The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-04-18 00:00:00

18,1848. Ty, If a P ar : nal violence , pose and Pre a ve n _: ;anon upon should take alw a misdeniedaisatclery ied inuneb e he doors rnaY an d after non ) bject in corn, ise, and enloY „ • which he OP b ou t the cntlr. e authorities, sr.'.d . e s and resp on?l • k n stablewic Ito orstatat , e 6 vet ° • web" Jk' mow, t. respond en bot inay add t .reet' 110101d-1' ,Cei tune as 3 ° cafe' . ttracted ;be peti ti°n th elle ' s id e ration; i ded ere ,arro' l l ot oe left the d for. ners, ° n ote" be at e tttlo of Atl a svle F l f yo ur or, an ; , as beg,„ o tev i Lts IncT o irog j a or : peee j, to m are II . ; ial d ee the aan v 0 Ol e 1 s trife, ° tit° m poaim e _„ o ro, belles le than cl a iet r ale his btOi , veries f the tro ;fishes toilets o r the to IT; Y or e l ; rt . a 11 P e Ce incliteS` e t r be fate befall t he harp en c a for as a P e ere d o re ° ff tlati° land h ese t e l .ations 0 ftl dui , • year , ' a - de s uc A leti .°ll have 11 " lite' ter t a iriing,tot gal in c° T;11 01 / If the P' led th e flux o f great i s il t otti f , t b , resEiv e j es te , by the , ado' i t o g r t s l t o u r N g T u il e r s e e s , t i o t i i i : ° rs z e° tbe Pla ce 1 tb! s - stranr- e bje vpr more _AS 11 o aralle le • ie celebre other ° fl tter v i ;yr). 8 , c , 3 0 11 ', en da of 0 t to 01/' i i!fy dro' -.* i!e ; for ren ic h to w 1114. num f o , e pros e % ,,tiC r a Abe r" t t ()DI ;: l itw e t f ) ot o ser ), n t o w rltte fold ii' ve l tier, hat b g l 'i orS; e o , the t i l e. t ie A w ee; ia tri, e r d an" 1. for l ' f the tb li , e o. r it3 io te mot O f t he ' t t i e raise ° be jo g 'I) tbeeO l of rd, Ca' Ai t e fl lorle ra te c eel e "c3 r ;c e ,bar ricet Do vs , helm - „rid Lel, --Ojai of bp ,ntorY - of 1 11 1 . lot tel liit e rorft e h oe , sr s i ' e 11; a l 1 j' , 7 , 1 r", i v c u tt orp irehlt e • '4 '0 adi l 3 as e g en i ,c ‘ g o , t ,11 0 ek ° n • •,13 "' a l ofe ty" , o e.%::110! to lu - 01 , 1,01 Ey rS are O r r rs ) „t, s i. o r on erJ; „, ort r od : c e in t fe 1141P g$ vorto - vteno 3fr•l to iS e o pi)°, April 18, 1848. Ettrraturr. POETRY ALL'S FOR THE BEST. All's for the best, be sanguine and cheerful, Not _Troule and sorrow are friends in disguise, hin b g but Folly goes faithless and fearful, Co urage for eve r is happy and wise : ro All for Providence the best, if a man would but know it _P • v wishes us all to be , tins is no dr eam of the pundit or blest poet. Heaven is gracious, and—All's for the best All for the best ! set this on your standard, Eo ldiers of sadness, or pilgrim of love, Who to the s h ores of Despair may have wander'd waywearied be or heartstricken dove. All for the best! be a man but confiding, Providence tenderly governs th e rest And the frail ba r k of his creature is guiding Wisely and warily all for the best. All for eetthe best ! th en fli ng away terrors, M all your fears and your foes in the van, AnTd in the midst of your dangers or errors, rust like a child, while you strive ke a man All's for the best I—unbiassekl, unbounlided, Providence reiwns from the East to the West : And, by both wisqlom and mercy surrounded, Hope and be happy that's All for the best ! A STRANGE TREE.—Trees of a very droll form chiefly drew my attention here. The trunk bulged out in the middle like a barrel, to nearly twice the diameter at the ground, or of that of the first springing of the branches above. These were small in proportion to their girth, and the whole tree looked very odd. These trees were all so alike in general form, that I was convinced this was their character, and not s luaus nature. A still more remark able specimen of this tree was found by Mr. Kennedy. in I the apex of a basaltic peak.—Mitchell's Expedition - Into Tropical Australia. TRUE RELIGION NOT A CAUSE OF INSANITY.—An im portant distinction is to be drawn between these deranged affections of the mind resulting from the influence of false religion upon the understanding, and the healthy effect of legitimate Christianity upon the feelings and actions of man. During the course of our experience, we have never seen a case of insanity which could be clearly traced to true religion—we mean, the religion as inculcated by the .great author of Christianity—the religion which teaches " peace and good will towards men "—which advocates the nobentiments of love and charity—which inculcates thefeel of " preferring others to ourselves "—the reli gion which represents love. mercy, and forgiveness as the pre-eminent attributes of the Godhead—the religion whose tendency is to induce us to take lowly views of ourselves, to humble human pride, to produce a cheerful, serene, and happy state of mind—the religion which enables us to bear with fortitude " the whips and scorns of time, the oppressor's wrong, and the proud man's contumely." We cannot believe that such a religion can be otherwise than sanitary in its effects on the human mind.—Journal of Psychological Medicine. KENNINdTox-COMMON.—An open area, called Ken nington. was, 30 or 40 years ago, quite out of town, the streets of London now extend beyond its limits, and altogether include it within the great aggregation of cities, boroughs, and villages which are known by the general name of London. Kennington is a space where the surface, often trampled on and closely cropped by the usual occupants of a common, displays a very scanty and stunted herbage, without a tree or shrub to break its monotony. The entire space does not exceed 20 acres, its greatest length being from north to south ; along the whole extent of its boundary lines are houses of a re spectable character ; but somewhat beyond them are swarms of poorer dwellings, the inhabitants of which contributed a large contingent towards the crowds that in the course of yesterday assembled within and around the common. This locality•is situate within a mile of Vauxhall-bridge, a mile and-a half from Westminster, and two miles from Waterloo, Blackfriars, and Lon don bridges respectively, being on the south-e stern con fines of Lambeth; and within less than a mile of Cam• berwell. ACUTENESS IN SAVAGE LIFE.—The acuteness of the senses is proverbial in savage life. The bushy and pro jecting eyebrows, and the keen glance of the large black eye, give a commanding character to the countenance of the Australian native. Such of his mental faculties as the meagre circumstances of his position have permitted to be called into active exercise, exhibit a wonderful superiority ; and his sagacity occasionally assumes that unerring cha racter which we impute to instinctive rather than reason ing guidance. An extraordinary instance of this kind is recorded by Mr. Montgomery Martin, in his " Account of New South Wales," relative to the discovery of a mur dered body of a colonist. The native was taken to a cer tain fence, to which the suspicions of a neighbouring settler had been directed, in what appeared to himself a supernatural manner, and where it was subsequently proved the murder had been committed. Some traces of blood still remained, which were carefully smelled by the black. He then went off to a pond in the vicinity, where he collected and tasted some scum on the surface of the water, and pronounced it to be " white man's fat." He next proceeded into an adjoining thicket, and finally pointed out a spot where some decayed brushwood was collected. The body was found beneath the surface at this place. The murderer, as he afterwards confessed, had first thrown it into the pond, where he had left it for se veral days, and then buried it at the spot so unaccountably traced out by the acuteness of this Australian native.— Westgarth's Australia Felix. PARIS BEFORE THE REVOLUTION. —The eye of a stranger could have observed very little alteration in the demeanour of the populace ; and even in the salons, there was no strong surmise of any coming event of importance. In the capital of France one looks for a revolution as quietly as the people of England await the advent of " the coming man." The event is always prophesied —some times apparently upon the eve of being fulfilled ; but the failures are so numerous as to prevent inordinate disap pointment. In the Chamber there were some growlings about the Reform banquet, and the usual vague threats if any attempt should be made to coerce the liberties of the people; but these demonstrations had been so often re peated, that nobody had faith in any serious or critical re sult. Little Thiers, to be sure, blustered ; and Odillon Barrot assumed pompous airs, and tried to look like a Roman citizen, at our small patriotic cosmopolitan re unions ; but I never could believe that either of them was thoroughly in earnest. We all know the game that is played in Britain, where the doors of the ministerial cabi net are constructed on the principle of a Dutch clock. When it is fair weather, the ambitious figure of Lord John Russell is seen mounting guard on the outside—when it threatens to blow, the small sentry retires, and makes way for the Tamworth grenadier. just so was it in Piiris. Guizot, if wheeled from his perch, was expected to be re placed by the smarter and more enterprising Thiers, and slumbrous Dechatel by the broad-chested and beetle browed Barrot. At the same time, I could not altogether shut my eyes to the more active state of the press. Ido not mean to aver that the mere political articles exhibited. more than their usual vigour . ; but throughout the whole literature of the day there ran an under-current of revolu tionary feeling which betokened wonderful unanimity. Less than usual was said about Marengo, Austerlitz, or even the three glorious days of July. The minds of men were directed further back, to a period when the Republic was all in all, when France stood isolated among the na tions, great in crime, and drunken with her new-won freedom. The lapse of half a century is enough to throw a sort of halo around the memory of the veriest villain and assassin. We have seen Dick Turpin and Jack Sheppard exhumed from their graves to be made the heroes of mo dern romance ; and the same alchemy was now applied to the honoured ashes of Anacharsis Clootz, and other pa triots of the Reign of Terror.