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POETRY Grammar, as learned mastersiS ibes the various part. Assigning each its woper p: Before 'Liu their pla Nouns desig T' imi e distinctiv A man, an oral, t A DJECT The qualities wh Eittra turr. GRAMMAR. The Ar 3ini Sat ;kings pos-jAci ks eliding frequently in lg, PREPOSITION. As tehderoman May be in different ilefixees, Which are in various ter expressed, As -bad, better; beat. Pronoun Noun aplaee some peculiar governed ease. f, to, by. for, between, among, re words which to this class INTERJECTION shorter words, The Interjection is designed T' express some passion of the i • - To soften and adorn our speech : mind, Thus—T, thou, he, they, thatlAs Oh! good lack! the novice and thy, cries, The place of proper names Starting with wonder and sur supply. 1 prise. _ Verbs are of ser What things a: DNJUNCTION. ', ions do one's thought cind mak'e our sentences cor• Oi future pressed 41:o, indeed, but, if,_or, and, s of this' ClesCription "DON'T YOU REMEMBER When these are th We return to a We re-tread LIZA COOK We treas The lin We are proud of That murmurs about ft Passion f The voice of Old A Exults o'er the to rat stealthily rambled, ature and Truth, " Don't you remember?" ma breathing close wreathing, .ly says " Don't You remember?" ne old story, •mth in the bienst ; was the glory Don't you 'remeinber ?" eparted for ever, it may claim; purest of grieving Don't yOu remembei?" lETIES in the history of to of t is that are fas And Feelir When tt That fintd 11 And turns Are heard his own ( lives a the M sion to Walchere: SEWIN invented by utiful and strong machin tailon ! " GOOD PAY demand of 4 Halifax Notwithstandin letter was duly delivered TaKI3OIIItTO-MA' 1 40 902 piec employe, vabied a steel wi to the PPETIT notice for the An indulgent mamma ha mentioned genus v-' l-1 tenderly inc [3., on se( Bobby, u mamma, I 1-1 Catho' Gaya ir'd , uld be t They 1 grain cr ye upon it , st him as man Ulane's Tort on A.merienn papers mention a which sew ,th as rapid as nir I that Mrs. Butler's the part of Juliet, 'ating of even' had half-a-crown for last week r .ssed through the orthography, the cording to the direction. ti,—A watch consists of probably 215 persons, are •on of the balance-wheel, h of a fart hick is ng, produces an ounce .vn into 3,250 yards of pro2ess,ofhardening it ce-springs, which will 6d. each, £959 55.; ue is added by labour Are all know the appetite of a idays, but a ease fell under our ,peaks volume Lth whieli some are gifted. applied one of the before- to a great extent, 1 son pause in his in you not eat any more ? replied, "Why, y—e—s, A. Roman , nnernara, county ,tion he had with 326. Speaking of d (alluding to the " How so ?" in eople do without I if in cultivation !enstomed to live upon pre ,tion of the dirty weed ; and ave five mi of acres of unculti drained and brought must in grow wheat, oats, more than twenty years, . you will see to what You must return to g one of the mos, he.fined countries in the words prove true." Dr. ve in 1826; and the same ming t PEUMI potato occurs in omy, or Cottage 'he editor of th from J. Hou one which is of is . the discover v of the pleisto-magnetic iron Bela Hubbard, Esq., who was connexion with a United States collected the only specimens i. He was led to the discovery Isle. The island is tone trap, in two of lar strt degrai world Smith Comp: Loa 1, will become `Ol You may live to Detroit Advertiser two miles north-v ersed by c VAR nmon y , Cottag, le time they clearly he mode of action rs co:nbine with mood and cord, he plants it sow, plant, cernible to tho ending id an it ie who i g or ed, anexed to verbs ap. se more fall lus we unite them, when w Is . sweetly sing, lambs briskly THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. ~..... LAW INTELLIGENCE INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.—On Tuesday, Mr. Phillips sat in the Sessions-house for the purpose of hearing the cases. The following is a list of the adju dications :—B. Carney, to be discharged on giving up possession of a house. W. Lyons, discharged on the same condition. W. Irlam, adjourned to next circuit. L.A..2 Fleming, discharged. J. George, discharged. IMPORTANT TO BUILDING SOCIETIES.—Doubts having occasionally arisen as to whether building societies can legally, under their acts, advance or grant moneys upon the security of property then existing and in the posses sion of the borrower, Mr. Tidd Pratt has given, as follows, his opinion :—" It appears to me, in strictness, under the provisions of the Benefit Building Societies Act, the money borrowed from the society should be to erect or purchase property; and, consequently, that a member cannot as sign, as security, property which ne already possesses. If money is advanced not according to the rules and provi sions of the act, I am of opinion that the member, or any person claiming under him, might set the transaction aside, and in equity, would be entitled to a return of his deeds on payment of principal and legal interest." ALLOWANCE TO WITNESSES IN THE NEW COUNTY COURTS.—The judges of the superior courts have:fixed the scale of allowance to witnesses in the New County Courts—gentlemen, merchants, bankers, and professional men, 7s. 6d. a day ; tradesmen, auctioneers, accountants, clerks, and yeoman, ss. ; journeymen, labourers, and the like, ss. Travelling expenses per mile one way, 6d. By the 86th section of the New County Courts Act (9 and 10 Vic. c. 95) it is provided that every person on whom any summons to attend as a witness shall have been served, either personally or in such other manner as shall be directed by the general rules or practice of the courts, and to whom at any time payment or a tender of payment of his expenses shall have been made on such scale of allowance as shall be from time to time settled by the general rules or general practice of the court, and who shall refuse or neglect, without sufficient cause, to appear or to produce any books, papers, or writings required by such summons to be produced, and also every person present in court who shall refuse to give evidence, shall forfeit and pay such fine as the judges shall set on him, and the whole or any part of such fine, in the discretion of the judge, after deducting the costs, shall be applicable towards indemnifying the party injured by such refusal or neglect, and the remainder thereof shall form part of the general fund of the court in which the fine was imposed. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS, PROTESTANT MISSIONARY EFFORTS IN CHINA AND APATHY OF THE BRITISH " GOVERNMENT. (From R. M. Martin's China ; Political, Commercial, and Social.) It is painful to note how little Protestant England, as a government or people, has yet done for China. The at- tention of the Landon Missionary Society was directed to the subject in 1807, but their missionary, Dr. Morrison, found some difficulty in locating himself at Canton, from the East India Company ; and it was not until his services 83 an interpreter were required, that countenance, and — an undisturbed residence, were granted him by our country- The disadvantages under which he commenced wer great, but not too much for his zeal and industry ; he ha neither grammars nor dictionaries. For si laboured alone,. devoting his time to th language, and the prepaiatioi ary. To this object his at turned by the directors of the ammar and dictio ltion had been specially issionary Society. _ " Per- haps," said they in their instructions, ` 1 yc lay have th honour of forming a Chinese sive and correct than any pr tion has been full by Dr. Morrison is still, in Chinese