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finprrial HOUSE OF LORDS.—MONDAY. Marquis of NORMANBY, adverting to the inquiry of r evening of the Earl of Charleville, said that he had )pinion of the law-officers of the crown, and their s that a sheriff did not vacate his office by subse- ito commit to mov ded to claims, top of CANTERBURY, the 1 Church (Scotland) Bill was read the Xrcbbis BREAD LBASE having presented petitions non-intrusion," Scotland, xl of ABERDEEN took occasion to remark that the improvements in do ,Tatest improvement had ;" and his lord _ ine petitions just presented e of the perfection to which that manu- lutacture of petitions mate that n broug house resolve into committee on s (Ireland) Bill, the Marquis of aurnment ; but that proposi • Their lordships then re- Al, and Lord LYNDHURST many of the clauses, ;re carried ; - others were deferred. The re lor lordships' sitting was occupied with pro e amendments to the clauses. - OF COMMONS.—MosnAY. .e notice that he should persevere in his vent to Sir R. Inglis's motion, on Tuesday evening, asked the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, intention of government to take any steps certificates and bills of exchange delivered chants on account of opium surrendered ? )ort of the committee that they had id he wished to know whether the corward any motion for the ion to these merchants. !d that he had seen nothing to taken on the subject, and stated to of British merchants. f granting compens '. MACLEAN then asked, whether the government re .ted the acts of Capt. Elliot, or whether they intended ntinue him in the situation of superintendent ? rd PALMERSTON replied that it was not the intention to Capt. Elliot. ELIOT asked whether any despatch had been received New South Wales, or from the Governor of New J. RUSSELL answered that no despatches had been and it was not the intention of his hon. friend to ;ward the motion of which he had given notice, in we of information. r. MILES asked whether any negociations were going r the renewal of friendly relations with the Shah of L PALMERSTON answered that despatches had been 'eceived from that court, and negociations were pend f moment he could not enter into any ment thereon aving instituted inquiries respecting the PALN!ERST' ON communicated that the commisioners iiese claims had arrived in London, eu m communication for the purpose of arranging their proceedinzs ; he booed in a short time to ing the Po ) receive and investigate the claims d whether it was intended to include ,ord PALMERSTON considered that it would include all se employed in naval or military services. He was not ire, however, that there were many naval claims. :Jord INGESTRE inquired whether there was any probability an arrangement being speedily made with regard to letters ng posted at a later hour than at present? The C MANCELLOR of the EXCHECIER answered that, con . ering q .o4:persons employed in the Post-ottice had double amount of business to transact, it was not his intention recommend such a step at present. HumE, on the question that the Sugar Duties Bill be id the third time, said it would be recollected that the house d refused to reduce the duty on foreign sugar, and, on the eceding ev en i ng , th e h ous e r efused to permit the passage of T labourers from Bengal, and other parts of the East dies, to the Mauritius ; since that time the price of sugar d risen very considerably, and it was likely to rise higher 11, in consequence of the deficient supply. He, therefore, shed to know whether it was the intention of the noble rd to take any steps to insure free labour in the colonies on ticli the supply depended. Lord J. RUSSELL answered, that the proposition made aission of free labour from the East Indies to the The house decided against that proposition, but, stood, on the ground that it had not sufficient in and not on the ground that it ought to be denied ice and for ever. As he understood that to be the wish he certainly should not think himself justified allowing the importation of free labour into the Mauritiu til that further information were received. When tha .s received it would be for Parliament to say whether i The bill was eventually read the third time and passed. The Chimney-sweepers Bill was read the third time and stion of resolving into committee on the Eccles ~1 Revenues Bill was preceded by the mom s ; and the discussion thereon, occupied the mai :al Duties lad HOUSE OF LORDS.—TUESDAY. Bishop of LLANDAFF presented a petition from his praying for increased means of church accommoda- Drd GOSPORD presented two petitions, the one signed b) Roman Catholic Bishop and clergy of Montreal, and th 4 r by 40,000 inhabitants of the district of Quebec, agains union of the two C BREADALBANE having particularly called the atten their lordships to a petition he was about to present ill introduced by Lord Aberdeen on the regula tices in Scotland, read the document at full s subscribed by the convener and members of appointed by the General Assembly of the 1, and, while asserting the rights of the con dge of the merits of the minister appointed by n-ayed that counsel might be heard at the bar I support of that right. )EcN, in answer to a question, stated that he coa,mitLeu upon thib bill on Thursday next. icurred with the prayer of the petition, be that the real pretensions of the General As istinctiv made known. Lord M dOURNE their, after a few words from Lord .a and Lord CASIPERDOWN, rose to introduce the ,overnment bill. It had been recommended by the assemblies in each province, and by the officers to ae government of the colonies had been entrusted, sad also passed the other house with so little objection -, ht be regarded as almost unanimous. , could, in the first instance, declare the re o provinces, which had been separated in -et on to provide that the government administered by one legislative council t assembly, which would consist of 84 mem ted in equal numbers by each province. The the council would remain exactly in its pre- The qualification of those who were entitled to ibers of the house of assembly would be left un d the boundaries of the cities and towns would be Atled•by the governor. The place and time cf , rliarnents would be at the discretion of the crown ; of taxation would undergo very little alteration ; proceedings in both houses would be conducted in ,n the English language. A permanent provision in ape of a civil list was to be made for the expenses of averument. which would in return surrender the here- J r rights and revenues it at present possessed, while, if a were any surplus revenue after the discharge of the I list, it was to be applied in support of the domestic esta shments of the colony, upon the recommendation of the own. These were the leading features in the bill, and he pprehended that there were no questions of detail so im ortant as to cause a difference of opinion which would not tve otherwise existed on the principles of the measure. The Duke of WELLINGTON could not agree to the opinion . ch had just been expressed as to the importance of an ediate decision on the subject. He was, on the con , inclined to think that the feeling which had led to the isurrection, and which in a neighbouring country had I the inhabitants to lend it their support, had not so passed away as to render a speedy settlement of the 'they safe or desirable. It was no subject to be 1 of. as, if the arrangement proposed were un a of all our possessions in America would He denied that the union of the two pro a extensively approved of. It had been intro _ for the first time during the last session, _,„e question of responsible local government had not n mooted, they would have heard very little of it. Agi ion had been set on foot by a new system of administering onial patronage, and it was to this alone that the desire a legislative union prevalent in the lower provinces was be traced. From the inhabitants of Upper Canada they I received no petition on the subject, but to their opinions, n their uncompromising loyalty and attachment to British •ests, the greatest weight was to be ascribed. He im -1 the government to pause before they determined to n this bill. He trusted that the house would consider able effect most attentively, but for his own part he then we future I the los should feel it his duty to oppose it. Lord GOSFORD had no hesitation in characterizing the measure as a dangerous experiment. Its operation would be most unjust, as it would give to a population of 300,000 the same number as to one of 800,000, and it would also impose upon the lower province, which was wholly unembarrassed, the heavy debt incurred by Upper Canada. He felt assured that her Majesty could have no subjects more loyal than the French inhabitant s of the colony, and he should oppose the bill — firstly, bec ause i t was founded on 'misrepresentation— and, secondly, because it was unjust. Lord ELLENBOROUGH was convinced that by passing the bill parliament would be committing an act which would lead to the separation of the colonies from the mother country. He concurred entirely in what had been said by the noble ' , lke, and he thought the bill as proposed the most fraudu t and unjust measure that had ever been brought before 'ouse. The principles on which it was founded were also :y erroneous, as not one of the objects it professed )uld he practically effected by it. Lord LANSDOWNE supported the bill, and contended that !cent events had shown the necessity of that co-operation a all parts of the country which could only be obtained un ler a central government. Lord RIPON, without going so far as some other noble lords in their opposition to the measure, could not but con sider its good effects extlemely questionable. If it failed, its failure would be irreparable, and its operation would be so unjust, that, except for prudential considerations, he should oppose its second reading. Alter a few words from Lord ASHBURTON, explai n i ng th e difficulty of governing such extensive and distant colonies by ,-.;.:igrion. entirel BRO Gil Am remarked, that so far from their being wsal assent to this measure, the Legislative Council r Canada had strongly expressed their disapprobation of it. He should not, however, oppose the bill fiit : ther than by endeavouring to amend it as much as possible in provision. He began by appealing to the frequent petitions in favour of his object, as evidence of the great interest felt for it throughout the country. The petitions were upwards of 2500, and the signatures to them 213,589. The prayer of these numerous petitioners was not for a selfish exemption or a privilege, but for a benefit to their fellow-creatures at a cost to thmselves. For many centuries the churches of England had hardly been increased in number ; but, on the other hand, even within the present century alone, the population had augmented by considerably more than 6,000,000 of souls. It was said of a national religion, that though forced upon none it should be offered to all. To the absence of churches and church instruction in certain popu lous districts he attributed the political disturbances which had prevailed there. So strongly was this felt among the parties most nearly concerned, that the petitions from the small couiuty of Monmouth alone exceeded in number the petitions from all the four of the metropolitan counties. The argument by which he expected to be opposed was, that the subject was one with which the state had no concern ; for the state, it was said had no conscience. But surely, whatever duty a man was bound to perform in his private character, he was bound to advance by his public power and influence, even in times of great difficulty and pressure on the people. This object (continued the honourable baronet) had been aided by, government--first under Mr. Pereeval, and then under Lord Liverpool. It was said the dissenters were the majority of the people, and, at all events, ought not to be taxed for a faith they disapproved. He referred to statistical returns to prove that they are not the majority ; and, being but a mi nority, they were bound by what the majority might deter mine. It bad been said that the Church of England was already the richest church in the world. But if all the be- niiices were equalised, they would not average £3OO a-year. In tact, one-third of all the property once belonging to the church was now inlay hands. Nor was it justifiable to take the existing property of a rich living to endow new founda tions. It had been done, indeed, with respect to bishoprics, which were in the gift of the state ; but it could not be done . _ with respect to advowsons, which were private property. The voluntary system had been proposed for our adoption. A sufficient answer was to be found in the spiritual destitution . . of America, the only country in which the system had ever been tried. It was a system, too, which could do the least where it was most wanted—namely, where the population was the poorest and most ignorant. Indeed, the need was the greatest where the sense of that need was the smallest. The evil was, perhaps, most grievous, in certain districts of the metropolis. The "dissenters did a good deal, but rather among the middle than the poorest classes. It had been ad mitted, in a report to which Lord Melbourne, Lord J. Russell, and the Lord Chancellor, as well as several dignitaries of the church, were parties, that the resources of the church were inadequate to redress this evil. The legislature of France, a country much admired by some gentlemen opposite, had set an example, since 1837, of voting large sums for the erection of churches. It was not now to be considered an open ques tion, whether this nation should or should not have an esta blishment. He believed the established church to be the true one ' • and for that re ason , an d by reason too that the state had recognised and enshrine(' it as the true one, he now asked this aid. But even in the lowest view, as a mere mat ter of policy, the expenditure he recommended would be an expedient one. If you would build more churches, you would have to build fewer gaols. The inmates of the gaols were in practice found to come mainly from those districts in which religious instruction was most deficient. But he wished rather to place the question upon higher ground—to put it to the great manufacturers and traders who brought large masses of people together from rural parishes into towns possessing no means of religious instruction, whether they did their whole duty by those poor people in merely paying them their wages, without making any provision for their spiritual welfare. There were various modes in which the legislature might do its duty on this subject :—by direct grant—by purchase of impropriations—by increase of the number of services—by a new arrangement of pews—and by other means which he would not now stop to enumerate. Who were the opponents of this motion ?—an unholy alli ance between the Roman Catholics and the political dissen ters. Refuse this aid, and you consign millions of souls to heathenism, and to its consequences, vice and immorality, from which yourselves must be the sufferers. Mere intellec tual education would not suffice to keep your youth from evil courses ; religious instruction must be combined with it. It was now nine o'clock, and the ministerial benches being at this time somewhat fuller than those occupied by the conservatives, Mr. HUME, who had given notice of an amendment, for bore to offer himself to the house, obviously in the hope of forcing a premature division. But before the galleries were half cleared, Mr. GALLY KNIGHT rose to continue the debate. He bore testimony to the want of spiritual instruction in various manufacturing districts, particularly those of Nottingham and Manchester. It was said that the present was not a con venient season for this proposal ; but on so great a subject no season could be inconvenient. If the legislature waited for a season of fr sencial surplus, they would wait for ever. There was plenty of money to spend on commercial specula tions, and we had granted £20,000,000 to abolish slavery ; was nothing to be done for the salvation of our poor country men at home? He believed that the whole body of dissenters in England, Roman eatholics and Wesleyans included, was short of 3,000,000, and such a minority ought not to be a bar against so great a benefit to the rest of the people. He called the attention of the house to the state of the church building acts, which he said were complicated, and in some respects impolitic, and required consolidation. The gallery having again been cleared for a division, Mr. V. STUART said that his own friends were not treat ing the question fairly; and that if they could give no answer to the elaborate statements made on the other side, he should vote with Sir R. Inglis. He had been returned, indeed, by a Roman catholic constituency, but he was an attached mem ber of the church, and if his conduct gave offence he was ready to resign his seat. Lord DUN GANNON censured the silence of the government, whose duty it was to explain themselves upon so important a subject. Mr. WARD then rose to carry on the discussion. In the first place he disliked the expense. He thought, likewise, that to the 3,000,000 of English dissenters should be added the 8,000,000 of Irish catholics, and the 3,000,000 of Scotch presbyterians. He objected that the motion would reverse the appropriation principle, and tax the Irish people to main tain a church which they felt to be already " too much." The mover had complained that the town districts, such as Glasgow, were disturbed in consequence of the want of re ligious instruction; and then called on the house to tax the people of Glasgow for the erection of an English church there, which, when built, they would never enter. His opi nion of the mover's honesty was somewhat shaken by his not having ventured to state his own plan, or the amount of money to be called for. The example of France had been quoted, but France made proportionate provision for all creeds. He thought this an ill-judged motion, and likely to sow strife. But it was also an undefined motion; it asked nothing specific. if a small matter, such as £20,000, were all that was wanted, it was not worth talking of, but if a quarter of a million per annum were sought, let members answer their vote to their constituents. Mr. MILNES disclaimed all intention to treat the subject as a matter of enthusiasm ; he would treat it as a matter of practice and common sense. It was not for the mover to specify the sum ; that was for her Majesty's ministers. lie admitted the uselessness of building churches that would staud empty ; but he believed that among the inventions for toe amelioration of society the residence of a Christian mi nister was one of the most beneficial. Ile could not consent to leave matters in their present condition, between a godless despair and a brutal fanaticism. He would not say the church is in danger; but he would say the state is in danger. Mr. BAINES went into a long examination of the statistics in the report of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, for the purpose of showing that the deficiency of church room was an evil of only half the extent therein represented. He re peated the usual arguments by which Dissenters oppose church-rates, and he made light of the petitions in favour of this motion, which he characterised as paltry things, got up in holes and corners. The first fruits and tenths should have been differently levied and applied, and then there would have been no such deficiency as was now complained of. If Sir R. Inglis would modify his proposal into a motion for inquiring what church extension was necessary, to that, per haps, he might agree. Mr. O'CoNNELL objected to the indefinite amount of the demand. Besides, if population had increased, so had the wealth of the church. Tithes had become more valuable in themselves, and :more land had been rendered titheable by cultivation. Lords and bishops gave money for missionary societies to teach abroad : why not apply their money in teaching at home ? Until the Reformation no tax had ever been imposed for building churches. If churches were wanted why did not this rich country subscribe ? The Roman Ca tholic heirarchy in Ireland was maintained by subscription ; yet Ireland was a far poorer country. Call for more money? What connexion had money with religion ? Would not genuine zeal be active enough unless stimulated by money ? He hoped we were coming to a state of things when the voluntary system would be universal. At all events it was a manifest injustice for the church to make those who dissented from her pay taxes for the increase of her establishment. Lord TEIGNMOUTH attempted to speak amid much tumult. He proposed to controvert Mr. Baines's statistical details ; but the house indicated a great unwillingness to entertain that sort of discussion at so late a period of the debate. He therefore abridged this part of the argument, and addressed himself to the working of the voluntary system, which he described as having been lamentably unsuccesful. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said, that after the recent imposition of taxes, a still further taxation, for the purpose of the establishment, would excite much discontent, especially among those who dissented from its doctrine. The church stood well at present with the people, and it was not prudent to run the risk of injuring its popularity. Besides, there were other means of supplying the want. A considerable sum might be raised from the improved management of church leases. A small per centage on the incomes of the larger benefices had also been proposed. He was not, indeed, prepared to recommend that resource, but yet he should prefer it to a n y i mpos iti on o f f res h burdens on the people at large. On the whole, he thought the church would not be a gainer by the present proposal; nor was the house yet in possession of the information necessary for enabling it to de termine the extent of the deficiency. At half-past twelve the house divided. The numbers were, for the motion, 149 ; against it, 168 ; majority against it 19. Lord J. RUSSELL afterwards obtained leave to bring in the New South Wales government bill. The remaining business having been disposed of, the house adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS..--WEDNESDAY The House of Lords did not meet to. day. HOUSE OF COMMONS:W EDNESDAY. There not being 40 members present at four o'clock, the SPEAKER declared the house to stand adjourned till to-mor row. There were 35 membersin attendance. THE DEPARTURE OF THE CONVICT GOULD.—Yesterday morning " a draft" of convicts, who were found guilty at the late Old B a il ey S ess ions, were placed in the prison van an d conveyed to Woolwich, preparatory to their voyage to New South Wales. Among the number was the notorious Richard Gould, for a burglary in the house of the late Mr. Temple man, at Islington. A few weeks ago the hand of benevolence was extended on his behalf, and he embarked as a free man to the same latitude to which he is now consigned as a felon, loaded with chains. Brave as he tried to appear, it is well known that the contrast weighs heavily on his mind. It is understood that, on his arrival at the colony, the " Log book" of daily dep or t ment d uring the voyage will give a discretion ary power to th e governor to determine whether he shall be disposed as of an assigned servant in an agric u ltural district, or as an incorri g ibl e o ff ender, sent to work in darkness and chains in the mines of Norfolk Island.