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knivcrial 13artianunt. H OUSE Olt LOH. OS.—Mo The Bishop of EXETER Vave WO ice, that he 25 h instant i.e would call the attention of their lordships to the report of the ('ammittee on the national system of education in Ireland._ .Lord KLBOURN stated, in answer to inquiry from the Mar -quis of Londonderry, that there was no truth in a statement in the public journals, that in consequence of the interfetence of her majesty, or her majesty's government, the appointment of one individual had been cancelled, and another made, to attend. toe coronation as the representative of France. The Earl of WINCHILSEA moved for copies of letters ad dressed by the Home Secretary to the Lord-lieutenant of the county of Hereford, with regard to the reduction of the yeomanrv. Lord MELBOURNE said, that there was no objection to the motion. After some conversation, the motion was agreed to. .t HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY. Sir G. STIi:CKI, 4ND reported from the Hull election corn -mittee, that Mr. W. Wilberforce had not, and that Mr. Hutt had, been duly elected; and that Sir J. C. James had been u I v returned. Sir E. Vu MOT intimated his in i kention to propose to defer the motion or which he had given notice, regarding slavery, till 'the 221 of this month. Sir R. PEEL inquired, with the view to more efficient legis lation regarding► " ju , ,enile offenders," on which subject there was a bill before the house, whether there would he any ob jection to write to those societies that had taken an interest in the question for the results of their investigations, so that par liament might have the benefit of them? Lord J. RUSSELL answered, that he was ready to adopt that course. "rhe house then again resolved into committee on the benefices pluralities bill, the desultory discussions and divisions on which . occupied a considerable portion of the remainder of the sitting. HOUSE OF LORDS.-TUESDAY. The poor law loan bill was read a second time. The Earl of Sirtthwsennv (after having stated, in answer to the Duke of Wellington, that he did not, intend to take the sense of the house on his motion ), proceeded to call the atten tion of the house to a copy of the despatch from the governor Of acting lieutenant-governor of the Island of Malta to his late Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonial Department, re specting the appointment of the Bishop of Malta t.► be a mem ber of the council of government of that island; and also of the despatch announcing the refusal of the said bishop to take the oath required by law to be taken by him on the acceptance of such appointment, and his resignation of the same; together with documents received from the said bishop on occasion of such, his refusal and resignation. Ilis Lordship then moved for papers, consisting of correspondence, &c., with the view of showing that the oath had not been repudiated at Rome. Much interesting discussion took place; but the motion was withdrawn, Lord 11 al.not;asit declaring that the papers con sisted chiefly of correspondence with ecclesiastics, the produc tion of whiCh would be establishing a very inconvenient pre cedent. • 'rhe motion being withdrawn,, their lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TuEsDAy.. Leave was given to the Waterford election committee to ad journ till Monday, although Mr. O'CONNELL made an effort to • prevent it. The Farringdon-street (London) " improvement" bill was read the second time, after some interesting conversation as to the ►node of paying for the proposed improvement. Mr. WAK LEY mentioned that in the metropolis improvement eommittee a resolution for granting £150,000, for the rebuilding of the Royal Exchange, had been adopted. Lord PALStattsToN, in answer to Dr. Lushington's inquiry, Said that the seizure of certain English vessels by the French, in 1831, on the coast of Africa, was the subject of negociation, and that the jostive of the case being clear, be could not per suade himself that it would not be attended to by the French government. a Lord MAHON intimated that he should move his resolutions regarding the trial of controverted elections as an amendment upon Sir R. Peel's measure. I.IRST FRUITS AND TENTHS. Mr. BA INKS, who had given notice for a select committee, moved that the house resolve into committee " to take into con sideration the propriety of abolishing the first fruits of the clergy of England and Wales, and the more effectual rating, and the better collection of the tenths applicable to the main tenance of the clergy." Several attempts were made to " count out" the house; af ter which there was a division on the main question, which was carried by 48 to 27, being a majority of twenty-one against the ministers ! _ _ The house then resolved into the committee, pro forma, re ported progress, and obtained leave to sit again on Wednes day. Some returns having been ordered, and bills forwarded a stage, the house adjourned early. HOUSE OF LORDS.-WEDNESDAY. ROYAL ASSENT. At four o'clock the Lord Chancell o r, the Archbishop of Can terbury, and Earl Shaftesbury, took their seats as Lords Com missioners, when the royal assent was given by commission to the following hills which had passed both houses:— The Consolidated Fund Bill, the Benefices Clergy Bill, the Ilaileybitry College Bill, the Ribble Navigation Bill, the West India Dock Bill, the Cookhain Bridge Bill, the Brecon Market Bill, the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Small Debts• Bill, and se= verat road and inclosure bills. The house then adjourned during pleasure. At five o'clock the bird Chancellor took his seat on the woolsack. Two petitions were presented, and the house adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNEsDAY. The Speaker took the chair at four o'clock. Mr. WADDINGToN took the oaths and his seat for the wes tern division of,the county of Suff.dk. -The Curbridke (Oxford) Inclosure bill was read a second time. The Bristol and Exeter Railway Bill, the Birkenhead Im provement Bill, and the Oakharn BEII4I Debts Bill, were read a third time and passed. A great number of petitions praying for a total and immedi ate abolition of slavery were presented. The Marquis of CHANDOS presented a number of petitions front different parts of the country against the Bonded Grain Bill. A great number of petitions containing a similar player, were presented by other members. BONDED CORN. Cul. Sus LE moved the second reading of the Bonded Corn Bill. The Marquis of CHANDOS opposed the bill, on the ground that it would be highly injurious to the agriculturists of this country. He had given the measure his most anxious attention, and he was convinced'it only held out a boon to foreign coun tries at the expense of the English farmer. -- (Hear,.hear.) • tie should, therefore, move that the bill be read a second time that day six months. He was sure the agricultural interest, which was so strong in that house, would not allow the bill to pass in to a law. It would be unnecessary to detain the house with argument against the bill, as his sentiments, were so well known, and had been so often expressed. (Hear.) He should, there fore, content himself with moving, as an amendment, that the bill be read a second time that day six months. Mr. WAICBURTON contended that the bill would be beneficial to the farmers, and not injurious. It would give employment, and the agriculturists would reap the advantage Of it. He con sidered the noble Marquis erroneous in the opinions he had funned on the subject. Mr H EATHCOTE strongly opposed the bill. He was convin ced it would tend to Baud and evasion. (Hear, hear.) In tact, it only an attempt to repeal' the corn-law. (Hear, hear.) He was well acquainted with the agricultural interest, and he knew the wishes and sentiments of that body were that they should Le left alone. (Hear, hear.)' They did nut wish, when they were gradually returning toconif.rt, for parliament to interfere. He therefore cordially supported the amendment of his noble f rje nd. Lord \VoOSLEY supported the bill. He did not think i w ou ld act injuriously to the farmers, but on the contrary. Sir J. TYRELL denied that thst agriculturists were a selfish body, and contended that the bill would be most unjust and pre judicial to the landed interest. Mr. iliioznstrroN said, he should support the bill, but he trusted the lanillorts would throw it out, as it would convince the country of the animus by which they were governed. Mr. P. I . kiOMSON did not believe the house would reject the bill. It was impossible that it could act iajuriously to the agri cultural interest of this country. (Hear.) (Left sitting.) RAILWAY FROM CARLISLE:Fp EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW. The committee alinointed to Obtain a survey of the country from Carlisle, to Edidburgh and Glasgow by Beattock, with the view of ascertaining.the practicability of a railway by the route,, have published a report from which we extract the following passages : By the actual measurements, it appears that the distance froM Johnston's Bridge to Edinburgh, according to the survey now made is 64 miles; and it being kupwn that the distanCe from. thence to Carlisle. by a line of very easy gradients, cannot (supposing it taken by the thriving port and town of Annan) exceed 