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4-18. r a Patti &nee; or d prevent pon an.o• take bull e eanour rnediatelY rs maY be fter not' , 3 coming. enjoy' be shalt ie entir A. him ie ties, and responsi - , wick, by tatutes. ;TES. have t ent. I that It (I-street, a daliet:r great don he „ he, u c ;,; ti dea 1 bO Use id f e z_r3 .nOte d 01, th us lawle ss un, a n d ,floter., (01r 0 Y a ' to Ix' , April 18, 1848 Etttraturg. POETRY. ALL'S FOR THE BEST. Ill's for the best, be sanguine and cheerful, Trouble and sorrow are friends in disguise, •Nothing but Folly goes faithless and fearful, Courage for eer is happy and wise : All for the best, if a man would but know it Providence wishes us all to be blest, This is no dream of the pundit or poet. Heaven is gracious, and— All's for the best All for the best set this on your standard, Soldiers of sadness, or pilgrim of love, Who to the shores of Despair may have wander'd A waywearied swallow or heartstricken dove. All for the best! be a man but confiding, Providence tenderly Foverns the rest ? And the frail bark of his creature is guiding Wisely and warily all for the best. All for the best ! then fling away terrors, Meet all your fears and your foes in the van, And in the midst of your dangers or errors, Trust like a child, while you strive like a man : All's fo r t h e b est l —unbiasse.l, unbounded, Providence reigns from the East to the West : And, by both wisdom and mercy surrounded, Hope and be happy that's All for the best MY QUEEN AND MY COUNTRY. soNG COMPOSED EXTEMPORE ON THE EVENING OF THE NINTH INSTANT, BY A SPECIAL CONSTABLE. I have written and sung for my country, I have written and sung for my Queen ; And to-morrow this arm, if 'tis needed, Not last in their cause shall be seen! To -morrow!—I'm new to such conflict, And hardly its feelings can guess; But base were the heart that would shun it. And make one defender the less ro-morrow i—The ball that shall kill me, May be moulded and waiting its flight; And the loyal heart, warm in the morning, May be cold enough long ere the night. What then? 'Twere a fitting conclusion To the life of a patriot bard, To fall for the cause that he sung for, And find in its triumph, reward! One sigh for my wife and my children, At last be permitted to me •, One prayer for my Queen and my country, And then my glad spirit be free! R.S. NOTICES. tix Lectures on the Jews. By the Rev. J. J. Reynolds, A.M. London : Seely, Burnside, and Seely, Fleet street. It is admitted by all serious and reflecting minds, that the condition of the Jewish people is such as can find no parallel in the history of no other nation—a miracle con fined to no age or country—a problem that neither the historian, philosopher, or statesman can ever solve. It is but reasonable to suppose that the winding up of this people's destiny will exercise a wonderful influence over the whole earth ; and what reason would expect, revela tion amply confirms. The present stat e , sp i r it ua l an d temporal, of the Jewish people has, within a few years, attracted a considerable share of public attention ; and the study of prophecy has, as it were, centred the nation of Israel in its golden light. Several publications have issued from the press within a short period, in the shape of sermons, lectures, and prophetic expositions, in which the duty of the Christian Church towards the Jews, as well as the effects their national conversion and restora staan will have upon the world, have been set forth. In addition to the interesting and able works on this subject already before the public, we gladly call attention to the Small and unpretending volume that heads our present ha arks. We are acquainted with several of the works utt have emanated from the pens of able, pious, and dis tinguished men o n th e subject before us, yet we have read these six lectures with much pleasure, and we trust with profit. Besides the subject matters treated of, there a, Sound evangelical spirit diffused through them, and - ,11 4 a practical inference drawn from them, as are well -e ' lla ted, by God's blessing, to leave in the mind of the reader a refreshing and wholesome savour of divine truth; Fla ; ' such we recommend them to those especially who ' With the'royal psalmist, " If I forget thee, 0 Jerusa era' let my right hand forget her cunning." critSket 'es from the Cross, Bcc. London : Ward and Co. ; Liverpool Bold-street. . T he above i s the title of—in most respects—a highly interesting volume, by the Rev. J. J. Davis, of Bootle ; a nd though we cannot agree with all the views of the reader s , we The to introduce it to the notice of our ead er ,. design of the author has been to delineate, I ,lot only the character and sufferings of our blessed Re uueemer himself, whose death gives to that scene its own U n approachable grandeur and solemnity, but to sketch floral portraits of the various parties who stand his torically grouped around the cross, and who form an assemblage exhibiting a singular variety of aspect, some butllust nleasing, others darkly contrasted by their crimes, all capable, as this author has beautifully shewn, of be ing exhibited so as to afford instruction to the devout mi nd. If we were called upon to give the characteristics of this series of sketches, we should enumerate their ge neral correctness of representation—their picturesque and animated effect, which renders the whole real before us — their deep and searching analysis of ruling principle in toch actr in the scene—the fidelity ack with which the author r ings e o very action and thought b continually to the standard of truth and rectitude—the variety of incident " and colouring, which has bestowed distinctness on each Portrait —and, finally, the success with which the subtle elements of character are detected and brought out, so as to Chew their identity with the principles, good or evil, which aro to be discovered still, in human life, in the parch and the world. These sketches are distinguished ro m any previous attempts, on the subjects treated, by their remoteness from the quiescence. if we may so speak, of mere meditations, which are apt by their narrow range of reflection, and by their monotony of manner, to pail 4 Pott the mind of the most devotional reader. While Iteulinently devotional in their effect, they are discursive 42,_ a rgumentative in their form ; and the serious feelings i r Zeued are awakened indirectly and spontaneously, 1 ,,._ - "mout the avowed appeal to emotions, which is the 11 - 0 7 4 Way to check their rise in the mind. But we must ad„,. l4 arge. Of the style we have only to express our Z94tion, as being direct, manly, and simple. No effort am,e other than to convey thought in its clearest form ; ell asf ."ge beautiful in diction is that which is given by a c o rued imagination to the conceptions delineated. In f or i e tn.sion, we have to thank the author most cordially lite ratu r e; 'usaluable and lasting contribution to our Christian yell and hope that one who writes so usefully and W ill not suffer his pen to lie idle, but devote his t alents to the instruction of the age. VARIETIES. Titian ANurasro.—Mr. Mitchell angling for martyrdom does not realise the Johnsonian picture of a fisherman. There is not the worm at one end and the fool at the other. Nevertheless the angling Is peculiarly Irish, inas much as Mitchell, to Batch gudgeons, baits with—a pike! --Punch. • STATISTICS OP THE REVOLUTION.—During the days of the 23d and 24th February, 1512 barricades were er ected in Pari s . E ach barricade required on an average 84 5 paving stones, so that the people in a few hours must have torn up 1 ,277,640 paving stones. There were also 4,013 trees, some of them of very large size, cut down; 13,704 lamp-posts broken down, and between 3,000 and ,0 00 lamps broken ; 53 guar d -houses were burnt or torn norm, and about 603 watch-boxes and small wooden bu=. teaux destroyed. In this calculation no mention is made of the iron railings which were torn down at the Bourse, and many of the churches and other public buildinp. , THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, THIRTY-FIV E Y EARS 4.00.—1 n the " Repository of Arts" (vol. xxix., second series p. 23), is a communication from Mr. J. R. Sharpe, 1:10 e -hill, near Alfreton, stating that he had exhibited be fore the Lords of the Admiralty, in February, 1813, "an tePeriment showing the advantages to be obtained from i ri un e applicati on of the certain and rapid motio . n of the elec. Prit.ciple through an exensive voltaic . circuit, to th . e Purposes of the ' ordinary telegraph." This statement is rid ein consequence of there appearing in the same work xxiv., second series, p. 188), an account o . f M. Solctanic ring's Electrical TeleaTaph, using an ordinary ) ;.ne, and in relation to the success of which he says, ma e attempt fulfilled his expectation."