeting Houses and d oth er P roperty, held for religious purposes, by persons measu re if dissenting the Church of England ; '—because that passed into a law, will perpetuate an extensive diversion of Chapel Property and other Charitable Insti tutions from the purposes for which, by founders holding Trinitarian sentiments, they were originally endowed, for the use of the present Unitarian occupants, whose tenets are completely at variance with those for the preservation and propagation of which those benefactions were intended and made; and because the manifest tendency and design of that measure is to intercept the course of justice, and to set aside the precedents of the Courts of Law, as these are explicitly affirmed in the judgment of the highest legal officer in the realm :—" That the intention of the founders, Where it can be ascertained by means consistent with the rules of legal interpretation, shall govern and regulatethe a dministration: of charitable trusts." Carried unanimously. 2 - Moved by the Rev. F. PARRY, 8.D., seconded by the Rev. C. M. BIRRELL, and supported by the Rev. Dr. RAFFLES, T ,l hat, as a large amount of Property intended for the oriel of Trinitarian Dissenters in Great Britain and Ireland be injuriously affected by this unprecedented measure, this Meeting cannot withhold its deliberate and solemn protest against it, or any similar enactment by which the sta te of the lay. , on this subject may be violently disturbed, andthe manifest perversion of Trinitarian funds to Uni tarian Purposes legalized :—This Meeting cannot but re gard the Bill in question as furnishing a most dangerous precedent by the recognition, in its fundamental principle, a . the rnerelact of possession for a limited term of years, ss — a e tadid title to perpetual malversntion ;—a procedure inn by shielding the breach of trust from every legal l u trY, endangers the provisions of all trust deeds which ICoßs3yo. :expisaicrostintv,e7dor unanimously.which may bbe hereafter provided. Moved by Rev. Jolts: KELLY, seconded by JOHN ' Esq., x jun.; and - supported ' by the Rev. Mr. ARGREA7V ES That this. Meeting, in conformity with the:foregoing resolutions.adopts the following Petition, t o b e - s i gne d by the Chai rman on behalf of the Meeting : TO TRE lICNOURABLE THE COMMONS OF TUE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED The Petition of a General Meeting of illinistersof various Evangelical denominations of Christians and other In habitants of Liverpool and its vicinity, held on Thurs day, May the 30th, 1814. SHOWCTH, That your Petitioners have examined the provisions of Bill sent down to your Honourable House, intituled " An Act for the Regulation of Suits relating to Meeting Houses and other Property, held for religious purposes, by persons dissenting from the Church of England." Your Petitioners beg to represent to your Honourable House, that certain Places of Worship and 'Charitable Institutions, with which large sums of money are con nected, and which were founded or endowed by English and Irish Dissenters holding Trinitarian sentiments, have, by various means, passed into the hands of Unitarians, who bave deviated from the religious principles of the founders, aad for the maintenance and propagation of which it cannot be doubted these benefactions were pro vided. Your Petitioners cannot but regard the aforesaid mea sure with the utmost disapprobation and alarm.-as a dan gerous interference with the established course of law and justice ;—since, if placed upon the Statute Hoak, it will Fonder the mere fact of possession for a term of years, 'rrespective of the legitimate appropriation of such pro- PtrtY, a valid title to its retention, and afford a precedent wul ch will place in jeopardy the provisions of trust deeds alread y in exist tuted, ence, or which may be hereafter consti- Your Petitioners enter their decided and solemn protest against such a measure because it sets aside the equitable principle heretofore held sacred by the Courts of Law, and confirmed 'by the highest judicial authority in the realm :—" That the intention of the founders, where it ,oan be. ascertained by means consistent with the rifles of legal Interpretatio n , shall govern and regulate the:admi nistration of charitable trusts t"—and because it legalizes a perpetual injustice by prohibiting all inquiry into the manifest breaches of trust by which Unitarians employ the funds established 'by Trinitarians for the propagation of doctrines of which their ow are utterly subversive. Your Petitioners, therefore, earnestly pray your Tufo nourable House to reject the said Bill, or any other mea sure calculated to unsettle the existing law with reference to the Constitution of Charitable Trusts in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. And your Petitioners will ever pray, &c. Carried unani mous l y . • 4. Moved by the Rev. TitoNtAs NOLAN, and seconded by the Rev. Mr. WELsn, That the Petition be presented to the House of Com mons by the Right Honourable Lord Sandon, and that Sir Howard Douglas be requested to support its prayer. Carried unanimously. 5, Moved by the Rev. Dr. CRICHTON, and seconded by the Rev. Mr. WOLSENHOLME, `'That a Committee be formed, consisting of theßevs. P. Parry, W. Bevan, C. M. Birrell, George Pridie, with the Chairman. William Crisfield, and John Cropper, Esq., jun., (Treasurer to the Committee,) to advertise the Resolutions of this Meeting in the Liverpool Standard and Mercury, and the London Record, Patriot, and Watchman Newspapers, and to watch the future proceed- inga in Parliament with regard to the Bill in question. EDWAD CRPER, Chairman 6. Moved by th e Rev.ll W. BEV O AN P , and seconded . by ORMEROD HEYWORTII, Esq., That the Thanks of this Meeting be presented to the Chairman, Carried unanimously. F. PARRY. 8.D., Secretaries. W. BEVAN, PATRICK DORAN, at present and for two months 3 Past residing at number 4, Blundell-street, in Liv.er- Pool, in the county of Lancaster, in lodgings, out of busi ness, and for ten months previously thereto residing at tlolnber 42, Great Howard-street, in Liverpool aforesaid, of business, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that the to present a Petition to the Commissioners of 3.tie Liverpool District Court of Bankruptcy, praying to be examined touching my debts, estate, and effects, and °, be Protected from all process upon making a full dis closure and surrender of such estate and effects for pay tient of my just and lawful debts; AND I HEREBY •wiL I RTHER GIVE NOTICE, that the time when the Matter of the said Petition shall be heard is to be adver tised in the London Colette and in the Liverpool Stan card newsp aper , one mont h at t h e l eas t a fter the date hereof. 