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3werage loncof CON finallf, NELS, aired in it to be tuate 14 I Parish. ,ecifica- E 9 q . ' )Bice of mwick' 3 apl3l.i -sent la instant, Paving accept' yes th e d sat re ' ° I bey inc i the Ovea Ui F THE E PE o, price E NA; gy, and o, prig , Fleet- 10 an d rHEOS I. A l ' ' ; CH' S)* WARS .. TALK' ed nu, DING, er a es DDIN'G ° he Pr' o6 et , 'uides ‘- 't will be er for the ra dire ct ' .he Paper cOnta in° ' COST nor aro Eng rore been iher mat price the I may made to r this sic" —of CaP: ng to saY!, Y, and t 139 Ilelee'''. ine.cour tf )ING, 14° :, GRAO,,:ii pool ; a" f ) 0 ing 0. 0 gdoin Id and # glass l i t solved ...r h vibi c a 15t y , the., is ye, 344. issecSel l'u• •of per dor s e i'of 4 c lo%• per 0 , t 5 0 Pe al log oa l os l os oa oa o 6d Pr rail Od Os Oa 105 Oil 55 i t 265 6a 041,e Metsl Td Dark' ewerage .TOTICE, CON to con— ut to be le town, !ably to Ana pre— of the; sionerer tions of at thq To the e of thy. the 22c1 accept !yes the :d Belli. L 4. ......... about a ,ppOSlte v•raad, in pet s Park, iament- Cemple- LING -street, it, £2O, R. L. in the INFes- joining• t would Ily well rst-rati, ,yiag at ______- WAY: RAIL [DERS of an S, over oonger s about dimen gineees 'erpool, must be I of the in con- ;lerk. May 14, 1844. Ekil anteD. TITLE FOR ORDERS WANTED. AGENTLEMAN, with whom emolument is no con sideration, requires a TITLE for the NEXT OR DINATION in the DIOCESE-OTHESTER. • D A ,PriIY to JOSEPH Citisn y Clerical Agent, Commercial "'ad, Gloucester-street, Liverpool. APPRENTICE WANTED. A. YOUTH of respectability, about sixteen years of age, and who has received a good Education, will he take age, as an APPRENTICE to.the Wholesale WINE and SPIRIT Trade. Address C. D., Standard-office. FHOUSE WANTED IN THE COUNTRY. ROM Twenty to Twenty-five Pounds per Month. for •,„,, five months certain, will be given for a well six or HOUSE in the Cou , not exceeding six or Li seven miles from the Li 00l Exchange. Double Coach house and Stabling or three horses are requisite. A. ll possibl e care w ill b e t a k en o f the Furniture, and the Tenant will keep the Garden in good order. c hihtre Iriirqeuifseaett. &l Messrs. WILLMEA and Ines, 32, LIN ER THEPOOL FEMALE ORPHAN ASYLUM. Committee are desirous of having an HONO RARY PHYSICIAN attached to this Institution, and will be gl a d t o rece i ve a pplications for the appoint tnent, on or before Saturday nest, the 18th instant, from Eentlernen willi ng t o o ff er tb e i cser vices, addressed to the resident, JOSHUA. EDWAR - DS, ESQ.. The Election is in the Committee, and will take place on Monday nest, the 20th instant.. HARMOOD BANNER, Secretary and Treasurer. THE SUBSCRIBERS and FRIENDS of the full CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY are respect- Y i °fortlaed that their ANNIVERSARY MEETING . ",;; 1- 1 , , , i 3 e held, (D . NT v in the COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION, Past s il i x l " ) ,l EVENING next, the 20th instant, at Half- The R° clock Ai s ev , Chancellor RAIKES, M.A., in the Chair. o an A nir , , 711RNED MEETING, in the COLLEGIATE NSTITU TION, on T UESDAY M ORNING next, the 21st Instant, at Eleven o'clock precisely. The Hon. and Rev. B. W. NOEL. M.A., the Rev. G. b ISI C ALA of Walsall, and the Rev. J. J. WEIT '4I..ECHT, iiissionary, from Burdwau , N. India, will attend as a Deputat 4 orl eet ,..--- - . Admission to both Mee tings by 'Ticket only, application tor which must ke . „,nat e personally, or by letter, to Mr. PERRIS. Bookseller, 6, Church-street, on the days ap pointed by the Committee, agreeably to the following plan, which will be strictly adhered to. By the Clergy, Subscribers, and Collectors, on THURS DAY and FRIDAY next, the 16th and lith instant, between the hours of Ten and Three o'clock ; and on SATURDAY next, the 18th instant, by all other applicants. Subscribers of £2 2s. Od. entitled to 4 Tickets, for each Meeting, to the Lower Gallery, or, if preferred, 6 to the Body; Subscribers of £1 is. Od. entitled to 2 Tickets, for each Meeting, to the Lower Gallery, or, if preferred, 3 to the Body ,• Subscribers of 10s. 6d. entitled to 1 Ticket, for each - Meeting, to the Lower Gallery, or, if preferred, 2 to the Bod • • Collectors of £5 ss. Od. entitled to 2 Tick e t s, for Body Meeting, to the Lower Gallery, or, if 5).r, j.fepreferred toedpref. 3 to the Body ; Collectors of £2 12s. Od. enti tled 1 Ticket, for each Meeting, to the Lower Gallery, , 2 to the Body ; the Clergy and Committee kets, for each Meeting, to the Lower Gallery, and 2 for the Platform. No Ladies can be admitted on the Platform. The Entrance to the UPPER GALLERY, by the North "NV) Door, op pos it e E verton, w hi c h will lbe opened at a Quarter to Six on Monday Evening, and 'at a Quarter- Past Ten on Tuesday Morning. „ple Entrance t o t h e B ODY or THE HAt.r.,by the South . j. _ mg) Door, oppos i te I s lin gton ; an d t h e E ntrance to the g) and LOWER GALLERY, by the Centre _o.r.arserr,ue y ix S sd h a aav- vi st o r r e n et in , ..both of which will be opened precisely o'clo c k on Monday Evening, and at Half-past Ten t The on a car d, to be sung at the Meetirtgshas been printed each. 7 and - u Flay be had of Mr. PERRIS, at one penny SERMONS IN AID OP ME ABOVE SOCIETY WILL BE PREACHED A, ON SUA DAY NEXT, MAY 19, In th I JONES ST. ANDREWS, Renshaw-street, tSe Moning, at Eleven o'clock, by the Rev. J. the S. M.A. ;i n th e E ven i ng, at H a lf -past Si x o ' c l oc k, Rev.'G. FISK, A.M. In the M OEL ST. AUGUSTINE'S, 'Shaw-street, B. VV-. N orning, at Eleven o'clock, by the Hon. and Rev. A.M. ALL SAINTS, Rose-hill, It In the o rning, at Half-past Ten o'clock, by the Rev. A. o ' clock LLOYD, B.A. ;in the Evening, at Half-past Six clock by the Rev. S. FENTON, M.A. In tll ST. BRIDE'S, Percy-street, ST ElevenE.kMAitorrni,nßi at . 1., o'clock, by the Rev. J. H. 43'n1 "k in the Evening, at Half-past Six , by th e Hon.. and Rev. 'B. W. NOEL, A.M. s v In2 ke iy r S T- , BARNABAS, Parliament-street, T — °rning, at HaMpast Ten o'clock, by the Rev. D. of St. Bride's. ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S, bnotvhez/tRIor, m nin t at Half-past Ten o'clock, by the Rev. G. In the Even' CHRIST CHURCH, ing, a a -past o t If clock , by the Rev. } MGR M'NEILE, A.M. ST. CLEMENT'S, Windsor, M In the "orning, at a Quarter to Eleven o'clock, by the Rev. H. CARPENTER, M.A. ; in the Evening, at Half past Six o'clock, by the Rev. , ROBERT DAVIES, M.A. ST. DAVID'S. In the 'Afternoon, at Three o'clock, by the Rev. J. J. WEITHRECHT, M.A. ; in the Evening, at Half. pa s t Six O'clock, in Welsh, by th&Rev. WM. JONES, M.A., of Bidwellty. ST. GEORGE'S, Everton, In the Morning, at a Quarter to Eleven o'clock, by the Rev. G. FISK, M.A. ; in the Evening, at Half-past Six o'clock, by the Rev. J. J. WEITBRECHT, M.A. EVE RTON C H APE L, In the Morni ng , at Half-past Ten o'clock, by the Rev. W. CHAWNER, M.A. ; in the Afternoon, at Three o'clock, by the Rev. J. H. CROWDER, M.A. ST. JOHN'S, In the M orn i ng, at Half-past Ten o'clock, by the Rev. W. FALLOON, M.A. In the 'Morning:, at a Quarter JUDE before Eleven o'clock, by W the Re v , J . J. EI TBRECHT, M.A. ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, BAST Morning, at Eleven o'clock, by the Rev. J.. HAS , M.A. . . JOHN THE EVANGELIST, Hope-street, Ln the Evening, at Half-past Six o'clock, by the Rev. "WS- MACGILL, M.A. ST. JAMES'S, P ar li amen t- s t ree t, n the Mornin lii t Eleven o'clock, by the Rev. HENRY Six A. in the E /ening, at Half-past °k, by the Ray. W. W. EWBANK, M.A. In n ST. LUKE'S, "c▪ 'I47I3 ANIC, —e M oring at Eleven o'clock, by the Rev. W. 