—.Mechanics'__ a _ Al PUTUU,E DESTINY ,OP CENTRAL. 1 A and extensive as have been the revolutions of Central 4 -4 " 4 , there reignsthroughout the history of that continent th ri e ti l i nleviating uniformity,which singularly contrasts with h _ uore varied page of that of Europe. Vast monarchies ~:re s uccessively arisen and decayed, and yet the same _ aracter has been constantly transmitted fr om the for geler to the as dynasty. After a brief career of rupee empire, the first irruption of barbarians, cor en" eu bY luxury and refinement, enervated by the influ -o:)re:unsf climate, gave place to another fresh and more vi so trom the Tartarian steppes, which, in its turn, t !" 30 med, by the sure operation of similar causes, to rati o the self-same career of conquest. luxury, and degene -vid„n. Is it, then, one of the inscrutable designs of Pro iLiTeto continue the nomade races of the north in a a„lnmore true to nature, in order to repair by their s the more civilized races of the world. enervated ,q debased by luxury and refinement. Even now, like th avalanche, the north impends over Central Asia from e tt e Eti line to the Pacific. Amid the fastnesses of the eerlicasus, Schamil Bay, and his indomitable mountai.n a4 z re arresting for a time the onward roll of Muscovite do r , e ` t d i nn. But to the gigantic power of Russia, a_ban tdhhe,,,ititf they are to their own resources, weakened and si a . e " by intestine feuds, the subjugation of the Cauca ille:bes, is but a mere uestion of time, contingent on I)Propriate gradation, the skilful application of . the P as j is . 9f coercion to the elements of resistan9e—Prince ,difeeeN who was thoroughly impressed with all the P ettr ll l,ties of the enterprise, reported to the cabinet of St. Pre v irog, that the conquest of Caucasia would req uire, fulfilled even the conditions laid down were rig orously tne r „ e ,„d by the imperial government, half a century. A ee n - 'Pan. When, therefore, this last barrier shall have liursjarried, then will the full tide of Russian power dill v "ke a deluge upon the plains of Central Asia —then the northern hordes again descend from their elevated 1-J u Cl e 's ;• not as their sires of old, rude and uncultivated, allto_ivilized and powerfully constituted, wielded by the . taik:::: i e t Y hf n e f one will, moved by the most powerful mill wisdo°rganization, and the most consummate political world ever beheld, and alimented by the re- Politk es l ° an empire, rich in all the material elements of of A7 and commercial greatness. What will be the in (4 this new irruption of the north on the destinies Will it change that immutable type, which, Iniira,r.e revolution s of time and empire, has preserved ' 4 4 itr,lred its Integrity ? Will it succeed in implanting i_,14.0-I:4l,..alko,utirely new phasis of civilization ? This is f: Ber , 4 out .a problem that time alone can. solre.b— MaPaZi:p?, A STRANGE TREE. — Trees of a very droll form chiefly drew my attention here. The trunk bulged out in the middle like a barrel, to nearly twice the diameter at the ground, or of that of the first springing of the branches above. These were small in proportion to their girth, and the whole tree looked very odd. These trees were all so alike in general form, that I was convinced this was their character, and not a lusus naturie. A still more remark able specimen of this tree was found by Mr. Kennedy. in the apex of a basaltic peak.—Mitchell's Expedition into Tropical Australia. TRUE RELIGION NOT A CAUSE OF INSANITY. — An im portant distinction is to be drawn between these deranged affections of the mind resulting from the influence of false religion upon the understanding, and the healthy effect of legitimate Christianity upon the feelings and actions of man. During the course of our experience, we have never seen a case of insanity which could be clearly traced to true religion—we mean, the religion as inculcated by the great author of Christianity—the religion which teaches " peace and good will towards men "—which advocates the noble sentiments of love and charity—which inculcates the feeling of " preferring others to ourselves "—the reli gion which represents love, mercy, and forgiveness as the pre-eminent attributes of the Godhead—the religion whose tendency is to induce us to take lowly views of ourselves, to humble human pride, to produce a cheerful, serene, and happy state of mind—the religion which enables us to bear with fortitude " the whips and scorns of time, the oppressor's wrong, and the proud man's contumely." We cannot believe that such a religion can be otherwise than sanitary in its effects on the human mind.—Journal of Psychological Medicine. KENNINGTON-COMMON.—An open area, called Ken nington, was, 30 or 40 years ago, quite out of town, the streets of London now extend beyond its limits, and altogether include it within the great aggregation of cities, boroughs, and villages which are known by the general name of London. Kennington is a space where the surface, often trampled on and closely cropped by the usual occupants of a common, displays a very scanty and stunted herbage, without a tree or shrub to break its monotony. The entire space does not exceed 20 acres, its greatest length being from north to south; along the whole extent of Sts boundary lines are houses of a re spectable character ; but somewhat beyond them are swarms of poorer dwellings, the inhabitants of which contributed a large contingent towards the crowds that in the course of yesterday assembled within and around the common. This locality is situate within a mile of 'Vauxhall-bridge, a mile and a half from Westminster, arid `two tidied' frbrn Waterloo, Blackfriars, and Lon don bridges respectively, being on the south-e stern con fines of Lambeth; and within less than a mile of Cam. berwell. ACUTENESS IN SAVAGE LIFE.—The acuteness of the senses is proverbial in savage life. The bushy and pro jecting eyebrows, and the keen glance of the large black eye, give a commanding character to the countenance of the Australian native. Such of his mental faculties as the meagre circumstances of his position have permitted to be called into active exercise, exhibit a wonderful superiority ; and his sagacity occasionally assumes that unerring cha racter which we impute to instinctive rather than reason ing guidance. An extraordinary instance of this kind is recorded by Mr. Montgomery Martin, in his " Account of New South Wales," relative to the discovery of a mur dered body of a colonist. The native was taicen to a cer tain fence, to which the suspicions of a neighbouring settler had been directed, in what appeared to himself a supernatural manner, and where it was subsequently proved the murder had been committed. Some traces of blood still remained, which were carefully smelled by the black. He then went off to a pond in the vicinity, where he collected and tasted some scum on the surface of the water, and pronounced it to be " white man's fat." He next proceeded into an adjoining thicket, and finally pointed out a spot where some decayed brushwood was collected. The body was found beneath the surface at this place. The murderer, as he afterwards confessed, had first thrown it into the pond, where he had left it for se veral days, and then buried it at the spot so unaccountably, traced out by the acuteness of this Australian native.