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The announce ment has turned out to be correct, his Majesty having arrived at Woolwich on Saturday evening, at ten o'clock. The arrival of the Emperor has, up to the present period, for some unexplained reason, been kept a profound secret. The Emperor travels incoy., and was conveyed, along with his suite, in three Dutch steamers. Immediately on landing, his Majesty and suite entered the carriages in waiting to convey them to Ashburnham House, the resi dence of Baron Brunow, which' they reached at half-past eleven the same evening, and, after partaking of coffee, his Majesty repaired to the rooms prepared for him. On Sunday morning his Majesty was waited on, soon after nine, by Prince Albert. Their meeting was of the most affectionate and cordial character. The Emperor threw his arms round the neck of the Prince Consort, and em braced him fervently, Prince Albert returning the salute with great apparent feeling. They remained in conversa tion a considerable time, when the Prince left, promising to return at half-past one to conduct the Emperor to Buckingham Palace, his Majesty intending in the mean time to attend divine service at the chapel of the Russian embassy. At the time stated the Prince nrrived, in com pany with Sir Robert Peel, whom his Majesty received vary cordially. They then proceeded to Buckingham Palace, and his Majesty was presented to the Queen, after which the Emperor was conveyed on a round of D ac o e w ; ag to er A ; l t a o rlbug th or e o pu h ke H o o r u e se a , na to br p i a d y ge a a v n is d it th t oe D visits—to the King of S axon y, i n hi s apartments at Buck inghamt h Duchess cQueeniless oPa Palace Gloucester, and the Duke of Wellington, i t w i n s Majestyhtohme biborough i. iosuappeared a ot stated, d ,mt, delightedthiaittb when ialetnptrti present es e n e a nl e td e e t s . t child resides a was fa mily wiNoN'iniothfl a year old, the united ages of ,mother, amounted only to thirty years. MODE OF TESTING THE QUALIT Y G OF UAlvo._ Good guano is the excrement of sea fowl, accumulating in countries where there is no rain. It owes its virtue to a int.nure, first as the presence of aminonical salts, and, s econdly to that of phosphate of lime or b one earth, derived ; from the bones of fish. To test the ammonia, take a spoonful of guano, and a spoonful of powdered quick lime ' put them iu a mortar, and rub them with a pestle fora few , smell seconds; if the guano be genuine, the will resembl e that of a bottle of salts, and will make the eyes water i n the same manner. In this way it may be proved whether the sample be guano or not, and also the strength of dif ferent samples may the comparative strength of effluvia of the ammonia disengaged. To test for the phosphate of lime, place aamall• quantity, (say an iron ladle or earthen ii .tic• , -, I I m or r 100 grains) in any similar vessel, in which heat it red hot over a clear fire, for twenty minutes. - If the guano be genuine it will be reduced to a white ash, weighing about 35 grains ; if the 100 grains when burnt, weigh much more than 35 grains, the guano is n ot genuine, or contains an undue Proportion of sand or similar ir atter. Th e ashes of genuine guano I will be found to be phosphate of lime nearlY pule. if it be requisite to prove this a small bottle of acetic acid, or white vinegar, will • dissolve the phosphate and hold in solution, leaving the selica and alumina, (p robable amounting to three or four gr a i n s ) u ndissolved. Th e ashes should be left in the acetic acid for two d ays, and the bottle occasionally shaken. It is assumed th at the Iguano to be tested be dry.— Farmer's Journal. Contrarto. LIVERPOOL BOROUGH PRISON. PERSOPciitiET - ici: -- stiPPlying the NS LIVERPOOL BOROUGH PRISON with BUTCHERS' MEAT, and with BREAD, MEAL, and PEAS, from the Ist of July next, to the 31st day of December next, both inclusive, are requested to send Tenders, under cover, to the Deputy Town-clerk, at the Town-hall, on or before the 20th day of June instant. The several Articles above specified must be delivered, from time to time, in such quantities and manner as the Governor of the Prison may direct, and subject to his ap proval of the quality, &c. Information as to the probable consumption of the re spective Articles, and further particulars, may be obtained from the Governor, at the Prison. Each Tender must specify the names of two Sureties for the due performance of the Contract. Town-hall, June 3d, 1844. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. SHANNON COMMISSION. H E COMMISSIONERS are ready to receive TENDERS for the EXECUTION of the undermentioned WORKS, at the JAMES TOWN CANAL, LOUGH NANOGUE, DiIUMSNA, MOUNT CAMBELL, and CHARLESTOWN, and at JAMESTOWN, Counties of Leitrim and Roscommon. EXCAVATING and Forming about 111 miles statute measure of CANAL on the site of the present Jamestown Canal. CONSTRUCTING a LOCK 112 feet long and 30 feet wide, with its GATES and MACHINERY complete ; and BUILDING TWO STONE BRIDGES 45 feet span each. DEEPENING the BED of the RIVER at Lough Nanogue, Drumsna, Mount Campbell, and Charlestown, and at Jamestown. UNDERPINNING the BRIDGES of Drumsna and Jamestown, and CONSTRUCTING A WEIR 750 feet in length, and a QUAY WALL 360 feet in length, at the latter place. The Plans may be seen at the Commissioners' Office, and printed forms of Tender and Specification obtained, on application to the Secretary, on and after the Gth of June instant. Each Tender is to be accompanied with a schedule of prices, according to a printed form which will be furnished by the Commissioners; the prices in each to be written in words ; and no Tender will be received unless this condi tion be complied with. Two securities in the amount of £l2OO each, for the due performance of the contract will be required. Sealed 'Tenders addressed to the Secretary, marked " Tender for Works in the Jamestown District," to be delivered on or befoie the 29th June instant, at Twelve o'clock Noon, after which day and hour none will be received. The Commissioners do not bind themselves to accept the lowest or any Tender. Separate Tenders may be sent in for the Canal Works, and for the River Works including the Building of the Weir. By order, E. HORNSBY, Secretary. Shannon Commission Office, Custom-house, Dublin, Ist June, 1844. grip littbltrations. This day is published, price Is., Svo, THE GREAT MOTT QUESTION; or, The Mys tery Unravelled, in a Letter from W. B. FERRAND, Esq., M.P., to the Right Hon. Sir JAMES GRAHAM, Bart., m.p . " Audi alteram pattern." London : JOHN OLLIYER, 59, Pall-Mall ; and may be had of all Booksellers. LIFE IN INDIA. This day is published, and to be had of all Booksellers, PEREGRINE PULTUNEY ; or, LIFE IN INDIA. " We can distinctly recommend this work to families intending to send their younger branches to India.."— Bell's Messenger. " The fact is we never saw Life in India so well pre sented before."—Sunday Times. London: JOHN MoRTIMER, Adelaide-street, Trafalgar square. BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE. No. CCCXLIV. For June, 1844. Price 2s. 6d. CONTENTS: I. Traditions and Tales of Upper Lusatia. No. 1. The Fairies' Sabbath.—ll. Columbus. (A. Print after a Pic ture by Par►neggiano.? By B. Simmons.—lll. To Swal lows on the Eve of Departure. By the same..—lV. The Diligence. A Leaf from a Journal.—V. Who wrote Gil Blas?—Vl. Michael Kalliphournas.—Vll. Africa—Slave Trade—Tropical Colonies; with a Map.—VIII. Narra tion of certain Uncommon Things that did formerly happen to me, Herbert Willis, 8.D.-IX. Beau Brum mel.—X. The Actual Condition of the Greek State.— Index. WILLIAM BLACKWOOD and SoNs, 45, George-street, Edinburgh, and 22, Pall-Mall. London; sold by Evers and Co., \V. GRAPEL, W. WEBB, and the other Book sellers, Liverpool. Just published, by JOSHUA WALMSUZY, 51, Church- street, ripHE DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE for JUNF price 2s. 6d., containsi— , . Siborne's Campaign of 1815.—Mrs. Gray's Sketches from the Antique, and other Poems.—Rambling Records of People and Places. No. ll.