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TEE 7Listnrpool TUESDAY; JULY 24, 1855 THE CHURCH AND THE POOR THE Gospel is not preached to the poor. A strange judgment to pass on this Church of England, in an age when we are told that the growth of true religion was never so rapid, nor its empire so universal. When we hear that a " faithful ministry " of the Gospel never fails to attract crowded congregations ; and movements got up against papal aggressions and new articles of faith manifest how large a portion of each man's life is occupied by other than material interests. And yet this is a fact which we must look closely and boldly in the face; it suggests the existence of an unhealthy element in our condition, which prevents the Church of this country from rightly fulfilling her mission, and points to the danger there is of a speedy removal of that tree, which, if it do not increase its fruit, may be found only to encumber the ground. It is but an illustration of this fact, that the earnest minded incumbent of a suburban district deemed it fitting, the other Sunday, to substitute for his own pulpit a rostrum in the Exchange area, in the hope, we presume, to find some of that class which is wholly excluded from the Church in which he ministers. And as this case is in itself, and its attendant circum stances, an instance of present evils, and the ineffi ciency of popular remedies, we shall use it for our present purpose, We said last week that. churches, now-a-days, are not built for the poor.; and here we find the case of a clergyman, enjoying a very high reputation for the oratorical exercises of the pulpit, for whom a large church with an unusually liberal endowment has been built, in which, such has been the facility for makingmer chandise of its accommodation, that absolutely no space has been left for the reception of those who must have a Gospel " without price," or none at all. Distressed, no doubt, with a position which very frequently trus tees impose upon the incumbent, he is moved with a desire to carry the Gospel to the poor. Accordingly, for the afternoon of one Sunday, he emerges from his exclusive position, to declare to a more mixed audience, that the message with which he is charged is ad dressed to all, without difference and exception—to the poor equally as to the rich. The rostrum is then descended, the preacher departs for the privileged communication of the evening to cushioned seats and barricaded pews., and the mission to the poor is finished. Feelings have been, perhaps, roused in the breast of many a hearer, which he knows not how to direct, inquiries suggested which he knows not how to solve, vague hopes excited, of which he looks about in vain to discern any chance of fulfilment, resolutions formed which he is left alone to develope into action and life. They lead to nothing ; they end a very short distance from where they began ; the man has heard doctrines, and received them into his intellect, but no living organization snatches him from the world, takes him into itself, and so presents him to his Divine Deliverer. Now, for the credit of the popular religion of the day, we wish to suggest whether, amid so much appa- rent devotion, and so many signs of zeal, there may not be at the root of the evil we are deploring some subtle cause which does not directly impugn the ge nuineness and worth of this seeming anxiety for the Gospel. Surely we must not take as an evidence of the religiousness, or the irreligiousness, of the day, this practical indifference to the heathenism of our towns, this spectacle of a Church powerless to fulfil her mission to the many " outcasts from the common- wealth of Israel"—Of w hom one day account will have to be given—through her inability to offer a free Gos pel to the people ;. this vast moral ruin of a disor ganised society, of class alienated from class by the anti pathies of a money-loving age, and the Church herself practically vindicating the distinctions of class at the very steps of the altar, and, with the Gospel of reconciliation in one harid, demanding a pecuniary consideration for her spiritual services with the other. If this is to be ac- cepted as a reproach upon modern Protestantism, it seriously behoves Protestants to ask whether that can be a religion of Christ which neglects the poor of Christ, and failsto fulfil a most important branch of the mission which Christ committed to His Church. If it will one day be the condemnation of professing Christians that they saw the poor in want and failed to relieve them, surely it will be the condemnation of a Church that it saw the poor wanting the Gospel, and failed to preach it. We are answered, it is all very well to - mark out your plans for Church extension, but where are the means for putting them into practice ? We highly approve of your suggestion to form a dis- trict, appoint a staff of clergy, and build up the living Church preparatory to the material establishment of the Gospel organization; but who will come forward with the money for so necessary but expensive a work ? Yes ; this may be a true rejoinder, but it leaves us where we were, it leaves us still to find the best alter native of two explanations of the state of things we are investigating. We may still ask, are we to ascribe the public apathy you complain of to the power lessness of the religion which you affirm to be so popular and wide-spread ? You might say, that this in an irreligious age ; men will not listen to our teaching; " Evangelical religion" is at a low ebb. But you do not say so, 'nay, you often extol the Christian liberality of the public. They do build churches, and provide ministers; the mischief is, that these are not for the poor. And we think it might be right, in a logical point of view, to leave the case in your hands for explanation ; to call upon you, who professedly have religious posses sion of the town, to prove that your religious teaching is not impeached by its apparent fruit or want of fruit, in this direction. Is it.preally from a want of real religion, that people build churches from a motive of attachment to a particular minister, but that they have no thought of giving them to Christ through His poor, or of any special offering of devotion in the act ; 'that churches are got up rather to produce a par ticular interest for the money laid out, than as an act of free charity ; an aspect which is not changed by the fact, that that interest reverts to the minister, for the minister's services are the things pre-arranged to be paid for, and those services are for the good of the payers themselves ; that, taking the most . favourable type of the popular Church system, viz., a church where a " faithful ministry" draws crowded audiences, it is yet impossible to see in the House of God a closer picture of the world, provision for the poor being accounted a very secondary consideration, and the gradations of wealth and " respectability" marked out with the decorum of the concert-room or the theatre ? We are much concerned, then, to find out a way of ac counting for the defect in popular modes of further ing Christianity without denying the growth of true 'religion, the " prevalence of a preached Gospel," " the zeal' and fidelity" of the clergy, or the sincerity and w illingness of their flocks. It is clear there is some thing wrong some w h ere , and in discarding the more invidious solution of the question, we are surely chal lenging. attention to the explanation we have to offer. That explanation, to which we can do no more this week than make the barest reference, will be, that the Church's office in the propagation of the Gospel is not —in some particulars which have a very serious in fluence on the mode of its administration—appre hended with full and entire distinctness, and that, therefore, failure in her missionary work may consist with very laudable intentions and ranch unsimulated zeal. And that it must be a question of gr ea t signifi cance, how we employ the agency of the Church in the propagation of the Gospel among heathens or whit we may call Christian aliens, needs no enforce- ment, if w believe that she is divinely appointed for this work, In the meanwhile, we trust that Churchmen of every grade of opinion will receive our statements , in that spirit of candour which