— Westgarth's Australia Felix. PARIS BEFORE THE REVOLUTION. —The eye of a stranger could have observed very little alteration in the demeanour of the populace ; and even in the salons, there was no strong surmise of any coming event of importance. In the capital of France one looks for a revolution as quietly as the people of England await the advent of " the coming man." The event is always prophesied—some times apparently upon the eve of being fulfilled; but the failures are so numerous as to prevent inordinate disap pointment. In the Chamber there were some growlings about the Reform banquet, and the usual vague threats if any attempt should be made to coerce the liberties of the people; but these demonstrations had been so often re peated, that nobody had faith in any serious or critical re sult. Little Thiers, to be sure, blustered; and Odillon Barrot assumed pompous airs, and tried to look like a Roman citizen, at our small patriotic cosmopolitan re unions ; but I never could believe that either of them was thoroughly in earnest. We all know the game that is played in Britain, where the doors of the ministerial cabi net are constructed on the principle of a Dutch clock. When it is fair weather, the ambitious figure of Lord John Russell is seen mounting guard on the outside—when it threatens to blow, the small sentry retires, and makes way for the Tamworth grenadier. Just so was it in Paris. Guizot, if wheeled from his perch, was expected to be re placed by the smarter and more enterprising Thiers, and slumbrous Duchatel by the broad-chested and beetle browed Barrot. At the same time, I could not altogether shut.my eyes to the more active state of the press. Ido not mean to aver that the mere political articles exhibited more than their usual vigour; but throughout the whole literature of the day there ran an under-current of revolu tionary feeling which betokened wonderful unanimity. Less than usual was said about Marengo, Austerlitz, or even the three glorious days of July. The minds of men were directed further back, to a period when the Republic was all in all, when France stood isolated among the na tions, great in crime, and druuken with her new-won freedom. The lapse of half a century is enough to throw a sort of halo around the memory of the veriest villain and assassin. We have seen Dick Turpin and Jack Sheppard exhumed from their graves to be made the heroes of mo dern romance ; and the same alchemy was now applied to the honoured ashes of Anacharsis Clootz, and other pa triots of the Reign of Terror.—Blackwood's Magazine. WINES FROM AUSTRALIA.—The luxuriant growth of the vine, both in New South Wales and South Australia, has occasioned some interesting speculation with reference to the production of wine in these colonies. The consi derable German emigration which has taken place to South Australia will assist this anticipated branch of future commerce. The cultivation of vines and fruit has pro ceeded to some extent in the Sydney district, where the manufacture and even the export of wine has been already commenced. Some of the produce of the Messrs. M'Ar thur's vineyard was sold at Calcutta in March, 1846, being the first appearance, as remarked by the local press, of that new Australian export in that market. According to official returns for the year 1845, there were 648 acres of vineyard throughout New South Wales, including thirty seven acres for the Port Philip district; the produce of wine amounted to 54,996 gallons, and of brandy to 1433 gallons : 214 gallons of wine had been manufactured dur ing that year at Port Philip. The wholesale price of grapes in the Melbourne market for the last two seasons has been about 3d. per pound. Much additional ground, however, has latterly been laid out in vineyard, and the abundance of the supply will probably within several years reduce the price to Id. per pound, at which rate the manufacture of wine may be expected to commence on an extensive scale. Probably above eighty acres of land are now planted with vines throughout the Port Philip dis trict ; but these plants, in common with the stock of fruit trees, are still in general extremely young, and yield bat moderate crops. The wines of the Sydney district have usually been hitherto of a light or Rhenish character. We have still to learn the results of Port Philip manufacture. In the mean time I am anxious to caution my fellow colonists against the common practice of applying to these new descriptions of wine the old and standard names of the produce of the other hemisphere. All the clitreivnee in flavour in the case of the former is ever liable to be judged as all inferiority. New South Wales port or Australian sherry will never pass muster at the festive boards of the mother country. Under a totally distinct nomenclature, our Australian manufacture will stand upon its own independent merits, instead of vainly struggling for a position under the adopted title of European wines. — Westgartles Australia Felix. TRUE FRATERNITY.—We are not of those who think the pulpit should never be used for comments upon pass • ing events. On the contrary, we feel that sound policy can never be so effectively enunciated as by the preacher of God's word. Dr. - Peile, the head master of Repton School, a week or two ago, for instance, took the oppor tunity of a sermon he was preaching at Burton-on-Trent to make a comment upon the French revolution, which we dare say produced no little effect : -" St. Paul "—the preacher had observed—" in urging the wealthier com munity of Christians in Corinth to contribute to the relief of their poorer brethren in Judea, tells them he meant not that other men should be eased, and they be burthened ; but on an equalizing principle, that what at that time they could spare should go to make up the deficiency of the other party, and so what these in their turn might have to spare should come in aid of some possible deficiency of theirs—that there inight be equality; alternate bearing, that is of each others' burdens, and so fOlfilment of the law of Christ, that perfect law of liberty, that law of Love." He then proceeded,—" Liberty, Equality, Fra ternity—what mean these words, as wehear them once more perverted by an unhappy nation, which fears not God, neither regards its own past experience of men ! What but revolution, anarchy, equal participation in unblushing robbery and wrong ? But, stand we fast in that only true liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free; love we as brethren, honouring all men, whilst yet above all (because for the sake of all), we honour and obey them that have the rule over us in Church and State ; and what then is our equality, but the one hope of our calling, our one Lord, one faith, one baptism ? What is our liberty but that, no longer priest-ridden, but in the assertion of a personal conscience priests rather ourselves of God and of Christ, we yet use not our liberty for a cloak of licentious ness, but as the servants of God ? What our fraternity, but our incorporation into that great ecclesiastical and evangelical we, of which the apostle is speaking alike, when to the Thessalonians he write, we which are alive, and re main until the coming of the Lord; and when to the Ro mans he says that through our Lord Jesus Christ we have received grace and apostleship—i.e., a Divine commission from hint whose baptised soldiers we are—to bring all na tions (how much more, all orders and degrees of men of our own country) to what he emphatically calls the obe dience of Christian faith ? Beware, then, brethren—l say still with the same apostle—beware lest any man make a spoil of you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the imperfect teaching of bye gone ages of the wor ld , an d no t a ft er Christ. Liberty, equality, fraternity, in Clw;st—they are faith, hope, charity or.love, these.tbree abiding .paces, the Christian character. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SECOND EDITION. Standard-office, Two o'clock, p.m. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET.—THIS DAY. The Share Market this morning was very quiet, with prices generally drooping. The quotations were :—East Anglian, new, 3—Great Northern, 10 dis.—West Ridings, dis.—London Stock, 124; 125; sths, 5 pm.—Leeds and Dewsbury, 12 dis.— Great Grimsby £2O, 8 dis.—Midland, 95 ; 4-Shares, 61 dis.— Shrewsbury and Chester, 7i dis. ; Preference, 2 pm.—llover No. 4, 32 dis.—Newcastle Preference, I dis.—Royal Assurance, 11 pm. LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE-THIS DAY. We have to note, since Tuesday last, a moderate quantity only of Wheat, Oats, and Oatmeal, but a good supply of Flour from Ireland, with several parcels of Barley and Malt coastwise. The arrivals from abroad consisting principally of 5,955 quarters of Wheat, and 10,720 of Indian Corn. Wheat, which was up 2d. on Friday, was Id. dearer again to day, making a rise of 3d. per 701 b. since Tuesday last, at which prices there was a fair demand. Flour, both Irish and Foreign, was in tolerable request, at the full amendment on Friday. Barley was the turn dearer ; and Malt steady in value. Iu Beans and Pease little variation to note. Oats being more saleable, the best Irish mealing kinds rea lized from 2s. 9d. to 2s. 10d., and Oatmeal was in good demand, and rather dearer. Indian-Corn Is. per qr. higher for yellow; and white, which has been before unduly reduced, brought 2s. advance on the rates of this day week. Indian Meal was in good request, and obtained an im provement of 6d. per barrel, best qualities readily selling for 12s. per barrel. '" (tee i`g.s A SCENE IN THE COMMONS. in the House of Commons on Thursday, Mr. Thornely, Chairman of Petitions, brought up the report of the committee on the Monster Petition, presented on the 10th instant, in favour of the Charter. The report stated that the petition was a gross fraud on the house, and on the right and privilege of petitioning.