—Sunrise from the Righi. —Arrah O'Neil ; or, Times of Old-; by G. P. R. James, Esq. Chaps. XXXIII. and XXXIV.—I Sigh in Vain. — Our Portrait Gallery. No. XXXV. The late Abraham Colles. Esq., with an Etching.—Continental Countries. No. 111. Prussia.—The Rich Man's Warning; by Mrs. James Gray.—Romanism and Education in France and Ireland.—Traits of Saracenic Chivalry. No. 111. Abd er-Rahman I.; by William Cooke Taylor, LL.D.—Be ranger and his Songs; by William Dowe.—A Last Con fession of Harry Lorrequer.—lndex. MOM BURKE OF " OURS." No. XVIII., w i t h Two Etchings, price One Shilling. CARLETON'S IRISH TALES. N o. XXIV., price One Shilling. Dublin :" Wrwitm CURRY, jun. and Co. ; Liverpool : JOSHUA WALMSLEY, and all Booksellers. COALS. EORGE LOXTON, COAL MERCHANT, having dis l3 continued receiving orders in Dale-street, begs to inform his Friends that he has taken an OFFICE in DERBY-BUILDINGS, FENWICK-STREET, oppo site the North and South Wales Bank, where the Coal and Carrying Business will for the future be carried on. Best King Coals for House Use, and Rushy-park Coals, in the River, for Steam-boats and Shipping. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. CONSERVATIVES OF SOUTH LANCASHIRE REGISTER ! REGISTER ! ! REGISTER ! ! ! " The great battle of the. Constitution must be fough, in the Registration Courts."—Sir R. PEEL. MANY parties having been disappointed in their wishes 11 11 to support William Entwisle, Esq., M.P., the suc cessful candidate against "The League," in consequence of their having neglected to register, Mr. Caistor will sit daily, at the Committee- rooms, 61, Spring-gardens, Man chester, for the next seven days, between the hours of three and five o'clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of filling up Claims to be placed on the New Register. Notices of Claims will also be provided and properly filled up for applicants at the offices of Messrs. Caistor and Farnworth, Manchester • Mr. Earle, Asht on - un d er- Lyne; Mr. Summerscales, Oldham ; Mr. Mylnes, Roch dale • Mr. Whitehead, Bury ; Messrs. Woodhouse and Holden, Bolton ; Messrs. Lord and Ackerley, Wigan ; Mr. Armstrong, Ormskirk ; Mr. FAirtcr.ouon, Com merce court, Lord-street, Liverpool ; and Messrs. Wag staff, Son, and Marsh, Warrington. Apply immediately.—Lose no time. May 30, 1844. TO THE ELECTORS OF SOUTH LANCASHIRE. GE . NTLEMEN, I HAVE the honour to return you my most sincere acknowledgements for the reception that I have met with amongst you on the occasion of the recent Election and I beg most respectfully to add that no exertions shall be wanting on my part to perform the duties of that posi tion in which I have been placed by so large and important a constituency. . I am, Gentlemen, Your most obedient servant, WILLIAM ENTWISLE. London, June 1, ]844. TO THE ELECTORS OF SOUTH LANCASHIRE. GENTLEMEN, A T the termination of the arduous contest which has /1 resulted in the return of my opponent to Parliament, I beg to tender my best thanks to those Electors who have recorded their votes in favour of freedom. of trade in the person of one of its most humble, but sincere and earn est advocates. In contrasting the returns on each side in the present contest with those of the election in 1837, we cannot fail to be struck with the change of opinion in favour of more liberal views, such as to encourage us to persevere with renewed energy in advocating those principles and mea sures which are, in my opinion, fraught with the greatest advantage to the productive classes, and through them to all ranks of the community. It is a matter of much personal gratification to me, that in Liverpool, wheie I have so long resided and am best known, a majority of Freeholders have recorded their votes in my favour. _ _ I beg those who have so strenuously fought this battle to accept my sincere thanks. not only for exertions such as have been rarely witnessed, but for the good feeling and admirable temper which have characterized their proceed ings throtighout the struggle ; and I assure the Electors who favoured me with their support, that I feel greatly honoured by the various marks of personal kindness which I have received during the contest: nor can I conclude without expressing . my sense of the uniform courtesy of those who have differed from me in opinion. I hate the horour to be, Your faithful servant, WM. BROWN. Richmond-hill, 29th May, 1844. AIR. COCKLE'S ANTIBILIOUS PILLS. PATRONISED BY THE Duke of Grafton, Duke of Manchester, Duke of Bedford, Duke of Argyll, Duke of Beaufort, Duke of Rutland, Duke of Marl borough, Duke of Buccleuch, Duke of Devonshire, Duke of Sutherland, Marquis of Lansdowne, Marquis of Normanby, Marquis of Ailesbury, Marquis of Winchester, Marquis of Aber corn, Eat 1 of Eldon, Earl of Harrowby, Earl Minto, Earl of Carnarvon, Fart of Kinnoul, Ea'l of Errol, Earl of Mountcashel, Earl of Darlington, Earl of Guildford, Earl of Scarborough, Earl of Oxford, Earl of Thanet, Earl of Athlone, Earl of Ros common, Earl Cowper. Earl Amherst, Earl of Leicester, Viscount Melbourne, Viscont.t Palmerston, Viscount Howick, Viscount Fordwich, Viscount TJrrington, Viscount Acheson, Viscount Alford. Lord Arundel. Lord Hill, L or d Pl un k e tt, L or d Murray, Lord Kinnaird, Lord Bentinck, Lord Fitzroy, Lord Middleton, Lord Frederick Gordon, Lord Willoughby d'Eresby, Lord Hay, Lord Barham, Lord Redesdale, Lord Seymour, Lord Hartland, Lord Western, Lord Sydenham, Lord Archbishop of Armagh. Bishop of Durham, Bishop of Chester, Bishop of Bath and Wells, Bishop of Norwich, Bishop of Salisbury, Bishop cf Peterborough, Bishop of lay, Bishop of Gloucester, Bishop of Chichester, Bishop of Worcester, Bishop of Hereford, Bishop of St. Asaph, Bishop of Bangor, Bishop of Llandaff, Bishop of Calcutta, Right Hon. J. A. Murray, Lord Advocate of Scotland, Right Hon. R. C. Ferguson, M.P., Judge Advocate General, Hon. Sir Edw. Cost, K.C.H.. Hon. Col. Anson, M.P., Hon. Fox Manic, M.P.. Admiral Sir D. Gould, G.C.8., Sir Henry Wheatley, G.C.H., Sir J. Mac donald K.O 8., Adjutant-General, Sir Thomas Dyer, Bart., Sir Francis Burdett, Bart.. M.P., Sir Gerard Noel, Bart., M.P , Sir Robert Grant, Bart.. Sir Henry Blake, Bart., Sir Sam). F.uelyer, Bart.. S r Robert Buxton, Bart.. Sir John Forbes, Bart., Sir Andrew Agnew, Bart., Sir Philip B. V. Broke. K.O 8., Sir John Tyrell, Bart., M.P., Sir Henry Smyth, Bart., M.P., Sir Matthew Wood, Bart., M.P., Sir John de Beauvoir, Bart., Sir Thomas B. Mash, Sir Thos. Wilde, M.P., Solicitor-General, Sir Frederick Pollock, M.P., J. Wildman, Esq., Chilliam Castle, Col. Tynte, M.P., Col. Sibthorp, M.P., Col. Delap, Stoke-park, Surrey, Col. Bence, Thorington-hall, Col. Cowell, Capt. Pechell, M.P., Matthias Atwood, Esq., M.P., Alderman Thompson, M.P., Charles Walker, Esq., M.P., Mr. Serjeant Talfourd, M.P., Mr. Serjeant Ludlow, Vets. Archdeslcon of Colchester, Ven. Arch delcon f St. Alban's, Rev. Dr. French, Cambridge, Rev. Dr. Benson, Rev. Dr. Birch, Rev. Dr. Marsh, Robt. Renwick, Esq., M.D., C. Waddy, Esq., late M.P. for Dublin. John Hatchet', Esq., Dublin. OBSERVATIONS. " Si quid novisti rectius istis, " Candidus imperti; si non, his utere mecum."