—m orn ing Herald of Tuesday. DEATH OF MR. COCKERILL.—We have rece ived from Liege a very melancholy pi ece of intelligence. " Mr. Cockerill," says a letter dated the 24th inst. 'Warsaw, at which city h e arrived on th e 12th' has died at of St. Petersburgh. This news was b roug h t to June from courier. A council of advocates was immediately assembled esernby a by the trustees, to consider what was to b e d one in copse_ j q uence of this event." " Mr. Cockerill." says the oue na i of Liege," died on the 19th, at seven in the morning, havin g been carried off in a few days by a brain fever, at the age of 50 years. During his illness he was visited by Prince Paskewitsch, who immediately sent to him the chief physician of the army. Mr. Cockerill has no children. It is not yet known whether he has left a will. His heirs are 13 in num ber."—" Mr. Cockerill," says a biographer, " was born on the sth of April, 1790, in the little town of Haslingden, in the county of Lancaster. At the age of 12 his father sent for him to Verviers, where he had settled a few years after the birth of his son John, who was one day to acquire a repute ion extending bEyond the bounds of Europe.' FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. SPAIN The Paris papers of Tuesday contain the following telegia. phic dispatches, announcing the entrance of Balmaseda into France : Lord MELBOURNE having replied at some length, the bill second time, and the house shortly afterwards adjourned HOUSE OF COMMONS.---TUESDAY. t number of petitions was presented, to six of which, to prison discipline, Mr. T. DUNCOMOE gave notice ihould call attention on Friday next. !port of the London and Greenwich railway bill was Mr. HUME gave notice, that on Tuesday, the 11th instant, would move an address to the crowd, praying that direc ins might be given for opening the British Museum and e National Gallery on Sundays, during the hours that pub houses are allowed to remain open. He also gave notice a motion for the appointment of a committee to consider e effects of the existing corn laws upon labour. Lord ASULF.Y gave notice, that on the 14th July he should qn address to her Majesty, for a commission to inquire tie employment of children in the various branches of Ae and manufacture in which large numbers of children ork together. Sir ROBERT IN Gus then, in pursuance of notice, moved that on the 15th of July the house will resolve itself into a committee to consider an address to the crown representing the deficiency of religious instruction relatively to the increase of the c opulation, and assuring her .Lvlajesty of the willin g n ess of the House of Commons to make good the means of further " BAYONNE, JUNE ?9, 9 o'clock THE SUB-PREFECT TO THE MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR, " On the evening of the 25th general Concha beat Balm seda between Miranda de Arg. and Trafalla. He killed 100 men and made 130 arisoners." " BAYONNE, JUNE 29. " THE SUB-PREFECT TO THE MINISTER OP THE INTERIOR, " Balmaseda entered France yesterday evening by Jarran, with 300 men. We are assured that 2000 men will enter also by the same pass to-night or to-morrow." This intelligence closes the career of Balmaseda, and puts an end to all hope of again exciting the Basque provinces in favour of Don Carlos. We are informed at the same time that Cabrera is about to follow a similar course. His inten tion, as we are informed, is to punish all the pei7sons engaged in the conspiracy against the Count d'Espagne, next to de molish the fortifications of Berga, and then, sweeping the country to the frontier, seek an asylum in France. General Segarra, lately at the head of the Catalonian Car lists, and whose submission to the Queen we a few days since noticed, has issued a proclamation, calling on his former companions to lay down their arms and complete the pacifi cation of Spain. He says, that since the submission of the Basque provinces, the defeats in Aragon, the entrance into Catalonia of the numerous and invincible troops of Espartero, and the retirement of Don Carlos into France, the civil war can no longer serve any other object than to satisfy individual revenge and perpetuate intestine discord. He says, that the cause of Don Carlos is lost without the chance of amendment, and, therefore, he will not form one of those men who wish still to deluge the country with blood. He then calls on all who love Spain, to take advantage of the Queen's journey into Catalonia, and submit themselves at once to her mercy, as they may calculate on receiving the same benevolent re ception which he has had the good fortune to experience. It is probable that as soon as Cabrera leaves Catalonia the people will be to happy to abandon a falling cause and to lay down their arms. UNITED STATES The following are the most important extracts from the New York papers brought by the George Washington and the United States : THE MONEY MARKET. (From the United States Herald of June 13.) The rate of foreign exchanges continues to fall, indicating an increased balance in favour of this country ; and, at the same time the rates on the extreme south are increasing, by reason of the greater depreciation of southern funds. The banks ask such high rates for northern bills, that in many instances persons prefer to remit certificates of deposite, in the hope that they will be able to dispose of them here to better advantage. The agents of the banks then buy up these bills at an increased discount. This is not the season of the year that southern bills are in demand. A large proportion of the crop has gone forward, and dealers and residents are travelling north for pleasure and business; consequently northern funds are usually at this season in demand at the south, and southern funds do not begin to be in demand at the north until October and November, when the new crop comes forward. The banks in the fall and winter discount the bills of the merchants and planters, and, if they pay specie, when the demand for northern funds springs up, their bills are returned upon them for northern funds if they have it, or for specie to remit if the premium on exchange is higher than the expense and trouble of transporting specie amounts to. This year the bank suspended " to relieve the people." NEW YORK MARKETS.—SATURDAY, JUNE 13. - _ ASHES.—An animated demand for both descriptions has continued, and the sales of the week extend to about 1100 bbls. pots, at 44 cents. and 550 bbls. pearls at 51 to 54 cents. COTTON.—The advices per Unicorn, via Boston, have not had any effect upon the New York markets. The transac tions during the week have been to a moderate extent, with out any material alteration in rates. About 5560 bales have been sold. Uplands, ordinary to middling may be quoted at 61 to 9 cents ; fair to good 91 91 to 10 cents per lb. ; Tenues see and Alabama, 7 to 94 cents ; and fine Mobile, Louisiana, &c., 10, 114, and 124 cents per lb. SALT.—A considerable quantity of Liverpool has been shipped from first hands to southern ports. Sales have been made here to the extent of 11,000 sacks, at from I dlr. 45 cents to I dlr. 50 cents. There is a fair supply of every description, with a very moderate demand. FREIGHTS. — The Liverpool packets to the Ist proximo are already engaged at our quotations. To Havre there is less freight offering, and a small decline in rates will probably be submitted to. THE FLOODS A letter from Columbia, states that by measurement, " this freshet is 18 inches higher than that of 1796, and four feet higher than 1823. The high lands are comparatively washed away, and the valleys filled up, and the crops on them de stroyed. Below Columbia there is not a blade left on the low lands ; stock and negro houses all washed away." The Canal from Granby to Bull Sluce is entirely ruined and never will be repaired again. The Louisville Journal, on the authority of Captain Dun ham of the steamboat Gen. Brown, states that two thirds of the growing cotton on the Mississippi, from the mouth of White River to Vicksburg, where overflowed when he passed. The river was still swelling at White River, though it had commenced falling at Memphis. Mr. Clark, the mail contractor between Savannah and this city, has obligingly shown us a letter from Grahamville, S.C., dated 2d inst., stating that they had no mail that night from Savannah, the river having risen to such a height that it was impossible to get along—every thing about Purysburgh, and near it, completely covered with water. The river is stated to have risen from ten to fifteen, and in some places twenty feet in one day. The Savannah river planters have removed their negroes from their plantations. A postscript, dated 114 o'clock at night, states that all the bridges are gone, and the Savannah stage could not come any further than Major Lowry's, from whence he took it on horse back. Purysburg is all afloat. —Charleston Courier. Sr. Louis, MAY 11.—The Mississippi below the junction of the Ohio is very high, and when we came up was rising fast ; the rise comes from the Ohio ; the Mississippi is said to be higher than ever before known. Whole plantations were inundated ; and if the rise in the Missouri takes place earlier than common nearly the whole country between the Ohio and New Orleans will be under water. The town of Cairo, at the mouth of the Ohio, is completely under wa ter.—lbid. THE FRESHET.—By the Pineville mail, yesterday, we learn that the flood is ravaging the Santee. The expensive embankment of Major Samuel Porcher's river swamp lands has yielded to the force of the torrent, in three places, and his noble corn crop will be totally lost.—lbid. CAMDEN, (S. C.) MAY 30, 18-10.—The river is as high as the great freshet of 1831. Captain Hall's plantation all un der water—negro houses completely surrounded, and negroes removed in safety. Great fears were entertained for the safety of the bridge. The river is now at a stand. A gin house, cotton gin and running works, came down this morn ing, and passed under the bridge without injuring it. The damage is immense, and there is no knowing when they can even plant corn on the lowlands. The season is too far ad vanced to plant cotton. MISCELLANEOUS The Baltimore Pilot says: " Nineteen cases of small pox were transferred from the ship Ellen Brooks, lately arrived from Liverpool, at quarantine, to the hospital." The amount of property destroyed by lire in New York city, during the year ending 23d ult., is estimated by the fire commissioners at 3,225,429 dollars. Number of fires, IRON IN MAINE.—We learn from Dr. Jackson's last Re port on the Geology of Maine, that the most valuable and extensiue iron mine discovered in Maine is on the Aroostook FIRST RAILROAD Is BRITISH NORTH AMERICA.—The Gleaner, published at Miramichi, May 26, gives an account of the opening of the railroad from the Albion mines to South Pictou. It is stated, that the delays which have been here tofore experienced in loading ships with coal, need not now be apprehended, as they will henceforward be delivered from the end of the railroad, on board of all vessels drawing 13 ft. of water and under. CROPS OF MAINE.—The Bangor (Me.) paper says that the prospects in that region never were better for full crops and an abundance of fruit than at present. Farmers say that the season is at least three weeks earlier than usual, and that they have never known a more active spirit in the culti vation of the soil. COMMERCE OF PHILADELPHIA.