35 miles—the whole distance frown Edinburgh to Carlisle would be under 100 miles, or only about 7 miles farther than by the shortest turnpike-road now existing. The distance tram Carlisle to Glasgow would also be under 100 miles. In comparing this line, therefore, with the one proposed by Cummock and Kilrnaruock. the committee beg to call the at tention of the subscribers to the important fact, that in point Of .distance from Carlisle to Glasgow, it will be 2atto 30 miles aihrirter, and this saving, they cannot doubt, will do a great deal more than counterbalance every disadvantage tiere may be in the ascent of the Evan, as now reduced. And with regard to Edinburgh, it is obviously almost 70 miles shorter than by any other projected line, trom that city to Carlisle, and conse quently to Liverpool and Manchester, while by the Birmingham railway to these towns it will afford the nearest possible cum- Anunication with London. The committee believe that the periotl is not now distant when the subject of a general railway communication from England to both Edinburgh and Glasgow must engage the attention of .the public and legislature, and when that arrives, they have no elouht it will be found that this is the only line which combines all the advantages necessary to induce capitalists to embark in such an undertaking. Linder this impression the committee earnestly recommend the landed proprietors of the counties of Edinburgh, Lanark, Peebles, Dumfries, and Cumberland, to co-operate in the pro mntion of a measure, which, by opening up the central districts ad the south of Scotland, will increase their produce and value to ;in extent of which no estimate can now be formed.—Carlisle Patriot. tier Majesty, with a vier; to obviate, in some decree, the in convenienve likely to be experienced by the trade of the metro polis from the coronation taking place at the early period at 4silich it is at present fixed, has been graciously pleased to in ,timate her intention of giving a series of grand banquets and .court balls immediately after the ceremony has taken place; by which it is presumed many families will remain in town, and t h e London season probably be prolonged till the middle of August. Wlt FtERFORCE CURED OF A TAsTF. Fon GAMING.—It was by this vice that he was himself most nearly ensnared. A brief diary or this period records more than once or Ir.'s of £lOO at ri the faro-table. He wos weaed-from iit n a most characteristic " We can have in' piny to night,: complained some of the p a rty of the club. "for St. Andstew is not here to keep bank." Wilberforce." said Mr. Bankes oho never joined hi n"' ll o "if von will keep it. I g ill give on a guinea." The pVaNt'ut challenge wnsi accepted; but as the game grew deep, be toss' the winner of f.:600. Much of this was.lost by those who 'were only lie;rs to future fortunes, and could not, therefore, meet such a call Without inconvenience. The pain he felt at their annoyance cured him of a t a ste which seemed but too likely to PIVIVIEUMUV....Lifo of William Wilberforce, by his sons. I, N i VERSITY INTELLIGENCE. 'PREFERMENTS, &c.—On Wednesday, the 25th tilt., the Rev. rliarlPs Fellowes, 8.A., was instituted to the rectory of M wit ty; and the Rev. Edmund Blake, 8.A., to the rectory of Bra merton, Suffolk, on the presentation of Robert Fellowes, Esq. On Friday, the 27th ult., the Rev. Charles Fellowes, 8.A., was instituted to the vicarage of Shotesham, Suffolk, on the presentation of Robert Fellowes, Esq. The Rev. John Langdon, late Scholar of St. John's College, Cambridge, has been instituted by the Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells,- to the rectory of Nailsea cum Bourton, void by the re signation of the Rev. T. L. Woolley. Patroness, Mrs. Brown, of Tavistock-square, London. • ." Thekev. Charles Boothbv, 11LA., to the rectory of Barnolby le Reck, Lincolnshire, by the chapter of the Collegiate Church of Southwell, Notts, vacant by the death of Richard Barrow, clerk. _ _ The Rev. Charles Samuel Pocock, M.A., to the rectorylof Roustench. Worcestershire, void by the death of the Rev. Wil hams Williams. The lord chancellor has been pleased to appoint the Rev. Mr. Wel.esley, rector of Dunfold , Surrey, to the rectory of Woodinancote, Sussex; and also the Rev. Erskine W. Hol land, rector of Warehorne, Kent, to the rectory of Dunfold, upon his cession of that of Warehorne. The Lord Bishop of Worcester has appointed the Rev. Ed mudd Hiley Bucknall Estcourt, M.A., vicar of Wolfore, War wickshire, to the office of dean rural of the deanery of Kineton. The Rev. William Greig. M.A., of King's College, Aber deen. to the pistoral charge of the new episcopal chapel, Bra cadale, Isle of Skye. The Rev. S. Westbrook, to the vicarage of West Ilampnett, Sussex. _ _ The Rev. Patrick Byrne, late curate of Stradbally, to the curacy of Dungarvan, vacant by the demise of the Revere►id Edmond Sheehan. The Rev. Thomas Thomas, curate of Llar.elwedd, to the rectory of Cregina, with Llanbadarn-y-garreg annexed, in the county of Radnor, vacant by the cession of the Rev. Hugh Vaughan, now vicar of Llansaintffraid. OBITUARY. At Manchester. of typhus fever. the Rev. John Parsons, eldest son of Mr. Parsons, of South-parade, York, aged 31. The Rev. Robert Houseman, upwards of 40 yeariPperpetual curate or. St. Ann's, Lancaster. The Rev. John Knipe, 53 years perpetual curate of Middle ton, in the county of Westmoreland, in his 79th year. The Rev. David Richards, vicar of Aberavon, Gla►norgan shire, aged 30. At Castellinawr, in the parish of Treleach (his father's resi dence), of consumption, a - ged 34, the Rev. David James, curate of Wedvoe arid Merthyr-dovan, Glamorganshire. WHO IS THE QUEEN'S FAVOURITE? (From the Kidderminster Messenger.) It cannot but be a subject of deep solicitude throughout the country, to know who is the favourite of their sovereign. We will endeavour to elicit an answer on this head, by publicly ask ing a few questions. I.—Who is the lady that was appointed the Roman Catholic governess of the Princess Victoria without the sanction of- the countryi 2.—Who is the lady that was removed from the person of the young princess by command of King George IV., because she was a Papist ? 3.—Who is the lady that was brought back from Germany to manage the inexperienced and unsuspecting mind of the queen? 4.—Who is.the lady suggesting, under the direction of a ►ui nister high in the councils of his sovereign, one continued round' of pleasures, to fascinate and occupy the wandering miud of our youthful queen? s.—Who is the lady that always attends upon the queen in all her motions, whether in the palace, at the theatre, on horseback, or to the country; although she has no recognised office or em ployment requiring her to be there in attendance ? 6.—Who is the lady, being a Papist and a firreigner, on whose account the Protestant daughter of an English nobleman was pre vented filling a situation near the person of her majesty?- - 7.—Who is the lady upon whom his lordship really waits, when we read in the Court Circular that he " had an audience yesterday, and afterwards dined with the queen ?" B.—Who is the lady that sat up until three o'clock in the morning to announce to the queen (who thanked her not tor the information) the result of the motion respecting Canada? 9.—Who is the lady, that is endeavouring to introduce the Jesuits into the palace, and caused the Archbishop of Canter• .bury to be degraded at the table of his sovereign, in older to convey an intimation that. the Roman Catholic is to be the fashionable religion at court? 10,—Who is the lady that is employed to keep up the inflit , ence of the popish king of the Belgians at the court of Queen Victoria ? _ _ . 11.—Who is the lady that recommends foreigners for domes tics to an English queen, such as the lady's maid, the hair dresser, &c., and chooses them Fool that moral of all nations, France? 12.—Who is the baroness Lehzen? THE REV. HUGH APNEILE. We have great pleasure in giving insertion to the following letter, which, it may be proper to state, we do without any com munication with the reverend gentleman whose signature it bears. The addition of £2OO a-year, which it mentions, does but bring up Mr. M‘Neile's emoluments to the amount (i.:600) which he surrendered in accepting the ministry of St. Jude's. The augmentation must be the inure gratifying, inasmuch as it is not an act of the trustees of the church, but a voluntary testi monial of gratitude and esteem Irons members of the cougrega lion TO THE CONGREGATION OF ST. JUDE'S CHURCH. . _ My dear friends and brethren,—Estimating my services in the balance of your own-affectionate partiality, you have added £2OO a year to my .salary as your minister. You have an nounced this to me, during my absence, in terms highly honour able to yourselves, and flattering to, me. 1- have written to you in reply, but without power to give - adequate expression to my feelings. I dill unwilling that our correspondence on the occasion, dic tated as it has been by the overflowing fulness of brotherly af fection, should be exposed to public view. At the same tiute I feel it due to you, to myself, and to the cause of our holy religion, in which it is my privilege to labour among you, that the fact itself should be male public. rt supplies additional proof, if such - were wanting,, that where ever a clergytnau of our church really gives himself to his sacred work, with all his powers, however moderate those Powers may be, he finds, in his intelligent lay brethren, such a re sponse of cordial affection as longs for oppottonities of 'mani festing itself in acts of kindness.