—Blackwood's Magazine. WINES FROM AUSTRALIA.—The luxuriant growth of the vine, both in New South Wales and South Australia, has occasioned some interesting speculation with reference to the production of wine in these colonies. The consi derable German emigration which has taken place to South Australia will assist this anticipated branch of future commerce. The cultivation of vines and fruit has pro ceeded to some extent in the Sydney district, where the manufacture and even the export of wine has been already commenced. Some of the produce of the Messrs. M'Ar thur's vineyard was sold at Calcutta in March, 1846, being the first appearance, as remarked by the local press, of that new Australian export in that market. According to official returns for the year 1845, there were 648 acres of vineyard throughout New South Wales, including thirty seven acres for the Port Philip district ; the produce of wine amounted to 54,996 gallons, and of brandy to 1433 gallons : 214 gallons of wine had been manufactured dur ing that year at Port Philip. The wholesale price of grapes in the Melbourne market for the last two seasons has been about 3d. per pound. Much additional ground, however, has latterly been laid out in vineyard, and the abundance of the supply will probably within several years reduce the price to ld. per pound, at which rate the manufacture of wine may be expected to commence on an extensive scale. Probably above eighty acres of land are now planted with vines throughout the Port Philip dis trict ; but these plants, in common with the stock of fruit trees, are still in general extremely young, and yield bat moderate crops. The wines of the Sydney district have usually been hitherto of a light or Rhenish character. We actor( In the mean time I am anxious to caution my fellow Wlllllll.lll pi UladUC VI applying LI, we.. new descriptions of wine the old and standard names of the produce of the other hemisphere. All the dfferenee in flavour in the case of the former is ever liable to be judged as all inferiority. New South Wales port or Australian sherry will never pass muster at the festive I boards of the mother country. Under a totally distinct Y QUEEN AND MY COUNTRY, A B°llo COMPOSED EXTEMPORE ON THE EVENING OF TH NINTH INSTANT, BY A SPECIAL CONSTABI I have written and sung for my country, I have written and sung for my Queen ; And to-morrow this arm, if 'tis needed, Not lad in their cause shall be seen! To-morrow!—I'm new to such conflict, And hardly its feelins can guess; But base were the heart that would shun it. And make one defender the less! tomor row!--The ball that shall kill me, May be 4 moulde and iting its flight ; 1 )(1 the loyal heart, wa wa rm in the morning, ~I . l lls y be cold enoug h l ong ere th e n ight. lat then? 'Twere a fitting conclusion To fall e cause that he sung for, An find in its triumph, reward One sigh for my wife and my children, r‘At last be permitted to me ; vne prayer for my Queen and m . And then my g l a d spirit be free I country, R.S NOTICES eclares on the Jews. By the Rev. J. J. Reynolds, 1131 . London : Seely, Burnside, and Seely, Fleet street. the is admitt e d b y all serious and reflecting m i n d s, t h at le condition of the Jewish people is such as can find no iarallel in the history of no other nation—a miracle con nne,, to no age or country—a problem that neither the historian, philosopher, or statesman can ever solve. It flout reasonable to s uppose that t h e w i n di ng up of this to, pies destiny will exerc i se a won d erful influence over e whole earth ; and w h a t reason wou ld expect, revela -411 amply confi rm s. Th e present state, spiritual and nporal, of the Jewish people has, within a few ye ars , Diattracted a cons id era bl e s h are o f public attention; and e study of prophecy has, as it were, centred the nation th'Arad in its golden light. Several publications have ued fro m t h e press within a short period, in the shape rinons, lectu res , an d prop h et i c expositions, in which w, ese i , d uty of the Chri s ti an Ch urc h towards the Jews, as ' as the effects their national conversion and restore :l,ll.:4, in have upon the world, have been set forth. In ai t , e ''° ,l to the interesting and able works on this subject mall before the public, we gladly call attention to the re distin l : y d e unpret‘.nding volume that heads our Present thrnatarhic:' We areacquainted with several of the works emanated from the pens of able, pious, and re ad ,z lesl men on the subject before us, yet we have wi th 'ese six lectures with much pleasure, and we trust is a profit Besides the subject matters treated of, there sachs:111(1 e vangelical spirit diffused through them, and cal culated inference drawn from them, as are well re a d:'" , y sod's blessing, to leave in the mind of the and, re ', r eshing and wholesome savour of divine truth; , LaY we h recommend them to those especially who " 1 , let LC royal nsalmist, " If I forget thee, 0 Jerusa raY right liand forget her cunning." 'S'ketchev; 'on/ the Cross, dre. - London : Ward and Co. ; Th e „ k Liverpool Walker, Bold-street. 'ate ~,,7; " ° " is the title of—in most respects—a highly and r ;i'"lig volume by the Rev. J. J. Diens, of Bootle ; wtite ,o ou . a . I. 5 . we cannot agree with all the views of the re ade , we proceed to introduce it to the notice . of our 0 1 ' The design of the author has been to delineate, cie e ,„ n 'Y the character and sufferings of our blessed Re 111,`"er hinaself, whose death gives to that scene its own the Peoaehable grandeur and solemnity, but to sketch lor4rat portraits of the various parties who stand his hssent grouped around the cross, and who form an Lest h ` l a gc exhibiting a singular variety of aspect, .some qj' e aslng, others darkly contrasted by their crimes, 15 e'n: F9able, as this author has beautifully shewn, of Inilqelpbited so as to afford instruction to the dvo . ut , tf We were called upon to give the characteristicb lle tv series of sketches, we should enumerate their ge -4)44' correctness of representation—their picturesque and Ilaei p a c t i ed effect, which renders the whole real before us - elch e el , and searching analysis of ruling principle in \ t i n actor in the scene—the fidelity with which the author ka ti l s every action and' thought back continually to the 4 h l bi of truth and rectitude—the variety of incident f t u ring, which has bestowed distinqness on each ; ' Ne), - .... --a nd, finally, the success with which the subtle ` ll 5l l ,"'S of character are detected and brought out, so as ehichw their id en ti ty w ith th e principles, good or evil, S K . ar e to be di sc o v ered still, in human in the o - " and the world. These sketches are distinguished l:e t previous attempts, on the . subjects treated, by elaoten from the quiescence. if we may so speak, of . ess h re& I neditations, which are apt by their narrow rane 4 1)0 4 ,e,ction, and b their monotony of manner, to pall its he mind of the y most devotional reader. While b-411 devotional in . their e f fect, they are discursive ~,,4"lentative in their form ; and the serious feeling§ ' w e d are awakened indirectly and spontaneously, not the avowed appeal to emotions, which is the en i 4 aY to check their rise in the mind. But we must 4 , 44 2irat a , i t ,.. Of the style we have only to express our Is being direct, manly, and simple. No effort th e "'"'t than to convey thought in its clearest form ; e o cii rb as tene a utiftil in diction is that which is given by a f in lagination to the conceptions delineated.. In 11* thiQ 41 ' We have to thank the author most cordially ',tarot; valuable and lasting contribution to our Christian n and hope that one who writes so usefully and tal ents not suffer his pen to lie idle, but devote his " to the instruction of the age. VARIETIES. 4,21t1811 ANGLING. —Mr. Mitchell an for niriy hot realise the Johnsoman picture o f a fisherman PC* is not the worm at one end and the fool atntashe k„„l. Nevertheless the angling ls peculiarly Irish, 1 , Nil! as Mitchell, to gatch gudgeons, baits with—a pike i T t tzek fir ~ATISTICS OF THE REVOLUTION.