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SERMON OF THE REV. DR. WOLFF ON THE MILLENNIUM. PREACHED AT ST. JUDE'S CHURCH ON THURSDAY EVENING. On Thursday evening last, the Rev. Joseph Wolff, LL.D., preached a sermon at St. Jude's Church, ou the Millennium. As the reverend doctor and extraordinary missionary is nu common man, and, as the subject about which it was an nounced he would preach is one not often enlarged upon by our elergy, we were induced to attend and take short-hand notes of his sermon. 'We do not at all regret our labour at having done so. It is an extraordinary powerful collation of Biblical authorities and predictions, and affords much food• for thought. Without further comment or preface, as we heard it we lay it before our readers. The Rev. Doctor commenced :-1 have taken fur the sub ject of my evening meditation the 23rd chapter of the 2nd Book of Samuel, from the 2nd to the sth verse. " The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his word was in my tongue. " 'rhe God of Israel said, the rock of Israel spake to me; He that rarest over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. " And be shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain. " Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with nee an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure; for this is all my salvation and all my desire, al though he make it not to grow." First of all I will give here a literal translation of this text, of the 3d verse, as it is translated by a most celebrated Rabbi, whose translation has been adopted by the eastern churches, by the Syrian church, and by the Chaldeans, and also confirmed by Ephraim Serus. It is translated in this manner. (If there is here a Jew, he will be glad to hear it so confirmed.) "The God of Israel said, the rock of Israel spake tome, He that ruleth in Adam's form must be t he just une"—in humanity—in Adam's form must be the just one—" ruling in the fear of God." The very text at once establishes the doctrine which I intend to advocate this even ing, namely the doctrine of the personal, visible coming and reigning of our Lord Jesus Christ here upon earth. Perbon Jonadan translates it in this wav—" The God of Israel said, the reek of Israel spake to me, 'He that ruleth in humanity, must be the just one, namely Malca, the redeeming Messiah." Before, however, I go on to improve this more, and to give my further improved on this important subject, you will per snit me to make some preliminary observations. Only a few days ago I was in the country with a most intelligent man. Ha told me, " What ! How is it, that no man of note, of real talent, ever advocated the doctrine , either th e belief in the natural restoration of the Jews, or the personal reign of Jesus Christ ?" Well, I acquainted him with Bishop Kellar; he was not satisfied. Bishop Newton; he was n o t satisfied. Then I said Butler—Butler's Analogy. He at once told me, " I have read Butler's Analogy six times, and I have never found one single word either about the restoration of the Jews, or anything that can lead to the belief in the personal reign of Jesus Christ." And I have Butler's Analogy here. And he told me—" If you will show to me, I will at once say vou are right, and if not I will doubt the correctness of your recollection." Now I have just written out the whole pas sage on the subject, where he speaks—in page 371 to 375, Oxford edition, octavo—where he distinctly speaks of the prophecies with regard to the extension of the Jews and the loss of their kingdom; and then he goes un—" That as seve ral of these events seem, in some degree, expressly to have verified the prophetic history already ; so likewise they may be considered further, as having a peculiar aspect towards the full completion of it"—now mark—" as affording some presumption that the whole of it shall, one time or other, be fulfilled. Thus, that the Jews have been so wonderfully preserved in their long and wide dispersion; which is indeed the direct fulfilling of some prophecies"—mark, only of " some prophecies"—" but is now mentioned only as looking forward to somewhat vet to come : that natural religion came forth from Judea, and spread in the degree it has done over the world, before lost in idolatry; which, together with some other things, have distinguished that very place, in like manner as the people of it are distinguished: that this great change of religion over the earth was brought about under the profession and acknowledgment that Jesus was the pro mised Messiah : things of this kind"—now mark—" things of this kind naturally torn the thoughts of set inns men towards the full completion of the prophetic history, concerning"— what ?—" concerning the final restoration of that people;" —and more, which he must think has not yet been fulfilled, namely—" concerning the establishment of the everlasting kingdom among them, the kingdom of the Messiah; and the future state of the norid under this"—so he did not say he believed anything like an annihilation of the earth—" under this sacred government. Such circumstances and events compared with these prophecies, though no completions of them, yes would not, 1 think, be spoken of as nothing in the argoment, by a person upon his first being informed of them. They fall in with the prophetic history of things still future, give it some additional credibility, have the appearance of being somewhat in order to the full completion of it."—Now here is the testimony of a man who is generally acknow ledged as one of the greatest reasoners that ever lived. Now there is, however, another consideration with regard to this doctrine which ought not to be passed over with silence; namely, it is taught, the Scripture is the only rule of our faith. A believer, a real believer, and especially a faithful member of the Church of England, will at the same time consult the opinion of the Church, and what has been believed in the first ages with regard to this doctrine; whe ther anything in the Church militates against it. or may rather be interpreted in favour of that doctrine. Well, now, first with regard to the believer of the Church of England. Let us go at once to this prayer for the dead, in the burial service: these words—" Beseeching Thee, that it may please Thee of thy gracious goodness shortly to accomplish the number of thine elect. and to hasten thy kingdom." To hasten thy kingdom. What kingdom? Merely a kingdom in which the souls are happy ? No; a kingdom " wherein those that are departed in the true faith of thy holy name, may have their perfect consummation and blis s, both in body and soul"—in body and soul—" in thy eternal and everlasting glory." Some other observations before I go over to the subject itself. Lately, in Egypt, there fell in my hands some of the writings of a most ancient Rabbi, by which I was very much struck. The name of the Rabbi, is Rabbi David Peosimra. He says—" During the timer of Jesus Christ, there were two parties amongst the Jews : one party (of Jesus of Nazareth, as he expresses himselt)—one !mix, a tajdipound the cteTters regarding the suf. those who understood the prophecies literally became his followers, because they saw them fulfilled." My dear friends, I confess I tremble often when I so see so many, who just are contented with the superficial knowledge of that doc trine, that that may he one day the case also when he comes, that many will not believe, for they have taken the thing " spiritually," as he calls it. Now, let us investigate a little more this doctrine. And coming from Christ, there is not one single passage in the whole of the Old or New Testament, which conveys the idea of the spiritual reign. Over the whole Bible, not one single passage, I repeat it; but, on the con trary, it shows forth the personal visible reign of Christ. Now, try to deny one single proposition that I will now lay before you, or to disprove; Christ was united to the threefold office of prophet, of priest. and of king. It is true or not. As prophet, has he not been visibly and personally manifest, and " spoke as never man spake ?" And there is a multi tude were around him—they saw him. And when he pre dicted—as to his prophetic office—the destruction of Jerusa lem, and his future coming, they also saw him as prophet. As priest—as high-priest, he sacrificed himself upon the cross visibly. There he stood; around him were his mother, and the centurions, his enemies; and the thieves also, and the high priests, WllO saw him. This cannot be denied. And thus he was predicted as king. He has been anointed, but has not yet executed his kingly office in any way whatsoever. There fore, would it not be most absurd to say that he will not as substantially and as visibly manifest himself as king? and as he manifested himself as priest and as prophet ? Can this be denied? Well, now, it is a question. What can we find first in the Old 'testament ? That he is revealed as a visible king. This every one will admit. For instance, let us go at once to Isaiah, in the 9th chapter and 7th verse. In the 6th verse he was expected as a child—" For unto us a child is bum; unto us a son is given." Now it is so. The Christians are so very glad to the Jews to show it them. Now, you see how literally this is fulfilled. And what he is also called is literally fulfilled :—" the wonderful Counsellor,' the mighty God"—all literally fulfilled. Now, go to the 7th verse •' " Of the increase' of his government and peace, there shall be no end." Where? "Upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom." So he shall sit upon the throne of Da vid, and upon his kingdom. Now, compare with this text the 102a , l Psalm, in the 16th verse;—" When the Lord shall build up Zion." At that time "he shall"—in Hebrew—" he shall be visible—manifested visibly." You see the force of the word—" in his glory." So we see here that he is mani fested continually as a king, sitting upon the throne and " visible." More : go further, to Jeremiah, '23rd chapter. " Behold, the days conic. s.aith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous branch." So here he is a branch: as a descendant of David he is to be raised; and for what pur pose?—" As a king." As king that branch "shall reign and prosper." So it is all a visible thing—a corporeal thing —a bodily king, here made. Now, You see, so that it is im possible to give to this any thing like a spiritual iaterpreta tion. Further, that this is the Son of David—this branch of David, cannot be meant in any way in a spiritual manner. Go to the Romans, where it is explained. In the Romans, in the Ist chapter to the Romans, in the 3rd verse—" Concern ing his Son Jesus Christ, our Lord, which was made of the seed of David,"—Only spiritually ? No, never : it would be heresy to consider it so , but—" according to the flesh." Now, go, besides this, to ie Acts, in the 2nd chapter and 30th verse, by which you will see positively and absolutely, that he cannot sit upon the throne of David according to the spirit—that that is altogether impossible according to the spiritual interpretation. "Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh,"—now mark, not according to the spirit, according to the flesh,—" he would raise np Christ,"—for what purpose? Would it not be ab surdity to say—and would it not be a down right addition to the word of God, and a complete contradiction—he raised up Christ according to the flesh to sit on his throne spiritually? Where is it said? Would it not altogether be most absurd to say "he raised him up according to the flesh, to sit on his throne spiritually ?" I give this to your consideration. When Trypbo wrote to Justinus Marco—the book was translated into German and into English by the Bishop of Lincoln—the Jew asked him " In the 53rd chapter of Isaiah, does he sit on the throne of David?" Justinus Marco said "We believe he shall sit on the throne of his father David a thousand years." Trypho asks hiin, "Do you assert this only to catch me, to make a Christian of me, or is this your real belief ?" And Justiaus Marco says, "he believes it is the belief of the whole church • and he declares all who do not believe it to be heretics." Clements Alexandrinus declares "heis to sit on the throne according to the flesh," and adds that "the church