—l am, my dear brethren, your affectionate pa s t or and faithful se t vant for Christ's sake. - • Belfast, ilfay 4, 1838. ArNiftLE. PROP ti Enes. [The following jeu d'esprit appeared some years ago in the John Bull. We trust that another opportunity way soon occur for a repetition of such language.] Exeunt °mites! The Whigs!—How they have clung to pow'r, Let sly-hoots Tierney tell : The - bud that pines for April's show'r Loves not that show'r so well. They're out ! —Yet all, (ruin Knight to Earl, May hope once more to reign; For when a swine regards a pearl, They'll rule the laud \\Theo winter sheds his whit'ning snows O'er gentle Summer's green; When Bough' m shaft cease to twitch his nose, And Lambtoit to be mean; When I prefer fell ipecac trauha to champagne, And ducks shall sing, and linnets quack, The Whigs will rule again. When beauty's eye shall love to squint, And beauty's cheek to fade, And lamb, divorc'd from sauce of mint, In oyster sauce be laid ; When tailors' legs refuse to cross, And fops uo more are vain, And misers deem their gold but dross, • The Whigs will rule again. When face of soot-bedizen'd sweep Shall match the lily fair ; And head of butcher's boy (to keep It warm) a hat shall weal ; When hackney coachmen dread to see A sky portending rain, And loathing doctors spurn a fee, The Whigs will rule again. When Jews shall lick the watering lip If roasted pork appear; When bees shall gall, fur honey, sip, And spring commence the sear; When Hunt and Wright shall cease to puff, Aud Coburn hate Tremoine ; And ey'ry female thin grow rough, The Whigs will rule again. When with'ring age shall love inspire, And blooming youth disgust ; And water freeze upon the fire, And jealous husbands trust ; When tears from hypocritic eyes Shall wash out knavery's stain ; And slander deal no anorein lies, The Whigs will rule again. `They'll get their places as before, When . gout shall soothe the toe; When shipwreck'd seamen dread the shore, And fleas to lobsters grow; When Christians all fur give their foes, And Cruckfrrd vice restrain • And not au eye in church shall doze, The Whirs will rule again. When blacklegs act on honor's la(vs, And black eyes melt like floe; When silliest coxcombs gain applause, - Aud truffles spoil a stew; When English beauties smoke cheroots, Like the brunettes nf Spain; And glo, ions lirurrerrfuns any boots, The Whigs will rute.again. When these three things shall me delight— An old man a tale twice told— And en my head a hat that's' tight, And ix any head a cold ; When toes thrice blest, with corns shall choose (What makes them now complain A hard and pinching pair of shoes, The Whigs will rule again. W heu true wit means a manual jest, And beards are shaved with axes ; When addled eggs make custards best. And we are freed from taxes; And when np.t copiau: draughts of gin Shall not disturb the brain; God bless itie ( Queenj! —She'll then take in The snivelling whirs again. ELWES, TUE MISKIL-1 asked him (Wilberforce) if he re membered the miser Elwes, in the House of Cotninons. " Per fectly ; and that question reminds me of a curious incident which one day hefel that strange briog. In my younger days we of en went to t h e house in f u ll dt44, on nights, for example. when any of tis were going to the fluent. Bankes, on all orcasion of this kind. was seated near El mes, who was leaning his head forward just at the moment it hen Bankes ruse hastily to leave his seal, and the hilt of his sty' Ed happening to com. in contact with the miser's wig, which he had probably picked off•some scarecrow. it was unconsciously hurtle away by B ;1 „1.,, whit, walked in his stately waC down the house, tollowed b% Elwes. full of anxiety to regain his treasure. 'l'he house was in a roar of merriment, and for a mon cut Bankes looked about him wondering exceedingly what had happened. The explanation was truly amusing, when he became conscious of the sword-hilt which he acquired."— Wilberforce's Life. I'IIE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. MISCELLANEOUS, Earl Fitzwilliam is opposed to the immediate emancipAtion of the slaves. 'He refused to take the cAir, or be present, at an anti-slavery meeting at Peterborodgh last week. Lord Francis Egerton, who has been suffering for the last six weeks from a violent attack or gout, which incapacitated him from attending to his parliamentary duties, is now convalescent. His lordship has been sojourning at Bath for the benefit of the waters. LONDON AND -SOUTHAMPTON RAILWAY.—This line to Woking Common is to be opened to the public on the 15 inst.. On the kith there is to be an excursion along the line, of the proprietors and their friends; and, we understand, some fifteen or twenty of the proprietors resident in Manchester intend pro ceeding to LOndon to participate in it. OLD SPORTSSIEN.—Sir George Hewi,t, who has attained the great age of 93, joined the queen's stag-hounds last week, with all the ardour of early days, and was in at the death. Christie and Manson sold the other clay, in the dispersion of the pictures and drawings of the late Mr. Vine, the original sketch of the Chelsea Pensioners, by Sir David Wilkie, for £199 10s. The artist disposed of this sketch in the first instance for £5O. We sincerely rejoice to learn, that the miners employed in sinking for coal at Workington have this week come at an eleven-feet band of metal, which they are now using every ex ertion to win, and with every prospect of success.-IViiitehaven Herald. A few days ago, an English lady at; St. Omer brought into her bedchamber a number of aromatic plants in flower, fresh from the conservatory. During the night she was so affected by the scent, that it became necessary to call in a physician, who had great difficulty in recovering her from a state of insen sibility into which she - had fallen. - • - RAILROADS V. CANA LS.—The proprietors of the Grand Junc tion Railway have made offers to the manufacturers and others to carry goods between Birmingham and Liverpool, at Is. Gd, a cwt., being exactly the sum charged by the canal, the trade of which must be superseded if the tonnage dues are not itnine, diately lowered. — [f r o' rester ions nag. • "'PRYING youit LUCK BY A Jul:v.—We understand the Mid land Counties' Itailay Company offered Mr. F. Needhatu £l5OO for tl;"land required by them a few hours before the in quiry look place. Mr. N. claimed £2,300 10s. The jury awarded him £1260. Loss by going to a jury, £2lo. —Leicester Mercury. —[There would he the expenses besides] - - STATE or TR sns.—We believe the demand for twist was somewhat slacker yesterday, though we did not hear of any' lower prices being submitted to. In power-loom cloth, and es pecially of good qualities, there was a fair demand ; and gene rally, we may-say, there is a pretty large business doing in ma nufactured good s. The fine:weather, we. understand, as 'night be expected, has brought an accession of country buyers into the markei.—Munchester Guardian. HONESTY liKwanDary—On Saturday, a young man named Clarke, a weaver and teacher amongst the general baptists, picked up a purse, which he saw contained a large quantity of bank notes. Without examining the contents, he asked a gen tleman walking with a lady through the market, whether he had lost anything: the gentleman felt, with some anxiety, in his pocket, and found that his purse, ciintainiug £(3,00t1 in notes; - was gone, on which the young man restored it to him. - The gentleman asked Clarke how he could serve lion; but he refus ed to accept money, on which the gentleman went to the book seders, and, purchased for him a large quantity .ot . books.— Halifax &tigress. JUDGE PARK.—If some are, under existing regulations, im prisoned too long, others find loopholes by which to escape with a shorter term than they merit, so that thus the scales of justice are balanced. We shall relate an instance or such an escape, which, as it is related to us, occurred recently the Central Criminal Court: A learned judge, whose religious bias is no toriously-strong, was presiding there in the trial of a Man char ged with stealing "a faggot." The case was as clear as day ; more than one witness hail seen the prisoner enter certain premises, and carry therefrom certain property that was not his own ; but this was not enough fur lawyers. 'l'hey must, of course, bring forward a faggot, and call upon the witness to prove its i !entity. The faggot was unscrupulously identified, upon which the learned judge, while making his note of the circumstance, said (as he thought to himself—but he was in the habit occasionally of soliloquising iu rather to loud a key), " Why, how can he swear that's the same faggot ?—one fag got's as much like another as one egg's like another." This was heard by Mr. C. P.—, the counsel for the prisoner, who was seated just below his lordship; he instantly started up. and, recalling the witness, said, "You have sworn that this is the same faggot you saw the prisoner take."—" Yes."