—HOß. " If you are in possession of better means, " Candid) , inform me ; if not, make use of these" It is now more than a quarter of a century since Cockle's Anti-bilious Pills were first introduced to public notice. The idea of testing their virtues on so extensive a scale was suggested by the local reputation they acquired in the medical practice of the Proprietor, as a mild and efficacious family aperient. • One of the earliest and strongest claims of these pills to public patronage consisted in their perfect freedom from every dangerously active ingredient, so that in all cases where their use was indicated they might be resorted to with advantage under any system of diet, change of climate, or atmospheric alternations, &c. ; while the great and increasing patronage they have since acquired is an additional argument in their favour, and a conclusive proof of their value as a family medicine. They will be found particularly valuable in almost every form of indi gestion, with torpid bowels, and inactive liver ; also in s t h t a o n d her bowels. Prepared Serene gout, billions attacks, sick he a d ac h e , an d nervous irrita bility a e derangedjam James CstatOeCkolfethe stomach c , Surgeon Highness the late Langravine of Hesse Romberg. 18, NE. , " ORMOND-STREET, LONDON. ATROCIOUS PERSECUTION IN MADEIRA. Of late years popery has had its apologists even amongst those who profess not themselves to belong to the Church of Rome—" liberals" of views so large and tolerant on all points of religion, that they equally sympathise with Churchman, Dissenter, Papist, Mahommedan, Jew, or Infidel. Some of these deny that popery ever persecuted in this country ; gloze over the tyranny and cruelties of the Inquisition in Europe in its palmiest days, by im puting gross exaggeration to most authentic records of its doings ; and if they admit of some by-gone persecutions, ascribe them to the darkness and ignorance of the olden times in which they occurred, winding up with the com forting assumption, that the light of intelligence and humanity has now so far illuminated the understandings. and improved the hearts of men, that such atrocities can never gain be enacted. If such reasoning be really sincere, we lament their credulity, for they are assuredly misled by others, or delude themselves. True, the horrors of the Inquisition have to a great degree been reduced, or in some countries repressed for a time, by the contact with Protestant light, and the political checks imposed by Protestant governments and communities. But popery sanctions them still; and popery is insusceptible of change or of amelioration in its principles. As is well stated by a contemporary, " if it change in spirit, it must cease to be popery, and come out of the cage of unclean birds. • The cloak drawn by cunning and policy over the cloven foot, can, as occasion offers, be withdrawn, and ex hibit it in its original deformity." A letter from Dr. Kathy, a Protestant English gentleman,• at Madeira, date the 4th ult., sufficiently proves the fact. It will be re membered that he himself has but recently been released from the perSecuting grasp of Rome, not by her progress to enlightened and tolerant principles, but by the peremp tory, the irresistible interference of the British govern ment. He states that on the previous sabbath, two per sons when going from •his house were taken prisoners, and committed to gaol, where they they then lay, for not kneeling to the host as it passed. He adds :—" On Wed nesday several were mauled with sticks, and some taken by hands and feet as in procession, and carried into the church and made to kneel before the images." But we have a far more revolting instance`of the horrid spirit of popery where its votaries think they can act upon with safety, and that too itethe same island, which is only a• few days' sail from England, and in which there is, moreover, British jurisdiction to a certain extent. This was communicated to the meeting of the Free Assembly of the Church of Scotland, on Thursday, the 23d instant, by the Vice•Convenor of its Colonial Committee, and is also detailed in several of the newspapers on undoubted authority.—The Rev. Mr. Sym, in submitting the report, said, that the most deeply affecting and, at the same time, most revolting portion of it was a communication from the Rev.Jas. Julius Wood, dated Funchal, May 4, relative to a female being condemned to death at Madeira for having renounced the errors of popery, and that, too, by a ma gistrate in the pay of the British government. Mr. Wood says, "she has been found guilty only of saying that images should not be venerated or adored, and that the bread in the Sacrament is only bread. On the latter point it is alleged that the proof was defective. For such a crime the judge has sentenced her to suffer death, when it was competent for him to have punished her with a fine of ten dollars, or under. And this judge is also British Judge Conservator (appointed and paid by the British go vernment), to whom -we have to look for justice in the event of any of our rights as British subjects being vio lated." The following is the sentence : " In view of the answer of the jury, and discussion of the cause, &c., it is proved that the accused, Maria Joaquina, -perhaps forgetful of the principles of the holy religion which she received in her first years, and to which she still belongs, has maintained conversations and arguments condemned by the church,—maintaining that veneration should not be given to images; denying the real existence of Jesus Christ in the sacria hostia; blaspheming against the most Holy Virgin, Mother of God ; advancing other expressions against the doctrines received and followed by the Catholic Apostolic Roman Church; expounding these condemned doctrines to different persons ; thus committing the crimes of heresy and blasphemy punished by the law of the kingdom ; and, though it be affirmed that nobody can be prosecuted for motives of religion (as a principle truly constitutional), it is necessary that the religion of the state be respected, and public morals-be not perverted by words or acts that are condemned, as is expressly established in the fundamental law of the state, vol. cxlv. par 4, which the accused in truth did not do. On the contrary, blaspheming against God and his saints, she gave over respecting the religion of the state to which she belongs, seeking to associate to her party those who nourished principles different from her's. This accusa tion cannot be eluded by the defence to which she has re course, because it consists only in sustaining the illegality , of the action, and the incompetency of the court to con demn in the penalties decreed by the ordinances, book ix. tit. 1, It appears that it belongs only to the Tribunal ad quern to decide a question on all accounts delicate. At tending, then, - to the fact that the crimes of which the prisoner is accused are found proven in the form decreed by the law of December 19, 1774, and ordinances of book v. tit 2, par. 1, which says thus,—` And if he be a peasant, let him receive thirty strokes at the foot of the pillory with a cord, and proclamation, and let him pay two dol lars.' Observing, moreover, that the aforesaid law of the 19th December imposes on those guilty of the crimes of heresy the penalty of death, with infamy ; observing, likewise, that now is abolished the said penalty of infamy and strokes, and that the greater punishment always in cludes the lesser; I condemn the accused, Maria Joa quitaa, to suffer death, as declared in the said law, and in the costs of the process which she shall pay with her goods.