fell into decay the momeut she lost that expectation of the future corning of our Lord Jesus Christ, visibly and person ally." From that moment the church decayed. This is the word of Clements Alexandrinus. And let us see a more de cisive text with regard to the visible reign and coming of Jesus Christ. Let us consider the first chapter of the Acts from the first verse —"the former treatise have I made, 0 Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and to teach, until the day in which lie was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen; to whom also he showed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days"—now mark—"and speaking of the things pertaining to the Kingdom of God." Now, if a person speaks, and especially our blessed Lord and Saviour, the Je hovah—the eternal Jehovah, for forty days, with his disci ples, they must have understood him, whether he means anything like a reign, or re-establishment of the Kingdom of Israel, and his reigning there, or whether he will carry them altogether all away into another region, as it is now believed by many. Now let us see; he spoke with them forty days of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God. "And being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which. he saith, ye have beard of me. For John truly baptized with water, but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost ;" here he tells them what will take place " not many days hence. When they, therefore, were come together, they asked of him saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the Kingdom to Israel?" Of which now let me give you some example. You are here; I come here and ask one of you, "will you at this time go to London," without having spoken at all about it, would it not be quite nonsense? It is extraordinary to ask you such a direct question without ever having conversed about it. But, would you not tsll me, " why, how do you come to this question?" So we see here from this direct question, that his conversation about the Kingdom of God must have had reference to this subject, namelL, , t herestora tion of the Kingdom to Israel. Now, if th ey misunder stood him, and if he had never intended t o re-establish really e ad visibly the Kingdom of Israel and the throne of David, - would he not have told them, you are labouring under a mis take, and you have not understood me ? But, further; now if I ask you—if I continue my simile, if I were to ask you, " will you go to-day to London?" and suppose you were to tell me " it is not your business," would you tell me by this that you will never go there? or only that 1 have no business to know the time? Now, hear the answer. " And he said unto them, it is not for you to know the times or the seasons which the father bath put in his own power. But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you; and ve shall be witnesses unto me both in Jeru salem and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the ut termost part of the earth. And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld he was taken up.." And now, mark the circumstance. "And a cloud received him out of their sight." This was the miracle by which he was conveyed to heaven. "And while they looked steadfastly towards heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like man tner as ye have seen him go into heaven" " Shall so come in the self same manner," according to the Greek text. So you have seen him go into heaven; they saw him go into the cloud, and he himself says, " Henceforth ye shall see the son of man coining into heaven"—the son of man, and that he shall appear exactly in the figure of the son of man is proved; first, that he went up as tie articles of the Church of England teach us, in the figure of the son of man towards heaven. And go to the history of Daniel, in the 7th chapter of Daniel, and 13th and 14th verse, which I will also analyse according to the original text. I saw in the night visions, and behold, cne like the son of man"—here the grammarians say is k, which means in the form of a thing—" in the form of the son of man, came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the ancient of days, and they brought him near before him." So you see, he will also come in the form of man, as he went up; besides this, where it is said in the 12th verse, where he went up, it was on the Mount of Olives. Now go to the 14th Zechariah, the 4th verse—" And then shall the Lord go, forth and fight ag ainst those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle. And his feet shall stand an that day"—where lie stood when he went up, on the self same mount—" upon the Mount of Olives." And in order that we may never have any occasion to spiritualize this Mount of Olives, a geogra phical description of it is given as you find it in the map, such as it is exactly now existing—" which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the Mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof, toward the east and toward the west." So you see, that in the self same wanner he shall come again. Besides this, our Lord Jesus Christ himself fixes the time of his sitting upon the throne of his glory at his second coming; so that at present he does not sit upon the throne of his own glory, but at the right hand of God the Father, as a priest according to the order of Melchizedec, as it is in the 110th Psalm. Now mark this too, he sits at the right hand of God his Father as a priest; as the Apostle Paul in the 6th chapter to the He brews also tells us, "as a priest according to the order of Melchizedec." Now, Melchieetlec was not of the tribe—of any tribe of Israel; not of the tribe of Judah, and therefore nut a descendant of David; and for this reason, by his sitting at the right hand of God be has not at all renounced the ex pectation to sit in any way—either spiritually or literally in any way, upon the throne of his father David; but at the same time, as i said, he fixed the time of his corning—of his sitting upon the throne of his own glory. I refer you first to Revelations—to the 3d chapter of Revelations; I refer you to the 21st verse. "To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also evercame, and am set down with my Father in his throue"—on the throne of God. Now, and that he shall sit upon the throne of his own glory at his coming, he said—he has most distinctly told us in Matthew, in the 31st verse, in the 25th chapter—" When the son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy an angels with him, then shall be sit upon the throne." At that time when the Son of Man shall coine in his glory, and all the holy angels with him,—"then,"—at that time—" shall he sit upon the throne of his glory." So we see, that he himself de clares distinctly, that he is not yet seated upon the throne of his glory, though the anointed King, just as David the type—the Father, is the type of his Son and his glory. He was the anointed King of Israel by Samuel. But he did nut enter his Kingly office until Samuel was slain, and so our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of David, though the anointed King, has not yet entered his Kingly office, a lthough Christ shall be slain. For every proposition proved from the Scrip ture must be produced ; that throughout the Scripture his Kingly office will only take place after the judgment over his enemies, we can see throughout the prophets; see, for instance, in the 32d chapter of Isaiah. Here we see it goes on, in the 32d chapter, it is said first—there we see the judg ments, Oraroah—and then, " Behold, a King shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall reign iu judgment"—at that time when the judgment shall have gone over his enemies. Besides this, go to the 2d chapter of Daniel, in the 49th verse; after these Kings of the Roman empire have been groun to powder, and then—" In the days of these Kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never de destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people !" Compare with this the 7th chapter of Daniel, the 13th and 14th verses ; we also see that it shall take place after the destruction of the Eastern and Western Roman empire; then it goes on—" I saw, and behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a king dom, that all people, nations and languages should serve him;" and so on. And in the 27th verse—" And the King dom and dominion, and the greatness of the Kingdom"— where ?in heaven ? No; —" under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people o the saints of the Most High." I also recommend to your consideration, the following re markable prophecy, from the Ist chapter of Luke, from the prophecy of Gabriel.—" And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary, for thou hest found favour with God. And be hold thou shalt conceive in thy womb and bring forth a Son, and shalt call his name Jesus.—This was literally fulfilled, as every one of you shall confess;—" He shall be great ;" Who can deny that this was literally fulfilled, even on the cross. His look converted the thief on the cross. 1 remem ber reading one day, when a child, in the assembly of Rabbis, and every one of them cursing the name of Jesus, when suddenly they burst forth in these observations,— " this can not be denied that he was very great." The reason for it was this, what these Rabbis assigned—and my dear friends, one of these Rabbis was my own father—that he after all, though crucified, and having died the most igno minous death on the cross, that he should have been able to overturn the minds of the people of all nations from impos tures, and that his religion, in spite of all, should have been a sseass...sesitaase of, 001inroi also have declared himself to be a convert to Christ." You see you have here the testimony of enemies. But my friends, be was greater in a higher sense at his death. Huw did he display his greatness? When the curtain in the temple rent in twain, and the sun was darkened, and the earth. trembled, and the mountains split. This shows that a great man must have died. Now here, all is literally fulfilled ; not spiritu ally, literally.—" He shall be great,. and shall be called the Son of the Highest." Really this testimony is literally ful filled. When travelling in the mountains of Khoordistan, I asked the Chaldean Christians, what do you think of Christ? and they said, " Heis Jesus, the Son of the Highest." To the very letter fulfilled. Go to the Sy lieu Christians and ask them low do you call Jesus ?" " Jesus the Son of the Highest." Go to the Armenian Christians, how do they call him ? "Jesus the Son of the Highest." You see how literally. But we don't at once say all the rest must be fulfilled literally. "And the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David." Has this been fulfilled? Not a word—not a single word of it. Further, if these passages which related to Jerusalem were to be understood spiritually, the New Testament would have spiritualised them. If the New Tes tament has not spiritualised them, what right has any com mentator to do it? Is it not au addition to the word of God ? So, for instance, here I refer you to the 9th chapter of Amos, and the 11th verse,—" In that day will I raise up the taber nacle of ,David"—spiritually so ? no—" that is fallen, and close up the branches thereof :" these are still open. I may be there in twenty days, and see all open. " And I will raise up his ruins"—still in ruins—your senses cannot de- ceive you; not yet fulfilled—" and 1 will build it as in the days of old." So they were in ruins for centuries; so they are in ruins now. But if the New Testament had spiritual ized this passage, I would submit. But now go to the 15th of the acts, in the 14th verse. There was a question about the Gentiles and the Jews, namely, the Jews believed that the Gentiles must accommodate themselves according to the Jewish rights. Here Peter sets this whole question right, and James explains it more fully. He says, Simeon bath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles." For whit could his first coming have been ? He visited the Gentiles fur what reason ?