—The number of arrivals from foreign ports this season has not varied essentially from those of the two preceding years. The coastwise arrivals, however, have materially fallen off as compared with those of 1839. This decrease is mainly attributable to the great stagnation which has prevailed in that important staple of Pennsylvania coal. We learn, however, that the demand is now on the increase. There is at present a great scarcity of vessels, with considerable freights offering, particularly to Boston, and prices have advanced to 1 dollar 871 cents to 2 dollars per ton. In 1838, from January Ist to May 31st inclusive, the coast wise arrivals amounted to 2755, and the foreign arrivals to 154, making a total of 2909 vessels. In 1839:during the same period, the number of coastwise vessels were 3235, and the foreign 175—total 3410. This year the whole number of arrivals have been 3004, of which 169 were from foreign ports. MEXICO AND TEXAS By a letter received in Elizabeth City, N.C. from an officer in the Texan navy (a native of North Carolina), of the 6th May, it is stated that the Texan government had given Mexico until the Ist of June to acknowledge the inde pendence of Texas, and if they (the Mexicans) fail to do so by that time, the 'Texans halal to send their whole -navy down on the coast of Mexico, and wage an offensive war against that country. This intelligence came to the officer above alluded to, direct from Commodore Moore, the commander-in-chief of the Texan navy, who was immediately from the seat of government. From the Austin Sentinel of the 9th ult., we copy the fol lowing important news from the west :—An express arrived in this city on Sunday, bringing a confirmation of the defeat of the central forces at Guerrero. Colonel Zapata, as before stated, was taken near Mear, by Gen. Arista, and at first well treated, but subsequently decapitated, and his head stuck upon a pole and placed in front of his own house at Guerrero. This provoked the resentment of a brother of Zapata, who raised about four hundred rancheros, and the central army having divided into several parties, cut themall to pieces. The people have taken fresh courage, and the Federal flag again waves in triumph over the states of the north. VERA CRUZ, MAY 4,lB4o.—Yucatan is menaced of a po litical movement. A general political struggle in the interior is fast approaching. It is reported that Bustamente will tender his resignation and that Victoria Santa Anna and Va lencia will be the government candinates.—N. 0. Bee. a that Panama, a , k r aat t , w t o A ,au r o sr 0 , CHILI AND PERU. events w p mM r i e e tl s A i e ß ß n o v c i l u a hB m s : s v b le e B n 4t t ora a . --n n d sp u l inevitable , rns transpired worthy re m orv, y i pd l le a ad s c toe General eerbpinoyeetcfretoa,srl, force ei v zain the Presidential chair by the Chilians, should retain his po sition. As I before intimated, the Bolivian Ministers has received his passport s , an d i s to leave in a few days. As yet we have no direct information from 801 . • mai, as to the steps she will take in this affair , but the kno wn an d most uncom promising hostility evinced by the B o li v i ans against thead- ministration of Gamarra, precludes the probability of any re conciliation in our affairs until this usurper is banished fro m our shores. Fnom EI:WA DOR.—Letters received in this city from Ga aqu , dated April 3d, state, that the Republic of Equal); iI remained in a perfect state of tranquillity, under the govern ment of Flores and Rocheforte. That General Santa Cruz, ex- President of Peru, was still a t Q u it o, watching with in tense anxiety every move in Bolivia, which was in a most distracted and unsettled state ; and recent occurrences show that he had there a most powerful party who were every moment expected to proclaim in favour of him, and demand his immediate return. This was the g eneral o p inion in `""Yuntil—and there was no doubt there existed a precon certed Am, between the Bolivians and La Fuente, the popu lar candidate for the Presidency in Peru, that they were to recall Santa Cruz to the Presidency of Bolivia ; and that the Peruvians would rise en masse, place La Fuente at their head, and conjointly endeavour to expel from Peru, the usurper Gamarra. CORRES 4 PONDENCE. JEWISH PERSECUTION AT DAMASCUS. TO THE EDITOR OF ►3IIE LIVERPOOL STANDARD SlR,—Will you permit me to address a few lines to the friends of Israel, and to the public in general, through the medium of your excellent paper? In consequence of the late awful persecution of our Jewish brethren at Damascus, we, the lecturer and members of St. Simon's church in this town, have felt it our duty to publish the following protest, humbly trusting that it will be followed up by all who are willing to walk in the footsteps of Him, who, according to the flesh, is of the seed of Abraham, and God overall, blessed for ever, Amen ! Surely it is high time that something should be done to alleviate the distress of God's ancient people, the house of Israel. The promise of Jehovah is, " I will bless them which bless thee" ; and it is evident, that all who, even in this remote age of the world, are actuated by sincere love and compassion towards them, have, under the unchangeable covenant of God, an irrevocable right to a share of the blessing. We must confess, that the recollec tion of such scenes of cruelty and persecution as they, the poor Jews, have suffered, fills us with terror, and not merely with feelings of sympathy and compassion for the sufferers, but of alarm ani apprehension for the persecutors ; for it is the uniform denunciation of prophecy, that however God may appear to abandon his people to their enemies, and to avail himself of their hostility, to discipline and correct the scattered nation Israel, yet that he would punish with the utmost severity the malignity of their enemies. How for midable is this denunciation against the Ammonites! " Be cause thou saidst, Aha,' against my sanctuary, when it was profaned ' • and against the land of Israel, when it was deso late ; and against the house of Judah, when they went into captivity : Behold, therefore, 1 will deliver thee to the men of the east for a possession, and they shall set their palaces in thee," &c. &c. (Ezek. xxv. 3,4, 7; also Is. xlvii. 5,6, 11.) Can the oppressors of Israel in these days hope to be exempt from this punishment? Assuredly not! However our poor brethren may appear for a time to be abandoned by their God and King, they, beyond all question, are the un ceasing objects of his regard, the peculiar and chosen instru ments of his most important dispensations to mankind. Let us, sir, petition our government, that something may be done in behalf of these suffering people, and done speed ily, before more innocent blood be shed. We, as brethren according to the flesh, are determined to stand by them, and, if requisite, to shed our blood for them, for our heart's de sire and prayer for them is, that they may be eternally saved. We cannot forget that the Apostles of the Lord Jesus were Jews—that the writers of the Old and New Testaments were Jews—and that our blessed Redeemer, Jehovah Jesus, as concerning the flesh, was of the tribe of Judah! May the Lord hasten the time, when " the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob" ; and they, the poor persecuted children of Israel, " shall re turn and seek the Lord their God, and David their King, and shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days !" I remain, sir, your very obliged servant, H. S. JOSEPH, Chaplain to the Liverpool Workhouse, and Lecturer to the Jews. 26, Great Newton-street. PROTEST We, the undersigned, by nation, Jews, and having lived to the years of maturity in the faith and practice of modern Judaism, but now, by the grace of God, members of the Church of Christ, do solemnly protest, that we have never, directly or indirectly, heard of, much less known, of a prac tice existing amongst the Jews of killing Christians, or using Christian blood; and that we believe this charge, so often brought against them formerly, and now lately revived, to be a foul and Satanic falsehood. Signed, H. S. JOSEPH, Formerly Rabbi and Reader in the Jewish Synagogue at Bedford. George Lazarus, Simeon Franklin, Hannah Lazarus, Julius Lazarus, Adolphus 011endorff, Hannah Lazarus, Cath. Amelia 011endorff, Abraham Nathan, J. Burnsteine, Jos. Saml. Friedlander, Hannah Herbert, Henry Myers, Frances Marcus, Henry Levi, Jane Marcus, Simon Wilson, Moses Littaur, Philip Hyharns, Samuel Herbert, Julia Joel, Levi Gouldstone, John Joel. BRANDY AND SALT TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,—In your edition of the 26th inst., I saw a letter from Mr. Lee of Leeds, in which are preferred against me the charges of misrepresentation, and of making profit " by pub lishing what of right belonged to another." They are of so grave a nature as imperatively to call for notice and refuta tion ; but ere I attempt this, allow me to remark, that in my opinion, Mr. Lee would have acted more courteously had he addressed through you a private communication to the au thor of the preface to his letter on brandy and salt, request. ing my authority for the statement I made relative to the inventor of the above medicine, and seeking information as to other circumstances connected with the publication of the pamphlet in question. Had he adopted this course, and I had sent him no reply, or if my reply had failed to satisfy him, he might then, with some degree of propriety, have pro ceeded publicly to assail and arraign me. I said in my preface that I was " informed" that the com bination of brandy and salt as a medicine was the invention of a French physician. If this statement was incorrect, why did not Mr. Lee tell us in plain language that he was the in ventor of this medicine in such and such a year, and detail the circumstances which led him to think of such a composi tion as a remedy ; instead of which, he says "it is not an invention but a discovery ;" while in another part of his let ter he asserts that no one but himself had anything to do " with its invention," &c. Here are conflicting statements. He seems desirous of persuading the world that he is the first person who ever thought of combining brandy and salt as a medicine, but the fact is that he is no more the inventor or originator of this remedy than I am. If he be the inventor, let him prove it; for, until he does this, I shall leave the statement in my preface remain as it is, excepting that part of it respecting his being deputed to inspect the physician's papers, because he positively says he never was'commissioned to do so. The foregoing I consider quite sufficient to dispose of the charge of my having been guilty of " misrepresenta tion." With regard to the next accusation of my having made profit by what of right belonged to another, Mr. Lee's rea soning is not at all conclusive. It is true that the pamphlets were not given away by me, but were sold. Whether any profit was made by the sale 1 cannot tell, for I have neither heard nor enquired ; but this I know, that I had neither di rectly nor indirectly any concern in the profit or loss of the publication under notice. My motive for writing the preface was simply this : I had heard that it was intended to throw into the form of a pamphlet Mr. Lee's letter, which ap peared in the Leeds Intelligences, and was expressly made a present to the public ; and as I had found so much benefit in my own case from the use of brandy and salt, and had wit nessed its efficacy in several other persons to whom I had the pleasure of recommending it, and felt most anxious that still more might be induced to give it a trial, I volunteered to write a preface, conceiving that the assertions of Mr. Lee's letter would be more readily credited if preceded by a few prefatory remarks by a clergyman who could give per sonal as well as other evidence, as to the medicine so highly recommended. In executing this undertaking I most gladly availed myself of the information received only a few days previously, relative to the medicine being the invention of a professional man ; because I was convinced that such a state ment would have considerable weight with the public. I re ceived and I asked no remuneration whatever for my trouble ; and I have taken vast pains in recommending the adoption of this remedy without any reward or hope of it. But though it be supposed that I had written the preface and tacked it on to Mr. Lee's letter from interested motives, I should not have been making profit by that which of right belonged to another ; for I maintain that Mr. Lee has no right nor title to that letter in the way of property. He made it the property of the public, and as I am one of the public, I should have been justified in seeking to make profit by it. Now that he has given me the hint, I will not pro mise to be in future so disinterested as I have been hitherto. The secret of Mr. Lee's present uneasiness appears to me to arise from this circumstance—he now finds that something is likely to be made by the belief that he is the inventor, and the only one who can give proper directions for the applica tion of this medicine, and, therefore, he is anxious that no one besides himself should write on the subject; but let him not be sanguine ; for he must bring forward more convincing proofs than he has hitherto adduced, of his being the author of this remedy and, the only one who knows how to use it, before he will succeed in persuading the public to believe ac cording to his wishes. 