The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-07-13 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS A. Correspondent, who addresses us upon the subject of the persecution directed against him by a Roman Catholic priest should have given us his address. EIR W.lberpool gßtanbarb. Yearly Subscription: In Adtance, 15s. On Credit, 112 s. TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 13, 1847 We are on the eve of a general election; and, perhaps, at no former period of our history was the exercise of a proper discrimination on the part of the constituencies, m determining upon the materials of the new parliament to be chosen, of more vital importance to every class and interest of the country, than in the present crisis. Yet, throughout the country, we observe an apathy upon the subject, most unaccountable and most suicidal. Constituencies, for the representation of which, in former days, the foremost men in the land would have been proud to be permitted to put forth a claim, and to fight an energetic fight, are left to solicit men of a very different class to accept, as a boon, what should have been sued for, as an honour. In some counties and boroughs, this apathy displays itself in compromises; and, the old feuds of Whig and Tory staunched, even principle is neutralized by the return, by consent, and to avoid the expense and trouble of a contest of parties of opposite politics. .By a few constitu encies Whigs will walk in unopposed, where Con servatives, before their too general apostacy, were certain of election. In short, throughout the country, the men hitherto the most energetic workers in election matters, refuse to stir, disgusted with the disappointment which has followed their past efforts, and evidently impressed with the con viction that there is no faith to be placed in the professions or the promises of statesmen. We have to laMent this feeling as existing to some extent in our own borough ; and it develop erelv the character of ment threatens to its constituency for undeviating protestant and constitutional consistency. Not later than last week we confidently trusted, and expressed our heartfelt gratification, that Liverpool would still be enabled to emerge triumphantly from the efforts which "liberalism" has for years making to possess itself of—the representation of this loyal borough. The unanimous resolve of the leaders of the constitutional and Protestant party to support their present tried and respected member, Sir Howard Douglas, with Sir Digby Mackworth as his colleague, afforded almost unlimited satisfaction to the great majority of the constituency. We have to-day, however, to record, and to lament over, a step—the introduction of a third candidate, in the person of Lord John Manners, who must rely upon the church and constitutional party for support, and hence divide and weaken that party—which materially alters our prospects, and which, if per severed in, will inevitably result in defeat and disaster, which every true friend of the good old town must sincerely deplore. We know not who are the moving parties in this matter—who were the deputation to Lord John Manners, or who are his leading supporters in the attempt, to which he has been so injudiciously invited, to divide and weaken the Conservative strength of this constituency. We know as little what are his claims upon Liverpool, in especial, be yond his talent, his amiability, his eloquence, and his excellent moral character, which none deny him to be possessed of, He is in favour of the main tenance of the Navigation Laws : so is our old and tried member, Sir Howard Douglas, and so is Sir Digby Mackworth. He is an advocate for protec tion to the colonies, the commerce, and the native industry of the empire : equally so are both these gentlemen, He is an ardent supporter of the established Church of England, and of the insti tutions of the country, as by law established : so is Sir Howard Douglas ; so is Sir Digby Mack worth. But here we must stop. In matters con nected with the Constitution, and the Church of England, as established by the Reformation, the rties are no longer on a parallel. We ask, then, which of the candidates already before the public is it that Lord John Manners is brought forward to oppose, and on what particular questions ? If it is to oppose the two Conservative candidates, it cannot be upon the question of the Navigation Laws, or protection to the colonial, com mercial, or industrial interests of the empire. It is not upon any other great question, about which itionalists are anxio The conclusion, then, must be that it is upon some question con nected with the established religion of the country, with respect to which, more than any other ques tion, Lord John Manners has made himself promi nent in parliament, and before the country. Is it his peculiar opinions with respect to the law of mortmain which constitute his superior fitness to represent the greatest commercial port of the em pire ? We should imagine that in this age of pro gress, and by the merchants of Liverpool, the idea of any portion of the youth and manhood of the kingdom moping in monasteries, when so vast a field for the employment of their energies in the improvement of the condition of their fellow human beings was offered them out of doors, would receive, from such a constituency as this, little sympathy. We fear greatly that Lord John Manners, or some of the parties said to be his supporters here — we repeat that we know not either who or how many they are—have been misled as to his chances of success in this borough ; and we are certain, from the character of his lordship, that, if he could suppose that, by pressing his pretensions, he was in the least placing our town in danger of being subjected to Whig-Radical and anti-Church domi nation, he would at once withdraw from a position so unseemly and injurious to interests which, although in some points eccentric in his views, we believe he has at heart, Lord John Manners is, ve should imagine, too chivalrous in his character ;o submit to the indignity which some of the party ht him forward have prepared for ity of being placed in a respectable iosition on the poll, only by the votes of parties iostile to the church, of which he professes to be o ardent a supporter—for we have heard it stated hat some of the party in question meditate coalescing with the friends of Sir Thomas Birch ! We should think little, indeed, of the scion of the house of Rutland if he could descend to this. Since writing the above, we have been confi dently assured that Sir Howard Douglas declines to come forward again for Liverpool ; and we have received, at a late hour, a copy of an address from Ir. Edward Cardwell, announcing his intention of soliciting the votes of the constituency, which will ho have broug in dign nvas, in detail, the e found in our advertising columns w( me t( le Roman Catholic inc l to any undue infringement of the ex stion Laws. Upon commercial and ns, too, we are aware that he is well —infinitely better than the Whig candi date, Sir Thomas Birch, can be supposed to be. In addition to these qualifications, he is a rising man, whose influence, upon any question which concerns his native town, will be felt in the proper sting Navig )cal questio. (formed Lead of aff Mr. Car merchants 11_ we un EVERY past WI nguished by the magnificence of its promise and 11 address the g - e at half-past ministry he comparative paucity of its performance; and he ministry of Lord John Russell has not contra licted this characteristic of his party. His lord .