—" To take out of them a people for his name"—to hasten to accomplish the number of his elect, as the church tells us; and so he is going ou at this day—at this moment; ecclesia, a people called out; a church; to establish a church among the gentiles, which I understand the words of the prophet as it is written. Where is it written ? You have heard it in Amos, 9th chapter and 11th verse, and here it is repeated :—" After this I will return"'—the Lord will return; and what shall be do?—" and will build again" —a spiritual tabernacle ? Do I read it right ? Quite incorrect. Go and see—" the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and will set it up." Now here it is, beyond ail doubt, that his establish ment of the kingdom of our Lord shall be a visible and a per sonal one. Then it is a question, in what way he will come? At his first coming his voice was not heard in the street, and he came like a tender plant out of a dry ground, " despised and rejected of men," and " a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief," literally. But, my dear friends, at his second coming how will he come ? Let us go again to scripture. You have. seen bow literally his sufferings were fulfilled, and his humiliation literally. N ow, go to Isaiah—the 31st chapter of Isaiah. Wonderful! It is here described, his second coming. What of it ? No longer one of humility—" Thus bath the Lord spoken,"—excuse me, in the 4th verse—" like as the lion, and the young lion. roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him." I had such a real, clear idea of this when lately in Abyssinia, in the mountaius of Arabia. I was sitting in the open field, with some chiefs; they were consulting; and,around us were the shepherd.", when erise.clily a roaring of the lions and. tigers were heard; when all arose suddenly and exclaimed, " Shep herps, shhpherds, shepherds !"—there the whole mountain was in uproar. So it shall be, my friends, when the Lion of the tribe of Judah shall come, " roaring on his prey; when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, and he will not be.afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the voice of them; so shall the Lord of Hosts come down"—for what purpose?—" to fight for Mount Zion and for the hill thereof. As birds flying, so will the Lord of hosts defend Jerusalem ;"—not annihilate the world, but defend and establish it—"defend Jerusalem;" as the Jews so beautifully pray at Jerusalem when they mention it every one—when they mention Jerusalem, and that they must es tablish and build it again. Very soon? No; when it shall suit His purpose; " He shall come down iu glory"—softie down to fight for Mount Zion, and for the hill thereof. "As birds flying so will the Lord of Hosts defend Jerusalem; de fending it also, he will deliver it, and passing over it, he will preserve it." . And this is his preservation, and delivery, and liberation, and emancipation of Jerusalem; as what Peter calls—" the creation of a new earth" according to the prophecies. For where are these prophecies? You only find these prophecies mentioned by Peter in the 65th chapter of Isaiah. Here is the prophecy of this creation, and here is the exposition of this new earth and heaven. Now mark, in the 17th verse. "For, behold, I create new-heavens and a new earth, and the former shall not he remembered nor come into mind." But now, go on,—But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create." What is meant? The cre ation of a new heaven and a new earth; " For behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy." Now she goes about sorrowing and weeping away the morning. But this will be the creation—" I create Jerusalem a rejoic ing►, and her people a joy, and I will rejoice in Jerusalem." This is the comment about the creation of the new heaven and new earth—" and joy in my people ; and the voice of weeping shall be no more beard in her, nor the voice of cry ing." Well now, here I think it would keep us to long to show all these passages to prove his personal coming, and his rising as you have seen liim, - and his sitting upon the throne of David. In what way can you place the throne of David ? Anywhere else but in Palestine? as a Jew will tell you. The throne of James is in London ; the throne of the Sultan Mahoinet is in Constantinople; and the throne of David where? Where is it? In heaven ?—The throne of David never was in heaven. It is in Jerusalem, 13 miles distant from Japha. Or as others say, "the indwelling of the Holy Ghost." Oh, my dear, dear friends, do you include in this way any partial clause, just as if in order to get rid of it ? There are some say, "Oh, there are so very holy men who bade not believed so and so." Yes, my dear friends, many have done a great deal of good who did not believe it. So crates, likewise, did a great deal of good, and he did not believe it ; and Fenelon, and Pascal, and Vincent Epoula, —all these did a great deal of good, and did not believe it, — not one word of this; they . believe the transubstantiation : therefore must you believe it? They have done a great deal of good. You see it is altogether untenable, whatever is said against it. Then it is said again, as I heard yesterday,— " yes, but only the practical view, it is the practical chris tianity that we want." My dear friends, what practical love of a wife is this ? When the husband is in a distant country she likes to bear about him; and when certainly she hears he will come, " Oh, this I don't bother about," she says,—what do you think ? What would you say of such a wife, or of such a child? He has not seen the father for many years; then he hears the father comes—" Oh, this ? I don't trouble about this," he says. 11Iy dear friends, should we say of anything that is revealed in Scripture, " I don't trouble about it ?" Then it is said again—" but you cannot say that ever a coun cil of the church has determined this, that it should be taken literally." Has a council, or any father, ever said it must be taken spiritually? St. Jerome, the first father who ever said we may understand it spiritually, tells us that so many holy men are against him that he does not dare to give a de cided opinion about it. And again, has ever one single coun cil said we must understand this spiritually ? Not one what ever. Oh my dear friends, it is clear in Scripture. Then again, it is said, " Yes, yes, but then our eternal salvation does not depend upon it, and therefore 1 content my self merely with the chief points." Now I will just tell you the effect of such an observation. Now what I can give you, you hear preached every day much more eloquently and fully, but I must give you my experience on this point. Lately in Persia. the second time, there was a Christian ; he was asked by a Persian Mahornedan, "Oh, I wish you would tell me something about Daniel and The prophets; there are such mighty prophecies, and beautiful, about the regeneration of the world?" "Oh," said he, "these I don't trouble about ; the great points are about Jesus Christ having died foi our sins." The Persian turned away from him and said, " You Christians; you are the most contemptible infidels I ever met with. We, Mahometans, every one believe that the Koran is come from God—that Mahoniet received it from the angel Gabriel from heaven; and for this reason, every word it contains we read and consider with the greatest de votion. And you, about the greater part of your scripture; you say, you don't trouble about it." Is it not written, it is of the holy Spirit; and, therefore, though I am far from saying that those who have not believed, they are not saved— " who art thou that judgest?"—but at the seine time, I must say, my dear friends, that we are in danger, for this reason; I ask you, is not all scripture given by divine inspiration ? If all scripture is given by divine inspiration, do we not treat slightly the spirit if we say " I take notice of one part, and not of the other ingredients. One part with regard to one portion of scripture, has happened to Israel, with regard to his first coming. Ido not regard the other parts which relate to his second coming." A few have regarded them as to his first coining, and a few have regarded them as to his second coming. The veil is around the Jews as to his first coining, and the veil is around many Gentiles when they read Moses with regard to his second coining. Now let us see; so far we have only established the personality of his reign; what shall be the nature of his reign ? In the second book of Samuel, in the 23rd chapter and 4th verse, here is giver, a description of the kingdom of the Messiah. Then, my dear !fiends, we shall have a change of govern ment for the better; till that time,' all your contrivances, whatever they are, you will never have a government for the better; and therefore we have to submit obediently to the powers that be. Now hear the 23rd chap. of second Samuel, and the 4th verse, " And he shall be a ruler in the form of man. And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds"—nothing shall interrupt the beauty, the felicity, the happiness of that kingdom—" as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain." It is more explained still in the—evidently here an allusion to—the 72nd Psalm, where this beautiful coming is described—" He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass • as showers that water the earth. In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abun dance of peace so long as the moon endureth. lie shall have dominion also from sea to sea"—that is not in heaven— " and from the river unto the ends of the earth. They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his ene mies shall lick the dust. The kings of Tarshish, and of the isles, shall bring presents;"—these are not in heaven; these are of the earth;—" the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. Yea, all kings shall fall down before him; all nations shall serve him." Now , how shall i t be with regard to Israel? Oh, here I could speak to you the whole night on a few of these passages. Go only and read the 51st or Isaiah. The Redeemer, or their King, has come. "'The redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head; they shall obtain gladness and ; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away." It is more explained; in that city there shall be the whole union of the twelve tribes under their king Jesus Christ, the Son of David. Go to the 37th of Ezekiel : and there I will give you an instance what 1 have seen in Arabia, which will make completely clear the whole passage about the " dry bones." It would last too long to read the whole, therefore I will read it merely from the 15th verse. " The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his emtpanions; then take another stick and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions; and join them one to another into one stick, and they shall become one in thine hand. And I will make them one na tion in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all; and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingelorns any more at all." Now in Abyssinia and in Arabia Felix, these children of Hohab, they divide themselves still into tribes. Every tribe has a stick, upon which the name of the tribe is written. The same is in Turkishtan. When they go in battle against each other, they are known by the different sticks. When they make again an alliance together and establish peace, they bind one stick upon another, and the whole shout among the Toergoinauns; I heard it. Now here you have this; so it must have been undoubtedly among the children of Israel. Now thus they shall be brought together in one stick upon another, and " they shalt be one." And here the King is described, who he shall be. Here it is said in the 37th chapter—" And David my servant shall be King over them," here literally according to the oriental idiom. Ask any Turk who is the Governor of Constantinople? they don't tell you Sultan Mahmoud; they tell you Matemond the Founder of the Dynasty. Ask any •person in Robed, who is the governor there? they tell you. Ilamoraund, for he is the founder of the kingdom. And who is the son of David ? the Lord Jesus Christ, without spiritualizing, for this is merely the oriental mode of speaking Now my friends, this is one of the events—the regathering of the Jewish nation, and his reconciliation to them, which is spoken of. But with regard to the