'W. n ST. dg MAY'S. Ee-hill, In th e Morn' at Half ast Ten o'clock, by the Rev. F. 134 / I KER, MA. , ST. MARY'S, Kirkdale, lo the Morning, at Half-past Ten o'clock, by the Rev. E. A. MARSHALL, M.A. MARINERS' CEIURCH, In the Morning, at Half-past Ten o'clock, by the Rev. D. MORRIC, M.A. ; i n th e Af ternoon , a t Th ree o' E clock, by the Rev. WM. MAYNARD, M.A. ST. MARK'S, In the Morni at a Quarter to Eleven o'clock, by the Rev. D. JAMES., M.A.; in the Eveuinc, at Half-past Six o'clock. by the Rev. B. A. MARSHALL, M.A. ST. PAUL'S, In the M orn i ng , a t Half-past Ten o'clock, by the Rev. R. DAVIES. M.A. ST. SILAS, Pembroke place, In the Morning. at a Quarter to Eleven o'clock, by the Rev. HUGH M`NEILE, M.A. TRINITY, St. Anne-street, In the Morning, at Half-past Ten o'clock, by the Rev. H. H. HIGGINS. M.A. ST. THOMAS, Toxteth-park, In the Morning, at Eleven o'clock, by the Rev. W. BUTLER, M.A.; in the Evening, at Half-past Six o'clock, by the Rev. W. BUTLER, M.A. ST. THOMAS. Se; forth, In the Morning, at Half-past Ten o'clock, by the Rev. W. RAW SON, M.A. WEST DERBY, i n the Morning, at Half-past Ten o'clock, by the Rev. S. '; ROUTFLOWER, M.A.-. in the Afternoon, at Three ° clock, by the Rev. THOS.'TATTERSHALL, D.D. ST. ANNE'S, West Derby, IP' lI t„b e Morninz, at H H alf-past Tea o'clock, by the Rev. T. EDHEAD, M. In the CHRIST CHURCH, Waterloo, I °roing, at Half-past Ten o'clock, by the Rev. F. ~ RR Y, B.D, tltb e NT _ ST. MICHAEL'S, Great Crosby, W ALlcil t ninz : at Half-past Ten o'clock, by the Rev. R. In th e WALLASEY CHURCH, NOLA N ° , ri ling, r at Half-past Ten o'clock, by the Rev. T. O' clock, b •in the Afternoon, at Half-past Three Y the Rev. T. NOLAN, M.A. In th e WAVERTREE CHAPEL, teo v ,, e nin l\ - I,M g, at Half-past Six o'clock, by the Rev. J. .A. Th e 13,-, ItQQ D `,,,UBLIC BREAKFAST of the FRIENDS of the bk. k . "L I% as usual, at the ADELPHI HOTEL, on MoN onne,!.t, the 20th instant, at Half-past Eight o'clock. °'CIciet)NESDAY EVENING, the 22d instant, at Seven ~Cuun ., ',,a SERMON will be Preached at ST.MICHAEk i ' I s ' N ORC;.Pitt-street, by the Hon. and Rev. B. T "LA. 2 4_ ON 21IIIISDAY AFTERNOON, the 23d instant, a SER. luv e .1 1 1, 1 be Preached in ST. MARK'S CHURCH, to the .104.11alnedai„issionary Association, at Two o'clock, by the andMesl B. W. NOEL, on The Poll , o,ctrult.l3lozyinEg EVENING next, are the intended d instant,ed t o bbe t hel d Seven: , r ck, a.t the Institution House, Slater-street, for Prayer. Six tIjs,DAY EVENING next, the 21st instant, at Half-past il .W t e 'ic, at the National School Room, Seafort Leven o•oo_,t'lvßstimr EVENI N G, the 22d instant, at S . 1 ,,..c . ( at St. Anne's Vestry, instant erby. . Sch::ll..BnAir EVENING, the 23d ,at Christ Church w e l Litix: l "4 on3 ; E C N -13 I r N is o ti , an th - e st 2 re 4 e th t, j a n t st S au ev t e , n o'clock. ~.. i,x ..'"I 'l At WATertree School. at Half-past ezatration. INSTRUCTION IN FRENCH AND ITALIAN. MDE LA CLAVERIE begs to inform his Friends • and the Public that, having retuned from the Continent, he has RESUMED his TUITION in the FRENCH and ITALIAN LANGUAGES. Terms, &c. may be 16town at his Residence, 17, Great Orford-street, where may be had the best Elementary Works for the Study of the above Languages. LIVERPOOL COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION. VISITOR. The Right Rev. the LORD BISHOP of CHESTER. PRINCIPAL. The Rev. W. J. CONYBEARE, M.A., LATE FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE. rr HE following UNIVERSITY EXHIB ITIONS I. have been founded in connexion with the UPPER SCHOOL of this Institution, each tenable for 31 years, one of which will be filled up Annually, according to the following table:— -•- Will/ IN Lug LKI , Jac • - Eilsttrantr RD t irts. , Name of the 1 Yearly Tenable When what first , Candidates Exhibition. Value. University. va must have cant. entered before -- -- BRITISH COMMERCIAL LIFE INSURANCE The M a.cNEILE I . 0 " Oxford, June , lB4s August,lB44. COMPANY, EXHIBITION. £4O. Cambridge or Dublin. No. 35, CORNHILL, LONDON. Established in 1820. TheGLADSTONE * £3O. Oxford. June, INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT. EXHIBITION. 1846. Feb., 1815. CAPITAL £600,000. ----- I cO r r i ci d g • e June, - ' PATRON—His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex. The MASTERS' August ,1845. DIRECTORS. Sir Robert Alexander, Bart. Sebastian G. Martinez,Et EXHIBITION. £5O. Cam b r idge Thomas Benson, Esq. -Atelili'd>Fred.Paxton,Esl or Dublin. fixed. 1848. iikugust,lB46. John Cattley, Esq. , ---- -- Wm. Henry Porter, Esq. Not vet June John Cox, Esq. ''' I Denzil I. Thomson, Esq. The CANNING* £3O. EXHIBITION.George Green, Esq. I Geo.H.Weatherhead,M.. Sir Robert Alexander, Bart. Sebastian G. Martinez,Esq Thomas Benson, Esq. -Attliti'd.--Fred.Paxton,Esq. -- -- Wm. Henry Porter, Esq. John Cattley, Esq. ,-- John Cox, Esq. '''' I Denzil I. Thomson, Esq. George Green, Esq. Geo.H.Weatherhead,M.D Managing Director—E. Fernie, Esq. Aciaary—J. Goddard, Esq. Auditors—T. Gorton, Esq. D. Grove, Esq. Physician—Septimus Wray, M.D., Salisbury-square, Fleet-street. * The GLADSTONE and CANNING Exhibitions will be probably increased before the first vacancy. Lord FRANCIS EGERTON also gives an Annual Prize of £2l. Two Potter Scholarships and Two Mac Neile Scholar ships (each of the value of £lO 10s.) are annually vacant in the MIDDLE SCHOOL. There are also Two Nomina tions annually from the Middle to the Upper School. Four Molyneux Scholarships and Two Mac Neile Scho larships are annually vacant in the LOWER SCHOOL, each of the value of a free nomination to that school. There are also Two Nominations annually from the Lower to the Middle School. Fees.—Upper School, £2l, (Sons of Clergymen £l6 165.), and £l5 in the Preparatory Class. Several of the Professors And Masters receive Boarders. A detailed Prospectus may be had on application at the College. Bankers—Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co. London THE Directors offer to the Public two modes of In surance,—the one securing a fixed amount without profits, on payment of a low Annual Premium—the other, entitling the insurer to participate in the profits on pay ment of a higher rate. At the septennial division in December, 1835, a"Bonus of £26 Is. 10d. upon the premiums paid was declared amongst the Insurers on the high Scale, and at the:second sexennial division up to December, 1841, another Bonus was declared, averaging £3O 14s. per Cent. on the Pre miums paid. Insurances for one and seven years effected at very re duced rates. One-third of the Premiums on Insurances for the Whole of Life is permitted to remain unpaid for the first seven years, and is then continued as a permanent loan it de sired. Persons going to any part of the world and all special risks are insared at adequate premiums. The Company's Policies are purchased at their full value. Claims are paid in three months after satisfactory proof of death. Tables of Rates, with every information, will be given by the undernamed Agents. By order of the Board. EBENR. FERNIE, Managing Director. LOCAL COMMITTEE FOR LIVERPOOL. Joseph Cooper, Esq. Joshua Henshaw, Esq. ...... Ranelagh-street. James Johnson, Esq.. . London-road. William Geddes, Esq. Temple-place. MEDICAL REFEREE. Thomas Blackburn, Esq., Camden-street. AGENTS. Messrs. SHORTHOUSE and HADDEN, 1, Dale-street. LIVERPOOL LIBRARY. SUBSCRIPTIONS DUE THE FIRST OF MAY. rrH E ANNUAL MEETING of the PROPRIETORS of the LIVERPOOL LIBRARY' will be held, in the LIBRARY. in Bold-street, Ts DAY., (Tuesday,) the 14th instant, at :Six o'clock-In the Evening, to Elect a President and •Commitfe, and to transact other necessary Business. 'THOMAS DWYER, M.A., President. PROSPECTUS OF THE ABERDEEN RAILWAY CAPITAL, £1,000,000, in. SHARES of £2O EACH. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. THOMAS BLAIKIE, Esq., Lord Provost of the City of Aberdeen, Chairman, The Right Honourable the Earlof Erroll, K.T., ;Lord- Lieutenant of Aberdeens;h Arbuthnott, Theßight Honourable the Viscount 'Lord- Lieutenant of Kincardineshire, F ble the Lord ;Forbes, The Right Honourable The Right HonourablzrttieFaret r Kintore, The Right Honourable the L ord Panmure, Th e Provost of Dundee , The Provost of Arbroath , The Provost of Montrose, The 'Provost of Forfar, The Provost of Brechin, Alexander Bannerman, Esq., M.P. for the City of Aber deen, Edward Ellice, Esq., M.P. for the East Fifeshire Btrgbs, of of Bal Scobbach,quhain George Duncan, Esq., M.P. f or D un d ee, The Count Adam, Esq,, Leslie, Captain Barclay, of Ury and Allardice, David Blaikie, Esq., of the firm ,uf John Blaikie and Sons, Aberdeen, Major-General Byres, of Tonley, Newell Burnett, Esq., Aberdeen, Patrick Chalmers, Esq., of Auldbar, Lewis Crombie, Esq., one of the Baillies of Aberdeen, William F. L. Carnegie, Esq., of Spynie and Boysack, Robert Duff, Esq ~of Culter and Fetteresso, Thomas Abercromby Dull', Eq., of Haddo, Duncan Davidson, Esq., of Tillychetly, James Farquharson, Esq., of Invereatild, James Farquhar, Esq., of Hallgreen, Kmcardinshire, One of the Directors of the Union Bank of London, James Farquharson, Esq., Manufacturer, Auchinblae, Colonel Fraser, of :Inverallochy and Castle Fraser, Robert Grant, Esq., of Tillyfour, Convener of Aber— deenshire, Colonel Gorden, of Park, Convener of Banffshire. Alexander Gibbon, Esq., of Johnston. John Gordon, Esq., of Avochie and Drumlithie, Andrew Gammen, Esq., of Drurntochty Castle, John Taylor Gordon, Esq., of Nethermuir, James Hadden, jun., Esq., of the firm of Alexander Hadden and Sons, Frederick Holland, Esq., of the firm of Richards and Company, John Angus, Esq., CityClexk of Aberdeen, William Innes, Esq., of Raemoir, Convener of Kincar dineshire, Alexander Jopp, Esq., Aberdeen, James Kilgour, Esq., of the firm of Gordon, Barron, and Company, Clements Lumsden, Esq., Aberdeen, Alexander Morrison, Esq., of Bognie and Montblt t iry Isaac Macbray, Esq., Torry Farm, Mail Coach Contr tor, Aberdeen, as. John Morice, Esq., of Tullos, Kincardineshire in London,, Merchant Alexander Pierie, jun., Esq., of Pierie and Sons,f the firm of Alexander Henry Paterson, Esq., Manager of the N or th o f Scot land Banking Comp any, Ma j or George Thompson, C.B , Bengal Fairley, Aberdeenshire, residing. i n E ng i neers , o f Liverpool, George Thompson, jun., Esq. , Shipowner in Aberdeen, David Wyllie, Esq., Cashier of the B Aberdeen. an king Company, N RS The Banking Company n in AberdeenßANKEßS. and en and A The North of Scotland Banking Comp any , Aberdeen Branches, The Royal Bank of Scotland and Branches, The Union Bank of Scotland and Do., Edi nburgh, •. } The Commercial Bank of Scotland and D o Sir Richard Carr Glynn and Co., Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, Tritton, and C o ., The Union Bank of London, L o n don, Messrs. Beckett and Company, Leeds, The Commercial Banking ENGINEE Compan ßS y, Liverp oo l, Messrs. Grainger and Miller, Edinburgh, Messrs. John Gibb, and Alexander Gibb, Aberdeen. ARAILWAY, connecting the City of Ab er d een with the southern lines through the populous towns of Dundee, Perth, Abroath, Forfar, Brechin, Montrose and Stonehaven, and the numerous towns and vill ages in' this important agricultural and manufacturing distri c t, has long been anxiously desired, and the land was surveyed as far back as the year 1837 . Th e e x ecu tion of the under taking however , was def e rre d until the chain of ra i lway comm unication should be further advanced. This has now taken place. Railways have been completed or are England en latndrrini of h and thetsoe pr esent uthand linewofest Scot . A fresh survey and estimate having been obtained, the undertak ing has since receive d the sanction of the Noblemen laand nd. Proprietors of the greater part of the lan land projected t o the from he sou t COURT 'OF BA:NKRUPTCY, BABINGHALL-STREET, MAY 1: (Before Mr. Commissioner ronblanque.) IMPORTANT TO LOAN SOCIETIES.--THE INSOLVENT' LAW. 'POINT OF PRACTICE. His Honour said, in an insolvent case which came be fore him this morning, he should take especial care not to allow soticitors .attending on the part of loan societies to oppose ins olvents,kwitbout they appeared properly clothed with authority. It appeared, in the case alluded to, that the insolvent was opposed by a secretary of a loan society, who had deputed a solicitor to attend; but as the pro missory note upon which the money had been advanced was only made out in the name of one party, and the so licitor did not pretend to say that he had been directed by that party to attend, his honour declared he had no locus standi in thecourt. On the other hand, if attending as the representative of the society, the promissory note ought to contain all the names of the partners associated ; but that was not the case, and hence there was a fatal ob jection on that ground. The commissioners were deter mined, his honour-said, to give no facility to loan societies, in the administration of bankruptcy or insolvency, without those societies chose to undergo the ordeal and test of ap plying for charters, and submitting to the pains and penalties therein contained, since it was most certain that .numbers olthemmorked much evil amongthe community. Mr. Sturgeon, who raised the point, said, in one case Which had passed through his hands, a poor cobbler, for an advance of £2, had been obliged to pay two shillings per week, fortwelve months. Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque said, he did not mean to say that the society now seeking to oppose was op pressive in their .charges or proceeding, but of this he was quite certain, that many of them were the engines of ex tortion to those whom they proposed to assist. He was therefore desirous that this determination of the court should be as speedily promulgated as possible. NORTHUMBED.LANt AND DURHAM.—We regret to say that the strike amongst the pitmen in this district still continues, and with no certain prospect of a speedy ter mination. Laying aside the merits of the question, the simultaneous inaction of twenty thousand men, hitherto busily employed in carrying on the staple trade of Durham and Northumberland, is an event that must seriously affect e very minor and subo r di na t e i n t eres t, an d if l ong per sisted in, can produce no other than the most calamitous x esults.—Newcaslle Advertiser. HYDROPATDY.—A most interesting letter appears in the London Times of yesterday, relative to the water cure, and signed by the Earl of Lichfield, Sir G. Webster, Bart. an d twenty other gentlemen of England, including Mas ters of Art, Captains, and others of the first respectability, now resident at Graefenberg, near Freiwalden, strongly recommending the system from their own experience and that of others ; ard with particular reference to the death l a tely of Sir F. Burdett, " which had been erroneously seized upon as a means of deprecating it in the estimation of the British public." They state that it was no wonder a gentleman of the active habits of Sir F. Burdett, of 74 years of age, should die after having used the cure for a short time, and then abandoning it for a new remedy. That gentleman had left it off for several weeks before his death, and when he relinquished it, declared that he had never been so well for many years. "He returned to ha bits (say they) at variance with the cure ; inflammation attacked him—grief for the loss of his wife overwhelmed him—and he died." They do not say that inflammation would not have occurred had he not left off the water cure, bnt assert, from experience, that under it inflammation is rare, and, when it appears, easily suppressed. The sub scribers then enter into a variety of instances of the ex traordinary efficacy of the cure that have fallen under their own observation, or may be otherwise attested. They say, " at different seasons of the last year, 1843, from the Ist of January to the last day of December inclusive, there were at Graefenberg 1050 patients, amongst whom there were but 4 deaths, and it has come to our knowledge that in the last two out of the four instances the patients had come too late to derive any benefit from the cure, an d from the first were pronounced to be incurable by Priess nitz. We believe this report to be unparalleled, not only in hospital returns generally, but even in the ordina r y bill s of mortality." After adducing a number of other facts, they th u s proceed :—We recommend only a fair trial; .. Magna eat veritas et preralebit." For ourselves we have heard, we have seen, we have tried, an d, w hil st most of us consulted very eminent medical practitio ners , an d s t r i c tly adhered to their prescriptions, we hesitate not to say, that though eventually we may not all be radically and entirely cured, yet, without