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THE Eibtrpoof :;-.)tattbarb, TUESDAY, JULY 10, 1855. CHURCH PROSPECTS. IME was, when Bishopricks in Ireland were abolished with as little ceremony as if the office of those who filled them had been one of confessedly human institution, and of very questionable use. Time was, when a profligate Minister insolently bade our own Bishops to set their houses in order ; when the Church's foes were many and rampant ; and her own :children, for the most part, either disaffected, or disheartened by contemplation of the many dangers which surrounded and threatened her. Happily, since then, things have slowly but surely altered for the better ; and the change, which has already been accomplished, affords a bright augury for the future, so that those whose birth dates from about the period referred to may well hope, if their lives be spared, to see the Church of England more healthy, more ear nest, more vigorous, more powerful for good, than she has ever been at any period of her history. Dangers, it is true, still beset her, which will call for all the prudence of her rulers, and all the zeal and diligence of her pastors and people, to carry her through ; and others, still unseen, may arise from time to time, to retard her progress ; but still, we say, the experience of the last quarter of a century is such as to inspire us with gratitude and hope. Who does not recollect the timid tone in which a certain Commission reported, with regard to the re arrangement of our overgrown Dioceses ? How they proposed to take a slice of territory from one and add it to another, as if the existing evils could be reme died by giving additional work to a Bishop who had already enough or too much, and leaving those who were overworked only less so than they were before ? How when, with wondrous temerity, they ventured to suggest a new see at Ripon, they felt themselves com pelled, as a counterpoise, to propose the union of Glo'stiaa... _and Bristol ? We all know, too, how nar rowly, first the see of Man, and then that of St. Asaph, escaped suppression, in order to provide a Bishop for the wealthy cotton-metropolis; and how, when the see of Manchester was at length erected, it was only upon condition that there should be no addition to the Spiritual Peers in the Upper House, though up to the time of the Reformation they were actually more numerous than their lay brethren, who have since been multiplied without let or hindrance. We all know, too, how Commissioners recommended, not the reform, but the cutting-down of our Cathedral Es tablishments ; and how Parliament carried out their recommendations, thereby rendering them incapable of that efficiency, the lack of which was urged in defence of their spoliation. Who, then, we ask, will not thank GOD and take courage, when, with all these things, he compares the Report of the last Cathedral Commission, recently made public ? Its recommen dations are all in an opposite direction, its framers evidently wishing to restore and reform, and not to destroy. Some of their recommendations may, possi bly, be open to question : ; but, viewing the report as a whole, we can wish nothing better than to see it car ried out ; while the very existence of it, we hope, will put a stop once for all to such crude and ill-digested schemes as those which Lord BLANDFORD has so perseveringly brought before the Legislature. But the part of the report which has afforded us most pleasure, is that in which the Commissioners re commend the foundation of twelve additional sees: few enough for the wants of the Church, which could well find occupation for four times the existing number of Bishops; but, what a contrast with the recommen dations of the old Commission ! We will not quarrel about seats in the Upper House, if only we can obtain this addition to the Episcopate : nay, sooner than not obtain it, we would be content to see the Lords Spi ritual removed from that august assembly in a body. Already we see it asserted in the public prints, with what truth we know not, that measures are on foot for founding four of the twelve new sees ; and we fer vently hope, that no impediment may be thrown iu the way upon the score of its being difficult to provide palaces and lordly incomes. We do not consider that any of our Bishops are overpaid, though some may be over-housed ; but we should be sorry, indeed, that the Church should lose the advantages which are cer tain to accrue to her from an increase in their num bers, merely because it may not be possible to pay the additional ones equally well. QUEEN'S LETTERS AND THE CHURCH SOCIETIES. AN influence, which no one can doubt is adverse to the Church of England, has been at work, as our readers are probably aware, to cause three of our Church Societies to be deprived of that portion of their incomes-which was collected under the authority of what are known as Queen's Letters. 'The societies in whose favour these documents were alternately issued are, the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in 'Foreign Parts, the National School Society, and the Church Building Society ; and, as we have already maintained with regard to the' second of these, so now we fearlessly assert of the other two, that they know no party but the Church, and are, therefore, worthy of the warmest support of all the Church's children. 'The first of these, we believe, affected by the refusal to issue the usual Queen's Letter, is that for Church Buildilig: — But how - is it to be affected ? Once in three years the SOVEREIGN, through the Archbishops and Bishops, has required a collection to be made in its behalf; and the amount received has varied from about twenty-four "to - thirty thousand pounds, which, divided into three, has afforded an addition to its funds of from eight to ten thousand a year, the other two societies realising about an equal sum. We recollect, some years ago, that the Times, in consequence of a dispute between its then-proprietor and the Incumbent of the parish in which he resided, endeavoured to prove the illegality of Church collections, unless made under the Queen's authority ; and, possibly, those who have brought about the refusal of this authority may en deavour to revive this point, and hinder the Church to do for herself what others refuse to do for her. How ever, many and bitter as are the Church's foes, the temper of the times