is the invariable at tendant of earnestness and sincerity. It is easy to make things pleasant for each other, and to avoid dilVences by repressing the discussion of questions upon which great interests depend. But let us think that while we are patching up theories of peace, that theory waits to be constructed by which the heathenism of a Christian country shall be converted to Christianity. That while we are building castles in the air, the throes of an earthquake heave beneath our feet. That while we are paltering in the courtesies of religious conventionality, we are on the very edge of a precipice in which our Church threatens to be engulphed. We have been too self satisfied and too self-commendatory in the midst of these difficulties and dangers. We have shut our eyes to the little cloud till it has. overspread more than half our horizon, and are still in danger of reposing lazily beneath its shade. Impavidunt ferient ruince may be a good character for a stoic, but it certainly is not for a Christian, FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. MONDAY MO4ENING. THE early part of the past week's parliamentary history is of a character from which the working of constitutional government is not likely to receive much honour ; nor" is the' theory of ministerial responsibility and parliamentary stiore macy much better off in the brief retrospect, which becomes darker and more portentous as the inquiry is pursued further back. Since the commencement of the present session, up , almost to the present moment, the chief theme of legislative eloquence has been the incapacity of ministers ; the orna ments of that eloquence have in no small degree been bor rowed from the abundant stores of patriotic denunciation; and the general tone of its declamation has been spiced strongly with threats and rendered piquant with sarcasm which seemed, to lend fatal vigour to the ordinary power of its current. From week to week the iniquity of government was expatiated on by honourable- and right honourable members of the People's House ; and from time to time the same topic was glanced at and some times insisted on in the Upper House of Parliament. Now notice of one motion, implying national distrust of the responsible advisers of the Crown, caused a disruption;of the Cabinet, and the extrusion of some veteran member - of its ranks ; now another menaced utter demolition of the general structure. Occasionally the intended expurgation assumed' the form of a damaging inquiry, under which was scarcely attempted to be concealed an explosive compound, intended for the disfigurement, if not the absclute annihilation, of the Ministry as a body. Still, as the moment arrived for applying the fatal match, the courage or skill of the intended engineers failed—the fusee was wet, and hung fire,- or the " infernal machine" was found to be unloaded. As the time came for producing the withering exposure, it turned out• to be a mere brutum fulmen, and the labouring mountain pro duced, indeed, a very ridiculous MOTISt.,.. ThiS unpro fitable game of politics was played with such appa rent earnestness, that each newly-announced coup received an anticipatory credit which the fate of its pre decessors warned against the value of in vain. Ultimately, however, the people began to doubt the utility, if not the wis dom, of such frequently recurrent excitement. ft was found that the stimulus of political agitation, like toe• free a use of condiments, is not wholesome—that, while both houses of parliament rang with the condemnation of MinistErs; the busi ness of the nation was condemned to stand still, and practical men began seriously to dislike so great a cry attended with so very small a collection of wool. Such, however, had been the vitiated system introduced by the dangerous habit of stimu lating opinion, that each new production of the pyrotechnic art contrived, for a time, at least, to arouse attention, if it did not awaken expectation. The performers in mystery of state jugglery, too, played their respective parts with such studied adroitness, that some degree of success in the intended manoeuvre was scarcely to be wondered at. The whole-arcana of the State necromancers has now, however, been exposed; and it is presumed that what remains of a very unprofitably expended parliamentary session will be devoted to a hasty and crude dispatch of such portions of the national business as cannot be evaded or postponed. A melancholy and unsatisfac tory conclusion this is to arrive at, nu doubt, bat one which the course of events, and especially recent ones, forces upon the reluctant vision of even the most sanguine believer in Conservative energy. At the conclusion of the week before last, expectation. was high throughout the country that the present Government, damaged as it was by the exhibition of weakness and duplioityof Lord JOHN RUSSELL, and a portion, at least, of his colleagues, must come to a speedy and.ignominious termination. Coupled with the untoward exposure of truckling, shutling,, and double-dealing in respect to the late Austrian negociations, which had been directly fastened upon Lord Jo RUSSELL, and, inferentially, upon his colleagues, the motion. of Sir E. B. LYTTON, which stood for debate on Monday evening, was looked upon as a test for reducing the Ministry to a display of its true colours, and an inevitable prostration, consequent on its inherent moral weakness. For several days antecedent to that debate coming on, the Clubs of every political hue were in a state of unwonted ferment. The Radicals were dubious, doleful, and waspish ; the Whigs looked grave, and assumed an air of conscious- though unappreciated martyr dom, their countenances saying plainly, " We are- sufferers for the public good, yet no one will believe us ;." the Conserva tives were busy, bustling, and self-satisfied—they made sure that the Baronet of Knebworth was no professional gladiator whose weapon might be arrested at the• beck of a timid or over-cautious leader, but a knight of the true chivalric order, whose lance once laid in rest, he would run his joust in earnest, and which, if shivered in the conflict, he would replace,and continue the strife with falchion and battle-axe till he had vanquished his. antagonist, or himself been worsted in the fray. Alas, for the vanity of human expectations ! The valiant Knight took his place in the lists without steed or armour, his pennon found no place in the field of contest, and the willing spectators of the ex pected contest were reluctantly convinced that, like all the parliamentary encounters of the session, the no-confidence motion of Sir E. B. LYTTON had ignominiously ended in a " Cross." True, suspicions of divided views, on the part of the Conservatives, were faintly whispered in the corridors of the Carlton, on Sunday morning —these waxed stronger and received a wider currency as the day wore on. By Monday, at noon, the oracles of the National had it distinctly in their mouths, that the leaders of the " strong opposition" would not go into harness, and that for this bout, at least, the Conservative " drag" should not be driven to Downing-street. At these unlooked-for deliverances some of the gallant listeners chaffed and others fumed ; but they were gently rubbed. down—paced about upon varying grounds—reminded that Mr. ROEBUCK'S motion for the following night could. and would be worked to much better purpose in damaging the Ministry, and that, willy-nilly, there should bes, no Conserva tive display on the faux pas of the Vienna Conferences. A resolution such as this was too important to remain a secret. It travelled rapidly from club to club, and from those Elusinian temples to the City. Long before the evening meeting of the House it was known all over London, and by means of cabalistic telegraphs had received circulation in many a rural district. Although it was generally understood that no decisive action would be taken on Sir B. LYTTOS'S motion, it was not exactly known what course of policy might be observed on the occasion—it was also understood that Lord JOHN would once more have the honour of explaining a portion of the Ministerial programme of cross-purposes, in the carrying out of which he has so frequently, and more particularly of late, borne so conspicuous a part, This expectation