having a particle of me dicine administered to us, many of us have already re ceived more benefit under the water treatment than from anything we bad previously tried. It is s i mp l e , sa f e , s t reng th e ning, neeessarily connected with strict temper ance, and conducive to more equanimity and cheerfulness. They conclude by stating, that while some digeases re quire but one, two, or three months in order to a cure being effected, others require years, and that some few are as incurable by water as by any other known remedy. THE NORTHERN CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOL, FOR THE SONS OE CLERGYMEN & OTHER GENTLEMEN, ROSSALL HALL, NEAR FLEETWOOD-ON-WYRE. VISITOR. The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Chester. PRESIDENT. The Right Hon. the Earl of Derby. VICE-PEESIDENTS. The Right Hon. Lord Francis Egerton, M.P. The Right Hon. Lord Stanley, M.P. The Right Hon. the Earl of Balcarres. The Right Hon. Lord Skelmersdale. The Right Rev. fhe Lord Bishop of Norwich. The Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of Manchester. The Venerable the Archdeacon of Manchester. The Rev. the Chancellor of the Diocese of Chester. The Rev, the Rector of Winwick. Peer Greenall, Esq., M.P. J. Wilson Patten, Esq., M.P. William Fielden, Esq., M.P. W. Tatton Egerton, Esq., M.P. &c. PROVISIONAL COltilitiThE. The Rev. John Owen Parr, of Preston, Chairman. The Rev. Ellis Ashton, Vicar of Huyton. The Rev. W. H. Brandseth, Rector of Standish. The Rev. Richard DurSford, Rector of Middleton. The Rev. Edward Girdlestone, Vicar of Deane. The Rev. H. J. Gunning, Rector of Wigan. The Rev. Charles Hesketh, Rector of North Meols.. The Rev. William Hornby, St. Michael's. The Rev. John Hull, Vicar of Poulton. The Rev. R. M. Master, Incumbent of Burnley-. The Rev. J. Streynsham Master, Chorley. The Rev. R. Parkinson, Canon of Manchester. The Rev. R. B. Robinson, incumbent of Lytham. The Rev. James Slade, Canon of Chester. The Rev. J. W. Whittaker, D.D., Vicar of Blackburn. Peter Bourne, Esq., Liverpool. Thomas Clifton, Esq., Lytham-hall. Daniel Elletson, Esq.., Parrox-hall. J. Nowell Farington, Esq., Worden. Joseph Fielden. Esq., Witton. T. R. Wilson Ffrance, Esq., Rawcliffe-hall. E. G. Horoby, Esq., Castle Park. George Jacson, Esq., Barton. John Master, Esq., Croston. Lawrence Rawstorne, Esq., Penwortham. The Rev. Sr. VINCENT BEECHEY, Incumbun of Thorn. ton and Fleetwood, Hon. Sec. prolem. CLEMENT ROYDS, Esq., Rochdale, Treasurer. BANKERS. Messrs. PEDDER and Co., Preston. Messrs. DENNISON and Co., London. ri HE above School is to be founded upon nearly the same principle as that of the School for , the Sons of Clergymen and others at Marlborough, but With a lower annual payment for'the sons of laymen, and a smaller nomination fee. The management is placed in the hands of a Council of twenty-four, •composed of the principal clergy and laity of the neighbourhood ; of whom fourteen shall be clergymen, and ten laymen, with power to fill up vacan cies. Seven of this number shall have power to act in Committee. The Bishop of the Diocese shall always be the Visitor. The system of Education will resemble that in the School connected with King's College, London, and in the Marlborough School, and will consist of systematic Religious Instruction, Sacred Literature, Classics, Ma thematics, Modern Languages. Drawing, Music, &c. A donation of £25, the holding of two £25 shares, fully paid up, will entitle the holder, or donor, to one r nomination. A donation of £ 5O , or the holding of four shares of £25 each,,will constitute the holder, or donor, aLife School Gove on hisrnor, an matn d n e o ntit in leh io. Shares to ''bear mto haveal t wls a o r nePupil in the not ex ceeding five per cent. interest out of the clear annual profits, and to be paid off as soon as possible. Such pay ment, however, not to destroy the right of nomination during the life of a Governor. Pupils so nominated, and Sons of Laymen, will pay £4O; if Sons of Clergymen, £3O annually. The number of Laymen is not limited. An easy method of paying the Nomination Fee, by in stalments, during the early years of a pupil, upon the principle of Life Insurance, is provided for the Sons of Clergymen after the first opening of the School, and Pupils thus admitted will pay only £25 annually during the first eight years of their residence at the School. The pay ments, in all cases, to include every expense exc e pt B oo k s. The Provisional Committee are happy to state that the Bishop of the Diocese has expressed his entire approbation of the above Institution, which will, it is hoped, prove highly beneficial to that class of society whose wants it principally aims at supplying. They trust it will be seen that in carrying out this object, they have not studied the private advantage of any individuals, but solely .the in terests of the Clergy and the public at large. The same motive has entirely guided them in the selection .of a site. They have felt that to raise a building expressly for the purpose would occasion a larger outlay of capital than they are likely to obtain by the low rate of nomination which it has been deemed expedient to adopt ; and, they therefore, propose to avail themselves of the offer of Rossal-hall, the seat of Sir P. H. Fleetwood, Bart. This mansion is eminently adapted to the purpose, on account of its size and situation. It has many suites of rooms, and very convenient offices. It is situated on the sea shore, in a very healthy and retired part of the coast .of Lancashire, with good sands, meadows well-adapted for play-grounds, and very productive gardens. It is two miles from Fleetwood, in the parish of Poulton-le-Fylde l and accessible by railway and sea from all the manufactur ing towns in the North of England, from the North of Ireland, the Isle of Man, and Scotland. In addition to • former vessels, first-class steam meesels now run twice a week to and from Dublin, thereby enabling students to keep their terms at that University with great facility. At a MEETING of the PROVISIONAL COM MITTEE, held at PRESTON, on TUESDAY, the ith instant, the Rev. H. J. GUNNING, Rector of Wigan, in the Chair, It was Resolved, That the sum of £5OOO being now subscribed in Dona tions and Shares, the Committee consider themselves authorised to take steps for the opening of the School, as soon after Midsummer as the arrangements with respect to the house and Masters will permit. That a General Meeting be held in Preston on Wednes day, June 12th, at Three o'clock in the Afternoon, when the Bishop of Chester has kindly consented to take the Chair, for the purpose of affirming the above Resolution, and such others as may appear necessary for carrying it into effect. That the Committee are now prepared to receive the names of Gentlemen, being in Holy Orders, and M.A. at least of the Universities of Oxford or Cambridge, who may be desirous of filling the situation of Head Master. The Salary will be upon a graduated scale according to the numoer of Scholars, but not less than £6OO per annum, with apartments. The Education is expected to be such as will qualify the Pupils for the Universities, and the Testimonials must be sent in to the Secretary, if possible, before the expiration of the present month. That Clement Royds, Esq., of Rochdale, be appointed Treasurer to the Institution. That the Treasurer be directed to request payment of the Subscriptions forthwith—the same to be paid either into his hands, or those of Messrs. Pedder and Co., Preston ; or Messrs. Denison and Co., of London ; to the account of the Northern Church of England School. That the thanks of the meeting be given to the Chair man. All applications for Prospectuses or Nominations to be addressed to the Secretary, the Rev. ST. VINCENT BAUCH EY, Thornton Parsonage, near Preston, by whom also Donations and Subscriptions in support of such 4 Public School for our Rural . Districts in the North wil l be thankfully acknowledged. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. (E. 5D fr . TO SMITHS. WANTED, a quantity of SMITHS' ASHES, for Footpaths, delivered at the New Park, Birkenhead, or at Woodside; also, a quantity of good fine GRAVEL. Address to Messrs. Siotrtii & CHAPMAN, Contractors, care of Mr. OSBORNE, Bookseller, Chester -street, Bir kenhead, stating price per cubic yard, and quantity that can be supplied. XIOOWANTED, to extend a very profitable Busi ness, at present doing £3 per week, for which a third of the profits waldlie given. Apply by letter, 'addressed to A. 8., Standard-office. LIVERPOOL EASTERN DISPENSARY. THE ANNUAL MEETING-of the :SUBSCRIBERS to this DISPENSARY will be held To-MORROW, (Wednesday,) the 15th instant, at One o'clock, in the Board Room of the Parish Office; in Fenwick•street, to receive the Report of the - Proceedings of the preceding year, and'to elect the officers for the present one. A. HENDERSEN, Hon. Secretary. 'SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAILWAY. THE - SCRIP SHARES in the above undertaking are ready to be Exchanged for the Banker's Receipts•on applicetion to M. WOTHERSPOON, :7, India Buildings. GLASGOW, DUMFRIES, AND CARLISLE "RAILWAY. 1 fTE SCRIP SHARES in the above undertaking-are •ready to be Exchanged for the Banker's Receipts on application to M. WOTHRSPOON, 7, India Buildings. to be traversed, and a large portion of the Capital has been subscribed within the district. From a consideration of the route and length of the Line, it will be seen that the whole traffic of the various Railways throughout the south and west of Scotland must, in its progress to Aberdeen and the northern coun ties, fall into and be conveyed along this line. The length of the line is sixty-six miles, including branches. Commencing at the harbour and wet docks in the centre of Aberdeen, it proceeds by the villages of Cove, Portlethen, Skateraw, and others, to the county of Stonehaven : thence through the fertile district of the M'earns, near to the villages of Drumlithie, Auchinblae, and Laurencekirk, by Marykirk to Brechin, and having a branch to the docks at Montrose. From Brechin it is proposed that the line shall be continued to Friockheim on the one hand, forming there a junction with the rail ways already finished to Abroath and Dundee, and the Edinburgh and Northern, through Fife ; and, on the other hand, to be continued to Forfar, where it will meet the Northern Junction Railway from Perth through Strath more, thus connecting it with the Scottish Central Line. No tunnel is required on the whole length of the line, the gradients are good, the value of the land is compara tively small, and the works are of a description which can be estimated with certainty. In addition to the experi ence of Messrs. Grainger and Miller and Messrs. Gibb, as Railway Engineers, the practical experience of the latter as Contractors, under the firm of John Gibb and Son, is well known, and will give more than usual confi dence in the estimate of cost. After the most careful consideration of the whole works on the main line and branches, and including the plant, the capital has been fixed at £1,000,000 sterling. The line traversed is very populous, and, besides the other large towns above mentioned, Aberdeen alone con tains 75,000 inhabitants, and is the depot for the supply of the important and wealthy district north of that city with general merchandize. Aberdeen and the other towns on the line are also important seats of the linen, cotton, woollen, and other manufactures. The salmon and other fisheries are of great magnitude. These afford a very large item in the present carrying trade of the country, which the advantage of a rapid transit so necessary to a commodity of a perishable nature will largely increase. This-trade, it is well known, has in lines of railway simi larly circumstanced, proved a source of great revenue. A portion of the country traversed being deficient of stone for building purposes, while the other is abundantly supplied with stone of the finest quality and of different descriptions, a large traffic will thence arise. Its importance as an Agricultural district, in which the finest Cattle are reared and fed in great numbers, requires only to be mentioned to satisfy every one of the large revenue which the Railway will realize from the transit ..af Live and Dead Stock.to the southern markets, to which they are at present driven by tedious and expensive mettf- - UO3S of conveyance. The Grain Trade also forms an im portant jtem in the anticipated receipts. Tables of traffic have been prepared from the passenger and carrying trade, exhibiting a clear revenue o f upwards of £BO,OOO, or of 8 per cent. on the capital of . - €1.000,000, without reckoning on any new branch of trade to be called into existence, or on any undue increase of that at present existing. It is proposed that the stock shall be divided into 50,000 Shares, of £2O each ; and, as the standing orders of the House of Commons provide that 10 per cent. on the sums subscribed shall be paid before a railway bill can be read a second time, a deposit to that amount will be required before applying to Parliament. A deposit of 20s. per share to be paid as the shares are awarded, and the re maining 20s. before the Ist February, 1845. The amount of future Calls to be payable at such time as the Commit tee may direct, and the shares of parties failing to pay the Calls when required, will be forfeited, along with any sums which they may have previously paid. The act will provide that no subscriber shall be liable beyond the amount of his subscription, that no more than £2. 10s. per share shall be called for at any one time, and that there shall be an interval of not less than three months betwixt the Calls. . After the act is obtained, 4 per cent. interest will be allowed upon the Calls, from the date of payment until the line is opened for traffic. If the act is not obtained, the payments, deducting expenses, will be returned. Applications for Shares in the form annexed, may be made to Adam and Anderson, Blakie and Smith, or P. and A. Davidson, Advocates in Aberdeen ; to G. and T. W. Webster, Old Palace-yard, and Johnson, Farquhar, and Leech, 64, Moorgate-street, London, the Parliamen tary Solicitors ; to Clark, Davidson, and Brown, 36, Essex-street, London; Shiell and Small, Dundee; Lou smi and M`Donald, Arbroath; William Gordon, and D. D. 'Black, Brechin; Adam Burness, Montrose ; Alexan der Smart and Kinnear and Monro, Stonehaven ; Duncans and M l Lean, and Gray and Jamieson, Perth; or to the following sharebrokers,—namely, William. Gordon, Ma r ischal-street, Oswald, George, and Co., and James Black and Co., Aberdeen; Robert Allan, John Robertson, and Co., and Pillans and Home, Edinburgh ; D. B. Niven and John Sturrock, jun., Dundee; W. H. Oliphant, Perth ; M`Ewen and Auld, John C. Foulds, and James Watson, Glasgow ; Moore and Gatliff, Huddersfield ; William Walker and 'George Heaps and Co., Leeds ; Railton and Son, Manchester ; B. and M. Boyd, 4, New Bank-builuings, and C. •and J. H. M`Rae, 57, Moorgate street, London. FORSYTH and PRITCHARD, D. and J. B. NEILSON, or }Liverpool. RICHARD SCHOLES, FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. TO THE PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE OP THE ABERDEEN RAILWAY. GENTLEMEN,-1 request that you will allot to me Shares, of £2O eadh, in the proposed Aberdeen Railway, on the terms and conditions of the Prospectus. I shall pay the deposit and sign the necessary deeds when re. quired. Dated at __ the day , of 184.1. Name ... • . OO Residence Trade.or Profession. . . . .,.. NOTICE. A LL Persons having any Claims or Demands against ZIL. the Estate of the late THOMAS ELLIS, Esq., of Hamilton-squat e, Woodside, in the county of Cheshire, are requested to send in their accounts immediately, either to Mrs. Ems, 18, Hamilton-square, or to Wat. JONES, Esq., Mining-offi'le, Chesw; titarrW,same may be exa mined, preparatory t o rEnal settlement thereof ; and all Persons owing any money to the Estate are requested to pay the same to the above parties, who are duly authorised by the Executors to receive them, which will prevent the necessity of legal proceedings. THE RAILWAYS B ETWEEN MANCHESTER AND ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE. It