would hardly, we think, support an y attempt of this kind, and, therefore, we will not anticipate it. The problem is, how to raise an annual sum of some twenty-eight thousand pounds, in order that these three societies may not suffer, nor their work be impeded. And, surely, there ought to be no diffi culty in this. It would only amount to au average of two pounds for each of our congregations ; and what we fear is, not want of ability upon the Church's part to raise this sum ) a mere drop in the bucket compared with the wealth of Christian England, but, that some of the clergy through forgetfulness, some through procrastination, and others through lukewarmness, w ill allow the year to slip away without making the necess ary effort. We would fain hope that the bishops will . do something in the matter. A united pastoral from them would, we believe, be even more efficacious than a Queen's letter, and certainly far more satisfac tory in principle. And, if this be found to be imprac ticable, there is no reason why each bishop should not address the clergy of his own diocese : and, even if some of the: n should decline to take this course, we see not what is to hinde r each cler gy man addres sing his own flock. We are satisfied that, if the right steps are taken, the societies will not only not be injuriously affected by the hostility of the 1 - ten at present in power, but their incomes will be increased, and their means of usefulness extended. _ Of the hostility of certain persons to the National Society we have, on two previous occasions, written at some length, and shown it to be in reality causeless ; but even they, we should suppose, can hardly object to give their aid in raising a sum equal to that which resulted from the Queen's letter, inasmuch as that sum was devoted entirely to grants in aid of school buliding. They may, absurdly enough, make the ap pointment of a particular master, or the maintenance of a choral service, a ground for withdrawing their subscriptions to the general fund of the society, but hardly for refusing to assist in collecting money which is to be devoted exclusively to bricks and mortar. Against the Church Building Society we are not aware that any ill-feelinglias been expressed, but against that for the Pro pagation of the Gospel the most unjust and reckless charges have been perseveringly urged. It is now in the 155th year of its existence, and has just celebrated its anniversaryfestival within the walls of St. Paul's Cathe dral. At that festival men like the Archbishop of CANTERBURY, the Bishops of LONDON, WINCHESTER, OXFORD, HEREFORD, ST. ASAPH, and MEATH, were found side by side ; while at the meeting at the Man sion-house the Bishop of MELBOURNE was not only present, but spoke in support of the Society. At the meeting at Willis's Rooms, the Archbishop of CAN TERBURY took the chair. These facts need no com ment. They prove that the Society is indeed no mere party affair, but a Church society; and as such we trust it will be supported when the year comes round in which it would have received the collections resulting from a QUEEN'S letter, had not the usage of the last thirty years been causelessly interrupted. FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. MONDAY I'vfOßNlNfl. TILE parliamentary proceedings of the past week have been marked by peculiarities of very opposite character. Both branches of the Legislature, in obedience to the expressed wishes of the Crown, and in perfect accordance with the national feeling, have been engaged in recording the national sense of the great and valuable services of the late Lord RAGLAN, and accompanying that testimony by making some provision for those who were near and dear to the late com mander of our armies in the Crimea. A proper degree of unanimity on this important subject was displayed by both houses ; and the attempt of Mr. GIBSON to foist some of his crude theoriei into a consideration of the claims of the hero was properly repelled by the House of Commons-. A resolu tion was unanimously adopted by both houses, recommending a pension of £l,OOO per annum to Lady RAGLAN during her life, and to date from the 2nd of the present month ; and also another annuity of £2,000 a-year to his Lordship's successor, the present Lord RAGLAN and his heir, was also adopted with the same unanimity. In recommending the adoption of this course, Lord PAN3IURE, Lord HARDINGE, the Duke of COT. , BRIDGE, the Earl of CARDIGAN., Lord BROUGRAM, the Earl of DERBY, and other peers, vied with each other in bearing testimony to the great merits of the gallant gxneral, whose . military virtues they severally extolled, while they also bore witness to his numerous personal excellences. In the House of Commons, the same course of emulation, in lauding the . memory of the deceased, was observed by Lord P2ensrzusTiolf, Lord JOHN RUSSELL, Sir DE LACY EVANS ; Admiral WAL COTT, and Mr. DISRAELI, the latter tastefully remarking:that " half a century of public service—always valuable and some times illustrious—could not be allowed to pass away without record and recognition. The career of Lord RAGLAN was remarkable. Forty years ago he sealed with his blood. the triumphant close of a great struggle against the danger of universal empire ;and, after that long interval, he had given his country his life, in order to guard it from the menace of a new and overwhelming enemy." As already stated, the only divergence from entire unanimity in reference to the graceful tribute, thus paid on all hands to departed worth, came witheha racteristic mal-appropriateness from the peace party. With his customary stolidity of purpose, Mr. MILNER GIBS oN interrupted the harmony of the proceeding by interjecting an address upon the iniquity of hostilities, and propounding a series of questions as to the future policy of the cabinet, in relation to the conduct of the war. The house was in no temper for indulging in such unseemly freaks : it felt the business before it was business-of deep importance to the national character and honour ; it sym pathised entirely with the indignant repudiation of such , a course contained in the withering observations delivered in answer to it by Lord PALMERSToN, who declared "he should not, on the present occasion, be led away by the taunts of Mr. GinsOw, or any of his colleagues, to discuss the Vienna confe rences, or to encounter the hostility of the peace