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THE Ilmrpool ::I,tattbatt. TUESDIY, JULY 3, 1855 PREACHING FOR THE MASSE A GOOD deal of nonsense, and some sense, have been elicited by Archdeacon SINCLAIR'S remarks upon preaching ; and as no two of the various scribes, who have undertaken to instruct the Clergy with regard to this verb - important part of their duty, agree in their requirements, we may, perhaps, conclude that they cannot upon the whole do better than continue in their present course, bearing in mind that he, who endea vours to please every one, will in the end please no one, and, least of all, himself. At all events, it is clear that for many years past there has been a decided tendency rather to exaggerate than to extenuate the ordinance of preaching ; while manner, rather than matter, as regards individuals, has been made the ground of praise or blame. Witness the crowds which hang enraptured by the hour together upon the lips of this or that popular preacher : and why P Not because they are influenced by any special love for the doctrines which he enunciates, but because he possesses a natural talent which enables him to adorn them with all the graces of oratory. This may seem a somewhat harsh and uncharitable judgment, but its justice is proved by the flztt, that, not unfrequently, another preacher, not a stone's throw from his more gifted brother, will deliver the self-same doctrines, Sunday after Sunday, to comparatively empty benches ; and this, notwith standing that his very want of fluency and popular talent will compel him to study hi,rder, and think more deeply, thereby in fact rendering his discourses far more systematic and instructive than those which are extemporised by the other. We think, then, upon the whole, that there is far more need to teach the people how to esteem and profit by sermons, than there is to instruct the clergy how to compose and deliver them. But amidst all the discussion which has taken place, no one, so far as we have seen, appears to have been struck with the necessity which exists for open-air preaching, as a means of getting at some at least of those many thousands who can never be induced to enter a place of worship ; and who, if they could, are little capable of understanding and profiting by what they would hear. Clearly, we think, the kind of preaching suited to an ordinary congregation of Christian worshippers would be very unsuitable in the mouth of a missionary addressing a number of heathens, for the purpose of effecting their conversion. It would be like delivering a lecture upon the higher branches of mathematics to a class ignorant of the commonest rudiments of arithmetic and algebra. This is a point which, we think, has not been sufficiently attended to. There are thousands, who, so far as any knowledge of the true religion is concerned, are precisely in the condition of heathens ; and to preach to them, as one would to a well-instructed congregation, is simply to cast pearls before swine, and to expose things sacred to the danger of profanation. The making each ser mon, delivered before an instructed audience, an epitome of the gospel, is a plan which we think by no means so well calculated for edification as the dealing with particular topics singly and in order ; but when employed for the conversion of the masses, who are practically heathen, it seems absolute folly. And hence the necessity for some such means as open-air preaching, because it would afford opportunities for addressing the careless and ignorant in the only manner which is suitable to them, but .which would be generally quite unsuitable to those who ordinarily assemble within the walls of our churches. Open-air preaching has,- till very lately, been left almost entirely to one or two of the least important sects, and, so far as we have observed, to ,the least instructed members of those sects. Let us not, how- ever, be misunderstood, as if we intended to say a word against them. Regular or irregular, we doubt not that many such are actuated by the best of motives ; and we can readily believe, that, notwith- standing all drawbacks, their labours have not been wholly without fruit. But that, too frequently, men of this stamp exhibit zeal without ilid r gment, few will deny. We have ere now listened to such, when addressing an audience of the lowest character, and whose general appearance was alone sufficient to demonstrate their ignorance and practical heathenism ; and we have heard them speak to such in familiar terms of the deepest and holiest mysteries, and address to them exhortations and arguments, which none but well-advanced Christians were at all likelyto understand or appreciate. Why, then, should not the ministers of the Church take up this work P We are satisfied that they would be listened to with increasing attention and respect ; and with common care and prudence they might effect much. We have been led to these remarks by the fact, (which we recorded last week) that one Liverpool clergyman, the incumbent of St. John's, has already commenced the plan which we advocate : but what is one amongst so many ? We would fain hope that others may be induced to follow his example ; and that, not only upon Sundays, but upon week-days also. And if, in any cases, the Sunday labours are too heavy to permit such extra work, we would even rejoice to hear that the -sermons delivered within the walls of our churches were curtailed, so that opportunity might be won, for speaking to the perishing thousands who abide-without; DR. CUMMING AND SUNDAY LEGISLATION. WE are no very ardent admirers of Dr. CUMMING ; but we must say, that, with regard to the question of Sunday Legislation, lie appears to us to have hit the right nail on the head, if the letter in the London Times of Wednesday last, (and which will be found in another column,) with the signature of JOHN GUMMING, be, as we suppose, the production of the voluminous Scotch Doctor. The occasion of his writing is Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR'S bill for putting a stop to Sunday-trading, which, as our readers are aware-,-has already led to an unprecedented emeute in Hyde-park. Even were there no such thing as religion, we would gladly see one day in seven characterised by a total cessation from all but necessary work, for we believe such an arrangement to be necessary for man's physical well-being ; and how infinitely such necessity is increased by man's spiritual needs, we need hardly sa y. We shall not then be charged with wishing to perpetuate the desecration of the Lord's Day, if we declare ourselves by no means satisfied that such measures as the one in question are calculated to produce any really beneficial results : and we are glad to be able to quote in support of our own, the opinion of a man so little liable to suspicion upon this score as Dr. CUMMING. With him we regard Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR'S bill as well -meant ; and we would utterly condemn the spirit which too many public writers and speakers evince, when they charge its supporters with cant, humbug, and hypocrisy. With him we also regard it as calculated to satisfy no party. " Those," (says the Doctor) " who feel deeply the divine obligation of the Fourth Commandment, never can admit it as either dutiful or expedient to give national sanction to Sabbath work at certain hours, in order to render illegal Sabbath work at other hours :" and why it will not satisfy the masses must be patent to all. But the part of Dr. CUMMING'S lette r w hi c h we s the concludi ng paragraph, think most note -worthy, i in which he says : " The most urgent legislation is required for week=days, not for Sundays. As long as man is made a beast of burden on week-days, you will fail to make him a Christian on Sundays. Protect man from excessive labour on Saturday, and you may then proceed with irresistible success to protect the Sunday from desecration." With the principle of this we heartily concur; and much, we think, might be' done, even without the aid of Parliament,- towards. carrying it out. The force of public opinion is capable of effecting much : let all those, then, who are anxious to put a stop to the desecration of the Lord's-day, endeavour to bring its force to bear upon the employers of the poor. Many evils, besides Sunday-shopping, are increased, if not actually caused, by the late pay ment of wages upon Saturday night : let them endea vour to put a stop to this ; and, if they fail, then let them invoke the assistance of the Legislature. And if, at the same time, they can procure the boon of a Saturday half-holiday for the over-wrought labourer, so much the better : and then, if they still find it ne cessary, they may justly apply for an act to prevent Sunday-trading. But, as things are at present, we , agree with Dr. CUMMING, that Lord ROBERT I GROSVENOR and his friends are beoinnino• at the 1 wrong end. FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. MONDAY MOR ICING.. How strangely has the tide of feeling changed, and turned, and flowed back on itself, within the last few days, in refer ence to the events - which have of late been unfolded in the Crimea. A fortnight ago, the worlds of London and of Paris, of France and Britain, were so elated with success, that they seemed to scorn the earth they deigned to trend upon, and would listen to nothing but tales of strife and daring ; which they looked on as synonymous with triumph. A cheek in the onward flow of fortune brought them as suddenly round to chafe at disappointment, and to throw censure on the• men whose brows they, but the day before, had loaded with entam bering laurels. To judge by general appearances, it would seem as if the glorious achievements of the 18th of June had been for ever effaced from British annals on the fortieth anni versary of Waterloo. Consequent on this unfounded belief; the impatient public was not slack in giving utterance to sus picions and insinuations—to reproaches against the generalis simo into whose hands they had entrusted the fate of their army, and the result of the campaign, if not,- indeed, the abso lute issue of the war. The futile worthlessness of praise or censure so elicited has been too frequently evinced to call for demonstration; but, in the ease referred to, it has met with an illustration so sudden and severe, as seldom falls to the lot of ordinary dogmas. On Friday morning it was unexpectedly announced, that even the iron constitution of Lord RAGLAN was not proof against the anxiety and vicissitudes incident to an arduous campaign, conducted under circumstances whose influence, moral and physical, was most depressing_. The an nouncerrient stated further, that other distinguished. officers, companions in arms of the gallant general, were so much prostrated in bodily health, by the same debilitating influ ences, that their recovery was doubtful ; while it was more than merely hinted that Lord RIV.GLA:N! ES indisposition was something more than merely evanescent, and that, in fact danger, in his case, was imminent. The effect of this-intelli gence was stunning. It recalled to men's minds the-stern reality that we are now engaged in a conflict which will. tax our energies —for a successful- issue to which we must lay aside narrow jealousies and vain-glorious self conceit, and selecting our commanders with prudent wisdom, place in them a liberal confidence, and a firm resolve to strengthen their hands, instead of by the expression.of illiberal prejudices and the application. of undeserved censure distracting their attention, weakening their influence, and diminishing their authority. All this, when danger threatened, was instinctively felt, and as promptly acknowledged; but, alas ! the recantation came too late.. Saturday, at a little beyond noon, brought the inhabitants of London acquainted with the fact that the spirit of the gallant commander of our army in the Crimea had, on the 28th ult., quitted its mortal tenement, and gone to The undiscovered country, from whose bourn No traveller returns. Among the displays of the present as of many previous sessions; in Parliamentary eloquence, of which that illustrious assembly and the nation may be justly proud, those of Lord LYNDHURST stand conspicuous: While the attention of the Commons. has been in a great degree taken up with personal altercation,, and displays of sectarian spleen mingled with the miserable jarrings of party animosity, the House of Lords• has manfully vindicated its- claim to consideration as a reasoning and legislative institution of the state.' On a previous occasion, Lord LYNDHURST ) in one of those masterly - reviews of state policy which he is so well competent to draw up, gave such a delineation: of the bearings of the present war with Russia as extorted from the Earl of ABERDEEN, the then Prime Minister,. a declaration of his intention to prosecute the war with vigour. That the noble Earl did not, in fact, redeem the letter of his promise, was no fault of the venerable and learned Lord; and that the Earl of ABERDEEN failed-to exact from the CZAR " security" for' a- lasting peace, cannot be charged against the convincing eloquence under which that nobleman- writhed, and was content to promise anything. On Tuesday last, Lord , LYNDHURST, whose powers of eloquence- appear to grow with his advancing years, again came forth--like an intellee— tual-giant to grapple with the duplicity , of Austria. The oration he delivered on this -last occasion, -so studiedly free from: invective—so cautiously stripped of exaggeration —so soathingly courteous—so calmly descriptive of a case too disgraceful and dishonourable to admit of sarcasm, was, in all respects, so powerful and conclusive in disabusing the public mind of the gross- delusion practised .in setting up Austria -as a bulwark against- Russian aggression in the East, that it can never more be adventured upon in an assembly, of educated men— After fully exposing this delusion, which at one time or another influenced every member of the Peace-at-any-price party—Lord Annnrann---and Mr. GLAD. STONE being scarcely less its dupes than Mr.. -COBDEN and Mr. BasonT.---his lordship proceeded to show the inconclu siveness and fallacy of the. treaty with Austria entered into on the 2nd of December, and, gave-strong-reasons for believ-, ing that even in it the Austrian Government was never sin- , cere, but calculated on its evasion by some of the negotiating , pixstienrsfusin g one or other of its conditions, while she her- war tidg'44 t u r, thin ......m."escape_Dut_ or ri.v..,...................t.. in - 1 a few lucid remarks he showed how the Austrian Cabinet had tacked and trimmed, till having completely hoodwinked the English Government, and when the Austrian.parpoies were fully served, that fickle power turned coolly round, and declared she should now fall back " to a neutrality treaty," and followed up this resolution by reducing_her army, and falling off-from even pretended lellowship with the Western Powers. At the conduct of Austria, viewed.through the clear and searching lens furnished. by Lord LYNDHURST, every true son of England must be prepared to adopt the burning language-which SHAIESPEARE puts into the month of the. indignant Conn./wn :-- War t war ! no peace t peace is to me a war. 0 Lymoges ! 0 Austria.! thou dost shame That bloody spoil; thou slave, thou wretch,. lifer, coward Thou little valiant, great in villany ! Thou ever strong upon the stronger side Thou fortune's champion that dost never. fight But when her humorous ladyship is by To teach thee safety !—thou art perjured, toe, And sooth'st up greatness. What a fooLart - thou— A ramping fool to bray and stamp and swear, Upon my party ! Thou cold-blooded slave, Haat thou not spoke-like thunder on my side? Been sworn my soldier? bidding me depend Upon thy stars, thy fortune, and thy strength ? And dost thou now fall over to myjoes? Thou wear a lion's-hide I doff it for shame, And hang a calf's skin on those recreant limbs ! Before concludingjais address, " the old man eloquenti': - (his lordship is in his eighty-second year,), gave utterance -to the following prophetic -admonition. "Now, my Lords, what is the policy that I recommend ? Persevere ! If you,,da not persevere, you not only fail to obtain; the objects for which the war was undertaken, but you will disgraee yourselves In the eyes of the world. Character is power. If the terms pro posed had been accepted, Russia would have ascended in the scale of power. She would have been regarded by Eastern nations as irresistible. No one would have dared to oppose her will. If you turn to the West, the influence she has ac quired in Germany would have increased. a thousand-fold. The chains of the lesser German States. would have been rivetted yet- more firmly, and a severe blow would have been struck at the progress of civilization." How, toweringly noble is the language of the High. Steward.of