world, bow shall it be then, when they shall be esta blished ? Let its go to the 60th chapter of Isaiah ; after we e eehhe nronhet have a whole ransomed nation before bhp, he tiles shall come to thy light, and kinssi . tO the Ofigtifiri.fleAfi thy rising. Lift up thine eyes round about, and see; all they gather themselves together, they come to thee : thy sons shall come from far. and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side." And then. "His- kingdom at His first coining, was not of this world." He, Himself, said so. It is literally true; he bad nothing to do with it. But at his second coming, the kingdom of this world shall become the kingdom or our Lord and of His Christ. And how shall this be established? Amidst unheard of judgements. I will only read to you one portion of scripture more. and then conclude with the im provement. Here are these judgements*" Come near ye nations to hear, and hearken ye people; let the earth hear and alt that is therein; the world and all things that comae forth from it, for the indignation of the Lord is upon all na tions, and hit fury upon all their armies; he has utterly de stroyed them; he has delivered them to the halter," and so he goes on. Why is all this for? This is the time of the fullness of the Gentiles. Jerusalem was to be trodden down until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled. Now it is fulfilled, fur it is the day of the Lord's vengeance, and the year of recompense for the _humiliation of Zion. Now, a little, I show to you, what is the practical effect of this doctrine. I read and expounded this chapter when I was with Ephraim. Pasha, the emperor, in Yemen, on my way to the Itechab ites at Sena. There were some Turkish officers come from the army, who said "what a full and terrible speech of the prophet Isaiah, the peace and comfort of God upon him," — they always use this expression—" What terrible and awful speech was this; how awfully it will go with us that live in much sin and iniquities." Now these were literally his ob servations. Actually I saw several of the 'Dirks tearing off their garments and beating their breasts, and saying, " What awful tidings will come over the world." Is not that a prac tical effect my friends, when I can touch the hearts ofTurks ; and should you consider it matter of speculation, when Isaiah and thh greater part of the prophets are alluding to the suf ferings of Christ, which are the minor parts of scripture, though the most important, and for this very reason; the apostle Paul says :—" I reckon the sufferings of this world nothing in comparison of the glory that is to follow." Now the prophets foreseeing such times, Isaiah bursts forth suddenly at the end of his prophecies, when he has described the judgments of the Lord, in these remarka ble words—" Who is he that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah",--and after, he again hears shouting for joy the whole Jewish nation. Ile is so impatient that he exclaims, "Oh ! that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down and touch the mountains that they smoke;"—and when foreseeing the glory of Jerusalem, when "the light shall shine around him," he exclaims—far from being a mere speculation to him—" For Zion's sake I will not hold my peace; for Jerusalem's sake I will not hold my tongue."—And should it he to you mere matter of specu lation? My friends, my friends; consider it only, consider it! Oh, now, listen only, what was it to David. Hear the dear old David at his dying hour. And when at the hour of one's death one does not trifle. Even the wicked does not trifle at that moment. Lately a most horrid infidel died at. Rome. "There," he said; "now—now I shall soon hasten after an eternity; go all away from me in order that I may try to fight against the thought of eternity." You see, at such a moment, the firmness of infidelity ceases. But even it is an important hour to the believer; and hear Devitt. You see David at the hour of death. Let us wait a little; be not tired ; it is such a beautiful subject. And I confess, the more I think, now I am speaking of it, it is to rue as one that is in a dream—as a very sweet dream. One awakes out of the dream; the dream is past, but one has still an agreeable feeling of that fine dream. So it is to a person who speaks of such beautiful times, when our Lord shall reign upon earth. .Now David 9,}li, just. hear what I road to yott.ita.mv text: these were his last words, as Jacob's last words were, of the Messiah, when his sons were round him. He says—" This is all my salvation."" Far from being a mere speculation-- " all my salvation, and all my desire." Why should it not have been his desire? Is it not called "the desire of all na tions?"—" All my desire, and all my salvation;"—and let it be all your salvation and all your desire. And no more. I should have liked to have spoken to you about the first re. surrection, but it would keep me too long; therefore, only what Peter thought on the subject. " Wherefore," be says, "for we have nut followed cunningly devised fables, when we make known unto you the power of God;" and it is note mere speculation. This hurts me; this grieves me exceed ingly; I cannot help saying it grieves me. Do you know you have one who agrees with you that the subject of the regeneration is a speculation. Shall I tell you who? An infidel Jew; and that person, a very celebrated man, Mi monidas ; a very celebrated man. He says, "we should not speak about the coining of the Messiah, for it is mere specu lation," You see, he is in this way. Oh ! I will not grieve ' you, speaking it out clearly; but you know; . you under stand me what I mean many of our days, who think • themselves to be very spiritually-minded Christians. A person once wrote to rue in India, "I am so engrossed in the subject of salvation, that I have no time to "think of my Lord and Saviour, and his corning." About his salva tion ! To be in a safe place; and are we not safe when we are with our Lord? and when are we with our Lord? When he comes, and when we shall see him as he is. This is salvation; anti this is therefore " all our salvation," and ought to be " all our desire." Now, hear there what Peter says—" Therefore we are not saying cunningly devised fables, wheh we make known unto you the coming and power of our Lord Jesus Christ." My dear friends, and then the last prayer of the last of the Evangelists, after he was at Patinos, to see these beautiful times which shall assuredly come to pass. Then he saw Jerusalem. and those that were beheaded for the sake of Jesus; and when he saw that time, when we shall live and reign with Christ a thousand years, And how-he did pant after that time? "Conte, Lord Jesus; come; come, Lord Jesus; come; come quickly " My friends, will you not re-echo his words ? Should we not look out? I must go to one who will put you to shame—a Roman Catholic. Bernard, talking on this subject, once, in his zeal, lie exclaimed, full of it, far from considering it a speculation : --" Salve rue; —Save me, King of tremendous matchlessness. Those that are to be saved—saved freely, are full of holiness." Oh ! friends, friends, friends; 1 beseech vou ; I don't think I have spoken too harshly, though certainly it is very deeply to my heart • for I know how like infidels it is, my friends. The spiritualizing system makes infidels: it does not deserve the name spirituality; it deserves the name phantomiziny sys tem. Therefore I speak as speaking of the system. I saw the shouts of triumph in the Jews' countenances when Chris tians came; when they came and spiritualized what was not, could I answer them ? My friends, let this be " all our sill vation, all our desire;"—" Come, Lord Jesus; come quick ly." Amen. Throughout the sermon, which occupied an hour and a half in delivery, the speaker was listened to with the most devout attention • . . MURDER AT WHITLEY, CHESHIRE. The small village of Whitley, in Cheshire, situate in the I immediate neighbourhood of the Grand Junction Railroad, on its entering Cheshire from Lancashire, was on Thursday night the scene of 'a murder, which, while it affords an awful instance of the effects of giving way to passion, for determi nation and cold-blooded revenge, has seldom been equalled by an offence of the same kind in the North of England. 'I he man accused of the murder is named Thomas Barlow. He moved in a respectable sphere of lifei renting souse ex tensive premises at Appleton, belonging to Thomas Lyon, Esq., one of the county magistrates, and carrying on a con siderable business as a wheelwright. His chief bane through life appeared to be a too partial love for field sports. Ile regnlarly took out a license to kill and destroy game, and his trespasses on the manors of his wealthy neighbours, at times, was the cause of his being brought before the magis trates at the Daresberry Petty Sessions. However, at the last March AsSizes, being a man of intelligent character, he was selected as the foreman of the petty jury at Chester. Ile usually, on his sporting excursions, carried a double-barrelled gun, and was rather a terror to his companions, from his frequent appeals to it as the settler of his disputes. On very slight provocation, he has been known to threaten his oppo nent by saying " I'll shoot you,'' and at last he has fatally, put that threat into execution. The victim of his passion is Luke Speed. a labouring map, working for Mr. Whitlow, a farmer at Whitley. He has left a wife and four children, the eldest eight years, and the youngest nine weeks old. The facts of the case against the prisoner will be best collected from the. evidence taken et the Chetwode Arms, Lower Whit ley, before William Caldwell, Esq., coroner for the manor of Hutton, and a very respectable jury. Mr. Thomas Whitlow deposed, that he was a farmer, re siding at Whitley, in Cheshire. He, together .with Luke Speed, (the deceased) John Haddock; and Thomas Picker. ing, had been reaping some corn, in a field attached to his farm at Whitley, on Thursday. When they had finished the labour of the day, they went to a beer shop to get some ale. The prisoner, Thomas Barlow, sat in the beer house, with his gun by his side, and he had a dog with him. Barlow was drinking porter by himself. Witness and bis men drank ale. Witness paid for three quarts, anti the men had two quarts given them by the other customers in the house. This was about ten o'clock. They went out about that hour. After walking nine or ten yards, at a place called the Kiln Hole, they overtook Barlow. He was lying down. Speed and Haddock approaching him, observed that lie should not lay in that manner, took hold of him, one on each side, and lifted him from the ground. He was in a state of intoxication. Speed and Haddock walked with him some distance, when he turned suddenly round, rushed from them, and said he would shoot any man who touched him. On this Haddock offered to go round by Norton Brook, and to see Barlow home. Barlow did not accept the offer; but, instead of doing so, presented his gun at Speed. Oil seeing this, witness got into the Mill Field, over a style. A man named Hyde fol lowed, and witness called out to Speed also to do so, fearing that same accident would happen, or that Barlow would shout Speed. He asked Hyde to assist him in getting possession of the gun. Hyde agreed to the proposition, and on Barlow's cording into the field, they took the gun from him. It had double barrels. Witness immediately turned on one side, and flied both barrels off. He returned the gun to Barlow. Speed, on ascertaining that no danger could happen from the gun, and apparently being much irritated by having a loaded gun presented at him, struck Barlow, and knocked him down several times. Barlow did not strike again. Witness got the men away, and they left Barlow behind. In about ten minutes they reached his house, and witness told the men he would give them half-a-pint of beer a-piece before they left. They stood in the yard while he went in-doors to draw the ale. While he was doing so, he thought he heard another person join them, and in an instant after he hea rd Barlow say, "Is this Luke Speed ?" Luke Speed replied, " Yes, it is." Aud on which Barlow presented the gun, and shot him dead upon the spot. Witness had gone out on hearing Bar low