• 1 L 1 _ the commencement of the session th his budget loaded with choice and sovereign crsels of legislation ; Irish Poor-law Bills, New )or-law Amendment , Bills, Registration" Bills, these he er bill Prally i has been able to read' a disfigured shape, it is 'rnitted early to slin frnm round to have been acticable that they so hastily concocted ar I,nvr+ been romnelled Tent back for recori- sideration; and now, when the end of the session is at hand, he has to abandon them by wholesale. And, as is generally the case, these last abandoned bills, which he has clung to with an extraordinary tenacity, whilst giving up the minor fry with scarcely a murmur, are almost the only ones which possess any real value in the eyes of the country — are measures which, if carved into a practicable form by the wisdom of parliament, would have been ample compensation for all the time and toil frittered away in idle talk, and still more idle pro mise,- about the small matters which have almost exclusively occupied the legislative attention. One bill alone—the Health of Towns' Bill— would have sufficed for the past session, if produced and carried in a comprehensive form.. Yet, although sickness has for months past been decimating our population; although the wretchedly filthy condi tion of nearly the whole of our large towns is now universally acknowledged, as causing a large portion of this sickness, the Health of Towns Bill, at last, after being postponed from week to week, promised to the house after this debate and that debate, he is obliged at length to drop, because of the want of time for its discussion and the requisite modelling required for all bills which issue from the Whig workshop. There is, surely, something radically vicious in 1 the management which produces such results, and which almost induces the belief in the public mind that the legislature is a solemn mockery, and par liament only a debating club—an arena for intellec tual and oratorical gladiatorship. So far as Lord John Russell is concerned, the cause of the failure of this and others of his more important bills in the present session is, that he has undertaken, as has been his invariable practice, too much. He has fastened his hands with so many small matters, that he has neither had opportunity to mature or to produce his more important measures. There is something, however, in the system upon which par liamentary business is conducted, which is conti nually causing such failures and retarding the pro - of useful legislation. Every successive go vernment, of late years, has been enlarging its control over the business, or what we may call the artistic department of legislation. The govern ment now must originate everything of greater importance than a railway, or an enclosure bill, whilst private members, on the ministerial or on the opposition benches, are merely idle spectators, permitted to originate motions only which lead to nothing beyond the waste of a few nights of public time, Does any honourable member not endowed with the prescriptive wisdom which is fabled to reside exclusively in Downing-street, venture to give notice of a bill having any general bearing upon the interests of the nation, some minister rises forthwith in his seat, and assures the house that the government " have the subject under their consideration, and will shortly be enabled to intro duce a bill," The member in question may have devoted to the subject the attention of years ; he may have a practical acquaintance with all its details. But the members of the administration are supposed to know everything by instinct, and aspire to be the authors of every measure pro pounded to parliament. Accordingly, at the end of the session, or when the time of the house is already fully occupied, some crudely drawn up bill is laid upon the table, read a first or a second time, and then withdrawn as impracticable, to be intro duced next session in an improved form, or, in all probability, never to be thought about again. Suppose, however, that so me mem b er is hardy enough to push a measure, which he esteems of importance, and of which he conceives that he has perfected the details, he is reminded one day that government business must take precedence ; when he selects a vacant day, there is sure to be some obstacle or other intervened—a question asked by some government de?endent, to which a minister takes the opportunity of replying in a two hours' speech, which is so framed as to provoke a debate by which the night is consumed. As the last resource, there is the counting-out process. If we are to get through any legislation at all in future years, with the increasing mass of private business, which railway and other bills create, and of government bills, with which Ireland will for some time, and until her social condition is • improved, abundantly supply us, we must remodel the entire system of our legislation. There are dozens of men in the present parliament who are quite competent to undertake the framing and conducting of measures of a useful character, which government arrogates to itself the exclusive right to undertake—dozens of men, for instance, who could frame and conduct a comprehensive Sanatory Bill—resolved men who, not having the fears of the livery, the aldermen - or the elect ors of the city of London before their eyes, would not consent, as Lord John Russell con sented, to allow that city, which of all others requires such a bill, to be exempted from its pro visions. Another desideratum is that which, if achieved, would materially conduce to secure for us a really useful working parliament ; and such desideratum it is in the hands, and at the option of the constituencies of the empire, to provide for themselves. We want no mere philosophers in the next House of Commons ; we want no mere motion makers; no men with but one idea in their heads, and hopelessly ignorant of, or indifferent to, the practical concerns of the nation. Get rid of the Bowrings, Ewarts, et hoc genus omne, and supply their places with practical men of business. We have given at a somewhat unusual length a debate in the House of Commons, which took place on Saturday night, in which Lord Clements— one of the extraordinary specimens of Irish repre sentatives—rather ruffled the feelings of the house by asserting that, in snatching, his fellow-country men from starvation, we had been doing no great things. Had we been snatching his lordship from starvation, or any other matter which would rid us of such patriots, we should admit that we had not been doing much to raise the average value of the human race. But Lord Clements seemed to think —and, in expressing his thoughts, he was rather wrathful—that this poor unfortunate town of ours ought to be obliged to Ireland, and to bear its burdens with equanimity, on account of the im mense benefits which we have derived from our proximity to that country. This has been the port which Ireland has enriched by making it the port of transmission of her exports to England. Alas ! we have had a sad drawback in being the port which has had either to keep or to transmit home her pauperism. We shall make no further com ment, however, upon a speech in every respect so absurd. It is best answered by the following cas tigation, administered by Mr. Brown, M.P. for the southern division of the county, wnom we heartily thank for his spirit on the occasion. " I am extremely happy to find that the noble lord (Clements) stands alone in his undivided glory in arraign ing the conduct of her Majesty's ministers for want of charity , that is the English people, for they represent the people, and you cannot separate them ; and I am glad to see that every Irish member present repudiates what the noble lord has said. He alleges that Liverpool has derived so much benefit from Ireland, that it is their duty to provide for all the Irish paupers that go there. I would ask the noble lord, has Ireland received no benefits in re turn ? Is it nothing that Liverpool, ever since it became a commercial town, has relieved Ireland of some of its surplus population, by giving_them profitable employ- best market in t he world for you it nothing that when you are in dihre we receive feed them, although tliey bring a dreadful disease amongst us, there being at this moment from 7000 to 8000 people in Liverpool ill of typhus fever. _ The cost of main- marks, were tliey the sentiments of the Irish people, would harden even a heart already petrified, and prevent on any future occasion your being entitled to any aid from those you so unjustly abuse. It is questionable, even now, whether the hard-working beople of England will not of too little THE DISSOLUTION —The mere routine business of winding up the session will occupy the coming week—after which the prorogation, followed by an immediate dissolu tion, may be confidently looked for. The ministerial white-bait dinner, at Greenwich, which immediately pre cedes the prorogation of Parliament, is fixed for Wednes day, the 21st instant. —Observer. THE ROYAL NAVY.