Carataidge, contrasted with that lately used on the same subject by the member for the University-of Oxford I , - The sad intelligence pressed with a foreboding gloom upon the general mind, and ingenuity was vainly racked to find immediate consolation for the sorrow thus inflicted—a sorrow mingled with sincere repentance for the harsh opinions previ ously entertained, and not entirely unmixed with anxious apprehension for the future. His lordship, who was born in 1788, and, consequently, was in his sixty-seventh year, had seen a great deal of military service, having been Aide-de camp and Military Secretary to the Duke of WELLINGTON in the Peninsula and at the battle of Waterloo, in which engage ment-he lost an arm. He received the appolatmeut of Blaste.r. General of the Ordnance on the death of the late Marquis of ANGLESEY, in April of last year; and in the following November was created Field-Marshal. He was the youngest son of the fifth Duke of BEAUFORT, and was raised to the peerage in 1852. In 1814 he married EMILY HARRIET, daughter of the third Earl of MoRNrNGToN, and is succeeded in his titles and estate by his son RICHARD HENRY FITZ-ROY SOMERSET, born in 1817. The intelligence of the melancholy event was immediately communicated to Her MAJESTY, who was mach affected by the sad news. A dinner-party had been invited to the Palace, for the evening of that day, but it was instantly countermanded by the QUEEN. The melancholy death of the commander-in-chief naturally calls for a consideration, however brief, of the actual condition of the war fn the Crimea at the particular juncture when that event occurred. The brief, yet startling, announcement has followed with such rapidity on the repulse experienced by the Allies in their great enterprise of the 18th of June, that we are as yet unacquainted with the details of that sanguinary conflict, and have not learned, except inferentially, what re sults have arisen in consequence of it. By the failure, so far as can be made out from the circumstances which have since transpired, it appears that the garrison of Sebastopol did not gain anything, while of the Allies it is not unfit to say that, apart from the personal regrets occasioned by the slaughter, they merely did not gain everything they wished. The importance of the positions assailed was such, as- to ensure a resolute de fence of them. Had they been gained, the conquest of the town and its other defences could. scarcely have been delayed, and it is not a common occurrence in war for such valuable defences to fall before the first assault. The failure, however, on that occasion must be takan as indicative of a degree of ignorance on the part of the- allied commanders, as to the means of defence possessed. by those positions, greater than they would willingly have admitted.. Some knowledge has, now been gained, albeit at heavy cost, whereby more ae-- curately to estimate the: resistance to be overcome. The works intended for defeating that resistance, and rendering, the success of the next attack more certain, have been steadily pushed forward; andneither the French nor the English general appears to have considered that repulse as fatal to future suc cess in the same quarter. Had the failure of the attack on the Redan and the Malakhoff been of such a nature as to pre clude hope of capturing the town from that side, an, altered plan of operations would have indicated the belief. Without further loss of time or men, the commanders would have di-. rected the alternative of seizing the heights and proceeding, at whatever cost, with a line of investment towards. the north ; but no decisive movement of this description has as. yet been undertaken, while on the contrary every exertion has been used for completing, strengthening, and augmenting, the means of attack still at the points first indicated, and. there is there fore every reason for believing that to the !WO% of those ex perienced warriors there has occurred no reason for departing from the original plan. On the other hand,, it cannot be denied that, considering the time they have beenbefore the place, that with possession of such a point of observation as that afforded by the Mamelon, some familiarity with the condition of the con tiguous andoverlooked batteries at the,Redanand the Malakhoff m• ht have been attainable. If science could not accomplish this, artifice might surely have aided in acquiring information relative to fortifications not five hundred yards distant from our entrenched lines ; and, if both these means had failed, experi ence of the men they had to deal with should have shown how severe a resistance was to be encountered and repelled. Another and an important fact forces itself reluctantly upon observation in this contest, and that is, the small use made by the Allies in applying scientific invention to forwarding the objects of the beseigers. Every day brings us acquainted with the discovery of exploding instruments, and the destructive secret agencies employed by the Russians ; yet, on our side, ex traordinary aids derived from science appear to have been carefully excluded from our munitions of war. Under any view of the case, the death of Lord RAGLAN has occurred at a momentous juncture of affairs ; what effect it may produce upon the ultimate result of the campaign, it would be indelicate and might be impolitic to say ; but the plans have been so far matured and worked out in concert with General PRLISSIER, that the successor of his lordship will not likely now think of changing them. Activity, combined with prudence—energy, with resolution and judgment in carrying them out—are now what is wanted, and in General SIMPSON, who is understood to be that successor, it is confidently be lieved these qualities will not be wanting. In the meantime let it not be forgotten, either at home or abroad, that the ener: eating heats of a Crimean summer, and its sunshine, destruc tive alike to vegetable growth and inimical to animal health, will, in all probabilitY, be found not less fatal to our army than were the sweeping blasts and frozen storms of its winter, unless they are carefully guarded against. The longest day has passed; and, with that interesting period, the usual indications of a closing legislative session have begun to make their appearance. Lord PALMERSTON, the most "jaunty" of political Huns, has already, suo mar:, One of the great shows of the past week has been the second. Drury-lane performance of the Administrative Reform Association, on Wednesday, on which. occasion the leading character was cleverly enacted , by Mr. CRA.BLES DICKANS.. The display in this, as in the form= instance, was notcof a character to advance in any degree the practical weight of the association in public esteem, True, . Mr. Dwunts, in a.happy strain of banter- and good-hnmoured sarcasm, administered wholesome reproof to the flippancy and audacious arrogance of manner too frequently exhibited by Lord PA: 4 'NERSTON, while treating subjects of grave importance in the House of Commons ; yet he went but a small way towards.bringing the egotistical, vanity and gross blundering of his. coadjutors in the movement within reasonable bounds. So long as the. foundation on which their case for administrative reform is. made to rest on such reckless assertions as those to which Mr. LAYARD has been so repeatedly brought to book without improving him, or on such flimsy suppositions as Mr. LINDSAY adventured his case upon, so. long viilLthe pnbllc treat the movement and the movers of a popu l ar ßandal- The scope of the Association's programmeis so comprehensive.that it can be made to include nearly everything or with equal, facility evade grappling with anything; in the .one case assuming the virtue of every graceful act, in the other repudiating any of their fallacies which may be exposed. Recent events, and still more recent exposures, make it quite clear that great room exists for improvement in the administration of our military system ; but more than his simple word for it will be required to induce general belief in the averment that the honourable mention of Corporal Qtnivrt, in a late despatch by Lord RAGLAN, was in any way brought about by the de clamations of Mr. LAYARD. The exigencies of the service show clearly the kind of men who are wanted in particular situations, and a very moderate share of capacity will be suf ficient to point out to a commander the means by which such men are excited to action. To