may be asked of us, whilst introducing the subject of these rival undertakings to our readers,—" What in terest have the people of Li ver p oo l i n th e mo d e o f com munication by which Manch es t er i s t o b e connec t e d with the manufacturing towns of A s ht on - un d er - L une and Staly . hridge, neither of which occu py a ver y leading position in the map of the world ? " O ur answer w ill b e this. Very small affairs, in eppearance, lead often to very great results and the settle men t o f thi s apparen tl y unimportantjunction railway will be found ultimately to exercise very . considerable influence u p on th e prosper i ty of an undertaking in which the people c f thi s l oca li ty are deeply interested — viz., the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. We will endeavour to explain how this is to occur; and, in the first instance, briefly describe the rival plans themselves: — The main line of the Sheffield and Manchester Railway passes within about three quarters of a mile of the town of Ashton, and about two and a quarter from Stalybridge ; and was originally intended to have communicated with these two places by a branch of ab out two miles and a half long, running through the former, and terminating in a central part of the latter. Some opposition, however, arising from feelings of local jealousy, occurred on the part of some of the influential manufacturers in the neigh bourhood, who wanted their own locality to be approached by the main line itself , and not merely joined to it by a branch; and from this and other causes, such branch was abandoned as a part of the undertaking. The facilities which it would have afforded, however, at length became so evident , t hat the directors of the Sheffield and Manchester line were urged to resuscitate the project. The branch was again surveyed; the bulk of the land, which belongs for almost the whole length to the Earl of Stamford and Warrington, was contracted for, and the remainder purchased from the respective owners ; and, having deposited their plans and taken the necessary preliminary steps for an application to parliament, the Sheffield and Manchester Company, we believe, proceeded to the actual execution of the works. But here an un expected opposition arose. The Manchester and Leeds Company, whose main line does not even approach Ash ton or Stalybridge, came forward with an opposition branch (!) some six or seven miles in length, (the distance to be formed by the proposed Sheffield branch being, to Ashton three quarters of a mile, and to Stalybridge about two miles and a quarter ;) and after much manoeuvring and stirring up of local influences and jealousies, in duced a public meeting of the inhabitants, called upon the subject of the respective merits of the two branches, to declare that they (who four or five years ago re jected one of them as useless) could now do with both 1 With this declaration to back them the - Leeds Company,--with- their -absurd. scheme, went before parliament as a competing project to the le gitimate line of the Sheffield Company; and—strange fatuity of a public tribunal !—the committee of the House of Commons have, by deciding the preamble of both bills to be proved, in effect given their sanction to THE FOR MATION OF TWO RIVAL RAILWAYS BETWEEN THE SAME TERMINI, AT THE SAME TIME, the one snaking the distance between such termini nearly double that by the other I Under such circumstances, it may be argued that, surely with such an utter hopelessness of a profitable competition by their inefficient line against the better and shorter one of the Sheffield Company, the directors of the Leeds Company will not, after all, notwithstanding their having succeeded before a committee of the House of Commons, proceed to expend the capital of their proprietary by its formation. Such would be the case, were there not an under current at work, and ulterior objects to be obtained by them which do not lie upon the surface. Those objects may, in part, be divined by a perusal of the following paragraph, which appeared in the London Standard of Monday, the 6th inst., so evidently biassed and untrue in statement, that we could scarcely have believed that our respectable contemporary would have given it insertion in his columns. After noticing the fact, which we have already stated, of the preamble of both bills being agreed to, the Standard remarks : " This result is a triumph for the Manchester end Leeds Corn parry, and a heavy blow and great discouragement' to th:; - Sheffield and Manchester, being the second, we believe we ought to say the third, parliamentary defeat sustained by the latter company during the present session—defeats to which it has exposed itself by its manifold attempted inroads upon the territories of its neighbours. At the last meeting of the Man chester and Leeds Railway the chairman stated that that Com pany would not have thought of carrying a line to Ashton in opposition to the Sheffield Company, if the Sheffield directors had not threatened an invasion of the Manchester and Leeds line. Even now the • heffield directors have yet anott•er competing project in hand for the next session, unless, indeed, their past nr.n-suc ess should have the salutary effect of inducing them to pause. Whether this be the case or not, Ashton is wholly in debted to the monopolising schemes of the Sheffield Company, for the possession of two lines of railway to Manchester ; one of which, the Liverpool Junction, will give it au uninterrupted railway communication with the great ports of Liverpool and Hull, as well as with that vast hive of wealth and industry which constitutes the all but continuous town traversed through its whole length by the Manchester and Leeds Railway. The Sheffield directors have been the unwitting instruments of conferring upon Ashton facilities of communication which must add immensely to its importance as a manufacturing empo rium." Now we submit that nothing more damning than this, coming as it evidently does from the Leeds Company, need be urged before the whole house, or as a dernier re sort before a committee of the House of Lords, to ensure a rejection of this Leeds abortion. No sane man can for a moment argue that the towns of Ashton and Staly bridge will be benefitted by being enabled to travel twelve or thirteen miles to Manchester, instead of seven or eight, or by having even the option of so doing. No man will maintain that it can be good for the public that " a heavy blow and a great discouragement" should be levelled against the Sheffield or any other line; or that the Leeds Company should be enabled to enjoy the gratification of having injured a rival, without benefiting the public or themselves. But here lies the real ground of all this glorification; and here we would request the attention of our Liverpool readers. Some two years ago it will be remembered the Leeds Company succeeded in inducing the directors of the Li verpool and Manchester Railway to form a junction line, by the southern bank of the river Irwell to a station at Hunt's Bank, the latter company having an avowed preference for a line to the south of Manchester, which would bring them into connexion with the Man chester and Birmingham, and Sheffield and Manchester lines, and the important towns of Stockport, Macclesfield, Congleton, &c., on the former, and Ashton, Stalvbridge, Hyde, Mottram, Glossop, &c., on the other. We our selves urged bt the time upon the Liverpool and Man chester board the importance of standing out for such southern junction; but it was ultimately ruled other wise, partly, no doubt, in the confident anticipa tion that such southern junction would ultimately be made notwithstanding the existence of the junc tion by the Irwell. Let us see, then, how the prospect of a junction with the railways south and southeast of Manchester is effected by the success of this Leeds and Ashton junction. In the first place, it will be urged against any southern junction that the traffic from Ashton, &c., to Liverpool is provided for by the roundabout line by way of Oldham to Manchester, and thence forward by the Irwell