and that un certainty had the effect of " drawing," and, in theatrical phrase, so far as those "in front" were concerned, the per formances were honoured by a bumper-house. The parts assigned, and the same set, the farce, for it hardly amounted to the dignity of comedy, began by his lordship informing the House, amidst shouts of laughter, that " for some time past events had been complicated and perverted !" This novelty. of statement he repeated, and the fun of its repetition, added to its unexpected newness, so completely took the audience by surprise, that it was once more hailed with an explosion of merriment. Having thus established what is called a good understanding with his audience the accomplished and expe rienced actor proceeded, with his well-known ability, to- give an explanation in which nothing is explained. He stated and retracted—withdrew his retwtation, and restated his original averment—at each turn of his rhetoric taking care to unsay all that he undertook to prove, concluding by a pathetic appeal to his established reputation and a deep cutting sar casm upon those " false, fleeting, perjured " friends whom he took care to say fell from him, and were like water, —Never found again But when they mean to sink ye— a class which probably his lordship has as much reason to know, and as little reason to complain of as any public man ; yet whom he took the opportunity of informing that he held them in contempt. He next passed into a laudatory review of his own political career, in which he could act all the more disinterestedly, as he must have known that nobody regarded it. In following out this cleverly-concocted sketch of his pub lic actions, he, with no inconsiderable amount of skill, con trived to drag in a parallel to his own repugnance of office in the well-known desire for retirement evinced by Lord ALTHORP; and canonized in some degree the penance he is now suffering in losing place by an ingenious reference to the calumnies raised against Lord RAGLAN. His lordship con cluded his well-contrived defence by challenging his opponent, and daring his worst wrath. The exhibition of Lord JOHN having been brought to a close, the champion of the opposition prepared to run his tilt but, from the careless manner in which he made his movements, it was obvious from the first that the fight was meant to be a "draw." He proceeded with no small amount of grave make-believe to show the importance of the motion which he bad given notice of his intention to move. As no one ever entertained the slightest doubt upon this subject, the explanation of it was felt to be only so much waste of-time, people generally entertaining an opinion, however fallacious it may be, that a legislator will not, or at least ought not, to waste the public time by the tabling of motions which are of no use. The second step in the honourable baronet's process was to review the recent history of Lord Jolts Russatt, and in dissecting the moral structure of his lordship's actions, he exhibited no small amount of anatomical skill, operating with great dexterity in such a way as to avoid the vital points, yet to inflict severe gashes on the most sensitive. This, however, has been done so frequently of late; that, except in so far as it displayed the surgical skill and neatness of the operator, it was felt to be a work of supererogation, and as such fell flatly on the ear. In drawing a contrast between the frank and manly tone which pervaded the condUct . of Lorti,Cna nrXDON, and the plain and straightforward style in which his State papers. have been drawn up, as compared with the fluc tuating views and hesitating counsels which had marked the proceedings-of the rest of the Cabinet, and particularly there of Lord SOHN RUS3BLt, Sir E. B. LYTTON made' his great point; and. while it was being uttered the only half-initiatetf and the wholly ignorant in the arrangements of the tourney were led to expect some serious purpose on the part of the' orator. In this- they were' disappointed. The motion was withdrawn. 1 4 2.1 n explanatiowof the "round-robin" portion of the intrigue, or at least" a part of it, was volunteered by Mr. ITGITVERIE. His' treatinent of the - subject, and the rode in which it was received , by the frottse, was an excellitft ii lusthtion of a proverb which is- current among tint' ho= nourable gentlemen's- constituentS,.. to , the effect that " is best to let the sleepindogs - lie." The - part he and his friitida had acted in the matter had fallen out of notice, and the deri sion with which the house received the , member for Kilmer. nock's re-awakening of it' must have convinced him, with tingling ears, that he had'fsr better have'let that "sleeping dog lie." His explanaticit was laughed at by all parties. Lord PALMINISTON; with even more than hii-asuai acerbity of manner, and'with, at least, the full amount of his- customary acidity of ingredient, dilutedand-analysed the - statenaents of Sir E. B. LYTteN; whom he accused of gross- ignorance, or wilful insincerity, as displayed In the 'mode in which he had distinguished the conduct of Lord CLARENDON from that of the government' of which, he formed a part. The tone of angry petulance is which he addressed the house - and criti cised the address -of Sir E. B. LiVTON‘ was felt to - be un worthy of the firat minister of a' great country like Bri tain, and, ere long,' the moral recoil it is sure to pro duce will have a much more damagin,g- effect on Lord I , ll,3mnsrois than it can have on' the honourable- and accomplished baronet The philipid- of his lordeltin. • re ceived just castigatiomfrom Mr. Drex,nanr, who designated it as a piece of worthless rhodomontadevu2zdeserving of eons-- matt la the course of his speech, the righthonourable gentle- . man- asserted that the whole . British Girvernment were; for some hours if not days, -consenting parties- to the proposal Lordlours RussEtt„ and expressed his belief that, if Parlht mentlasted so long, within six months this , etateinent would be vorified. In terms- of fierce acrimon,y,. Mn ROERN - C.' accused: Lord - PALME3I.3rOIit of having deeeheed and boldly. asserted that Lord-Soul , Russnnv-had not done MI , duty to- that house or the country. A good deal of anm‘r sparring M a similar chmeter passed with ready celerity from: one honourable member to another; and,- after a sufficient quantity. of powder had been burnt in the sham-fight, the., combatants were withdrawn; and the battleendeck No one• however ; is satisfied with tho resat. Too much has been said without any practical result: The characters ofpublic men have received a rude shock, fro:n , the damaging effect of which they will , not speedily, and perhaps never wholly recover,. while no , tangible good has-resulted to any- party. If- the national interests have been.sacrifized and ita -honour - com promised by the incapahlllty amt moral turpitude of the Ministry, the. same men are still left in possession: of power. True, indeed, Lord JOHN RUSSELL has been politirally and personally " dished ;" but the "squashing" of hint. is but a sorry compensation for the suspicion whith has-bees . uidis criminateiy , thrown on the Government, and na , smalliportion of ,ttaeh-to the- leaders of -Hka Mrainresell oppo sition, who cannot be heid= guiltless, it, atter roptatecuy making grave charges and all.but proving their :we- against Ministers, they suddenly "dodge.' out of the- prosecution, and leave the culprit- in possession of his damaged repu tation, and .full power of mischief., If they sincerely believe the allegations they bring forward; as honest men-ands patriotic citizens they are bound to. prosecute to a full conviction ; if they have doubt of the truth of the charges, or-miagivings as to the policy of prosecution„let them " bide their. time." After the fate of Sir E. B. LYTTON'S motion, that of /211!...ROF.BvCic created comparatively little interest. On all sides it was felt to be more- an opportunity offered, for the exchauge.of personal altercation and individual bitterness, than an event upon which the-character of the-national counsels was likely to be dependent. The debate with which it began, and the vote with which it: ended, were alike'understood and canvassed by anticipation. The former was- tolerated and drawled on rather than enjoyed and .participated.in ; the latter gave ministers a majority of 107 in a house which numbered, 471 member& present.. Everybody appear& now to consider-that the gledia torship of the - session has been expended, and that such, portions- of. the .public business as are indispensable will be proceeded with as rapidly as possible ; that is, that, they. will be pushed ,through the legislative chambers, AS, fast as the forms of parliament will .permit, without- a very stringent consideration of the real - purport and value- of -the measures.