these concurrent causes it is not too much to attribute the mention of the case referred to as much more likely than the diatribes of Mr. LAYARD. The probability of a protracted and sanguinary war has seemingly been the means of sharpening the Ministerial wits in more ways than one, and accordingly we find the War Minister increasing the pay and augmenting in various ways , the consideration in which the private soldier is held; but in • doing this we are by no means reduced to the conviction that • these concessions have been made in obedience to the behests of Mr. LAYARD and his friends. If that gentleman is not above the drudgery of such labour, he will find that during the last great European war similar provision was made to ensure the service of the common soldier ; and that even after its close a considerable gratuity was bestowed upon the soldiers who had fought at Waterloo, long before Mr. LAYARD could have piped a very potent note upon hie showy reed of Administrative Reform, ' commenced his "slaughter of the parliamentary innocents." I CHURCH UNIONS AND THEIR FUNCTIONS.;' Many matters, no doubt, still remain, sufficient to occupy the ; sa , legislative attention f or a l ong p er i o d, even a ft er the virtual TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD . . Sra,----You printed, a few weeks ago, the report of the Lou.Lon measures ; but of th e rema i n i ng f our it i s b e li eve d th e ministry refer to it as affordin g abundant proof of the necessity which will make no very desperate eff or t t o p reven t on e or two from exists for the formati on o f suc h b o di es , an d f or th e purpose of falling into the "limbo" of parliament ar y vanities. Among the measures depending upon the of individual mem- expressing my surprise that no suc h orga n i s ati on b as b een hers, the one which at present occupie s the greatest share of -established in our own dioce s e. Ch ur ch Union s h av e a l rea d y done much, and especi a lly t owar d s th e rev i va l o f C onvoca ti on . public attention is the motion of Mr. Romsocic, for a vote of and whenever their efforts in this respect are crowned withcensure on the government, for the share its members had in the gross mismanagement w hi c h h as been proved to have success, as I doubt not that sooner or later they will be, the led to such fatal suffering in the ar m y before Sebastopol. This , necessity for their own continued existence w ill h ave p asse d motion, which' was to have come on to-morrow, is now fixed for away. But, in the mean ti me , th e y are b o th use f u l an d neces sary, for the doubl e p ur p ose o f ca lli ng th e a tt en ti on o f Church that day week. By its terms the House will be called on to men to such measures as may directly or indirectly affect the declare that "Ministerial responsibility" is something more than a theoretical phrase ; and that it c a nnot be evaded by Church's interests, an d a l so o f organ i s i ng suppor t or resist the convenient trick of making three or f our gen tlemen enact ante, as each may be requ i re d. the character and sustain the obl oqu y o f sca pegoats, while I have said, that th e l as t repor t o f th e L on d on Ch urc h U the remaining ten or eleven of th e i r co ll eagues s teer clear of nion demonstrates th e necess it y w hi c h ex i sts f or suc h b od i es as that from which it e mana t es . I t re f ers to var i ous measures the charge and escape all bl ame . I n thi s par ti cu l ar instance introduced into Parliament, a n d a ll more or l ess a ff ec ti ng t h e the constitutional peculiaritie s of B r it a i n ar e indeed upon interests of the Chu rc h ; b u t I nee d on l y refer to one of these their trial—the eyes of Europe are u p on th em . The Parisian i journals already teem w ith s p ecu l a ti ons on th e su bj ec t. Most in order to justify my asser ti on : I mean Lord Shaftes b ury ' s of these organs of opi n i on re it era t e , l ess or more di rec tly, the bill for free trade i n re li g i on , b y w hi c h he would repeal the sentiments uttered by P RINCE A LBERT a t th e Trinity H ou se statute which prohibits th e mee ti ng o f more th an t wen t y per . sons for the purpo se o f worship. This bill may be good or dinner. The Debuts spoke ou t more p o i n t e dly tha n is it s bad; but that is not th e question, It affects the Church most wont on such hazardous ques ti ons , t rac i ng i n the Adminis nearly, and, such b e i ng th e case , it seems b ut fa i r that Church' Reform movement, and the Sebastopol Committee • inquiry and its concomit an t s , an ag it a ti on w hi c h, i n character, men should have a n opp o rt un it y - o f express i ng an op i n i on is the first step towards a revo l u ti on . F or thi s p r oce e di ng about it; and, by petiti on or o th erw i se, o f suppor ti ng or oppos the Editor of the Debdttha s bee n c a ll e d b e f ore the "Direction ing it. And yet I sus p ec t th a t th e great mass of Churchmen de la &trete Generale," and there he received instructions not would, like myself, have remai ne d i n u tt er i gnorance o f it s to resume the subject under any circumstances; and he was unostentatious passage through the House of Commons, had warned not to reply in his journal to remar k s u p on the matter it not been for th e no ti ce w hi c h was b estowed upon i t by the in any other Parisian pap er . O n W e d nes d ay l as t, th e C ons ti- report in question. A n d, even w ith regar d to measures, the introduction of w hi c h i s genera ll y k nown, as t h ose for the tuticmel and the Pays each publi s h e d an ar ti c l e on th e sub ject, taking up the defence of the English Puimcz CONSORT abolition of Church-rates and the legalisation of incest, the and attacking both the Debt - its and the' English press. So, if Church 'Union may be, and frequently is, a most useful agent we cannot have a censorship at home; it appears , that the in exciting opposition, procuring signatures to petitions, and government of our good and faithful allies• will accommodate the like. Itifran old and true proverb, that " what is• every us with as much of theirs as they can conveniently spare. body's business - le - nobody's. business," and its truth , has' been In the meantime, the probable result of Mr. Rogp.vcm'a strikingly exemplified in the past history of the Church of motion is keenly and anxiously canvassed at home. Most England. Deprived of her Convocation, deprived o: her Dio cesan and Ruri-decanal Synoci ta ---d e p r i ve d, i n s h or t, o f every parties believe that c through the exerci s e of tactical manoeuvres ; body which might legally and constitutionally l oo k a ft er h er Lord PALMERSTOrr will contrive that it shall su ff er s hi pwrec k interests, and elicit or direct her opinions, —she h as be en left by a similar course of na v i ga ti on t o th a t w hi c h proved so fatal, to Mr. Mitaaa- G IBSON ' S mo ti on i n re l at i on to the ' to the tender mercies of any , ministry,7or even pri va t e mem b er , Vienna Conferences. who might take it into his head to legislate i n h er b e h a lf ; and in many instances measures - most detrimental to her wellbeing have been passed, almost without a whisper of opposition from Churchmen at large, simply because there has been no recog nised body, whose duty it was to take the - matter up. Being the - duty of every one in general, and of no one in particular, it has-'been neglected altogether. The Church Union, it is true, is but an expedient, a sort of provisional committee. It - is an anomaly, but the anomalous state of the Church has rendered it necessary;. and when, if ever, the Church's Convocationis fairly restored ; and permitted to exercise those powers which, by an act of execrable tyranny, have been so long - kept in abeyance, we shall no longer need it. Not only will the limited functions, which 2,15-present it discharges; be more effectually discharged by Convocation itself, but, to a great extent, the very necessity for discharging them at all will cease. To exemplify my meaning,. let me again refer to Lord Shallesbury's bill. It aims at repealing one of the legal or act-of-parliament safeguards of the Church. At present no man can get up a congregation of more than twenty people• without; declaring himself a dissenter,. and obtaining a licence 'for the room or - they meet as a place of dissenting worshig., Lord Shaftesbury's bill, however r would enable any number of men to get up any number of congregations- in any parish in opposition to , •the lawful ministerthereef, and yet retain the status and all. the rights of - Churchmen. Against this the Church protests; but give her back her Convocation, and she would cease to proixst. Give her back her own undoubted rights and. means of defence;. and she would care little for being deprived. of such protection as an act of parliament can afford. Cut her bonds, let her go , free,. and she will be quite capable to defend herself, and to deal as well with her- avowed foes as with her own rebellious•- children. She wall l care little, whether it be lawful for twenty or twenty thousand to meet in opposition to'her ministers. ; for she will have power to cast. them out, to-sever all connee- tion between herself and them... But, I repeat, so. long as she continues in her present anomalous position, so long is the.