—" Why, how can you swear that it's the same ? One faggot's as much like another as cue egg's like another." The learned judge dropped his pen, and fixed his eyes expressly upon the council. " Mr. - P." said his lordship, in a very solemn tone, somewhat tremul , (sus with emotion and awe—" Mr. P. I see the finger of God in this. case. That very reflection, in the very form of words you employed, was passing through my mind at the very moment it occurred to yours. I certainly shall nut let this case go to the jury upon such evidence ;" and the case, as our informentsaith, was stopped.—Monthly Chronicle. ['Phis anecdote is literally true ; but the editor of the Chronicle is mistaken as to the place in which the circumstance occurred, which was at Salford, and not in the Central Criminal Court : the patties were. Sir James Allan- Park and Mr. Charles Phillips.] STEAM NAVIGATION WITH INDIA..=The pacha of Egypt contemplates laying down a railroad between Cairo and Suez, and, it is said, requires pecuniary aid frotn our government. Let it be granted. A footing-in Egypt of this nature would be invaluable, since at all times it would give us a right of passage. Suez may be considered the most eligible terminal post fur the transmission of merchandise and passengers. The upper part of the Red Sea presents no greater inpediments to a steamer than the lower. lf, the railroad is laid down, all difficulties be tween Suez,and.Cairo disappear; but if not, as the distance is only 82 miles, and Ile it is as level as any road in England, we have only to establish wheeled vehicles on it, which would have been long since done had the countiy peen in European hands, The rising.of the Nile offers no impediment to the conveyance; of goods through Egypt ; but by filling the canal which connects one of its principal branches with the pint of Alexandria, the communication is maintained by water between Cairo and that city at other periods of the year. A passage by the Euphrates has been held to possess superior advantages to that by the Red Sea. Though the difficulties of this route may be great, yet, if surmounted, should war or pestilence interfere with the Red Sea route, we should have another at our command, and this line might benefit and extend our commerce in the countries through which it leads; and here we may mention the fact that the partial opening of trade by the late expedition has already mare than doubled that of every portion of the Levant at all connected with its operations.—Wellstead' s Travels in Arabia. CAGE 13 ions, —Of all the unhallowed instances of bird-in carceration (not even excepting the stupid cruelty 'rif shutting up a robbin in an aviary,) the condemnation of the sky-lark to perpetual imprisonment is surely the must repugnant to every good feeling The bird, whilst his happy brethren are carrolliug far up in the sky, as if they would Morin heaven itself with their rush of song, just at the joyous season— •• When wheat is green, when hawthorn buds appear," is doomed to pine in some dingy street There, in a den, with a solid wooden_roof, painted green outside, and.white, .glaring white, within—which, in bitter mockery, is called a sky-lark's cage, ke keeps winnowing his wretched ' wings, and beating his breast against the wires, panting for one—only one—upward flight into the free air. To delude lion into the recollection that there are such places as the fields, which he is beginning to for get, they cut what they call turf—a turf dug up in the vicinity of this smoke-canopied Sabel of bricks, redolent of all its sooty abominations, and bearing all the marks of the thousand of tons of fuel which are now suffered to escape up our chimneys, and fall down again upon our noses and into our lungs,—tuns, which, when our coal mines begin to shrink alartninglv—'tis no laugh ing matter, the time must come—some future Arnott will, per haps too late, enable the public to save, while' be, at the same time, bestows upon them the blessing of a pure atmosphere. Well, this abotninal lump of dirt is presented to the skylark as a refreshment for his parched feet, longing for the fresh morning dews. Miserable as the winged creature is, he feels that there is something resembling grass under him ; and then the fond wretch looks upwards and warbles, and expects his mate. Is it possible to see and hear this desecration of instinct unmoved and vet we see it every spring, and moreover we have our So ciety for Preventing Cruelty to Animals..—New Monthly May. THEORIES OF METALLIFEROUS VEINS.—M. Becquerel, who is well known to have long preceded Messrs Fox and Crosse in the production of crystalline substances by the action of elec tricity, in the fifth volume of his treatise, De V Electricite et du Magnitisnie gives a chapter to a discussion of the opinions of Mess's. Fox and Henwood on the origin of metalliferous veins. After entering at great length upon the merits of the arguments on each side, he gives his decision decidedly in Mr. Henwood's favour, and against the electrical theory proposed by Mr. Fox. THE LORI) HIGH ADMIRAL'S HAT ON A BEADLE.—On Easter Monday, the parishioners of St. M a ry -le-Strand elected as their beadle, Mr. West, the late master of their pour-house; and, strange to record, Mr. Cowell, the purchaser of the,ward robe of William the Fourth, has sold to the parish authorities . the Lord High Admiral's hat, with its gorgeous gold lace trap pings as worn by the king, so that the hat which once graced and encircled the brows of majesty will in future bedizen the• sconce of a metropolitan parish-beadle. Law of LIBEL—An action was brought in the Small Debt Court, Perth, last week, by a shopkeeper in Perth, 'against a residenter iu Bridgend tor solatittm and damages, on the; ground-that the defendant on the Bridge of Perth lately, in the hearing of a number of individuals, called the pursuer a villain and a blackguard, and used Other opprobrious epithets towards him. The case having gone to proof without objection, Mr.. Sheriff Barclay threw out a doubt as to the language libelled being actionable. The proof being concluded, the facts de= posed to were,that two dogs had been fighting on the bridge, one of which belonged to a brother of the pursuer, who was present at the time, upon which the defender, who is a con stable, seized the pursuer by the collar, and called burn a low blackguard and a villain; and said that he kept lighting dogs for annoying, people, and that he ought to be put in gaol. After the proof a discussion took place as to whether the Isoguaoe libelled and proved to have been used by the defender was ac tionable. The sheriff held that it was not actionable, and stated that if he had any doubt on the general questiou, still he .would not have awarded damages in the circumstances of the present case. The action was arcerdingly disniissed. In giving his opinion the sherittobserved that the term blackguard, was one generally used ~,,, 11.2: the vulgar without reflection, ond without any intention olcastieg a stain on one's character. Or it meant one of the 42d regiment, win were all black guards, but amongst whom there were many gentlemen: As for the term villain •it was originally one of respect.L-Perth Courier. • - 9rsjuosichr Salford, and TuOninniliVtte.d%riZd':iYvems ThnSintga'nll'eiyis-'sßtriteutm, is one of the turnkeys at the New Bailey, carried him some col tee into his bedroom, in pursuance of a request he had made to her. She did not find him in, but heard him moan in an adjoin ing Site tried the door, but it was fast. She then sent for Mr. Woolley, their landlord, who came and broke the door open, and found the unfortunate man laid on the floor with his throat frightfully cut, and endeavouring to stop the effusion of blood by his pocket handkerchief. Mr. Hancock, the surgeon. was immediately sent for, but Brummitt was quite dead iv heu he arrived; and Mr. Hancock said that if assistance had been rendered immediately, the gash was so deep that it was impossi ble that the man's life could have been saved. An inquest was held on the body the same day, and the jury found a verdict of temporary insanity. The deceased had been in a despontlin: mood for sonic time, and had been a few days absent from his employment on account of a slight ill ness. STEAM N A vic TION IN TURK EY.—The steam navig ation, of winch Constantinople has become the central }Tint in 'Turkey, is constantly inoreasing. The Austrian Danube Steam Comp!iny now take tie lead, and e erecting extensivefactories at !he ' ra a, w here their numerous vessels may be retitled and repaired. They have recently established a branch steam•vcssel between this port amy l Salonica. The steamers on the T r ehozond station are now making immense profits, as each voyage they have been fally loaded with merchandise, and have carried also about 300 passengers each. The sultan has refused to ratify a promise which had been given for a finnan to permit an English steam vessel to carry Frank passengers up and down the Bitsphorus.. The porte is building two steam-vessels; but %hen they will be completed, it is impossible to Jay. HDALE FI..ANNRI. 111 All K ET, MON 1.) Y, MAY 7.—We have had a very brisk market to-day, and a great nit fiber of pieces have been sold. Though there may nor ue a general ad vance in the price, yet soineinstancesintire money has bpen obtained. The wool market has undergone little change since last Monday, and its former price has been fully maintained to day. ti BREACH OF PROMISE.