—The following is the official return of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, on the Ist instant : Admirals of the fleet, 2 ; admirals of the red, 10 ; white, 10 ; blue, 10 ; vice-admirals of the red, 15 ; white, 15 ; blue, 15 ; rear-admirals of the red, 25 ; white, 25 ; blue, 25 ; to consist of 150 flag officers, viz.: 30 admirals, or ten of each squadron ; 45 vice -admirals, or 15 of each squadron ; and 75 rear-admirals, 25 of each squadron ; retired rear-admirals, 51, to be reduced to 25 ; retired captains, 130; to be reduced to for service, 561, to be reduced to 500 retired cap- 48 ; commanders, 879 ; retired ditto, under his Ma jesty's order in council, 1816, 100; ditto, Ist November, 1830, 204 ; lieutenants, 2,400 ; masters, 337 ; second 238 ; pay mas t ers ' an d pursers active list, 462 , ditto, 28 ; clerks qualified for paymasters and pursers, 235. 40,000 able-bodied seamen, 2,000 stout lads, 12,000 Royal Marines, divided into 94 companies-Ist division, Chatham, 23 companies ; 2nd division, Ports mouth, 28 companies ; 3rd division, Plymouth, 24 com panies ; 4th division, Woolwich, 19 companies ; Royal Marine Artillery, 7 companies, bead-quarters Portsmouth. Ships of war in commission, ordinary, or building, 678, carrying from Ito 120 guns each—of which number 165 are armed steam-vessels, built on the most approved principle for active sea service, from 150 to 750 horse power, retired THE. LIVERPOOL STANDARD. ORDINATION BY THE BISHOP OF CHESTER On Sunday last, the following gentlemen were admitted to holy orders by the Lord Bishop of Chester, in the Cathedral, - Durham, in which his Lordship holds a pre bendal stall : DEACONS. John Jameson, M.A., Queen's College, Oxford. Haygarth Taylor Baines, 8.A., Christ's College, Cam bridge. Urquhart Cookworth) bridge. James Burrowes. 8.A., Magdalene College Cambridge, William Carr, 8.A., St. Catherine Hall, Cambridge. Stephen Spicer Crutch, 8.A., St. Catherine Hall, Cambridge. Henry Marland, 8.A., St. Catherine Hall, Cambridge. Theophilus Sharp, 8.A., St. Catherine Hall, Cambridge. Samuel Bamford Sellers, 8.A., Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. John Spode Gibson, 8.A., St. John's College, Cam bridge. Thomas Moverley, 8.A., St. John's College, Cambridge. Hugh George Robinson, 8.A., Clare Hall, Cambridge. Edgar Sherlock, 8.A., Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Matthew Cordeux Shadgett, 8.A., Trinity Hall, Cam bridge. Charles Wright, 8.A., Trinity College, Cambridge. Charles Barton, 8.A., Trinity College Dublin. Theophilus Bennett, 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin. William Augustus Cornwall, 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin. , 8.A., Christ's College, Cani Jones Humphrey Gabbett, 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin. William White Labarte, 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin. Patrick Malone, M.A., Trinity College, Dublin. Charles Frederick Kingdon, Durham University. Edward Atkinson, Saint Bees. Peake Banton, Saint Bees. Richard Blakehurst, Saint Bees. Alfred Stephen Canney, Saint Bees. Henry Cleare, Saint Bees. William Cornwallis Evans, Saint Bees. William Findley, Saint Bees. James Keeling, Saint Bees. Thomas Sutcliffe, Saint Bees. James Gill Mallison, Saint Bees. William Harrison, 8.A., Brasenose College, Oxford. William Bryams, 8.A., Trinity College, Cambridge. Henry Wray, 8.A., Trinity College, Cambridge. Dickens Haslewood, 8.A., St. John's College, Cam bridge. James Mayne, 8.A., St. John's College, Cambridge. Charles Richard Pilling, 8.A., Caius College, Cambridge. James Pelham Pitcairn, 8.A., Jesus College, Cambridge. Peter ElwiftWrench, B.A.,Christ's College, Cambridge. Benjamin Strettell Clarke, 8.A., Trinity Colege, Dublin. William De la Cherois Crommelin, 8.A., Trinity Col lege, Dublin. George Bagot, Saint Bees. William Henry Robert Brickman, Saint Bees. Joseph Davenport Elliott, Saint Bees. Theodore Budd, Saint Bees. John Lindsay, Saint Bees. Richard Nicholson, Saint Bees. Thomas Robinson, Saint Bees. MEMORIAL TO GOVERNMENT OF THE INHABITANTS OF BIRKENHEAD. A memorial to the Commissioners of the Woods and Forests, praying them to give consent to the bills now before the Lords, was sent up yesterday for presentation by the members of the county. It was signed by 6000 signatures, being the greatest number of names ever at tached to a similar document from that place : and will be followed up by a similar petition to the House of Lords praying them to pass the bill : The humble Petition of the undersigned Inhabitantsof Birken head, Claughton, Oxton, Tranmere, Bidston, Seacombe, Liscard, and Wallasey, in the county of Chester, Sheweth, That a Bill is now pending before your Right Honourable House, intituled " A Bill to authorize the Birkenhead Dock Commissioners to construct an additional Dock and other Works at Birkenhead, and for other purposes." That, in the opinion of your Petitioners, the establishment of Docks at Birkenhead will prove of the utmost importance to the commerce of the river Mersey, and the interest of Birken head and the surronnding districts. „ . That your petitioners hailed with much satisfaction the open ing by the Chief Commissioner of her Majesty's Woods, fzc., of a portion of the Dock Works connected with Birkenhead. That your Petitioners quite approve of the steps taken by the Birkenhead Dock Commissioners in their application to Par liament in the present session for the above-mentioned Bill. That, in the opinion of your Petitioners, the Dock sought to be authorized by that Bill, will be of great advantage to the Town and Trade of Birkenhead and the surrounding districts; and the immediate establishment of Graving Docks will be a considerable accommonation to the Trade of the Mersey. That your Petitioners observed with satisfaction the Report of the Lords of the Admiralty to Parliament, in favour of the passing of the above mentioned Bill. That independent of the importance it is to the Works at Bir kenhead, that the New Dock and Graving Docks referred to in the Bill should be constructed, there are numerous clauses in the said Bill very essential to the economical and expeditious carrying on of the Trade which may frequent the Docks. Your Petitioners, therefore, humbly pray your Right Honour able House that the said Bill may pass into a Law. And your Petitioners will ever pray, Sec NOVELTIES.