—During the days e t ' l le, 23d and 24th February, 1512 barricades were 8 45, Z,in Paris. Each barricade required on an average NZ: s nag stones, so that the people in a few hours must 1 .0 . 13"" t4 UP 1,277640 paving stones. There were also. a,704 trees go of them of very large size, cut down, ,0 0 0 i larn l4o al st e s broken down, and between 3,000 and govith`alaPs broken ; 53 guard-houses burnt or torn asii t ! a nd about 603 watch-boxes and small wooden bu of the'estroyed. In this calculation no mention is made lOW 11 , 1 2 . ° 1 1 railings which were torn down at the Bourse, 1 1`1: 11 .,..Y of the churches and other public buildinir. - irdi p ..- — v. 'o l ' ''' YEARS Oes the " Repository of Arts" (vol. xxix., second u n oe' i l) i i 2 ), is a communication from Mr. J. Sharpe, ;" l 'e th e near Alfreton, stating that he had exhibited be ,)4Perira"ords of the Admiralty, in February, 1813, "an ap pi rlt .Bhosving the advantages to be 9btained from p ri e:sition of the certain and rapid motion of the elec. th ll4l 'Po se t r, lo , through an exensive voltaic circuit, to the r -4, 1e °' the ;equence of...there-a 41 eritil tv • g 8 h, second series, p. 18); an account of M. Socm -4.. , tectrlcal Telegraph, using an ordinary voltaic " t att relaf cro w . f „,,_, 1 ,9n . t9_ the success of which he says,_ " The hi; , tt p,. &twilled his expectation. Ali t : ,3 " 11 RE DESTINY OF CENTRAL •t + lsi t'. eXtenSiVe att 44,,_lere Feigns throughom.b..- th, e ,igeviating uniformity, which singular,, h ave °re v aried page of that of Europe. Vast monarchie. 'llara,?cer.'ssively ° arisen and decayed, and yet the same trier t.. - ` e l' has b i, tl transmitted from the for k,_ , the een.cons_n y ~., k try au , succeedin. dynasty. After a brief . career of ,'ll,l)teif by , e mPire, the' first irruption of barbarians, cor -"ee of '. l4l nrY and refinement, enervated by the infl9 , - N o _ clir,; Li — ate, ave lace to another fresh and more :llt 8 i fro g P 4 d o In the Tartariau steppes, which, in its turn, 4 1 ,a, th e °ll : e e i li,. by the sure operation of similar . causes, to I,;,,att. Is career of conquest, luxury, a . nd deganre •ierl ks It ' t hen, one of the inscrutable designs of r . 0- Rat e " to continue the nomade races of the north in . a t In ° : I t l ell e ci a } ti l t : t tale to nature, in order to repair by their 4a , e jaseaMbore zed races of the world. enervated e th lala nch Y luxury and refinement. Even now, Ilk a t ix • e, the north impends over Central Asia fre aop, 'no ice May. .—Multi- history contra chamil taR Pacific. Amid the fastnesses of the Bay, and his indomitable mountain- 4044001.71.1105in-i-fOr time . the . onward roll of Muscovite d ivi e ci d as c e ut to the gigantic power of Itweuasksiean,eadbaannd %tail ed b y i y are to their own resources, the Cauca ti, trio _ .ntestine feuds, the subjugation o f ~ta ph,..t _ , P but a mere question of time,eo of the `,;l4al„,_[,?Priate gradation, the skilful application .tnnce__ Prince Dike;?t,leoercin to the elements of resis ntingent on Mi l l: l . Who was thoroughly impressed ith all the proi•Rr s of the enterprise , reported to the cabinet w of St. ttii,4,44re,ethat the conquest of Caucasia would . require, kergelleBdi,:o.Airlethe conditions laid down ere rigorously imperial governr . n9n . t, half a . cel4iii:f.. A hZ e',;,;',.... Whe n ti---,- StrE then : U, Ems last Darner snan nave 11 th " a de, will full tide of Russian power Apps 1 10 „ upon the plains of Central Asia—then 13, 1 1)es horn ; • ac•ei v i l l "ot as thei;";i7r easg of n old, e e r e u n d d e fr a o n m a r uncultivated, eleva t ed ti t oerite zed and powerfully constituted, wielded by the r orr Y . °I one win, moved by the most powerful in . di 7 t:,clo,,,itiVizatioti, and the most consummate polttml 1,,, 11 ,, to et of e world ever beheld, and alimented by the re its'44tie4i . an empire, rich in 11 the material elements . of of ePeo 01111il.cemnaercial greatness. What will be the in -1 f"itt ? Fill'l new irruption of the north on the destinies Vain.l th e 1, it change that immutable typ hic, oil..'llitirePt3,l9tions of time and eppire, has . preserved ti, :t s , 0 .. l i lt, ii lute,grity ? Will it succeed in implanting P, Drobi 4 entirely new phasis of civilization.? This is '4 ''' , i . e i ra i - „' bu t. a problem that time alone can 501vel -»„ca:-dite, nomenclature, our Australian j r; ppearing in the same work or hod's word. School, a week or two ag could spit. st, that perverted by an unha that, no longer priest-ii equality its own independent merits, instead of vainly strugglin al for a position u n d er th e a d opted title of European wines. —Westgarth's Australia Felix. TRUE FRATERNITY.—We are not of those who think the pulpit should never be used for comments upon pass • 1 he contrary, we fee ), for instance, took tl y of a sermon he was preaching at Burton-on-Trent to make a comment upon the French revolution, which we dare say produced no little effect :--" St. Paul "—the preacher had observed—" in urging the wealthier com munity of Christians in Corinth to contribute to the relief of their poorer brethren in Judea, tells them he meant not that other men should be eased, and they be burthened ; but on "n equalizing principle, that what at that time - t—mld go to make up the deficiency of in their turn might have nossibl .e deficiency of the other party, and so what t to spare should come in aid 01 - theirs—that there might be equality ; alternate hearing that is of each others' burdens, and so fulfilment of thi law of Chf - Love." H —what mean these words, as wehear them once mor God neither regards its owil - p - ast experience of men ! What but revolution, anarchy, equal participation in unblushing robbery and wrong ? But, stand we .fast in that only true liberty tchfrewith Christ hath made us free; love we as brethren, honouring all men, whilst yet above all (because for the sake of all), we honour and obey them that have the rule over us in Church and State ; and what then is our equality, but the one hope of our calling, our one Lord, one faith, one baptism ? What is our liberty but 3den, but in the assertion of a personal conscience priests rather ourselves of God and of Christ, we yet use not our liberty for a cloak of licentious- Hess, out as the servants of God ? What our fraternity, but our . incorporation into that great ecclesi a sti ca l an d we, of which the apostle is speaking alike, when to Lae naessalonians he write, we which are alive, and re main until the coming of the Lord ; and when to the Ro mans he says that through our Lord Jesus Christ we have received grace and apostleship—i.e., a Divine commission from him whose baptised soldiers we are—to bring all na tions (how much more, all orders and degrees of men of our own country) to what he emphatically calls the obe dience of Christian faith ? Beware, then, brethren—l say still with the same apostle—beware lest any man make a spoil of you through 'philosophy and vain deceit, alter the tradition of men, after the imperfect teaching of bye gone ages of the world, and not after Christ. Liberty, fraternity, in. Christ—they are faith, hope, giai.es of the Christiuti THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. ORIGIN AND BENEFICIAL INFLUENCE OF TITHES (From the Rev. H. .I . llWeite's . opening Sermon at St Paul's, Prince's 'Park.). The first mention of a tenth in H o ly S cr i p t ure occurs i n the history of Abraham, when, returning from victory, he met and gave a tenth part of his spoils to the King of Salem. the King of righteousness, the priest of the Most High God, of whom it is written, that He ever liveth, " abiding a priest continually." (Heb. vii. 1-8. In the subsequent history, a tenth is adopted and in sisted upon, by the high and authoritative command of Almighty God himself, as the proportion of all property in Israel to be devoted to the support of the ministers and ordinances of religion. (Levit. xxvii. 