—A singular method of obtaining sa- tisfactiou for the non-fulfilment of a. marriage contract, is deli lineated in a Mississsppi paper. The disappointed swain has advertised the fair one, in order, as he says, " to keep any honest man from being duped by her perfidy." •- • • • STEAM COMMUNICATION WITH IRELAND.—Steam-boats have done more to cement the union between England and Ireland, than all the acts of parliament which have passed since the reign of the second Henry. Agricultural industry, in the - sister king dom, has received an extraordinary impulse .from the opening of new and steady 'markets, where demaniiincreases faster than supply. The total value of live animal imported from Ireland, at Liverpool alone, during the year 1837, amounted to nearly four millions sterling; and the importations to Bristol are scarcely interior. Mr. Porter, in his " Progress of the Na- Von," says that " the value in money, of one seemingly unim portant article, eggs, taken in the course of the year to the above two ports from Ireland, amounts toot least £lOO.OOO. The pro gress of this trade affords a curious illustration of the advantage of commercial facilities in stimulating production and equal izing prices. Before the establishment of steam-vessels, the market at Cork was most irregularly supplied with eggs from the surrounding district : at certain seasons they were exceed ingly abundant and cheap; but these seasons were sure to be followed by periods of scarcity and high prices, and at times it is sin.: to have been difficult to purchase eggs at any price in the market. At the lrst opening of the improved channel for con veyance to England, the residents at Cork had to complain of the constant high price of this . and other articles of farm pro duce ; but as amore extensive market was now permanently open to them, the farmers gave their attention to the rearing and keeping of poultry, and, at the present time, eggs are pro curable at all seasons in the market at Cork, not, it is true, at the extremely IoW rate at which they could formerly be some.: times brought, but still at much less than the average price of the year; a like result has followed the introduction of this great iinprovement in. regard to the supply and cost of various articles of produce. In the apparently unimportant article-- feathersit may be stated, on the respectable authority above quoted, that the yearly importation into England from 'lreland reaches the amount of £500,000." IMPORTANT SALVAGE CASE.—Admiralty C . :omit, Thursday.— n'this case the Columbia, on her voyage front Bombay to Li verpool. with a valuable cargo, met with rough weather in the Atlantic, on the 29th of January last, by which she lost her rudder, and became completely unmanagebte. A vessel (name unknOwn) came in sight, hut did not bear up to the Columbia. On the next day; however, when all the crew had determined to leave the vessel, a Dutch ship, - which turned out to be the • Phenomeue. Captain Trans P. Hoodmaster. on a voyage friim Batavia to Rotterdam, hove in sight,, and being hailed, came to the assistance of the Columbia, rescued all the crew and pas-- sengers,' saved all one of fourteen cases of specie, (amount ing to £11.000,) and. some dispatches belonging to the East India Company, staved with thetn during one night, and carried them (their own vessel being lost) safely into - Portsmouth. For the preservation of the thirteen cases of specie, .salvage-money is now sought by. the owners, master, and crew of the Pheno 7 mene. The facts of the case are Undisputed ; the only question for the consideration of the Court being the amount orcompen sation for the services rendered. Sir John Nicholl expressed his (minion that the services rendered were of the most valuable nature. The crew had determined to leave the. vessel, therefore she must be considered derelict. The weather was most tern oestuous. Every attention had been paid to the passengers and crew on their voyage to Portsmouth. The property saved, bullion, and despatches. were of great value. The Court would not allot less than a moiety of the property saved; and, as the opinion of the Court with regard to the distribution had been requested, it would follow the example of Lord Stowell, in the case of the Waterloo, and allot half of the sum given to the owners, one quartet' to the captain, and the remainder to the crew, to be divided according to their rate of wages. - - . • CONFESSION .)F HORSE STEALING.—A poverty-struck look ing man, attired in a groom's stable dress, who gave his name John Junes, and represented that he had last lived in the service of an innkeeper at Lichfield, was brought before the magistrates of Chester, on Wednesday last. Mr. Hill stated that the pre vious night he was relieved at the police office, and soon after he called again, and said he had stolen a horse fifteen years since, and had not been easy in his mind since. Mr. Hill warned him that he was confessing to a transportable offence, and at his own request toek his confession, to the purport, that fifteen years ago he had lived in the service of the late Dean of St. Asaph as a groom, for about 7 years, and was discharged, After his discharge he went to the stable at night, and took away a valuable horse, the property of Dr. Warren, of London, who we believe was a son-in-law to Dean Shipley, which he disposed of at Manchester. He was taken into custody at Salfori, and kept fifteen days, and then discharged, because no case could be male out against him. The affair had lain upon his mind ever since; and he would rather be transported than lead the life he had done. Mr. Morris asked him many questions about the Dean's family and connections, and from the answers it was evident that so far as having lived with the family his state ment was correct. He was remanded, in order that the parties might be communicated with. GAIETY OF HEART OF THE FRENCIL—We were talking of the levity and gaiety of heart of the French, even under the severest misfortunes. This drew forth an anecdote, which bad been related to him by Mr. Pitt. Shortly after the tragical death of Marie Autoinette M. Perigord, an emigrant of some consequence, who had made Mr. Pitt's acquaintance at Ver sailles, took refuge in England, and on coming to Downing street, the conversation naturally turned upon the bloody scenes of the French revolution; on their fatal consequences to social order; and, in particular, on the, barbarity with which the unfortunate Queen had been treated. The Frenchman's feelings were quite overcome, and he exclaimed, amidst violent sobbing, " Ah, Monsieur Pitt, la Pauvre Heine! la pativre Heine ?" These words had scarcely been uttered, when he jumped up as if anew idea suddenly possessed him, and looking towards' a little dog which came with him, he exclaimed. ," Cependant, Monsieur Pitt, it faut ;mos faire voir mon petit Chien danser." Then pulling a black kit out of his pocket, he began dancing about the room to the sound of his little instru ment, and calling to_ the dog, " Fanchon, Fanchon, dansez, dansez." The little atMlual instantly obeyed, and they cut such capers together that the minister's gravity was quite overcome, and he burst into a loud laugh, hardly knowing whether he was most aroused or astonished.—Life of William Wilberforce: ELECTRICITY.—Why is the fire-side an unsafe place in a thunder-storm?—Because the carbonaceous matter, or soot, with - which the chimney is lined, acts as a conductor for the lightening. Why is the middle of the apartment the safest Place during a thunder-storm ?—Because, should a flash of lightning strike a building, or enter it at any of the windows, it will take its direction along the walls, without injuring the cen tre of the room. ATstosHmatcsi, PllsNomalloN.—As the Rev. Stephen Bland was returning home at nalf-past ten o'clock, from his ministerial functions on Sunday evening, the 15th ult., in com pany with his son, during a most severe storm of snow and hail, their attention was arrested by the bright and lucid appearance of the turrets and weather-cock of the church steeple of Burn , salt, each resembling a mass of fire, which remained so long that, when they reached home, the inmates had the gratifica tion of witnessing this extraordinary appearance of luminous vapours. produced by the bad state of the atmosphere and at tracted by the iron which has remained in a fixed position for centuries.— Leeds Intelligencer. A CATCH.—The following desthiption of a catch by Dr. Call cott, is given in the Musical World; the words run thus : " Ah ! how, Sophia, can vou leave Your lover, and of hope liereave! Go, fetch the Indian's borrowed plume, Yet, richer far, than that your bloom ; Pin but a lodger in your heart, And more than one, I fear, have part." Now, in reading the above, there is nothing particular to be seen, but when the words are sung as Dr. Callcott intended they should be, there is much to hear; for one singer seems to ren der the first three words thus—" A house on fire," repeating phia, phia, with a little mixture of cockneyism, fire ! fire!