party." In this view of the case, the house quite concurred with the views expressed by the PREMIER, and the resolutions were put and carried neinine contradicente. So far, the proceedings in both branches of the legislature have been creditable to them, and in harmony with the feelings of the nation. On Friday night an occurrence took place in the House of Commons, calculated seriously to damage the little reputation Lord Join( RUM/ESL had contrived to retain for himself. On the occasion referred to, Mr. M. GIBSON extorted from our recent envoy at the Vienna conferences, that he (Lord JOHN RUSSELL) concurred in the third point proposed by Count Biro', and agreed to recommend it for the adoption of his colleagues. That, on his, return, he did urge it on the acceptance of the British cabinet; but was out-voted on the question ; and, instead of retiring from the ministry which he had endeavoured to compromise,. he concurred in the rejection of the proposal, and, with sings. lar inconsistency, defended in parliament the rejection of that offer, which, as a plenipotentiary, he had approved of, and which, as a cabinet minister, he had endeavoured to securethe adoption of! Well might Mr. DISRAELI say, that evening would be " memorable for its revelations—memorable- for. confessions more extraordinary than any ever made—in that house. Tne noble lord had returned from Vienna * as he now confessed, the advocate of propositions. for peace which had been rejected by his colleagues, and he then became the zealous advocate of a proposition for war, while privately he was of opinion that peace ought to have been, and could have been, obtained- - " - We own," says the Daily News, " we should have hesitated to believe any other testimony than that of Lord Jorailinaself on such a subject; but as he has thought fit to place the matter on record, we have no choice but to express. our dis appointment at the course he has pursued, and our astonish ment at the reasons he has set forth as its justification." With such revelations as the one of Friday night, and some others of a scarcely less startling character, how' can the Cabinet expect to enjoy the confidence of Parliament or the respect of the people ? With such discordant views upon the vital questions of peace or war, how can the Ministry expect to be believed sincere in their pretensions to carry on the war with energy and alacrity ? Is not the influeneeof such divided counsels a sufficiently strong and pointed explanation of the inefficient manner in which the war has been conducted? How , stands . Lord Jorm RUSSELL'S own position in respect to it ? At the opening of the present Parliamentary session, his lordship, in the exigence of his rampant zeal for an energetic conduct of hostilities, upset the Government of which he-was.- then a member, because it lacked the element of capacit , for vigorously carrying on the war. On the accomplishment.of this feat, a real war Ministry was of course formed, and. the valiant member for the City of London contrived tawriggle himself into it. Having succeeded so far, his next move .was to obtain the appointment of Plenipotentiary, in which cha racter he endeavoured to bring about a close of thewar on terms, which he afterwards, in Parliament, denounced:as pusil lanimous and discreditable to our arms—as .a mockery and a delusion—yet which he had himself expressed, approbation of and done his best to wheedle- his colleagues into. an adoption of! And what is the reason he assigns for this,fast-and-loose policy ? On what ground does he pretend to justify the turn ing and turning policy he thus acknowledges himself guilty of ? Why, forsooth, " he felt it his duty,.as aMinister of the Crown, not to embarrass a. Government placed in the difficult circumstances which surrounded that of his noble friend." This was too much for even the coarse maw of Mr. COBDEN to digest ; and the honourable representative of the Hussies broadly charged Lord JOHN with " dissimulation" in so long disguising his sentiments on the subject of the Austrian pro positions ; and with " weakness" in yielding to his fellow-mi nisters on a point so important. Mr. ROEBUCK was equally pointed, and still more severe, in his condemnation of the " inconsistency, incompetence, and weakness," displayed by our late negotiator at Vienna. The self-reliant PREMIER ob viously felt himself much perplexed by the awkwardness of the " situation," and, with his least nonchalant air, declared, in defence of Lord JOHN, that " no government could be ren dered permanent without some sacrifice of opinion among its component members ;" while, to render the farce completes Sir GEORGE GREY denied the existence of any division in the cabinet, and declared that ou the question of the war they were united and determined ! What may be the result of such discrepant views on questions of vital policy, it is no easy matter to determine. The present occupants of office appear to wear a charmed official life, and to cling to place with ex traordinary pertinacity. The vote of censure on the late and present governments, of which Mr. ROEBUCK has given no tice, is fixed for discussion on the evening of Tuesday week. It is to be met by " the previous question," which will be moved as an amendment on Mr. ROEBUCK'S motion, by General PEEL, and much anxious speculation as to the result is indulged in by both the friends and foes of ministers. In the mean time, popular rumour is again busy in asserting that Lord JOHN Rvsseu, has been making the most of his Austrian political holiday, and has been successful in superseding Lord WESTMORELAND, as ambassador at Vienna, by the Hon. Mr. ELLIOTT, a near relative by marriage of Lord JOHN. Another dreary and sad week has closed on the public as it broods in sorrow over the dark details which have been trans mitted from the Crimea. Very full accounts have now arrived in relation to all the complicated miseries and mistakes which appear to have been crowded into the fatal affairs of the 18th of June. These, if not quite so bad as was at first dreaded, have turned out considerably worse than it was hoped they would do. Our losses, although not so extensive as was at first stated, are in a degree aggravated by the circumstance that they were almost entirely the result of blunders. De spatches from the late Lord RAGLAN and from General PELISSIER render this melancholy fact indisputable, and