scholar, Dr. Bridgman, the most valuable of - al the books used by the students of the language. The bigotry of the Portuguese government prevented the co-operation of Dr. Morrison's faithful fellow-labourer (Milne) continuing his services at Macao, and the head quarters of the mission had to be transferred to Malacca. Many of the obstacles which then prevented missionary ized, and lite dictionary prep, opinion of ti are now, however, happily removed According to Mr. Milne's retrospect of the first ten years of the Chinese mission, tha object of the society to prepare works that would facilitate others in the sition of the language ; this Dr formed Morrison nobly Per- He then commenced holding religious services with his domestics, and others who chose to attend. At this period the Chinese government were persecuting the Ro man Catholic missionaries, which circumstance increased the caution of the East India Company's servants. Notwithstanding these disadvantages , his efforts were not without some success ; his first convert, Tsai-Ako, who was baptized in 1814, proved faithful until his death. All the English missionaries for China subsequent to this period, arrived either at Penang, Malacca, Batavia, or Singapore. The number of Chinese emigrants at thes is at all times very great ; and as they very generally r turn to China, many opportunities occurred of distributir tlemen the Scriptures among those to whom the missionari could not go themselves. Schools were established at the several stations, and the preaching of the Gospel regularly sustained. A blessing must always attend such efforts, when performed with sincerity and truth ; many have been convinced of the folly of idolatry, and a few have given evidence of a change of heart, and we Several Rapti received into the Church by bapti language, in the hope of extending the Gospel to China. Among these, the Rev. J. Marshman's services are well known. With the assistance of the Rev. Mr. Lassar, an Armenian Christian, born at Macao, and speaking and writing the Chinese language with fluency, he translated the whole of the Scriptures into Chinese in the year 1822. The American missions have been eminently successful in the East, and their ministers, medical and clerical, are the deadliest enemies to the corruptions of the Romish priest- hood. The Americans have set us an example, of which we should feel ashamed. They have been the principal promoters and supporters of the medical mission, and they have sent the first Protestant bishop to China. Let us awake from our criminal apathy. It is our solemn duty to send the Gospel to all nations ; the non-success of it in some places does not release us from this resnnn- sibility merely lead to renewed exertion: There appear to be two errors with regard to tIL ca j uTe . and effect of missions. Some think that throwing the seed in uncultivated ground will produ History informs us, that all nations have undergone a change of opinions. What were the early Britons in the second century,. when Christian missionaries came among them ? China, that was formerly called the " great ur changed," " the middle kingdom," has changed. '- bent, and is exhibiting at this moment unerring of further change. There are greater promise symptoms of success to the Christian missionary in China, than any other country in the East. First, the great majority of the pe ple are instructed in principles of morality ; and their modes of superstition are comparatively modern the oldest or Confucian (n.c. 530) is a code o f morals pised by the majority of the higher classes, who have no idol worship. Let not individuals despair, when they reflect on the single effort of the orphan of Mecca, who planted his standards, with shouts of victory, over the ruined thrones of Constantine and Chosreos. Religious opinions are continually changing ; all sys tems, except Christianity, are in a state of continuous But wherever Christianity exists, in any pur augmentation of the numbers of man visible improvement in their condition, s irm, there is ind, and that the balance between the Christian and Unchristian portions of mankind is undergoing a marked alteration. Truly the prophecy is now in course of fulfilment : " God shall enlarge Japhet, (Europa,) and he shall dwell in the tents of Sheen (Asia) and Canaan—Ham (Africa) shall be his servant." [Gen. ix. 27.] at the wonderful t sition of England in, the . —in the territories of Shem. Can we refuse the evid before us, that great power has been bestowed on England as a nation for some nobler purpose than merely to sell buy tea anc cepts could not have been intended for the - w . o so many nations have been in ignorance of if version of the What arth, as it most undoubtedly do' then it has only received as . yet a very partial fulfilment. This should, encourage us to persevere, until all may re joice with the prophet, who follows up his prediction with such a remarkable aspiration, as that the " heavens shall sing, and the earth be joyful, and the very mountains shall break forth into singing, Our Governmentt - appears ashamed of Christianity, as if its principles were poison, and its professors demons. At the treaty of Nankin we made less mention of our religion than any heathens would have done ; we did not require permission to erect a place of worship at the consular ports, or even to form e Christian burial-around : thanks to the French and Americans, these two points have since been obtained. We do not appear to have given ourselves the least trouble on the subject ; it is as well we did not : we were far more solicitous about licensingopium smoking shops at Hong Kong, than of building even a Protestant church there. Even the circular to our consuls in China, from Her Majesty's government in England, was hostile to English missionaries at the consular ports ! THE PRESS IN ENGLAND, AND ON THE CONTINENT. One great re on of the low Jayment for contribl is, of course, the limited sale of the Revue. At the time when the Revue des deux iliondes had only one rival in France, its circulation, we believe, never exceeded 3,000 time, there were five quarterlies, Frase; &c., most of them counting ti A the sam 31ackwood, Tait eir subscribers by thousands, in spite of a public limited to our island. The explana tion of this somewhat remarkable fact is, that in France, Paris is only to be reckoned ; the provinces purchase novels, and such books as produce " a sensation ;" but the reviews are scarcely ever seen out of Paris. In England, the reverse is the c 3rovincial übscribers exceed the metropolitan. But if the French .eviews are stinting in their payments to writers, what Vierteljahrschrift was established, we remember a con tributor assuring us, with some pride, that it was very liberal in its payments. This new magnificence was eight dollars (four-and-twenty-shillings) a sheet ! Amazed, made further inquiries; the result was, that eight dollars really was a handsome honorarium " Why," said a publisher to us, " two dollars was the The inauguration of Prince Albert as Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, will take place on Thursday. OXFORD, Mattel" 18.--In a congregation held this day, the following degrees were conferred :—Masters of Arts— Rev. Paul Bush, St. Mary Hall; Rev. Richard 8.. C. Chermside, Exeter; Rev. John S. Wasey, Trinity. Bachelors of Arts—Daniel Matthew Lempriere, Pem broke ; Benjamin Joseph Drury, Lincoln. OXFORD, March 13.