30.) Abraham of fered, and Jacob vowed, by the secret guidance of the same Holy Spirit of wisdom, who afterwards dictated the mind of God to Moses. It was clearly under the sanction of these Divine precedents, that, in the Christian Church, a tenth of the produce of the land was dedicated to reli gious uses. Whatever may be said, whether dispassionate argument, or party prejudice, against the wisdom of its adoption under the New Testament dispensation, or against the management or mismanagement of it when adopted, there can be little doubt that such was the origin of tythes. This peculiarity connected with land in our own coun try ought in all fairness to be borne in mind, when the comparative burdens on various descriptions of property are discussed. At this time such a discussion is carried on with great animation. Landed property, with all its per manence of value from generation to generation, is con trasted with professional and other life incomes, with all their brevity and uncertainty ; and on this ground it is de manded that taxation should press more heavily on real property than on income. The principle is fair; but, in the application of it, it should not be forgotten, that al ready land is taxed ten per cent. for the maintenance of a great public institution, from which the nation is deriving public benefits of the highest order. Yes, the nation ; for the benefits conferred by the Church of England are by no means confined to her own avowed members. Di rectly or indirectly, by the communication of instruction in righteousness, by the mitigation of misery, bodily and mental, by the prevention of crime, by an extended and extending influence in favour of order, loyalty, and peace, the Church is a national benefactress. No such proportion as a tenth of any other species of property than land, is systematically devoted to the pub lic good. Ido not deny, or wish to conceal or disparage, the noble liberal contributions made voluntarily to the highest objects. There are many such, I trust very many. Occasions of special mercy draw forth, as in the case of Jacob, vows of special liberality, which are frequently followed by munificent performances. To such an occa sion we are in a great measure indebted for the " House of God" in which we are this day assembled. A merciful deliverance from the imminent peril of sudden death, caused a Christian gentleman to feel afresh his many obligations to Almighty God ; and the expression of that feeling was a free-will offering of two thousand pounds, sent to me through the post-office. It is true, a Church in this district had been contemplated and several liberal donations appropriated to it; but still, I believe I may with strict accuracy say, that but for the free-will offer ing of grateful love here referred to, we would not at this time have had a church In this place, or at least not such a Church of this. But all voluntary contributions, whether from Church men or Dissenters, are desultory. They are not to be calculated upon. They form no charge on incomes, as tythes do on land ; and this is the special point to which I thus briefly advert, not of course as embracing all the merits of the controversy, but simply in mitigation of the animosity with which it seems in some quarters to be conducted. -..,...•-•.---.. THE COLD WATER CrRE.—We never had so much reason to admire the efficacy and appropriateness of this prescription, as in its application to the disease of red-hot rebellion, in a case where M. De Lamartine administered the cold-water cure with wondrous effect to the rabid. Irish deputation, who went over to Paris thirsting for fra ternity, and who got their thirst quenched in a most un expected manner. The French orator, poet, and states man, deserves the thanks of Europe, and, indeed, of hu manity at large, for the unmistakeable hint he has given, that Mr. Smith O'Brien, or any other foreign rebel, is a proper goose if he expects to find in France any disposi tion towards propagander.—Punch. COMPARISONS.—In the common language of former generations there were many proverbial, or stock compa risons, that were considerably obscure, such, for exam ple, as, " like the bairns of Falkirk, ye mind naething but mischief," or " like Macfarlane's geese, ye ha'e main mind o' your play than your meat ;" but the present age, above all others, is that of extraordinary comparisons. We have heard, for example, of an old gentleman " singing like bricks," and have seen a vessel in full sail, which, accord ing to some one standing at our side, was " coming into harbour like a hatter.' Now, al hough we have long been aware that bricks have had an ear for music ever since the days of Orpheus, who turned the circumstance to account in building the walls of Thebes, we always considered them merely as amateurs in the science, and never knew that they had 'made any proficiency in its practical departments. We must confess our ignorance, also, with regard to the peculiar capability of rapid motion attributed to our respected friends the hatters; although we believe that any one who should make free with one of their best Paris short naps at sixteen shillings would have reason to entertain a very high idea of their locomotive powers ever afterwards. If he intended to escape their pursuit, he would require, to use another unintelligible me taphor, to "run like the mischief."—Hoyy's Instructor. LAW.—The Law of England forms the most remarkable characteristic of the country. The law is the spirit of the national liberty, the guardian of the national religion, and the foundation of the national government. Britain has the proud distinction of being almost the only country on earth where no act of arbitrary power can be suffered— where no man's person, power, or conscience, can be sub jected to insult with impunity—and where every man has rights, and all are alike under the safeguard of Law. It is singular that the most intellectual nation of the an cient world--Greece—has not left us any system of law. Cicero speaks with professional scorn of all jurisprudence e‘cept the Roman. He would not have spoken thus of the Mosaic law, if he had known it. But one of the most extraordinary circumstances of the Hebrew common wealth, is the general ignorance of its incomparable insti tutions, which prevailed among the most active inquirers of the northern world. But law existed from the earliest periods in Greece, though its name was often and curiously changed. In the time of Homer, the name of law was Themis, or establishment. In the time of Hesiod, the name was Nomos, or distribution. In after times, it was Dik, or justico. The cause of the Greek want of system was said to be the number of judges in their courts, which rendered the decision rather a matter of sentiment than of fixed rule. The systematic nature of the Roman law arose from there being in general but one judge in each court. The two prtetors—the one for the city, and the other for the external jurisdiction—were annually ap pointed, and were accustomed, on entering their offices, to state the rules on which they intended to act. Those rules became gradually embodied, and finally formed the groundwork of the Roman law. In the language of Rome, Law was Lex, from Lego, as the proposal of the rule was read by the magistrate to the assembly of the people. The Anglo-Saxon name was Laga, from Legen, to lay down, from which comes our word Law.—Blackwood. TALE PLAGUE OF BEGGARS.—Say we not well, " the plague of beggars" ? " Good lady," " Kind gentleman," whether on foot, on horseback, or in carriage,—say we not well, " the plague of beggars" ? What greater nuisance can be conceived than to have one's footsteps tracked, one's path beset, one's door besieged, by these übiquitous masqueraders ! We take a solitary walk, occupied by our own thoughts. At every crossing an impudent urchin trails a dirty broom before us, and would fain levy upon us a tax, which we resist, on the ground that the sweep ing of streets and crossings ought not to be the work of beggars, but of honest labourers, fairly paid for work fairly done. In the short intervals we must encounter the whining interruption of the sturdy Irishman who is always starving, or of that wretched girl, who takes God's name in vain more times a-day than the most profane of profane swearers. Before our walk is half finished we have run the gauntlet of almost every form of pretended distress, and borne, as best we may, the fretting interrup tions of every variety of ragged and dirty falsehood. We enter a pastry-cook's for a modest luncheon of biscuit or bun, a whole family of ragged vagabonds are watching every mouthful we eat ; firm in our resolve not to encou rage these things, but forced to witness with mingled sorrow and anger the misplaced liberality of men, unjust to labour, who have not, like ourselves, learned the true philosophy of mendicancy. We order out our carriage _ and go a-shopping. The footman cannot dismount be fore there is a beggar at the door, with a lying story of distress, or some false pretence of work for sale. Or we are at home writing in our study ; in comes a woman with a petition, and a man, who pretends to be a dis tressed member of one's own profession ' • and no sooner are these despatched with an accustomed negative, than that accursed hurdy-gurdy, imported for the express pur pose of driving literary men mad, puts our teeth on edge, our amiable temper out of tune, and all our best and brightest thoughts to flight. This is a sad state of things ; but there is no help for it. We are a beggar-loving and beggar-making people ; and we must bear our just punish ment. But we will not submit to our fate without a mur mur and a protest. Perchance it may be our good fortune to gain a few converts to what we consider to be true hu manity—an absolute repudiation of beggars ; perhaps we n-.ay contribute something to the growth of that whole some feeling which points to the encouragement of honest industry as the first duty of a good citizen, and indiscri minate almsgiving as a folly and a crime. In this strong protest against mendicancy, we shall accomplish more than we anticipate if we obtain a few converts. We know that we are about to broach doctrines unpalatable taeasy, goodnatured, thoughtless people; and, unfortunately, that large class who suffer most by beggars (the honest labour ing people of this country) are not to be reached by any arguments of ours. But the truth'will ere long descend to them, after it shall have been received and acted on by the more educated and