line. There remains, therefore, only the traffic of Stockport, &c., to be provided for; and we speak advisedly when we say that a line will not be granted through the heart of the town of Manchester to provide for this traffic only. So long as the passengers to Liverpool from two important lines were to be accom modated, there was a strong—an irresistible case—for such a junction ; but now there is no case whatever, and as the result of the non-formation of that junction, the lines interested in it must look forward to a serious diversion of their traffic. It is plain, then, that some prompt steps must be taken to prevent an ihaconvenience and an injury so serious ; and to the directors of the Liverpool and Manchester line we can suggest nothing so likely to be advantageous to their interests as a vigorous opposition to this absurd Leeds and Manchester project before the committee of the House of Lords. In the success of such an opposi tion they are vitally interested ; and we trust they will not hesitate in throwing their influence into the scale to prevent this meditated heavy blow and great discou ragement" being inflicted uponla friendly company. ORIGIN OF THE ORANGE SOCIETIES. A good deal of discussion having recently arisen, es pecially in this town, relative to Orangeism, and no little unmerited abuse having been lavished upon it, by some from anti-Protestant motives, and by others, no doubt, from ignorance of its principles, we may opportunely, in order to disabuse the minds of those who have been led into harsh and mistaken motives regarding that loyal as sociation, refer to its origin, and its objects, which latter have undergone no change that we are aware of up to the present time. The authority from which we derive our facts will scarcely be impugned ; for the parties are known to be of the whig school in politics, and therefore unlikely to give a favorable coloring to their account, which ap pears to have been drawn from the most authentic sources. We allude to Mr. and Mrs. Hall, whose account appeared in the STANDARD about two years ago, and has to this day remained uncontradicted. When the French republic, towards the close of the last century, meditated a descent upon the Irish coast, anticipating a rising of the Irish against the British go vernment, and so contemplating the conjunction of Ire land with France, the Roman Catholics of Ulster asso ciated themselves under the title of " Defenders," their avowed object being to terminate the connection between " England and Ireland. According to the authority of a conspicuous leader of the disaffected I r i sh, in French pay, the oath of the " Defenders" was, That they w ill b e faithful to the united nations of France and Ireland." The parties who combined for the opposite porpose—to continue and maintain connectio n with England —were acting upon the defensive whe n the y too k up arms, and afterwards became known as " Orange soci e ti es. " At that time the Roman Catholics could not legally possess arms, and resorted to the p ractice of taking th em f orcibly by night. There was no organised police ; the law was inefficiently administered ; and the Protestants naturally bodies became to prevent alarmed, roamedberies of the arms. From the hours at country in small arme d ength gav e r i se to much which these patrols were made they d er i ve d the name of l ‘ a P n ee Ca p. tholic -Day B°YsTo oppo se thi s system the Ro man organised their attacks, an d t h e quarre ls between the two parties at blood shed. The " Peep-o'-Day-13oys" had no regular sys tem ; the others were perfectly combined, with sins and passwords, and became a most powerful body, extending over portion of the ki ng d om. The i r course was mark a ed outrage, and ev en b y b ar b arous mur d ers , an d large b in 1793 a committee of the House of Lords made a re port on the subj ec t , w hi ch d rew f rom D r . T roy, Roman Catholic Ar c hbi s h op, a pas t ora l a d mon i t i on to confute the opinion th at the v i o l ence o f the b strong e "De fenders" was countenanced by the heads of the Romish church. Some lives having afterwards been lost in en counters between the opposing parties in Armagh, a truce was agreed upon, and a meeting took place in the village of Diamond, at which a Roman Catholic clergy.; man, on the one part, and a Protestant gentleman on. other, bound themselves to D eserve the peace between the parties for a stared period. The Protestant gentle man, after signing the treaty, was fired at on his way home, and his party the next day was attacked by 700 of the " Defenders. , ' Both parties being thus exas perated, assembled near D amond, and a battle took place between them on the 21st September, 1795, but happily before much mischief was done they were sepa rated by the military that arrived the spot. Out of this affray—and others that preceded it—arose the " Orange Institution" ; for the Protestants of Ar magh, and ultimately of all Ireland, formed themselves into lodges to which they gave that name, and which con tinued in that country until a few years ago. It is said that the first lodge was formed in the field where the battle of Diamond took place. According to other and much more probable accounts, a portion of the routed de fenders, escaping into Tyrone, renewed the system of aggression there, and it was more immediately for their suppression that the first lodge was formed, a village cal led Dian claiming to be the first place of meeting. This first lodge consisted merely of yeomen and a few respect able farmers. It was found to be so effective that it was encouraged by the neighbouring gentry, and several lodges were soon formed, with a regular system of rules, for their guidance. None but Protestants were admitted and most of them Presbyterians. United in a cause which. they believed to be a holy one, they always commenced and concluded their meetings with prayer, a custom which continued to be universally observed ever afterwards. Amongst the nobility who furthered their interests were Lords Hertford, Abercorn. Northland, and Londonderry,,. —also the influential families of the Verners, Blackers, Richardsons, and Brownlows. " The institution (say Jur authorities) spread rapidly through the whole of the north of Ireland, and there is at least this fact in favour of its utility , at that time, that the north, from being the most disturbed, became, and has ever since continued, the most peaceable and thriting portion of Ireland ; and during the subsequent outbreak in 1798 was the only part apparently uninjuredby that frightful convulsion." I n 1798, thefirst lodge was formed inDublin. "In after times the as so;iation became one of the most influential and numerous associations that ever existed, extending throughout En gland and Scotland, and even into the colonies. The first lodge in England was formed in' 1808, in Manchester. In 1821, the grand lodge of England removed to London, and held their meeting in the house of Lord Kenyon, in Portman-squat e ; and in 1836 the number of Orangemen in England was stated to be between 120,000 and 140,000." The system of secret signs and pass-words in order to recognise each other whenever they might meet,. and the strict privacy of their meetings, were natural schemes considering the circumstances of their institution, and have given rise to the circulation, by their political op ponents, of many calumnies against them. On this point our authors remark—" It must be admitted that nothing could be more charitable, or breathe a purer or more peaceful spirit, than their recognised book of rules and regulations. It is also but fair to add that the society stood the test of two most scrutinizing parliamentary com mittees—one of the Lords, in the year 1825, and the other of the Commons, 1836, without the slightest impu tation being cast upon it which has any weight with ra tional men." The Orange Society was dissolved (in Ireland) in 1836.. In consequence of the declared with of the Crown, and before an act of Parliament was passed that would inter fere with their proceedings, its dissolution was agreed upon at a meeting of the grand