- Church Union necessary : and I cannot but express my sur prise that nothing of the kind has been got up in this neigh bourhood. One would think that Liverpool, second only to. London in importance, might well support a Church Union to itself--I am, Sir, dec. ' -ann. h.., 11355.. A Liu AT DISGRACEFUL • CONDITION OF ST PAUL'S CHURCH. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,— Permit me, through your paper, to draw public attention to the state of St. Paul's Church. Circumstances have removed me from that part of the town, but old associations occasionally at distant intervals d.-aw me thither on a Sunday morning. Yesterday was an occasion of this nature, and whilst. I was- most gratified at the solemn and impressive manner in which the senior minister, who always officiates in the morning, performed the services, and the marked and decided improvement in the attendance,. I was perfectly shocked at the condition of the building itself. If something be not quickly done, it will positively be in ruins. I shall not enter into details but will merely notice two particulars. The ceiling, under the portico, has in a great measure fallen down, and the-dropping of the plaster renders ingress or egress a matter of danger. On going into the south aisle," found it flooded with water, which bad penetrated through thaceiling of the gallery, and in the gallery itself some pews were filled with water from the ceilingund roof. Some , grave mismanagement is here at work, and it is not too much to ask, are there no means of ascertaining what has. become of the hundreds of pounds voted at the Parish Vestry, for the repairs of St. Paul's, and not only voted, but charged in the churchwardens' accounts ? Is there no tribunal before which those in office can be called for not applying public. money to the uses fore which it was entrusted into their. hands P—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, Liverpool, July 2, 1555 PARISHION EL BRIGANDAGE AT SMYRNA. SMYRNA, June 16.—The abduction of Dr. M'Craith, an English physician resident here, by a band of brigands .on Sunday last, is now the engrossing topic of conversation. On Sunday a band of some 30 robbers, armed to the teeth, estab. lished themselves. about half a mile from Bournabat, on the road side, and waylaid a number of persons, whom they robbed of money, jewellery, &c. They also detained others- for, the purpose of obtaining ransom; but let them all escape with the exception of Dr. M'Craith, a M. Manuc, and M. Marcopoly, a son of a Greek, merchant in, Smyrna. It appears, that two brothers Marcopoly, with two friends named Devris and Castor, were returning on horseback into Bournabat„ about seven o'clock on Sunday evening,. when they were- stopped at the road side close to a cemetery by ten or twelve. Greek, robbers, armed with double-barrelled guns, pistols,, and, yataghans. While they were detained in the cemetery, they saw Dr'. Wrrith brought in by other robbers. Hp had, also been stopped on the road, while on his way to attend a Mrs. Fisher, an. English lady residing at the neighbouring vil lage of Hadjdar, in her approaching confinement. All the party were threatened with immediate- death if they did not keep quiet, and when, on an omnibus. passing which plies to and from Bournabat, Dr. Wraith. attempted to call for assistance, he was stunned by the blow of the stock of a pistol. After some time the robbers. appeared to think it useless...to detain Messrs. Devris,, Castor, and G. Marcopoly, but carried. off Dr. M'Craith and IL Marcopoly. After tra versing two, fields they fell in with four other robbers, who had under their care M. Manuc and three other persons. The latter were allowed to depart, Dr. M'Craith, M. Mann; and M. H. Marcopoly being carried. off across a plain some eight miles in width to the mountains, where they arrived at midnight, and sent M. H. Marcopoly back with letters from. Dr. Wraith and M. Mantic, saying that the robbers de manded £l,OOO each for ransom. He fell in at daylight with Colonel Storks, Hamid Bey, and a large body of armed police, in pursuit of the robbers, and delivered his letters, but abso lutely refused to act as. a guide, or to give information as to the whereabouts of the band, under fear probably of their menaces and vengeance, and when forced to proceed, it is now believed that he led the pursuers intentionally on a wrong tract. Here, then, had been a band of some twenty or thirty robbers lying perdu close to the principal place of resort of the Smyrna merchants—the RiChmond of Smyrna, in fact-7-occupying themselves for some hours in plundering wayfarers, and at last proceeding with their captives across a broad plain unpursued. It appears that Dr. Goolden, one Of the medical officers of the Civil Hospital, was passing the spot of Dr. Wraith's capture a very few minutes after wards, and was told of it by some peasants. He. instantly galloped into Bournabat, and endeavoured to excite the people to engage in pursuit, but all in vain. No one would join him, so he returned to Smyrna as fast as he could and gave the alarm. Colonel Storks at once waited on the Pasha, and suc ceeded in rousing him to action. The second in command, Harald Bey, was sent off with some 80 men in the direction taken by the robbers, and orders were sent to the Pasha of Magnesia to send others to take them in the rear. Nearly all the members of the medical staff armed and started at midnight also in pursuit. A great part of Monday was spent by detached parties scouring the mountains in various direc tions, and one party came up with the robbers, but after re ceiving a volley which wounded one man, they threw down their arms and fled. So much for the Turkish police. It now became a question whether a party of English soldiers, convalescents, should be engaged in the service. Colonel Storks was quite ready to lead them,. but the English and French consuls, and the family of Dr. Wraith, were opposed to any such measures. They argued that the first object was to save the doctor's life, afterwards to pursue the robbers. It was accordingly arranged that the Turkish troops should be withdrawn on Tuesday, and the ransom sent to the robbers by a shepherd. By that time, however, they had shifted their quarters, and it is supposed that the ransom has not yet reached them. Yesterday they are said to have been seen about seven hours' journey from hence, with D r . W ra ith on a donkey, and his friends confidently anticipate that he will be restored to them as soon as the rails= is roveivel—Cor. respondent of the Daily News. It° THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE AFRICA. - Br the British and North American Royal Mail steam-ship Africa, Captain Little, which arrived soon after midnight on Saturday, we have intelligence from New York to the 19th, Boston the 20th, and Halifax the 22nd ult. She brought 223 passengers, and $811,142, and £6OO in specie. The Hon. John Ross, Speaker of the Legislative Council of Canada, was a passenger by the - Africa. The steam-ship Asia arrived at Halifax on the 20th ult. The ship William Rathbone, hence, at New York, had nine deaths amongst her passengers. The United . States new steam-frigate Mirrimac had been launched from the Charleston navy yard, The United States revenue-cutter Washington had inter cepted a vessel leaving the harbour of New York, with nearly 60 persons on board, enlisted, as it is alleged, for the Crimea. At a fire which broke out in the toy and fireworks estab lishment of Dunkin and Robbins, No. 10, Maiden-lane, a terrific explosion of combustibles had