—A broad-faced good-natured looking Hibernian was yesterday brought up and charged by one of those officious persons commonly known as police offi cers with having done a little more than " swell the cork" on the day previously. Mr. Rushton " What have you to say ?" Vat : " Och, nothing plase yer honor ; but I only tuck a drop yesterday- for novelties, and novelties it was for me, sure enough ; and greater novelties still for me to have yer honor's company to-day : it's not every day that same happens." Pat was then informed that a still greater novelty was in store for him,—that was to pay ss. or suffer five days' imprisonment. " BLACK SHEEP. =Yesterday, two bakers, respectively named Denis M‘Gowan, and Thomas Bridge, were brought up before Mr. Rushton, and charged with com mitting a riot and assault upon each other in Whitechapel, on Saturday evening last. When asked what they had to say in their defence, one of them alleged that the other had applied the opprobrious epithet of " black sheep" to him, and hence arose the quarrel ; whilst the other as stoutly maintained that his brother " black sheep" was in fault, having first applied that offensive nomenclature to him. They were both fined, and then left the court. STEALlNG.—Yesterday a very neat and decent-looking young servant girl was charged before Mr. Rushton, by her mistress, Margaret Cogrer, with having stolen from her house various articles of wearing apparel, and a quan tity of tea. It appeared that the articles had been stolen for some time, and that the mistress arrived at the know ledge of her having done so from confessions which the prisoner made herself. The prisoner having stated that she made these confessions in consequence of a promise of forgiveness which the mistress made her, the case was re manded for further-inquiry. HOUSE BREAKING.—On old offender, named William Bingham, was yesterday brought up, and charged by In spector White with breaking into the house of William Crumphey, Vauxhall-road. It appeared from the state ment of White, that he found the prisoner in the house about one o'clock on Sunday morning last, all the inha bitants of it having previously gone to-bed; and when found he had a quantity of tobacco, cigars, and some copper money in his possession, and strewn about him. He was then in a beastly state of inebriation. The land lord of the house deposed that he had locked up the pre mises about a quarter to twelve o'clock, when he was quite certain there was no person in who did not belong to the house. Committed for trial. ACCIDENT TO THE TYNWALD STRAMElt.—Yesterday, we regret to learn, another accident, trifling in its nature and consequences, occurred to the fine steamer Tynwald.. When leaving the pier-head for Douglas, her bow got foul of an American ship's rigging, which was then lying in the river, having just come out of dock. In the colli sion the Tynwald lost her bowsprit and some trifling por tions of her forward rigging, but nothing so dangerous occurred as to prevent her proceeding on her voyage with out the least delay. We have been requested to state that, from the recent accident which occurred to this boat, no such damage ensued as that stated in a contem porary,—the ship's bottom was neither broken nor other wise injured. CommumENTs.—Patrick Flyn and John Lancashire, yesterday committed from the Police-court, for 14 days, for stealing a bar of pig iron from the Queen's Dock.— Bidy M'Guiness was also committed for a month for stealing a loaf from the shop of Robert Howe.—Thos. Martin was committed for three months, in default of paying a fine of £3O, for working a private still in Law rence-street.—Jane Taylor, for stealing a pair of boots from the shop of Mr. C. Waist= , Byrom-st., sent to the sessions. James Higgins, was committed for seven days, for break ing the " van," whilst being conveyed to the bridewell in a state of intoxication.—James Jennings, was committed for three months for knocking down and robbing a sea man, in Park-lane, on Satnrday night last.—Martin Wilie, was also committed for three months, for assaulting Police-constable 629, whilst on duty on. Saturday night last. IMPOSITION ON THE PARISH.—A woman named Kelly was brought up before Mr. Rushton, and charged by Mr. Reynolds with attempting to commit a fraud on the parish authorities. He stated that he was engaged as assistant to Dr. Cullan, and that on Saturday last the pri soner came to him, and sought for a note from him, by which her husband—whom she represented to be ill of fever—might obtain relief. She said that her husband was then confined to bed in a court off Mil ton-street. He (Dr. Reynolds) visited the abode of the family, who, when he went there, were all from home. After waiting for some time, however, the woman came in, and he asked for her husband. She then said that he had gone out, as he had got into a great passion because the relief tickets had been refused him. He had since made some enquiries and had seen the man himself, and he believed that, although he was not infirm, he was not able to work. Mr. Rushton ordered the prisoner to be discharged. - THE EAST INDIA SALT MONOPOLY.—An Elector of Liverpool has addressed his fellow-electors on this sub ject. He urges that they should select such men for rep resentatives of the borough as will pledge themselves to measures of practical utility, and amongst them the abolition of the East India Company's Salt monopoly. The writer states :—" The abolition would release several weeks of the poor Indian peasant's labour ; give him a great necessary of life at a comparatively trifling cost ; and enable him to devote his time and his savings to the cultivation of sugar, cotton, and other products of the earth. But apart from this, the abolition of the monopoly of the manufacture of India salt we ild open the ports of India to the reception of pure, cheap, British salt ; load our outward-bound ships with profitable cargoes ; afford myriads of natives the means of buying our cot ton piece-goods, our hardware, crockery, glassware, &c. ; improve the quality of the East India hides, and so cheapen leather in this country and extend its consump tion. These are advantages in which the humblest En glishman will more or less participate." THE CROPS AND THE WEATHER The most gratifying accounts have appeared in the papers during the past week of the unusually rapid pro gress of vegetation, and, with scarcely one exception, of the health and luxuriance of the whole of the crops, throughout England, Scotland, and Ireland, and we may add, Europe. We can vouch for the fact, too, that our own immediate agricultural districts are resplendent with all that in verdure or bloom can gratify the eye, or give promise of an abundant return to the husbandman and horticulturist. The weather has been generally sultry, and seldom under the temperature of summer heat, with genial and repeated showers of rain, which, with the in tervening ardent sunshine, have amazingly promoted the rapid growth and strength of vegetation in field and garden. The landscape, wherever the eye is directed, presents a charming picture, even the lane sides and ditches being adorned in profusion with herbage, and wild flowers, and plants, of a height and strength rarely witnessed. A great portiou of the hay has already been got in, in excellent condition, and the crop generally is heavy, and of fine quality. The haymakers are still busily at work, and their final labours will be on the cold-bottomed fields where the grass is not yet quite ripe for the scythe. The stacks will be large, and the price of the article will no doubt drop. The wheats are advanced in ear, and the plant of extraordinary height and strength. We have also seen some splendid fields of oats, surpassing indeed any we remember to have seen. Barley in some parts, is not so promising, but• may, on the whole, amount to an average crop. The potatoes, notwithstand ing all the croakings of alarmists, are excellent and excel lent in quality ; we mean the earlier sorts. The late are coming un in proportion as to time, and, as yet at least, show no symptoms of disease beyond what might be here and there observable in the best seasons for this root. Turnips and mange's look very well, as do pease and beans, especially the former, which will certainly be abundant. Pasture lands are also prolific. Gardens, where at all attended to to keep down a vast growth of weed, and destroy insects, will amply repay the culti vators. Our markets are well supplied with fruits and vegetables in season, at moderate prices. From all quarters, the accounts are equally cheering, including the continents of America and Europe. We had some partial thunder storms on Wednesday, and subsequently, by which, in the south, (it will be found by another para graph,) several persons lost their lives, and a considerable number of houses, &c., were burnt down. The air was charged in many parts with electric matter, but we do not find that it has injured the crops in any direction. The atmosphere is still (Monday night) sultry, with some ap pearance of rain. The Royal mail steam-ship Cambria was expected yester day (Monday), but will not be more than due, should she come up this day. DEATH OF A CLERK IN THE PARISH OFFICE.