1 remain, Sir, your obedient servant, THE AUTHOR OF THE PREFACE. Liverpool, June 301 h, 1840. BOTANIC GARDENS.-DESECRATION OF THE SABBATH TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. " Answer a fool according to his folly." Sir,—ln the Mercury's supplement of Friday last, there was a precious production under the above title, by a " work ing man," which is one of the silliest affairs ever admitted amongst the correspondence of that silly paper. As the editor of the Mercury, in notices to correspondents of a previous paper, gave the right hand of fellowship to this " working man," and avowed his high gratification at the manner in which he had treated his subject, we are to look upon this bombastic, this magniloquent effusion, as contain ing the joint sentiments of these two worthies. If so, the motto at the top must be put in the plural form—" Answer fools according to their folly." This " working man" is either unacquainted with the real question on which he has had the audacity to write, or, he stands chargeable with a wilful perversion of the truth, and an attempt to mystify...his reulers by collecting a multiplicity of words, without meaning, and an arrangement of sentences without sense. Thus he asks—" If by the observance of the Sabbath is meant a suspension of those powers by which we contem plate all that is beautiful in creation ?" Beautiful ! Sublime! Does this " working man" know the difference between a suspension of " powers," and the right use of them. One of the " powers" by which we " contemplate all that is beautiful in creation," he informs us " is sight," but would not other " powers" have first to be used before these ? Unless a " beautiful landscape lay before our door," or, " a garden of flowers" were attached to our dwellings, legs and feet, those walking " powers" would have to be used, ere we could " feast" ourselves with " all that is beau tiful in creation." The other remarks which his letter contains, and which are merely supplementary and explanatory, and which speak of " nature being affected by paralysis," and " God withdraw ing his pervading energy," are alike destitute of meaning with the former. When a " working man " has learned to write sense, and become somewhat acquainted with his theme, then, but not till then, let him send a letter to occupy more than a column, lest he again tire the patience and excite the contemptuous indignation of those who deign to read his most miserable effusions. F. THE EISTEDDFOD TO TILE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,-lt must be highly gratifying to every patriotic Welsh man to observe the progressive improvement which marks our eisteddfodau in point of management and general ar rangements. These congresses begin now to be more gene rally known and appreciated, not only amongst the natives of the principality, but also amongst their English neigh bours ; yea, their influence is fast spreading over all Europe. It becomes us, therefore, to use.every possible diligence and care, that they be hereafter conducted in a manner worthy of such a general attention, by introducing and adopting such reforms as may conduce to their popularity and respectabi lity. I venture to suggest, as one of those improvements, that the different orders of druids, bards, and ovates, should appear in their respective costumes at every future eisteddfod. It is a well known fact, that appearances have a mighty influ ence on the human passions. The same was amply exempli fied by the grand procession of the late eisteddfod in Liver pool, where the picturesque habits of the Society of Ancient Druids elicited the undivided admiration of the dense multi tudes of spectators that lined the streets. The adoption of the bardie costume at the eisteddfod would be attended with delightful consequences. Instead of the repugnant sight of badly clad labourers and mechanics, who rank as bards and minstrels, an antique group, dressed in long and loose robes of white, blue, and green, would afford a most pleasing relief to the eye, and would materially increase the respectability . . of the orders. I hesitate not to maintain, that such an ar rangement would double or treble . the number of persons that 'usually attend our congresses. I know not whether the druidical order is still in existence or not. If it be the case that it has been superseded by the Christian priesthood, then let the clergy appear in full canonicals. But if it still con tinues as an independent order, subservient of course to the Christian ministry, then, by all means, let the druids appear in their pr'oper hdbiliments. From the account I read of the Liverpool " Gorsedd," I infer that the order is not extinct, for I there find that the Rev. D. James, of Kirkdale, was or dained bard. and druid. By -the-bye, the same rev. gentle man has written a most excellent manual of druidism, wherein the costume of the bardo-druidic orders is particularly de scribed, which will consequently be of great help in the pro posed reform. But here comes the question, how are these dresses to be furnished ? If not by subscription, or from the fund of the eisteddfod, let it only be published that each druid, bard, and ovate, must provide himself with his own dress, and I will answer for the success of the experiment. Before I conclude, I wish to ask a question of the Rev. E. Evans, Rev. J. Jones, (Tegid) and John Richards, Esq., bardic druids who officiated at the late gorsedd, if there was no irregularity in the ceremony of ordination ? for whilst I read of the candi dates uncovering their heads, nothing whatever is said of their appearing within the circle barefooted according to ancient custom.—Yours truly, A WELSH CLERGYMAN. AGRICULTURAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF IRELAND TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, SlR,—The directors who retained office against the wish of the majority of the shareholders, having again " declined the exchange of the notes in Dublin," it is incumbent on the shareholders now to insist on the dismissal of the directors ; and I suggest that our interests be placed in the hands of Mr. Gresham and others (many of them in Belfast), who exposed and protested against the conduct of their co-directors when they first " declined the exchange of notes in Dublin." With business-like men as directors, the Bank may yet go on and do well. A SHAREHOLDER PEDESTRIANISM TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, SlR,—Allow me to correct an inaccuracy in a paragraph of your paper of yesterday, headed " Pedestrianism." The distance to Rugby, as walked, was only 126 miles, and this was done in the same time by two parties, Alr. Bucknell be ing the one whose name you have omitted.—l am, Sir, &c. P. Liverpool, 27th June, 1840. FREEMEN AROUSE ! TO THE FREEMEN OF LIVERPOOL BROTHER FREEMEN Seeing from the London papers that there is a committee of the House of Commons now sitting for the purpose of considering how far it is practicable to restore to the freemen their ancient privileges, and amongst others, that we used formerly to enjoy, the right of voting in the election of town councillors, I think we ought to get up a petition from our town, praying that this right may be restored to us. I hope that this may meet the eye of some of my more wealthy brethren, and that they will call a public meeting as early as possible to further this object. I, for one, think it wrong that we should still have a claim on the corporate property, and, at the same time, not be allowed a voice in the election of the town councillors, who are nominally the trustees to manage for our interests.—l am, brother freemen, A FREEMAN. Liverpool, 26th June, 1840. A TRUE PICTURE OF POPERY, DRAWN BY AN IMPARTIAL HAND TO I'HE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR, - It is recorded of the celebrated Hogarth, that being once employed by a certain nobleman, not remarkable for either the beauty of his physiognomy or the symmetry of his person, to paint his portrait, the painter, instead of flattering his lordship, as he probably expected, executed his task with so much fidelity, that the picture was suffered to remain, unpaid for, in the artist's hands. Vexed at this piece of negligence, Hogarth at length sent a message to his lordship, informing him that, if the portrait was not forthwith re deemed, a tail and a pair of antlers should be appended to it, and, with these appropriate ornaments, it should be disposed of to a showman, as a faithful representation of a newly imported wild beast, to attract the gaze of the clodpates at a country fair ! This threat had the desired effect ; the likeness was paid for, taken home, and committed to the flames What may be the fate of the following picture, I cannot exactly predict ; but the portrait is so faithful a resemblance of the original, that it does not require the addition of either tail or horns to identify it with the Apocalyptical beast, which St. John saw " rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy" ! (Rev. xiii. I.) It is, in fact, sir, a most faithful portrait of the " religion" of Popery, as it is exhibited in a country where it prevails as the predominant and uncontrolled guide of the devotions of its besotted dupes, uncontaminated by that " heresy" denominated " PROTESTANTISM," and by its heretical le gends collected in that anti-papistical volume called " THE BIBLE"! This portrait made its deb/it in Liverpool in a supplement to the Albion newspaper of that town, on the 22nd of June instant; the editor of which paper has not only had the te merity to give it publicity in his journal, but has also ven tured, in the same number of it, to hazard a hint that even the existence of so mortal an enemy to Popery, and so zeal ous an advocate of Christianity, as the Rev. Hugh M`Neile, may be tolerated in Liverpool, provided he can acquit him self of Jezebelisiny " our most gracious Queen," instead of " the MOTHER OF HARLOTS !" How the editor of the Al bion will escape the lashes of his brother editor not quite