thoughtful classes. Here and there we perceive cheering indications of the dawning of a better era. Not long since we were gratified to tee in the subscription list of a public charity the encouraging entry,—" Rescued from the beggars !' it was the sum of half a sovereign saved from the gin-palace, to be ex pended in the hospital. We hope to see this good exam ple extensively followed. A mere fraction of the money squandered in our streets, in creating and sustaining a squalid army of mendicants, would suffice to support all the hospitals and dispensaries in the metropolis. What the sum thus wasted may be, we know not; but it is con fidently estimated at one million two hundred thousand a-year. Judging by the number of beggars, it cannot but be very considerable; and if the accounts we have of the jolly life these wretches lead, the costly food they contrive to purchase, and the money some few of them are known to save, it is not a few hundreds of thousands that will support them in their gnilty aftiunce and filthy lu ury,—Froe r's Magazine. A SCENE IN THE COMMONS, In the House of Commons on Thursday, Mr. Thornely, Chairman of Petitions, brought up the report of the committee on the Monster Petition. presented on the 10th instant, in favour of the Charter. The report stated that the petition was a gross fraud on the house, and on the right and privilege of petitioning.—(Hear.) The hon. member for Nottingham when he presented it, assured the house that the petition was signed by 5,706,000 indi viduals. Now the committee had employed 13 clerks of law stationers to count the names, in which duty they were employed seventeen hours (hear), and the result of their inquiry was, that the petition contained only 1,975,472 signatures.—(Hear, hear.) It was also evident that numbers of names were in the handwriting of the same persons ; some were signed " her Majesty the Queen," (hear, hear) ; others " Prince Albert," the Duke of Wellington," " Sir Robert Peel," " Pug Nose, ' and signatures of the most absurd and ridiculous descrip tion. The report having been read at length amidst cries of " oh, oh," was ordered to lie on the t a bl e . _ _ Mr. CRIPPR, in a v. - ry animated speech, condemned the representation of the hon. member for Nottingham at the time he presented the petition. The hon. member said the petition weighed upwards of five tons. What was the fact ? It only weighed something more than five hundred weight.—(Hear, hear, and shame, shame.") He also. stated that all the signatures were those of males ; now, on examining the petition, it was said that out of every 100,000 signatures, there was an average of 8200 of females.—(Hear, hear.) Besides, there were numbers of signatures which would shock the veriest strumpet that ever walked the streets.—(Loud cries of " hear, hear," and " shame, shame") The name of the Duke of Wel lington was signed upwards of 30 times, Prince Albert a number of times, and he did not know how many times the name of the hon. member for Lincoln (Col. Sib thorpe) was attached.— (Great laughter.) The hon. member at some length pointed out other absurdities relating to the petition, which caused great animation in the house. He thought a select committee ought to be appointed, fully and most minutely to investigate the petition, for he believed a more gross fraud had never been practiced on that house. He then defended the committee impugning the veracity of Mr. O'Connor, and stating that he had forfeited any right to have " credence" attached to any of his sentiments in future in the house. Mr. F. O'CONNoa said he had not seen the petition before he was requested to present it. (Cries of " Oh, oh!") He should vote for a committee to inquire into the subject, as he did not believe sufficient time had at present elapsed to allow the committee on petitions to in vestigate it. (Hear, hear.) _ _ _ CRIPPS said there was a memorandum found in the petition, stating that the party writing it could not obtain more signatures unless he obtained additional pay. (Hear and laughter.) Mr. F. O'CorrNon again expressed a wish that a com mittee should be appointed to institute an inquiry on the subject. The hon. member then bowed to the Speaker, and left the house, stating that lie would have one of the charges settled elsewhere. Colonel SIBTHORPE most indignantly denied that he had ever attached his name to such a filthy petition. (Laughter.) He would never have soiled his hands by touching such a document ;—(laughter)---and those who affixed his name to the petition, could he get hold of them, should have a good hiding. (Loud laughter, and " Order, order.") Mr. R. PALMER said, from some observations used, he thought a breach of the peace might be in contemplation by the_hon. member for Nottingham. _ Lord J. RUSSELL moved that the hon. member for Nottingham be called upon to attend in his place in the house henceforth. The messenger some time afterwards returned, and stated that he had seen Mr. O'Connor. and informed him of what the house had decided upon; but he declined to pay attention to its wishes. Sir G. GREY then moved that the member for Nottingham be taken into custody, which was agreed to, and in a short time he was brought to the house, when a mutual explanation took place be. tween him and Mr. CRIPPS, and the petty fracas was concluded. ihntral at cPilat~t~. The second steamer forming the " Ocean Line" is to sail from Southampton on the 20th instant. The execution of Bates and Mawdsley, for the Adlington murder, is to take place on Saturday. On Monday a fire broke out in the premises belonging to Mr. J. It. Kendall, coffee-shop-keeper, 33, Goswell street, Clerkenwell, and eight houses were destroyed. Lady Morgan has written a very flattering letter to the Pope, begging of him to release her " Italy" from the list of prohibited works. On Monday two three-story houses, recently erected at Bond-street, Chelsea, fell with an immense crash bury ing two men in the ruins, who were got out sadly bruised. Two printers in Glasgow have been arrested and held to bail for printing and posting a seditious placard, headed " Threatened revolution in London." Last week the Chartists held meetings in most of the large towns on various days, but they have dwindled into insignificance at last. At the Woodbury Petty Sessions on Monday, Lady Susan Bergaum was appointed one of the overseers for the parish of Lympstone. A few days ago the copyright of the People's Journal was sold by auction to Mr. Willoughby, the publisher, for £l3O. The convict, Wm. Dowson, who was under sentence of death in Durham Gaol, along with Thompson for the mur der of Shirley, at Raby Castle, received a reprieve, and is to be transported for life. Monday was a day a disasters to Mr. Feargus O'Con nor, the British Lamartine. Besides his public disgrace, his pocket was picked upon the hustings by some Chartist leader. • A very serious fire took place at Coalbrookdale Iron works, on the 6th inst. The warehouses and pattern shops suffered most, and damage to the extent of £3,000 was done, At Warwick, on Friday, Matthew Davies was executed for the murder of his wife. He took a farewell of his children the day before. He was of weak intellect and of intemperate habits. An accident of a melancholy nature, occurred on Wed nesday week, at the Monkland Forge, whereby a man lost his life almost instantaneously by falling below the ham mer.—Glasgow Chronicle. At the London Common Council on Thursday, it was resolved that £2OO should be subscribed out of the city's cash towards the relief of the British workmen and their families compelled to leave France. Lord Redesdale, in the House of Lords, on Thursday night, drew attention to the question of Jesuits being tolerated in this country, and quoted the Tablet news paper, a s evidence of their nefarious practices and designs. The police of Bradford a few days since arrested a man for an assault, and whilst effecting his capture found him in his house manufacturing pike heads. a number of which were seized and taken to the police-office. A special Court of Common Council was held on Thurs day at the Guildhall, London, when the freedom of the city, enclosed in a gold box of the value of 100 guineas, was presented to Lord Hardinge. ROYAL ARTILLERY.—An Order has just been issued reducing the height at which young men will be enlisted for the artillery service from 5 feet 9 inches to 5 feet 8 inches, their age being between 18 and 22. Five boys were last week sailing a boat on the Town Weir, Northwich, and not knowing how to guide it, they were drifted to the river head, when the boat upset, and they were all plunged into the water : two were drowned, but the others were rescued. It is affirmed that M. Guizot, who had at first expressed the intention of giving public lectures on history in Lon don, has renounced that project, at the request of the Princess de Lieven ; who, it is added, is to adopt M. Guizot's children, and marry him. Another individual who was shot during the late unfor tunate riot in Bridgeton, Glasgow, died at his own resi dence, in Tradeston, within the last few days, from the effects of the wounds he received from the fire of the out pensioners, making the fifth victim. AN AGED WOMAN MURDERED BY HER SON.