- enacted. The war in the Crimea continues- to drag its 'slow length along" without marked variety in the circumstances by which, for a considerable number of mouths past, it has,been characterised in its gsmeral features. The works continue to make steady progress on the part of the Allies, whose ad- vances are of course interrupted from time to time and occasionally checked by sorties and other means of aggressive defence on the part of the enemy._ The allied troops are in good, health, notwithstanding the. great heat and,the severe toils to which they are exposed; and their general, spirits are represented as, excellent, although, like their countrymen at home, our soldiers manifest considerable impatience for the day which shall see the allied banners wave in triumph over the walls of Sebastopol. The Russians .within the city are said to be suffering great privations. The se:pi:dies which the enemy can throw into the place are now, itcis known, greatly circumscribed, and the reinforcements which have been so long and so largely promised are now, it, is. believed, unlikely to be forthcoming in any great numbers. That the garrison must succumb, and the town fall into the hands of the Allies ere long, is now a matter of general belief in the army, as well as at home ; and, judging by the expression of feeling which is everywhere Manifesteci in metropolitan circles,, the warlike spirit of the country has not undergone the slightest, abatement. In the Baltic, too, deeds of desultory daring. have been successfully executed in various instance; and, so far as. the harrassing, pinch of war is concerned, without doubt the . Russians are severe suittkera." Wherever complaints,dare be uttered among the-serf-Subjects of:the Cass, thaevils of the conflict in which he is engaged are loudly complained of, Trade is, and has long been, all but absolutely annihilated — the exactions to which all classes are subjected, for the purpose of carrying . on the war are exhausting and. oppressive, and numerous millions mourn in sadness and, in, sorrow the mad ambition of a wayward Sovereign. In the absence of more exciting, if not also more profitable game to hunt, the metropolitan "best public instructors," as Conarrr used sneeringly to call. the• press, are making the most of the food-adulteration committee's inquiry and its astounding :revelations. Many years ago, Aunt, or, as he was wont to be called, "Old Death in the Pot," contrived to "fright the isle from its propriety," not by showing As " what to eat, drink, and avoid," but by letting us into the secret, that, eat what we liked, or drink what we might, we were sure to be ingesting a villanous array of moat dele terious compounds; and that, in point of fact, the only way to escape being murdered by the poison administered to us through the agency of bakers,brewers, and butchers — of grocers and pie men, and that most iniquitous of all classes, the compounders of London milk, was to commit suicide by voluntary starvation. He, it may be remembered, was taken in at the British Museum, and has no doubt been _long since gathered to his fathers. Whether he is now converted into an ornamental mummy or not, is now of little consequence ; but it is certain that his mantle of horrors has fallen pat upon the shoulders of the Food Adulteration Committee. In their investigations they go further than Acirrs did, and, like many who go further, they fare worse. Luxuries and necessaries, matters pleasant to the eye and seemingly good for food, to the eyes of those scrutinizing gentlemen present only a mass of foul and fester ing corruption—water, the hope of the teetotaller, and the last refuge of the abandoned drunkard, at least in the metro polis, and they shrewdly extend their suspicions to the same commodity in all great towns, they describe in such terms that all prudent people will enter into a combination to omit allusion to it, and adhere rigidly to a resolution to " never mention it." Pickles in the view of these worthiei are made chiefly of copper: Lavender-water is said to be . produced largely from the scourings of the London dairies (?) Eau de Cologne is understood- to be a product derived from dray horses. Flour to exist in, and be extracted largely from, the bones of the mastodon and megatherium. They do not credit the popular belief that raisins grow on vines, or that cauli flowers are garden produce. Everything they touch they find to be a sham, each article they- see is proved to be a delusion. That a large portion of their averments is true cannot be denied; and that much good may result from their laboura is greatly to be desired. Whether the exposure of the ras cantles they have detected will lead to a permanent cure of the evil out of which it arises, may well admit of doubt. ST. PAUL'S CHURCH.—THE SECOND MINISTER and the RADICAL PARISH CHURCHWARDENS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. S/E,—As your columns are ever open to the recital of any grievance that affects the welfare of the Church, I take leave to detail to you a few of the shabby tricks to which men, calling themselves member s o f our communion, condescend to stoop• at the bidding of a party, A certain sum has been for many years voted by every Vestry ; save the last, for the cleaning* of the parish churches, St. Nicholas's, St. Peter's, St. Paul's, and St, John's. The present wardens, however, have discovered a cheaper mode of effecting , this object, and they send. paupers from the Workhouse every day to clean these edin'tes-, leaving the parties sent to provide dusters, brooms, water, Sic., as they best can. They have even had the modesty tourge the . wardens of the churches to supply all these articles viiiil4 they withhold the funds. To their other dirty acts they have added Mr which; to meet with the reprobatiOn: of all the parishioners,, requires only to be known', Near the termination of the half-year . Beginning with Jam/try - last; they gave notice to the vtardens of St. Paul's that they would not pay a portion of the zaliry or the second Ministerof that . church, which had never been disputed from the foundistiontot the'church up to that thme , -; - a•period of more than eklitk years: This act is most creel and unjustt. The sum of which the labourer is thus defrauded is-a.great part of this minister's stipend. To refuse payment for twd - quarters past, withovi an' previous notice—leaving him to meet his engagements as - he best cars—is a deed which only a - Radical could perpetrate:- It . is said the two wardens are harmless-and good-natured sort'of - men—if so, their con duct only shows to what persons-mill. stoop who have sold themselves to a party. Trusting, Sir, that you will permit me again to trespass on your columns,- and say a little more 'on the Ininstice of this act of the wardens—at present I would only add, that these are the very men , who would force ROmish priests upon the Workhouse, and pay them from the parochial rates.--I remain, yours, &c., A LOVER' OF FAIN PLAY. Liverpool, July 21, 1851 GOV:ERNMENT AND THE 13.EIVE7IT BUILISING SOCIETIES TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STAMM RD. SIR,--4 beg to draw the attention of those'of"your readers who are umembers of Benefit Building Societies -to the•par ticulars of a second attempt made by the Government to deprive suet societies of the exemption from , Stamp Duties, which they have enjoyed for nearly twenty years;' on their internal arrangements alone:, OA the 26th • June 184, -the fust attack (in a 'Friendty Socities' Bill.)swas defeated in- the House of Lords -by the. active and unremitting exertibm t 4 our late representative,. Lord Ravenswerth, aided by the Earl of Derby,. Marquis of Salisbury, East: of Ellesmer?i. Load Monteagle; and other noblemen. Within ten days afterwards, -the very clause rejected by the House of Lords was introduced into the House of Commons, in aBM relating to: Stage Carriages). evidently with the intention' of smuggling irthrough Parliaments with-- out attracting the attention, of time interested ; - this manceuvre was dbteeted both by , our member, Thomas- B. Horsfall, Esq., rattl by William Scholefield, Esq.,, MX. for Birmingham : the latter divided4liellmse upon it, but was defeated by 65 votes-to 39. On learning this, =I in the emergency having received fun' powers from our Liverpool Benefit , Building Societies- to* act in.