strong opinions are expressed on all hands in relation to the sad affair. Viewed in the light afforded in those despatches, and in the descriptions given by the newspaper correspond ents, and by private letters, the affair of the 18th was a chap ter of accidents, a tissue of blunders, leading to great and inevitable slaughter, without affording almost the chance of a fortunate result. The game of deadly cross-purposes ap pears to have begun in the French camp, and to have been continued with fatal pertinacity on the part of the English. That action which on the part of our Allies should have been, and was intended to be simultaneous, was begun prematurely, and never was anything but desultory. On our part a similar want of concert and understanding appears to have been equally predominant and equally disastrous. When the enemy showed coolness and power, the generals opposed to them became bewildered and lost their lives. At first it had been decided that the assault should be preceded by a cannonade of some hours' duration ; a point on which Lord RAGLAN placed great and well-founded reliance. S-ab sequent to this airangement, General PsrassrEn saw some reason for changing his mind, and he communicated this altered intention to his brother commander at a late hour in the evening. It seems also to have been arranged that the French attack on the Malakhoff should be made before the English columns attempted anything against the Redan. The signal for the French advance Was to be the discharge of a star-rocket, and for this signal the blazing fuse of a shell was mistaken by General Mkneetee, who im mediately ordered his columns forward. In this he was but- too• promptly obeyed—he rushed on; and before the real signal for attack was made, trey were' repulsed' and he' himself' was borne off the field hr a dying condition. Another division of the French attack was' equally unfortu nate, frem- the - opposite . cause. General Bnulerr was-as much too late. as- General Pfee - rer,ter had been too early. Ire'sras also killed, and his columns were driven back , with great slaughter, after they had actually planted their eagles within the Russian works. The absence - of combined amVsimultane ous action, an the part of these two bodies, enabled the Russians to deal with each separately, and in succession: If such were the blundering commencement, and such theunfor tunate issue of the' intended operations on the part of the French, the conduct and result of the English proceedings offer a wonderful parallelism throughout their continuance, and at their conclusion'. The attach on the Redan, wliieh it was arranged should not be made'until the French established themselves in the Malakhoffi and in whieh ease it could scarcely have been needed, was made when the- Fiench had failed in their attack. The French columns were exposed to a sever3' and murderous fire long before they coulclreach the scene of their intended conflict, andMeerasee's divisitm was broken in iteprosoess. On the part of the English, proper means had not been adopted to enable the men to get saver" the parapets of their own trenches, and they were shot" down in twos and threes-as• they straggled out of their fastnesses. It is certain that two of the attacking parties were almost atrnildlated in less than a quarter of an hour after they had sotanibled out of the trenches, and before they had recovered from~ the con fusion into which they had been thrown in their eff6rts to get out of those- trenches in which they had previa:SOY been posted. In vain-endeavours to form the men into bodies at this critical and terrible moment, the brave Sir Joner'Cliser- BELL and the - equally gallant Colonel YEA' were killed; while a perfect storm. of grape, cannister, and round shot, together with musket and- rig balls, swept over and through their rapidly diminishing ranks. To complete the 'chapter of acci dents with which this-sad clay's work began and ended, it is necessary to examine the course of action begun and carried out by the third division under - Genera! ETRE; in, what appears •to -have been intended only as -a feint ; lane' which in reality turned out the only success , of 'the day, .And' which if duly supported might have terminated• in a real victory. This gallant officer, with a force- of- osily about four - . regiments, although the effectives of five'were under Iris orders,- made an attack upon an armed cemetery, in a suburb of Sebastopol,. and carried the-defences, four 'companies of the 1 66Yal brisk making a successful lodgment in some hou_es. within range of the Russian fire, which they- held against every opposidon for several hours—seventeen, it is said—vainly hoping for support which should enable them permanently to hold th'e advantage they had gained . At four o'clock in the morning, Majcrt4eneral ETRE established himself within Sebastopol, andi not tell nine at nighteafter he himself had been carried off wounded, did his men reluctantly retire, in obedience to orders -from the Com mander-in-Chief. These houses- are represented as -having been well furnished and plentifully supplied with• everything conducive to comfort, and to.these our brave- soldiers-helped themselves pretty liberally. Considerable freedenr of remark has been indulged in by more than one non-military critic, in reference to the withdrawal from this positioneafter our troops had established themselves in it ; some of these•maintaining that it might have been rete . staed•and converted- into a point d' appui, from which future - operations •might. - have been readily directed. This, it is said, is of a piecewith• the other proceedings. in this war. Nosmall. success* haseverteen pushed into a great one:. Here waaat least one regiment which had forced its way into Sebastopol, 'and remainecl there f3n-u day. The soldiers-drank wine ant carried off some-articles of fur niture, togetherwith poultry,-guinea-pigs anlother -mementoes of the day's foray, clearly establishing .the foot of their suc cessful occupation, and their comparatively unmolested retreat. Thus we have invariably knocked our heads. lustily against the strong points but, when.we have found. weak: nes, we have made but sligbi - endeavour to•profit by the discovery. Since the • last scene of this bloody and All-constructed tragedy has been played, popular, judgment.