—A man named William Harris has been committed to Guildford gaol charged with the wilful murder of his mother, whom he threw down and kicked because she would not go home when he told her to do so. GAINS BY RACE-HORSES.—The four most successful horses in 1847, with respect of the amount won by their descendants, stand thus :—Venison, about £20,000 ; Touchstone, about £17,400; Lanercost, about £15,500 ; Hetman Platoff, about £lO.OOO. Total, £63,000. PRINCE INlErrEaNrcH.—The arrival of this distinguish ed diplomatist is confidently expected within the next few days. Apartments have already been engaged for the Prince and his family at the Brunswick Hotel, Hanover square. _ _ A large piece of silver, weighing about sixty ounces (called by the Portlenders, Duckey Stone), was found, a few days since, on the Portland beach, by a poor man. A number of these lumps of silver have been found there at various times; it is thought that there are a.great many still left, the remains of a wreck many years since. On Wednesday week, a man hi the employment of Mr. White, of Toghill Farm, in the parish of Doynton, while occupied in cutting hay, was precipitated to the ground, and falling upon the hay-knife he was using, the instru ment passed completely through his body. His death was instantaneous.—Bath Journal. 'I he postman Bradley, who was so savagely attacked in Mitre-court, Wood-street, London, whilst delivering his letters, has been informed that the Lords of her Majesty's Treasury, at the instance of the Postmaster-General, have allowed him (Bradley) to retire from the service on a su perannuation allowance of £lOO per annum. On Monday, sixteen other yonng _men, whose ages ranged from 16 to 25, were convicted of robberies com mitted during the Chartist demonstration on the 13th of March. They were sentenced to various terms of punish ment, varying from 12 months' imprisonment to 14 years' transportation. POROUS BMOCS AND STONES.—Let the brick-work become perfectly dry in summer, and give it onelor two coats of boiled oil. No wet will ever go through it again. --J. Horne, Surveyor's office, Christ's Hospital. A ndther correspondent advises a facing of mathematical or ornamental Trade of every description at Sunderland is beginning to experience the effects of general depression, and work is daily becoming more difficult to procure. The iron and glass trades are almost as stagnant as shipbuilding, andtheshippinginterest is in a most discouraging condition. Foreign freights are scarce and unremunerative, and the coal trade freights were never worse at any time. COINCIDENCE.-Mr. John Dails, commission agent, Goole, who bonded the first goods deposited in warehouse and in the timber pond there. after the opening of that port -tor foreign trade in 1828, happened also to be the first part!,- to send goods by the - Wakefield, Pontefract, and GceJle Railway, having -forwarded- eleven casks of w a ne rider bond to Liverpool by the first goods trir desp*hed 'Nat Goole after the opening of that line. Mr. Feargus O'Connor's Land - Allotment Society now numbers one hundred thousand heads of families. Out of all this number some one hundred and sixty have found a refuge on the O'Connor estates in four or five t Query,—how long will it take to " locate " the remaining 99.840 ? And will O'Connor's carriage and four expedite the process ? Hundreds of boys at Glasgow have lately signed peti tions in favour of a repeal of the union.with Ireland ; and the tables on which these petitions are exposed for signa ture at , the corners of the streets are purposely made very low, in order to suit the stature of these schoolboy re pealers, many of whom have signed fifteen or twenty different petitions with the same prayer.. A very singular death, under a surgical operation, oc curred in London last week. Dr. Willis was inserting a seton for inflammation of the windpipe,. when death re sulted from the inflammation excited by the entrance of air into a vein divided by the seton needle. The air dis tended the right side of the heart, and thus arrested the circulation. The port of Newcastle-upon-Tyne has been dismem bered, and a new port created—the port of Shields. This measure has been the occasion of considerable local excitement, and the town council of Newcastle, which body has resolutely opposed the division of the port into two, resolved on Thursday to lay the whole case before parliament in the form of a petition. A few days ago, a two-year old ewe, the property of a farmer, at Sproatly, Yorkshire, produced a lamb, or rather twin lambs, preternaturally united at the thorax. This strange animal had one head, four distinct ears, and two eyes, but neither mouth nor nostrils. From a sort of du plex thorax diverged two separate carcasses, forming, with the exception of the fore-legs, which resembled the four hinder, two distinct and natural lambs. SALMON FISHING IN THE SEVERN.—As an angler was plying his craft at Diglis, fishing for ignoble chub with a. lob worm, his bait was seized by an unexpected prey, and after a hard struggle he succeeded in landing a newly-run salmon, in good condition, and weighing 121 b. The &h., at the present market price, would be worth a guinea —a good morning's work for the successful angler, who, we understand, was a labouring man out of work, and probably fishing for his dinner.—Worcester Journal. A few days since, a farmer at Lismore, in Argyleshire, observed a desperate combat between two eagles, which at first attacked each other in the air, but ultimately alighted on the ground to finish their quarrel, which was terminated by the farmer, who killed both birds by a sin gle discharge of a gun loaded with shot. One of the eagles measured seven feet three inches, and the other half an inch more, from tip to tip of the wings; and each weighed upwards of 161 b. At the Central Criminal Court, on Saturday, fifteen prisoners were tried for breaking open the house of Mr. Gray, pawnbroker at Camberwell, on the occasion of the first Chartist meeting on Kennington Green ; four were acquitted, and the rest found guilty (eight were under eighteen years of age, and none above twenty-five), and sentenced to seven years' transportion, with the exception of the two oldest, who, having been previously convicted, were each transported for fourteen years. INTERESTING MEETING.—A man named Hughes, re siding on the Clee Hills, Worcestershire, who has three sons and five daughters, all married and having children, has been in the habit of assembling them all at his house on Midlent Sunday, for some years, and entertaining them with a substantial dinner. The family springing from him has rapidly increased, and last Sunday the whole assembled, and all his children and grandchildren amount ed to 681 How WE DO THINGS IN ENGLAND.—On Monday a butcher's lad was accosted by a Frenchman in Trafalgar square, the latter saying—" Let me show you de vay in vhich ve vight in France, and how ye make de barricade ;" upon which the loyal butcher replied, " I'll show you how we fight in England," and thereupon, suiting the action to the word, turned to and gave mounseer a good sound hiding. We understand the Duke of Norfolk has pre sented the lad with a five-pound note. At the Somerset Assizes, on Tuesday week, a Mrs. Williams, of Bath, brought an action against Mr. Edwd. Jay, solicitor, of that city, to recover a sum of upwards of £2OO, the amount of loss which the plaintiff averred she had sustained by the negligent conduct of the defen dant, in his character as a solicitor, in effecting a mort gage on the house No. 6, Walcot-parade. The jury, after consulting for a few minutes, returned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages £207 13s. ld., and interest thereon until paid. CASTLE CLIFF, BARNARD CASTLE.—An immense mass of rock, estimated to weigh several tons, became disen gaged on Sunday week from the cliff upon which stand the ruins of the once powerful and magnificent castle of Barnard, and fell on the Tees' side from an immense height. The cause of the sudden precipitation of this frightful mass of stone is unknown, but some attribute it to the effects of a violent storm of thunder and lightning with which the town of Barnard Castle was visited that day. POPERY AT HOME : EDUCATION OF THE POOR.—At a recent meeting of the Romanists of the Yorkshire district, one of the speakers estimated the amount of the share in the Parliamentary Education Grant to be claimed by the Roman Catholics of England at £50,000. He also stated, that according to a return which had been made to him the uneducated Roman Catholic children of England amount to something above 40,000, and those who are educated only to something like 45,000, so that there is very nearly a proportion of one in two of Roman Catholic children destitute of education. MURDER OF A COTTAGER.—CharIes Manfield, aged 16, was charged at Somerset assizes with the wilful murder of John Wall, in the parish of Backwell, on the 17th De cember.