—1 n a Convocation holden on the 11th, the Rev. William Jephson, and the Rev. Robert Evelyn Roy, Masters of Arts of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, were admitted ad eundern. In a Congregation holden at the same time, the follow i ing d .oes we - , referred :—Masters of Arts—John ,10 Barr "onge, _ ; Rev. Frederic Temple, Fellow of udy of the Balliol H. E. 1 Lambert, Balliol ; E. F. Perceval, Bra- Tes Yonge, Exet, sennose ; Rev Evan H. MacLachlan, Scholar of Pem broke; Rev. W. C. Jowett, Magdalen Hall; Rev. Thos -arcroft, • Rev. W. F. Stirling, Trinity Queen's Bachelor of Mu --:Charles W. Corfe, Organ s k of Christ PROMOTIONS.—The Rev. Joseph Eaton, M.A., Minor Canon of Chester, to the Vicarage of Eastham, Cheshire. —The Rev. James Metcalfe, M.A., to the Incumbency of West End Chapel, Fewstone, near Harrogate, York shire.—The Rev. John V. Lloyd, 8.A., Curate of Gres ford, Denbighshire, to the Perpetual Curacy of Llandeilo Graban, near Builth, Radnorshire. The Rev. N. Atkinson, B.A. of University College, Durham, has been presented to the perpetual curacy of Horton, Northumberland, by the Vicar of Woodhorn. The Rev. J. L. L'ow, B.A. of University College, Dur ham, curate of St. Margaret's, has been appointed by the rector of Middleton in Teesdale, on the recommendation of the Lord Bishop of Durham, to the curacy of Forest with Harwood,in the above parish. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager has, with her accus tomed munificence in aid of every good work, been gra ciously pleased to convey through her almoner, a sub scription of £lO, towards the fund for the erection of a parsonage house, to be attached to the incumbency of St. George's, Chorley. Various rumours, more or less authentic, of plans of church extension, entertained by the ecclesiastical com mission, have lately been the subject of conversation in circles understood to be well informed on such subjects. The last rumour we have heard is that of a bill actually for a new and very extensive interference with church property.—Morninr Post. FUSEYISM AT FALMOUTH -The church of this place is ldlestieks on the "altar." which are usually covered with black lace, are covered now with black crape, and the worthy clergyman who, at other periods of the year, preaches in white kid gloves, now preaches in black. These are the outward and visible signs of humiliation in Lent.—Devonport 7'elegraph. The valuable and important rectory of Houghton-le- Spring, vacant by the decease of the Rev. Edward South Thurlow, has been conferred, by the Bishop of Durham, on the Hon. and Rev. John Grey, Rector of Wolsingham. Mr. Grey, we hear, is likely to be succeeded at Wolsing ham by the Rev. ohn Alexander Blackett, M. A., Vicar of Heddon-on-the-Wall. The Vicarage of Heddon-on the-Wall, vacant in such case, is in the gift of the Lard Chancellor, which, it is expeeted, will be conferred on the Hon. and Rev. Geo. Denman, son of Lord Denman, and now resident at Bishop Auckland. The Rev. W. Clarke, 8.D., Incumbent of St. John's the Less, has been appointed, by the Lord Bishop of the Dio- CC6C, 0 - ulluay .nvening Lecturer rutcr Chester, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Robert Yarker, M.A., on his accepting the vicarage of Neston. By the appointment of Mr. Yarker, the parishes of St. Michael and St. Olave become united, the Rector being the Rev. J. Eaton, M.A., F.R.S., Precentor of the Ca thedral. The number of Minor Canons by Mr. Yarker's removal is reduced to four, as required by the Act for regulating Cathedrals, so that no successor to the Rev .eman is neec Led in t hat office FATAL EFFECTS OF ETHER A case of considerable importance, as affecting the practice lately introduced into the medical world of sub jecting persons about to be operated upon to the influence of ether, by causing them to inhale its vapour in order to render them insensible to pain, has just occurred at Spit tlegate, in the parish of Grantham, in the county of Lincoln, in which death has resulted from that mode of treatment. It appears that a respectable woman of the name of Ann Parkinson, aged 21 years, the wife of a hairdresser at Spittlegate, who had been married eighteen months, and had a child nine months old, had been af flicted with a tumour on the under part of her left thigh for about twelve months, which had gradually increased in size. until from its situation it became a perpetual tor- ment to her, as she was unable either to sit down or lie in bed with any degree of comfort. Under these cir cnmstances, having read of the many successful cases of operations performed without pain under the influence of the vapour of ether, she expressed a wish to her medical attendant, Mr. Robbs, of Grantham, to have ether ap plied and the tumour moved. To this, after consultit;g other medical men, he consented ; and on Tuesday, the 9th inst., at 1 o'clock, she was subjected to the influence of the ether, and the operation was performed by Mr. Robbs in the presence of three other medical men. ,Un fortunately, however, the poor woman never rallied; but remained in a state of complete prostration until 5 o'clock on Thursday morning, when she died without the slight est re-action having taken place subsequent to the opera tion. An inquest was held upon the body, and from the evidence adduced, it appeared that the operation was per formed in a proper and scientific manner. She was a very delicate woman ; and the ether appeared to have produced great excitement upon her. The verdict was—" That the vapour of ether, inhaled by her for the purpose of allevi ating pain dnring the removal of a tumour from her left thigh, and not from the effect of the operation, or from any other cause." FOOD ON THE CONTINENT, We translate the following from the Gazelle de Grisons, a French commercial journal. It presents the result of investigations made throughout Europe for that paper re specting the last harvest : RUSSlA—Southern provinces : grain moderate in quan tity, good in quality. /sTitrthern provinces : harvest abun dant. Potatoes diseased in only a few districts. POLAND—Grain tolerable in quantity and quality. Po tatoes failed extensively. SCANDINAVIA. -Bad harvest in general PRUSSIA—In all the provinces there has been an ave rage harvest. Grain and . potatoes tolerable in quality. SAKE-HOLSTEIN—Grain tolerable. Potatoes attacked with the disease, more or less. HANovEn—Grain tolerable. Potatoes failed almost everywhere.. WIRTEMBERG AND BAVARIA Grain moderate in quantity, excellent in quality. rotatoes have completely failed in some provinces, and have been abundant and good in others. ' TURKEY—Maize good. Rice prig wheat tolerable. AUSTRIA—Grain abundant r hui not very good. Pota iiseased but deficient in others. toes . in some provinces, , Generally speaking, a good harvW. ITALY—Mike good ; rice not very good ; grain scorched in many districts. No return as to potatoes, they not be- SWITZERLAND quality. Potatoes f COURT AND FASHION. By the Queen's express command, her residence in the Isle of Wight, hitherto called Osborne House, is hence forth to be called Osborne ; and Barton Manor Farm is in future to be termed Barton House. We can state, upon nearly the highest possible autho rity, that intimation from the most exalted quarter has been conveyed to certain noble and titled brides, who thought proper to consent to clandestine unions, that their attendance at her Majesty's Drawing-rooms will not, for the present, be expected.