—(Hear.) The hon. member for Nottingham when he presented it, assured the house that the petition was signed by 5,706,000 indi viduals. Now the committee had employed 13 clerks of law stationers to count the names, in which duty they were employed seventeen hours (hear), and the result of their inquiry was, that the petition contained only 1,975,472 signatures.—(Hear, hear.) It was also evident that numbers of names were in the handwriting of the same persons ; some were signed " her Majesty the Queen," (hear, hear); others " Prince Albert," the Duke of Wellington," " Sir Robert Peel," " Pug Nose, ' and signatures of the most absurd and ridiculous descrip tion. The report having been read at length amidst cries of " oh, oh," was ordered to lie on the table. Mr. CRIPPS, in a v-ry animated speech, condemned the representation of the hon. member for Nottingham at the time he presented the petition. The hon. member said the petition weighed upwards of five tons. What was the fact ? It only weighed something more than five hundred weight.—(Hear, hear, and " shame, shame.") He also stated that all the signatures were those of males ; now, on examining the petition, it was said that out of every 100,000 signatures, there was an average of 8200 of females.—k Hear, hear.) Besides, there were numbers of signatures which would shock the veriest strumpet that ever walked the streets.—(Loud cries of " hear, hear," and " shame, shame") The name of the Duke of Wel lington was signed upwards of 30 times, Prince Albert a number of times, and he did not know how many times the name of the hon. member for Lincoln (Col. Sib thorpe) was attached.— (Great laughter.) The hon. member at some length pointed out other absurdities relating to the petition, which caused great animation in the house. He thought a select committee ought to be appointed, fully and most minutely to investigate the petition, for he believed a more gross fraud had never been practiced on that house. He then defended the committee impugning the veracity of Mr. O'Connor, and stating that he had forfeited any right to have " credence" attached to any of his sentiments in future in the house. Mr. F. O'CosNolt said he had not seen the petition before be was requested to present it. (Cries of " Oh, oh:") He should vote for a committee to inquire into the subject, as he did not believe sufficient time had at present elapsed to allow the committee on petitions to in vestigate it. (Hear, hear.) Mr. CRIPPS said there was a memorandum found in the petition, stating that the party writing it could not obtain more signatures unless he obtained additional pay. (Hear and laughter.) Mr. F. O'CONNOR again expressed a wish that a com mittee should be appointed to institute an inquiry on the subject. The hon. member then bowed to the Speaker, and left the house, stating that he would have one of the charges settled elsewhere. Colonel SIBTMORPE most indignantly denied that he had ever attached his name to such a filthy petition. (Laughter.) He would never have soiled his hands by touching such a document ;—(laughter)—and those who affixed his name to the petition, could he get hold of them, should have a good hiding. (Loud laughter, and " Order, order.") Mr. R. PALMER said, from some observations used, he thought a breach of the peace might be in contemplation by the hon. member for Nottingham. Lord J. RUSSELL moved that the hon. member for Nottingham be called upon to attend in his place in the house henceforth. The messenger some time afterwards returned, and stated that he had seen Mr. O'Connor. and informed him of what the house had decided upon ; but he declined to pay attention to its wishes. Sir G. GREY then moved that the member for Nottingham be taken into custody, which was agreed to, and in a short time he was brought to the house, when a mutual explanation took place be. tween him and Mr. CRIPPS, and the petty fracas was concluded. (Rural lifitsrellattp, The second steamer forming the " Ocean Line" is to sail from Southampton on the 20th instant. The execution of Bates and Mawdsley, for the Adlington murder, is to take place on Saturday. On Monday a fire broke out in the premises belonging to Mr. J. R. Kendall, coffee-shop-keeper. 33, Goswell street, Clerkenwell, and eight houses were destroyed. Lady Morgan has written a very flattering letter to the Pope, begging of him to release her " Italy" from the list of prohibited works. On Monday two three-story houses, recently erected at Bond-street, Chelsea, fell with an immense crash bury ing two men in the ruins, who were got out sadly bruised. Two printers in Glasgow have been arrested and held to bail for printing and posting a seditious placard, headed " Threatened revolution in London." Last week the Chartists held meetings in most of the large towns on various days, but they have dwindled into insignificance at last. At the Woodbury Petty Sessions on Monday, Lady Susan Bergaum was appointed one of the overseers for the parish of Lympstone. A few days ago the copyright of the People's Journal was sold by auction to Mr. Willoughby, the publisher, for £l3O. The convict, Win. Dowson, who was under sentence of ~.death in Durham Gaol, along with Thompson for the mur der of Shirley, at Raby Castle, received a reprieve, and is to be transported for life. Monday was a day of disasters to Mr. Feargus O'Con nor, the British Lamartine. Besides his public disgrace, his pocket was picked upon the hustings by some Chartist leader. _ _ A very serious fire took place at Coalbrookdale Iron works, on the 6th inst. The warehouses and pattern shops suffered most, and damage to the extent of £3,000 was done, At Warwick, on Friday, Matthew,,Davies was executed for the murder of his wife. He took a farewell of his children the day before. He was of weak intellect and of intemperate habits. An accident of a melancholy nature, occurred on Wed nesday week, at the Monkland Forge, whereby a man lost his life almost instantaneously by falling below the ham men—Glasgow Chronicle. At the London Common Council on Thursday, it was resolved that £2OO should be subscribed out of the city's cash towards the relief of the British workmen and their families compelled to leave France. Lord Redesdale, in the House of Lords, on Thursday night, drew attention to the question of ? Jesuits being tolerated in this country, and quoted the Tablet news paper, a s evidence of their nefarious practices and designs. The police of Bradford a few days since arrested a man for an assault, and whilst effecting his capture found him in his house manufacturing pike heads, a number of which were seized and taken to the police-office. A special Court of Common Council was held on Thurs day at the Guildhall, London, when the freedom of the city, enclosed in a gold box of ! the value of 100 guineas, was presented to Lord Hardinge. ROYAL ARTILLERY. — An order has just been issued reducing the height at which young men will be enlisted for the artillery service from 5 feet 9 inches to 5 feet 8 inches, their age being between 18 and 22. Five boys were last week sailing a boat on the Town Weir, Northwich, and not knowing how to guide it, they were drifted to the river head, when the boat upset, and they were all plunged into the water : two were drowned, but the others were rescued. It is affirmed that M. Guizot, who had at first expressed the intention of giving public lectures on history in Lon don, has renounced that project, at the request of the Princess de Lieven ; who, it is added, is to adopt M. Guizot's children, and marry him. Another individual who was shot during the late unfor tunate riot. in Bridgeton, Glasgow, died at his own resi dence, in Tradeston, within the last few days, from the effects of the wounds he received from the fire of the out pensioners, making the fifth victim. AN AGED WOMAN MURDERED BY HER SON.