—Funchal Oriental, in Public Court, May 2, 1841. (Signed) " JOSE BOREIRA LEILE PILL?, OBLIGUERA NEGRAO" Dr. CANDLISH .itnmeliately on the report being read, expressed his opinion that this painful subject should take precedence of all other matters bzfore the court. It is one of the most stirring announcements, he continued, which can possibly be made in an Assembly of Christian ministers, met together as a court of the Church of Christ; and it is one of the most ominous signs of the times to which our attention can possibly be directed, as indicating the unchanged spirit of that system which is already " drunk with the blood of the saints." It can not but have made every cheek in this Assembly to blush, to think that a Judge in British pay, and appointed by British authority, should have been the first in our time to revive the punishment of death for heresy. He con cluded an affecting address by proposing that the convener of the committee, who was about to proceed to London, should carry with him the authority and instructions of the Assembly, first of all to take counsel with the bre thren and elders of the Church in London, able to advise him aright,—and then, with their counsel and concur rence, to take such steps as may seem most expedient for bringing the matter speedily under the notice of her Majesty's Government. Dr. - HENDERSON, of Glasgow ; in the course of some remarks, on seconding the motion, stated, that the un fortunate female alluded to had already suffered imprison ment for twelve months. The motion was then agreed to. The poor victim in this case, Maria Joaquina, wife of Manuel Alves, is the mother of seven children, of whom the youngest was an infant at the breast when she•was cast into prison. What the British government will do in the case remains to be seen. One thing, at least, is certain ; Maria Joaquina will not perish by the hands of the executioner, unless Sir Robert Peel and the Earl of Aberdeen give the executioner leave. Popery, true to its old character, has passed on her the flagrantly unjust and cruel sentence of condemnation, which horrifies the Chris tianity of the world ; but, just as the British Minister drops the signal, will there be an execution or none in the else. Providence has placed the fatal napkin in the hands of Sir Robert Peel and the Earl ; and without their con sent this persecuted female cannot be murdered. INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT ACT.—This act, passed on the 10th of last month, first repeals the previous Inter national Copyright Act, which did not give power to her Majesty to confer any exclusive right upon authors, en gravers, &c., who had first published in foreign countries, and vests her Majesty with powers in this respect. The following are the heads of the principal clauses :—Authors of works first published in foreign countries shall have copyright therein within her Majesty's dominions, by order i❑ council. If the order applies to books, the copy right law as to books first published in this country shall apply to the books to which the order relates ; and there is a similar clause with respect to prints and sculptures. Dramatic and musical compositions first publicly repre sented abroad may, by order, have similar rights in the British dominions. Authors are to register and deliver copies of books, music, &c. In anonymous works, the name of the publisher to be sufficient. The works to be entered in the register book of the Company of Stationers as before. Copies of books, and having copyright under this act, printed in foreign countries other than those wherein it was first published, to be prohibited. A copy of each book or print to be deposited in the library of the British. Aluseum, but not second editions unless they contain . additions or alterations. The orders in council may specify different periods for different foreign coun tries and for different classes of works. No order to have effect unless it states that reciprocal protection is secured by the foreign power named. Authors of works first pub lished in foreign countries are not entitled to copyright except under this act. The act concludes with an inter pretation clause. THE PROPERTY TAX.—A return of the net amount of duty collected for the year ended the sth of April, 1843 ; also of the number of claims of exemption received at the Tax-office up to the 20th day of May, 1844, &c., has just been ii.sued on the motion of the Chancellor of the Ex chequer. It appears from this paper, that the gross total amount of the collection for the year in question was—in England, £4,989,801 ; and, in Scotland, £394,324 ; making a grand total for the whole of Great Britain amounting to the sum of £5,384,125. Of the former amount (X 4,989,801,) the sum of £2,150,412 was col lected under schedule A ; the sum of £298,763 under schedule B ; the sum of £812,892 under schedule C ; the sum of £1,466,985 under schedule D ; and the sum of £260,657 under schedule E. ' This account is made up on the amount of duty collected to the sth of April, 1844, in respect of the year .1842, .ended April 1843. The amount collected in Scotland cannot at present, it ap. pears, be distinguished in schedules. The second branch of the return informs us that the total number of claims of exemption under the Property Tax Act received at the Tax-office up to the 20th May, 1844, amounts to 82,851 (of which about 6,000 have been found defective, and re- turned to the surveyors for correction or amendment;) that the total number of claims in which the duty has been repaid amounts to £75,500 ; that the amount of the duty repaid is £69,101 ; that the total number of claims in which orders have been issued by the Board of Taxes for discharging the property of the claimants from assess ment amounts to 49,370 ; and the total number o f c l a i ms remaining in the office for examination and inquiry to 1,343, which were to have been disposed of during the past week. SUSPECTED DESTRUCTION OF AN INFANT CHILD BY ITS MOTHER. An inquest was held yesterday afternoon before Mr. Curry, the borough Coroner, touching the death of an infant child—the rumoured circumstances regarding which had excited a painful interest throughout a great part of the town. The following are the heads of the evidence. The mother was brought up in custody. Alice Stevenson, an interesting looking girl of 17 years of age, said she was the daughter of Elizabeth Stevenson, and had for the last two years resided with her in Garner's Court, Roscoe-street—sleeping with her in the same bed. Her mother acted occasionally as a sick nurse. About two months ago she saw reasonay andto ch a a s ll k e e n d ge he h r er w m ho oth w e a r s with e being in the family way, father; but she denied being pregnant, and witness did not afterwards refer to the subject. On Friday last, her mother being employed out as a sick nurse, witness in turn ing down the bed in which she and prisoner slept found a bundle in dark cloth, and being alarmed ran' for a female neighbour, who came, opened it, and found it to contain the body of a child. Witness was so frightened that she did not notice the sex. On Friday week her motherwas very poorly; and remained so during Saturday, but came down stairs that day. Witness afterwards saw that night some ap pearances in the room thatfirst led her to suspect thatsome_ thing improper had taken place but did not name her suspi cions.asshethought it might haVe arisen from natural causes. On finding the body she called in Mr. Inspector Thomp son, who after seeing the child had the