occurred, and a young man, named Philip H. Jeanneret, had perished in the flames. A gold snuff-box, ornamented with brilliants, said to have been sent as a present by the Emperor of France to a gentle man in New York, and which had been levied on for debt, was sold by auction by the sheriff, in the City-hall, for $BOO, The Germans of Williamsburg were making preparations to forcibly resist the enforcement of the prohibitory liquor law. Meetings had been held, and resolutions recommending violent measures, adopted. At N.ew York, a great meeting of the Know-Nothing party had been held in the Park, and the Philadelphia platform adopted. The Massachusetts section had decided to call an extra session of the State Council on the 28th ult., when the seceding delegates to tie Philadelphia Convention would make their report. A despatch from New Or%sans stated that cholera had ap peared among the United States• troops at Baton Rouge, in an epidemic form, and that several deaths had occurs-ed. The barque Magnolia, which had been seized by the Go vernment and taken into Mobile, as• belonging to- the Kinney expedition, had on board 3000 riffes;lBoo Colt's revolvers, 6000 lbs. of powder made up into 300,000 rounds fixed ammunition, 1000 tents, a battery of brass field pieees,all complete, with haness, equipment, cartridges, and slot to match,- lots- of pikes and sabres, a quantity of clothing, and 500 cots. In Mississippi; State showers of veritable brimstone• had fallen. In some districts of the State frost had been experi enced on the 11th ult. Mr. G. R. Griffithi•theinventor - of the India-rubber cotton) floats, was at Tuscaloosa- preparing to down to Mobile 100• bales of cotton. The Lochmaben Castle, hence, with 657 passengers, and a 4 cargo of salt and rice, had been wrecked Orr the Bird Rocke r H was expected that the• whole of the passengers would be saved. In Upper Canada there- is said to be difficAties - with the Saugeen Indians, who complain of having beenoverreached by the - Government in a treaty respecting their lands, which they agreed, on certain conditions, to cede to the Crown. The provincial newspapers say a rebellion is threatened, which may cost both blood and trenture. A conspiracy of prisoners • in the Canadian penitentiary to murder the keepers and escape has•been discovered. Ohe•hundred of them were found armed. Advices , from Cuba state thatowing to a sort of undefined alarm of personal danger which , had seized on the mind of General Concha, many of the ofltes•of the public functionaries • had been converted into temporary barracks. From Mexico, we learn that the Government troops- had vanquished tho Revolutionists in:several encounters, and the progress of the - conquerors was signalised by the blood-thirsty ferocity which it-the characteristic - of Mexican warfare. The outbreak in the - northern provinces- seems to have been , a spontaneous no political plan whatever having been promulgated by its- promoters. Vigorous measures had been taken to quell the•insurrection. The insurgents are said tt) have taken possession , of Guanaguto- awl to have been joined by Victoria and Sa►tillo. The outbreak at Rio Grande hadA resulted in the capture of Monterey, by the Revolutionists, on the'27th Correspondence fizni Central America' , states, that Grey town had been entirely rebuilt, and a• -, new government formed,- by formally adopting a constittition and electing municiFzi officers. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW Yonic„ 18th June. MoNE -, --There was ar steady demand for money, the sup ply ample and the rates of interest remained , unchanged. In exchange there was a fair amount of business doing at the following rates ;—London ; 1091 to 110,1; 51121- to 5.15; Bremen, 7Pt to 701 • Hamburg, 361 to 36-1:.. COTTON.—The Atlanties-advices, of the 13th ult., being of a favourable tenor, caused an advance of ie.,. but subsequently with rumoursof a rise in some of the interior streams of Ala bama and Eauisiana, the buoyancy had been. lost. The accounts from the South i-mre of a conflicting nature, the reports of a rise in the rivers-seemed to have gained credence with the majority, and the market closed rather heavily in consequence. Yesterday the market closed steadily with sales estimated at 2',500 bales. From Messrs. Tale,ott's circular, June 18th, we extract the following :--" We do. not attach much importance to the reported rise in the riven, believing that it will be temporary, and, consequently, add.but little to the receipts at the ports. Annexed, from reliable sources, will be found the latest information by teleg,raphon this sub ject. Although the estimates of probable reeeipts at the ports, advised, of 2.7"t0 2,750,000-bales are not increased, the favourable accounts of the growing crop and the partial rise in the rivers, alluded to, have weakened confidence, and nego tiations, consequently are more difficult to effect, Holders, at the decline noticed, show • no- anxiety to sell, 'believing- that they will have a more favourable ropportunity to realise on receipt of the large' advances anticipated within. the next thirty days from Liverpool, per Asia, of the Bth, B4dtie, of the 15th, and America,: of the 22nd instant. The exports to France will now nrD bl v fall in the close of the nu shipments oe Amen to hiverpool by to inner A ruling there. Tables of receipts and stocks, exports to Great Britain and France, made up to latest mail dates, chow deficit in receipts at the ports of 200,042 bales ; excess in- export to reat Britain, 12,460 bales ; excess to France, 121,910 bales. Stocks in all the ports, 170,824 hates, against 457,087 bales at - same period last year. • BREADSTIIFFS.—The corn market was rather - dull, and prices, particularly of the common. qualities, experienced a further decline, amounting .in some instances to 121 c. per barrel. Corn meal, was inactive. Wheat was du11. , . PRovisloNs.—The pork market was firm, and higher prices had been obtained for new mess. Beef firm, with. moderate sales. Bacon was steady, with fair demand. IRON.—The buoyancy in the iron market generally con tinues, and prices of Scotch pig, with, considerable speculative action, are again higher. Other kinds are also firm. The stock of English sheet is mostly composed of the poorer qualifies; prime is scarce. FREIGHTS.—In Freights there hasl.been a decidedimprove ment ; the rates to Liverpool were, cotton, 5-32 d. to 3-16 d.; corn, 41d. to 51d. ; flour, ls. 3d. to Is. 6d. ; rosin, 15..t0 ls. 3d. ; turpentine, ls. 6d. to Is.-9d.; heavy and measurement goods, 103..t0 12s. 6d.; beef, in tierces, 15..6d. to is. 9d:.;. pork, in barrels, ls. 3d. NEVi YORK, June /9, 6, p.m.—Money and. exchange un altered. Cotton steady ; sales 1,100 bales.. Breadstuffs Flour firm ; sales 7,000 bbls. ; Wheat easier; • Corn better ; Pork buoyant; Beef steady; Lard steady ; .Baconquiet ; But ter dull ; Iron firm ; Lead quiet. MOBILE, June 14--Sales to-day 6 , 000. to ZOOO bales ; middling, 11c. to llic. ; asking 1-c. to • ic.- since steamer's ac counts were known; receipts light; no rise in rivers. June 16.—Middling, 11k. Freights to Liverpool, 5-16 d. Receipts, 21,000 bales. _ Ety Electric Telegraph. NEW YORK, June 21.—Rates in the Money market to-day were unchanged. Cotton is c. lower; flour, slightly declined; corn slightly advanced. European news per St. Louis here to-day at three o'clock. NEW ORLEANS,, June 21,—Sales 2,500 balks, firm. AUSTRALIA. BY the Lightning, which arrived. on Saturday, and the Gypsey Bride, which arrived on Sunday, we have intelligence from Melbourne to the 11th of April. A commission was issued to inquire into the cause of the, Ballarat riots, and it has made a - report upon which the Le-. gislative Courzil have acted, and several usefUl measures have been passed. The Eagle, hence on the 243 th, December, arrived April the 6th. Ralph Waller, hence January 4, arrived on the 7th. The Red Jacket arrived on. March 25th, and was to sail ;on, the 20th of April. Several new and, apparently productive gold fields, have been discovered lately at no great distance from Melbourne and Geelong, respectively. Those near Melbourne are the Caledonian diggings, beyond Little Eltham, and, Mount Blackwood, near the Werribee. The former are thirty miles, and the latter fifty miles, distant from Melbourne. About 1,500. men are said also to be wo r ki ng an d doing well on. the• Plenty Ranges. The•new goldfield near Geelong is at. Steig litz. Forest, twenty miles from that town. Favourable reports have likewise been received of the gold-field of Mount Ararat, in the. western district. The age of large nuggets has not yet gone by. A magnificent mass of pure gold,weighing sub., from Castlemaine, and one of 401bs. from Ballarat,, have just arrived in Melbourne by escort. SDN.EY, April 7.