come into the yard. Haddock and Taylor rushed into the house, fearing that Barlow might shoot them with the other barrel. They remained in the house two or three mi nutes, and in the interval Luke Speed laid in the yard. Wit ness heard him groan once or twice: He gut a candle, and finding that his bowels were protruding, and that he had been shot in the stomach, procured the assistance of some of the neighbours, and deceased was carried home to his own house. He lived close by. John Haddock, one of the reapers, spoke to the truth of this statement. He also said, that no angry words had passed between Barlow and the deceased at the beer shop. The deceased had not threatened to cut off his dog's tail. Bar low, in coming across the field after the deceased, had gone out of his way of home. It was in a quite contrary direction. Barlow had not been struck until after both barrels of the gun had been let off. All that could have offended Barlow was the offer to see him home. William Taylor, a miller, livino. at Greenall's Common, w as returning home on the night 'in question. On getting near to Whitlow's house, he heard souse one say, " Mind, or Barlow will shoot you;" and immediately after he heard Barlow say, "Is Luke Speed here ?" Speed said, " Yes," and Barlow instantly presented his gun, and shot him. [They were not two yards apart.l Speed said, " Oh! dear, dear, dear, lam shot." Barlow did not appear to be drunk. He walked quite steady. Mrs. W hitlow deposed to the finding of the ramrod of the gun about seven o'clock en Friday morning,, in the fold near where Speed was shot. It was broken in two pieces. Read, the constable, took possession of it. Thomas Billington, the keeper of a beer shop near Grims ditch Mill, deposed to the tact of all the parties spoken to being at his house on the night in question. No dispute took place. As Barlow went out, Speed said, " Your dog's tail is not cut off?" Barlow did not make any reply. Barlow had come into witness's house at half-past two o'clock in the after noon, and left about half.past nine. He walked very well past all the company, and his step was steady. The rest of the company lett in abort twenty minutes after Barlow. He had his gun with. him, Witness took it up, and was about taking off the caps from the locks, fearing an accident, when Barlow said, " Leave my gun alone." Witness did so. Bar low drank eight gills of porter. Mr. John Jetts, surgeon, of Shelton, deposed, that he was called upon to see Luke Speed on.-Friday morning. He was dead. On the examination of the body, witness found a lace mated wound, about the size of half-a-crown, ftom which part of the stomach and small intestines protruded. - Witness had since opened the body. The wound was on the left side. He found a quantity of sclot in the small intestines, and, in the 1 04 vel , ve tee 9' Williaun Read; speciarchnitable, 'apprehended the ' priSoner at Appleton. He. was in bed, and said he knew nothing about the affair. Witness searched for the gun and appa ratus, but did not find it. The prisoner denied all knowledge of it. He received the ramrod and. clothes produced from hearing il put t a h n e y dttenpe(s) sitio ns s o re t a n d e o w v it e ll'es a se n s d , rs. Whitlow and Mary Speed.. askedTise prisoner, if i e wished hed to said, " I know nothing about it." The jury found a verdict of wilful murder against him, and he was committed for trial at the next Chester Assizes. WARRINGTON. (From the Manchester Courier.) IMF ORTANT TO THE WORKING CLASSES.—LaSt week, • at the county court, hoiden at Preston, before Mr. Hulton, (the barrister,) assessor, Messrs. Clare and Brown, of the War rington crown glass works, appeared as defendants in an actin brought against them, by John 14l'Call, a glass blower in their employ, who claimed the sum of twenty-seven shillings, the amount of a week's wages. The plaintiffs' case was as follows : In the year 18.33, on the retirement of one of the firm, the defendants were anxious to secure the future services of their. men, and calling them together offered a bonus of £1 to those who would hire themselves for three years, and £2 bonus for five years, at the wages of twenty-seven shillings per week, with free house and fuel. The plaintiff and the other work men continued to work on these terms until the latter end of May last. In the mean time, the wages had been increased and decreased according to the state of trade, by consent of both parties; • but, under protest that it should not effect the original contract. On the I9th of May, the defendants closed one of their glass-houses, and it was proposed by them that the two sets of men should work alternate weeks, at the one house still kept open, and to receive thirty shillings for the working week, and - fifteen shillings when doing nothing. The men declined acceding to these terms, and claimed their con tract. The plaintiff worked one week, and then tendered his services every morning on the next, (the Ist week in June.) He wasnotcalledupon to work, and on Saturday night, fifteen shillings were tendered. He refused to receive it, and brought the present action. Mr•. Walmsley, the defendants' counsel, produced the contract. It contained a provision t hat the men " should work in the usual manner as they had done up to the day on which it was made, and at the same rate of wages and over work as they had heretofore received." Under this con tract, the learnad counsel contended, that thedefendants had fulfilled their parts, and that they were at liberty to act ac cording to the custom of the trade.—A number of witnesses i were called. on both sides, those for the plaintiff swearing the custom to be, that they should receive full wages work or play; and those for the defendants, that the custom was half wages when trade was dull. The trial occupied six hours, the jury finding for the defendants. A CHILD KILLED.—On Monday a coroner's inquest was held at the Bridewell, Warrington, on view of the body of Joseph Savory. a child of three years of age. The deceased was at play in Irlatn-street just at the time that a cart, be longing to Mr. May, the coal-agent, was passing. He didnot see the cart, and suddenly springing into the road, was knocked down by the horse's feet, and the wheel passed over his body. He died in ten minutes afterwards. The jury found a verdict of "Accidental death," with a deodand of one shilling on the horse and cart. COAL. PIT ACCIDENT.—Last week, as two men were de scending into Mr. Fletcher's coal-pit, at Sutton, they were knocked out of the tub by the fatting of a brick froui the side of the shaft. One held on to the chain, and escaped with some serious injuries the other, Henry Batteruby, - was killed on the spot. The Jury found a verdict of "Accidental death." FOOT RACE.—On Saturday evening a foot-race took place over 160 yards of the turnpike road between Sankey-bridge and Warrington, for £lO, between Wilkinson, a weaver, and Glover, a shoemaker, both of Warrington. Wilkinson won by above three yards. There was some heavy betting on the race, and 25 to 1 29 was hid against the winner. CAUTION TO CARTERS.—In consequence of the frequent accidents that have occurred in Warrington, by the negligence of carters, the provisions of the police-act have been brought into operation. By that enactment carters, either with or without reins, not leading their horses through the town, are liable to a penalty.. WARRINGTON MARKET.—There were several very fine samples of new wheat offered for sale in our market on Wed nesday. Sales were effected at from nine to ten shillings per bushel. • CONSECRATION.—On Wednesday Padgate Church was consecrated by the Bishop of Chester. After the ceremony, the Rev. Chancellor Itaikes preached an appropriate dis course from the 2d chap. of Haggai, verse 9—" The glory of the latter house shall be greater than the former, saith the Lord of Hosts ; and in this place will I give peace, saith the Lord of Hosts." A liberal collection was made towards de fraying the necessary expences attending the consecration. "WHERE THERE IS A WILL THERE IS A WAY."—OR Monday three moulders, working at the Bridge Foundry, Warrington, apulied for permission from the magistrates to pay over a drunken fine, in which they had been mulcted, to the subscription raising on behalf of the widows and children of the sufferers at the Viaduct Foundry. They were informed that this could not be done, as the money went to the parish, therefore they must either pay or be placed in the public stocks. Oa Thursday afternoon they underwent this punish ment. They were men who, under other circumstances, in all probability, would have been ashamed of their situation; as it - was, ltr-the aid of sundry bottles " pop" (all intoxi cating drink being forbidden), a merry song, and innumerable pipes of tobacco, the time passed merrily, and the scene proved a fund of amusement to a numerous auditory. FATAL GUN ACCIDENT.-011 Tuellday, Mr. Chas. Taylor, the landlord of the Red Lion, at Hatton, near Warrington, on returning home from shooting small birds, placed his guts behind some iron in a blacksmith's forge, adjoining his house, while he went into doors to take tea. A few minutes after wards his nephew, and niece, the latter a girl of eleven years of age, named Mary Long, went out to play. The boy found the gun, and presenting it at his cousin, pulled the trigger, and sending the charge through her head, shot tier dead on the spot. 1' he jury returned a verdict of " Accidentaldeatb." SUNDERLAND SHIPPING. — On a single day, Tuesday last, six large ships were launched into the Wear; on the banks of which 105 sail are now building,. Besides large importa-. tious of plank, &c., ready for ship b u ildin g purposes, the ser vices of 200 pairs f sawyers are. found . necessary. to , supply the demand for building triaterialK—Suaderliind Herald.. MISCELLANEOUS. An earnest desire has been expressed in many places that a day of thanksgiving for the plentitul harvest should be set apart by the proper authorities. The sugar manufactured from beet-root in France is stated to amount annually to 55,000 tons, or one-half of the entire consumption of the kingdom. Mr. O'Connell has subscribed £l,OOO to establish a con vent at Cahirciveen. The Right Reverend Dr. Egan has contributed £5OO. About to emigrate to 'Australia from Austria, 40,000 Se paratists, because of government interference with their re ligious tenets. FATAL ACCIDENT FROM FIRE-ARMS.—On Monday last a smith, at Halton, Cheshire. lett a loaded gun in his shop, which he had only quitted a few minutes before a little girl, about ten years old, entered, and, on seeing the gun, took it up, when it went off, and killed her on the spot. AN EDITOR WITH A RACE-HORSE.—An editor in the far West has bought a race-horse, for which he paid 2,000 dol lars. On being asked, what an editor had to do with a race horse ? he replied, that he was to be used in " catching run away subscribers."—American Paper. Mr. Dunn, the Irish barrister, who has so much annoyed Miss Courts Burdett with his addresses, was not long ago a persevering suitor of the present Countess of Clonmel, the beautiful Miss Burgh, daughter of Lord Downes, who felt obliged to give the enamoured lover into custody. It is said that a treadmill will be attached to the military barracks in every garriSon town. Commanding officers have found that the morals of young soldiers are much impaired by thixing with the numerous class of criminals in common gaols, where they are now sent by court-martial for want of a place of punishment in their own barracks. CAUTION TO HAWKERS, &c.—On Monday last before the bench of magistrates at Halifax, Joseph Hancock was charged by Feather, one of the police-officers, with being a hawker and trading person, going from town to town, carrying and exposing for eaten quantity of cork without having obtained a license: He was convicted in the penalty of £lO, and 12s. costs, and on refusing to pay be was committed to the House of Correction for one month. LA DY-Blans.—We had on Tuesday last a most formidable invasion of this beautiful insect—they were here, there, and everywhere; indeed, so much so, that the parish engines, as well as private ones, were called in requisition with tobacco fumigated water, to attack and disperse them. The clothes of the magistrates and others attending the town-hall, at Far ringdon, were completely covered with them, as well as the walls of the houses.