—A man named William Harris has been committed to Guildford gaol charged with the wilful murder of his mother, whom he threw down and kicked because she would not go home when he told her to do so. GAINS lIY RACE-lIORSES.—The four most successful horses in 1847, with respect of the amount won by their descendants, stand thus :—Venison, about £20,000 ; Touchstone, about £17,400; Lanercost, about .£15,500 Hetman Platoff, about £lO.OOO. Total, £63,000. PRINCE METTERNICH.—The arrival of this distinguish ed diplomatist is confidently expected within the next few days. Apartments have already been engaged for the Prince and his family at the Brunswick Hotel, Hanover square. A large piece of silver, weighing about - Sixty' ounces (called by the Portlanders, Duckey Stone), was found, a few days since, on the Portland beach, by a poor man. A number of these lumps of silver have been found there at various times; it is thought that there are a great many still left, the remains of a wreck many years since. On Wednesday week, a man in the employment 'of Mr. White, of Toghill Farm, in the parish of Doynton, while occupied in cutting hay, was precipitated to the ground, and falling upon the hay-knife he was using, the instru ment passed completely through his body. His death was instantaneous.—Bally Journal. 'I he postman Bradley, who was so savagely attacked in Mitre-court, Wood-street, London, whilst delivering his letters, has been informed that the Lords of her Majesty's Treasury-, at the instance of the Postmaster-General, have allowed him (Bradley) to retire from the service on a su perannuation allowance of £lOO per annum. 011 Monday, sixteen other young men, whose ages ranged from 16 to 25, were convicted of robberies com mitted during the Chartist demonstration on the 13th of March. They were sentenced to various terms of punish ment, varying from 12 months' imprisonment to 14 years' transportation; POROUS BRICKS AND STONES.—Let the brick-work become perfectly dry in summer, and give it one3or two coats of boiled oil. No wet will ever go through it again. E. Horne, Surveyor's office, Christ's Hospital. A nother correspondent advises a facing of mathematical or ornamental tiles.—Bteilder. • _ _ Trade of every. description at Sunderland is beginning to experience the effects of general depression, and work is daily becoming more difficult to procure. The iron and glass trades are almost as stagnant as shipbuilding, and theshipping interest is in a most discouraging condition. Foreign freights are scarce and unremunerative, and the coal trade freights were never worse at any time. COINCIDENCE.-Mr. John Dails, commission agent, Goole, who bonded the first goods deposited in warehouse and ist , the timber pond there. after the opening of that parties. foreign trade in 1828, happened also to be the first . party to send goods by the Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Railway, having forwarded eleven calls of wine.. wider bond to Liverpool by the first goods tra*.adesp.atched. Coin:Goole after the opening of that line.. Mr. Feargus O'Connor's Land Allotment Society now numbers one hundred thousand heads of families. Out of all this number some one hundred and sixty have found a refuge on the O'Connor estates in four or five years. Query,—how long will it take to " locate " the remaining 99.840 ? And will O'Connor's carriage and four expedite the process ? Hundreds of boys at Glasgow have lately signed peti tions in favour of a repeal of the union with Ireland ; and the tables on which these petitions are exposed for signa ture at the corners of the streets are purposely made very low, in order to suit the stature of these schoolboy re. peelers, many of whom have signed fifteen or twenty different petitions with the same prayer. A very singular death, under a surgical operation, oc curred in London last week. Dr. Willis was inserting a seton for inflammation of the windpipe, when death re sulted from the inflammation excited by the entrance of air into a vein divided by the seton needle. The air dis tended the right side of the heart, and thus arrested the circulation. The port of Newcastle-upon-Tyne has been dismem bered, and a new port created—the port of Shields. This measure has been the occasion. of considerable local excitement, and the town council of Newcastle, which body has resolutely opposed the division of the port into two. resolved on Thursday to lay the whole case before parliament in the form of a petition. A few days ago, a two-year old ewe, the property of a farmer, at Sproatly, Yorkshire, produced a lamb, or rather twin lambs, preternaturally united at the thorax. This strange animal had one head, four distinct ears, and two eyes, but neither mouth nor nostrils. From a sort of du plex thorax diverged two separate carcasses, forming, with the exception of the fore-legs, which resembled the four hinder, two distinct and natural lambs. SALMON FISHING IN THE SEVERN.—AS an angler was plying his craft at Diglis, fishing for ignoble chub with a lob worm, his bait was seized by an unexpected prey, and after a hard struggle he succeeded in landing a newly-run salmon, in good condition, and weighing 121 b. The fish, at the present market price, would be worth a guinea —a good morning's work for the successful angler, who, we understand, was a labouring man out of work, and probably fishing for his dinner.—Worcester Journal. A few days since, a farmer at Lismore, in Argyleshire, observed a desperate combat between two eagles, which at first attacked each other in the air, but ultimately alighted on the ground to finish their quarrel, which was terminated by the farmer, who killed both birds by a sin gle discharge of a gun loaded with shot. One of the eagles measured seven feet three inches, and the other half an inch more, fro-e tip to tip of the wings ; and each weighed upwards of 161 b. At the Central Criminal Court, on Saturday, fifteen prisoners were tried for breaking open the house of Mr. Gray, pawnbroker at Camberwell, on the occasion of the first Chartist meeting on Kennington Green ; four were acquitted, and the rest found guilty (eight were under eighteen years of age, and none above twenty-five), and sentenced to seven years' transportion, with the exception of the two oldest, who, having been previously convicted, were each transported for fourteen years. INTERESTING MEETING.—A man named Hughes, re siding on the Clee Hills, Worcestershire, who has three sons and five daughters, all married and having children, has been in the habit of assembling them all at his house on Midlent Sunday, for some years, and entertaining them with a substantial dinner. The family springing from him has rapidly increased, and last Sunday the whole assembled, and all his children and grandchildren amount ed to 68! How WE DO THINGS IN ENGLAND.—On Monday a butcher's lad was accosted by a Frenchman in Trafalgar square, the latter saying—" Let me show you de vay in vhich ye vight in France, and how ye make de barricade ;" upon which the loyal butcher replied, " I'll show you how we fight in England," and thereupon, suiting the action to the word, turned to and gave mounseer a good sound hiding. We understand the Duke of Norfolk has pre sented the lad with a five-pound note. At the Somerset Assizes, on Tuesday week, a Mrs. Williams, of Bath, brought an action against Mr. Edwd. Jay, solicitor, of that city, to recover a sum of upwards of £2OO, the amount of loss which the plaintiff averred she had sustained by the negligent conduct of the defen dant, in his character as a solicitor, in effecting a mort gage on the house No. 6, Walcot-parade. The jury, after consulting for a few minutes, returned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages £207 13s. Id., and interest thereon until paid. CASTLE CLIFF, BARNARD CASTLE.—An immense mass of rock, estimated to weigh several tons, became disen gaged on Sunday week from the cliff upon which stand the ruins of the once powerful and magnificent castle of Barnard, and fell on the Tees' side from an immense height. The cause of the sudden precipitation of this frightful mass of stone is unknown, but some attribute it to the effects of a violent storm of thunder and lightning with which the town of Barnard Castle was visited that day. POPERY AT HOME : EDUCATION OF THE POOR.