—Court Journal. Lord De Tabley, after a brief visit to his estate in Che shire, left Mivart's Hotel, on Thursday, for Heidelberg, to accompany Lady De Tabley and family home. @aural Ilitszeilanv. The new House of Lords will be ready for the Peers to assemble in after the Easter recess. The salmon fisheries in the Tweed and Tay are repre sented to be very unproductive. There was, a short time ago, a man named Cain Able, keeping the " Adam and Eve " Tavern, in Norwich. In 1846, among 4,568 prisoners confined in the prison at Edinburgh, 2,400 were confirmed drunkards. A London paper says it has good authority for stating that Government has prepared a bill to prohibit interment in churchyards of large towns and populous districts. It is expected that in the spring of 1849, a helmet simi lar to the one in use in the Prussian service, with the addition of a horse-hair plume, will be taken in wear by the British infantry. Jenny Lind has' finally arranged to come to London and sing at her Majesty's Theatre, Mr. Lumley giving her an indemnity against all actions for breach of con tract with Mr. Bunn. A reward of £5OO is offered for the apprehension and conviction of Frederick, Robert, and William Glover, late of Leeds, woollen-manufacturers, whose forgeries are said to exceed £50,000. AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.—A bill has been pre- parid and brought in by Mr. Gibson and Mr. Parker to make provision for the collection of agricultural statistics in England and Wales. It is said that a Chinese junk, which lately sailed from Hong-Kong for London, has on board a complete com pany, of Chinese actors, who intend to perform plays in London. EXPORT OF BULLION.—We understand that the amount Of bullion exported from England to the United States, up to the 12th of this month, amounts to about £2,000,000 --Morning Chronicle. A'copy of the work written by Henry VIII. in answer to Luther, which had belonged to the celebrated Arch bishop Cranmer; and contained his autograph, was sold in London, on Wednesday, for the sum of £36 10s. THE LATE MR. G. H. Rouixs.—The valuation of the personal property of the great valner of estates, the late lamented Mr. George Henry Robins,. has been-taken at £140,000, exclusive of landed propply..- _ John Platt, aged twenty, accused or having murdered George Colliss, at Chesterfield, in December. 1845, and of having cut up his body and secreted it in a cesspool, was tried at Derby on Friday, found guilty, and sentenced to be hanged. A HINT.—In 1800, a year of great scarcity, an act was passed prohibiting bakers from offering their bread for sale until twenty-four hours after it was baked. This, it was calculated, would save from one-sixth to one-eighth in the quantity, as well as add to its wholesomeness. CHARGE ON FELONY AGAINST A SOLICITOR.-Mr. F. B. Hoare, solicitor, of London, has been remanded on a charge of hawing fraudulently disposed of trust and other books, valued at upwards of £l,OOO, the property of Mr. James Bohn, bookseller, of St. James's-street, the Bishop of Llandaff, Mr. Ansell, and Mr. Searisbriek: Mademoiselle Jenny Lind, before finally determining to accept the engagement of Mr,Lumley,offered, through pay to Mr. Bunn the sum, of £2OOO, on condition of hi returning to her the contract signed by her last year Mr. Bunn has declined the offer. _ _ . Mr. Herman Poznanski, a Polish nobleman, shot him self on Sunday in Epping Forest. There were found uponlim two duplicates, a halfpenny, a pair of gloves, and a letter addressed to Lord Dudley Stuart, thanking tain the regeneration of Poland, which he (the writer) des paired of seeing ever carried into effect. MR. D'ISRAELI'S NEW WORK " TANCRED," is at length published, and, as was naturally to be expected, is exciting extraordinary interest. Sidonia, Lord Eskdale, and some others of the leading personages in " Coningsby," again figure on the scene, amidst a host of new cha- marchioness A few elections have occurred, which may deserve men tion. At Canterbury, the death of Mr. Bradshaw, a Con servative, has caused a vacancy, which has been supplied by Lord A. Conyngham, a Whig. At _Lewes, mr n. Elphinstone is succeeded by a Mr. Perfect, both being Whigs. There is also a vacancy for East Somerset, and a prospect of a contest. 'THE LATE MR. WILLIAM trade and personal property of this very celebrated printer has been valued at £90,000. With the exception of a vl7._ to his executors, and to his friend and .LOWES old assistant Mr. D. Phipps, and to his servants, he dis •tion of his nronerty to his eight children in certain proportions, and the residu, equally amongst EXTRAORDINARY WAGER.—A sporting gentleman of this town, of some celebrity, has made a wager that he one - hundred miles in twelve successive hou'rs off at the Bath races on the Ist of May, but the general opinion is that the chances are against him.—Taunton Gazette. r 1 Li kiT6.—Accounts trom Memel, of the 6th instant, state, that the following had been the freights for ships, PRIVATE BILLs.—It appears by a list published on Tuesday of the private bills introduced into the House of Commons this session, that they amount to not less than 461, the great majority of which have been read a second time. Of this mass of private legislation, the large pro portion of 333 bills are for the formation of railways ; but of these, most are merely for the extension and deviation of existing lines, very few new lines of railway having been projected. The pert of London presents a picture at present, the equal of which has not been seen for many years. Not a vessel is to be found for love or money of sufficient ton nage to undertake a foreign voyage. Many cases occur where the freight given for a single trip is considerably more than the value of the vessel. We understand that there is a strong probability that some of the foreign coal depots will be run short of supplies in consequence of the difficulty of procuring vessels for any place for which there are no direct return cargoes. THE GENERAL FAST.—To-morrow ' the 24th instant, being the day appointed f or a genera l fast, by an order in Council, all the Government offices, the Excise, Customs, Stamp office, and Treasury, &c., the Bank of England, Stock Exchange, East India and South Sea Houses, the St. Katherine, London, West and East India Docks, will be closed to business. The Post-office will open as usual, except the Money-order offices. Bills and orders be coming due on that day will be payable on the Tuesday. The theatres, British Museum, National Gallery, &c., will remain closed. CESSATION OF FOOD DISTURBANCES.—WICK, 12TH MARCH.—It gives us the sincerest pleasure in having to state that shipment of grain has been prosecuted here this week without the slighest interruption, and that there is not the least appearance of any further exhibition of popular feeling against its exportation. Of the wounded parties, the girl has almost recovered, but the man has been, and still is, a great sufferer. All is quiet at Th urso once more. On Wednesday, a boat's cargo of meal was sent off to the Highlands, but no feeling of opposition was manifested, : Caledonian Mercury. • At an extraordinary meeting of the'Oxford Union So ciety, held on Saturday week, it was propgsed to suspend for the occasion one of the rules, which provided against any part of the funds of the society being applied to any charitable purpose, and to vote £2OO to the relief of the distressed Irish and Scotch. After more than two hours' discussion on the justice and legality of the measure, an amendment was carried to the effect that a private sub scription be opened amongst the members of the society, but that no money be given out of the public funds. The numbers that voted on the question were 238. DECISION OF THE WESLEYANS AGAINST THE GOVERN MENT SCHEME.