—Reading Mercury. CAUTION TO AI INERS.—A few days ago, as a man named Ephraim Boar Ashover, was lighting the match to fire a large blast, containing several pounds of powder, at Stone edge quarrv, the explosion took place before he could get away, and blew him five or six yards from the spot. His clothes were set on fire in various places, and had not help been at hand, he might have been burned to death, being very much stunned with the report. Happily he escaped with some slight bruises and burns.—Cheater Gazette. PHCENICIAN COIN FOUND IN EXETER.—A very curious though rather rudely executed copper coin has been found in digging up the pavement in Goldsmith-street. It is undoubt edly Phoenician or Tyrian, and bears on one side an antique bust to the left, a how in front of it. The reverse seems to present oblong rhomboidal figures, divided in. the centre by what appears a bridge with arches, or a galley with oars. —Western Luminary. VACCINATION.—It is stated in the London Medical Gazette of Saturday week, that Mr. Estlin, surgeon - . of Bristol, has succeeded, after many years of ineffectual trial, in procuring fresh vaccine lymph from the cow, which has re-produced the disease in the human subject. The new matter is represented as of a well-marked and active character, producing more lo cal and constitutional affection than that in common use; sane has been sent to the Small Pox Hospital in London. Mr. Estlin has offered to provide any gentleman with it who has the care of a public institution for gratuitous vaccination. STEAM CARRIAGES ON TURNPIKE ROADS.—The subject of steam carriages on the common roads is much spoken of at .this time, and we understand that the bond-holders on the turnpike-roads, as well as the innkeepers and others whose property is threatened with destruction by the railway lines, are beginning to feel confident that by the levelling of the turnpikes, laying granite tracks, and adopting steam locomo tive carriages and waggons, the traffic both for passengers and merchandise may still be preserved on the present lines of road.—Birmingham Advertiser. The exportation of the precious metals from • the port of London for the week ending on Saturday, the' 22d ult., consisted, according to the official returns, of 8,650 ounces of silver, which were shipped for South Australia. It should be made known to all drivers of vehicles on the public roads, that from the 7th of November next, under a new act of parliament,, it will be in the power of the magis tracy, upon conviction of careless or furious driving, to commit - offending parties to the treadmill, instead of letting them off with a fine, as under the old law. THE QUEEN'S BED.—The visitors of Buckingham palace, who have an opportunity of seeing the queen's bed, and who are accustomed to conclude that royalty must repose on fea therbeds and downy pillows, will be astonished to have pointed out to them a small camp bed, with a hard mattress, and one small pillow, as the couch of royalty; but such is the fact. If ladies generally would follow her majesty's example, they would feel the benefit of it in the improvement of their per sons and figure, and in the flow of health and spirits it would secure. FATAL Accineer,L-On Saturday last, a young man about 18 years old, named Edward Wilson ' was engaged amusing himself on the rails above the vertical wheel of the engine at Winstanley Colliery, when he slipped his footing and fell on the wheel, which carried him round, and through an aperture about faur inches wide, which broke his spine and both thighs. He was found, a few moments after the accident, on a wall, in a sitting position, where he had been thrown by the wheel, and merely articulated, "0, I have broken my. back." He was almost immediately removed to his home; and in less than an hour death put au end to his sufferings.— Wigan Gazette. MRS. PATCHWORK !—Oneßrighton paper, after calling on the other to stand forth and be examined, under the designa tion of Mrs. Patchwork, proceeds thus politely to describe the. contemporary journal :—" Of all the papers that were ever put together; of all the trash that was ever raked up from the purlieus of literature: of all the nonsense that was iinermattoet ; of all that was ever jumbled, garbled, dove tailed, spliced, orenanufactured, in the shape and under the denomination of a newspaper, the ble specimen." . FEEDING CATTLE.—Tbe following method of feeding beasts on boiled barley is stated to have been tried with a quantity of inferior barley with complete success :—To two parts of water add one of barley, then boil it slowly; when it boils add no more fuel, but let it remain in the vessel closely coveted; at the end of forty-eight hours take it out to cool; and, if properly done, it will have imbibed all the water, every corn will have burst, and he in a jelly-like state; this mix with chaff; and afterwards give hay to assist rumination. The person who tried the new plan states that his six beasts (each weighing from 50 to 61) stone, 141 b to the stone) con sume two bushels of barley per day, worth at the market 3s per bushel. The cost of boiling, supposing coals at Is 6d per • cwt., is per bushel. EXPLOSION OF A Po woe's MIL re—On Sunday afternoon, the inhabitants of Kilmun were startled by the explosion of the powder-mill, in Glen Lean, which must be from two to three miles distant. About half-past four, a dark thunder cloud - was observed hanging over the valley in which the mill is situated. In the course of a few minutes, a flash of lightning was seen rapidly followed by the thunder While the peal was yet rattling, a louder noise was heard, and a concussion, instantaneously followed by another, was expe rienced in a house near the point, stronger (as was lei - narked by a gentleman who had experienced them) than the aver age, shocks of earthquakes in our tropical colonies. On looking, a dense cloud of smoke was observed in the direction of the mill. The flash had ignited eighteen barrels of gun powder in one of the workshops, and some powder in the mill. Providentially the individual, whose duty it was to watch the establishment had quitted, not many minutes be fore the accident occurred. The shop in which the barrels exploded is entirely destroyed, and the surrounding soil torn up. The mill is unroofed. Singularly enough, the magazine which stands between the two buildings destroyed, remained untouched, although a large quantity of gunpowder was stored up in it.—Glasgoio Courier. - , A Most HUMOROUS CIRCUMSTANCE. —Yesterday, our turf market was thrown into a state of confusion, by Gal lagher, the ventriloquist, who, in order to gratify some friends with a joke, caused the ass of a turf-seller of the name of Pat Jennings, to be very eloquent. It appears that Mr. G. was buying the turf, when the ass suddenly cried—" Pat, I'm confounded hungry." Jennings instently.got in a state of the greatest agitation, and blessed himself over and over. "What can this mean?" asked Gallagher.; "God knows I don't know, plase your honour, for I nivir heard him spake either English or Irish before; the Lord betune us and harm," continued Pat, " I will leave him ;" upon saying which the ass snorted and again said, "I'm growing mad with hunger." Poor Pat roared and fell upon his knees, and bad a crowd about hinn and the ass teas so frightened that he scampered down the street; and Pat Jennings to this moment would not, for love or money e take home the sagacious ass. Gallagher and his friend thought it prudent at this crisis to cat.—Galway Advertiser. Cnows versus A LCOHOL.—CoIoneI B. has one of the best farms on the Illinois river. - About one hundred acres of it are now covered with waving corn. When it first came up, ia.the spring, the crows seemed determined on its entire des tructidn. Whets one was killed, it seemed as though a dozen came to its funeral; and though the sharp crack of the rifle often drove them away, they always returned with its echo. The . Colonel at length became weary of throwing grass, and resolved on trying the virtue of stones. He sent to the drug gist for a gallon of alcohol, in which he soaked a few quarts -of cornoind scattered it over his field. The black legs came, and.partook with their usual relish; and such a cooing and cackling—such a chattering and swaggering ! The scene was like—but I will make no invidious comparison—yet it was - very-much like —. When the boys attempted to catch them, they were nut a little amused at their staggering gait, and their zigzag course through the air. At length, they galled, the edge of the woods, and there, being joined by a new recruit, which happened to be, sober, they united, at the top of their voices, in haw, haw, hawine—shouting, either the praises or curses of alcohol. It was difficult to tell which, as they rattled away. without rhyme or reason, so very like . But the Colonel saved his corn. As soon as they became,sober, they set their faces stedfastly against alcohol. Not another kernel would they touch in his field, lest it should contain the accursed thing, while they went and pulled up the corn* his neighbours. To return, li , ee a dog to its vo mit—like a washed sow to the mire —like , not they. They have too much respect for their character—blacks as they are—again to be found drunk. THE APRICOT VILLAGE.—Both the soil and climate of Kidlington-on-the-Green, in Oxford, appear to be very fa vourable-to the production of that delicious fruit, the apricot. The walls of almost every house and every cottage in this pretty village are clothed throughout with apricot trees. The quantity grown this present year is estimated at the extra ordinary amount of six thousand dozens. Of these by fat the greater part is.purchased on the tree by fruit dealers, who gather and pack them carefully with paper, in small baskets, for Covent Garden •market e the returns of which from Lon• don, this season, can scarcely be less than £5OO or £6OO. Four to six shillings adlozen, we are told, is not unfrequently charged for apricots by retail fruiterers, and even a shilling a-piece has been occasionally asked for very , fine ones. Per haps there is no place in the united kingdom which can be more appropriately distinguished by the title of "The Apri4 cot Village" than Kidlington. It is well worth a visit in the early part of August. The fruit this year has been unusually slow and backward in ripening.—Becks Gazette. NEW AND IMPORTANT INFENTION.—MC. Aoahel Collins, of Ulster Village, New York, has made what is likely to prove a valuable improvement in the mode of supplying air to the fires of forges and furnaces of various descriptions, by which a great saving will be effected in the quantity of fuel necessary to generate a given degree of heat. A fair wheel. or other blowing apparatus, is to be placed within the flue of the furnace, and put into action so as to exhaust the air from the fire chamber, and the. air thus drawn through the fire is be conducted through a tube in its highly heated state into the ash-pit - under the grate liars which, as well as the fur nace, is to be air tight. Such a portien of fresh air as ma y be found necessary to the purpose ofkeeping up the combus tion is to be admitted through proper openings. From a number of experiments fairly tried, the plan seems likely to exceed in utility the anticipation of the inventor. ltlr. Col lins has made application for a patent for his invention, but has delayed the having it completed, as he exp ects to make further improvements - by.wbich the apparatus will be render ed still more efficient. The producing a draft by exhaustion in a chimney or flue is not new, but the employment of the heated air in the manner above described is believed to be so. The St. Petersburgh correspondent of the Commerce writes, under date of the 12th instant, that a rumour was prevalent in that capital of the speedy entrance of a Russian army, consisting of two corps of 15,000 men; into Persia, to uphold the tottering throne of the Shah, The Roman Catholic Clergy of Dublin, at a most nume rous meeting of their body, Dr. Murray in the chair, have established an "Association for the propagation of the Faith," to be incorporated with the '• Pareut Society in France !" • •• • • LIFE RESTORED BY lioaeTnturv.