—At a recent meeting of the Romanists of the Yorkshire district, one of the speakers estimated the amount of the share in the Parliamentary Education Grant to be claimed by the Roman Catholics of England at £50,000. He also stated, that according to a return which had been made to him the uneducated Roman Catholic children of England amount to something above 40,000, and those who are educated only to something like 45,000, so that there is ' very nearly a proportion of one in two of Roman Catholic children destitute of education. MURDER OF A COTTAGER.—CharIes Manfield, aged 16, was charged at Somerset assizes with the wilful murder of John Wall, in the parish of Backwell, on the 17th De cember.—We have already given the particulars of this •Cruel murder. The deceased was sitting by his cottage fire, his wife having gone out for a short time, when the prisoner, protruding a gun through the window and firing, inflicted a wound of which the cottager died some time afterwards. The object of the crime doubtless was, to obtain possession of five pounds which the deceased had received for some pigs. —The prisoner was found guilty and received sentence of death without hope of mercy. SHOCKING CIRCUMSTANCE.—Mr. G eorge L omas , o f , 1 the Red Lion Inn, Hazel Grove, Stockport, had for some time baen confined to his bed from sickness. On Thurs day night, he manifested visible symptoms of a rapid de cline, so much so that his medical attendant thought it right to prepare his relations for the worst. His brother then thought it his duty to go down stairs and apprize Mrs. Lomas of the sudden change which had taken place in her husband's 'condition. The information had such effect upon her that she was seized with apoplexy, and died in an hour afterwards. Her husband died in ten minutes after this melancholy event. SELF-DOMESTICATED ROBlNS. — During the past winter, two robins were in the habit of roosting on the bow of a fishing net in the gunroom at Chillington Hall, and leav ing through the window in the morning. Within the last few weeks, they have built a nest in the keeper's bedroom. which adjoins the gunroom. They first commenced build ing their nest at the top of the bed, but, being disturbed, they changed their quarters, and built another at the top of a boot tree close to the bed. They are now sitting al ternately on five eggs, and go in and out of the window through an opening which has been made by the keeper by the removal of a pane. The keeper has been in the habit of feeding them during the winter, and the birds are now remarkably tame. — Wolverhampton Chronicle. THE IRON TRADE.—At the quarterly meeting of iron masters at Birmingham on Thursday, it was resolved that the value of iron should be fixed at the prices which ruled the trade during the last three months; viz., bars, £8 per ton ; rods, £8 to £8 10s. ; hoops, £8 10s. ; and sheet, £9 10s. ' • other descriptions of iron to bear proportion a t e prices. it is understood that a proposition was made for a reduction of £1 per ton, but as it was thought that this would have a ruinous effect upon some of the smaller makers it was abandoned. The tone of the iron trade, it was satisfactory to observe, was decidedly improved : and, although, as compared with this time last year, the transactions were limited, confidence appears to be pretty generally restored. Considerable contracts were taken to-day for hoops and bars. ABDUCTION.—At the Marylebone Police-office, London, on Wednesday, Mr. Thomas Buxton Barnes, a surgeon in extensive practice at Thaxted, Essex, was charged " with having, on the Ist of April instant, unlawfully taken an unmarried girl, Marian Frances Jane Harvey, under the age of 16 years, out of the possession of and against the will of the Rev. Thomas Harvey, her father." The de fendant had been the medical adviser of the family, and after their removal to Bayswater had induced the young lady to elope with and marry him. Her father found her at his house in bed, with a loaded pistol under her pillow, and was opposed in his entrance by the prisoner with annther loaded pistol_ The partioz bud boon rnurriod at St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, and the prisoner had sworn that the young lady was above the age of 18, though she was only 15, and that the alliance was with the full and entire consent of her parents. He was com mitted, but allowed to put in bail. DEVONSHIRE SILVER.—On Thursday, Mr. Ellis, jun., of Exeter, had the honour of submitting for the approval of the Queen at Osborne-house a basket of silver net work, made of the silver extracted from the lead mines in Devonshire, manufactured at the establishment of the firm with which he is connected by order of her majesty. The besket is an elegant specimen of what can be done by English workmen and with English silver, and .is very creditable to national talent and enterprise, and is, more over, a good specimen of what can be produced by work. men in the provincial cities of the empire, showing that good taste and elaborate execution are not confined to the metropolis. The basket is meant to hold music or straws to be used in elegant plaitings or devices. It is sur mounted with scrolls, &c., exhibiting in its construction the lightness and delicacy of Oriental workmanship, with the good taste of modern design. Her majesty was pleased to express her entire approbation of the design and work manship. Some elegant brooches were also submitted to her inspection, with which she expressed her satisfaction. A WILL FORGERY. —At the Taunton assizes, John Ford, Daniel Davids Ford, John. Lewis, and Frances Garland, were indicted for feloniously forging a codicil, purporting to be the codicil of the will of Mr. Slack, at Bath, with intent to defraud different persons. It ap peared that the will and codicil purported to be those of Mr. W. Slack, who died in Bath on the 2nd of July, 1815. He was a gentleman of advanced years, having retired from business, in which he had been engaged with his brother, who died in 1840, and M r . W. Sl ac k b ecame pos sessed f upwards of £60,000; he was unmarried, but an intimacy existed between him and Mrs. Garland, who bad been his housekeeper, and still resided with him. She was a woman of no education, of a bad temper, and she and Mr. Slack frequently disagreed, and were often on the eve of parting. The will produced after his death was a forgery, perpetrated as alleged by the prisoners.—The jury returned a verdict of guilty against the two Fords and . Lewis, and acquitted Mrs. Garland ; and the learned judge then sentenced Daniel Davids Ford to 20 years' transportation ; John Ford to 15 years, and John Lewis to 10 years. The case commenced about two o'clock on Monday, and was not , finished till Wednesday afternoon. Mr.. Cockburn bad 100. guineas with his brief. The in• dictment was 32 yards Li length, and them - were 45.ygt news. CONVERTS TO ROME.—On Saturday, the Rev. J. B. Morris, late of Exeter College, and the Rev. Daniel W. Haigh, late of Leeds, were ordained priests of the Rotnish Church, by Dr. Wareing, Bishop of Ariopolis, and Vicar Apostolic of the Eastern District. Mr. Newman and his confreres of the Oratorian Order are now, it seems, en gaged in delivering Lenten lectures at the various Roman . Catholic Chapels in this metropolis. The Rev. Mr. Fa ber, with his associates of the proposed order of St. Wil fred. late of Cotton-hall, Staffordshire, have united them selves to the Oratorian Order, under Mr. Newman, as " Father Superior," and have taken up their abode with him at Old Oscott College, now called " Mary Vale."— Oxford Herald. THE RERORDER GP I-TULL AND MR. DEARSLEY.—At the opening of the Hull quarter sessiens, on Friday, Mr.. Dearsley tendered his bumble apology to the recorder, T. C. Granger, Esq., M.P., for the language which he had used towards him at the last sessions, and declared how deeply he deplored the occurrences in the Hull court, of which an account was given at the time in the St a nd ar d. When labourin g under excitement, said Mr. Dearsley, he had been led into expressions which could not, ought not, and should not be justified by him, and he wished fully to retract an expression that had fallen from him which might tend to convey the opinion that there was a partial administration t.f justice in that court. No language could convey the regret he felt that he should have used such an expression, and the circumstance should be a warning to him for the future. Mr. Dearsley's apology was accepted by the recorder, who declared that he was quite ready to forget all that had passed. THE OAK FARM IRON WORKS. — Tuesday last was the day appointed for the final examination, in the Court of Bankruptcy, of Messrs.:Paterson, Walker, Boydell, and Roper, of the Oak Farm Works, near Dudley. Proofs of debt to a large amount were tendered and admitted, including a proof from Sir John Gladstone for £10,323 ss. Id. It was rumoured that the creditors aghinst the new firm, consisting of the four bankrupts, would receive dividends to the full amount of their debts; but that the creditors against the old firm of Boydell and Roper, who carried on business as the " Oak Farm Iron Company," would be less fortunate. The conduct of the bankrupts appears to give unqualified satisfaction to the great body of the creditors. It seems to be generally regretted that the concern was forced into bankruptcy. It will be recol lected that an offer of 9s. was made, secured by Sir Ste phen Glyn, Lord Lyttleton, and the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone. The odds are now, according to common. surmise, that there will not be a dividend to the amount of 2s. 6d. in the pound. THE INDIAN MAIL.