-their name, I proceeded to London,. and (with some assis— tance from Manchester and other places) succeeded- in. organising a formidable opposition. , The result was, that on Monday night last, the letii inst., when the bill went into. committee ; Mr..liorsfall succeeded in empunging the clause,. which would -have deprived all'such societies of their exemption from. stamp duties. The-Chan cellor of the Exchequer, fituling..... he was in a minority, attempted-to , A-as. eorapeilect to withdraw the clause; to avoid the. defeat which.he saw was inevitable.. cannot eulogise. Mr. Iforsfall'S••exertions better than by si;ating that, had it not been for his• perseverance and influ , enco• in procuring us additional support, we could not have planed the Government in a minority on the question. 1 - trust- that the members of our Liverpool Building Societies. willy. when the opportunity offers ) . show their appreciation of his,valu3ble services; by rendering-:their assistance unitedly towards placing him at the head of the poll at our nextgene, ral election, which may not be far distant. Mn Horsfall's motion had the active support of the Hon.. Mr.:Liddell, Lord Robert Cecil,. Lord John Manners,- and many others who aro,sor have been., connected with our town; including Messrs. J.. C. Ewart and J..Bramley-Moore ; also the members for South Lancashire, South Cheshire, A 00.7— Yours, respectfully, JOSIAH 110SKING, Chairman of the General Committee of the. Liverpool Building Socities.... Brunswick-street„July 23,1806. ADULTER4TIOZ, OF. FOOD, cte, 'ThE Committee of the House of Commons on tht-impprtaut sullied of the adulteration of• food, drugs, Scc., re-assembled, on Wednesday, and, proceeded tohear evidence. Dr. Hassall produced two-samples. of pickles, bottled fruits,. and vegetables,. one, in the natural state, and the other arti ficially coloured with salts of copper. He also produced two bottles of anchovy sauce, one of the natural colour, nearly approaching,, white, and the other of a deep brick colour, owing to the presence of bole armenian in the. proportion of 101 b. of the earth to, 190 gallons. He further, exhibited some specimens of coloured sugar confectionery, the colours being chromate .of lead,. red lead, arsenite of copper, 13zuns wick green, gamboge, and cochineal, the presence of which could be.. detected independently of any analysis.. Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell., had acknowledged that previous to the appearance of the articles in the lagneet, they had been in. the habit ; of practising the adulteration referred to, but b.ave since discontinued doing so. With reference to the natural and adulterated sauces, the taste is decidedly in favour of the uncoloured article. The practice of colouring_ prevails throughout the trade.. French tomato sauce does not centain any colouring. matter, the English does. The specimens of non-coloured sauce were obtained from Crosse aud,Blackwell, who had made it purposely, and intended now to sell only that. Found them always very anxious to, assist the inquiry in" any way. M. Soyer had informed hita,that Messrs. Crosse and,Co. had ceased to vend the limits and vegetables adulterated as formerly. The effect, upon children, in consequence of, eating some of the adul, terated articles of confectionery,. would not be any serious inconvenience, unless they were_ daily in the habit of doing so, when toe• consequences might, be serious. Witness did not think the present inspectors, of nuisances would be able to discharge the duties of inspectors of adulteration at the same time; : they might be made available in some way. He believed that a periodical publication of the names of trades men selling adulterated articles would have the effect of checking the practice. In, answer to several questions as to whether the articles would not be much dearer than the adulterated, Dr. Hassan said he thought ;,here would not be much difference. In the United States there is an inspector of imported. articles, and if they are found to he adulterated they are rejected ; in France there are somewhat similar regulations in force, the authority being in the hands , of the government. Mr. R.Mrarrington said he was connected with Apothecaries' Hall as chemical dispenser and resident director. Has adulte rations brought to him to examine. With regard to tea, two samples were brought to him in 1844, by an Excise officer, for the purpose of ascertaining if they were genuine. Examined them, with the microscope and found the whole of the tea was faced with a colouring matter composed of turmeric and a white material, like soap stone, and sulphate of lime or gyp sum. Made many inquiries to ascertain whether it was done in this country or elsewhere, and obtained many interesting samples for examination. One large tea merchant, to whom witness mentioned the subject, asked him if he had seen " unglazed tea," and, upon inquiring what this term meant, was told there were two kinds of tea—one glazed, and the other unglazed. Witness produced specimens of tea from Assam, the new district of the East India Company, all unglazed. The glaze is often put upon bad and damaged teas. Another specimen produced was a tea imported under the East India Company's old charter : it has a slight glaze, which was done by the Chinese at Canton to equalise the tint. It is simply Prussian blue. Sulphate of lime, being an absorbent, is added to make the tea stand the sea voyage better. In America teas are much more highly glazed than here. Prus sian blue is not injurious, being an insoluble substance, although some of the highly glazed teas might cause injury to some constitutions. The specimen of lie tea" produced, is made in China. The term is a Chinese one, and denotes a "false" tea- There was an immense quantity imported, and it was endeavoured to pass it as a manufactured article, and not tea, but the Customs do not permit it. Wholesale houses know perfectly well what " lie tea" is. It contains 50 per cent. of inorganic earthy matters ; that is, if 100 grains were calcined, 60 grains would be obtained unburnt, and the residue con sists of colouring matters and the sweepings of the floor. Is not aware whether the officers of the Customs could detect the "lie tea" from the others. There is no question but that purer teas were imported before the trade was thrown open, and this was owing to the East India Company's inspectors at „Canton. The " lie tea" is comparatively a modern invention, since the demand by the merchants for a cheap tea, as the Chinese will manufacture any article asked for according to the price paid. "Lie tea" is easily detected by pouring boiling water on it, when it dissolves, leaving the earthy matters at the bottom of the vessel. The "glazed" teas are never drunk in China, being made only- for exportation. A Chinese plant is also sometimes sold as tea, which costs not more than lid. to 2d. per lb. Some of the teas are mixed with the "lie tea" before leaVing China, and these will be found to contain 11 to 22 per cent., of earthy matters, while "lie tea" itself contains, as before stated, 45 or 50 per cent. Respectable houses would not use such an article. The greatest adulteration takes place before .the tea arrives here, although there was one case in particular in Manchester where tea leaves and other leaves were collected, and by "glazing" and other means made to resemble new teas. As to opium'none is iMported pure. The juices obtained from the poppy will never dry beyond a certain consistence ; some , leaves of other plants are therefore added to bring it into a cohesive state. The College of Physicians have power to exa mine and inspect all chemists' and druggists' shops, and this power is exercised once a-year ; but the examination is very cursory and not sufficiently accurate to be of any benefit. There is an agreement between the Admiralty and the Apo thecaries' Hall Society, by which they may examine their establishment at any time, but this power has not been exercised. The Hall supplies the whole of the navy, and half the army, and the East India Company. Believes Messrs. Savory have the other half. With regard to Turkey rhubarb, knew that one manufactory at Banbury produced 20 tons per annum. It is very inferior to Turkey, fetching about 4de per lb., while Russian rhubarb is worth lls. 6d. Russian rhubarb comes from the Tartar districts, and is monopolised by the Russian government. It is brought to St.