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FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. MONDAY Mortar/fa. Tau early part of the past week's parliamentary history is of a character from which the working of constitutional government is not likely to receive much honour ; nor is the theory of ministerial responsibility and parliamentary supre macy much better off in the brief retrospect, which becomes darker and more portentous as the inquiry is pursued further back. Since the commencement of the present session, up almost to the present moment, the chief theme of legislative eloquence has been the incapacity of ministers ; the orna ments of that eloquence have in no small degree been bor rowed from the abundant stores of patriotic denunciation; and the general tone of its declamation has been spiced strongly with threats and rendered piquant with sarcasm which seemed to lend fatal vigour to the ordinary power of its current. From week to week the iniquity of government was expatiated on by honourable and right honourable members of the People's House ; and from time to time the same topic was glanced at and some times insisted on in the Upper House of Parliament. Now notice of one motion, implying national distrust of the responsible advisers of the Crown, caused a disruption of the Cabinet, and the extrusion of some veteran member of its ranks ; now another menaced utter demolition of the general structure. Occasionally the intended expurgation assumed the form of a damaging inquiry, under which was scarcely attempted to be concealed an explosive compound, intended for the disfigurement, if not the absolute annihilation, of the Ministry as a body. Still, as the moment arrived for applying the fatal match, the courage or skill of the intended engineers failed—the fusee was wet, and hung fire, or the " infernal machine" was found to be unloaded. As the time •came for producing the withering exposure, it turned out to be a mere brutum fulmen, and the labouring mountain pro duced, indeed, a very ridiculous mouse. This- unpro fitable game of politics was played with such appa rent earnestness, that each newly-announced coup received an anticipatory credit which the fate of its pre decessors warned against the value of in vain. 'Ultimately, however, the people began to doubt the utility, if not the wis dom, of such frequently recurrent excitement. It was found that the stimulus of political agitation, like too free a use of condiments, is not wholesome—that, while both houses• of parliament rang with the condemnation of Ministers, the busi ness of the nation was condemned to stand still, and practical men began seriously to dislike so great a cry attended with so very small a collection of wool. Such, however, had been the vitiated system introduced by the dangerous habit of stimu lating opinion, that each new production of the• pyrotechnic art contrived, for a time, at least, to arouse attention, if it did not awaken expectation. The performers in mystery of state' jugglery, teo, played their respective parts with such studied adroitness, that some degree of success in the intended manoeuvre was scarcely to be wondered at. The whole arcana of the State necromancers has now, however, been exposed; and it is presumed that what remains of a very unprofitably expended parliamentary session will be devoted to a hasty and crude dispatch of such portions of the national business as cannot be evaded or postponed. A melancholy and unsatisfac tory conclusion this is to arrive at, no doubt, but one which the course of events, and especially recent ones, forces-upon the reluctant vision of even the most sanguine berinver in; Conservative energy. At the conclusion of the week before last, expectation was high throughout the country that the present Government, damaged as it was by the exhibition of weakness and duplieityof Lord JOHN RUSSELL, and a portion, at least, of his colleagues; must come to a speedy and ignominious termination. Coupled with the untoward exposure of truckling, shuffling, and double-dealing in respect to, the late Austrian negotiations, which had been directly fastened upon Lord JOHN RUSSELL, and, inferentially, upon his colleagues, the motion of Sir E. B. LYTTON, which stood for debate on Monday evening, was - looked upon as a test for reducing the Ministry to a display of its true colours, and an inevitable prostration, consequent on its inherent moral weakness. For several days antecedent to that debate coming on, the Cltibs of every political hue were in a state of unwonted ferment. The Radicals were dubious, doleful, and waspish ; the Whigs looked grave, and assumed an air of conscious though unappreciated martyr dom, their countenances saying plainly, " We are sufferers for the public good, yet. no one will believe us ;" the Conserva tives were busy, bustling, and self-satisfied--they made sure that the Baronet of Knebworth was no professional gladiator whose weapon might be arrested at the beck: of a timid or over-cautious leader, but a knight of the true chivalric order, whose lance once laid in rest, he would run his joust in earnest, and which, if shivered in the conflict, he would replace,and continue the strife with falehion and battle-axe till he had vanquished his antagonist, or himself been worsted in the fray. Alas, for the- vanity of human expectations ! The valiant Knight took. his place in the lists without steed or armour, his pennon found no place in the field of contest, and the willing spectators of the ex pected contest were reluctantly convinced that, like all the parliamentary encounters of the session, the - no-confidence motion of Sir E. B. LYTTON had ignominiously ended in a " Cross." True, suspicions of divided views,_ on. the part of the Conservatives, were faintly whispered in,the corridors of. the Carlton, on Sunday morning —these waxed,stronger and received a wider currency as the day wore on. By Monday, at noon, the oracles of the National had it distinctly in their: mouths, that the leaders of the " strong, opposition" wouldt not go into harness, and that for this bout, at least;. the. Conservative" drag" should not be driven to,Downing-street. At these unlooked-for deliverances somuef the gallant listeners chaffed and others fumed ; but they were gently rubbed down—paced about upon varying grounds--remiatled that Mr. ROEBUCK'S motion for the following night could and would be worked to much better purpose in damaging the. Ministry, and that, willy-nilly, there. should be no. Conserva tive display on the faux pas of the. Vienna Conferences. A resolution such as this was too, important to remain a secret. It travelled rapidly from club, to. club, and from those Elusinian temples to the City. _ Long before the evening meeting of the House it was. known all over London, and by means of cabalistic telegraphs had received circulation in many a rural district. Although it was generally understood that no decisive , action would be taken, on Sir B. LYTTON'S motion, it was not exactly known what course of policy might be observed on the occasion—it was also understood that Lord Joan would once more have the honour of explaining a portion of the Ministerial programme of cross-purposes, in the carrying out of which he has so frequently, and more particularly of late, borne so conspicuous a part. This expectation and that un certainty bad the effect of " drawing," and, in theatrical phrase, so far as those "in front" were concerned, the per forrnances were honoured by a bumper-house. The parts assigned, and the same set, the farce, for it hardly amounted to the dignity of comedy, began by his lordship informing the House, amidst shouts of laughter, that "for some time past events had been complicated and perverted !" This novelty of statement he repeated, and the fun of its repetition, added to its unexpected newness, so completely took the audience by surprise, that it was once more hailed with an explosion of merriment. Having thus established what