—We have the greatest pleasure in being the first to communicate, which we do on the best authority, the gratifying intelligence that, after long deliberation and full discussion, the United Wesleyan Committees of Education and of Privileges have resolved upon a decided opposition to the government scheme. Resolutions to that effect will be published as soon as they have received the requisite sanction. This deter mination is highly honourable to their integrity and con sistency, and decides the balance of public opinion against the measure.—Patriot, of Thursday. EXECUTION OF THE Two NORTHUMBERLAND MUR DERERS.—James Welch and George Matthews (both Irishmen) on Wednesday morning underwent the sentence of the law at the county goal at Morpeth. The conduct of Welch after sentence was that of the most hardened and impertinent culprit. Matthews, on the contrary, ap peared duly impressed with the atrocity of his crime, and was very attentive to the exhortations of the Catholic clergymen, the Rev. G. A. Lowe. Welch, when on the scaffold, appeared more affected than his previous behavi our had led people to anticipate, and died imploring the Divine mercy. The wretched man was pnly 22 years of age. His fellow criminal, Matthews, was in his 20th year. " PICTURES OF THE PEOPLE, FROM THE PRINCE TO THE PEASANT."—This is the title of a new work, which our readers will observe advertised in another column. It is calculated to afford much instruction to the young on the subject of their native country. The work can be neither 'galled history or biography, and yet it partakes of both. It aims at that which has not been done before, viz. to represent by coloured plates the various classes that form the great political body of Great Britain and Ireland, with a description of their various duties and uses to each other. The part now published contains the re presentation of her Majesty in her parliamentary robes, with other plates of her officers of state, &c., coloured. We recommend it to all who desire to know something of their Queen and country. MRS. BUTLER'S RETURN TO THE STAGE.—The L a d y ' s Newspaper says, " Much speculation is abroad as to the reason why Mrs. Butler, after a lapse of eighteen years, should resume her former profession. We are enabled, through the medium of a party moving in the upper cir cles of society, to state, that, in consequence of a differ ence between Mrs. Butler and her husband, a separation ensued, the latter making an allowance of 2,000 dollars a-year for her maintenance. We may briefly state that there was no fault whatever on the part of the lady, who bears a character in the highest degree estimable. The party referred to confirms this by stating, that he never heard any one in Philadelphia who did not entirely exo nerate Mrs. Butler from all blame, as well as fully eona-- miserate her lot." DIVISION ON THE FACTORY BILL.-,-The following members voted in the majority of 144 in favour of the ten hours clause :—H. A. Aglionby, P. Ainsworth, Earl of Arundel and Surrey, Lord G. Bentinek, J. Brotherton, W. S. Crawford, Sir H. Douglas, T. Duneombe, W. Entwislo, J. Fielding, ,Sir F„,.lL.,,,Fl i eetwood,- T. Grims- ditch, Lard R. Gros:.;enor, Earl Grosvenor, C. llindley, J. Hornby, Hon. E. M. L. Mostyn, D. O'Connell, Jun., J. O'Connell, Viscount Sandon, Right Hon. It. L. Sheil, Sir G. Strickland, J. Tollemache, R. Walker. The fol lowing members voted in the minority of 66 against the -itse :—W. Aldam, J. Bowes, Dr. Bowring, John Bright, , wn, G. Duncan, W. T. ESP-' v;' n -LL '" n bey I'. hgerL, Hon. G. W. Fitzwilliam, T. M. Gibson, Sir G. Grey, J. Hume, G. C. Legh, Colonel Lindsey, T. B. Macauley, Viscount Morpeth, J. W. Patten, M. Philips, Lord John Russell, T. Thornely, Sir C. Wood. DEATH OF HERVEY LEACH. —The mortal career of this remarkable individual, who earned for himself con- his clever personification of the habits and eccentricities of the monkey race, under the assumed name of Signor Hervio Navo, terminated, after a short illness, on Tuesday evening, at his residence, George-street, Shoreditch. A short time ago he was exhibited at the Egyptian-hall, " supposed to be the link between the human race and the ourang outang," and called " What is it ?" The last place deceased performed at was the Standard Theatre, in December where, notwithstandi ng th e d ece pti on having been discovered and made public, he continued to represent " What is it ?" He was about to start for Lis bon when taken ill. He was a native of America, and in his body should be presented to Mr. Liston, the eminent surgeon.—Globe. POPULATION AND POOICA RATES.—A return showing the population, annual value of property rated to th e poor 's rate, expenditure for the relief of the poor, &c., has been printed by order of the House of Commons on the motion of Mr. Brown. It hence appears that in England with a population (in 1841) of 15,00 A 741 soul ~rnnerty. rp' d to ' the annual value of the propert4 rate- _ Ile poor rates amounts to £62,540,030, the annual expenditure for the relief and maintenance of the poor, £5,030,703, the rate of the expenditure for the relief of the poor, ls. 71d. i n the pound ; the total number of paupers relieved (including . . ca sual poor), to 1,470,970, the proportion to the popula: tion 9.2 per cent. In Scotland, with a population of 2,623,184, the annual value of the property rated to the 5,175,124, toe annual value of tihe property rated to the poor rates is £13,204,234 ; the expenditure for the relief and maintenance of the poor, £298,818 (in 1844-45) ; the rate in the pound, 5d.: the total number of paupers relieved, 125,774. A QUAKER TURNED ROMAN CATHOLIC day, the 4th instant, solemn hantiqm .fi, On Thurs- - p a*, •-,ra Lim Roman ritual, was conferred by th e Right ll Rev. , Dr. Brown, V.A. of Wales and afterwards confirmation, upon - Kr • ien a member of the amine ci to the holy communion. Mr. Gibson has spent a considerable time in eastern travel, and brought with him from the Jordan the water which was used in his baptism. *Two years since he met, at the house of a common friend, near Rome, his present holiness, then Cardinal Archbishop, Bishop of Imola , and discussed with —1:-;,.- ponciderable time. The March 23, Mt A PROCLAMATION FOR A GENERAL FAST. (From the London Gazette, March 12.) VICTORIA R.—We, taking into our most serious con sideration the heavy judgments with which Almighty Got' is pleased to visit the iniquities of this land, by a grievous scarcity and dearth of divers articles of sustenance and necessaries of life • and, trusting in the mercy of Almighty God, that, notwithstanding the sore punishment which He hath laid upon us, and upon our people, He will, if we turn to him in due contrition and penitence of heart , withdraw His afflicting hand • have, therefore, resolved, and do, by and with the advice of our Privy Council , hereby command, that a public fait and humiliation be observed throughout those parts of our United Kingdom called England and Ireland, on Wednesday, the-24th day March instant, that so both we and our people may hum ble ourselves before Almighty God, in order to obtain pardon of our sins, and may, in the most devout and so lemn manner, send up our- prayers and suppli ca ti on s to the Divine Majesty for the removal of those heavy judg ments which our manifold sins and provocations have most justly deserved, and under which we at this present time labour ; and we do strictly charge and command, that the said public fast be reverently and devoutly ob served by all our loving subjects in England and Ireland, as they tender the favour of Almighty God, and would avoid His wrath and indignation, and upon pain of such punishment as may be justly inflicted on all such as con temn and neglect the performance of so religious and ne cessary a duty. And, for the better and snore orderly solernnizing.of the same, we have given directions to the Most Reverend the Archbishops and the Right Reverend the Bishops of England and Ireland to compose a Form of Prayer, suitable to this occasion, to be used in a ll churches, chapels, and places o f public worship, and to take care the same be timely dispersed through their re spective dioceses. Given at our Court, at Osborne-house, Isle of Wight, this 9th day of March, in the year of our Lord 1847, and in the 10th year of our of our reign. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN [A similar proclamation is issued for Scaland.l The following are the prayers appointed to be used in all churches and chapels in England and Ireland on the fast day : Instead of the First Collect at Morni ng P ra y er , these twhich follow be used. Almighty God and o Heav w enly ollo Father, who art terriblf in thy judgments upon impenitent sinners, and abundant in mercy to all w h o w ith h earty repentance and true faith turn unto Thee; we, Thy afflicted people, desire to humble ourselves before Thee in behalf of ourselves and of our brethren, who in many parts of this United Kingdom are suffering extreme famine and sickness. We confess, with shame and contrition, that, in the prid e an d h ar d ness of our heart, we have shown ourselves unthankful for Thy mercies, and have followed our own imaginations instead of Thy holy laws. And we humbly desire Thy fatherly goodness to grant us such a measure of Thy grace, that, worthily lamenting our sins, and acknowledging our wretchedness, we may obtain comfort from Thee, and de liverance from this grievous calamity. Awaken in us, we beseech Thee, a deep sense of our many transgressions, and a godly sorrow for our sins, so sincere and lasting as may move Thee to withdraw Thy displeasure, that we be not utterly consumed by the means of Thy heavy hand; and that we may bring forth the fruits of repentance through the whole course of our lives. And give us that right apprehension of our duty in all things, that if it be Thy will we should suffer, we may submit ourselves with entire resignation and patience ; and that if it be 'Thl good pleasure to spare us, we may show mercy, so far as we may be able, to all men, and more especially to those who are now brought down to the ground by hunger and sickness, and who have none to help them. Grant this, for the sake of Thy blessed Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. O Father of mercies and God of all comfort, our only help in time of need ; we beseech Thee, look down from heaven on the distress of Thy people; behold, visit, and relieve them. Vouchsafe, 0 Lord, to bind up their wounds, to restore them to the blessings of plenty, and dispose them to moderation and thankfulness in the uso of Thy gifts ; neither tempting Thy Divine Majesty by neglect of the means which Thou hast appointed, nor distrusting Thy goodness towards those who look to Thee for succour. Be merciful, 0 Lord, be merciful unto Thy people ; be Thou our refuge, until this calamity be over past ; and so guide and govern our hearts by the inspira tion of Thy Holy Spirit, that being sanctified in body anti soul, we may put our whole trust i n Thy mercy ; a nd that humbly walking before Thee in faith, in hope, and in charity, we may finally obtain everlasting life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Grain moderate in quantity, good in - Grain only tolerable, Potatoes failed in FRANCE four-fifths of the kingdoin HOLLAND AND BELGIUM—Grain tolerable failed generally. Potatoes IRELAND A bad hary ,st in some kinds of grain. Po- THE GREAT FARCE; OR, PRAYING THE POPE'S SOUL OUT OF PURGATORY. papers, that a grand mass had been performed in the Roman Catholic Chapel, Moorfields, to pray Pope Gre gory's soul out of purgatory. Alas ! I thought, is he _ _ ,ystein in the midst of an enliihtened people; and it will THE COMMUNION SERVICE After the Prayer for the Queen, "Almighty God , whose Kingdom is everlasting," &c., instead of the Col lect for the Day, shall this which followeth be used. 0 God, at whose bidding the earth, which sustaineth the life of man, hath withholden in parts of these island the wonted provision of food, and turned abundance ill scarcity ; withdraw, we beseech Thee,_ the judgmen t with which Thou bast visited us, that the poor perish 11°' by famine. We acknowledge, 0 Lord, that by oar atrifesand divisions, of fThym ouranifod mercies, w misuse l ofThyg e h ifts a , v a e nd for getfulnessjustlY deserved punishment. We have sinned, we have ries' g „ A . ously sinned aga i nst T hee; yet, knowing that thou al full of compass i on, we beseech Thee to pardon the fences of Thy people, to relieve the poor and the nelf in.thair preent necessities, and to give and preservo e ,t, with receive entireT h y di submissionspen aon dispensations our use, the fruits of the earth in their season, )", whatsoever may be Thy pleasure concerning us, g or ra n c i e er t c o y, endeavour ing to abate Thy displeasure by repeohine4;, an d s hoo -11g w T h h e y t h wi er .ll of 'u g— e° forth our sense of Thy goodness, by faithfully keeping Thy commandments. Of ourselves we are unable either to will or to do that which is acceptable in Thy sight' We therefore pray Thee so to open our hearts to the 1 11 ': fluences of Thy good Spirit, that showing compassion_ and mercy each man to his neighbonr, and bearing th e burdens one of another, we may obtain of Thy favour the supply of our wants, and, with hearts knit together brotherly love, may partake of Thy bo un ti es i n p eac e and contentment, to the honour and praise of Thy name , through Jesus Christ our Lord. Aaiun. APPOINTED FOR NATIONAL HUMILIA" TION. SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING THE DUE OBSERVANCE Up THE LORD'S DAY, TO THE RIGHT REVEREND - ARCHBISHOPS, BISHOPS, AND CLERGY OF THE UNIT CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND IRELAND. It having pleased Almighty God, in His i n scrutabl e wisdom, to affli c t w ith gr i evous f am i ne certa i n par ts , vealed Word in our handl ,vnien teaches us that such National Visitations are st , upon us in consequence of National Sins, it surely b e ' comes us to inquire into the causes which have thus pro' yoked the displeasure of Him who doth not willing'? afflict the children of men, with a view to national huan' liation, repentance, and reformation. The Committee of the Lord's-day Society, acting i° their associated capacity, and in consequence of the infer -shied' formati on t' )tained - --ley have of . in carrying ou t the . ot.J.