- Petersburgh by the caravans .and thence exported. It is a great delusion to believe that rhubarb comes from Turkey ; the China rhubarb, commonly c'alled the Turkey, is worth about 7s. 6d. per lb. ; at the present time the price is very high indeed. Many chemists profess to obtain their drugs from Apothecaries' Hall, but it is-not the fact. The Hall does- not supply more than seven or eight. Cod liver oil is another drug in which there is an immense - adulteration. The all to. be' obtained at the Hall is front Newfoundland. In case of the - oil being coloured, it is owing to the liver of the fish being:* allowed to putrefy. This case'of adulteration is most difficult to- detect, even to an experienced person. There are . certain • tests published, but the presence of even 5 -- per cent. only of the pure oil- will yield the required- result, Several specimens of mustard have passed through- wit ness's hands, all greatly adulterated, containing from 2' to 30 per cent. of inorganic - matter, such as sulphate of lime. The genuine should give - only 41 to 61 per cent. Isinglass-is very much adulterated with the ordinary gelatine. Chloro form is not so much adulterated, if care is taken in purchaeing. There - is always this danger-attending its use, that if kept 'Ong it undergoes decomposition, the elements reacting on each ether. - Quinine is another drug mtieh adulterated. Di:-Normandy, a physician ; said- the articles which had come' under his observations were very numerous, and were the result , of ten -years' investigation. He would first mention bread and flimiein , which the adulteration: consisted in the addition of akin, which seemed to be the 'almost exclusive substance' used -for the purpose.. He had- found it so ill mixed with the bread as to present itself in: the . shape - of crystals of the size of a-pea.- It has the curious ' , property of imparting to - bread-of second or third rate quality a whiteness which could only be - obtained by the use of the best flour ; and another property of much more importance to the' beker was, that it enabled-tine to force into the breadadarge quantity of water, thus adding - to the weight. The amount of ahem in the 41b. loaf was-'sometimes 500 grains, and-Z4 grains -and less in the 11b. loaf. It - Was decidedly injurious -to health,- even in small quantitiefe; to people of weak digestive powers.- When the dose was repeated-day after day the injury- was greatly aggravated by creating-a disorganised state of the-digestive-organs. The injury to children would be still greater; by undermining the constitution,' Carbonate of magnesia- is sometimes used to correct the- acidity of bad flour ; it will edsce add to theweight. Clay is also sometimes present, and potatoes'; but hadnever met with potato starch, Knew the mixture called" baker's , stuff," sold by some druggists; it is alum mixed with salt, Had heard of the substance; "German yeast," which had been: introduced into this country' in- great quantities and was said to- pro duce a very peculiar disease, but he had not examined, it.— In reply to a question,. Dr. Normandy said, he thought on chemists , knew _nothing about chemistry; -they were simply sellers of - drugs. From his own-observation he , knew tea to be adulterated with magnesia and...the silicate-of mag nesia. Even the - chests- of tea are sometimes -opened. and their contents taken out, and after being mixed are returned and resealed, so theta person buying a chest of tea cannot be certain of having. an original article. Believes•-there- . is- no mode of detectinge - the . adulteration of tea , without . analysing it. Knows such adulterations are practieed by - the wholesale tea-merchants in amble.. The committee-then - adjourned until Friday, when Dir. Nor mandy gave further evidence. He said.;- , -Cocoa is largely adulterated with brick; dust, red ochre ; .stale: tallow, and ground cocoa-nut shells. - He had examined , lso•samples i and, found in many twelve per cent. of the two , former. Ail pre parations of cocoa are- more or less adulterated, and theonly way the public can. obtain the article pure by purchasing: the nibs. Coffee is-adulterated, hi addition , to chicory, with roasted grain and some root similarly prepared, which was. either parsnip or carrot. Chicory is used to the extent offifty per cent., and this explains- how coffee (so called) ,can be- sold at is. per lb., when the cost price, including. roasting, is not less than ls. 2d. Half a pound of coffee at, that : price, and; the same quantity of - ehieory at 4d. per Rix,. would leave -a. profit of 3d. Coffee -is, -much less adulterated in France,-. where the retailers- roast- the berry daii.Y. for themselves, and many private consumers do the same. Chicory is used, but not at aln to the same extent as in England. He had given some - attention to the athilteration of malt &Dors, and was of opinion that, in this ease, the fraud is committed by the pablioan. He had found - a- difference of 5g per cent.. in the quantity of alcohol contained in porter-ob tained from the brewer and that sold by the-publicans. The only adulterating matters lie•had found waa , salt and sulphate of iron, the former :1, - o exeite- thirst, the latter; lie believed,.to• Macoculti;:injefil-APE D SPLA I . ..bg.ArF,FRAts Beaus, and a few years - ago he-bad seen a cart before a public. house, with the words; ` -. lirewers' drugst !' after the name• on the side; but he , believes the publicans , are usually sup- 7 plied by decayed tradesmen who call on them. for orders, and. conduct their business privaiely. Coculus indicus produces ef fects similar to thoseof alcohol, and enahles the publican to add a quantity of water to his beer. Then, as- the-water diminisl es. both the colour ands the bitterness, extract of, gentian is used to, restore the latter,and the-addition of ammonia or hartshorn, imparts- darkness. render pale ale as dark as porter. He- knew no meara of ;determining the.: quantity of coeults indicus present in beer ; herould detect half a grain of strych nine, and sulphate- of-iron is easily detected, but the latter he had found in only, two or three instances, The adultera ben of beer could easily be detected by, the quantity of alcohol it contained. Quassia could not be easily detected; its-pro perties are the same as those of gentian, and are not at ani, deleterious. He had: never found nux, vomica in beer, but. understood that it-was- used in adulterating beer ; its proper ties are the same as. those of coculusindicus, and its effects. would be the same:. The substances- used in adulterating gin are sulphate of potash aid alum, for fining; oil of vitrioLand oil of almonds, for beading ; grains of paradise, a, red berry having prcperties similar to those , of pepper, sulphuric acid, and coculus- indicus. He but met with a ease - in Dr. Taylor's work on poisons of. death having resulted from the presence , of coculus indicus hi rum. The adul teration of spirits,, like that of, malt liquors, he he - lieved to be ascribable to the publicans. The frauds of this kind committed in the- trade are so extensive that the revenue, must suffer very considerably. Pine-apple ram owes its flaveur to the useotan essence manufactured by chemists in this country, and modern discoveries in.,science have enabled fruit essences (se, celled): to be producediin perfection—by chemical processes. Fruit is not used. at all; the essences are chemical imitations.. The flavour of. British brandy has beers greatly improved of late years by the same means, the chemists having discovered the means of imitating the flavour of French brandy. He had analyzed many samples of London 2 milk, but had never discovered any other adultera- tion than the nature of water. He enumerated the adultera tions which he had discovered in. drugs and chemicals, many of which, he stated, are calculated to materially, affect the result, ii-the medical attendant is not aware of the extent and nature of the adulteration, Calomel is adulterated very largely with chalk, and Epsom salts (sulphate-• o 1 ma,gnesia) with Glauber's salts. (sulpha . te of soda), but the two salts have the same effect. Mr,Redwood, Professor of the PharmacenEeal Society, gave evidence as_to the adulteration of drugs ; andNr. Blackwell, of the firm of Crosse and Blackwell, as to theadulteration of pickles. The committee will meet again toanorrow. 