prisoner appre hended. Her mother kept a mangle. by which, and as a nurse, she made a living. Witness said her father had died 4 years ago. Margaret Christian, whom the last witness had called in on finding the bundle, corroborated the finding of the child in a piece of black stuff cloth with calico within. Ann Foulks had-thought he prisoner in the family way, and reniarked a difference in her appearance during the last week. Inspector Thompson went to the house when called, and found deceased to be a male child. Mr. M'Lelland, surgeon of the Dispensary—to which the child was carried—said he had examined the body, and his opinion was that it had died from general debility arising from natural causes. Neglect at the birth might have debilitated it, but he would not say it would have lived had it been attended to, as the pains of labour might have produced the effects he saw on the body. There was not the least external injury of any kind. He had spoken with the prisoner on two occasions about it. At the first interview she admitted the child was hers; and on ask ing her if it had been born alive she said "it had never struggled much." On the second occasion (Sunday) she said that after it was born she had lain two hours unable to assist it ; that she then tied the cord, went down stairs, got a pair of scissors and divided it. She also said at first, that she had been confined eight days before, and had delivered herself. The Coroner, after recaptulating the surgeon's evidence, said that the only verdict which the jury could return was that the child bad died from general debility, brought on by natural causes. Had there been any evidence that the deceased had been smothered they must have given a verdict of wilful murder against the mother. So far the case was disposed of as regarded that count ; but the cir cumstances were such that he felt it his duty not to release the prisoner, but to send her before Mr. Rushton, who might, if he deemed it proper, commit the prisoner for trial on the charge of concealement of pregnancy,—or might discharge her. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with this direction. The prisoner was then taken in custody to the police•court (followed by the witnesses) but as the court had rises before they arrived, she was detained for examination until this day. LOCAL NEWS. LAUNCH AT BIRKENHEAD.—On Saturday last, the new and splendid barque, the Great Unknown, was launched from the ship-building yard of Messrs. W. and A. Adamson, Canning-street, Birkenhead.. She was christened by the lady of onr townsman, Daniel M'Nicol, Esq., and presented a beautiful spectacle as she clided majestically onward to her futUre element. THE Ann , p- : —A squadron of the Bth Hussars arrived at Liverpool, from York, on Saturday, and immediately after embarked for Dundalk. - Another squadron of the same regiment is expected to arrive here to-morrow, en route for the same destination. The sth Dragoon Guards are also expected to arrive here to-morrow, from Dun dalk, and are quartered at Manchester. SINGULAR.—The Mail states that, on the 7th ult., about four, a.m., in lat. 44 N., lon., 32 25. all the watches on board the schooner, Henry Curwen Vickers, master, stopped, as did the chronometer, and the compasses pointed in different directions, and were for the time useless. This continued about two hours. when the watches and chronometers commenced going and the compasses acted as before. BRITISH WINES.—The great perfec ion that is now at tained in the manufacture of British wines, coupled with the great reduction that has taken place in the value, has rendered these cordials articles of general consumption. By referring to the advertisement of Messrs. Rose and Co., it will be found that the finest qualities, and we know them excellent, do not exceed 7s. 6d. per gallon. Their ales and porters, too, are now in prime condition. ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday morning, a man, named Wilson, employed as ship-keeper on board the Avon, in Brunswick Dock, slipped whilst walking on deck, and fell head foremost upon a quantity of stone ballast, at the bottom of the hold. He was taken to the Southern Hos pital, and, on examination, to the surprise of all, not a bone was broken ; but he was found to be dreadfully bruised, although it was hoped not dangerously. WHITEMAN'S BRUNSWICK HOTEL—It will be seen, on reference to an advertisement in another page, that the civil and enterprising proprietor of this hotel has discon tinued for the future racing sweeps, in order, we learn, to devote more minute attention to the commercial and ge neral departments of his establishment—an establishment replete with every convenience, which must, under this able management, prove a boon to travellers, and, we trust, a lucrative investment to himself. CHURCH OF SCOTLAND.—We understand that the Rev. Professor Hill, of the University of Glasgow. will preach in St. ,Andrew's Church, Rodney-street, on Sunday next, when the friends of the Scottish Establishment resi dent in this town will have an opportunity of hearing one of the most able, learned, and constitutional advocates of that branch of our national establishment. We further understand that the Rev. John Cumming, of London, another distinguished minister of the Church of Scotland, will officiate in the same place of worship, on Friday the 14th instant, on the interesting occasion of the induction of the Rev. John Tod Brown, the newly-appointed in cumbent. CURIOUS COFFIN.—A coffin is being exhibited at No. 3, Lawton-street, the whole of which is of scagliola com position made to imitate marbles and other stones. In the present case it imitates fine Scotch granite, beautifully polished, The breast-plate or shield is an equally good imitation of lilt* and yellow marble. The designer, George Carson, is sixty-eight years of age, and is in indi gent circumstances. He is unwilling to become charge able to the parish ; and is exhibiting his workmanship with a view to avert such a result of adverse circumstances over which he had no controul. The smallest contribu tions will be acceptable from visitors. ECLIPSE OF THE MOON.—The skywas delightfully clear and serene on Friday night, and the progress of the eclipse was witnessed to great advantage. The moon rose in the southeast, about a quarter past eight, and at nine the earth's shadow appeared first creeping over it. Soon after, the moon was entirely immersed. The great est obscuration was at about three quarters after ten o'clock, and the eclipse ended at twenty-two minutes after twelve. Soon afterwards the moon was shining in un clouded lustre. The eclipse was not seen to advantage in the south, as the atmosphere was obscured by clouds. There will be another total eclipse of the moon on the 24th of November. INTERESTING THOUGH AFFLICTING CIRCUMSTANCE. —On Sunday last the Rev. J. W. Gouring preached a most beautiful and scriptural sermon at St. Matthew's Church, Key-street, in this town. It may not be known that the reverend gentleman was about two years since afflicted with blindness, and is still destitute of the great blessing cf sight. He however possesses great fluency of speech, and through the aid of an intelligent mind and a retentive memory, was enabled to deliver a very excellent discourse, interspersed with numerous quotations from the sacred oracles. Mr. Gouring was a few years since the officiating minister at St. Matthew's, and is now stationed at a church in the metropolis, where he regularly performs the stated services. TfIE COUNCIL.