is called a good understanding with his audience the accomplished and expe rienced actor proceeded, with his well-known ability, to give an explanation in which nothing is explained. He stated and retracted—withdrew his retractation, and restated his original averment—at each turn of his rhetoric taking care to unsay all that he undertook to prove, concluding by a pathetic appeal to his established reputation and a deep cutting sar casm upon those "false, fleeting, perjured" friends whom he took care to say fell from him, and were like water, Never found again But when they mean to sink ye— a class which probably his lordship has as much reason to know, and as little reason to complain of as any public man ; yet whom he took the opportunity of informing that he held them in contempt. He next passed into a laudatory review of his own political career, in which he could act all the more disinterestedly, as he must have known that nobody regarded THE .LivEr.rooL STANDARD THE tiberpoot =,tatibattl. TUESDAY, JULY 24, 1855 THE CHURCH AND THE POOR THE Gospel is not preached to the poor. A strange judgment to pass on this Church of England, in an age when we are told that the growth of true religion was never so rapid, nor its empire so universal. When we hear that a " faithful ministry " of the Gospel never fails to attract crowded congregations ; and movements got up against papal aggressions and new articles of faith manifest how large a portion of each man's life is occupied by other than material interests. And yet this is a fact which we must look closely and boldly in the face; it suggests the existence of an unhealthy element in our condition, which prevents the Church of this country from rightly fulfilling her mission, and points to the danger there is of a speedy removal of that tree, 'which, if it do not increase its fruit, may be found only to encumber the ground. It is but an illustration of this fact, that the earnest minded incumbent of a suburban district deemed it fitting, the other . Sunday, to substitute for his own pulpit a rostrum in the Exchange area, in the hope, we presume, to find some of that class which is wholly excluded from the Church in which he ministers. And as this case is in itself, and its attendant circum stances, an instance of present evils, and the ineffi ciency of popular remedies, we shall use it for our present purpose. We said last week that churches, now-a-days, are not built for the poor ; and here we find the case of a clergyman, enjoying a very high reputation for the oratorical exercises of the pulpit, for whom a large church with an unusually liberal endowment has been built, in which, such has been the facilityformakingmer chandise of its accommodation, that absolutely no space has been left for the reception of those who must have a Gospel " without price," or none at all. Distressed, no doubt, with a position which very frequently trus tees impose upon the incumbent, he is moved with a desire to carry the Gospel to the poor. Accordingly, for the afternoon of one Sunday, he emerges from his exclusive position, to declare to a more mixed audience, that the message with, which he is charged is ad dressed to all, without difference and exception—to the poor equally as to the rich. The rostrum is then descended, the preacher departs for the privileged communication of the evening to cushioned seats and barricaded pews, and the mission to the poor is finished. Feelings have been, perhaps, roused in'the breast of many a hearer, which he knows not how to direct, inquiries suggested which he knows not how to solve, vague hopes excited, of which he looks about in vain to discern any chance of fulfilment, resolutions formed which he is left alone to develope into action and life. They lead to nothing ; they end a very short distance from where they began ; the man has heard doctrines, and received them into his intellect, but no living organization snatches him from the world, takes him into itself, and so presents him to his Divine Deliverer, Now, for the credit of the popular religion of the day, we wish to suggest whether, amid so much appa rent devotion, and so many signs of zeal, there may not be at the root of the evil we are deploring some subtle cause which does not directly impugn the ge nuineness and worth of this seeming anxiety for the Gospel. Surely we must not take as an evidence of the religiousness, or the irreligiousness, of the day, this practical indifference to the heathenism of our towns, this spectacle of a Church powerless to fulfil her mission to the many " outcasts from the common wealth of Israel"—of whom one day account will have to be given —through her inability to offer a free Gos pel to the people ; this vast moral ruin of a disor ganised society, of class alienated from class by the anti pathies of a money-loving age, and the Church herself practically vindicating the distinctions of class at the very steps of the altar, and, with the Gospel of reconciliation in one hand, demanding a pecuniary consideration for her spiritual services with the other. If this is to be ac cepted as a reproach upon modern Protestantism, it seriously behoves Protestants to ask whether that can be a religion of_ Christ which neglects the poor of Christ, and fails to fulfil a most important branch of the mission which Christ committed to His Church. If it will one day be the condemnation of professing Christians that they saw the poor in want and failed to relieve them, surely it will be the condemnation of a Church that it saw the poor wanting the Gospel, and _filik&t.Q. preach it. We are answered, it is all very well to mark out your plans for Church extension, but where are the means for putting them into practice ? We highly approve of your suggestion to form a dis- trict, appoint a staff of clergy, and build up the living Church preparatory to the material establishment of the Gospel organization ; but who will come forward with the money for so necessary but expensive a work ? Yes ; this may be a true rejoinder, but it leaves us where we were, it leaves us still to find the best alter- native of two eyplanations of the state of things we are investigating. We may still ask, are we to ascribe the public apathy you complain of to the power- lessess of the religion which you affirm to be so Popular and wide-spread P You might say, that this in an irreligious age ; -men will not listen to our teaching ; " Evangelical religion" is at a low ebb. But you do not say so, nay, you often extol the Christian liberality of the public. They to build churches, and provide ministers; the mischief is, that these are not for the poor. And we think it might be right, in a logical point of view, 'to leave the case in your hands for explanation ; to call upon you, who professedly have religious posses sion of the town, to prove that your religious teaching is not impeached by its apparent fruit or want of fruit, in this direction. Is it really from a want of real religion, that people build churches from a motive of attachment to a particular minister, but that they have no thought of giving them to Christ through His poor, or of any special offering of devotion in the act ; that churches are get up rather to produce a par ticular interest for the money laid out, than as an act of free charity; an aspect which is not changed by the fact, that that interest reverts to the minister, for the ininfster's services are the things pre-arranged to be paid for, and those services are for the good of the payers themselves ; that, taking the most favourable type of the popular Church system, viz., a church where a "faithful ministry" draws crowded audiences, it is yet impossible to see in the House of God a closer picture of the world, provision for the poor -being accounted a very secondary consideration, and the gradations of wealth and " respectability" marked out with the decorum of the concert-room or the theatre ? We are much concerned, then, to find out a way of ac - counting