— Another voice calls out lustily " go fetch the engines, fetch the engines; while the third coolly says, " I'm but a lodger, I'm but a lodger," &c. consequently he does not care whether the house be burned down or not. This elucidation will give a pretty good idea of the real meaning and character of this mu sical catch. EXTRAORDINARY FACT.—About a fortnight ago, a cow, the property of Mr. Edward Yeats, farmer, of Low Grantlev, near Ripon, gave birth to two fine calves, which with the mother are doing well; and on Wednesday evening, 25th ult., emerged into life from the teeming womb of another of his favourite cows, other two fine calves which also are doing well • and to use the ex pression of our informant, they are three bulls and one why. —Leeds Intelligencer. AN UNACCOUNTABLE Pie.—" You Socrates," said Mr. Seth Harris, of Poughkeepsie, to his coloured fellow the other day.—." You Socrates, have you. fed the pigs?"—" Yes massa, me fed 'um," replied Socrates.—" Did you count them?"— " Yes massa, me count 'um all but one."—" All but one ?" " Yes massa, all but one—dire be one little speckle pig, he frisk about so much me couldn't count him.!" • ALLEGED CHILD MURDER AT STOCKFORT.—OR the morn ing of Friday week, an unmarried woman, named Ann Bs row, the daughter of-a. green grocer at Stockport, was apprehended on Euspicioti of concealing the birth of a child; and her mothei was also:taken into custody, it being supposed that she was an accessary The examination was to have been entered into before the boroughjustiCes the followingday; but, in the course of Friday, a man who had been employed to drag the river at the .Place where it was 'supposed the' prisoner had thrown in the body of the child, found it, tied up in a piece of wrapper, with a piece of rag tied tightly round the neck, having the knot under the right ear. The case was accordingly removed from the magistrates' to the coroner's court, the inquest-being held be fore Mr.' Hollins an Saturday week. It appeared by the evi dence, that the prisoner had given birth to an illegitimate child; and that, - on the - Thlirsday night; she had been observed bya neighbour (whii sospiq'ted the fact) carrying something in a large tin can to the Vernon Bridge, over the battlement of which she threw the contents of the can into the river. The body of the child was found near this spot. A piece of rag or tape, which appeared to be the remainder of that which was tied round the infant's neck, was found in the house of the pri soner's mother. The but ;eon who had examined the body stated, that he had no doubt that the string had been tied round neck during the child's life, and that death had been caused by strangulation. When found, the tongue of the child protruded between the gums.—The jury, after a few minutes deliberation. returned a verdict of "wilful murder" against Ann Byrom, ho was then committed under the coroner's warrant, to Ches ter castle, for trial at the next assizes.—The mother, who ap peared to have had no positive knowledge of the birth of the child, much less of the capital offence with which her (laughter was charged, was liberated, from custody and her evidence re ceived, which tended to corroborate the testimony of other wit nesses as to the birth.—Manchester Guardian. LONDON AND BIRMINGHAN RAILWAY.—The traffic on the London and Birtningham Railway having much increased. ad ditional trains commence running to-day. The departures front Birmingham are at nine in the morning for this immediate inlet; and at twelve and at half-past one for the passengers from .aneashire, and other distant parts. It is not intrude.: to take more than ninety peisons to Loudon by each Itain; but there is no limit to those who go only to Rugby, or choose to pro vide their own conveyances from thence onward. A tram at half-past four in the morning from Denbigh Hall will forward to London the mail, and all persons who may he conveyed to that station by the night coaches.— Aris's Gazette. MINERAL PRODUCE OE GREAT BRITAIN.—We give the fol lowing estimate of the mineral produce of Great Britain, on an average of )ears and prices, from the Mining Bedew:— Quantity. Silver lO,OOO lbs. Troy 30,010 Copper • Tin 5,500 tons • • SSRMO Lead iron 900,000 tons .. 7,000.000 . Coal 25,000,000 tons .. Salt, alum, atdl other minor produce,. wore thau 1,000,000 Totol value probably exceeds..£2o,ooo,ooo Her Majesty will he nineteen years of age the 21th of this month. • The customs revenue of the p6rt of Liverpool, is now one fourth of that of the whole kingdom.- Travellers hr railroads, though divided into different different classes, all find themselves upon a level. The measles have caused frightful mortality at Brussels, ha ving carried off nearly sixteen hundred persons. _ Sir Jacob Astley's title will be, it is said, Baron Delaval of Seaton Delaval, in the county of Northumberland, and Melton Constable, in the county of Norfolk: It is a singular fact that within the space of three hours on Tuesday morning we had hail, snow, thunder, lightning, wind, rain, and sunshine.--Maidstone paper. The East India Company has voted a sword, of 2000'gnineas value, to Captain.Chads, fur-his exertious in. suppressing piracy in the Indian seas: . ' TheScots' Greys are to bear the figure of a French eagle on their standard, in commemoration of the eagle captured by the regiment at Waterloo. It is stated that a marriage is in contemplation between Lorrl Charles Wellesley, younger son of the Duke of Wellington, and the Lady Honoria Cadogan, youngest daughter of the Earl and Countess of Cadogan. A bachelor observed that he would marry, if certain of a wife perfectly good. A bystander begged him to bespeak one, as few such were to be had ready made. James the First used to say, that the happiest lot in life was that which set a man below the office of a justice of the peace, and above that of a petty constable. The total costs of the Metropolitan Police; for one year ending the 31st of Dec. last, exceeds £22,O(XJ. The Bishop of Worcester has stated his intention not to ordain any gentleman more than 30 years of age. The expenses of the Hull Election Committee are calculated to amount to, if they will not exceed, £50,000. "1 have encountered fraudulent debtors," said the great Lord Mansfield, " but where I have encountered one fraudulent debtor, I have met nine hundred fraudulent creditors." Crockford's losses this season are said to amount to little short of £30,000 in cash ; against this may be placed securities amounting to nearly £90,000 • which, assuming the latter to be vood, give a balance in the great hell-keeper's favour of £60,000. . _ ENGLISH AND WELSH REPRESENTATION.—AS the English and Welsh representation exists, the number of members re turned for'cities and boroughs, exceeds in fearful dispropoxtiou those who represent counties, for while a country population of 10,000,000 in round numbers, with a constituency of 510,000, returns but 159 members ; a borough population, of not.quite 5,(X)0,000, with 283,0(X). electors, returns 341 lepresentatives. CHANGES IN DEPOTS.THIS Mowrn.- 7 -sth Depot, from Ports mouth to Dublin; Bth. Cork to Guernsey; 11th, Cork to Chat barn ; 15th, Cork to Plymouth ; 18th, Dublin to Portsmouth ; 32d, Plymouth to cork; 3.3 d,. Dublin to Liverpool; 35th, Derry to Glasgow; 36th, Plymouth to Cork; 37th, Plymouth to Cork; 46th, Cork to Plymouth ; 60th, Liverpool to Dublin ; 61th. Glasgovi to Derry; 69th, Dover to Cork; 70th, Guernsey to Dublin ; 72d, Dublin to Glasgow ; 76th, Fort George to Dublin ; 82d, Cork to Sheerness; 85th, Cork to Plymouth. CAUTION TO SERVANTS—FIRES.—Many fires occur in the metropolis through the negligence of servants, but the fire insurance offices have, within a few days, thrown a " light" on the affair, by sending round to insurers an extract of the act nth Geo. 111, cap. 78, sec, 9, whereby servants are liable, in the event of fire occurring through their negligence or carelessness, to a penalty of £lOO, and, in default, to 18 months' imprison ment ; and the companies have suggested that the notice should be put up in some part of the house, where it may be seen by all the servants.—Morning Herald. SA LVAGE.—Dr. Stork, judge of the Admiralty Court, Dublin, gave judgment on the 7th inst. in the case of the owners of the Herald, steamer, against the barque Alexander Robertson, awarding £5OO, (in lieu of £5OOO claimed for services rendered by the steamer,) the amount lodged in the court by the de fendants, and £75 costs. This judgment is of great importance, as being likely to induce a more moderate scale by salvors ap plying to this court; and this is the first decision of the new judge, who recapitulated the whole of the evidence in a very clear manner; and though the salvors have given notice of appeal, the probability of their following up this step is con sidered very doubtful. Apprehensions of the most painful nature have been excited, that the vessel (commanded by Captain Farquharson) in which Mr. Macauley sailed from India, has foundered at sea. The only present ground for a rumour which carries with it the greatest alarm and anxiety is a letter received by a well-dnown merchant in the city of London, and which reached him by the messenger who brought over-land despatches to government. It states that four sailors had escaped. No intelligence respect ing* this, has, however, been received either at the India House or by the goierument.—Courier.. NEW LIGHT HOUSE.