- hoe been much disturbed.. Before any of tile details were• known, intelligence was received that Lord, Ra.e.r....ut was no ,more. That his constitution, yielding to the debilitating influences of the climate, and weakened by anxiety, had been overthrown irt_, the unequal . conflict between duty an inadequate support : from the home authorities.;. the fatal result: expedited in all likelihood by reflection on the fearful issue othis first and list- failure., If the gallant General or his friends ,had reason to., complaint of bewildering instructions and lukewarm support,-:- if either he or they had ,grounds for objecting.to the curr!sit' attoPuhe criticism on his conduct of affairs in the Crimea, much may be said in extenuation of the latter—(the formes, if existing, admits of: no defence)—by alinsiosa to popular: en, thosia . sm—to the comparatively small results and enormous sacrifices which have up to the present moment characterised the Crimean war, and the general mismanagement which has been proved to hang about it from its commencement.. If any injustice has. been done to the -noble soldier when living, ample amends have been made to his memory. His.gallantry and goodness, have been themes. for every pen and every tongue. A serous country has liberally acknawledged,its. error. Let the unwelcome topic sink now into merited, oblivion. The honour and the.. memory of Lord , Ittnr.,ax are. safe in the country's keeping; he is beyond the reach of, censure, and deaf to the voice of praise. The appointment of a successor to Lord Rextx.A.x still oceu,- pies a considerable shareof general attention ; and, although General SIMPSON* has, been formally appointed, a strong opinion is prevalent in well-informed circles that this is.but a temporary arrangement ; and many maintain, as. upon good authority, that the command has been offered to Lord HARDINGE, who, it is further said, will accept it.. In objec tion to this appointment it is urged, that his lordship, who is three years the senior of the late Lord RAGLAN, is too old to be oppressed, with the cares of sa arduous a command—many maintaining that the active energy of youth is alone com petent to cope with the difficultieaof such a position. Against those who start such objections it is urged that the dangerous impetuosity of inexperience has been fatally shown in the results of the attack on the Malakhoff. From even the very regulated tone of Lard RAGLAN'S despatch, giving an account of the affair,, it is evident that he did not even from the first approve of it, although he yielded to the impressement of General PELlssinn. What is wanted is a General with firmness of - purpose, and such experience in war as will enable him to form a just estimate of any proposal, and abide by his decision on it. The high military position of Lord HARDINGE, and his generally calm, yet resolute judg ment, point him out as well suited to the post ; whether his physical energies are such as would justify his acceptance of it, may well intace him to pause for consideration. The last week or two has been fatal to two veterans long connected with the newspaper press of the metropolis. Mr. Joint BLACK and Mr. JAMES S. BUCKINGHAM, are men tioned in the obituaries among those whose warfare has been brought to a close, but not before each of them attained a ripe old age. The former was editor of the Morning Chronicle for upwards of a 4uarter of a century, at the time when i t earned that reputation which of late years its chief conductors have successfully laboured to dispel. The son of a Scotch peasant, Mr. BLACK, like many of his countrymen, began life with no better education than that afforded by a Scotch parochial school. Having left the scene of early labour, he succeeded in placing himself in a solicitor's office, in Edin• THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD ' burgh, as a clerk, at a very small salary. In the exercise of this calling, he contrived to acquire a knowledge of the German and Italian languages, from refugees, as poor as he was himself, teaching them in exchange such English as he had himself acquired. In addition to these he made himself master of the Classics, and so early as 1810 obtained employment as a Par liamentary Reporter on the Morning Chronicle. About this time he translated some German and Italian treatises, on poli tical economy, and one or two other trifles. He became editor of the journal named about 1819, and continued in that responsible office till 1845, when he retired from public life. As a political writer, he was much more remarkable for the energy than for the elegance of his style ; but, full of carefully acquired knowledge, he at all times brought that readily to bear upon any topic he had under discussion. This gave him no inconsiderable advantage in many points, and the facility with which he could exercise it procured for him the violent antipathy of COBBETT, whose vituperation of Mr. BLACK and the Scotch feelosophers was not less virulent than it was ab surd. In private life he was a man of strict integrity, of genial and kindly disposition, and was generally esteemed by those who knew him. Mr. BIICKINGUAM'S career was more chequered, and in many respects more marked than that of Mr. BLACK. At an early period of his life, Mr. BErCKINGHAM was involved in a literary squabble with some of the leading officials of the East India Company, in India. which gave a colour of dissatisfaction and an air of unrest to the whole of his after life. Defeated as a journalist in India, he travelled over a great portion of the Asiatic and American Continents, and published voluminous journals of his travels. Subse quently he became connected with the English periodical press, and assumed the position of a public lecturer. In 1832 he was elected M.P. for Sheffield, and sat for that borough till 1837. The House of Commons, however, was no field for his erratic and egotistical oratory, and he made no figure there. Latterly his name was but little before the public. PE:YEFIT BUILDING SOCIETIES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIF,—A =test in the House of Lords having recently taken place in; respect of a measure inimically affecting the above named societies; and which was successfully opposed by the Earl of Dtrby, Lord. Ravertsworth, Marquis of Salisbury, and the Earl of Ellesmere; all of whom are connected with our town, I beg bo. subjoin a• statement of the facts of the' case; which will proye interestinw to , those of your readers who are connected with' such societies.. Mr. Wilson, of the Treasurz thought proper to make the Benefit Building Societies the objects of his attack in- the shape of a "proviso' to a.clause of th e -F r i en dl y Societies' Con solidation Bill, which subject is not in any way connected with Building Societies, and which prcviso, if passed, would have deprived such latter societies of tire' exemption from Stamp cinUea, enjoyed by them' under the Benefit Building Society Act - of 1836. Immediately on learning of this - attack upon them, the Liverpool Building Societies . joined . together, and formed a Generals Committee, which by the promptitude and energy of its proceedings, and the cordial co-operation of our member, Thoutas 4 Bi Horsfall, Esq., and our local nobles; succeeded in defeating;the measure in the-House of Lords on Tuesday last, by 47 . votetin our favour, to-43 votes against us. On which occasion the'excellent and emotive speeches of Lord Ravens worth, our late' member, the Earl of Derby, Lord Monteagle, and the Earl of Ellesmere, formerly our county member, tended greatly to secure the victory for us. In order that members of beret building societies- should know who are their friends, I subjoin the list of those peers "who voted in their favour HOUSE o LottlM*, TUESDAY, Jirne 28th, 1855.—The follow ing composed the , majority in favour of Lord Ra7onsworth's motion, that building societies should retain their present ex emption from stamp. duties :—The Duke of Northumberland, Marquis of Bath, Marquis of Salisbury, Marquis of Drogheda, Marquis' of Westininster, Marquis, of Winchester, Earl of airby, Earl of Eglinton, Earl of Malitesbary, Earl of Strad broke, Earl of Elleriborough, Earl of Stanhope, Earl of Car narvon, Earl of Haddington, Earl of Kingeten, Earl of Shaftes bury. Earl' of Delawarr; Earl of Ellesmere,. Earl of Lucan, Earl of FoWis, Earl of Talmo, Earl of Beauchatnp, Earl of Maccles field, Earl of Leitrim, Earl of Bantry, Earl of Bandon, Earl of Harrington, Viscount Pingo?, Viscount Hawarien, the Bishop of Exeter, Baron Wynford, Baron Colchester, Baron Dinevor, Baron 'Lyndhurst, Baron , &aides, Baron I-Valsin . gham, Baron Downeecßaron Colville of Culross, Baron Retlesdale, Baran' Ravensworth, Baron Polrearth, Baron Phinket, Baron Vain; Baron Monteagle, Baron Lilford, Baron IVharzeliffe, Baron Berners.—" Paired off" in fav our of building. societies :—Earl of Orkney, Earl of St. Vincent, Lord Farnham, Lord Forester, Lord Lanesborough, Lord Cardigan, Lord Bradford. Your publication of the above will oblige our societies.— Your's, &c:,, jOSIAH HOSKING; Chairman of the General Committee of the Liverpool Building Set3ietiez. Brunswick-street; Liverpool; July 2, 1855. BUSINESS-IV THE ClTY. — ittppears, from a statement made by Mr. Hankey,. M.P., at a meeting of the Society for the Pro pagation of the Gospel,. held in. London, on Friday, that the returns under the income tax act of the profits. derived from business alone in the City amount to £13,000,000 a. year. PiltA.GuarniVhave been going.• the round of the press, to tbe effect that Admiral Sir Charles Napier,end: the "lAlwv of Rear-Admiral Rimer, had sustained enormous losses by the failure of Messrs: Stralaan's bank, and in connection with Messrs. Halfordund Co. We need hardly tell ourrprofeseional fglaids that the - reports - have ns foundation in fact.—United Service Gazette:' I L A YOUNG WC MALIC was tried on Wednesday in the• Central Criminal Court on a charge of the-wilful murder of-her It appeared that the infant had: died from want of nourish ment, and that the defendant had refused to give it ettek. The jury returned. a verdict of "Manslaughter," and she was Zenteneed to twelvemonths' imprisonment. TEE AMENDED-BILL ON LUZ/MED LIABILIT7 - has teen printed. Its difference consists in an additional provision, by which any joint stack company (except insurance offices) con- . stititted under arty , Act of Parliament,. and having- a nominal capital 0f£20,000, may obtain a certificate of limited liability from the registrar of- joint stock companies, upon satisfying tile-Board of Trade-that• 75 per cent. of their capital is paid up. &wine Aeee.e..—On the night or Sunday last,. a. man named William Ewerseliving at Gravesend, was engaged in a dispute with a woman, and being at- high.words enpressed a wish "that• God would strike, him dumb" if he vras•noterYr rect. At that moment his speech failed him, and up to the present time he has- .not been enabled .to speakea word. Beyond the loss of speech he is in no way affected, either by paralysis or epilepsy, so that there appears no physical cause this the impediment Woolwich hickpencleat. TIEN MIWFOITIfDLAND FISHER: —The following...is, an ex tract from a letter dated King's- Cove, 3rd June.:—" The fishery in this ma the neighbouring harbours at this early season far exceeds -anything of the kind for 30 years -past. Tliegreat misfortune was that but few were in or: to catch it. Some boats in .Bonavista on, last. Friday brought in. 26 quintals • some boats here and in keels have no w from 50 to quintals.. Herring was so plenty that they took-them with east nets."—Ste JO/Ws Times, June 16. In the Court of Queen's Bench„on Monday,. Rosins Fray, bite lady's-maid to Lady Zetland„sued Sarah Potter, house keeper in the same- establishment, for slander, in imputing to her-improper conduct with one of the, mea.earvants, and stating .that she .was .the author .of an anonymous _letter in which the housekeeper, on the other hand, was. charged with similar 'improper• conduct. The.jary found the -housekeeper guilty ofhavingeinepeted to the plaintiff the authorshipof the anonymous letter and awarded :£lOO dameges. The lady's maid had been elaraies' ed in misalliance of the affair, and was unable to get another place. AGEICELTVFLA.L. STATIST:e& OF SCOTFa.2ID,--The report of the Highland Society to the Board of Teade r just published, shows that under the head of Scottish hoklings_rented at less ' than 21Q,, there are 16,144 occupiers, 77,702earable acres, 26.,698-cattle, 4,273 horses, 7,871 sheep,. and 8,198 swine. Under the , laead of holding* rented at less .than £2O, the number of occupants amounts to 26,086 i the number of arable acne. to 160,438, the cattle to 103,771, the horses to 24735 e the sheep to 141,561, and, the swine to 17,481. The total gives .a list of 42,229eoccnpiers of