—The declared value of the imports into the port of Sydney, for the week ending. March 24, was £66,800 ; the value of the exports for the: same period as de clared was £57,824. Freight to Liverpool—wool, per lb., 4d. to id.; light goods, 50s. to 60s. per ton. MELBOVENE LA_BOITE MARKET.—Sipee gold was first dis covered in Victoria, the labour market has not been in so healthy a state as it is at present. The demand for agri cultural labourers still continues to increase,and the supply to diminish ; consequently wages have an upward tendency. The large numbers employed on public works, thi large number gone and going to the ". diggings,' have all but emptied the market of good men.. CiBBLONG LABOUR 3IARZEI.—We have to note an is-. creased demand for mechanics engaged in house building, and a trifling advance on former rates of wages has thence resulted. There is a good steady demand for thorough farm labourers. With reference to female domestics, it may be remarked that though they are more easily obtained than formerly, they are mostly very inferior. The want of good English and Scotch girls, accustomed to town life, is much felt. COMMON THINGS.—Among the prizes at Harrow speeches on the 28th, there was one, for the first time, adjudged to . proficiency "good reading." It was the gift of the Rev. Francis Trench, an old Ha rrov i an , an d th e success f ul compe titor was Mr. Merivale. The prize was very popular among the boys, and excited much competition on the highest form. A DUEL was fought in Nottingham-park, on Thursday, between two youths, who had quarrelled about a girl. Shot after shot passed between them, and one of the belligerents lost a finger, and the other received bullets in his arm and , and through his hat. About eight years ago a singular occurrence, in which two schoolmates were the principals, took place on the same spot; but on that occasion no injury was inflicted. CALCULATING MACHINE.—A remarkable machine, for the purpose of abstruse calculations, has been sent over to this country, and deposited, for the present, at the Royal Society in London. It is the invention of a Swedish gentleman, named Schutz, who has, it is said, expended the greater por tion of his property in the operations necessary to bring his invention to a successful issue. This machine, which may be seen in full operation, will compute all the logarithms in Hutton's Tables, by the simple turning of a handle, and with out the possibility of error. It not only does this, but it Prints them and stereotypes them, The arrangements of the various portions of the engine are admirably planned, and the mechanical contrivances models of beauty and simplicity. ¢' [JULY 3, 1855. GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. THE EARL OF CALEDON died ors Saturday. 0 16 maT T nn h d e Eer M n.ien o w. r e n mh il ee i t r fr. o P p o o s li t t , M. SOYER reports fro as in na it is said, £400,000. by government are bountiful. ke ell A SEA eagle, weighing 81b. 20z., was killed by a gan i on Berwyn mountain, in Wales, a few - days ago. aaea ti THE Pays attributes all the insurrectionary move'" Spain to the influence of Russia. „ ie et ycat Generaltle Scutari,a s la t r h k a S e t i t ni t c h o p s e s t o p t n r h o i s e v c i the s it i. city n e s z i f : p i : I d A PROPOSAL for a general and permanent enCaslP7 Salisbu ir ry AK P E la ß in w h i a t s h b a een m a o ld t r a es ch se e d atnodLobread r P d ar o m a s p, r pm e a j i A Q Tuesday to give evidence bef ore th e I n solvent Court' seeo SEVERAL members of the aristocracy gave an concert in London on Thursday. edbY lire a cabinet-maker's bßiOnPeEt.a m a a r ke to es th s e ho v p al i u n e s o h f o tl ed o l ooo tch, iLvoasnddoenst,roolyi 1,105.dr:e1; MR. ALDERMAN KENNEDY and Mr. Alderman ° been elected sheriffs of London for the ensuing Y ear 'ec tl ),;: ON 'Wednesday, the water was admitted into thetberia:i constructed for the Commercial Dock Company at 1 1° 4e w fiTs MR. THOMAS Woo D , f ormer l y an a ld erma n of eat,' for many years chief-clerk at the Guildhall Polieeasa .' 1 e on Sunday, after a s h or t b u t pa i n f u l illness. the r l t at THE government is abo u t t o add i s . aetlay to - t he soldiers employed before the enemy, reckoned from the soldiers land in the Crimea. ,°' Tien Calcutta, 84 guns (sailing ahip), Captain sistairic Js ford, is under sailing orders to eroeted to the 1 3 r_ ~ sea portion of the armament of the floating batteries , 6 ' j i now on board. AMONGST the notices of marriage at the Leice ste re:4 l Guardians recently, was one i n which the couple We ': el l year l s ß e H ac r h, o a:d m a cr n ic o ß ti o ie , r oifn Foulis,which t ß he art reep ., ec tive og st yli SIR has - bequ e ,i D ir estate of Milton, in Ross-shire, to found a free sellooise for the education of th e c hild ren o f tradesmen iglus, RI the town. trOOP S O OO A LETTER from. Odessa states th a t a dditional - , - ,,,,,e daily expected there; General Luders h av ing re ee e :;to to send forward a' part of his regular troops wil°`"4 . , e / order to form a corps between the Dneiper t o r Large supplies of provisions were being forwarded to the Crimea. s AN eminent pri n t se ll er comp l a i ns i n the e'lleeaaorg/tiliea, certain parties in London have bought plates f r° . - ..P Y a? lishers after these plates-have been c om p ara tively l ' Pasa , printing; the lettering- has been taken o u t, and th e re al:: been reprinted on I n di a paper w i t h out letters, asaLl.-11iP by auction in every large - town in the kingdom - a proofs. t. ;ne d O J ,,t TFIE AUSTRIAN GOVEHIPMENT has de t erm ined c :ea ve s , measures to remove the obstacles to the navigs," l A', mouth of the Sulina, and to protect neutral vesse4efe s ;a: ingly, one of Lloyd's steamers-iieto be stationed ts; r is a se vessels, and an employe of the - consulate of as bl the:',le' sent to Sulina to act as consular agent, and to IP"' merits required for navigation to all the vessels ,pea 'nand them. .ls,', l 'att l Ma. TINNEY, returning to Lond on th roug h ii( t ic ' at i :; with a "through ticket," presumed to clear id a ss air", charges whatever for porters and atewards on boarnsePot,rv„, was not permitted to land for two houts, the mar; 0 0 fa. an additional fee of ls. 6d. For this illegal detesliat ° e a: of trespass was brought, and the jury gave a veijawa e a; Iu the Court of Exchequer on Tuesday (Tinney r. tee!. an attempt was mad e t o se t as id e thi s verdict oi l .fed i' of excessive damage s; b u t th e cour t d ec li ne d t o is" . at - l MRS. Dkx.raa, the America n l ec t urer, failing'i le ttl f. P e. tempts to Bloomerise the women of England, has Ositielao . tralia. On the 27th of Feb. she was- lectining is, r aeet t Judith, the slayer of Holofernes —"with arauraen' a me.V j sions on the mission of women." The report eaas -- •0 Tb e e t 'I was slightly Bloomered—nothing outreshowever. J oe , i' were a little shorter than those usually worn ;• S ° 0 0. 8 , graceful shape-replaced the customary bonnet.' o ar ensemble, albeit somewhat theatrical, Ives by a' erili graceful." of se a r s!! THE Virinow of the l a t e Ad m i ra l Boner is ' ' ''' t tifie, ftom an accumulation o f m i s fortunes. The first ° Ile the death from chole ra o f h er nep h ew, a t Balakla°;, ts'i he t followed by the decea se , f rom th e same cause , of a n't / at s "elf The next intelligence- she received was to -the et i g rP„se 4 , house in the country h a d b een b urn t t o th e gr ow" the'ree had she been mace acquainted with this fact; whe s et at;a l of Messrs. Strahanrs- bank deprived her of an :lif e ess . / lesathan £30,000; and, to crown all her misery', se ang sa a son before Sebastopol, who, it is expected, canno t ' 4 are t ,'o' Oeern a clockmak,errs shop in one of the - Pri seiP e 'rias,, la id Marseilles is a superb. Chinese figure, which, ," e i,,bea d e , hand-a heavy hammer, strikes the hours on a ew e oo 01 11 3' 1 feet- Recently, a painter, perched on a ladder, _w r bed _„ael gilding the robeeof the figure, and, wholly atT ° epre' sr task, ftiled to notice• when the hand of the cloes.'4ssoiabiA one of the hours of therdial, The Chinese - rais ed ' suc h es ',' 4 struckeen the head of the unfortunate workres. n h a las c e a# with the , hammer that the poor fellow lest - Ins 1 e fa: et fell with' the ladder into th e m iddl e o f the street. r,, • Thel re all not fatal, and bating th e blow from the ha innle 0 0 escaped:with a few braises. w ell 1 9 e is - S O 4 I THE' REV. GEORGE. MILLER, whose nara usa. . roae nt 3 , be tl in connection with the Bristol Orphan t a u 'had 1: 2 0 public an interesting fact. A servant' a e tor earelsl, oo, e aep in the habit of giving -him a guinea a year with ''' ASylure, and recently she waited • sionalY ul ee she bestowed as a gift to the no , imeans e,-she ee l, t . 