—In consequence of some accidents having occurred from the light-houses of Grinez (Pas de Ca lais) and Dungeness being in very foggy weather mistaken the one for the other, a small additional light will be placed on Cape Grinez, 50 metres less elevated. , The additional light will be varied by bright lights, which will succeed .each other every three minutes, and will be preceeded and followed by short intervals of darkess. In ordinary weather the new light will begin to he perceptible at from three to four maritime leagues. It will commence from the Ist of October next. CoRREGGIO.—When it had been determined to ornament the great cupola of St John, Correggio, though then a young man, was selected to paint it; and, like Raffaelle, his genius expanded with the opportunity. After Raffaelle, Titian, Michel Angelo, Da Vinci, and Bartolomeo, who would have thought that another style, independent of either, and unlike any thing else in the world. could have burst out ? But so it was. Of all the painters that ever lived in the world, there is no accounting for Correggio. Unlike Greeks, Romans, and Italians, out he came into the world, in colour, drawing, light and shadow, composition, expression, and form, like nature, and unlike every body else, who everstudied nature at all. Michel Angelo, Raff-ielle, Titian we can trace ; we see upon.whoth'they were grafted, when they budded and burst forth But Who is Cor reggio ? Nobody is certain. One swears he was poor, another that he was well off; another says he died in consequence of a fever which he caught by carrying ail his money in copper, the price ail picture, another protests it was no such thing. Meng's account is the best, and Vasari's mostly without authonty.— Haydon's Treatise on Painting. THE REv. Loan Wat. Somgaswr.—We feel regret that our notice of the late fatal accident near Wrexham should, by a misstatement, have given pain to this nobleman, who, we un derstand, is a most exemplary parochial clergyman, and a gen tleman of most humane feelings. We were led into the error of stating, that a verdict of manslaughter had been returned against him by the coroner's jury, through the vagueness of the account transmittal to us by our correspondent; the fact being, that the verdict was against his son, a mere youth, the noble lord not being present at .the time of the accident. From statements laid before us, we are led to doubt the curt ectness of the verdict, though probably it may be in accordance with the evidence adduced before the jury. bur readers will recollect it was alleged, that the horses of the timber carriage had been cut at from the dickey of the carriage, and that in consequence they sprung into a gallop, and that the deceased parties were jerked from the axle tree where they were seated, fell under the wheel, and thus were killed. The contrary statement, and it is sworn to by respectable witnesses, is, that the timber carriage was twice driven most furiously past the carriage in which lady So. merset and her two daughters were, the young gentleman being on the dickey. and that the fatal accident happened before the alleged cut of the whip was made. At the time the parties fell off time axle tree, they were behind Lady Somerset's carriage, and fast pressing • upon it to the great danger of the vehicle ; and as they rushed past the carriage, then, and not till then, the alleged cut with the whip was made. We have thought it just to say this touch, because the naked facts are of a character to give pain to the family of Lord William Somerset; and we re gret much that that pain should, even in the slightest degree, have been aggravated by any error on our part. We under stand that application will be made to the Court of Queen's Bench to admit the young gentleman to bail; and from the nature of the evidence, we cannot doubt but that it• will be granted.—Chester Chronicle. THE RIVAL STAEMSHIPS.—The race across the Atlantic be tween the Great Western and Sirius steam ships. continues to attract considerable attention, particularly at Bristol, where ' heavy bets ara said to be pending on the result. The course is probably the longest ever run, and the jockeys on both sides are experienced and skilful. The Sirius had a start of 7(X) nautical miles; but still the confidence of the Bristol people in the powers of the Great Western is unbounded, and the following is' their calculation of the chances in '.her favour ;—The Sirius wa spoken with on the 17 th April in lat. 45 N., long. 37 W. The s Great Western was spoken on the 15th in lat 46 26, N., long. 37 W. At these respective dates the Great Western had run 1.305 miles in seven days, from • King's road ; and the Sirius, 1,305 miles, in ten days from Cork. The Great Western aver aged 1862;niles per day; the Sirius, 130 3 / 4 miles : Gre it Western gained on Sirius 56 miles per day. • The Great Western aver aged 7 miles pet hour; the Sirius barely averaged 5 3 / 4 miles, per hour. Great Western had. to run 1,800 nautical. miles, and and according to the past average,. she would accomplish the ,remainder of the passage in 9i days. Sirius had to run 1,600, and according to her past average, she would accomplish the remainder of the passage in not less than 121 days. The gene ral opinion at Bristol is, that if the weather continued adverse after the 15th, the Great Western will have reached New York first. If the weather was fine after the-15th, it is thonght that both ships may have arrived on the same day. The race home ward will be one of high interest. A secret, which has long excited the public curiosity, has just been niVulged. The late Joseph Grassi, professor of painting , at the Royal Society of Fine Arts in Dresden, had in his apart- Ment beside his bedroom, a room, the door of which was always covered with hangings, and into which, since his his return in 1804 from his last tour in Italy, no one has been allowed to en ter not even his children. He always carried the key of it about his person: put it under his pillow when he went to brd; and, by way of precaution, he caused the door of this mysteri ous charnbi:r to be built up in 1835. In his will, M. Grassi or dered that this chamber should not be opened for three months alter his death, and bequeathed all its contents to Duke Augus tus, of t' th • stating that if he had not communicated t o any one what it c ontained, it was to give an agreeable surprise to this priuce, wile had been his benefactor. This room has only just been opened by the executors of M. Grassi, who found in it seventeen pictures of the most famous ancient painters. Tha duke took possession of them, and placed them in one of the .aliaiiis of the Royal Academy at Dresden, where they will be publicly exhibited for three months They will then lie sent to town. A re i g n gl i o g , Gotha, and placed in the Ducal Mus s e a u l i v n at o o f r t i li t a o t sa to , a . bur them am a Titian, a Carlo Dolci, a H y N's EST IN ATS Of REMBRANDL—Rembtandt van Ithvn was next to Itubens in pu ut of art, and more than equal io him iu orignialny. Whether in portrait, landscape, or historical pictures large and small, he was like nobody ; as wonderful as any, and sometimes superior to all. His Gistre . drawings are exquisite, his etchings unrivalled; his colour, light and shadow, and surface, , solemn, deep, awl without example; but in the naked form, male or female, he was an Esquitnaux. His notions of the uelicate form of women, would nave flightened au Arctic bear. Let the reader lancy"a Bil lingsgate .fish woman, descending to a bath ar a moment's notice, with hideous feet, large knees and bony legs, a black eve, and a dirty night cap—and he will have a perfect idea of Itembrandt's conception of female beauty. Though his histori cal pictures are often remarkable for pathos and expression, his eharactet s are sometimes absolutely ridiculous. His Abrahams are Dutch old clothesmen ; a1)41 vii his Jacob's Dream is sub lime beyond expression. Whate‘er he paintnd, he enriched ; his suilaee was a muss of genius, awl his colour a rainbow, darkened by the gloom of twilight. In portrait, sometimes his Aignity was equal to Titian, but the characters be painted were inferior.— Haydon's Treatise WI Paintialy. W HMI:EA 13.—W bilblead was a rough speaker; he spoke as if he had a pot of porter at his lips and all his words came trough it. I re mem b e r his drawin g teams fawn me upon lottery question. After-Canniug's speech on Lord lir , the res.i i uti o n ab out a pound note and a . shilling being n value to a guin ea , he s aid to nie, 'ibis :'Well, du envy hi►u the power of making that Speech." was very curio us _ because I never could have guessed that it was at all the model to which he aspired.