all. holdings, 238,170 arableaores, 129,469 cattle, 29,008-horses, 149,432 sheep, and 26,899 swine. A separate return for Orkney gives the total number of imperial acres, at 41,8441,. of- which about 13,517 are •he tillage, (only fit under wheat, crop,) and about 17,058. in grass, including 5;865 acres of sheep walks. The stock ins des, 1,424 horses,_ 2,078 milli cows, 2,696 other cattle, 1,891 calves, 5,612 ewes, gimmers, and ewe hogs ; 2,125-tups, wethers, and wether. hogs ; and 1,396 swine. The gross pro dnce of Orkney is 1854, was. 180 •bushels of wheat, 5i727- of barley, 238,728 of oats, 108,168-of here, 210 of beans, 132 of peas, 39,230 tons. of turnips, and 6,632 tons of potatoes. The average produce-of wheat par acre is 24 bushels, of barley 39, and of oats 36 bushels. Owing to the number of petty occupiers to be dealt with, almost equalling that of the tenantry of the county, and the difficulty of finding the proper persons from whom to obtain information, the preparation of these returns. has entailed a great amount of time and labour ; but it is. stated by Mr. Maxwell (who reports on the part of the High land Society) that the public lies under a great obligation, not only to the farmers officially engaged in conducting the in quiry, but to the many proprietors, agents, factors, poor inspectors, and others, through whose assistance the returns hare been compiled. Every precaution has been taken to wake them as accurate as possible. LONDON oN SUNDAY.—The Rev, Thomas Hugo, senior curate of St. Botoiph, Bishopsgate, in a letter to The Times, draws tha following picture of a Sunday in Houndsditch "In the heart of London, on every successive Sunday in the year, in various streets, alleys, and courts to the north of Houndsditch, and therefore in my own immediate neighbour hood, are congregated upwards of 15,000 persons, engaged in traffic of various kinds, and constituting what is called the City Exchange Fair.' The trade is carried on principally in Cutler-street, Phil's-buildings, City Exchange, Exhibition mart, Harrow Alley, and Petticoat-lane, places notorious in the annals of crime for outrages and abominations of all descriptions. The articles offered for sale consist for the most part of wearing apparel and jewellery, and the fair lasts for the greater portion of the day. I speak from personal obser vation, and inspection, and hesitate not to characterise the place as one of the very foulest sinks of profligacy and crime to be found within the length and breadth of London. Of the 15,000 individuals there assembled some are Jews of the lowest grade, but the great majority are nominally Christians, uniting together in forming a multitude of the most ignorant, lawless, brutal, and degraded ruffians that the metropoli s can furnish. In this vile haunt crimesetre both plotted and per petrated; for, in a spot at the entrance to Harrow-alley, I was myself informed on the occasion of one of my visits, by one of our excellent police, that of all the males there congregated, of various ages, and to the number of several hundreds, every individual had been a convicted felon. Stolen property is here disposed of to any extent, 'and no questions asked;' and an inducement is thereby held to thieves from every quarter to bring hither the results of their crimes, assured of their imme diate and safe disposal. I could furnish you with many details of this den of horrors : but I will content myself with affirming that if there be an epithet in the English tongue more descrip tive than another of a place reeking with blasphemy, clamour, and obscenity, and of a loathsome assemblage stained with every vice named or nameless, that I would select and apply it to this foulest of foul scenes and filthiest of filthy multi tudes. No man can possibly imagine it who has not visited the place and seen it with his own eyes," LIVERPOOL TOWN COUNCIL. ON Wednesday, a monthly and special meeting of the Town Council was held, the Mayor presiding. The first business brought forward was a consideration of the proceedings of the FINANCE COMMITTEE, which embraced a recommendation that Mr. T. M. Anderton be appointed to succeed Mr. Walter as clerk to the magis trates; that Mr. Ellis be appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the promotion of Mr. Anderton—the salaries of each to be £l5O per annum. It was also recommended that Mr. D. Brown be promoted to the sitnation of summons clerk, held by Mr. Ellis, and that the salary of Mr. Brown be £llO per annum ; Mr. Stubbs to be assistant summons clerk, at a salary of £BO per annum, increasing gradually until it reached £lOO. By these arrangements it was stated a saving would be effected in the annual salaries.—On the motion of Mr. HORNBY, the proceedings were confirmed, so far as these ap pointments are concerned.—An irregular discussion on the Dock Bills ensued on the motion for confirming the remainder of the proceedings; but, on the suggestion of the Mayor, it was deferred till the subject could be brought on in the regular course. The proceedings of the Finance Committee were then confirmed. WATCII COMMITTEE. The proceedings of this committee included a recommends tion that three-eighths of their wages be allowed to Inspectors Atherton and Watmough from the Police Superannuation Fund, they being incapacitated by physical causes from ful filling their duties, after a service of 20 years.—Mr. HENDER SON complained of the number of persons allowed to congre gate in the vicinity of the Sailors' Home, as destructive to the business of the neighbourhood; and Mr. HoDsoN directed attention to the nuisance caused by the occupancy of the building known as the Freemasons' HA as a dancing-room. —Mr. Glemoson• said attention had already been directed to the subject complained of by Mr. Henderson, and the cause of complaint should be removed. With regard to the other, the police, under the circumstances, had no right to interfere. The proceedings were confirmed. DOCK COMMITTEE. The proceedings of this committee included thereport of the parliamentary sub-committee on the Dock-bill, and on the bill prosecuted by the Corporation for the purchase of the Birkenhead. Docks. Mr, BECKWITH asked whether the Dock Committee' would be bound by the bill to take the Birkenhead docks at the price the Corporation was to give for them ? The TOWN-CLERK, on being referred to, said by the clime of the bill the Corporation were