—We have already given the particulars of this cruel murder. The deceased was sitting by his cottage fire, his wife having gone out for a short time, when the prisoner, protruding a gun through the window and firing, inflicted a wound of which the cottager died some time afterwards. The object of the crime doubtless was, to obtain possession of five pounds which the deceased had received for some pigs. —The prisoner was found guilty and received sentence of death without hope of mercy. SHOCKING CIRCUMSTANCE.—Mr. George Lomas, of the Red Lion Inn, Hazel Grove, Stockport, had for some time been confined to his bed from sickness. On Thurs day night, he manifested visible symptoms of a rapid de cline, so much so that his medical attendant thought it right to prepare his relations for the worst. His brother then thought it his duty to go down stairs and apprize Mrs. Loma• of the sudden change which had taken place in her husband's 'condition. The information had such effect upon her that she was seized with apoplexy, and died in an hour afterwards. filer husband died in ten minutes after this melancholy event. SELF-DOMESTICATE ROBINS.-,During the past winter, two robins were in the habit of roosting on the bow of a fishing net in the gunroom at Chillington Hall, and leav ing through the window in the morning. Within the last few weeks, they have built a nest in the keeper's bedroom. which adjoins the gunroom. They first commenced build ing their nest at the top of the bed, but, being disturbed, they changed their quarters, and built another at the top of a boot tree close to the bed. They are now sitting al ternately on five eggs, and go in and out of the w i n d ow through an opening which has been made by the keeper by the removal of a pane. The keeper has been in the habit of feeding them during the winter, and the birds are now remarkably tame.— Wolverhampton Chronicle. THE IRON TRADE.—At the quarterly meeting of iron masters at Birmingham on Thursday, it was resolved that the value of iron should be fixed at the prices which ruled the trade during the last three months ; viz., bars, £8 per ton ; rods, £8 to £8 10s. ; hoops, £8 10s. ; and sheet, £9 10s. ' • other descriptions of iron to bear proportionate prices. It is understood that a proposition was made for a reduction of £1 per ton, but as it was thought that this would have a ruinous effect upon some of the smaller makers it was abandoned. The tone of the iron trade, it was satisfactory to observe, was decidedly improved : and, although, as compared with this time last year, the transactions were limited, confidence appears to be pretty generally restored. Considerable contracts were taken to-day for hocps and bars. ABDUCTION.—At the Marylebone Police-office, London, on Wednesday, Mr. Thomas Buxton Barnes, a surgeon in extensive practice at Thaxted, Essex, was charged " with having, on the Ist of April instant, unlawfully taken an unmarried girl, Marian Frances Jane Harvey, under the age of 16 years, out of the possession of and against the will of the Rev. Thomas Harvey, her father." The de fendant had been the medical adviser of the family, and after their removal to Bayswater had induced the young lady to elope with and marry him. Her father found her at his house in bed, with a loaded pistol under her pillow, and was opposed in his entrance by the prisoner with another loaded pistol. The parties had been married at St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, and the prisoner had sworn that the young lady was above the age of 18, though she was only 15, and that the alliance was with Ile was com- the full and entire consent of her parents. mitted, but allowed to put in bail. DEVONSHIRE SILVER.-011 Thursday, Mr. Ellis, pt... of Exeter, had the honour of submitting for the approval of the Queen at Osborne-house a basket of silver net work, made of the silver extracted from the lead mines in -vor manufactured at t' stablish -4 - of the —.Aire, -.1. he estao.._ Iment firm with which he is connected by order of her majesty The basket is an elegant specimen of what can be done by English workmen and with English silver, and is very creditable to national talent and enterprise, and more over,. a good specimen of what can be produced by work mer, " 'he empire, showing that ‘, in the provincial cities of t-- good taste and elaborate execution are not confined to the metropolis. The basket is meant to hold music or straws to be used in elegant plaitings or devices. It is sur mounted with scrolls, &c., exhibiting in its construction the lightness and delicacy of Oriental workmanship, with the good taste of modern design. Her majesty was pleased to express her entire approbation of the design and work manship. • Some elegant brooches were also submitted to her inspection, with which she expressed her satisfaction. A WILL FORGERY.-At the Taunton assizes, John Ford, Daniel Davids Ford, John Lewis, and Frances Garland, were indicted for feloniously forging a codicil, purporting to be the codi c il o f th e w ill o f Mr. Slack, at Bath, with intent to defraud different persons. It an I that tl- pearec .ne will and codicil purported to be those of Mr. W. Slack, who died in Bath on the 2nd of July, 1845. He was a gentleman of advanced years, having retired from business, in which he had been engaged with his brother, who died in 1840, and Mr. W. Slack became pos sessed of upwards of £60,000; he was unmarried, but an intimacy existed between him and Mrs. Garland, who had been his housekeeper, and still resided with him. She was a woman o f no education, of a bad temper, and she and Mr. Slack frequently disagreed, and were often on the eve of parting. The will produced. after his death was a forgery, perpetrated as alleged by the prisoners.—The jury returned a verdict of guilty against the two Fords and Lewis, and acquitted Mrs. Garland ; . and the learned judge then sentenced Daniel Davids Ford to 20 years' transportation ; John Ford to 15 years, and John Lewis to 10 years. The case commenced about two o'clock on Monday, and was not finished till Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Cockburn had 100 guineas with his brief. The in. dicttnent was 32 yards in length, and there. were 45 wit- Aews, CONVERTS TO ROME.—On Saturday, the Rev. J. B. Morris, late of Exeter College, and the Rev. Daniel W. Haigh, late of Leeds, were ordained priests of the Romish Church,.by Dr. Wareing, Bishop of Ariopolis, and Vicar Apostolic of the Eastern District. Mr. Newman and his confreres of the Oratorian Order are now, it seems, en gaged in delivering Lenten lectures at the various Romaa Catholic Chapels in this metropolis. The Rev. Mr. Fa ber, with his associates of the proposed order of St. Wil fred, late of Cotton-hall, Staffordshire, have united them selves to the Oratorian Order, under Mr. Newman, as " Father Superior," and have taken up their abode with him at Old Oscott College, now called "Mary Vale."— Oxford Herald. THE IiTERORDER OF HULL AND MR. DEARSLEY.--At the opening of the llull quarter sessiens, on Friday, Mr. Dearsley tendered his humble apology to the recorder, T. C. Granger, Esq., M.P., for the language which he had used towards him at the last sessions, and declared how deeply he deplored the occurrences in the Hull court, of which an account was given at the time in the Standard. When labouring under excitement, said Mr. Dearsley, he had been led into expressions which could not, ought not, and should not be justified by him, and he wished fully to retract an expression that had fallen from him which might tend to convey the opinion that there was a partial administration Lf justice in that court. No language could convey the regret he felt that he should have used such an expression, and the circumstance should be a warning to him for the future. Mr. Dearsley's apology was accepted by the recorder, who declared that he was quite ready to forget all that had passed. THE OAK FARM IRON WORKS. — Tuesday last was the day appointed for the final examination, in the Court of Bankruptcy, of Messrs. Paterson, Walker, Boydell, and Roper, of the Oak Farm W or k s , near Dudley. Proofs of debt to a large amount were tendered and admitted, including a proof from Sir John Gladstone for £10,32.1 ss. Id. It was rumoured that the creditors against the new firm, consisting of the four bankrupts, would receive dividends to the full amount of their debts; but that the creditors against the old firm of Boydell and Roper, who , carried on business as the " Oak Farm Iron Company,'• would be less fortunate. The conduct of the bankrupts appears to give unqualified satisfaction to the great body of the creditors. It seems to be generally regretted that the concern was forced into bankruptcy. It %will be recol lected that an offer of 9s. was made, secured by Sir Ste phen Glyn, Lord Lyttleton, and the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone. The odds are now, according to common. surmise, that there will not be a dividend to the amount of 2s. 6d. in the pound. THE INDIAN MAIL.