for the defect in popular modes of further ing Christianity without denying the growth of' true religion, the " prevalence of a preached Gospel," " the ---- la l-ana-fi delitY” of the clergy, or the sincerity and willingness of their flocks. It is clear there is some- thing wrong somewhere, and in discarding the more invidious solution of the question, we are surely chal lenging attention to the explanation we have to offer, That explanation, to which we can do no more this week than make the barest reference, will be, that the Church's office in the propagation of the Gospel is not —in some particulars which have a very serious in fluence on the mode of its administration—appre hended with full and entire distinctness, and that, therefore, failure in her missionary work may consist w i t h ve ry laudable intentions and much unsimulated zeal. And that it must be a question of great signifi cance, low we em ploy the agency of th e Ch urch in the propagation of the Gospel among h ea th ens or what we may call Christian aliens, needs no enforce meat, if we believe that she is divinely appointed for this work, In the meanwhile, we trust that Churchmen of every grade of opinion will receive our statements in that spirit of candour which is the invariable at tendant of earnestness and sincerity. It is easy to ma'ke' things pleasant for each other, and to avoid differences by repressing the discussion of questions upon which great interests depend. But let us think that while we are patching up theories of peace, that theory waits to be constructed by which the heathenism of a Christian country shall be converted to Christianity. That while we are building castles .in the air, the throes of an earthquake heave beneath our feet. That while we are paltering in the courtesies of religious conventionality, we are on the very edge of a precipice in which our Church threatens to be engulphed. We have been too self satisfied and too self-commendatory in the midst of these difficulties and dangers. We have shut our eyes to the little cloud till it has overspread more than half our horizon, and are still in danger of reposing lazily beneath its shade. Impavidurn ferient ruince may be a good character for a stoic, but it certainly is not for a Christian. it. In following out this cleverly-concocted sketch of his pUb lic actions, he, with no inconsiderable amount of skill, con trived to drag in a parallel to his own repugnance of office in the well-known desire for retirement evinced by. Lord ALTEIORP ; and canonized in some degree the penance he is now suffering in losing place by an ingenious reference to the calumnies raised against Lord RAGLAN. His lordship con cluded his well-contrived defence by challenging his opponent, and daring his worst wrath. The exhibition of Lord JOHN having been brought to a close, the champion of the opposition prepared to run his tilt but, from the careless manner in which he made his movements, it was obvious from the first that the fight was meant to be a "draw." He 'proceeded with no small amount of grave make-believe to show the importance of the motion which he had given notice of his intention to move. As no one ever entertained the slightest doubt upon this _subject, the explanation of it was felt to be only so much waste of time, people generally entertaining an opinion, however fallacious it may be, that a legislator will not, or at least ought not, to waste the public time by the tabling of motions which are of no use. The second step in the honourable baronet's process was to review the recent history of Lord Joint RussuLL, and in dissecting the moral structure of his lordship's actions, he exhibited no small amount of anatomical skill, operating with great dexterity in such a way as to avoid the vital points, yet to inflict severe gashes on the most sensitive. This, however, has been done so frequently of late, that, except in so far as it displayed the surgical skill and neatness of the operator, it was felt to be a work of supererogation, and as such fell flatly on the ear. In drawing a contrast between the frank and manly tone which pervaded the conduct of Lord CLA BENDON, and the plain and straightforward style in which his State papers have been drawn up, as compared with the fluc tuating views and hesitating counsels which had marked the proceedings of the rest of the Cabinet, and particularly those of Lord JOHN RUNaELL, Sir E. B. LYTTON made his great point ; and while it was being uttered the only haltinitiated and the wholly ignorant in the arrangements of the tournay were led to expect some serious purpose on the part of the' orator. In- this they were disappointed. The motion Was withdrawn. An explanation of the "round-robin" - Portion of the intrigue, or at least a part of it, was volunteered by Mr, BOUVERIE. His treatment of the subject, and the mode in which it was received by the House, was an 'excellent il lustration of a proverb which is current among the ho nourable gentlemen's constituents, to the effect that "it is best to let the sleeping dogs lie." The part he and his friends had acted in the matter had fallen out of notice, and the deri sion with which the houserectived the member for Kilmer- Rock's re-awakening of it must have convinced him, .with tingling ears, that he had far better have' let that 'sleeping dog lie." His explanation was- laughed at by all parties. Lord PALMERSTON, with even more than his ustudacerbity of manner, and with, at least, the full amount of customary acidity of ingredient, diluted and analysed the statements of Sir E. B:. LYTTON, whom he accused of gross ignorance,. or' wilful: insincerity, as displayed in the mode in which he had distinguished' the conduct of Lord Cris.Msimozr from. that of the government of which he formed a part. The tone' of angry petulance in which he addressed the house and eriti-- cised the address- of Sir E. B. LYTTON was felt to be' un-- worthy of the first minister of a great country like Bri-- tain, and, ere long, the moral recoil-' it is sure to pro-- duce will have much more damagihg effect on Lord PArarsafrron - than it can have on the' honourable and! accomplished barenet. The philipic of his 'lordship re , - ceived just castigation, from Mr. Drsa.ux.r,- who designated: it as-apiece of worthlesz-rhodomontade, undeserVing of. com ment. In thecourse of his-speech, the right honourable gentle , man' asserted that the whole British Government were, for some hours if not' days; 'eorisenting parties to the proposal of Lord Jonrr Russant, and:expressed his belief that; if Parlia ment listed so long, within six months this statement would be verified. In terms- of fierce acrimony, Mr:- ROEBUCK accused , Lord PAIiMEBSTOTr of having deceive& him; and boldly asserted that Lord Jong' RUSSELL had notdOne his duty to that house or the eountry. A good deal!of angry sparring of a .similar character passed with ready celerity from one honeurable• member to another; and, after n sufficient quantity of• powder had been burnt in the sham:fight, the combatants- were withdrawn, and the battle ended.. No 'one however,is•satisfied with the result: Too much haa-lieen said without anrpractical result. The characters of publietraenhave received a rude -shock, from the - damaging effect: of (which they will not speedily, and perhaps• never whollY , retover; while no tangible - good has resulted Ito any party, . If the national interests have been sacrificed ;and its honour- com promised by the: incapability and moral turpit . v.do of the Ministry, the-same men are still:left in 'possession of; power.' True, indeed, _Lord JOTEN RUSSELL haa been politioally and. personally "diihed ;" but the "squashing" of him pis =but a sorry compensation for the suspicion which has been indis criminately thrown•on • the Government; and no 'of which mnst attach to the leaders-of Him M.S..rasaves oppo sition, who cannot be . held guiltless, if, after repeatedly making grave charges-and all but !proving their case against Ministers, they.suddenly " dodge k' eut of the prosecution, and leave the -culprit in possession -of his damaged :repu tation, and full-power of mischief: _ If they since?