0 , 12 I prised, he inquired how,with her sna a ' savings 4 " e o ai i s4 . ; on ira .. o pera-W a 0 , such an offering, when she said it was the . . ifor he i rase j ,, , life, whibh she had aecuinalated as a provi. l -0 a,t9tant refie f ili By the legacy of a small annuity from a ~ t harese was n ow p l aced above . the fear of want, alase se - opie al, sseeieea as -wee Lee .0„..4-.. a.. a. see,. . uetOC e , a.`aateetet' a T,,,, , ,1 0 1 THERE is a family in humble circumstances 0." o c;11 1 At e 0' ; bearing the ancient royal name of Planta g e ne t, th ° t aes"' e f s is commonly corrupted into Plant, we suppose for aic ieSi 0 0 breVity. There is also living in the town the , _Y s ialess." baronet, who earns a precarious livelihood called t ~ Yky 17 1 0 charing. She is sometimes facetiously estate D Her uk e la of t throu g h m h u o sb t a g d u ' g ambling, e s ; grandfather, ana poor that he died in the parish workhouseeT" ho 'a e llosr7e, , , W the barren title to thelate William song ae . the P rec ' e s i e,i tF humble occupation of n sawyer. '" His ."'-- r i cs , wile" William a emiarated some years since to A..lue e said, he-is doing well.—Leicester Merc'ctrs' 4- cov aell e ? da St T r y a:h E n an ti , F l P t i o a u :u tu r o K a r z ro nt . ° L „ I ~,, STRAHA.N, PAUL, ' 45 , 1 ,1 13 ' OD - r il : r (W te Lea we e re sda a y g ), ai a n ith r o ein sea a h nurhe' e l e is seqse t ee ' rc pression seems to be that they will escape , ° , 1 , 1 to tsl.fse bee, from the criminal charge against them,owl'.jaa bite `t calities; of the act of parliament under which '' eli t ila i , ; :, arraigned, . This result, however, is not at Pee s ee le',;e. tain. . Should it occur, the only authority to tae ~ra• o? their-offenees will be the Court of Bankrallart o 'ea anleisdi: oaisi S i , a r fttheer Johniviaa s vir N . ~.d s o ; pv i l i i re a un c l h io:o: l nio o s i i ia t i iii s o i missioners . have , power to refuse a certiiicat i e e e l e he ..e,e, who has contracted debts by f rau d, an d the ejaieseeb fusel entitles any creditor to cause the, be . 0 11 1 ' at e rested - and imprisoned. He cannot then obts 1 • 0 0: a , „ 0 under a year, except by order of the court:eel' e c t rl Pa. . p the r se . Nzw.:DESCRIPTION OP POULTRY.-- Sule',„t n o,, e p. Russ:ea-new kind of domestic fowl has-been w,, o ece'ea d a England from the Black Sea, and is likely to P' It l'',,a 1 7of able rival to the Shanghai and Cochin China• p o the`jate;'Ss large as the barn-door fowl ; is crested; has„ s ' the, se' r ! its colour generally is all white or blacla—win c al"; c elsi a raven hue, and glossy. This bird nbr i ce is od - setyh p etsse:_to gi tte ` ;:t ' Avii ,ie eo i ,l movements-are very lively. bpiir l sro t dsje s erc m eatcr o teas st stzo d ai istingul 9 p a theq s t j is, however, in the arrangement of the tail r' 2 4 r( ls , ara , downatailless, ate-verybi r a dna.dnfe Several lie and c h / when a oi d ft t s o t o hi n i t ee h o sa t e e d body, where they have been landed from the war trl' lls- A `,OO -- 0 , 0; Ar the London Guildhall, on Tuesday, '',,aela, k'e a ', Davidson and Cosmo William Gordon, who a ,"'•,ty, a' n t '',P, business in Cousin-lane, and Mincing-lane, -- „„a ' top . , merchants, and metal and colonial broaers, at- th e j, „e a ; Ham-lane, Essex, as distillers, .were placed fro u berr ''',,, examination relative to further charges ,°b tee i c l 9,' PI accused have already been committed on La o f i . favil, fraud wider the Bankruptcy Consolidation Act that Air Peter Laurie, the presiding magistrate, sa ld f , a telS a sareer grave character and great- extent of the 1 .0• Cr' before him, he had directed:the City Solicitor , ~ 1 'he l p, case at the Old Bailey. lie ; believed the funds M l ee d v e ration could not be more. legitimately exPe ll e ase , or tecting the interests of the trading cornra u 'i o seo . ti' not being yet matured, for hearing, the se „ s e, a mended for a week. , fa a, , e/ ~ c ols' hi , nvd A e astcana ligl devoted sesa not of fonto c hit o ne m ctmen n communication n i rhaneied e an existed still a4v t i v . ° logf i 1 01,10 r , b r t :13.0:01 de i lc i s o : c 1 leurce-oet4oiri:goe, ~ fact;al.4loobeoi,i ci. : , iefr oi. yoot , 1 0,0 IN connection with the project of a sal' ) e a e s eaata° e l Isthmus of Suez, which M. de Lesseps in 11 " eaet l: ll9,lKa Paris to make the arrangements for e° lll o ,4 l i - o •ea' o ar, interesting particulars are reported. The line_ o rts l d i fti t io/ 1 , out for this canal was from Tineh to Suez, tir o of di aas t at; of the isthmus ; but this, from a congrega ti 0 3 orpoii not then sufficiently studied, and from data. r y d t o rt t , _ l ::,,, erroneously founded, it was deemed nice of 1 ; 1 / 1 4 - kfe„ r ps and the authors.of the project now approce en e e l/eY, CV ' t ae o api f elrd E i gypt have decided in preference of thee i r lea e t pill' d neap Cairo. od an bd exclusivelyut plan now proposed. The ancient canal,. P„ 0,0" ; at ° ity,' 6 o but little depth of water. The projeete 4 'The to '` . ... c 1 V admit the passage of large ships of war. cave ~r e eS'',3 i .,): 1 sists in finding the means of feediag the be s " r ocs r e 'esee.' necessary for large ships ; and, after eiste l „; , Tee P eee e at'iet' been found that the water cannot so res d l twis t a of t _. Ile the two seas as had been conceived, si: ..o se ate7 er eie r , ,:, be more easily and convenient/3 , had to to n , to e ses s a ao ; for that river has been ascertained, conteAe:t of t' l e 0.,e to have an elevation considerably above us - . .....Tle. ae je a t t 'i Sacit T a Ti, os o t l i :te d ;,!;; . THE CONSERVATIVE LAND quarterly meeting was held at Fel eti , e .. reto rt al P,shd.7, Viscount Ranelagh in the chair. Tn . e tnae ntsog t of ~ deuce of onward progress, increased ir"" e e d estaa - aele al 0 ti , extension of building, on the allotte eensi d e raP f la e ,ja ai the Old Ford, Retford, Alford, and a The sale s ° tot: 11 014 Malvern Estates, had been soh , . ma king 8 00 . 4. quarter amounted to £6,427 1 0 s. , xia a ell 1 ca aajaat 12s. 4d*; t ot a l, !+1 cashcommen receiptscena en to t o i, a t d t y h - e day, society, iss 5 , ° oi f r7e Lady-day to Midsummer, £l 2 , ~.. „ re gress , of th Sts i a, 2s. 10d. The total shares issued —la a pleted, 1,584 ; total, 11,042. uneeerosaor, o' i i ; exercised already, leaving 2,290 after the dr el 3 1 5 tr: number to be placed by senority first allot , d un der Os • ):V the Brighton estates, had been s „ a , o f ju a. ev e do , t a vantageous circumstances, on the I"' lease d for t a a ale i l l ,4 estate several lots, which had been v hi e a vaaaa o ea o tiV e i nAt e l . ed ; se to nio ri r g it h y t , s 9osf3c;horoetz_edrsel—.o2l3coimaatiled- d .seed dn . e fl i iilo ? ,, l a B t 2 g 2 r . oun T d he re H nt o s u o n f sl x ce s v, e a a n ch d , remainingared to the T r red cof; i Reading estate, which would be 0 . The rel%tiolims:, same time, on very favourable te n rifiS B e gisaa i aea: e cl , S the approaching proceedings _i. the c had bf e e t o s s n a i , e _th be e fr s e pl: the s ', formerly, free of expense; holdi ng subdi sub-division s er i ci o gt : h i dt' o s and _ conveyan ces_ en tiq ile le ~ the necessary instructions a 3 11 ttees who ar t c e d oa the 4 he a 0 the solicitor's in time by t . an cow men 0 p a ti ,e„,, , freehold franchise. The chauen which would be conducted by d the l ie d that h p 1 0 ~ , I , ‘ o ie ,,, tY n Ytt r i L e nZ. lsat' r es e il o e ; Id tale su rala the and, t the thrice-to _ , y ness to repeat was secondea e success." The motion alien. Bourke, and carried by acciane in moving its adoption, remar ed ° We fownout someh s t be n d f a yt:ffeeTr ehderlheltle rte1e6t,:61:153 ;11'; °I ' iiE 08Y; si <