a hundred miles from Lord-street, for these unpardonable crimes, remains to be seen. Eternally implacable and ma lignant hostility against so decided an enemy to the horrors of Popery as Mr. M`Neile is, can hardly keep its malevolent fangs out of the eyes of any editor who dares to say a word by way of softening the asperity of the incessant persecution which his fearless integrity has brought upon him. Leaving, however, both those gentlemen to fight their own battles, I proceed to observe, that, suffering the blinded or bribed ad vocates of Popery to reap the fruits of their degrading ser vility, if there exists in the bosom of any British Protestant one spark of Christian philanthropy, issuing in the sympa thetic deprecation of such an infernal system of awful delu sion as, under the desecrated name of Christianity," can plunge a whole nation into such universal and horrible idola try as the following picture developes, as the natural fruit of Popery in Spain,—let that spark be kindled into a flame of holy zeal and Christian compassion, that shall never be ex tinguished until it has consumed the last vestige of that ac cursed system, and banished for ever both its name and its nature from the polluted shores of our insulted country ! As it is impossible to separate the displeasure of heaven, and the judgments of heaven's offended KING, from the in roads of such a system of delusion and impiety, which, under the disgraced name of " religion," inflicts such a reproach and injury upon the character of Christianity ; so it is also impossible for a patriot and philanthropist, who feels the power of Bible Christianity, and who glories in its prosperity and success, to view without a mixture of horror and dismay the alarming progress which Popery is making in our beloved yet distracted country, and without the most fearful appre hensions that ere long its Protestant bosom may once more become the polluted seat of what we are now called to con template as— " RELIGION IN SPAIN.—In Spain the Christian [Popish !] religion has sunk to that point at which PaganisM 11(1 rived among the Romans. With the major part of the Spa nish people, a saint, a Virgin of gold and silver, is the object of adoration. The devotee kneels before the image, sees but that, and conceives no higher thought. Remove the statue. and all is gone : if you set up another, it will have no effi cacy. The old one wrought miracles ; and till its successor has performed a dozen, it will be thought nothing of. The Spaniards have confined [their edition of) Christianity to ceremonies : they think they have done all that can be done when they have fasted, worn the scapulary, and read mecha nically so many pages of a book. According to their notions religion cannot exist without monks and processions : they must have relics and miracles, and ecclesiastics in grotesqu e dresses; and convents where every one may fi nd p ra y ers and soup. They have a respect for God, but they show a much greater for the saints : each village has its patron, whom they invoke, and to whom alone they pray. The Virgin, however, shares the honours paid to the saints of each particular place or district. The Spaniards think no thing of God ; they very seldom mention his name. A pea sant one day said in my presence, ' At Matapasuelos there is a saint who has as much power as God.' And a great deal more,' added another. You cannot invent a story so absurd, so silly, so stupid, as that a Spanish monk shall not be able to make his countrymen believe it. Such a saint has shed tears : such a Virgin has moved her arms, her foot, her head: everybody believes it, because a man in black [query, had he not a cloven foot I told them so. Presently every one affirms that he has seen it : how is it possible afterwards to doubt a thing which the whole town maintains to be true ?" —Supplement to the Albion of Monday, June 22d, 1840. Assuming this statement to be founded in fact, what an awful scene of moral degradation, the result of ecclesiastical knavery and corruption, does it present to our view ! And what a character do these lamentable facts impart to the direful system of delusion, which, assuming the dese6rated ' name of " RELIGION," (?) inflicts that degradation upon that distracted country ! And it was in support of this dia bolical system of iniquity, hypocrisy, and fraud, that the infernal tribunal of the " HOLY INQUISITION" (! ! !) was erected in Spain, in the hell-born fires of which the first glimmerings of Bible Christianity, at the period of the Re formation, were consumed with the martyred bodies of its faithful witnesses ! It is no wonder, sir, that the judgments of a just and holy God are poured out in streams of blood upon a nation which has for so many ages extinguished his truth, and cherished the lies of Popery in its stead. And, sir; what blind and barbarous, infatuation must that be, which, in our own enlightened country, dignifies with the titles of " liberality" and " patriotism" the atrocious at tempts that are now making, by professed Protestants, once more to subjugate us to the degrading dominion of that Popery, 'which adds to its impious assumption of " infalli bility" the concomitant attribute of " immutability,"—a quality which, while it avowedly perpetuates the villany of the system , precludes the possibility of its reformation. De struction is the only cure for its most atrocious wickedness ; and it only wa its the opportunity of its actual recovery of that ecclesiastical domination to which it is rapidly approxi mating in the British Islands, to pounce upon the political supremacy also. Nor will its deceived or treacherous advo cates ever cease from their reckless exertions in its behalf, until they have once more seated it upon the throne of these realms, filled the cabinet and both houses of parliament with its votaries, and placed them in every post of honour, wealth, and power, in the civil, military, and naval departments of the United Kingdom. That this is the aim of its indefatigable exertions in quest of power and influence, the insatiable ambition of its pro fessors loudly proclaims to a nation, deceived and stupihed by its plausible tales of its own immaculate innocence and salutary institutions. But, thanks be to God, sir, we . are not all the subjects of that awful and dangero us delusion and I would now conclude by saying, — Let every Bible Christian, every genuine patriot, and every generous philan thropist, of every sect and party in the kingdom, despising the senseless and rabid ribaldry with which they may be as sailed, through a venal and prostituted press, and la y in g aside their trifling dissensions, rally round different altars, but ONE BIBLE ; and, uniting heart and hand in the common cause of Christianity, labour to crush the common enemy of aII—THE D ETESTABLE VIPER OF POPERY ! And, to cheer them on in their glorious career, let them remember that the promise of a " God who cannot lie" hath assured them that " the seed of the woman shall bruise the serpent's head" ! I remain, sir, your h um ble servant C , A BIBLE HRISTIAN. Sutton, near St. Helen's, 28th June, 1840. A married man in Aberdeen, who was severely tried by a Xantippe of a wife , had an application for charity from an old " blue gown." " Can ye help a poor widow-man ?" said the petitioner. " A widow-man, did ye say ? Gae wa wi' ye to the neist door, ' you're no to be pitied; I wish I could say the same thing.' Lord Charles Wellesley, son of the Duke of Wellington, has arrived at Apsley House from Canada, where his lord ship has been doing duty with his regiment, the 15th. His lordship landed, with a portion of his regiment, at Portsmouth, on Saturday last. TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. The monthly meeting of the Town-council was held on Wednesday. There were ,not forty members present. In consequence of the absence of the mayor, Mr. Alderman BARCLAY was called to the chair. - The minutes of the previous meetings of the month having been read over by the deputy town-clerk, the proceedings of the Finance Committee were next submitted to the council. Mr. CURRIE moved that these should be confirmed, with the exception of that part of them having reference to the memorialising of the lords of the treasury for permission to borrow money. He stated that the memorial was not yet prepared, because it was first 'necessary to take the sense of council on one or two points, and the town-clerk was of opinion that a special council ought to be called on that day week, for the purpose of taking those points into their con sideration. The motion was seconded and agreed to. _ _ The proceedings of the other committees were read, and agreed to without observation. THE MAYOR ' S COMMUNICATIONS Mr. Alderman BARCLAY laid before the council the com munications addressed to the mayor. _ _ The first communication was the following letter from Lord Normanby _ _ „ ........... _ , " Whitehall, June 23d, 1840. " Sir,—l have had the honour to lay before the Queen, the loyal and dutiful address from the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of Liverpool, and I have in command to assure you, that her Majesty is deeply sensible of the loyalty and affection of her faithful subjects. " I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) , 6 ` NORMANDY. " To the Mayor of Liverpool. ' The following is the reply to the addre§s to the Duchess of Kent : " Ingestrie House, 23(1 June, 1840 " Sir,—l have the commands of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, to convey to you an assurance of the heart felt gratification with which her Royal Highness has received the address of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of Li verpool, and of their loyal and affectionate sympathy in the merciful preservation of the Queen, from the atrocious at tempt upon her Majesty's sacred life. " I have the honour to be, Sir, &c. (Signed) " E. COWPER. " Joshua Tralmsley, Esq. Mayor of Liverpool." A note was read, containing a resolution of thanks from the Committee of the Ophthalmic Infirmary to the Council, for having granted the use of a house in Hartford-street, for the purposes of the Charity. A memorial from Mr. Joseph T. Dutton, of Mill-street, Toxteth-park, was read by the Deputy Town-clerk. The memorialist complained of the mode in which the business of the Liverpool Academy is conducted, especially in reference to the annual exhibitions, and called upon the Council, either to withhold its contributions and support, or to exercise a controlling power to do• away with the partiality that is ex . ercised. The memorial was referred to the Finance Committee. The consideration of the recommendations relative to in creasing the salaries of certain clerks in the Court of Re quests, was further postponed, and on the motion of Mr. Morecroft, the subject was referred back to the Court of Re quests Committee, in consequence of a further memorial having been sent in. BATHS FOR THE PEOPLE Mr. HENRY LAWRENCE, who referred to a former motion be had made on the same subject, proposed " That it be re ferred to the Finance Committee to report whether any ap propriate situation can be found for bathing, in consideration of a trifling payment." He thought that it would be a decided advantage that admission to the public bath should be gained by the payment of some trifling amount. In answer to a question, Mr. Lawrence stated that Mr. Franklin had, on the former occasion before alluded to, drawn out the plan of a bath, which seemed to have been generally approved of. Mr. RATHBONE seconded the ►notion.