—We regret to learn that another of our efficient staff of clerks employed in the parish office has fallen a victim to the fearful epidemic which still rages in town. The gentle man to whom we allude—Mr. Irwin—was well known to a large circle of friends, by whom he was highly esteemed. MEETING OF MAGISTRATES YESTERDAY.—TRANSMI ORATION OF PAUPERS. —A meeting of the borough ma gistrates was held yesterday, at the Sessions Court, to take into consideration the operations of the new poor law and vagrancy bills relative to the transmigration of Irish paupers ; but as the meeting was private, we have not learned the result of their worships' deliberations. AWFUL EFFECTS OF THE HOT WEATHER.-It was remarked, at Wednesday's Council, that " it was thought that the people of London would bleed" for the Birken head Dock Commissioners, " but it is now ascertained that they will not bleed." How could it be expected, when people everywhere are perspiring so much ? Sub mitting to be bled, in such weather as this, would be almost suicidal. DARING ROBBERY IN CASTLE-STREET.—During the night of Friday, the premises of Messrs. Robert Forrester and Co., tailors and drapers, of 51, Castle-street, were entered, and property to the value, as is supposed, of about £4O was carried off. The thieves effected an entrance through a narrow passage in Harrington-street, which leads to the back doors of the premises, and they got into the shop by forcing open the doors with an instrument called a "jemmy." The whole of the property stolen has not yet been ascertained. A reward of £5 is offered for the apprehension of the thieves, and the recovery of the property, but no clue has yet been obtained to either. THE CORONER'S COURT.—An inquest was, yesterday, held on the body of a child, which was found in Fair dough-lane, on Sunday morning last ;—when found, it was wrapped up in a piece of newspaper. It appeared that the body was much bruised, especially about the neck, and on other parts of the body there were marks of violence ; but the surgeon deposed that, on apost mortem examination, he found that the child was still-born. Verdict accordingly.—Also on the body of a female— name unknown—who died in the passage of the night asylum, on Sunday morning last. John Jackson deposed that he was sitting on a form beside the deceased before she died. On being taken ill she gave a groan, stretched out her arms, and expired in a few minutes. Mr. Wood, surgeon, deposed that the deceased died of disease of the lungs, and other natural causes. Verdict accordingly.— A verdict of death from natural causes was also returned on the body of an infant, who also died in the same in stitution. BLUE COAT lIOSPITAL.-We feel treat pleasure in di recting the attention of our readers to an advertisement in our paper this day, announcing that a sermon will be preached in St. Barnabas Church, Parliament-street, on Sunday morning next, in behalf of this favourite institu tion. There is no doubt that our various local charities have of late years been too much neglected by the clergy of our town, and we therefore hope that the example set in this instance will be generally followed. Notwith standing the numerous families taking up their residence amongst us, this and other institutions do not exhibit in their subscription lists that amount of increase to their funds which is naturally expected, but, on the contrary, from deaths and other causes, the funds are languishing. It is only, therefore, by the clergy bringing forward the claims of our institutions annually before their respective congregations that a proper result will follow, and in ex pressing our best wishes that the response to the appeal in the present instance will be one worthy of the cause, we at the same time say to each of the clergy " go and do thou likewise." MARKET CIRCULAR LITERATURE.—The purveyors of commercial information, in their anxiety to be brief, sometimes perpetrate very funny things. Indeed, they prove that not only is " brevity the soul of wit," but of fun as well. We give a few specimens from last Wed nesday's " Liverpool Markets," as given by our contem porary the Advertiser. He says, "We have no-change to notice in the rum market." This is certainly a very queer name for a market. We should like to know where it is, and who is the superintendent. Again : " Nothing of the least importance has occurred in coffee." This is not quite true. Parties who use cream in their coffee have observed it curdle of late. Perhaps, however, it is intended to inform us that the chiccory usually in coffee has not been misbehaving itself. " The tea market," we are told, "is rather improving. The greater part, however, of 4,000 packages offered by auction (being chiefly greens of last year's import) were withdrawn." Very properly so. People could not be expected to buy " greens," whether foreign or home-grown, as tea, al though at tea a nice fresh lettuce is very desirable just now. Again we hear of the business done "in rice"— "in pot and pearl ashes," &c. " A small quantity of brimstone," it is said, " went off." "In saltpetre," .the next paragraph says, "we have little to report." The two, put together, would have " gone off," and made a " report" for themselves. Some nitrate of soda, we are also told, " went off." More shame for the saltpetre, which was so much more calculated to go off. Some parcels of dyewoods " found buyers." Very clever woods they must have been. We would recommend them to the notice of the Woods and Forests. They might, perhaps, be able to find buyers for the Birkenhead Docks, or money to finish them. Seriously, we cannot see why mercantile houses should make use of so much slang, and so grievously outrage grammar, in their com munications to the world. They should reform it alto- FURTHER PARTICULARS RELATIVE TO THE IRISH bout 300 of the poor Irish were sent home by They nearly all left reluctantly. Twenty of itely refused, and had to be taken before Mr The process of. teamers them resc :ompelling them to leave is r all offered various reasons )ermitted to remain, but none of these arguments had any effect, as they had, up to that time, received parish relief. Mr. Rushton told the whole of them, what they appeared to be ignorant of, that the system of giving out-door relief, as in England, was now easy and ( whir they ought to bi in full operation in their own country ; that they had long enough been a burden upon the industrious shop-keepers of Liverpool ; and that they must go back that night and be supported in future by the Irish landlords. And, ac cordingly, that very night, they were sent by steamers to Mayo, Roscommon, Cavan, Louth, Dundalk, and Drog- heda.. The act has already had the effect of diminishing the number of applicants for parish relief, and the ex penditure has been materially lessened, and will, no doubt, continue to decrease. The act