—The cessation of the hi-monthly mail, yid Southampton, after next month, will be of con siderable importance to the public. Letters and news papers from India and the Mediterranean, after that period cannot be forwarded by the beginning of the month mail except through Marseilles, which will subject them to a heavy postage. The postage on every newspaper for India. via' Marseilles is 3d., while vid Southampton it is free.. The postage on every letter weighing no more than half an ounce, via Southampton, is Is. ; while vid Marseilles it is 2s. Bd., nearly three times as much. " For all ordi nary purposes, therefore," says a correspondent, " the communication between the United Kingdom and India is reduced from twice a month to once. Independently of the expense of postage, however, by the Marseilles route, no one, at present, at least, would think of sending valuable enclosures through France, unless absolutely compelled to do so, while that country is in a disturbed state. Loss OF AN EAST INDIAMAN.—A report has reached St. Helier's, Jersey, giving an indistinct account of the loss of an East Indiaman, on Thursday morning, the 13th instant. She is represented to have struck on the Ecrehon Rocks, which lie in the centre of the Dirouilles Sandbank, between the north-east end of Jersey and the coast of France. The ship was from Calcutta, laden with sngar and rum. She was called the Nabob Rajah, or same other eastern title ; had a crew of 24 persons, 11 of whwn are saved, and 13 lost, or 13 saved and 11 lost ; in all probaiaility she was bound to London. The wind at the time was strong to the westward, and the weather thick, and the supposition is that by an error in her log she was 30 or 40 miles south of her reckoning, and when her crew calculated her to be coming up channel, she went ashore on the Ecrehon Rocks. A light on the north coast of Jersey has long been required by mariners, and had one existed there now, the present loss of life an d p r operty might not have taken place. DISSENTING CHURCHES : —The ugly buildin called meeting-houses Will § Z.. .9911 ..tist only in history. T gs h e rage is now for Dissenting churches. The Independents are building a magnificent Gothic church in Kentish-town, and another one is in progress at Manchester, which latter will have a lofty spire. The Wesleyans are erecting seve ral Gothic churches in various parts of the kingdom. The Baptists have just completed a beautiful Lombardo- Norman edifice, in Bloomsbury-street, London, with two lofty spires. But all these architectural attempts are cast into the shade by the church now in the course of erection by the Unitarians of Gee Cross, Lancashire. In plan and errangement it resembles a church of the olden time. The style is the decorated Gothic, and even Pugin himself has never designed a more imposing structure. The windows are filled with stained glass representations of the Saviour and Apostles, &c. ; and over the west front is a lofty tower and spire, the belfry of which is to con tain a peal of eight bells. The arrangements of the inte rior are strictly ecclesiastical ; and the organ is to be placed on an oak screen, and most elaborately carved. BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.—At Gloucester, last week, an action was brought by Miss Philips, sister to a merchant at Cardigan, against Mr. Charles, an attor ney of that town. Plaintiff's age was forty-three, and defendants forty-six. They had known each other for nearly twenty years. What was remarkable in the case was, that after the wedding dresses, cards, and cakes had been prepared, the breakfast ordered, the day fixed, and a wedding party invited, the defendant, without any pre vious intimation of his change of intention, married Miss Williams, an invalid old woman of seventy, just two days before the day fixed for his marriage with the plaintiff. He had given the plaintiff fifty pounds to buy wedding favours, and the money had been so expended. The clergyman of the parish remonstrated with him when he went for the license to marry Miss Williams, but without effect. He had lodged at the old lady's house for twenty years, and she had been like a mother to him. She was brought into the church to be married in a sedan chair up to the steps of the communion table. She cannot walk in her own room without crutches. She has been for years an invalid. The jury, after a few moments' delibe ration, returned a verdict for the plaintiff—damaged, one thousand pounds. SANITARY REFORM. MEETING OF CLERGY.—OIt Friday, a meeting was held in the parish vestry-room of Christ Church, Snitalfiels, for the promotion of sanitary improvement, and was numerously attended by the clergy of the large and populous parishes of Bethnal-green, Bow, Bromley, St. George's-in-the-East, Limehouse, St. Luke, Popiar, Shadwell, Shoreditch, Spitalfields, Stepney, Wap ping, and Whitechapel. In the absence of Sir Henry N. Buxton, who was unexpectedly called away by more pressing parliamentary duties, the Rev. W. Stone, rector of Spitalfields, was placed in the chair. The numerous clergy assembled, from their experience in some of the most populous and necessitous parishes in the metropolis, concurred in deploring the extreme inadequacy of all ex isting legislation of a sanitary kind, and in urging the necessity of one more likely to be effective, by giving greater powers to local administrative bodies, and making those bodies immediately responsible for the exercise of those powers to the Legislature. They expressed regret that either public bodies or individuals should think of opposing the sanitary measures now submitted to par liament by the government, and passed several resolutions by which they appointed a Central Sanitary Committee for the east of London, composed of the incumbents and one layman of each of the 13 parishes above-namecl, and er.gaged to promote the formation of sanitary committees and sub-committees in each parish and district, which should personally inspect their sanitary condition under heads of inquiry prepared for the purpose, and report upon it at periodical meetings of the committees, commu nicate upon it, as might from time to time seem desirable, to the Sanitary Commission, or the new Consolidated Commission of Metropolitan Sewers, and promote peti tions in favour of the measures contemplated by govern ment among all their parishioners, and, not least, among the labouring classes of them. An earnest hope Was felt by all present that this meeting of clergy would be follow ed by others elsewhere, and would lead to the systematic organization of a similar machinery for bringing sanitary improvement to every district and every home throughout the kingdom. A TAIVAI. SCENE.