* believe the allegations they bring forwardiaa honest men an& patriotic citizens they- are bound to prosecute to a full conviction; if they have doubt of the truth of the charges, or misgivings as to the policy of-prosecution, let them "bide their time." After the fate of 'Sir E. B. LYTTON'S motion ; -that of Mr.. Ressircx,. created comparatively little interest. On all sides-it was felt to be more an opportunity offered for the exchangeof personal. altercation and -individual bitterness,._ than an, event upon which the character of the national :counsels %val.-likely to be dependent. The debate with which< it began, and the vote with which it ended, were alike: understood and canvassed by anticipation . . The former was-tolerated and drawled on rather than enjoyed: and participated in ; .the latter gave ministers a majority of. /07in-a house which numbered 4n members present. Everybody appears-now to consider- that the gladio torship of the session has been expended, _ and that such portions of , the- public business as .are indi4ensable will. 1)a, proceeded-with as rapidly as-possible ; that is,. that they will be pushed through the legislative .chambers.. as - fast. , as -the forms of parliament will permit, without- a - very stringent considerationef the real purport and vale of rthe measures: enacted._ The war in the Critnea continues to drag its c& slow, length along" without masked variety in the circumstanoss. by which,_ fora considerable , number of months past, it has s be,o u characterised in its general features. The works contiuu to make steady progress. en the,.part of the Allies, whose. ad vances. are of course, interrupted from • time to tioie and occasionally checked by sorties and other means of aggressive defence on the part of the enemy.. The • allied 'troops. are in gpad health, notwithstanding the great heat au&tlw severe toils to which they are exposed; and,their general: spirits are represented as excellent, althouglt, like their countrymen at home, our soldiers manifest considerable impatience for the day which shall see the allied banners mare in :triumph over the walls of Sebastopol. The Russians.within the • city are said to be suffering . great privations. The supplie.s• which the enemy can threw into the pinee arenow, it is-known, greatly circumscribed, and• the reinforcements- which leave been io long and so largely promised are now, it, ikbelleved, unlikely to be forthcoming , in any great numbers. That the garrison must succumb, and the town fat. into the hands of the Allies er.e long, IS,nOVI. a matter of general; belief in the army,, as well, as at home ; and, judging by the. expression of feelirg, which, is everywhere. manifested in metropolitan circles, tho. warlike spirit of the. country has. not undergone the sligh.st, abatement. In the Baltic, too, deeds of desultory daring Faye, been successfully executed in various instances ; and, so Ar as, the harrassing pinch of war is. concerned, without doubt the Russians are severe sufferers. Wherever complaints dare be. uttered among the serf-subjects of the Cala, the evils. of the. conflict in which he is. engaged are loudly complained. of. Trade is,, and has len been, all but absolutely aunibilated7— the exactions. to which all classes are subjected for the. purpose. of carrying on the war are exhausting and oppressive, and numerous millions. mourn in sadness and in sorrow the mod ambition of a wayward Sovereign. In the absence of more exciting, if not also, more profitable game to hunt, the metropolitan " best public instructors," as COMETT used sneeringly tq call the press,, are making the most of the food-adulteration committee's inquiry and its astounding :revelations. Many years ago, ACVM, or, as he was wont to be called, "Old Death in, the Pot," contrived to " fright the isle from its propriety," not by showing u s " what to eat, drink, and avoid," but by letting us into the secret, that, eat what we liked, or drink what we might, we were sure to be ingesting a villanous array of most dele terious compounds ; and that, in point of fact, the only way to escape being murdered by the poison administered to us through the agency of bakers,brewers, and butchers — of grocers and pie men, and that most iniquitous of all classes, the compounders of London milk, was to commit suicide by voluntary starvation. He, it may be remembered, was taken in at the British Museum, and has no doubt been long since gathered to his fathers. Whether he is now converted into an ornamental mummy or not, is now of little consequence ; but it is certain that his mantle of horrors has fallen pat upon the shoulders of the Food Adulteration C omm i t t ee . I n their investigations they go further than Acutedid, and, like many who go furth er , they fare worse. Luxuries and necessaries, matters pleasant to the eye and seemingly good for food, to the eyes of those scrutinizing gentlemen present only a mass of foul and fester ing corruption—water, the hope of the teetotaller, and the last refuge of the abandoned drunkard, at least in the metro polis, and they shrewdly extend their suspicions to the same commodity in all great towns, they describe in such terms that all prudent people will enter into a combination to omit allusion to it, and adhere rigidly to a resolution to " never mention it." Pickles in the view of these worthies are made chiefly of copper. Lavender-water is said to be produced largely from the scourings of the London dairies (?) Eau de Cologne is understood to be a product derived from dray horses. Flour to exist in, and be extracted largely from, the bones of the mastodon and megatherium. They do not credit the popular belief that raisins grow on vines, or that cauli flowers are garden produce. Everything they touch they find to be a sham, each article they see is proved to be a delusion. That a large portion of their averments is true cannot be denied ; and that much good may result from their labours is greatly to be desired. Whether the exposure of the ras calities they have detected will lead to a permanent mire of the evil out of which it arises, may well admit of doubt. ST. PAUL'S CHURCH.—THE SECOND MINISTER and the RADICAL PARISH CHURCHWARDENS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sin,—As your columns are ever open to the recital of any grievance that affects the welfare of the Church, I take leave to detail to you a few of the shabby tricks to which men , calling themselves member s o f our commun i on, con d escend to stoop at the bidding of a party. A certain sum has been for many years voted by every Vestry, save the last, for the cleaning of the parish churches, St. Nicholas's, St. Peter's, St. Paul's, and St. John's. The present wardens, however, have discovered a cheaper mode of effecting this object, and they send paupers from the Workhouse every day to clean these edifices, leaving the parties sent to provide dusters, brooms, water, &c., as they best can. They have even had the modesty to urge the wardens of the churches to supply all these articles whilst they withhold the funds. _ _ To their other dirty acts they have added one which, to meet with the reprobation of all the parishioners, requires only to be known. Near the termination of the half-year beginning with January last, they gave notice to the wardens of St. Paul's that they would not pay a portion of the salary of the second Minister of that church, which had never been disputed from the foundation of the church rep to that time— a period of more than eighty years-. This act is most cruel and unjust. The sum of which the labourer is time defrauded in- a great part of this minister's stipend. To'refune payment foe two quarters past, without any previous- notice—leaving him to' meet hie engagements as he best can—is a deed which only a Radical ctul4 perpetrate. It is said: the' two wardens are hartufess and good-natured sort of mew—if so, their con duct only shows to' what persons will stoop , who' have sofa themselves-to a party- Trusting. Sir, that youtvrill permit me again . toirespass- on. your columns; and say a , little• more on the injustice of thii act of the wardens—at present I would only add',•that these are the very men who would: form Romish priestrupowthe Workhouse, and pay them from. the parochial rates.