-S--Last week a little girl, naaaed Hannah Sheets, fell head-foremost into a butt of rain water which stood open in the beck yard of the house where her parents resided, in Castle-street, Golden-square. It is not exactly known how long she lay there, for she was not immediately missed, and even then an anxious search of many minutes was made through the house and streets adjacent ere the water-butt was thought of, When dragged out she was quite cold, and all the usual remedies were tried for a length of time by Surgeon W. B. Pat kes, of Carnaby street, without success. Amongst the rest, attempts to in flate the lungs were unremittingly persevered in for a con siderable time. As alast resource Mr. Parkes applied the stimulus of electricity. He first passed shocks gently through the head and chest, along the course of the spine, gradually increasing their power, and persevering tiding the whole time in the inflation of the lungs. After these means had been employed conjointly for about ten minutes, faint traces of respiration were observed, and in three - quarters of an hour he had the pleasure to behold his patient in a fair way of recovery. The child is now in the enjoyment of perfect health.—London Paper. MAN KILLED BY A BOY'S CARELESSNESS.—On Monday last, an inquest was held at the Black Horse public-house, on the body of David Taylor, a 'Coal miner, who was killed on Friday last, at Dirtcartane colliery, belonging to Messrs. Lees, Jones, ar.d Co., uncle,/ the following circumstances : He was ascending the pit in a waggon along with three other miners, when they were wound up at such a rapid rate as to create cousiderabie alarm, and the deceased jumped out when they got to the first landing. In doing so, he struck his head against the side, and fell to the bottom of the pit, by which he was immediately killed. The other men were wound to the top, at a dangerously rapid rate, but escaped without hurt. The engine at the time was left in the care of a boy of twelve years of age, who had been p laced there b y the engineer for a short time whilst he was absent; and he, it ought to be stated, is but fifteen years of age.—A verdict of " Accidental death" was returned. Mr. Wild, deputy constable of Oldham, was directed by the coroner and jery to wait on the owners of the colliery, and represent the on propriety of permitting mere boys and inexperienced persons to have the control of colliery engines.—Manchester - Geardian. RADICAL DEMONSTRATION.—On Friday, a public meet ing, convened by placard, was held at Tudinorden, for the purpose of taking into consideration the following subjects, viz., Universal Suffrage, Annual Parliaments, Vote by Bal lot, Wages for Parliament Men, No Property Qualification, and also to adopt the national petition. The following per sons accepted invitations to attend, and addressed the meet ink, viz , Messr4. Fielden, O'Connor, Fletcher, and Taylor. In the evening a further exhibition took place in the Unitarian Chapel, which was lent for the occasion, when_ the audience was addressed On the above topics by Messrs. Stevens, O'Con nor, and other gents. The price of admission was 6d for ladies and gentlemen, and 3d for woiking people.—Leeds Intelligencer. TEA-MAKING IN THE CRIMEA.—Each country, almost each province, offeis peculiarities to the observation of a stranger. Some of these are trifling in themselves, yet not without in terest. To this class belongs the habit, here prevalent, of substituting lemon for milk in tea. A slice of the fruit is handed round with each cup, and the excellence of the flavour thus communicated to the beverage attests the good taste of those who adopt the custom. Some credit, however, may be due to the tea itself; for it is certain that in no country in Europe is the article imported in such perfection as in Russia. Conveyed by land through the medium of the large fairs at Ladak and Nijni, Novrogod, it retains the virtue of which a sea voyage is said to deprive it ; while its grateful flavour is much enhanced by the leaves of the olea fragrans„ with which the Chinese pack it for a land journey.—Elliott's Travels in Russia, Austria, and Turkey. HINTS TO BUSINESS MEN.—Superintend in person as much of your business as practicable, .and observe, with a watchful eye, the management of what is necessarily - com mitted to others. Beware of self-indulgence : no business can possibly thrive under the shade of its influence. Never lose sight of the powerful influence of example; and be careful, in the management of your concerns, to recom mend, by your own personal practice, uniform habits of ac tive, interested, persevering . diligence to those in your em ploy. Despatch, at once, if possible, whatever you may take in hand ; if interrupted by some unavoidable interfe rence, resume and finish it as soon as the interruption is re moved. Do not assume to yourself more credit for what you do than you are entitled to, rather be content with a little less—the public will always discover where merit is due. Familiarize yourself with your books—keep them accurately, and frequently investigate and adjust their contents: this is an important item. Avoid display. Wear your learning like your watch, in a private pocket, and don't pull it out to show that you have one; but if you are asked what o'clock it is, tell it.—New York Paper. LIABILITIES OF RAILWAY SHAREHOLDERS.—It is not generally known by proprietors of shares in railways, that they are liable, under the act of incorporation of each cum pany, for all calls on their shares, though they may have dis posed of the saute, or even a part of them, unless the pur chasers register themselves as the new proprietors at the time of making the transfer. Hence it is incumbent on every person who disposes of any shares, which have once been registered in his name, to see that the transfer is duly regis tered in the office of the undertaking to which he may be long; and for his own security he should make the buyer sign the deed first, and not leave it to the broker to be filled up, which in numerous cases, is never - done, as the purpose of the latter is answered the moment he has got his com mission; anti he too.often retains the shares, as a speculation, in his own hounds. A proper certificate is always given by the railway company in exchange for the deed of transfer, as soon as the latter is duly signed, according to the legal forms required by the law in such cases, and the seller thus gets via of his responsibility, and avoids the troubles and vexa tions of being dunned for arrears, which, he fancies, he has turned over by selling his shares, but which the brokers or the buyers never pay, nor even register their own liability for them. The greatest inconvenience and confusion like nistr-prachets tne 'parr of the broker.4.' it 14 - sliiteriq'ttl be wished, that proprietors would, in future, look to this for their own security, if not for the sake of good order, as the acts of Parliament all empower the directors to recover the arrears by an action at law, or forfeit the shares, at their own option.—Correspondent of the Glasgow Courier. IMPORTANT Ti) SCHOOLMASTERS.—At the Barnsley Court house on Wednesday last, Lord Wharncliffe presiding, .the Rev. 'Mr. Rigby, a Roman Catholic priest, was charged with an assault upon the person of a child of five years old, he (Mr. Rigby) having several times struck her violently with a cane. Mr. Rigby acknowledged the assault, and the child was produced, bearing on its poor back ample testimony, in black and blue stripes, of the brutality with which it had been treated. Mr. Rigby stated that he had a school, and that this child was one of his pupils; that he considered dis cipline of the highest importance in such an establishment; and that his custom was, whenever any of his flock cause later than the appointed flour of time, to inflict some slight penal affliction upon the hand. The child in question refus ing to hold out its little hand, Mr. R. thought proper to beat it as above described. Lord W. asked whether .Mr. It. ap proVed of such treatment ? to which Mr. 11: replied in the affirmative. " Then," says my lord, "we shall order you to pay a sovereign for such treatment ;" upon which the sove reign was thrown upon the table, Mr. R. adding, (in address ing Lord W.) " I would have you to know, sir, that I still consider such discipline necessary, and shall continue to act accordingly, if parents choose to place their children under my care." To which his lordship replied, that he hoped for every similar offence the parents would bring him before the court, and that for the next he would impose a tine of £5. Mr. Rigby then said, (addressing the bench) " the book which you so much recommend says, that he that spareth the rod is a fool;' upon which his lordship remarked that that book had beets badly quoted; and Mr. Mcnce remarked drily, that a rod was no stick.—Leeds lntelligeneer. FIRING THE TWEED.—FISHING EXTRAORDINARY.—AS the following story is the talk of the whole country, beside affording scope for jokes innumerable, we think it right to give our readers the benefit of it. A beautiful little burgh, situated on the hanks of the Tweed, well .known to the lovers of angling, was the scene, and its worthy chief magistrate the hero, of the adventure. About ten days since, a gentleman, having received an appointment in the burgh, as in duty bound, signalised his official birth (technically christened himself) by a grand blowout in the inn. Of coutse the ma gistracy was invited, and of course they failed not to answer the savoury summons. The meeting is described by those who were present as the happiest and " most glorious" in the annals of burgh festivity. The songs and speeches were rich and brilliant, and the claret overflowing the ample mahogany like a Tweed spate. It was long after " the wee short hour" that thought of parting came; come, however, it must," and such of the company as were able—and among those was the provost—got their legs in moveable condition for their several homes. There are various causes assigned for the subsequent situation of the civic; but the most probable is this—that, instead of going direct home, he - had been persuaded to finish the night with a youthful cronie, who lived on the other side of the water. Their way lay threugh the river; and as they were both iu a state to defy every °listable, they deteraninea to ford the stream just as they were. A cold bath in summer has a very drowsy effect, however, and the intrepid function ary began absolutely to dose before he got half way. Ilis companion, however, contrived to keep him awake till near the middle, when all of a sudden the worthy provost slipped from his grasp, and rolled down the stream. If 2Eneas had felt the aged Anchises slip from his shoulders ut the critical moment of escape, he would not have been more struck with consternation than our aquatic adventurer was on beholding the decus et tut amen of the burgh disappear in the flood. He immediately roared aloud for assistance; and the nearest denizens being roused up, leisters, grappling-irons, and torches were procured, and a search instituted for the valuable person of the unfortunate dignitary. The river that night presented an appearance seldom seen in these times, and re mained the spectator of the fire-the-flood scenes once so com mon and so cheering. In a short time it seemed as if the whole inhabitants had turned out to lend their assistance in the anxious search. We are happy to say, that the worthy object of all this interest Was at last discovered in a deep snooze, high and dry on the opposite bank. How he got there remains a mystery; but it has been remarked, that since that eventful evening, the bank of the Tweed produces symptoms upon his nerves very similar to an attack of hydro ihobia.se-Edinburah Evening Post. THE PRIEST,?k.T FAULT.