—At the usual monthly meeting of the Council, to be held on Wednesday next, the proceedings of the Finance Committee will comprise a recommenda tion to sell the reversion of a piece of land on the south tide of Myrtle-street, and the west side of Sugnall-street, upon which a Presbyterian Chapel is intended to be erected The Dock Bill, as amended and proposed to be amended, will be taken into consideration ; and the Coroner's accounts, amounting to £lOl, will be submitted, The Mayor's communications will comprise an application from the burgesses of St. Anne's Ward, upon an alleged vacancy in its representation in the person of Mr. Robert Jones, and the bye-laws for the better regulation of the slips and stages, t o p reven t a ccidents on landing and boating, and to extend the time for landing and boating passengers and goods at the piers on the steam vessels going beyond the port. CHARGE OF STEALING THIRTY POUNDS.—Two young men, John Ilolme, and -- Swinnertou, were yesterday placed before Mr. Richard Houghton, (who was sitting io the absence of Mr. Rushton,) at the Police-court, on a charge—the former of carrying off from hi 4 employer, and the latter of receiving a sum of £ 3O . It appeared that the prisoner Holine was a shopnian to Mrs. Hodson, in Paradise -street, and that on Thursday last she had given him a parcel containing the amount stated, in gold and silver, to take to the railway to be "sent to Manchester, but that in place of doing so he had absconded with it. Notices were publ'sliel, and hewasfoundwiinth the otherHandley in Staffordshi l v, by the police, in company prisoner, Switinerton, who he said had the money, so that both were apprehended and sent to this town. Swinner ton said he had no knowledge of the money being impro perly come by; that Holive had represented to him that he bad received it from relations of his own name in this town ; that he proposed their joining together in a small business, and also having a . trip to the Isle of Man to gether, and that he had given every assistance towards the recovery of what remained of it. .A gentleman in court said that Swinnerton was respectable and well-con nected, and he believed was not criminally to blame. The magistrate accordingly discharged him. ordering his evidence to be taken. The prisoner Holme on being asked what lie had to say, said he was sorry for what had happened, and was committed for trial at the sessions. FORGERY.—lntelligence has been received at the Police-office, that Mr. John Parker, a miller and corn merchant, had absconded from Hull, charged with forgery. It appears th .t he is about forty five years of age, that he was dressed in dark coloured clothes, and that his exterior is that of a respectable tradesman. He had in his pos session a £lOO Bank of England note and two £5O notes of the same bank. It is supposed that his intention was to gq abroad. A reward of £5 has been offered for his• apprehension. The Directors of the Chester and Birkenhead Railway have determined to issue Day Tickets, giving parties an opportunity of visiting the ancient city of Chester at a small charge, the fare being 2s. 6d. and 3s. 6d. from Bir kenhead to Chewer and back. A reference to the adver tisement will show that the time as wt•ll as the pockets of parties on pleasure has been stud!ed. A grand treat is anticipated in the city to-morrow (Wednesday), when the regatta will take place, also the review of the Cheshire Cavalry on the Roodee. THE • BISHOP OF NEWFOUNDLAND.—On Sunday morning last the newly appointed Bishop of Newfound land preached in Christ Church, in this town, and in the evenisig in the Church of the Holy Trinity, Woodside. After the latter sermon a collection was made in aid of the society for the propagation of the gospel in foreign parts, when about twenty pounds were collected. We under-- stand that his lordship will meet this morning a consider able number of the clergy to breakfast, at the Rev. Mr. Wray's ; after which the Holy Communion will be ad ministered at St. Martin's Cnurch, when the bishop,. after participating in teis closing religious service, prior to leaving his native land, will be accompanied by the as sembled clergy to the Acadia steam-ship, in which he will take his departure ler the performance of the important duties in the diocese of Newfoundland. LAUNCH OF THE IRON SHIP " QUEEN."—Yesterday, a fine iron vessel, built by Messrs. Thomas Wilson and Co., North-shore, was launched from their building yard, amidst a large concourse of spectators. She is for James, Hartley, Esq., London, and is intended for the London and Exeter line, for which she appears to be admirably adapted. She is 140 feet in length, 22 feet in breadth (or beam,) 131 feet in depth of hold, and admeasures about 331) tons. Her model was much admired by the nautical gentlemen present. We have seen no iron vessel, of whatever size, more strongly built—her thinnest plates being half-inch thick ; and, though very sharp at the ex tremities, such ,are her bearings that she is suited for a light draft of water. We need scarcely add, that in fi delity of workmanship she is excelled by no iron vessel yet turned out. A handsome fieute-head of her Majesty ornaments the bow, with carved work on each side, and on the stern to correspond, representing sea-nymphs„ tritons, marine trophies, &c., boldly thrown out in r eli e f. A number of ladies and gentlemen were accommodated on a scaffold at the bow. At about a quarter to one o'clock, all being in readiness, the word was given ; the " daggers" were knocked down, and she almost imme diately glided sublimely and steadily into her destined element, amidst the enthusiastic cheers and good-wishes of the multitude on each side. The ceremony of chris tening was gracefully performed by Miss Wilson Green. She floated very lightly, and presented a very rakish ap pearance. She will, we learn, be fitted with engines of 140 horse-power, on the most approved principle, and we have no doubt will turn out a remarkably swift vessel. We may add, that " The Duke of Lancaster," the splen did wooden ship, (to which we alluded last week) also: built by Mr. Wilson, will be launched next spring tides. COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.—On seeing the first an nouncement of Professor Greenbank's lectures, we must confess our minds misgave us as to the manner in which any man, however talented, could frame his sketches, so as neither to offend friends by his fulsomeness, or disgust its enemies by his partizanship; we therefore must admit that we have been most aereeably disappointed in our es timate of the powerful resources which the Professor has at his command, for we never remember attending a course of lectures which have given us more satisfaction, or from which we have received greater delight—his de lineation of character, however opposite to political life„ is truly beautiful—his just and honest tribute to genius,. from whatever source, and possessed by whomsoever it may, is creditable to his feel'ngs as a man, and honour able to the institution in making so judicious a selection. We feel, indeed, that we are at an intellectual banquet, to which all and every aspirant to intellectual fame is in vited. We here recognise no religious or political line of demarcation, but all, however extreme may be their shade of opinion, or the various absorbing topics of the present day, are equally welcome guests ; at one time we quaff the nectar from the exuberant fountain of a Peel; at another we drink from the overflowing and lucid stream of a Sheil ; each commands our admiration—each carries us captive by his intrinsic beauties of lantruage, clothed in all the decorations of taste, eloquenc;', and sterling oratory. This evening, we perceive feom the syllabus, that Viscount Melbourne, Lord Howic.e, and Lord Pal merston will pass under review; and on Friday, the learned Professor will exemplify the styles of such disiin guished men as Robert Hall, Dr. Cooke, Rowland Hill,. Henry Melville, and Baptist Noel. The Professor ter minates his engagement on Tuesday next, when a selec tion of admired readings and recitations will be given, among which we under s t an d w ill b e " The song of the shirt." The lecture season of the half-year will likewise be closed on the same evening, THE EUPHONICON.