-_. of the S oc i ety, have no hesitation in declaring it to be their conviction, that the wide-spread desecration of the Lord's-d ay now existing in our l an d, is one cause, amongst many oth ers , why God is thus visiting us as a Nati on ' and that cause - ta d and consequence areas c lo s ely coma ta d, in the present d a y, as in the days of old, when God 1 "My Sabbaths th ey greatly polluted then 1 _ 995 w would pour out ff my fury upon th em i n the wihipytte"' _ _ . (Jzek. xx The fact of the existence oftis wide-spread deseas tion of the Lord's-day is palpable and undeniable. Oa Post-office system, by th e transm i ss i on an d d e livery 0, : letters and new s p a p ers on t h at d ay , g i ves a N a ti on al chit racter and an official sanction to this sin, and is the %calk and origin of much of that public violation of, the Railwaylol w- ^^w to l -t deplore. Our nave nou amens am. system has fearfully contributed to extend this evil, by t. hr emnlovment of men, in many instances, in the forrnatiol! of lines of railway ;and it now perpetuates it by nleallg that day,—Public-houses being open theegreater part of the Lord's-day, is another abounding source of Sabbath desecration ; also Sunday Trading, Sunday Markets, th. ° employment of steam-boats, labour on canals, and nal ,„, 1- gable rivers, and oth er ev il s which it is not necessary 1" enumerate. Constant Ancona— )Thorn (mga—Jc York—R Lisbnn_ ~Cacnb r ~ailecl on I st Feb_. Rate nelia an th re 4 rne , Ann e or's B a i Itirker ground hum "m Fal J apuar'y, carom St. La' tittictra, Re N Alabar Pebr Alexar I Abbey Water ' 6l in R. nrope, Ashburn la N ew Andre Oltni I -- rhiladeli Venice Lisbon John Ch Jane, I Emble 26th Feb Union. at Lord° Gange: Herald Lord " Rin. Ri t ' —ngst L islou Laura h laden ; v i t squadror ryas wary N EW ( th e Gin tost on g be, Ten %tied 6tl Astna n YC'ave, - 4(1 Hen] (Altatrt ekn T i int "art a : et -4 ILE ''ale lltt Wen Peter os,a tr o8 • lizqb 8 4,0 sl ()11Palffl (Ili °n, ,„,„ T;N„ te ßar P a t o (quit ....,11-0 L ki loges ; f ool sin, 4 .0 tido.. Vision. Indust] The br teen yes ead, wit The Ach-qs, dam . II c ‘-‘iirr ( l-ue bi e day. bri' On t v g Cha day. eqaf"; kie fr o r , il wal 1 2thi 1, LivegxsT", wart),olll Nn K. 8-- ti , 2‘_ .0110. p o Or l i t e' 4 , 2s th kexa n s d iron 8 ta ri T; kal4GAtah Kyrirt Cr e 2 PUP b e 'cent, o ntnark "t ketitt D -s-'Ol lll 13; Charlott Uarena, Nolme, Ori on , ( S,l l-1 'V va AL tt r (lie, teks, Parker: Quebec (19 - o bserved sin England are badly paid ; but in Germany ye only from half-a-dollar to a dollar and a hall . Although th thoroughly c period 0' The translator of Bulwer's novels (which have an im mense sale in Germany) received 4s. 6d. a sheet ! "Oh ! but consider the difference of expenses in England and " exclaims some reader. " Money goes twice as with us. Besides, a German poet can live 21( bread and potatoes." As to money going twice in Germany, that is a playful exaggeration. Ger aot so dear as England ; but a pretty intimate ce with most of its towns has anything but im ed us with the idea of its excessive cheapness, except farther proof of the various minerals of e richest discoveries )llowing is an in s, but of such an many is r Et;:quaintan k. gentleman, from king down a lane in luxurit Cigars cheap enough : but joints of ith a thick ►ed with a iwer would write fOr that Tie unhappy individuals are, doubtless, re ; hut we have yet to learn that German ailing . her animal was cer- s, any more than beef-eating Englishmen to the sad fact, that black bread and potatoe is the fate of most of those who venture to trust iolitera- lg to stir one 'ye got here, ture for a subsisten( A re have been tryinl :t him on, and w would try what h 'me of their sticks ,e was mentioned not long ago in the Allgemei Zeitung, of a journalist, who had f( largely connected with the n( liked a sugar-slav , whose ability was recognised, and improvidence on his part, _had, luring milder course of etc, rubbing, his vidcntly under- subsist by his journalists say to 4ne far March two minutes had d, and a farewell as possible, with E MENDED."-It was a whimsical plan, that Id grandmother. If ever she found a hole in ,ablecloth she pinned it up, with a label ap ,nst be mended," and it was then committed m her wardrobe, probably never to be thence grandmother lived. Now it occurs s in the world which we direction One following man- becoming manner, ' removed so long as ian. I don't mind if I to me there are many more thin g. guards with the sticks all agree must be mended besides my old grandmother's further, I'd be shot !'' towels and tablecloths. W e eac h h ave our own individual efable . , animal, but alas ! I - and, instead of imitating my grandmother's example as he poor donkeOtill fasts t . we . are sadly disposed to do, let us b eg i n t o men d th e )ons !--Jesse's Favourite moment we have decided what must be mended.—People's Journal. end of t portion of t Du 11)f.t1 Haunts. MI had olutely r 31d him 1 his fello 'ears haN don, 21s. ; both for the second voyage, to flu% 4s. 6d., and to London, 49. Bd. per quarter seed. At Stettin, on the Bth instant, 3s. per quarter wheat was given to the east coast of flhgland, including London ; and 14s. per load fir timber, br 15s. oak, to Newcastle. _ THE FAST DAY.—The public should be aware that by the Ist and 2nd George IV., c. 78, all bills due and pay able on Wednesday next, being a solemn fast-day, become due and payable on the Tuesday preceding; and in case of non-payment, may be noted and protested on such preceding day, and it is not necessary to give notice of dishonour thereof until the day after the fast-day. The act, however, does not extend to Scotland.—Globe. A man named Rosamon, employed by Mr. Bates, car penter to her Majesty, in executing some works in the " red drawilu - _ " at Windsor Castle, was on Mon day morning found lying on the terraee, beneath the win dow of the apartment, with his skull fractured, and other serious injuries, from which his recovery is doubtful. He must, it is supposed, have fallen from a plank while enter ing through a windmv_ $11: a heicrht of nearly thirty feet from the pi - round. d - Sir H. Jenner Fust has declared the Countess of Dy sart entitled to a separation from the Earl of Dysart, on the ground of cruelty. The principal act of cruelty preyed, was that the earl had held the countess down on the floor as a punishment, which he declared he did be cause the law would not allow him " to thrash her." One of the earl's witnesses asserted that, while thus held kicked her husband so violently that visible on his legs six years after. NEWMAN.—We are informed that Mr. Newman, acting under the advice of his holiness the pope, will re turn to England as a member of the order of Oratorians, and be employed in preaching and other missionary la bours. He is to receive the order of sub-deacon, deacon, and priest, towards the close of the present or the begin ning of the next year, previously to his return to England. There is not the slightest foundation for a report which has appeared in some papers, of a question having arisen at Rome, on the subject of his ordination.—Times. A MISCHIEVOUS GIIOST IN LONDON.—The furniture, pictures, crockery, &c., in the house of a Mr. Williams, of Moscow-road, London, have recently taken to dancing and jutnping about in a most mysterious manner, and the down, the count( the ►narks w more•frgile - articles have, by these saltatary movements, suffered extensive demolition. Mr. and Mrs. Williams, an aged couple, attribute the nimble evolutions of their household moveables to supernatural agency, but some of their friends believe that the whole mystery could be ex plained by' a little Spanish girl, eleven years old, who is under their care, think of it What is purgatory ?—lt is a pit of fire—a little hell. God did not make it, neither did the devil: it was made by the Church of Rome; and there is the soul of the Who was the Pope ?—The Head of the Romish Church; and the Head of the Church is in purgotory. What was the peculiar title of the Pope ?—He was styled His Holiness ; and he was the only man in all the world who dared to wear this blasphemy ; but now his Holiness is in - purgatory;__ - -- Wherein did . he excel all other men ?—ln his infallibi lity. h e could not make a mistake : but now the infal lible Pope is in a little hell—and there he must remain until poor fallible creatures have got him out. What a What were his powers ?—He could regenerate children. He could change plain bread and wine into the true body and blObd of Christ. He could qualify his clergy to give absolution to the greatest sinners, twenty times over. He rnnlrl sand dienancafinna of narann. for the greatest of- %A 11... 