—Agreed to. Mr. ISAAC HoLmEs observed that there were many -- - • places on the banks of the canal where a warm bath might be erected at a very trifling expence, and he hoped that the Fi nance Committee would be instructed to take the suggestion into their consideration. The erection of walls and a shed was all that would be required, and was sure that the money that would be received would pay all the expences. The council consented that it should be an instruction to the committee to take this point also into their considera tion. CLOCKS ON THE REVENUE BUILDINGS Mr. PLATT again brought forward his motion that the re venue buildings should be provided with a clock or clocks. In his opinion there ought to be a clock at the west end for the Custom-house, one at the east end for the Post-office, and one at the north end for the Dock-office. He considered these so necessary for the due transaction of business, that the expence, even if it should amount to £lOOO or £l2OO, ought not to be begrudged. Without them, a building which had cost hundreds of thousands of pounds would be incom plete. There was some difference of opinion as to who should be at the expence, seeing that government had advanced a portion of the funds for the erection of the building ; but the town-clerk thought government would do nothing towards the fitting up of clocks ; and he (Mr. Platt) therefore thought it ought to be done by the council. He moved—" That it be referred to the Finance Committee to consider the propri ety of placing a clock or clocks on the revenue buildings, for the Custom - house, the Post-office, and the Dock-office, and to report." Mr. JOHN SMITH seconded the motion. Mr. CURRIE said that there were two or three things which the council ought to consider. In the first place, the buildings now no longer belonged to the council ; they were the property of the government. Again, there was a portion of the building appropriated to the use of the Dock Corn , mittee, and perhaps it ought to be recommended that they should provide a clock for their own part. A clock was also asked for the Postoffice ; but it was the business of that de partment to give every facility to the public, and it was there fore very proper that a portion of the expense should fall on the Postoffice. Lastly, there was a question whether it was desirable, after the corporation had incurred a surplus ex pense of £70,000, besides giving the site, that they should incur an additional outlay of £3OOO or £l2OO. Mr. Franklin had calculated the expense of . one clock at £420. It would have to be imbedded in the stone, as no preparation for it had been made in the erection of re building, and then there would be the expense for illumination. Mr. RATHBONE hoped that the Finance Committee would take into consideration the means of having in the town a really scientific clock—a chronometer, in fact ; for at present there was not a public clock that could be referred to as a standard, in case of dispute ; and also whether that clock might not be such a one as would be heard over the whole town, in the same way as St. Paul's was heard over the whole of London. . . The motion was agreed to without a division. THE BOTANIC GARDEN. Mr. LASSELL, who had made a mistake in the time of giving notice of his motion relative to the Botanic Garden, was in consequence unable to bring that motion forward. He would give proper notice on Friday, and the subject could be taken into consideration at the adjourned and special meeting of Wednesday next. The council adjourned shortly before one o'clock, until Wednesday next at eleven o'clock. MEETING OF THE DOCK COMMITTEE The weekly meeting of the Dock Committee was held in the Custom-house yesterday. The following members were present :—Messrs. Horsfall, Dixon, Ripley, Yates, Barclay, Thomas Holt, Holmes, Gladstone, Hornby, and Mellor. Mr. Horsfall was appointed chairman. The SECRETARY read a report from the Marine Surveyor, suggesting the necessity of a buoy with a bell and perch being placed so as to mark the position of the Cole Rock. A short conversation took place, in which it was stated that the committee had no power to order a buoy to be placed in the position recommended, although they fully estimated its utility in that dangerous place, as it rested with the Trinity Board. Eventually a resolution was passed, or dering the Secretary to transmit to the Trinity Board a copy of the Marine Surveyor's report. The CHAIRMAN said the next business would be to con sider who should be appointed the printer and the stationer to the committee for the current half year. The stationer for the past half year had been Mr. Robinson, of Castle street, and the printer, Mr. Harris. The SECRETARY, in answer to a question, said that Mr. Hodgson, a very respectable man, in Lord-street, had not yet had the printing. Mr. RIPLEY said Mr. Pannell had not yet had it. Mr. HORNDY believed Mr. Hodgson to be a respectable man ; he did not however know him, but had on one occasion bought some steel pens at his shop. Mr. GLADSTONE asked whether it had been given to all the newspaper offices yet? The SECREXARY.—Yes. Mr. GLADSTONE.—Have Lace and Addison had it ? The SECRETARY. — NO. Mr. GLADSTONE knew that Mr. Kaye had had it, and that the proprietors of the Mercury had also. He would move now that Messrs. Lace and Addison be appointed printers and stationers to the committee for the current half year. Mr. RIPLEY seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously adopted. The SECRETARY read a memorial from certain rate-payers and inhabitants of Seacombe, Egremont, and New Brighton, representing the importance of providing suitable facilities to the passengers to and from these places, for crossing the southern gut of Prince's Dock. By the present arrange ments a delay of 20 minutes was caused. The memorialists suggested that a gut bridge be erected, as at George's Dock. The CHAIRMAN said this matter had been several times under the consideration of the committee. Mr. Hartley's attention had been called to it, but there had been some im pediments—he did not know what—to prevent any altera tions. He suggested that the memorial be again referred to the surveyor to report. The suggestion of the Chairman was adopted. The SECRETARY then proceeded to read a letter from the Chairman of the committee, (who is now in London,) rela tive to the bill now pending before parliament. The letter was read in too low a tone to enable the reporters to catch the words, but we believe the following will be found a cor rect summary of its contents. It was dated July Ist, and it desired the secretary to inform the committee of the result of the uegociations which had hitherto taken place upon the dock and warehouse bills. The decision of the committee of the House of Commons yesterday was that the promoters of the Harrington and Herculaneum bills should have the option of taking their bills now, with the condition of clauses being inserted forbidding them from building warehouses, and for the protection and security of the dock estate , or that they might wait the decision of the Liverpool committee upon the dock and warehouse bills. This decision was, the chairman believed, unexpected by all pities, and Mr. Lace and Mr. North were unprepared to give any advice. The com mittee consequently adjourned till the following day to give time for the preparation of the proposed clauses. The chairman added that till the decision of the parties upon this matter was known it would be impossible to give any opinion upon the future progress of the bill. In a postscript, how ever, the chairman added that it had just been announced to Messrs. Parker and Preston, that the promoters of the Har rington and Herculaneum dock bills had decided to go on with their bills, so that the dock committee must wait to see what their future proceedings would be. Mr. GLADSTONE congratulated the committee upon hav ing these very regular reports of the progress of events in London. Mr. YATES said that when he gave his evidence before the parliamentary committee he suggested conciliation, and re gretted the waste of public money that would follow if that course were not taken. The CHAIRMAN asked Mr. Yates whether he had any mo. tion to propose. . Mr. YATES replied in the negative After a desultory discussion upon subject of the telegraphs, Mr. Yates and Mr. Ripley were appointed a sub-committee to visit the several stations, and to report the several altera tions and improvements which they might think necessary. The committee then separated. We understand that Dr. Bowring has accepted:the invita tion to dine with the liberal electors of the united borough of Penryn and Falmouth ; but public business will prevent his leaving town before •the 16th of next month.— West Briton. PRINCE ALBERT'S MOUSTACHIOS.- 4 ' It is not true," says a correspondent, " that Prince Albert has shaved of his mustachios !" Doubtless this will be delightful intelli gence to multitudes of young fellows who, ever since Prince Albert's arrival in this country, have been sedulously culti vating tips, whiskers, and moustachios ; and who were sadly perplexed at the rumour of the last few days, that her Ma jesty had actually prevailed upon her royal .consort to shave his upper liP.---Morning Herald. THE " BRITANNIA" STEAM-SHIP, FOR THE LIVERFOOL, HALIFAX, AND BOSTON ROYAL MAIL STATION This is another fine specimen of the skill and ingenuity of our northern fellow-countrymen in the production of beau tiful and fast-sailing steam-vessels, and one, too, of larger size than has hitherto been built in Scotland. A noble ri valry has, indeed, arisen between this port and Glasgow, in particular, in the construction not only of steam-ships, but of marine engines ; and as both towns thereby derive great and mutual advantages, from immediate intercourse, as well as, it may be said, they will now do from transatlantic traffic by steam, we trust they will go on in the same good fellow ship, their only emulation being, by new discoveries, inven tions, and adaptations, to give increased efficiency to the application of that mighty agent which has already worked such gigantic commercial improvements on sea and ou shore, and which yet promises to be a principal agent in spreading the blessings of civilization and refinement throughout the whole of the habitable world. Entertaining these feelings, it will not, we trust, be deemed that our expression of them is a prelude to an overstrained or exaggerated account of the vessel now under review. All we desire is to do justice ; but such have, within the last year or two, been the rapid improvements made in steam-ships, both as regards their size and equipments, and the construc tion of their hulls and engines, that we have found some diffi culty in describing, in adequate terms, the new wonders which science, enterprise, and taste, arc constantly adding to this department of our marine. We shall shortly have to notice two new ocean-going steam-ships, and another that may be considered equal tonew„all now fitting up for sea at our own port. That they are all first-rate ships There exists no question, both as respects hulls and engines ; but as the manner in which their cabin accommodations are planned is very different, we shall probably in noticing them not precisely concur in opinion with many of our readers, inasmuch as, to a certain extent, a matter of taste only is involved. We must endeavour, however, to do our best, and as we wish them all well, we shall not, at least, be amenable to a charge of par- tiality. But to proceed. The Britannia arrived at this port from Glasgow, on Fri day morning. after a fine passage of 17 hours, and is now lying on the north side of the Coburg Dock. She was built (as we noticed some time ago) by Niessrs. R. Duncan and Co., Greenock. We need scarcely state that she is of the best materials, and put together in a manner to give