—We were last week favoured at Mr. Smith's music warehouse with an inspection of this unique instrument. The first novelty that at tracts attention is, that the bass strings rise over the instrument in a perpendicular frame, precisely repre senting the upper part of a harp. The treble strings, on the right, are within the body. The whole is truly classical and rich in architecture, the material chiefly of rosewood, richly empanelled, and decorated with foliated and scroll ornaments in satinwood and gilt.. The panels at the back (which in this piano is, properly, the front) are perforated in a beautilul manner, and as these reach at the bottom to within six or eight inches from the floor the tone is strong and distinct. Ihe frame work and all of that within is of iron—which is found not only to give additional power, but to maintain more per-- feet tune than wood in any climate. We also saw, at Mr. Smith's, the Chryrogymnaet, or hand gymnasium, which is considered by celebrated teachers of the piano, organ, and other instruments, to be one of the most im portant inventions that ever came before the musical world. The object is the increase of the muscular power of the hands, and to facilitate fingering in every point. By means of a little practice upon it, the fingers of the pupil are made with facility to expand, and to obtain a muds greater flexibility and power than might otherwise be ac complished in years : the several exercises, nine in num ber, strengthen the muscles of the hands, both in a hori zontal and up-and-down direction so that the naturally weaker fingers soon become equal in power to the stronger, and thus give the player a command over any instrument which might never otherwise be attained, however fine the taste or the ear of the party. We strongly recommend an inspection of this ingenious, and, at the same time, amusing instrument, which may be practised in a bed chamber without disturbing those who are asleep. The practice of the Chryrogymnast is equally advantageous in facilitating skill upOn all descriptions of instruments— is quite independant of the instrument, and so portable as to be readily packed up in a portmanteau, so that per sons travelling may keep up the flexibility and command of finger so essential, without even touching their musi cal instrument. Mr. Smith has also, in two large rooms, a most extensive stock of the first pianos, from the "grand" to the "seven-cottage," with all the latest improvements, by all the most eminent makers. SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL IN FOREIGN PARTS—A meeting of the friends of this society was held yesterday evening, in the National School-room, Birkenhead, and was most respectably attended. The Rev. Andrew Knix took the chair, ably opened the business, and stated that the Rev. Secretary of the Parent Society, who had come down from London with the Right Rev. th'e Bishop of Newfoundland, (who is to embark for the scene of his labours this day) would furnish the meeting with some details of the proceedings and prospects of the society. The Rev. Mr. Hawkers, (the secretary) addressed the meeting at great length, giving an interest ing sketch of the society from its commencement, upwards of a century ago, the difficulties which it had to encoun ter, and its excellent effects in every quarter to which its missionaries have been sent. It was a society, the efforts. of which were more confined to countries to which our. emigrating country men resorted, and its main object was to propagate the gospel in our Canadian, West Indian, and Eastern possessions, amongst those of our country men who were left without sufficient pastoral aid in the principles of the Church of England, whilst at the time it did not neglect the heathen when they fell within the sphere of its operations. He strongly urged that while so many thousands were yearly forced by adverse circum staaces, to emigrate with their families to the wilds of our colonies, the fact of their being our countrymen, and the circumstance of our deriving great wealth and power from those colonies, establish strong claims upon us to lead to lead them to the utmost of our means into the way of salvation. Many of the emigrants left this country in all but a state of entire destitution, and as they might be destined hereafter to become the fathers of mighty nations speaking the same language, the exertions of the society became the more necessary. Ile paid, in conclusion, a high and merited compliment to the Bishop of Newfoundland, and stated that not fewer than 25Q 1 clergymen in British America were to a great extent sup ported by the funds of the society, which . was greatly re duced by the calls upon them.—The Rev. Mr. Baylee suc ceeded him in a feeling address, in the course of which he quoted from a report of the society a passage from a letter by our own respected diocesan, highly approving of its objects. He made a strong and affectionate appeal in its behalf to the members of his own congregation and to all piesent.—The Chairman added a few cogent argu ments to those of the gentlemen who had pi-receded him, He stated that the society had in their service 327 mission- aries, but could usefully employ many times that number. He blamed the government for withdrawing a portion of the grant they had formerly given, but urged that this was no real cause of discouragement, as its merits were such that when it was fully known to the Christian community, it could not fail to be supported. A collection was then made while a hymn was being sung, and after a brief prayer the meeting separated. Two young ladies were accosted.by a gipsy women, who told them that for a shilling each, she would shcw therm their husband's faces in a pail of water; which being. brought, they exclaimed, " Why we only see our own faces !" " Well," said the old woman, " those will he. your husbands' faces when you are married." DISTRESS IN LANCASHIRE IN 164-I.—ln the Petfect Occurrences of Sept. 11, 1644, it is stated, that" one-half of the. money collected in the city of London, and in Westminster, and within the lines of communication, to be sent for the relief of Lancashire, wherein some partsof the people had nothing left. ta clothe them, or bread for . their children to eat, in consequence of the unheard-of spoil, rapine, and cruelties, lately committed by the ene my [the royalists]," suit litta, and tent near ndy- ow ; cot :cel- TS. ne to now :WO ape ler, ler, I