has also greatly checked, if not cut off, the influx of paupers from Ireland, though the numbers that have come in search of harvest work has been considerable, being on Friday 1,014. Another cir cumstance is gratifying. The fever is in the decline, as shown by Dr. Duncan 's report, yesterday, to the Health Committee. The Irish are now leaving Liverpool in shoals, not, however, for their own country, but for the interior, in expectation of obtaining work at the harvest, many of them unfit for the exertion. The great influx would, moreover, probably defeat the object in view, even amongst the able-bodied, by reducing wages to the detri ment of all—English or Irish. At Warrington—where, by the way, the fever is more prevalent than here—the streets were so crowded by these wayfarers, that the po lice-officers had to use every exertion to keep them aw a y. Application was yesterday made by the Irish steam-boat agents, to the health committee, for a relaxation in the quarantine orders. In consequence of the few case s of fever that had appeared in their vessels the applicants did not consider it necessary that they should be submitted to the present harrassing regulations , by which their ves sels and passengers were detained in the river. It was also urged that the delay was the more grievous at this season, when there were large importations of salmon, which might become unsaleable in the present weather, and, moreover, procreative of disease. The application was, we learn, not acceded to. The freemen of Lincoln are likely to be much enriched by the approach of railways to their city. From the Great Northern Company they claim £BOO per acre for a common, and £lOO per acre as severance ; the quantity required will be 28k acres, so that the compensation claimed amounts to £25,000 ; they likewise claim £l,OOO per acre for two acres taken by the Midland Company, the two sums making £27,000. LATEST FOREIGN AND COLONIAL SPAIN. (From the Times.) Our accounts &Om Madrid are of the 4th instant, M. Murillo and the other members of the last Cabinet had addressed a letter to the Correo, in which they declared that, to their knowledge, the King had never manifested any wish to be invested with the superior direction of the royal patrimony and the interior of the palace. Messrs. Mon, Pidali Sanz, and Caneja, on their side, had written a similar letter to the Faro, in which they affirmed that, under their Ministry, the King had never claimed the government of the palace, nor the administration of the royal revenues. The Heraldo announces that the ministry had opposed an invincible resistance to the mar riage of the Infanta Josefa with General Portillo, and that Count Ezpeleta was to be charged with the education of the minor children of the Infante Donna Francisco de Paula. The journal La Union had ceased to appear. Since the foregoing was in type, the Madrid letters and journals of the sth instant have reached us. _ _ - The- Madrid Gazette of that date contains a royal de cree for the complete renewal of the provincial deputa tions. The elections are to take place in conformity with the law of the Bth of January, 1845. _ Some curiosity has been excited at Madrid by the de parture of the Progresista deputy and freetrader, Don Sanchez Silva, for Saragossa, the bearer, it was said, of a communication of importance from General Serrano to Senor Olozaga, who is at present at Saragossa. The Three per Cents. closed on the sth inst. at 271 cash ; the Five per Cents. at 17/ ; Passives, 51 ; and the Coupons, 13 cash. ALGIERS Letters from Algiers of the 2nd inst., state that Ab d el-Kader, after his success over the troops of Abderrhman, had occupied various points on the Riff, in order to secure his communications by land with the interior of Morocco and by sea with the exterior. The agitation in the coun try was very great. Abd-el-Kader had received consider able reinforcements, and neither wanted arms nor ammu nition. " England," says one of those letters, " cannot be entirely a stranger to what is now passing in Morocco. Once that Abd-el-Kader shall be seated on the throne of Abderrahman, English influence will be all powerful in Morocco. This is beyond doubt, and then will the peace of our new colony be sadly compromised." HOUSE OF COMAIONS- SATURDAY. The house met at twelve o'clock. The report of the Committee of Supply was brought up, and agreed to. On the report of the Navigation (No. 2) Bill being brought up, Lord J. MANNERS proposed to insert a clause for the purpose of suspending the stamp duties on policies of in surance effected on grain -laden ships till the Ist of March, 1848. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER observed, that the clause could not be agreed to, because, from its nature, it required to he moved in a committee of the whole house ; and in that opinion he was confirmed by the authority of the SPEAKER. Some conversation then took place on the clause, in which Mr. HUME, Mr. FORSTEE, Mr. THORNELY, and Lord J. MANNERS took part ; but it was ultimately with drawn, and the report agreed to. The house then went into committee on the Recovery of Public Moneys (Ireland) Bill; and in the committee a lively discussion arose in consequence of Lord CLEMENTS telling the government that it ought not to ask Ireland for any repayment of the money recently advanced to that country, and of his denouncing the whole of our recent Irish legislation as having been in the highest degree un just and unfair. So unexpected an announcement roused the indignation of Mr. Hume, Mr. P. Scrope, and Sir J. Graham, who all insisted that the repayment of the money advanced to Ireland must be demanded from the landlords of that country. Sir J. Graham moreover added, that it was ex ceedingly desirable that, before the house separated, a distinct intimation should be given that the repayment would be enforced in all cases where it was possible. This declaration excited the spleen of Lord Clements still more, and his lordship, aftercondemning the conduct of the legislature and the government in the most violent terms, observed that the house could not in decency pass such a bill. If an attempt were made to do in England that which the government had not scrupled to do in Ire land, Ministers would be hurried from their seats by the indignation of the country. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER could not suffi ciently express the regret and astonishment with which he had listened to the speeches of Lord Clements. When the pressure of the calamity was most severely felt, the landlords of Ireland said,—" Tax us as much as you will, but for God's sake, save the people from starvation!" The Government had responded to that call, and had saved the people. The very bill which Lord Clements now opposed was introduced for the purpose of freeing Ireland from the incumbrance of one-half the loan granted by the legisla ture for the relief of the distresses of the people ; and, if it were rejected, Ireland would, in point of fact, be charged with the repayment of the whole. He concurred with Sir J. Graham in thinking that it was not too much to expect that one-half of the loan should be repaid; and he now gave distinct notice, that the repayment of that sum would be enforced according to circumstances, and where it seemed just. The repayment, instead of being demanded at once, was spread over a period of ten years, and the first instalment would not become due till this time next year.. The Government knew well that it was easy to spend money, easy to lend money, and still easier to give away money in Ireland; but he trusted that the good feeling of the population of Ireland would render the re payment of it much easier than Lord Clements supposed. If the Irish proprietors were not willing to maintain their own poor on the principles