—At mott of tho thorttros opportun; ties have been taken to demonstrate the loyalty of the audiences by singing the national anthem, which in gene ral has been called for ; but the following scene at Covent Garden Opera on Saturday night, as described in the glowing language of a writer in•the Times, exceeds them all :—" After the opera of " Semiramide" a remarkable display of loyalty and patriotism was evidenced on the part of the audience, one of the most brilliant and crowded of the season. As soon as The curtain had fallen upon the last act, and the customary honours had been paid to Grisi, Alboni, and Tamburini, the band, at a signal from M. Costa's baton, struck up the national anthem. The whole audience simultaneously rose, responding with a burst of applause and cheers. After the air had been played once through, the curtain went up again and showed the entire stage covered, from the foot-lights to the furthest extremity, with the principals, choralists. dancers, corybhees, and subordinates, forming the im mense company of the Royal Italian Opera, mingled with visitors who had found their way from the boxes to the coulisses ; Grisi, Alboni. and Tamburini standing in -front, like generals to marshal their troops in order. The first verse, sung with great enthusiasm by Grisi, elicited thun ders, sentiments of applause; but when the pealing tones of Albont'S involved powerful in voice the n g e a x 7 — m , . u s s musical Scatter her expression enemies. their politics," " Frustrate their knavish tricks"—the words of which were uttered by the singer with a force and intensity of meaning that seemed instructive, the audience could restrain themselves no longer, but answered each line with a shout that made the roof of the building reverberate with a thousand echoes, and at the end the whole pit, boxes, amphitheatre, and gallery, became a waving sea of hats and handkerchiefs, in which the " white cambric's" of the ladies were not the least conspicuous objects. No sooner had the last note of the anthem been played, than the • conductors and members of the orchest ra , t ogether with the entire company upon the stage, from the first singers to the call-boys, joined the audience in their demonstrations, the whole present ing a coup d'epil the most exciting and magnificent ever witnessed. A more unanimous expression of feeling was never given vent to in a public assembly, and tie sud denness of its exhibition electrified every individual present; it seemed as though an impulse that arose in the bosom of each singly found immediate sympathy in the breasts of all present. But no—the impulse was sponta neous—unanimous; its expression enthusiastic beyond the possibility of description. 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The first mention of a tenth in Holy Scripture occurs in the history of Abraham, when, returning from victory, he met and gave a tenth part of his spoils to the King of Salem, the King of righteousness, the priest of the Most High God, of whom it is written, that He ever liveth, " abiding a priest continually." (Heb. vii. 1-8. In the subsequent history, a tenth is adopted and in sisted upon, by the high and authoritative command of Almighty God himself, the proportion of all property in Israel to be devoted to the support of the ministers and ordinances of religion. (Levit. xxvii. 30.) Abraham of fered, and Jacob vowed, by the secret guidance of the same Holy Spirit of wisdom, who afterwards dictated the mind of God to Moses. It was clearly under the sanction of these Divine precedents, that, in the Christian Church, a tenth of the produce of the land was dedicated to reli gious uses. Whatever may be said, whether dispassionate argument, or party prejudice, against the wisdom of its adoption under the New Testament dispensation, or against the management or mismanagement of it when adopted, there can be little doubt that such was the origin of tythes. This peculiarity connected with land in our own coun try ought in all fairness to be borne in mind, when the comparative burdens on various descriptions of property are discussed. At this time such a discussion is carried on with great animation. Landed property, with all its per manence of value from generation to generation, is con trasted with professional and other life incomes, with all their brevity and uncertainty ; and on this ground it is de manded that taxation should press more heavily on real property than on income. The principle is fair; but, in the application of it, it should not be forgotten, that al ready land is taxed ten per cent. for the maintenance of a great public institution, from which the nation is deriving public benefits of the highest order. Yes, the nation ; for the benefits conferred by the Church of England are by no means confined to her own avowed members. Di rectly or indirectly, by the communication of instruction in righteousness, by the mitigation of misery, bodily and mental, by the prevention of crime, by an extended and extending influence in favour of order, loyalty, and peace, the Church is a national benefactress. No such proportion as a tenth of any other species of property than land, is systematically devoted to the pub lic good. Ido not deny, or wish to conceal or disparage, the noble liberal contributions made voluntarily to the highest objects. There are mar y such, I trust very many. Occasions of special mercy draw forth, as in the case of Jacob, vows of special liberality, which are frequently followed by munificent performances. To such an occa sion we are in a great measure indebted for the " House of God" in which we are this day assembled. A merciful deliverance from the imminent peril of sudden death, caused a Christian gertleman to feel afresh his many obligations to Almighty God ; and the expression of that feeling was a free-will offering of two thousand pounds, sent to me through the post-office. It is true, a Church in this district had been contemplated and several liberal donations appropriated to it ; but still, I believe I may with strict accuracy say, that but for the free-will offer ing of grateful love here referred to, we would not at this time have had a church In this place, or at least not such a Church of this. But all voluntary contributions, whether from Church men or Dissenters, are desultory. They are not to be calculated upon. They form no charge on incomes, as tythes do on land ; and this is the special point to which I thus briefly advert, not of course as embracing all the merits of the controversy, but simply in mitigation of the animosity with which it seems in some quarters to be conducted. THE.CoLn WATER Cont.—We never had so_ much- reason to admire the efficacy and appropriateness of this prescription, as in its application to the disease of re&hot rebellion, in a case where M. De Lamartine administered the cold-water cure with wondrous effect to the rabid Wai!f deputation, who went over to Paris thirsting for fra ternity, and who got their thirst quenched in a most un. xp..cted manner. The French orator, poet, and states-. man, deserves the thanks of Europe, and, indeed, of hu inanity at large, for the unmistakeable hint he has given, that Mr. Smith O'Brien, or any other foreign rebel, is a proper goose if he expects to find in France any disposi tion towards propagander.—Punek. LAW.—The Law of England forms the most remarkable characteristic of the country. The laW is the spirit of the national liberty, the guardian of the national religion, and the foundation of the national government. Britain has the proud . distinction of being almost the only country on earth where no act of arbitrary power can be suffered— where no man's person, power, or conscience, can be sub jected to insult with impunity—and where every man has rights, and all are alike under the safeguard of Law. It is singular that the most intellectual nation of the an cient world—Greece—has not left us any system of law. Cicero speaks with professional scorn of all jurispruden ce ri.cept the Roman. He would not have spoken thus of the Mosaic law, if he had known it. But one of the Most extraordinary circumstances of the Hebrew common wealth, is the g eneral ignorance of its incomparable insti tutions, which prevailed among the most active inquirers of the northern world. But law existed from the earliest periods in Greece, though its name was often and curiously changed. In the time of Homer, the name of law was The pis, or establishment. In the time of Hesiod, the name was Nomos, or distribution. In after times, it was Dike, or justiee. The cause of the Greek want of system was said to be the number of judges in their courts, which rendered the decision rather - a -matter of sentiment than of fixed rule. The systematic nature of the Roman law arose from there being in general but one judge in each court. The two prmtors—the one for the city, and the other for the external jurisdiction—were annuallY ap pointed; and were accustomed, on entering their offices, to state the rules on which they intended to act. Those rules became gradually embodied, and -finally formed the groundwork of the Roman - law. - In the language of RoMe, Law was Lex, frOM Leyo, as the prbposal of the rule was read by the magistrate to the assembly of the people. The-Anglo-Saxon name Was Laga, from Lelfett,'to l+y down, from which comes our word Law.—Blackwood.. go, k