--tretnain; yours, &c., A''• LOVER OF FAIR PLAY. Liverpool, Jul 21, 1855: GOVERNMENT AND THE BEN_E.PII I BUIXDING SOCIETIES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. StA—l beg to draw - the'attentioni or those of your readers wlioare members of Benefit Building' Societies to the par:- ticulars-of a second attempt made by: the Government to , deprive :nsch societies or the exemption , ftom Stamp Duties, which they have enjoyed for nearly twenty years, on their internal arrangements alonev- On , the' t 6th June lawt;- the first attack (in a Friendly Soeitiee Bill) was defeated in the House- of Lords by the actit and unremitting exertions - of our /ate representative, Lord Ravensntorth, aided by the Earl of Derby,. Marquis of Saiisbury, Earl of Ellesmet-ey Lord Mouteagle, and other noblemen: Within tesvdays afterwards: the very clause •rejected by the Muse •of Lords was introduced into the Howse of Commons, ins a: Bill relating lie. Stage • Carriages,. z evidently with the intention, of smugglinivit through Parliament with out attracting; the attention of • those interested.; this manceuvre was-detected both by' our member, ..Thomas B. }Breen, Esq. 6 and. by William: Seholefield, Escf,„ 3L.P. for Blintingham ::the latter . divide& the house upon it,. -bat was defeated by 65 'votes: td 39. Om .learning this, and in the emergency havingreceived fun powers from. our Liverpool Benefit Building Sotieties-to. act inltheir name,' I proceeded to London, and (witilaome assis tance from Manchester and other places) mcceeded in organising a formidable oppositions . The result was,. that on Monday nighlt 'last, the 18th-inst.,. when the bill wentinte. committee,,Mr Horsfall succeeded in expunging .the clause, which wouldi lave deprived.ath such societies of their exemption from stamp duties. The Claus al:dint, of __tha Esaheauer g ,,,l ;.sep b. attempted to procuroda adjournment, bat, failing in this ) . he was compelled to , withdraw the cl.,ause;, to avoid the< defeat which he saw was inevitable. cannot eulogise-Mr. Horsfall's exertions better than by stating. that, had it not .been for his- perseverance and' influ ence -in .procuring_us-additional support,lve could not , have placed , the Government-in a minority •on the question. I trust - that the members of our Liverpool. Building Societies when the opportunity offers, show their appreciation of valuable services ) .- hy rendering` their assistance unitedly towards placing him.at. the head of the poll at our next. gene raL whichmay not be far distant. " Mr. ITorsfall's motion had the abatis* support of 11~r~ .Liddell, Load, Robert Cecil, Lord. John Manners s :. and many . others who are, or have been,: connected with our: town:, including Messrs. Swart and; .J.. Bramley-Moore;: also 'the members for,- South Lancashire i .. South Cheshire,, Sra...— lours,,respectfully,, - - _ JOSIMI HOSKING, Chairman of the General Commiltiee.of the Liverpool Building Sociest. Brunswick-street, July 23, 1855. ADULTER.4IT,IOIV*, OF, FOOD, THE Committee of the Hou.sa,of Commons on the important subject of the adulteration of food, drugs, &c., re-atsembled on Wednesday, and, proceeded to hear evidence. Dr. Hassall produced two samples of pickles, battled fruits, and vegetables, one in the , natural state, and the other arti ficially coloured with salts of copper. He also produced two bottles of anchovy sauce, one of the natural colour, nearly approaching_ white, and the other of a deep , brick colour, owing to the presence of bole armenian in the proportion of 3.01 b. of the earth to WO. gallons. He farther• exhibited some specimens of coloured sugar confectionery,, the colours being chromate of lead„ red lead, arsenite of.copper, Bruns wick green, gamboge, and ,cochineal, the p re p ense of which could be ; . detected independently of any analysis. Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell. had acknowledged that previous to the,appearance of the articles in the Lign.cet, they had been in the habit of practising the adulteration referred to, but have• since discontinued doing so. With !reference to the natural and adulterated sauces, the taste is decidedly in favour of the u.neoloured article. The practice of col;: _ prevails throughout the trade. French tomato sauce does -not cputain any colouring_ matter, the English does. The speciragra of non-coloured , sauce were obtained from •Crosse and Blackwell, who had made it purposely, and intended now, to, sell only that. Found them always very anxious to assist the inquiry in any way. M. Soyer had infOrmecl.him that Messrs. Crosse and;Co. had ceased to vend c:onsn feeqcutieonnceerye.f: won uildng nsootmebeofantyhesearidoula;- : the, fruits andyegetables adulteratedas. formerly. The effect jurraoutney de e h n ail i r : Ci reA ll : s unl inof eas they were dalb , . in the habit of d o i ng 801 when the consequences might he. serious. Witness did not' think the. present inspectors of nuisances would be alio°, diScher&e.the duties of inspectors, of adulteration at the same. time;. they might be made. available in some way. He believetlithat a periodical publication of the names of trades men _selling _adulterated articles would have the effect of checking the practice. I, answer to several questions as. to whether the genuine zutieles. would not be much dearer than the. adulterated, Dr. Hassall said he thought there would not be much difference. In the United States there is an inspector of imported , articles, and if they are found to be adulterated they are rejected ; in France there are somewhat similar regulations iu, force, the authority being', in the hands of the government, _ _ Mr. R. Warrington said he was connected with A.pothecaries' Hall as chemical dispenser and resident director. Has adulte rations brought to him to examine. With regard to tea, two samples were brought to him in 1844, by an Excise officer, for the purpose of ascertaining if they were genuine. Examined them with the microscope and found the, whole of the tea was faced with a colouring matter composed, of turmeric and a white material, like soap stone, and, sulphate of lime or gyp sum. Made many inquiries to ascertain whether it was done in this country or elsewhere, and obtained many interesting samples for examination. One large tea merchant, to whom witness mentioned the sulieet,. asked him if he had seen " unglazed tea," and, upon inquiring what this term meant,, was told there were two kinds, of tea—one glazed, and the other unglazed. Witness produced specimens of tea from Assam, the new district of the East India Company, all unglazed. The glaze is often put upon bad and damaged teas. Another specimen produced was a tea imported under the East India Company's old charter : it has a slight glaze, which was done by the Chinese at Canton to equalise the tint. It is simply Prussian blue. Sulphate of lime, being an absorbent, is'added to make the tea stand the sea voyage better. In America teas are much more highly glazed than here. Prus sian blue is not injurious, being an insoluble substance, although some of the highly glazed teas might cause injury to some constitutions. The specimen of "lie tea produced, is made in China. The term is a Chinese one, and denotes a " false" tea. There was an immense quantity imported, and it was endeavoured to pass it as a manufactured article, and not tea, but the Customs do not permit it. Wholesale houses know perfectly well what "lie tea" is. It contains 50 per cent, of inorganic earthy matters ; that is, if 100 grains were calcined, 50 grains would