— Life o f Wilteriorce. ‘Y Is3B. THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. FOR TIIE BENEFIT OF MR. & AIRS. WOOD. And positively the Last Night of their Engagement, On which occasion will be repeated (in consequeuceof the en thusiastic applause with which it was received on Wednes day evening„ by a brilliant and faihionable audience) the grand opera of CINDERELLA, to conclude with the two last acts of the highly popular opera of Al ASSANIRLLO. THIRD WEEK OF MR. MARTIN. rill HIS present FRIDAY EVENING, the 11 t h instant, ' wtil 1. be performed for the second and last time this season, the grand opera of CINDERELLA. ..._ .. .Mr. Wood. Cinderella Mrs. Wood. I Fe1ix:......... Baron Pompolino Mr. G, Horncastle. Pedro Clorinda . .Miss Grant I Thishe.....Mrs: E. Beuwell. Fairy Queen Mrs. W. H. Bland. Tu conclude with the two last acts of the grand opera of MASANIELLO. oo --•- -4----d -• Elvira.. . .Mrs. Woo‘l I Masaniello jir• W Pietro Mr. Martyrs. Don Alphonso Mr. G. Hornca stle. . The popular actress, Mrs. Nlsni ' rT, of the Theatre s-ro y al Drury-lane and Haymarket is engaged for a limited nu mber of nights, and will make her appearance here on MON DAY next, the 14th instant, in her celebrated character of Con stance, in Mr. Knowles's play of the LOVE-CHASE, as perform ed b y her eight successive nights in succession at the Haymark et Theatre. Trueworth, Mr. Stuart; sir William Fondlove, Mr. Baker; Master Walter, Mr. W. Howard ; Wildrake, Mr. W. H. Bland; Widow Green, Mrs. Clarke • Lydia, Mrs. Bakery' The. Farce of TkiE MARRIED HAKE. Mr. Flighty. Mr' W. H. Howard; Mrs. .Flighty, Mrs. Baker; Mrs. Trictrac, Mrs. Nisbett, as originally performed by her in London. To conclude with (positively the last time) the new comic paulD" mime of HARLEQUIN IN SICILY. . TO THE PUBLIC. Owing to the very liberal encouragement which we have received. from our advertising friends, and for which we beg leave to tender .our grateful acknowledgments. we' have come .to the resolution TO ENLARGE TIM ,LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TO THE EXTENT OF SIX ATP DITIONAL COLUMNS hitherto we have frequently been under the necessity of excluding various articles of local interest, and a large proportion of general news, in consequence of the great press of advertisements with which we' have been fa voured. We have often, also, been forced to thealler native of materially curtailing our reports as well as our editorial remarks, on the same account. The pro posed enlargement will enable us to embody a greater share of such intelligence as may be generally useful , and to extend our reports of the various public meet ings, 4.c., which may be held in the neighbourhood , as well as to present to our readers a mass of amusing and instructive extracts from modern publications , Which latter we intend to make a prominent feature ix the STANDARD. It will also afford us great pleasure to avail ourselves of the opportunity which the contemplated enlargement of the STANDARD will give us for advocating more fully those conservative principles for which we have uni formly" contended. The extended patronage which we enjoy shall operate as a stimulus to increased zeal and energy in defence of . that glorious cause to which WO feel an ardent attachment—the cause of the Monarchy. the Church, and the constitution of Great Britain. We are happy to announce that arrangements are fl . progress for considerably increasing the number of agents for the sale of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD' When these arrangements are matured, we anticipate a material increase in our circulation, an advantage which, we feel confident will be duly appreciated by our advertising friends. We also 'latter ourselves that the great increase of matter which the STANDARD till/ contain in its enlarged form will procure for us ad ditional support from the conservative public is Liverpool. The proposed enlargement will take place in THE FIRST WEEK IN JUNE, after which the LIVERPOOL ST A NDARD will contain TWELV E C OLUMNS 9F . ADDITIONAL MAT TER PER WEEK, without any increase of price. TO CORRESPOFDENTS. Is " A Constant Reader' positive that he is not labourinr, under any mistake? There are two "Town Missions" itirLiver pool, one of which ig in connexion with the Unitarians. 1 ) ,e r" haps his remarks apply to the agents of. that .society.. e shall make some inquiries on the subject. Questions on points of law do not come within our provinc e, but we are always ready to answer them, when it is in O r power to do so. A correspondent has sent us the following enquiries—perhaps some. of our readers will be able to, affard a,eatisfactory answer.— Mr. EDITOR.—Sir, can you inform me of the year that Mr. Young, the tragedian, left the stage? and the year the late Edmund Kean died in ? 'also the year Geo. F. Cooke died in • Yours, &e. TVIESPIS. " An Admirer of Pickwick"ls informed that most of the parti culars to which he alludes are incorrect. We cannot grve a satisfactory answer to either his second or third question. Perhaps thelpllowing cosy not prove uninteresting-118p' reared sornMine ago in the Durham Advertiser: "BOZ, vattscs HIS AUTO-BIOGRAPHER, DR. MACKENZIE. " We have received from the great and glorious Boz himself —the highly talented Charles Dickens—the following contra dictions to the statements p u t f or th b y D r. Mackenzie, of Liverpool, and which were copied into our columns a fortnight ago:— "`Darlington; Saturday Morning. Ste, —Waiting in this - place fur a York coach, t hi s morn leg, I chanced, in the course of the few minutes I staved bete, to take up your paper of January - the 26th, in which - 1 saw a brief auto-biography of myself by Dr - . Mackenzie. Dr. Mackenziel whoever he may b e , k nows as muc h of inc as o f t h e meaning o f the word auto-biography, in proof of which, may I beg, you to state on my authority, that when I commenced the Pickwick Papers, I was not living on five guineas a week as a reporter oil the Morning Chronicle; that Messrs. Chapman and Hall were never persuaded with some difficulty to become the Pickwick publishers, but on the contrary first became known to ine by waiting on me to propose.the work; that no such pecuniary ar rangement as the paragraph describes ever existed between us; that by the Pickwick Papers alone I have not netted betwe/ £2OOO and £3000; that the sketch called " Watkin's 'Pottle never appeared iu the Morning Chronicle; that I am not no w in the receipt of I:WO a-year; and that Mr. Bentley does no give me £lOOO a-year fur editing his Miscellany, and twentY guineas a sheet for what I write in it. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient Servant, CHARLES DIOKENS, To the Editor of the Durham Advertiser."' We ate not aware of any source from which the desired infoy,7 motion may be obtained. "An Admirer of Pickwick" , v 1" most likely have his curiosity gratified upon consulting anyt friend of his who may be in the habit of frequenting anY ° the clubs in London. The rumour to which 4 , Q u i s " alludes is, we believe, correct, but, for obvious reasons, we must decline entering upon any particulars. To his last question we reply " Cuu4o — ruatice. " It. y . ' must be a very careless reader of the public journals, or he would never trouble us with his silly questions. "An Honest Radical" is a questionable designation. e . should almost a s so o n think of calling any one an honest rog ue ' The lines to which " P. A. J." subscribes her name are stele ° from the Mercury. We almost suspect the writer of having stolen the long-missing ultibrella, tilittpool ,1.7,-"tanbarb. FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 11, IS3S. n- The Publication of the STAN DA RD commenced this lOrn. ing at 6 o'clock. JAMAICA.—We have received files of Jamaica pap ers to the 24th of March, inclu s i ve . Th e pac k e t by whic h they arrived, the Linnet, has brought about £5,000 on freight. She 'sailed from Barbados on the 21st of Maiello Jamaica, 23d, and St. Thomas, 31st. The'crops maica are likely to be plentiful. In spite of the eggregious mismanagement of the re' sent administration there is evers , probability that met ters may still prove satisfactory in Jamaica. Though t " cultivation of sugar and coffee, the two staple Predt tct* of the West Indies, may experience a ruinous change when the' apprentices have fulfilled their period of servi tude, it appears that the planters have other' sources Of profitable investment within their reach. Of thege, the introduction of the mulberry tree for the purp o s e rearing the silkworm seems to be the Most pronLsing• On this subject we find the following remarks in Kingston Chronicle of March '23 : " As our sage government rulers seem inclined to affe rd every license to the apprentices to resist agricultural labour, and to abandon the cultivation of the island staples , we ere re joiced to lied that any new substitute can be fou nd likely t 0 afford a living to the landed proprietors who are obliged to thro w ' up their sugar and coffee plantations. It seems the mulberry tree thrives very well in the island of Antigua and at Montserrat, and we can bear witness to its having been planted with succtstit and even bearing fruit, in the mountain lands $ Upon the leaves of the mulberry tree the silkworms at Mont' serrat have been reared with success; and, as Mr. garker has_ also discovered another tree, called the ramoon, which is a good substitute fur the mulberry, we suppose, as two plants will gru W in the country upon which the silkworm will feed, there can b e little doubt that the silk of Jamaica with some attention, soon become an article of commerce. /t is lamentable -to obserod the destructive policy of the present ministry, alto use spread: in misery and flan amongst the labouring cusses both of their co 4 flies and parent state. Fur, whilst thei r measures hard pa , a Yf e _, t. Andre the ay; icultui industry o f the west, their free foreign trade