—The cessation of the bi-monthly mail, via' Southampton, after next month, will be of con siderable importance to the public. Letters and news papers from India and the Mediterranean, after that period cannot be forwarded by the beginning of the month mail except through Marseilles, which will subject them to a heavy postage. The postage on every newspaper for India via" Marseilles is 3d., while via Southampton it is free. The postage on every letter weighing no more than half an ounce, rid Southampton, is Is. ; while via' Marseilles it is 2s. Bd., nearly three times as much. " For all ordi nary purposes, therefore," says a correspondent. " the communication between the United Kingdom and India is reduced from twice a month to once. Independently of the expense of postage, however, by the Marseilles route, no one, at present, at least, would think of sending valuable enclosures through France, unless absolutely compelled to do so, while that country is in a disturbed state. LOSS OF AN EAST INDIAMAN.—A report has reached St. Helier's, Jersey, giving an indistinct account of the loss of an East Indiaman, on Thursday morning, the 13th instant. She is represented to have struck on the Ecrebon Rocks, which lie in the centre of the Dirouilles Sandbank, between the north-east end of Jersey and the coast of France. The ship was from Calcutta, laden with sugar and rum. She was called the Nabob Rajah, or softie other eastern title ; had a crew of 24 persons, 11 of whom are saved, and 13 lost, or 13 saved and 11 lost ; in all probability she was bound to London. The wind at the time wan strong to the westward, and the weather thick, and the supposition is that by an error in her log she was 30 or 40 miles south of her reckoning, and when her crew calculated her to be coming up channel, she went ashore on the Ecrehon Rocks. A light on the north coast of Jersey has long been required by mariners, and had one existed there now, the present loss of life an d property might not have taken place. DISSENTING CHURCHES.—The ugly buildings called meeting-houses will soon exist only in history. The rage is now for Dissenting churches. The Independents are building a magnificent Gothic church in Kentish town, and another one is in progress at Manchester, which latter will have a lofty spire. The Wesleyans are erecting seve ral Gothic churches in various parts of the kingdom, The Baptists have just completed a beautiful Lombardo- Norman edifice, in Bloomsbury-street, London, with two lofty spires. But all these architectural attempts are cast into the shade by the church now in the course of erection by the Unitarians of Gee Cross, Lancashire. In plan and arrangement it resembles a church of the olden time. The style is the decorated Gothic, and even Pugin himself has never designed a more imposing structure_ The windows are filled with stained glass representations of the Saviour and Apostles, &c. ; and over the west front is a lofty tower and spire, the belfry of which is to con tain a peal of eight bells. The arrangements of the inte rior are strictly ecclesiastical ; and the organ is to be placed on an oak screen, and most elaborately carved. BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.—At Glouceiter, last week, an action was brought by Miss Philips, sister to a merchant at Cardigan, against Mr. Charles, an attor ney of that town. Plaintiff's age was forty-three, and defendants forty-six. They had known each other for nearly twenty years. What was remarkable in the case was, that after the wedding dresses, cards, arid cakes had been prepared, the breakfast ordered, the day fixed, and a wedding party invited, the defendant, without any pre vious intimation of his change of intention, married Miss Williams, an invalid old woman of seventy, just two days before the day fixed for his marriage with the plaintiff. He had given the plaintiff fifty pounds to buy wedding favours, and the money had been so expended. The clergyman of the parish remonstrated with bim when he went for the license to marry Miss Williams, but without effect. He had lodged at the old lady's house for twenty years, and she had been like a mother to him. She was brought into the church to be married in a sedan chair up to the steps of the communion table. She cannot walk in her own room without crutches. She has been for years an invalid. The jury, after a few moments' delibe ration, returned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages, one thousand pounds. SANITARY REFORM. MEETING OF CLERGY.—OR Friday, a meeting was held in the parish vestry-room of Christ Church, Spitalfiels, for the promotion of sanitary improvement, and was numerously attended by the clergy of the large and populous parishes of Bethnal-green, Bow, Bromley, St. George's-in-the-East, Limehouse, St. Luke, Popiar, Shadwell, Shoreditch, Spitalfields, Stepney, Wap ping, and Whitechapel. In the absence of Sir Henry N. Buxton, who was unexpectedly called away by more pressing parliamentary duties, the Rev. W. Stone, rector of Spitalfields, was placed in the chair. The numerous clergy assembled, from their experience in some of the most populous and necessitous parishes in the metropolis, concurred in deploring the extreme inadequacy of all ex isting legislation of a sanitary kind, and in urging the necessity of one more likely to be effective, by giving greater powers to local administrative bodies, and making those bodies immediately responsible for the exercise of those powers to the Legislature. They expressed regret that either public bodies or individuals should think of opposing the sanitary measures now submitted to par liament by the government, and passed several resolutions by which they appointed a Central Sanitary ComMittee for the east of London, composed of the incumbents and one layman of each of the 13 parishes above-named, and ergaged to promote the formation of sanitary committees and sub-committees in each parish and district, which should personally inspect their sanitary condition under heads of inquiry prepared for the purpose, and report upon it at periodical meetings of the committees, commu nicate upon it, as might from time to time seem desirable, to the Sanitary Commission, or the new Consolidated. Commission of Metropolitan Sewers, and promote peti tions in favour of the measures contemplated by govern ment among all their parishioners, and, not least, among the labouring classes of them. An earnest hope was felt by all present that this meeting of clergy would be follow ed by others elsewhere, and would lead to the systematic organization of a similar machinery for bringing sanitary improvement to every district and every home throughout the kingdom. A LOYAL SCENE.—At most of the theatres opportuni ties have been taken to demonstrate the loyalty of the audiences by singing the national anthem, which in gene ral.has been called for ; but the following scene at Covent Garden Opera on Saturday night, as 'described in the glowing language of a writer in the Times, exceeds them all :—" After the opera of " Semirarnide" a remarkable display of loyalty and patriotism was evidenced on the part of the audience, one of the most brilliant and crowded of the season. ,As soon as the curtain had fallen upon st ^,t, and *" the last ac. the customary honours had been paid to Grisi, Alboni, and Tamburini, the band, at a signal from M. Costa's baton, struck up the national anthem. The whole audience simultaneously rose, responding with a burst of applause and cheers. After the air had been played once through, the curtain went un aeain and showed the entire stage covered, from the fOot7i;ritsl() the furthest extremity, with the principals. choralists. (lancers. corybhees, and subordinates, forming the im mense company of the Royal Italian Opera, mingled; with visitors who had found their way from the bores to the ebtdisses Grisi, Alboni. and Tamburini standing in front, like generals to marshal their troops in order. . The first verse, sung with great enthusi a sm by Grisi, elicited thun ders of applause; but when the pealing tones of Alboni's powerful voice gave musical expression to the sentiments involved in the next—" Scatter her enemies ." , s." Confound their politics," " Frustrate their knavish tricks"—the words of which wereutteredthabty steheemseid stni ng t f n rwit c h tiv a e, fo t r i e t : and intensity of meaning audience could restrain themselves no longer, but answered each line with a shout that m a d e t h e roo f o f the building reverberate with a thousand echoes, and at the end the whole pit, boxes, amphitheatre; and gallery, became a waving sea of hats and handkerchiefs, in which the " white cambrics" of the ladies were not the least conspicuous objects. No sooner had the last note of the anthem been played, than the conductors and members of the orchestra, together with the entire company upon the stage, from the first singers to the call-boys, -joined the audience in their demonstrations, the whole present ing a coup (Fedi the most exciting and magnificent ever witnessed. A more unanimous expression of feeling was never given vent to in a public assembly, and the sud denness of. its exhibition electrified every individual present ; it seemed as though an impUlse -that arose in the bosom of each singly found immediate sympathy in the breasts of all present. But no—the impulse was sponta neous—unanimous ; its .expression enthusiastic beyond the possibility of description. Every soul in the -house, not excepting the ladies, would willingly have been sworn in " special - coustables" at that moment.