be Obtained unburnt, and the residue con sists of colouring matters and the sweepings of the floor. Is not aware whether the officers of the Customs could detect the " lie tea" from the others. There is no question but that purer teas were imported before the trade was thrown open, and this was owing to the East India Company's inspectors at Canton. The " he tea" is comparatively a modern invention, since the demand by the merchants for a cheap tea, as the Chinese will manufacture any article asked for according to the price paid. " Lie tea" is easily detected by pouring boiling water on it, when it dissolves, leaving the earthy matters ar the bottom of the vessel. The "glazed" teas are never drunk in China, being made only for exportation. A Chinese plant is also sometimes sold as tea, which costs not more than lid. to 2d. per lb. Some of the teas are mixed with the "lie tea" before leaving China, and these will be found to contain 11 to 22 per cent., of earthy matters, while "lie tea" itself contains, as before stated, 45 or 50 per cent. Respectable houses would not use such an article. The greatest adulteration takes place before the tea arrives here, although there was one case in particular in Manchester where tea leaves and other leaves were collected, and by " glazing" and other means made to resemble new teas. As to opium none is imported pure. The juices obtained from the poppy will never dry beyond a certain consistence ; some leaves of other plants are therefore added to bring it into a cohesive state. The College of Physicians have power to exa mine and inspect all chemists' and druggists' shops, and this poicer is exercised once a-year ; but the examination is very cursory and not sufficiently accurate to be of any benefit. an agreement between the Admiralty and the Apo of the navy, has not aod beenhahalf p 7 li e e , s the e t w t h h o is le 'power thecaries' ilerei s Hat; Society, by which they may examine their exercised.establishment The a t y t Hall sz. , ,u i the army, and the East Company. Believes Messrs. Savory have the other hail': With regard to Turkey rhubarb, knew that one ni‘nufactory at Banbury produced 20 tons per annum. it is very inferior to Turkey, fetching about 4d. per ;b., while Russian rhubarb is worth lls. 6d. Russian rhubarb comes from the Tartar districts, and is monopolised by the Russian government. It is brought to St. Petersburgh by the caravans, and thence exported. It is a great delusion to believe that rhubarb comes from Turkey ; the China rhubarb, commonly called the Turkey, is worth about 7s. 6d. per lb, ; at the present time the price is very high indeed. Many chemists profess to obtain their drugs from Apothecaries' Hall, but it is not thefact. The Hall does not supply more than seven or eight. Cod liver oil is another drug in which there is an immense adulteration. The oil to be obtained at the Hall is from Newfoundland. In case of the oil being coloured, it is owing to the liver of the fish being allowed to putrefy. This case of adulteration is most difficult to detect, even to an experienced person. There are certain tests published, but the presence of even 5 per cent. only of the pure oil will yield the required result. Several specimens of mustard have passed through wit nessfe bands, all greatly adulterated, containing from 27 to 30 per cent. of inorganic matter, such as sulphate of lime. The genuine should give only 41 to tsi per cent. Isinglass is very much adulterated with the ordinary gelatine. Chloro form is nut so much adulterated, if car e is t a k en i n p urc h as i ng. There is alaraye this danger attending its use, that if kept long it undergoes' decomposition, the elements reactingon each other. Quinine is another drug much adulterated: Dr. NormandY f a physician, said the articles-which had come under his observations were very numerous, and were theresult of ten years' investigation. He would first meation bread and flour, in which the' adulteration consisted in the addition of alum, which seemed- to be the almost exclusive substance used for the purpose; He had found it so ill mixed with the bread as to present itself in the shape of crystals• of the size of a pea. It has the curious property of imparting to bread of second or third' rate quality a whiteness winch could only be obtained by the use of the best flour ; alidanother property of much more importance to the baker was -that it enabled him to force into-the brad a large quantity of water,• thus adding to the weight: The amount of alum in the 41b. leaf was sometimes 500 grains, and 250 grains and less in•the' loaf. It was decidedly injurious to health, even in small, quantities, to people of weak digestive powers. When thrdbse was - repeated day after day the - injury was greatly aggravated by creating a disorganised stateaf the digestive organs. The' injury to children would be still-greater, by undermining the constitution. Carbonate of magnesia is sometimes used to ' correct the acidity of bad flour; it will also add to the weight Clay is arse sometimes present, and potatoes; but had never met' with potato starch. Knew the mixture called " baker's stuff," . sold by some druggists ; it is alum mixed with salt. Had heard of the snbstanee, " German yeast," which had been introduced into this- country in great quantities,- and was said to pro duce a very peculiar disease, but ke - had• not examined it. — In reply to a, question, Dr. Normandy said, he thought ordi nary chemists knew nothing about chemistry; they were simply sellers of drugs. From his own-observation he knew tea to 'be 'adulterated with magnesia and. the silicate of mag nesia. Even the chests of tea are sometime& opened and Heir contents taken out, and after being-mixed are returned and resealed, so'that a person buying a chest of tea cannot be certain of having an original article. Believes there is no mode of detecting the adulteration of tea-without analysing it. Knows such adulterations are praefeedby the wholesale tea-merchants id" London. The-committeethen adjourned until Friday r when Dr. Nor mandy* gave' furtl*r evidence. He said:a-Coooa is largely adulterated with brick dust, red ochre, stale. tallow, and ground tocoa-nut shells. He had examined 150sam.ples, And found many. twelve-per cent. of the two•fOrmer. All pre parations of cocoa arenrore or less adulterated,. and• the only way the public can obtain the article pure is -by purchasing the nibs. Coffee is adulterated, in addition to-chicory, with roasted grain and some. root similarly prepared, which was either parsnip or carrot, Chicory is used to the extent of fifty per cent.,. and this erplains , how coffee (so called). can , be sold at ls. per 1E; when the cost price, including' roasting, is not less than Half' a pound of coffee at that price, and the same quantity, , ofehioory at 4d. per lb. r would leave a profit of 303.1- Coffee is much less adulterated in France, where the' retailers • roast' the berry daily for• themselves, and many private , consumers do the same.- Chicory is used, but not tat all. to , the same extent as-in England. He had givensorae attention to the adulteration of malt liquors, an& was of =opiaiom that, in this care; .the - fraud is committed layAhe-publican. He had found a difference of 50 per cent. in the quantity. of alcohol containe:L in • porter ob tained from the brewer and. that sold by the publicans.. The only adulteratizig matters-he-luta found was salt mzd. sulphate ht •' • ; ...- produce a geed ." head" Ire- had been informed-by drugpats that they soaeocaius- indieus and extract of gentian to-pub lions, and a few years agole-hod seen a cart before apublie house, with the. worclsi " brewers' druggist " afterthe.'name on the side; but he believes , the publicans aro-usually sup plied by decayed tradesmen, who call on them for orders; and, conduct their business privately. Coculus indicus -produces ef fects similar to those of alcohol, and enables the publican to -add a quantity of water to his beer. Then, as the water diminishes both the colour and the bitterness, extract of gentianis used to restore thelater, and-the addiUon of ammonitaor hartshorn imparts darkness. It will render pale ale as darkvas-porter. He knew no. means.