0,1.. ..JFG.LOCI4 JJJJJ va - fences, all over the world. In fact, he could do anything that God the Redeemer could do, and yet, with all his powerS alas ! where is he now ? He lifts up his eyes in flames. What a melancholyjdea does the state of the poor old Pope's soul give us of Popery. There is no certainty that he will ever get out of the fire—at least, the Bible gives no account what sums of money are needed for •,nots,!es, or what power is necessary in the priesthood. Indeed, he may never get out, and his 'successors are likely to share the same fate. What a gloomy religion is Popery ! We cannot wonder that Sir Culling Eardley Smith was ordered out of the Pope's dominions for circulating God's book • certainly not ! It was quite in chara cter. A free circulation of the Bible, and a firm belief pf the Bible, would soon remove this burning heresy from the face of the earth. The Bible knows nothing of purgatory. There is not much difference after all between the full Popery men of Rome, and the half Popery men of Eng- land. Fatal error is fatal, whether in the Italian lan guage or in English. Multitudes are perishing all around us for lack of the knowledge of the doctrines of the cross. Let goodly men take courage, and employ all their energies to spread the pure Gospel everywhere. The fate of the poor old Pope is a gooa lesson whit, y e friends of Christ, and he doing ! Light will make the darkness visible. Truth will expose the delusion. O let " - us carry the life-giving word into the abodes of death, and God will bless us as his instruments, for quickening those who are dead in trespasses and sins. Amen. ONE WHO LOVES THE TRUTH. sponsors at Mr. dibson's baptism were Philip Jones; Esq., and Miss Jones, of LlanarthCourt.—Correspondent of the Tablet. [There is not much novelty in the circumstance of a Quaker turning Roman Catholic. The Editor of the Tablet, Mr. Lucas, was himself a quaker, as is well known to many of his former schoolfellows now resident in Liv pool. He has well earned by his violent change ;oukriquet of Punch.] INTERESTING EXPERIMENTS WITH GUN COTTON.— On Tuesday and Wednesday, the powers of Professor Schoenbein's gun cotton was tested, as to its relative merits compared with gunpowder, for blasting purposes; down a shaft of a tunnel on the Huddersfield and Man chester Railway, now in course of formation, amidst the great chain of Yorkshi re hill s between Saddleworth and Marsden, through huge beds of millstone grit. Many of the directors and others were present s , including scientific - :s are of close-grained quartz, affording the ) the power of gun cotton or gunpowder. The first experiment was the firing of pistols at a wooden target with one grain of gun cotton. and subsequently The reel The shot projected by the greatest indentation, and the barrels ~ e re found to be free from residue or with six grainsorgunpowder moisture. Ina subsequent experiment, eight ounces of gun cotton in a drill hole, raised upwards of six tons of solid rock, and split the mass in various and distant directions. The shots in the tunnel were equally successful. The gun cotton shots were altogether very satisfactory ; but the two last, viz., 11 and 12, were con sidered the best tests of the relative merits of the gun cotton and gunpowder. The relative proportions of rock blown up were as follows 16 oz. of gun cotton, nine pieces of stone were r emoved; 3 lbs. of. gunpowder removed only six pieces. The scientific gentlemen pre sent decided—first, that the cotton may be considered at least three or four times as strong as powder ; second, th a t it is entirely free from smoke ; third, that no risk is incur red in " stemming" the hole ; fourth, that in keeping the cotton at hand on the works , and its being handl e d b y the men, there is not so much risk from explosion, or loss fro waste, as with powder ; fifth, th a t it i gn i tes more spee dily and with more certainty than gunpowder sixth, that from the decreased size of the charge,and the depths of the drill hole may be diminished, and the power m ore concentrated. There appear to be many other ad vantages, which are, that the co tt on water instead of in a mag az i ne, (S b nre"be tbe kept under iins strength); kept it water for six weeks without a t all diminishingthe that it never misses fire, never fouls gun ; that it is more instantaneous in its di sc h arges t h a n that there is no danger of it s exploding, asgitu moswndoetr heat.and majority of our population absent themselves from , public ordinances o f re li g i on on th a t H o l y D ay, spendilt its sacred hours " in doing their own ways, finding th . e . , own pleasure, and speakin g th e i r own wor d s ," (14 10 ; • I lviii. 13), constitute in the o pi n i on o f th e C omm ittee, - national sin deserving of national judgment ; beca!‹ t s I Firstly, They ... are public and general command of God which says day to keep it holy ;" Church teaches us to p hearts to keep this law violations of -• Remember the Sabbat h ind in reference to which o w, r " that God would incline ouf Secondly, As excluding from the public means of gra ce ,;; gr eat numbers of indi v id ua l s who are employed in orwo, nary labour on the Lo r d' s d ay ; — thus i nducing an igi!ch ranee of the Gospel, and want of that " faith wlo. co meth by hearing,” (Rom. x . 17) ; preven ti ng the inficlio sion of religious principles into the mind where they not exist, and tending to.destroy them where they do. 4 e Thirdly, As oppressive to men's consciences : beco - ,1 in such cases it may be said an Irreligiou s T es t is apPP e to those who seek for L „ „..., employments, and col s Fi v ante is required with an i mmora l cond i tion as a qual i oo tion for such situations ; namely, that of breaking Fourth Commandment. • Fifty, As being injurious to the bodily health of tho men . ernployod ; and . • • ; . Sixthly, As sanctioning the idea that travelling .or ceiving letters and newspapers on the Lord's Day, o f profit, pleasure, or convenience, are considerationg: greater importance th an th e we lf are o f immortal s°. g . and that lab ours th us i ncurred come under the denowill,y Lion of Works of mercy, though thereby the highest c ° ceiveable interests are sacrificed. From all these considerations in reference to the 49 tional and individual desecration of the L or d's-day it"d land, the Committee conclude that this is one ainc°;. o , others of those great National Sins which are now P r e• yoking divine judgments ; they would therefore most el spectfully, but earnestly, entreat of the Clergy, that _Lite would specially call attention to this sin from their P ui iiir on the day appointed by her Majesty for national 111011 0 0 tion ; and that they would urge upon their congrege t ' to confess and mourn before God the prevalence so dishonouring to His great name, and involving ' jl io' commission such dreadful conseque nce s t o man , beiegota jurious to the body, oppressive to the conscience; dig' ruinous to the soul, leading men to forgetfulness and of regard of God's creating power, Hi s re d eem i n g I ° ,e isei the outpouring of His Holy Spirit, an d o f the pr%i eternal rest 3 in a word, in th e . neg l ec t o f the mea n grace, to an abandonment of the hopes of glory. 12, Zreter Hall, Strock .arch, 1847. , e urn P i n 4 i1 1 4 1 1c15 6, st d n I 2Y ht h I lie °Q1 ( 1 , n tef end u cutlve4.; .IP,tititr„ E 4 14' and earrii 1, 4 Ne , ha y g hilia k~Drk er, cliestei ift"Ch in 1. , i ew Ro Witirvn a of tut haat titut , b ., i-i: ~ov t t,-... 1 e Ya (i u "nst, sa s le g. te Hoc c;te at Alrl s Park t tla r ,„e Britim S4lfrom pitiT r and ( 011 , fu thee