15'21.2 1 ,AL . E.CO•UNTER ON THE WEST COAST OF AFRI,CA, THE following are authentic particulars of an attack, =de by the - British, troops on the king, chiefs, and town.of Arida geak, Mallicouri, river, and of the severe. loss sustained : 7 -- On the 21st of May, at 3 p.m., Captain Fletcher, Ist West India Regiment, commanding the troops at Sierra Leone, re ceived an order from Acting-Governor Dougan to embark 160 men a all ranks on board the screw steam gun-vessel Teazer, 3. At tho'clock all were on board, consisting of the Ist and 3rd. West India Regiments, commanded by. Captain ; Fletcher, Lieutenants Strachan and Wylie, of theist, Lieutenant Vin cent of the 2nd, and Lieutenart-siCerr and Beazley, of the 3rd West India Regiment: Deputy,-Assistant-Commissary-General Firth, Commissariat Staff ; Staff-Surgeon. Marehant, and As sistant-Surgeon Bradshaw. The Teazer anchored at 9 a.m. on the 22nd off the town of Msiagr,eak, and, after firing a 32-pound shot and a 16-pound shell, over the town, a flag of truce was hoisted at the king's Louse, upon which Captain Fletcher landed the troops under cover of the steamer's guns, consulted with the joint commissioners, Lieutenant-Commander Nicolas and Mr. Dillet, private secretary to Acting-Governor Dougan, and granted one how to the king to hold his "palaver." At the expiration of cae hour and a-half the troops advanced to. the centre of the. town without opposition, and set fire to the mosque, the king's house, and several other buildings. The intense heat of the flames compelled the troops to retire to.the boats, on reaching which a smart fire was opened upon them by the enemy in ambush at each side of the landing-place, and five soldiers were wounded. The Teazer was reached without further opposition, when it was discovered that a portion of the town remained unburnt : another consultation was held, and it was determined to drop down to Binty Point, at the mouth of the Mallicouri, and reduce Malageak to ashes, ac cording to the instructions of Acting-Governor Dougan. On the morning of the 23d, at an early hour, Commander Nicolas poured into the town (which was still in flames) and the adjacent bushes grape, cannister, and shells. In half-an-hour the troops again landed without opposition and advanced. Commander Nicolas and Mr. Dillet headed the leading division to point out the houses to be burnt, Captain Fletcher and Lieutenant Wylie following with the main division to support. In a moment the small advanced division appeared to be attacked by an overwhelming force. Mr. Dillet fell to the rear, wounded in the head and left leg ; Commander Nicolas shot through both thighs ; and Sergeant major Scanlon, of the 3d, and several men were killed. Captain Fletcher was driven back to a small bank of mud and sand near the entrance of the Malagea ; Lieutenant Wylie was wounded and subsequently killed; Lieutenant Vincent shot through the body; Paymaster Edwards, of the Teazer, shot in the head and heart; Deputy-Assistant-Commissary-General Firth taken prisoner ; and the men fell rapidly, killed by the enemy's fire. One boat succeeded in reaching the Teazer ; but the pinnace, with 30 to 40 men, in pushing off, filled and capsized, riddled with bullets. The soldiers were either ddembarkedg e b o u .m tc 9 h n er o e f d al w l l r i a en lik t s hey th ro e " b n al e i d k ' s y ale or ls 72 were killed, 12 wounded or missing, and nine taken pri soners (since released). On the 24th of May the Teazer returned to Sierra Leone with the survivors of the troops. COURT AND FASHION. • 111 0 OssoßN2, July 21.—Her Royal Highness:Princess been attacked with scarlatina. Prince Arthur, Prince 10r and Princess Louisa are convalescent. seal ° ON Saturday, Sir William Molesworth receive d the tik office as Colonial Minister. Sir Benjamin Hall will, Pr ° e ie a S r o r LO d r i l n V E a succeed to the Presidency of the Board of Works. Three tions will therefore follow. England last celebratedw year' years of age. He has been sent to England for four be educated. • 10' 41 China, Tam Court continues at Osborne. Their Royal Sag h l ek. He rich Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, and Princess Louis3fo have been attacked with scarlatina, are progres siug iloi° favourably, and the whole of the remainder of the Family are quite well. THE marriage of the Hon. Ellen Duncornbti r g o lgeit io daughter of Lord Faversham, with Mr. W. B. Deolgit t lt Mr. Denison, M.P. for the West Riding of Yorkeb l ' xi ' o fer solemnised on Wednesday, at St. George's Church, t oe square, in the presence of a numerous circle of the aired I,(J THE DUKE and DUCHESS of SUTHERLAND 09 „00 Ronald Leveson Gower have left Stafford House for Tr; 1 0 Staffordshire. The noble Duke leaves there in a feW ' l O lO Liverpool, to embark on board his yacht for the west ire , land, on his way to Dunrobin. Castle. The Duchess svn to town next week. RIST NORFOLK.—Mr. Stracey (COHSCriatiVe) W- 3 day elected M.P. for this division of the county , (Of opposition, in the room of Edward Wodehouse , servative), who has accepted the Chiltern Hundred s ' t te) od e r H t hA the ße LEs purpose N proffered s p o Ifbzobitoe being g T received h e installede a a summonsoareason assignedG.C.B. u t o be l t, tof e oi s d co e u cli S rtf e lant admiral, if not officially given, is well.known to c i "I have been,!"' he says, "censured and degraded , $ 6l been denied-the opportunity of clearing my reputatio°' taeay-orauethrct.*: am I now offered a G.C.B.' —United Service Caatte."4 nimmraea r-N HIGH LIFE.—On Thursday', th,, e ef,e v of the Lady Henrietta Augusta Nevill, s econd'daur - oev .A Count and Countess of Abergavenny, with the 1 1 ° ° ' Cie Edward Lloyd. Mostyn, took place at All ~laiats : Marylebone. . numerous family circle as s embled t° d ' s i.s the ceremony. Thebride was attended by eight bri i . and wore a robe of rioh white glace, flounced I/ 16 ' 4 0,p , point lace, a veil of the same costly lace, and 5 ,, 0 9 - 0 1, orange flowers. Shortly after two o'clock the nee'E couple left town for Eridge Castle, the seat of t ° ' Abergavenny, near Tdribridge Wells, to pass the CUSTO'MS DUTIES The following resolutions are to be proposed bY )it. oo4 o " ° the Ouvretary of the Treasury, in cammittee on th e Acts e " 1, That the duties of custbms• chargeable .upon pd ing articles imported into Great Britain and Its cease and determine, viz.:— Ammonia, liquid. Ammonia, sulphate of. Arts, works of, in any metal. - Potash, sulphate• of. Soda, sulphate of 11J'.1 " r 2i . That in lieu of the duties of customs now e t on the undermentioned articles. imported into GO an& Ireland,. the following duties shall be charged' Beer, spruce Ginger; preserved,. until the sth day of Aprilinchl sive 'which shall first happen after the end. of 12 months from the date of a definite treaty of peac e 0 with Russia • per lb. for the follovpingl2 months after - such 6th daY 0 0 11 of April... the.lb• 0 thereafter r thelY• 0 Morphia and its salts " '' ' • thedb. Yarn, woollen, or worsted, called Berlin wool- e r zephir yarn, and woollen or worste yarn, of tliv or mon threads 0 ° Scoured, hleached, or coloured the Ib ' t i,, , ,! Not scoured, bleached,or coloured the 1. 