recognized in England and Scotland, it was not to be supposed that the people of Great Britain would continue to be taxed to support their pauperism. Mr. TRELAWNY contended that it was the bounden duty of the Government to enforce the repayment of this money, and, if that were resisted, to sell the land and the landlords of Ireland together, Mr. W. PArricx observed, that if he could bring him self to ,believe that Lord Clements on this occasion repre sented the feelings of the people of Ireland, he would offer the most strenuous opposition to this bill. Portions of this country, and especially Lancashire, were abso lutely overwhelmed by an inundation of Irish paupers cast upon our shores by the desertion of Irish landlords, who ought to have maintained them • and was it to be supposed that the people of England would stand by and quietly see a grant of £4,500,000 made to Ireland without even the terms of common acknowledgment being offered in return by the Irish representatives ? He told Lord Clements that he had done great detriment to himself and his countrymen by the speeches which he had just - delivered. . Lord CLEMENTS now became more mild than ever, and observed, that if there was one part of the globe which deserved to be taxed for the relief of Ireland, it was Liver pool, which had profited immensely by the distresses of that country. Liverpool might be looked upon as the capital of Ireland, and was as much bound tor of and. contribute lrel to the support of the Irish poor as any corner . y lan thing more mn theore Mr. NEWD E Gr A to h E could t not eo o p tc p o l n e f ce o ive En an g unjust or irritating ha we d ec L h i e v s erp of e L nl od p r ro C fi l t e e m d e b i y its th u e po d n ist t r h e is sse b s ill. In what Had not the rates of that town been trebled by the influx of the unfortunate Irish poor ? and had not its inhabitants perished in numbers from the contagion of their diseases ? He charged Lord Clements with endeavouring to create in the bosoms of his countrymen feelings of hatred to wards Great Britain which were perfectly unjustifiable. Mr. BROTHERTON followed on the same side, and ob served, that if our exertions to relieve the distress of Ire land were to be met in the spirit of Lord Clements, a very strong feeling against any further advances to Ire land would be excited in England. After a few words from Mr. TRELAWNY, retracting his expression-respecting " the sale" of Irish landlords, Sir F. FERGUSON observed that, as an Irish landlord, he entertained no doubt but that Ireland would acknowledge her liabilities, and that there would be no reason to regret the liberality which England had displayed. The Earl of ARUNDEL and SURREY could not but feel that the language of Lord Clements was not that which England deserved to have applied to her generosity. But Lord Clements was not the only person who held up the Government to reproof for its conduct towards Ireland. Several of the Roman Catholic clergy of that country had given utterance on this subject to expressions which he could not but view as uncharitable an unchristianlike. Mr. W. BROWN congratulated Lord Clements upon enjoying the undivided honour of finding fault with the benevolence of the people of England and the exertions of the Government. As to the benefits which Liverpool had derived from the distress of the Irish poor, who would have starved by the roadside in their own country, it would be well to remember that 10,000 of its inhabi tants were at this moment reported to be suffering from typhus fever, imported into that town by those unfortu nate and neglected wretches. Lord W. Paulett, Mr. P. Ainsworth, and Mr. P. Serope followed on the same side ; after which the house resumed, and the report was ordered to be received on Monday. The other orders were then disposed of, and the house adjourned. COLLIERIES BILL.—A bill has been brought in by Mr. T. Duncornbe, Mr. Bernal, Mr. Aglionby, and Mr. Hume, to compel, for a limited period (until August, 1848,) the use of safety-lamps, and to prohibit the use of gunpowder, or other explosive materials, in all fiery collieries. It contains eight clauses. BARBAROUS MURDER NEAR HAREWOOD.—A most di abolical murder was committed at Weeton, near Hare wood, on Monday morning last, by a man named Francis Britton, his victim being his own child , a little girl about three years old, named Maria Britton. It appears the murderer had been in confinement as a lunatic for some weeks, and on Saturday evening last he returned home. Early on Monday morning, a person named William Bright, who lodged in the house, and slept u p s t a i rs, heard a heavy tread in the room below, which was occu pied by Britton, his wife, and child. Shortly after, Bright heard a heavy stroke and a moan ; immediately went down stairs, when he saw Britton hit the child three times with the poker. He held the poker in both, hands, and hit the deceased on the forehead as she lay in bed. Bright immediately seized Britton, and handed him over to the cust o dy o f t h e cons t a bl es . The poor child's head was awfully mangled, and blood and brains were scattered on the floor and walls of the cottage. It appeared the wretch had taken the opportunity of committing the dreadful act during the temporary absence of his wife. An inquest was held on the body of the child on Wednesday last be fore Mr. Lee, coroner, when a verdict of " Wilful mur der" against Francis Britton was rctnrned.--Devonshire ('wirier. July 13, 1847. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (BY EXPRESS.) THE DUKE OF CORNWALL, STEAMER, ON SHORE, The Duke of Cornwall, steamer, from London for Fal mouth and Dublin, got on shore on Sunday morning at four o'clock in Gerrans Bay, near the Gull Rock. The mate was dispatched to the agents for assistance to get her off, and a lighter was immediately sent. LONDON CORN MARKET.-YESTERDAY At the close of last week wheat met with an increased demand at an advance of 3s. per qr., and large transactions reported. The weather has become most splendid for the growing crops, notwithstanding which our market opened this morning with good spirit, and English wheat soon cleared at an advance of 4s. to ss. per qr. over the currency of this day week. A large attendance of country buyers caused a considerable business to be done in foreign at the improvement noted on Friday —say 2s. to 3s. dearer than last Monday. American flour fully ls. per barrel higher. Grinding Barley in better request. No change in Malt or Peas. English Beans in short supply, at an advance of 2s. The supplies of foreign Oats being but moderate, and having an increased country demand, this article obtained fully 6d. to Is. advance on last week's quotations, with an improved sale. SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET.-YESTERDAY There was, compared with that exhibited on Monday last, a considerable increase to-day in the number of home-fed. Beasts on sale, owing to which, and the prevailing hot weather, the Beef trade was in a very inactive state, at a decline on the quotations obtained on this day se'nnight of quite 2d. per 81b. The numbers of Sheep were considerably on the increase, hence the Mutton trade was extremely depressed, and the currencies declined from 2d. to 4d. per slb. With Lambs we were well supplied. All breeds met a very dull inquiry, at a reduction in value of 2d. per 81b. ; the ex treme range of value of the best Down qualities not exceeding 6s. per Sib. _ The sale for Calves, the supply of which was small, ruled heavy at last week's figures. Pigs moved off slowry, but prices were mostly supported . Mr. Jessop, of Mount Jessop, high sheriff of the county of Longford ; intends to resign that office preparatory to starting for the representation as a red-hot repealer. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING.—In railway shares there was not much business done, the early closing of the market interfering in a degree pith the ordinary course of affairs, but prices nevertheless show an increasing tendency towards depression. THE LAST MAIL COACH.—The north mail coach ar rived at the Queen's Head Inn, in this town, yesterday (Monday) afternoon, for the last time, having being su perseded by the railway, now complete. A flag, sur mounted with crape, was hoisted on the coac h roo f, as a public intimation of the event—Newcastle Advertiser. WHEAT, &c., RETURNS.—The excess of the imports over the exports of wheat and wheat flour, amounted in the half-year ended the sth of June last to 1,067,930 qrs., against 1,104,844 qrs. i n th e h alf-year ended the sth of une, 1846. The excesses of the imports of barley and oats amounted respectively in the half-year ended the sth of June last, to 534,295 qrs. and 478,664 qrs. HULL.—Mr. M. T. Baines, recorder of the borough, has been requested to come forward for this borough. The requisition was signed by parties of all shades of po litics, and all denominations of religionists. He has con sented. He is opposed to the endowment of Romish priests. If elected, he will resign his post as recorder. MALDON.—On Tuesday last Mr. Lennard made his first appearance at Maldon as one of the candidates at the ensuing election. Messrs. Dick and Waddington have canvassed the town, and met with such success as to con vince them that their success is certain. They are still canvassing, and are determined to pay their personal re spects to every voter within the seven miles.—. Essex Standard. THE NEW FACTORY ACT.—So far as we can learn, no attempt has been made by any of the manufacturers of this town to reduce the wages of their hands in conse quence of the new act, limiting the hours of employing young persons and women to not more than eleven hours per day, having come into operation. This is a gratifify ing circumstance, and is as honourable to the employers as it is satisfactory to the work-people.—Leeds Intelli gencer. PLUNDERING OF GRAIN ON THE IRISH COAST.—. Letters received from Westport and Sligo, dated Thurs day, state respectively that the Ranger, from Liverpool, had been plundered of 150 barrels of Indian meal, and that the ship Richard Watson, from New York, had been boarded and robbed of 1,000 bushels of corn. Govern ment ought to suppress these depredations, which are carried on to e most serious and frequent extent on the coast of the sister island. PRINCE WAMDEMAR.—On Saturday the East India Company gave a most sumptuous entertainment to Prince Waldemar, of Prussia, at the London Tavern. The en tertainment was most splendid. The chairman of the East India Company presided, surrounded bimany distinguished personages, including Lord John Russell, and other mi nisters and noblemen, British and foreign. Many elo quent and appropriate speeches were delivered, and the whole went off with the greatest eclat. It appears that Mr. More O'Ferrall, not the least effi cient of the Irish_ members, has signified his intention of retiring from the representation of the county of Kildare.. The Carlow Sentinel states, that Mr. C. Roberts, and not the Marquis of Kildare, will be a candidate, along with Mr. Bourke, jun., of Hayes, and Mr. Archbold, one of the present members. However, it is generally be lieved that Lord Kildare will stand for the county with the almost certainty of his election. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.—OXFORD, JULY In a convocation held this day the following gentlemen were admitted ad eundem :—Rev. Frederick M. Walter 8.D., St. John's College, :ambridge; Rev. John Wil liamson, M.A., St. John's College, Cambridge ; Rev. William Henry Hill, M.A., 'trinity College, Cambridge ; Edward D. Mac Dermot, B.Med., Trinity College, Dub lin ; Rev. William Abiah Newman, M.A., Trinity Col lege, Dublin. At the same time the following degrees were conferred :—plaster of Arts—Rev. Charles George Newcomb, Oriel. Bachelors of Arts—Villiers Charnocke Smith, Fellow of New College : Augustus Frederick Westmacott, Merton ; John Denman, Lincoln. LINCOLN.—The present members, Colonel Sibthorp and Mr. W. Rickford Collett, are engaged in an active canvass of the city, as are also their opponents at the last general election, Sir Bulwer Lytton, Bart., and Mr. Charles Seely, " the citizen candidate." All four parties are acting independently of each other. In consequence of a paragraph copied from a local print into most of the public papers, giving the name of Mr. Weston Cracroft as one of ten candidates talked of, that gentleman has published a letter stating that he never had any idea of offering himself as a candidate. Some other names were also introduced with just as little foundation. BATH.—Mr. Roebuck and Lord Ashley are on the ground in hot competition. A rumour, however, pre vailed that the learned gentleman was to be appointed to the judgeship of Bombay, which had somewhat subdued the zeal of his friends. We, however, find the following in the Globe of Friday :—" In reference to a paragraph which appeared in the Morning chronicle stating that, in the event of Mr. D. Pollock retiring Chronicle, the Chief Justiceship of Bombay, Mr. Roebuck will succeed him, we are authorised to state that Mr. Roebuck will not ac cept any appointment which will require him to leave the House of Commons." SANATORY REFORM MUST PRECEDE MORAL REFORM -Indeed, there is little that can be done towards impro ving the morals of the people until some of these physical evils shall be effectually removed. We ask too much of any one, and particularly of the young, when we charge them to retain their purity of heart, their -regcrd for de dencency of manners and propriety of conduct, while com pelled to associate in close connection with characters by whom the common decencies of life are neither observed nor valued. We ask too much of human nature, and especially of the unhealthy, the over-worked, and the feeble in constitution of either mind or body, when we require them to retain their strict mastery over their tem pers, passions, dishonest or selfish propensities, when pressed onevery hand, irritated, tempted, or wronged by the tempers,passions,dishonestor selfish propensities of others —pressed, too, without the possibility of escape, at all times, and all seasons, in sickness, in sorrow, in want, and in shame—without a hiding-place, without a shelter, except what has to be struggled for at the risk of disposses sion —without food, except what is grudged, envied, and sometimes stolen, by those who are more hungry than themselves--greedy from sheer destitution, and spiteful from- the very soreness of unmitigated suffering—yet crowded together as in:a pest-house, the injured and the injurer, the hated and the hater. Oh ! we know not the acuteness, the frequency, and the bitterness of those trials with which the poor are- so sorely beset, or we should be more pitiful to their faults, and more attentive to their strong claims upon our efforts to relieve them at least from some of their physical disqualifications for be coming better citizens, and more contented and peaceable members of society.—Prevention better than C by Mrs. Ellis C, 45f.c-, . _ We are sorry that, at a late hour, we have only time to refer to the advertisement of the Licensed. Victuallers' Association, whose munificence has prompted them to extraordinary exertions in aid of their benevolent fund. The treat on the 29th will, doubtless (as every exertion is being made,) be unequalled. Lawton has taken, we believe, No. 1 Brick Stand. Those who wish game will find it here—even in his pies. The Oriental Divan is one of the few resorts in town with which the stranger at the races will be delighted. 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