entire satis faction to the government surveyor appointed to superintend her. She was launched on the sth of February, and has since received her engines from the long-celebrated Mr. Robert Napier, of the Vulcan Foundry, Glasgow, who, we learn, also directed and superintended the construction of the hull. She is the first vessel yet completed of the four en gaged by Government to carry the mails between Liverpool and our North American colonies—a project which originated, it remembered, with Mr. S. Cunard, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and in which he was joined by a party of enter prising and influential gentlemen in Glasgow. all of whom (proprietors of these vessels) have now formed themselves into The British and North American Royal Mail Steam Ship Company." The following are the dimensions, &c., of the Britannia Length over all Length of keel 2lO Beam Depth of hold Admeasurement Horse-power of engines Diameter of each paddle-wheel Diameter of cylinders 1200 tons. 440 28 feet. 72 inches Although we some weeks ago furnished an account of this vessel from a Glasgow paper, we cannot, in justice to our northern neighbours, do less than give our own notice, not doubting but it will be corroboratiie of what has already been written on the subject. The model of the Britannia is all that can be desired by the admirers of modern improvements in the architecture of steam-ships—combining sharpness with sufficiency of bear ing. She is truly a beautiful vessel, and is finished in the best and most tasteful manner. She has a fine bold full length painted figure of Britannia as a head, with a helmet, spear, and shield, and on each side are the lion and unicorn, and the rose, thistle, and shamrock, carved in alto and gilded. Her stern and quarter galleries are also handsomely carved. She is neatly rigged, as a three-masted schooner, with fore and main topsails and topgallant sails, and appears as if she could carry a very considerable breadth of canvas. On stepping on board, the visitor will immediately perceive that the arrangements of the cabins and their appendages are on a novel plan. There is a flush deck. In the middle of it are erected, at the stern, the captain and the second officers respective cabins, and next to these are the saloon and the steward's pantry, all under one continuous roof. Further forward are several minor erections, including rooms for the other principal officers, the cooking and other conve- mencics. THE SALOON.—There is a space between this deck apart ment and the bulwarks of the ship on each side, forming a spacious promenade, widening from the stern of the vessel forwards ; and to the lobby between it and the steward's pantry there is an entrance from either side. The saloon is a handsome oblong square apartment, entirely per se, and having therefore no immediate connection with the sleeping apartments. It is about thirteen yards in length, and is cheerfully lighted by six windows on each side, each consist ing of two large squares of plate glass fixed in mahogany. The style of the empanelling and decorations is Elizabethean, and the whole is neatly and chastely painted in oak of various shades. The room is completely surrounded with fixture sofas, upholstered in figured hair-cloth, and along these, longitudinally, are two rows of handsome mahogany tables. with moveable sofas on the opposite side, so that sufficient space is left in the middle for the passage of the company or the waiters. The tables and central sofas or seats, are so con structed that they may be compressed or extended in length at pleasure. The larger panels round the rooms are appa rently carved in oak, in reliero, and are much admired for their simplicity and effect. In the centre of each, alternately, is a medallion likeness of Queen Elizabeth, and Sir Walter Raleigh, surrounded by floriated ornaments, filling up the whole in a tasteful and classical manner, and without any gilding. Our readers will be surprised when they are in formed that the whole of this " carving" is embossed or highly raised in leather, which promises from its elasticity and other qualities, to be highly durable. The panels of the door of the saloon, in still higher relief, and containing classical figures and embellishments ; and also- the " carved" portion of the handsome cornice, are of the same material, and look rich and beautiful ; so that we should not be at all surprised should the old adage be revived (in reference, for. the first time, to the elegant cabins of ships), that " there is nothing like leather." The roof of the saloon is neatly groined, also in oak ; and the beams that span it are sup ported by neatly carved brackets or trusses, the upper portion of each of which is a classical figure, with the hands crossed on the top of the head, as supporters. Immediately facing the entrance to the Saloon, and sepa rated from it only by the breadth of the passage or lobby, is the STEWARD'S PANTRY. A handsome timepiece, in a richly carved and gilt case, faces the entrance, fixed to a central partition or division dividing the apartment in two, but leaving a passage on each side. At the bottom part of this division there is a spacious table, that may be reduced in size by folding leaves. Above this table, and all round the room, are shelves ingeniously contrived for the safe re ception of dishes, plates, glasses, &c. Along each side are also spacious tables or counters, with drawers below. The roof is completely hung with wine-glasses, of a rich pattern, vegetable and fruit dishes with bottoms, and a variety of other articles. At each corner are glass cases or cupboards for the plate, which has a very splendid appearance. Water is here introduced in a very convenient manner, for all the purposes required by that " prince of good fellows" on board of ship, the steward. We had almost forgotten to notice, though it is immediately under the clock, and facing the visitor as he enters, the " tap" or rather bar engine, pre cisely similar in appearance to those used in the bars of inns for pumping malt liquors from the cellars. Though the form and handles are, however, the same, the interior construc tion is adapted for a ship ; and this engine, or series of four pumps, is for the purpose of raising from the cellars below either spirits or wines, so as to avoid going down with lights so frequently as the old system requires, and, consequently, the danger of originating tire, so generally fatal in ship. We have seen nothing, indeed, more compact or better con trived than this pantry. THE LOWER CABINS AND SLEEPING Roosirs.—Leading to these, which are also novel in arrangement there are two dis tinct stair-cases, one leading to the ladies and the other to the gentlemen's apartments, so that both are distinct. The stair-cases descend from each side of the entrance to the steward's pantry, and are spacious, with massy brass hand rails. The LADIES' PRIVATE CABIN is roomy,loftyand hand somely fitted. It is panelled, and neatly painted in delicate light colours, with gilded mouldings. In the centre, on one side, is a neat small marble chimney place, with a polished grate. On each side of this, in recesses, are broad sofas; upholstered in hair cloth, and along the full length of the room opposite them are others to correspond, with massy oaken carved arms : occasionally these may be all used as beds. There is here a handsome small sideboard of polished oak, covered with a thick marble slab, and the tables are of fine mahogany. The sleeping rooms diverge from the prin cipal apartment at both ends, and are roomy, commodiously fitted up, and well lighted and aired, which, indeed, may be said of all the others in the ship. It must be a great comfort to ladies at sea that they can retire to their own domicile, without closing themselves up in small sleeping rooms, when they are weary of the general society of the saloon, or seek retirement from other causes. THE GENTLEMEN'S CABIN AND SLEEPING ROOMS, are contrived with an equal regard to comfort ; but of course on such a scale as to accommodate a larger number of persons. The cabin is nearly similar to that appropriated to the ladies, but finished in a rather plainer though neat manner. It is painted in oak. It has also its marble chimney piece, and appropriate furniture ; and may be used, we presume, for a private dinner party, if required. Leading from it at each end, (and like the other its length is across the ship), are two long corridors or passages, on each side of which are sleeping rooms also roomy. Here, including some rooms at the stern, (in which there are seven windows) about 70 gentlenien may be accommodated. The beds are hung with fine printed Saxony cloth. This part is chiefly lighted by lights from the vessel's side, and also by lights at the bottom part of the exterior of the saloon, the light entering in a diagonal direction, and though not, of course, so cheerful as the saloon itself, it is far from being gloomy. Beneath are spacious cellars for the wines, spirits, &c., all readily accessible ; also a luggage room, and what may be called " the post-office," for the safe keeping of the mail-bags. But we must return to the deck. There is a FORE CABIN further forward, large and lofty, and which, with its sleeping rooms, is scarcely inferior, if at all, to those noticed. Diverging from this are eight dormi tories, each fitted with four beds or berths, so that in all the cabins about 130 persons may be accommodated. Some of those in the fore cabin are appropriated to the use of the offi cers of the ship. There are also accommodations for the servants and others. There is an excellent cabouse or cooking house on deck, with many improvements ; also an apparatus for condensing the waste steam into pure water, which will be a great saving of that valuable element taken with the ship. The engines (by Mr. Napier) are splendid pieces of me chanism. The framework is of Gothic design, and the whole is beautifully finished. The boilers are on a new plan, which promises many advantages. There is a passage between the two, and also all round them, so that coals may be taken along either fore or aft for firing, and communication imme diately had without trouble or inconvenience. There is also on the deck a commodious smoking room, and a variety of erections which we have not time to enume rate. _ _ Suffice it to say, in conclusion, that the Britannia appears, in the absence of gaudy ornament, to combine all that is re quisite for genuine comfort ; that she has already proved herself a remarkably fast vessel (having, we learn, accom plished nearly 14 knots an hour) ; and that she may take her place amongst the first-rate steam .ships of the day. The Britannia will take out a large n umber of passeng ers , amongst whom will be the Earl of Caledon, Mr. Cu nar d, and many individuals of the first respectability. Sh e will be y commanded by Captain Woodruff, R.N.,most a gentgentleman,gentleman,of long nautical experience , an d a most agreeable compa nion. The passengers cannot fa il to be comfortabl e , from the ex o o s t a h t e ur r d i river r ; t 1, and the pas sengersis d a ( Fri- T g ,4 p c e e l i l e e t n , t to a c hn c o p m s r rn t o e d e a m t i f o e n r st and d d s a ti liberal sfee ti a e r e r . a n in every arrangements, :vsislleolb'cweliotlicakkgen she o ut willf d c sail i l into on on board fro m t h e E aiont slip, near the day ) h, e va at 12 south end of the Prince's Do c k, at 1 0 o'clock in the forenoon of that day. It is anti c i pa ted that she will make the passage, if the weather be not exceedingly adverse, in about twelve days. The Acadia, which sa il s on the ith August, will be fitted uP in all respects in th e same man ner as the Britannia.