-of' determining the quantity of coculus indicus presentin beer ; he could detect half a grain .of strych nine, and sulphate .of•iron is easily detected, butthe latter he had found in ;only two or three instances. The adultera tion of beer could easily. be-detected by the quantity of alcohol it contained. Quassia, ooukli not be easily detected-;:its-pro perties are the same. as- those- of gentian, and; .are not, at all deleterious. He. had never found nux vomica in .beer„ but understood that Tit was-used in adulterating been; its- proper ties are the same -as- those-of coculus indicua,_and its effects would be the same. Thesubstances used in adulterating gin are sulphate of- potash and; alum, for fining; oil tolvitriol. and oil of almonds, for:. beading; grains of parafiNe i . a- red berry having properties- sanilar- to those of pepper, sulphuric acid, and coculus .indium.. He had met with...a. case in Dr. Taylor's work, on poisons of death homing; resulted from the presence of cocubis indicus in ram. The- adul teration of spirits, like- that of malt liquora, lie be lieved to be.. ascribabie• to the publicans.. - The- frauds of this kind , committed in the trade are sa. extensive that the revenue.-musb suffer very considerahly f Pine-apple rum owes its , flavour.to the- use of an essence manufactured by chemists in this country,. and modern discoveries- in. science have enabled.fruit essences (so called) to be producedain Nigh perfection—by-chemical processes. Fruit is-not used at all; the essencesare,chemiaal imitations. The flavour of British brandy hasheen greatly improved of late years by the same means, the.chemists hoeing discovered the means-of imitating the flavour of brandy. He had analyzed many. samples of London. Trak, but had never discovered any othexadultera tion than, the mixture-of water. He enumerated the adultera tions which he had discovered in drugs and chemicals, many of whielf,he.stated, are calculated to materially affect the result, if.the medical attendant is not aware,of the-extent and nature' of, the adulteration. Calomel is adulterated very largely,with.,chalk.,, and Epsom salts (sulphate of magnesia) with. Glauber's. salts (sulphate of soda),, but the-two, salts have the same effect. _ • Prdessor of the Pharmaceutical. Society, gave evidoce as-to•the adulteration of drug§ .; ; and Mr. Blackwell, of the, fixacof Crosse and Blackwell, as to the adulteration of pkiklea. The• committee will meet again tQ,morrow. EAVI L ENCOUNTER ON, - THE WEST COAST OF AIP-Rthli 'NE following are authentic particulars of an attack made by the British troops on the ling, chiefs, and town of Mala gealt, Mallicouri river, and of thesevere loss sustained : On the 21st of May, at a p.m., Captain Fletcher, Ist West India Regiment, commandizg.- the troops at Sierra Leone, re ceived an order from Acting4ov,ernor Dougan to embark 150 men of all ranks on board the screw steam gun-vessel Teazer, 3. At 6 o'clock all were on, boards. consisting of the Ist and 3rd West India Regimmts, commanded by Captain Fletcher. Lieutenants Strachan and Wylie, off the Ist, Lieutenant Vin, cent of the 2nd, and Lieutenants 'Kerr and Beazley, of the 3rd , West India Regiment : , I?epaty-Assistant-Commissary-General; Firth, Commissariat Staff ; Staff-Surgeon Merchant, and As sistant-Surgeon Bradshaw. The Teazer anchored at 9 a.tu t .on the 22nd off the town,of Malageak, and, after firing a 32-pound shot and a 16-pound shell over the town, a flag of truce. was hoisted at the king's, house, upon which Captain Fletcher landed the troops. under cover of the steamer's guns, consulted with the joint commissioners, Lieutenant-Commander Nicolas and Mr. Dillet, private secretary to Acting-Governor Dougan, and granted One , hour to the king to hold his " paiver." At the expiration of one hour and a-half the troops. advanced to the centre of the town without opposition, and set fire to the mosque, the king's house, and several other buildings. The intense• heat of the flames compelled the troops to retire to the boats, on reaching which a smart fire was opened upon them by the enemy in ambush at each side of the landing-place, and five soldiers were wounded. The Teazer was reached without further opposition, when it was discovered that a portion of the town remained unburnt : another consultation was held, and it was determined to drop down to Binty Point, at the mouth of the Mallicouri, and reduce Malageak to ashes, ac cording to the instructions of Acting-Governor Dougan. On the morning of the 23d, at an early hour, Commander Nicolas poured into the town (which was still in flames) and the adjacent bushes grape, cannister, and shells. In half-an-hour the troops again landed without opposition and advanced. Commander Nicolas and Mr. Dillet headed the leading division to point out the houses to be burnt, Captain Fletcher and Lieutenant Wylie following with the main division to support. In a moment the small advanced division appeared to be attacked by an overwhelming force. Mr. Dillet fell to the rear, wounded in the head and left leg ; Commander Nicolas shot through both thighs ; and Sergeant major Scanlon, of the 3d, and several men were killed. Captain Fletcher was driven back to a small bank of mud and sand near the entrance of the Malagea ; Lieutenant Wylie was wounded and subsequently killed; Lieutenant Vincent shot through the body; Paymaster Edwards, of the Teazer, shot in the head and heart; Deputy-Assistant-Commissary-General Firth taken prisoner ; and the men fell rapidly, killed by the enemy's fire. One boat succeeded in reaching the Teazer ; but the pinnace, with 30 to 40 men, in pushing off, filled and capsized, riddled with bullets. The soldiers were either drowned, shot by the enemy, or butchered when they gained the banks of the river. Of the 150 men of all ranks embarked 1 72 were killed, 12 wounded or missing, and nine taken pri soners (since released). On the 24th of May the Teazer returned to Sierra Leone with the survivors of the troops. [JULY 24, 1855 COURT AND FASIIIO. • OSBORNE, July 21.—Her Royal Highness:Pless..l; been attacked with scarlatina. Prince Arthur, P and Princess Louisa are convalescent. ON Saturday, Sir William Molesworth recej,ce ss ig i r e office as Colonial Minister. Sir Benj succeed to the Presidency of the Boa; tions will therefore follow. TER SON OF Waimpos, the celeb) China, arrived in. England last week. years of age. He has been sent to be. educated. THE Court continues at Osborne. Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, all have been attacked with scurlatin. favourably, and the whole of the Family are quite well. THE marriage of the Hon. Elk daughter of Lord Faversham, with M. Mr. Denison, M.P. for the West Rif solemnised on Wednesday, at St. Geo) square, in the presence of a numerous THE DUKE and DUCHESS of Ronald Leveson Gower have left Stai Staffordshire. The noble Duke leav Liverpool, to embark on board his y land, on his way to Dunrobin Castle. to town next week. EAST NORFOLIC—MT. Stracey day elected M.P. for this division opposition, in the room of Edward servative), who has accepted the Chill SIR CiLiaLas NAPIER received a court for the purpose of being installed • declined the proffered boon. The rea.so) lant admiral, if not officially given, is ' "1 have been," he says, "censured been denied the opportunity of clear(; am I now offered a G.C.B.' —United MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIPE.—OR of the Lady Henrietta Augusta Nevin Count and Countess of Abergavenny Edward Lloyd Mostyn, took place • Marylebone. A numerous family eke the ceremony. The bride was attend( and wore a robe of rich white glace, point lace, a veil of the same coati: orange flowers. Shortly after two o'i couple left town for Midge Castle, Abergavenny, near Tunbridge Wells, CUSTOMS D The following resolutions are to be the Secretary of the Treasury, in co , Acts : " 1. That the duties of customs- chal ing articles imported into Great: Br' cease and determine, viz. : Ammonia, liquid,. Ammonia, sulphate - oi Arts, works of, in an, Potash, sulphate of. soda, sulphate of. "2. That in lieu of the duties of oni the undermentioned articles impo and. Ireland, the following duties shall Beer s spruce • • .............. Ginges, preserved, until the sth day sive. which shall fir.t happen after montfhs from the date-of a definite t : with Russia , . = for the following 12 months after of April.. ............... .„ ..... thereafter Morphia and its salts Yarn, woollen, or worsted, called Be zephir yarn, and woollen or - worsted or more threads, Scoured, bleached, or coloured Not scoured, bleached,or eolol " - a, •That in lieu of the duties-of cast tha - undermentiOned articles imported „,1 Ireland, the following dutie s sha ll be cbarg' Cocoa husks and shells Printt- and drawing!! admitted unde international. copyright - or at the option of Singleßound . Musical instruments,. viz. : Ilarraoniums and seraphines • " 4. That in lieu of the ad valorem charged upon the undermentioned Great Britain andlrelaml, as not beh tariff, the-following. duties of custoi thereon : Chloroform-..... ...... • • "5. That - it is -expedient to consolida' in force imposing- duties of customs merchandise imported into the United relate to such duties. " 6. That itis expedient to consolidal, acts relating-to the customs ) an d other" of the customs?' yLI FOREIGW" Jar FRANCE.—The subscriptio f o r the Wednesday. rise crow , Wednesday. There were-j-ww' least all the mairies. Th ere is-not the e seriptions wiligreatly exceeclithgeT:io% indtwatimitireEllaKriga n the su of 750 millions for 50f. of rente and unc reduction. It has been whispered in Governmen is on foot for an• eventual settlement of The cession of the Crimea by Russia to —the Crimea to be restored. to. Turkey . the Principalities,- which . would , he annex sideration of Lombardy being: give n u: place no faith in thi s rumour.. AT. Queen Victoria .has sent £5) to- the `-' as a subscriptionlawards restoring the the remains of axles 11. SPAIN.—It is. announced from. MadriA Rome is complete,.the Charg&d:Aff.aires passports on the-16th, in consequence of Bill. The Black TrAirrior. dispute nil has been definitively settled by an indei Teals. Cholera is on the increase at M: surgents had again: stopped: the. Frenc) On the 10th ten membersof theband , Girone. A Carlist chief,. General Arnao , „,,", 10,r.'7 0 ;:i Cabrera, has been killed in. the same procil l 'Apr i d Hierros had a few days ago.amengagemen b , - ~Or- P : " . a• troops in the territory a Bur g .os ; the trolYoLies'i;ii killed and seven, wounded,.undf the insurge, s o t a r ,(11 : 40 e' d e a greater number- of wounded :: the latter'esl l'''e, A Madrid despatch . of the- ISth says :,..,. / t, o : e jort", # sv journed yesterday,. after- voting the bual 1 . ' 'O9 millions of real§ :s- to be realized. abroad . Il' 1 i ver C it y bably, the payment for themonth of June ,„ i r ; ; ; 0 04 ..A 1A HANOVER.—A 'despatch of Thursday fr ° '"e _O P ' 0 " The resignation of the• cabinet is hourly i 5 eig- Platen, who bas arrived.from Paris, will, it st Al 1 0 16 SO new premier." o iti / i We hear (says the °lobe). that Russian „ 0 (1, 4 0), employed in enlisting Hanoverian subjects, 'deify protestations,. have • refused: to take their, tiv# ot/ refusal is backed up, y the• statement thily Ol e tention of employing the recruits as soldieTioriy t oi , capacity of armourers• rrust-meister), t° I t '.st e ° 4l l 0 1 , charge of the-arms.. It is said that this e%P7 4 0 ~; 0 . A V d sufficient, and that the enlistment will be a'":lol4 l ,i'' ITALY.—Eather Backe. the General of t he at pot el a narrow escape from the hands of an ass lee` , it/ whole matter. has• been kept as secret as Po Al f "utY prit is believed tobeleag to the Order. ,4lO c r i bitt The Kirg_ef the• Two Sieilies gave a gr i t: 1 ir9 King of Portugal.and his brother, the Th-L 64. fg, 1 1,• 6th. Ameng, the. distinguished persons . ..s" / Infante ef. Spain ; Btu Sebastian, and his . ~ ~, ' Count and :Countess of Montemolino. Ai l " ar# 1 RusszA. — PrincePaskiewitch is serious-if ot d / be breaking. up. A tremendous fire hrni t a e otreil / e l great fire of Novogorod, in Russia. It o ° :d quantity of merchandise, valued at three 01edr" o il The- Warsaw correspondent of the 1 1 ,4g l i obe 0 61 4 some length, to important refo r ms about 10! j Ai W i in Poland. In the first place, the 00, 01 , 1 t o lipwor f which has hitherto held cognizance of, al 4 f e . b ° ~.). dissolved, and, such offences will in, fn.„„ 01 10 ; ordinary tribunals. Secondly, the -ri",e(.o o TO! be substituted for the Russian ins all. u;,: i ti o ," , /,, proclamations. Thirdly, instead of 010; 1 0 ; 00 4i #i 17 extentrwn o eift ‘ o V hr , e ms la th ar ie : et e is t icoye w szn i o t tmf h hee,nc t c h mie e nmidi d ieei i snp ff tt e e2e r ri e ,do p af t nwoj o tu f: . ,i n n i ,e,..o,.: u ae l as o oo,cd.: . vite ,.: o o , v...hp r eop..:i joi , Kingdom of Poland." sttiponati T vae v ont u fh x aatd n htd x erteh .— nsese A efi:n e l c aiot o nas u cen n ilaf t gl s wtoe f m r tala om aroteagras Q ed o o e sbi e uty t e e oz,n e ft t ,, LPßo irfl i i oti o., : iveari..,, : lo : ( l l 6 creasing. The bankers of ConstantinVoir,o l ace fb the habit of lending to the forte, at 11 ,0'0 1 0 11 ,0 declared that they had no. more n ei tt :o3lS' - g l " - mo t e . 6 10 01 1-- OP advanced, it is said, five millions. n ,co .6 " r remedy this state of affairs. „,,, the ...A we', te;.te . „,' THE PRINCIPALIT/4EIS.—A letter "-'''' teer - et s it Of says :—" It is generally understood tn' i t o 01, P t ; it F exchange of notes lately between Viel 1.4 0 0 0F . ,,,P 0 0 ', concerning the concentration of troops Altbtettvof, present effecting in the principaliticti e eao ArolP„# ' o r ot : o i means the intention of the Cabinet 01, 1 3 is de7 ia tio g Pe' s in the way of the Turkish troops, st ni ,., l lo l9 ',7ohi v ,, # 9 what is the object of these movemenb'' a 00' t tilveir taken place with the Cabinet of Paris on tha n o cel o t 1 We hear from Bulgaria and Rnl ie d b e f e th e illt o , this year exceedingly good. Orders. v . ae uP t his, 0 . , effect that all the corn must hegaition t .d ., ° ,oelt V as was, the case last year. In l e goYe' - epr:4oo,# Bulgaria were to be made over to t uire, tore . tOr, be forwarded, as necessity shall req Fo r Iglo o o_, of the Allied armies in the Crimea.i .ss i e g o , o l ' e , iv i i til and English agents had been P nre '....eptlit' ti -t tIP ve t i ters at unheard-of prices. Th e t di to P er u , 000 ' suffer greatly, and must be en n . s roorensran sorbe r , ) flesh for some time to come. Tiu' fe te 0 1 ° 4 11; easy to obtain, and would necessarilyacket Be s gt, AFitica.— The African maii:P ist . le.sAr t aSA, Rolt, from Fernando Po, e Linnet 2 1 ni t e h ne el ; t steam-vessels , Sierra an dLpeohnileo,Ani2n3etr,edi Antelope ellf: e; s sae r: diiii:t poo, 4; 0 ri 0.1 p e h tl i l , ar 3 r , iv a e t d, A al e l cra we . ll, Th at e Pl s y t T i n e l e w ou : innet , rli h iffe : : ::F!e ni r n n Y :: sild3 ::jy yi t i o : c ol f g e°° :::: ) Leone for England, on June i rf v esse. - To o, ~. i ,/ mander Nicolas, of the steam - sierra i„ien:j ; 4 wounded at Malakolo river, naves,vue O r P- at il lwiginiuhfrteao. quested whom Frith,ei er ig engagement differencesLg purser,asee m osni e se n t f t ht :wal were A sed i tl ni the rsksaceill:toila.zi_nd : t.orrsrenhe f .hoslere ! , ~ ,:: . .. i, th e ute 3 ati rf le ss sri t r.: , ooi i. ei s:ez, ~141; French men-of-war were , ‘ ,.. 00 , Bathu rs f r ot o ,lo 4 , • mail-packet Candace sailed the BthioPe t , wa s n og ee on the 25th of June, and ' T h e Coo sog ers Goree, on the 2nd of July. ...„, is pas moderate. 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