lodge on the 6th of April of that year. All the other lodges. with at least very few exceptions acquiesced, and thus concludes our authority,— " a society of almost unprecedented . magnitude, compris ing a very large proportion of the most wealthy anti in fluential noblemen and gentlemen in the kingdom, and numbering, we understand, above 250,000 members, vb luntarily seperated." In a note appended to the state ment of Mr. and Mrs. Hall we find detailed the ceremo nies observed in making an Orangeman. After some pre liminary dialogue, &c., similar to those adopted by Free masons and others, the candidate having the Bible in his hand is questioned by the Master— " What do you carry in your hand ?" Candidate : " The word of God." Master : " Under the assurance of these wcrtby brothers we trust that you carry it also in your heart. What is that other book ?" Candidate : " The book of your rules and regulations." Master : " Under the like assurance we trust that you will study them well, and obey them in all lawful mat ters. Therefore we gladly receive you into the order. Orange rren, bring to me your friend." The candidate was then invested with the decoration of the order—an orange sash. The chap lain then again repeated a selection of Scripture verses, and the master said, " We receive thee, dear brother, into the religious and loyal institution of Orangemen, trusting that thou wilt abide a devoted servant of God, and a true believer in his Son Jesus Chr st— a faithful subject of the King and supporter of the constitu ion. Keep thou firm in the Protestant Church, holding steadily her pious doctrines and observing her ordinances. Make thyself a friend of all pious and peaceable men ; avoiding strife and seeking benevolence; slow to take offence, and offering none. In the name of our brotherhood Ibi 1 thee welcome, and pray that thou mayest long continue among them a worthy Orangeman,—namely, fearing God, honouring the King, and maintaining the law." The master then communicated the signs and passwords of the order, and the chaplain, in conclu sion, repeated the verse, " Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace and good will towards men." STATISTICS OF MORTALITY. A Quarterly Table of the Mortality of 115 of the dis tricts of England (including the principal towns) has just been published by authority of the Registrar-General, together with tables showing the increase or decrease as compared with former periods. The total population of these districts in 1841 was 6,578,912; the average deaths of five winter quarters (1838-42) was 45,351; and the total deaths in the winter quarter ending 31st March, 1844, were 46,041. The population of Liverpool and the adjoining West Derby district was in 1811 conjointly 310,706, and the mortality of the quarter ending 31st March last was 2,572, being a very small increase on the average mortality of winter in the same districts. In Preston the deaths had decreased. In Manchester, the population of which in 1841 was 192,408, the deaths in the last quarter, ending 31st March, were 1,541 ; and in Salford (population 70,228) 502—rather less than the aver age of the previous five winters. Taking the whole of the 115 districts, the deaths were G9O above the average of the winter quarters of 1838-42; but 400 of the excess being subtracted for the additional day in leap year, 290 of in crease only are left. The population (it is remarked) has been found at all the censuses to be increasing rapidly in the town districts, partly by the excess of births over deaths, and partly by immigration. The population of 59 of the most populous districts in the return increased at the rate of 6.3 per cent. every four years from 1831 to 1841, and it is probable that the increase was not less than 5 per cent. in the four years from the winter quarter of 1840 to that of 1844. The average with which the 46,041 (less 400) deaths in the quarter ending March 31st, 1814, should consequently be compared is 47,619. The metropolis has been less healthy than in previous years ; but the mor tality is not so much above the average as in the autumn quarter of 1843. It is stated that 252 persons died of small pox, which was fatal to only 114 in the preceding autumn quarter. The great majority of these persons were children that had not been vaccinated. Measles and scarlatina were declining. Influenza, bronchitis, and pneumonia destroyed more than the average number in the metropolis ; and their fatality, particularly among the aged, is noticed in many of the reports from the other districts. The deaths registered from dropsy, cancer, scrofula, heart disease, apoplexy, and paralysis were above the average number; those from childbirth, as well as violent and sudden deaths, were below the average. We find here a quarterly meteorological table introduced, compiled from weekly tables supplied by the Astronomer- Royal. This shows, by comparison with Mr. Henry's observations, that the mean temperature of the air has been a little below that of the season. We notice among the districts in which the mortality was higher than the average mortality of winter in the stone districts—Brigh ton, Winchester, St. Albans, Wycombe, Cambridge, Yarmouth, Exeter, Birmingham, Coventry, Lincoln, Wigan, Anglesea, &c. ; and amongst those in which the mortality was lower—the Central Districts of the Metro polis, Cheltenham, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Stockport,. Macclesfield, Preston, Bolton, Prescot, Manchester, Salford, Sheffield, Leeds, Sunderland, Gateshead, New castle-on-Tyne, Cockermouth, and Pontypool. The average of deaths amongst children from small pox ap pears to be on the increase—chiefly owing to the neglect of parents in not resorting to vaccination. MANCHESTER - TURF REPORT. FRIDAY NIGHT. The grand finale to a brilliant race week on the banks of the Dee (doing infinite credit to " The land of my fathers and mine,") is not yet over—we mean the " settling." Thousands have changed hands. Our capitalists have " thrown in"—. rather over the " left." The followers (not a few) of the light weights do come to the scratch as brilliantly as the " Deer" told off the Che s t er Cup. TH% DERBY. 5 to 2 agst The Ugly Buck (taken) 3 to 1 Ratan (taken) (Some hundreds laid yesterday at evens the field v. two.) 10 to 1 Leander 25 to 1 Running Rein (taken) 25 to 1 King of the Gipsies 25 to 1 Akbar 25 to 1 loaian 30 to 1 Mountcbarlcs THE OAKS.—No betting to-day. We have noticed. during the week, a desire to get upon Merope: 12 to 1 in ponies was taken at the subscription room on Tuesday. On Wednesday 100 to 8 was twice, if not more, booked by the layer of the previous day. We call the odds on the field 7 to 1. COURT 2i QUEEN'S BENCH, May 7.—F ARRAR V. D E rlyin February last a rul e f or a new tr i al obtained in this action by the d e f en d ant, on Con ditionpaying the costs of the f ormer tr i al; but the h E d b L e r eo f N n io: OF . defendant had given notice that he was not prepared to pay them. The plaintiff, therefore, had rot proceeded to the new trial, but in this term obtained a rule nisi to dis charge the rule for a new trial, which! came on for argu ment this day. The court made the rule absolute to discbare the rule for a new trial, unless the defendant should, within a fortnight, pay the costs of the former trial, and also bring the sum of £l5O into court to abide the issue of such new trial. HORRIBLE STORY.—A. married woman, residing in Distington, near Whitehaven, previous to last week, suf fered severely for some months past from a pain in the sto mach, and every means adopted far its removal proved of no avail. On Wednesday last, however, during a fit of coughing, she ejected from her stomach a living reptile, about 12 inches in length, resembling the water asp, and has ever since been comparatively free from the pain she had hitherto endured. It is conjectured that the reptile had been swallowed in water when very small, and that it had attained its great size in the stomach of the unfortu nate woman, who had been so long tortured by her etrang • and unnatural lodger.—Carlisle Journal. u rer. ;lerk. 1 I I