1) . ,0 , " 3. That , in lieu of the duties of customs now 0) 5 % the undermentioned articles imported into Great Br Ireland, the following duties shall be-charged : ~ a / Cocoa husks and shells the 0% Prints and- drawings admitted under- treaties or 0 0 international copyright the lb' II or at the option of the importer, a i i Single ~. . importer 0 - 0 Bound - doze° Li Musical instruments, via.:— ' Pr o of Harmoniums and seraphines .. ..... ............eache oto " 4. That in lieu of the ad valorem duties of ell i o p\.o charged upon the, undermentioned articles ill, Great Great Britain and Ireland, as not being.- e numera t tariff, the following. duties of customs - shall bc" ' 6 thereon : 0 3 opi Chloroform...... ....„ ..... . ......._ ....... the ,,, w• 0 0 ~4 " 5. That it_ is.expedient .to-consolid;te, t h e v ario uwsoi et c in force imposing duties of customs on goods; f a r 3 5 merchandise imported g into the United.ingoin, so OO att ' s ‘ 6 r . l elt h in at g it to is relate to such- duties. end '' t 0 th e e xPe cu d s of the customs." _....... , i t e o u ras t t,oancdonosothelidarivti.,eeatondamainend t 5.01) --______,______.:—.------------ ,rl - . ,Elv - e- g FCIREIGN INTE-v- - 'Wednesday. There u l b v s e cr re i r p imin tion en f : ercr° FRA.NCE.—The s doubt . that tbut:irl: all the mairies, There is not the least dou . . Tit 1 seriptions will:greatly exceed the amount reqWeu ~,,hp 1 4,4 .3loniteur announced that, in order to favour those " or to place small sums in. the rente, the m 1330211 0 122 Vr z 1Wliai011:" - - - - It has been , whispered in Government circles, theta", t on foot for an eventual settlement of the Eastern q 1 ill The cession of the. Crimea by Russia to be made a Ir t ios. 4 , —the Crimea to be -restored to Turkey as a comPer 3 , :,0 Pit the Principalities,- which would be oune x-ed t° ol ra r oot; sideration of Lombardy being given up to Le place no faithda this-rumour. St. Geed as a subscription towards restoring t t h hv e le ' Queen Victoria has sent £5O to the 3 1 . 1°r T f ,,,,his . h cow v loan - conl l nlen °l - 00 ,pil the remains, o£James 11. tus-'° ) hat the r il P i SPAIN.--Itis ,announeed from Madrid t.,.. • min`do pr cdshsaptethe retts. Rome is complete,..the , Charge d'Affaires -hasilableb Fry passports on the 16th, in consequence of,the.C_ le d S Bill. The Bkiela Wetrrior dispute with: the. ul l i;,ll‘Pir has been definitively settled by an indainnity of a i. r o Loto reals. Cholera is on; the increase at Madrid. „A u ar ,e, 4 surgents had.again. stopped the French Inv. i ll !,, re'ri ,('' On the 10thlen members of the band of. Marv' - e ar.„d r: Girone. A Carlist chief,. General Arnao, brotb,,,,q, kir g ,' Cabrera, has been.killed in the same province. l ' - - 11 ":5 Hierros had a few days, ago an engagement with tilgorj troops in the territory of Burgos; the troops ha j o, „f• killed and seven wounded, and the insurgents fou,. , : e si Tv a greater-number of wounded ; the 'Ate; lost-1 0 mr, of „ 0 - A Madrid-despatch of the 18th says :—" Tie Po'cl, V.; journed yesterday, after voting the - budget. t o ffa,:e: ,/ millions, of :Teals is. to be realized abroad. Te: d i3Oec u o,,', l t bably, the payment for the month of-June will v et " Or • - Do l 0 HANovga.—A despatch of Thursday from Lb r i.j De " The resignation of the cabinet is--hourly exPer; e le 4 Platen s : who has arrived from Paris,. it is hem' D : will, new premier;" ..,,5 0 .4 We hear (says the Globe) that Russian offiee''',,, o r „. employedin enliSting Hanoverian subjects, and, Imo. 0 0 r , protestations, have refused to take their deP°"lo o 01 refusal backed up by the statoment that theY e alij tentiou s of employing the recruits as soldiers, bil e Oil capa.city. of asmourers (rust-meister), to prov,"„ e ii " t 4 charge of the arms. It is said that this expla , non to V?' sufficient, and that the enlistment will be alloWe' ls , A 1..T4.T..x. —Father Becks, the General of the Jeoll;, 0 0V a narrow escape from the hands of an assassin at 1 :,, 1 t t" whole matter has been kept as _secret as possible) " to.ii prit, is believed to belong to the Order. et At The King of the Two Sicili anbats{., gave agr a , 0 , i King of Ibrtngal and his brother, the Duke of Oil el 6th. Among the distinguished persons Pre seu :t r Infante of Spain, Don S e ba s ti an , an d hia.Consc?" , ' 40t, o (cunt and Countess Of M ou t e molino. a 314 e• , 4 ) Rl7s3.lA.—Prince Paskiewitch i s s e r iously ill, "I r ` aot' r., be breaking up. A tremendous fire broke out . c a # l, l ` . i great fire of Novogorocl, in Russia. It destro),,f rPferJ quantity of merchandiseoralued at three raillioll s ;ce t) IV-1 The Warsaw correspondent of the Iftdepenu a cc oloy some length to important reforms, about to he tt of,V t )!, in Poland. In the first place, the Commissiti o'', 1,‘,,k which has hithertn held cognizance of all polit'irie';', dissolved, and suck of . will in, future be,, ge e o' , ,r ordinary tribunal:,, Secondly, the Polish'l;lo l) o icjir be substituted for the Russian in all official c ool i c tlieil proclamations. Thirdly, instead of the various 00011;10 now charged with . the different Official departil d . cef ; 0' with the title of, ". Minister" will be appoio t to A Of reforms," says. the Indepenitance, " indicate , t io o ~A. extent the commencement of the reconstrov n,r Kingdom of Foland." t he ',,t; 0 TunKny.—Accounts : from Constantinople, t lvrt e rid state that the financial embarrassments of the h0f.c.",1,t,', ) creasing. The bankers of Constantinople, wh,° o l.P', No', the habit of lending to the. Forte, at a great 1 1 ,1 ::,hilt" g ot . lii declared that they had no more money at tln`r e 03, 0 Divan addressed itself to, the agent of M. der tn ! iP it advanced, it is said, five. millions. Fortunat ) 9 v ~ t bt tion of - the new loan. guaranteed by France a"' vilt . al l i' e remedy this state of affairs. old„ r ail v ev o ,t Tun PRINCIP4TaTiEs.—A letter in the v i ,", 2 s m ot l ii",i says :--=` It is generally understood that ther,e '6 o o 4 i o tt e vi t y exchange of notes. lately between Vienna an the tile a 1.1.0 4 concerning the concentration of troops wk.,,ic7. ) aii . 0 , o , ' 0 ,q,;, present effecting in the principalities. Alw tl , o . '" er means the intention of the Cabinet of Vienna tc.' re as e, i t sc i , in the way of the Turkish troops, still it is d t e 2, 3 0 0 ,,i i 1,',044 what is theobject of these movements. xP l ' . ',. - e abi' - itAtiol.., , taken place with the Cabinet of Paris on tilt it tile. c eti o gl We hear from Bulgaria and Rounselio "`"; ree el atl'lPf this year exceedingly good. Orders had be.c. the Iv oyi effect that all the corn must be ie g issa i s v viec e r n r,, u l j,... P... ! !- - o t isii h ei i 4 e,ti ' et,: io "44 as was the case last year. In addition tu rie at, t he, i Bulgaria were to be made over to the gove rl '.apPlY 0 sfii, be forwarded, as necessity shall require, to_ i % e stre% e: sep of the Allied armies in the Crimea. For slid () in 'aV , I and English agents had been purchasing, e t a i e , Ifo!itli 0 / tens at unheard-of prices. The P °Pula of uP ."„ot!' d i suffer greatly, and must be content to P_.„ , w .,1,,. , t o 1 flesh for some timo to come. This, rnore c ?v` t e %,orP` / I r Ai easy to obtain, and would necessarily fet na R l2 o A t l h t P ,:f s i r c i o e ta rra . 9th, arrived — , wheel steam-vessel Antelope was at .r , e i the briPot or Fernando L Th eo w e ileel A i,2 f a3 r i tr e P dr a o l l :, y,rm .T in e u on a u n e i t e i ri - ii P ff, l a eo s e ,i t i :j e, Tu t rlti l : y lla 6 d g l e t tia ° ll y r o s i ;: 191 ,0 11 : tt e i ? e 'rl e A: i . to l; i Linnet 8, and Philomel, at Lagos ; a e l l piuto, Senn r:a Pg phin, 3, at Accra. The steam-vessel as pit . in i i rr g reaZer , WI v t •11 Be lt r', Leone mwoaunndde erfdor Nicolas,aEt n m g a la a n ou d fo , l o toi n lrei J v u set u re, e anm 2 e l : , ; in an engagement with the natives , wh en eaze s 1 1 .. u t l i f e ri o , Mr. Frith, purser, were killed. The .• *ust the Irses 20 quested to assist the merchants a,,o!,,,, rti .vesseL o e , Y) lwoFenrhf mail-packet teontmshciheerrd2miaffseetnreoec-nneeesfohraAd Ascension, Itte t ,_ n o!u 2 " thee d ,2 0 8 f t :' 4i 'a erirti o ..i erJ Goree, on the 2nd of July. e lB Posseng— moderate. 'The Retriever brings very, ,te, men-of-war wd June, e w ,s e aa r an e edd a t tfir G l T h: o ra r: ti l e; icaoi l oalipsu i . set_ , , st. fro'a f s o `passengers el:, riiet i l i al ei t: , pr r al cargo of gold, dust, palm od, i r THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. [JULY 24, 1855