—The following circumstance oc curred, we are i n formed, a few days since. A girl who lived in the family of is gentleman residing not many miles from the city, being about to be married, proceeded, with her in tended, to the house of the Priest to ascertain his Reverence's charge for uniting them. The Priest inquired how they were off as to -' money matters," and the girl having informed him that she had saved £5. out of her wages, he intimated that that would just satisfy his demand. he poor girl said that if he took that, they would have nothing to begin the world with, and asked his Reverence if he would be satisfied with, 30s ? His Reverence said, "No; less than £5. wouldn't do." The poor girl returned, .and after some time told her master the result of her errand. The master was astonished at the unreasonableness of the demand ; but the girl had been a care ful and proper servant, and he was resolved that she shouldn't be disappointed. "Go to the Priest," said 'he, "arrange with him for the tnarriage, and tell him that I'll pay the £5." To the Priest she hurried;, the arrangements were made; the day was fixed, and her master, with a kindness in keeping with his generosity, invited a large party to celebrate the wedding at his house.—The Priest was of the number, and when the guests assembled for dinner, the plate, in accord ance with Roman Catholic custom, was handed round. The first to whom it was presented was the host; he placed on it 5 Sovereigns, and it went round the room, each person con tributing liberally until it reached his Reverence, who " cheer ful giver" as he was, with much dignity deposited a pound. The circuit completed, the plate was handed to the gentleman of the house, and on counting the gifts, he found that they amounted to £6O. He advanced towards his Reverence, who, eyeing the shining sovereigns with satisfaction, held out his hands for the contents of the plate. The gentleman reckoned five. "There," sail he, "is what I promised." His Rever ence started. Was that all? "That was what you demanded. You have done your duty—you have your fee. l ' His Rever ence was mortified, but what could he do? The gentleman was a Protestant, and not to be frightened by threats of Pur gatorial penalties, so, slipping out of the roam, he took his hat, and stunk away without waiting to partake of the dinner provided by the hospitality of the host. But what becnme of the money? A slight additional contribution made up the £5., which were buttoned up in his Reverence's pocket, and the EGO. were presented, with the concurrence of the Whole company, to the girl and het host and:—Cork Constitution:. . COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MONEY MARKET. .. ~~--t~ SATURDAY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There is but little businesS doing. Consols, which closed yesterday at 938 9-1, opened this morning at the same :• lion. In the Foreign matket up to the present time there has not, been a single bargain done, there being but .few members at the . Stuck Exchange to-day. It bring the White - Fast, the Hebrews are all at the synagogue. HALF-PAST ONE. There has been scarcely any business doing in the - En glish and Foreign Market, and the only variation that has taken place is, that Consols are now at 943,/, for the Account, and 94 for Money. Spanish Stock is at 171 18. Portuguese- Five per Cents., 3.3131 k; Three per Cents. 22M. • • The transactions in the Share Market have not. been any moment to-day, but the Railway Share Market entrtia , 4J nues heavy. Consols for the Account, 938 4 BRITISH FUNDS THIS Bauk Stock, 3 per Ct. Red., 3 per Ct. Con., 931 4 3% 3-k per Ct. Auns. 1818, 3% per Ct. Red., New 33 per Cents. 101 i 4 . Long Ans. 1860, Ditto, 30 yrs. 1859, Ditto, 30 yrs. 1860, 15i QUARTER BEFORE THREE,L.,: • ...v )AY AT ONE O'CLOCK. India Stock, ' • • 'lndia Bonds, 68 pm. Bank Stock for Acct. Consols for Acct., 93; 4 • £lOOO Ex. Bills, 68 706813 in. ' £5OO do. 70 72 p.m Small do. 71 69 pm. • Ditto Commerciil, ~. RES. . , tal price, without reference to c discount.) Manchester and Birmingham,. 1.0% Northern and Eastern, Paris, Rouen. and Havre, 1% Auti-Dryrot Company, 13i National Provincial Bank-of, England, New, 17 . ILondon and Southampton, Southampton, New; South Midland, , S HA he quotations give the actin pretniutn or British Iron, Cata Branca, Eastern Counties, Bristol and Exeter, 71 Great Western, 79 8078,1 79 London & Brighton, 9 8% London & Blackwall, London and Birmingham, London and Croydon Trunk - 361 THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. . MR. C H A 11 . -;,;,,i,:l i,i t Li, K isi i E gh A ts ls: a - D ' a wit „, - 1 , 1 - 244 - - - ; ,.,i Is engaged fur a limiter,' nt.. MO his 2(1 appearance this Fivenitir.t9 mace character of Stitriocx. Mr. COOPER., Of the Theatre-Royal, Drury'-lane, 'aim is re-engaged for a Fortnight, will sustain I.rincipal characters iwthe :P,lnys in which Mr. Kean will appear. f i IBIS present T US D A Y, Oct. 2, 1838, will be per- il. , formed 1.. Sbakspeare's Play of the . - : • , ,-i, MERC RANI.' OF .VENICE. Shylock.... Mr. CHARLES KIK Rd: . -;. , „ t 4! ~ - t Bassani() - ,i' , (;,. : Gratiano .. Mr. W. Howard I Lorenzo—Mr. Ge liornenstie Autonio..Mr. Gray I Launcelot Goblro..Mr,l3attx;;„,.„, , • Portia Miss - Faucit ;•,:, - , (;:-...-. - • ,Nerissa Nirs,.'fellet .- -, .• , ,' Jessica Misa.Grunt: . - .. .., To conclude with the Musical Play of the , , , - SLAVE . .. Gambia Mr. COOPER, As originally performed by Mtn at this Theatre, Col. Lindenberg-11.4. Gras , . Capt. Clifton Air. G. floincaiStlg - • Matthew SharliSet..Mr. Howard Sam Sharpset Mr. Slaiter Fogruin....,..„Mr. 130:er Mts. Lindenberg..Mrs. Baker, , Miss Von Frump.. Mrs. Clarke Zelinila.'.lrSi,Grarfl On WEDNESDAY, the Tragedy of.OTHELLO, with' the following cast of characters. Othello, 'Mr. Charles Beau; Michael Cassio, Mr. Cooper; lago, Mr. Stu a rt; _ Desdemona', Miss Faucit; Emilia, Miss Cl-aver. To con• elude tithe Farce of KATLI BRINE AND P ET RUC 1110. t etruchio, Mr. Cooper; Gruuiio, Mr. Baker • 'Kattierint Miss Faueit. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. !. • HE LAST ERUPTION of VESUVIUS will take place To-iooattow, (Wednesday,).-the 31if instant. Great additional effect will. be prol ... netd on .thiii,,oc9si9p.; Firing will commence at Light o'cMclz. - • .- , ADMITTANCE, ONE SHILLING., rinHE FOURTEENTH ANNUAL EXHIBITLON,of , I the LIVERPOOL ACADEMY .oU WOR,KS,2GS MODERN ARTISTS IS NOW OPEN, in PosTuriiicATl:' PLACE. Open from Nine in the Mornin<rtintillflusk: . = Gatalngueoi - s ° 1 . - One Shilling ; Season Tickets, Five. hit ingmt,.,410.1.4 SAML. EGLINGTON, ,-, z v!t;:i Secretary to the Academy: Exhibition Rooms, Porto ice-place, Sept.-; 1838'.. • Y-.,!). r!'. TO CORRESPONDENTS. The request of our friend in Chester, shall be complied ti) iliberpool viii pia s. TUESDAY MORNING, OCT. 2,15,..„ ' . The Publication of the STANDARD contnieucett morning nt 5 o'clock. UNITED STATES AND CANADA.—By the packet-ship RosOoe, Captain Delano, we have received NeW York . papers of the date of the 7th of September. The renewal of hostilities by the IndianS ippearm, to invested with a more formidable array, and io.preSi,nt a more threatening aspect, than the States perchance had condescended to imagi,ni. feral Gaines, in a despatch he forwarded td.:(3'0tt,460 • toot th e char.lp es . have 3.400 ait leir chiefs to a general muster. Ile opinion that their intention in atteaOlOg44:4o centration of force is to risk a simultaneousotrai of consequence, a fearful aggression on the sel.t.)*Oft, of Arkansas and Missouri. lie does , not, sctuptel to assert that this projected inroad.'is legitiriiat'eltr'Attil butable to the emissaries of the Mexican gOvernMent, who, during the last two years, .have undeaSitiglfla boured to effect an organisation of the Cherokees with all the nations west of the Arkansas and - Myssdnri. Should these incendiary missionaries I.4iceeed,,,i,r4, taining their lawless object, it is predicted: tha o t a batO of 40,000 mounted warriors will be '-ecittiPpd.fo".7itie invasion of the frontier, and that' in thtir;inenrsions they must lay prostrate and waste•the ' inqSi.PraliOe cotton plantations in the length and . brei'dth-Aistite States. The general demands permisar4l!:4;..ltillist 5000 troops, whose zeal and presence, he 'contideay hopes, will avert a catastrophe which, Sii . nad:tit ' elir levy be withheld, he deems inevitable. , • The New Orleans papers acquaint us that had been commenced between theTeXians and those tools of theirancient enemies, the Indians ' . An' avail able force Was promptly dispatChed - tOllie frontier by President Houston, and eVery in stilt would be promptly suppressed. The Governor of Maine has appointed -gommi:Ssi9ll - to ascertain' the whereabouts of that zexata queslio," the north easternbdundaq.: TlirsprOceo‘ ing is, by some of the union Papers, fegardaii':ti.re, 6)3 ' tore. The yellow fever continues to - rage With 'turk at Charleston. The news from the Canadas is Y riiit'sAti:sfactory • Preparations for the renewal of rebelliOn'ate alreadY detected—the province of Acadie, it is said, iriPe'for revolt. Above all, on the American frOniter stand of arms have been placed at the disposal of its piratical population, and a repetition'of 'the nifSc . under which, during the pist winter, Canailairoan e is unhesitatingly predicted. The additional accounts from Vera Cruz, rytih which the Roscoe supplies . us, confirin tlie ' statetne n is aheady received. The ChilianexPedtionis dobnled' it is said, to " desperate venture and assured dcstrtte tion." The French armament . at Ve ' ia Cruz ar e suffering so severely froM tlie'unhealthings n , climate, their chances of itteesSai . '6 so fainiApiti,,the disposition of the Mexicans SO' clitt'ilrOus, 'that - ' French residents deride the blockading expedittop 55 • . " 2 • Quixotic and absurd :rn • (From the Baltiniore ' ;l7rie . ' etor;' , Treasury .Peßartipeo,,, Sept<lt.jr - ' • The whole amount of Treasury Notetiautho- . rised by the act of October'l2,:lB37,llavifig ...'''' .ll4 '""*) 00 been issued—viz And there having been redeemed of them . about `1,35 0, Yr The new emissions made in the.ptace of those ' 1 0 under the act of May P 2, 1838, have beep 547 ; 3 ' . This leaves a balance of all outstanding equal 0 0 0 only to only about 8007 ,31 LEVI WoonnottY?,r Secretary to,the Trea3u •' 0' Treasury e Department, S ep t I :44ur; Notice is hereby given, that' the ' ou ts ta ndiar. -1(1 1.2,t0 notes issued in pursuance of the acts of.Cungress of th e of October. 1837, and the art additional there to, win -b • ; . t irY agreeably to their tenour, upon tCresentment arther.rce, of the United States whenever they fall due Each parcel of notes (iffered fur ni paVent. s hould t he pained by a schedule, show in.. the dates and stint several incui with the rate of interest thereon.. ' • . ' l 4 eotl" Holders of Treasury notes, to whom it vaP4', l r' T„ . Sa veuieut to have the amount due upon the same uto , _ :re or able at either of the ports of entry or-laud-offices!' %noel; formed that all collectors and receivers of the an d will continue to receive them, and allow the plittell' a -, interest due thereon in payment for lands and custoM-t p~el lts to Those who may not wish to uselhat n4es .in )salyn t the United State., nor find it convenient.t o t ake the 8:•40-"? due on them at ' the Treasury - , will be -ue - ebtuodai st draughts, therefore. payable at their places. _of . rer whenever it is found to be practicable. 8314 . SecrelCay tQ the '%isuasury. •-• • - . (From the New York Courier,and Inquire,of Sept. 5.) By a slip front the isioyfo/k,lieneon we i learn that the Ex. change Bank of Virginia , iinhur t b y t he rece n t disast t o us crisis in money affairs; opened its door's for business on Sa turday, the Ist inst., under the moss favourableAuspices. t (From the s ame of Sept, 6.) We have at last complete - reilirns from Indiana. The journal of the 25th, published at the - seat ofgovernment, con% tains the vote of every county, and accompanies it with thie par"agraph : w we th e Belo publish a complete list,ltif the members of oc Indiana I t Tislature, The Senate.,consiits of 47,.auc1, s 3 House of 109 members.' The last le,-islattire consisted 01 Whigs, an , , Van Buren,,ill be u 04 89 W higs, and 58 Opposition. embracing.:Vatkihrrn servatives and unknown, Whig, giin, Six." — 'e - t %es 11°N.Ev MARKET; &C.;- SEpt: . -6:-: , Tlie "Stbtk.o, l ", :--- torday showed ar . . continuance.. caf 'the , il iiiriou4, 4l ' "ssion, 4teurn'pauied with a further daciiiii in .r tiii Paces °I 5t4114 ,~.~ I i ' gt Y ' :1 .!. ,