required to transfer the Birkenhead docks to the Liverpool dock trustees so soon as , the latter body should be authorised by parliament to become' the purchaser,. and the transfer was to be made either upoe , the Corporation being repaid by the dock trustees the whole of their outlay, with interest, oe on , such other terms as might be mutally agreed-upon, and approved by parliament. Mr. WOODRUEr wished to know whether the Corporation was bound to sell upon the terms stateth Mr. ALDERMAN BENNETT also- pet' a question relative to the subject, in answer - to which the Town-Clerk said the Cor poration were required to sell the Birkenhead docks to the dock trustees upon such- terms as might be mutually agreed upon. The terms wouU come under the . censideration of the council,. and would require to be sanctionedby parliament. Mr. ALDERMAN DOVEg expressed his regret that Liverpool should have laid itself open' to be charged by parliament with not exercising its usual caution at this pectliar juncture in regard to the money market; in going for a bill, with the prospect of an expensive war before them, tedoeble' the dock estate ; and which, disguise it as they might, would have taken the timber trade out of Liverpool to Bootle; to make a second dock estate for Lord Derby. He regarded' the defeat of this bill, fora defeat he considered it, with satisfaction, be cause it would have the effect of eying a check to that dispo sition to monopolise the whole business of the docks which hadbeen evinced by the dock trustees: He hadebeen told, when he averred , that the establishment of thie monopoly wouid ruin the master tradesman, that, although destroyed as master tradesmen . these men would. find employment is cooper; porters; and warehousemen in the warehouses- of the Dock Committee, or in those to be erected ; but look-at the. difference 'in their - position. They were now independent men and masters .; • they would then become the serfi 'and. slaves of - the Deck -Committee; and so lo: as he had a seat in the council he would, lift up his voice against the system• which tended to redueo - thern to such a condition. The.- Deek Committee • had .a • deal. of evidence ; they- had evidenee - 're prove that - the 'timber trade could only be carried on at Bootle : the had evidence• to prove that `lsere was a great want of warehouse room in Liverpool, while at the very time; he assured the council upon his honour as aegentieman, one half of the warehouses were- unoccupied, and not able to pay the parish tares. - The evidence of the Dock Committee went for nothing ; but, as •wasethe case with parEamentary corn- - mittees, they listened to parties in private instead of in public: and this was one 'reason why the Dock Committee were net - allowed to perpetnete this monopoly which was nkuady begun,. and which he was very glad to-see was not to be perpetuated. HALUElnsaid if the Dock Committee were allowed to , pueelease the Birkenhead property at cost price, including in terest, it was quite right • butif they had the option. of re ducing the price by £200,000P or £300,000, he thought it was - altogether a one-sided bargain. He thought something ought to be done to compelthe Dock Committee to take thisproperty from the Corporation without anyloss whatever, the time being flied at two, three; four- or five years, as might be agreed upon. - Mr: SEIBIL understood that the management of the Birken head Docks was to be placed: immediately in the 'hands of the Dock Committee. (" Yes.") Well, then; the Cerporati.n were bound in the 'next session of Parliament, or at souse future day, to go and , get permission to sell this property to the Dock •Trustees, and the Dock Trustees werealso to get permiSsion to purchase on such terms as both sides.might mutually agree upon. These provisions appeared to be objectionable, for this - reason. The Corporation were putting_ the mao4gement 71f ti it r a-spe: ty Into the flatus er body whose feelings were not likely to be in favour of .Torking it to the best advantage. He wouldnot do it in his own case, and therefore he would not do it in the case of those who had entrusted their interests-to his charge: He thought the Cor poration ought to manage the Birkenhead. Docks themselves. The TOWN -CLERK, in answer to questions from Mr. Brad ley, said the Dock Committee had no•power to take the pro perty- except upon such terms. as the Council chose to: agree to. If they refused to take it; on thoseterms i .theCorporation must apply to Parliament for an act to repeal the clause,. which, as a matter of course, would in that case be repealed, and the Cor poration could then manage that estate: Mr. Alderman S. HOLIeE, in a speech of considerable length, deprecated a continuance -of discussion upon the- general question, or doing anything ..which might indicate a division of feeling and opinion upon the subject.more particularly alit was known there were gentlemen in Manchester ready to take ad vantage of any incautious expression which might be-dropped in that room. (Hear, hear.) No one would say that - the amalgamation of the Liverpool and. Birkenhead Docks was not desirable. It would remove a hostile trade which, though it never did any good by itself, was-opposed to them every time they wont to Parliament This. Corporation were the occu piers of seven acres of land to the west side of the Queen's Dock, a large proportion, of which was, covered by ship build ing, which could be remo(red to the- Wallasey estate ;-.and a questicn might arise whether upon. that six or seven acres of land a dock and warehouses- could. be-erected ; and gentlemen would see that there were a variety of questions whiub would: have to come before the Council before they went to• Parlia ment. With reference- to the question of management, he would observe that the- Council had a' veto upon the proceed ino-s of the Dock Committee; and, if the Dock Committee should' come to a resolution which would be injurious: to -the Council, they would be prepared_ to,exereise that veto.. But he was not afraid of the Doek„Committee; the two bodies-were one—(hear, hear,) —long _might they remain so. Mr. Helmer said that in the• arrangements the Corporation were running the riskof some ultimate loss, but he didmot think there would be any loss eventually, because he was. perfectly satisfied that the Bizkenheadlamperty would increase-ut value exceedingly within the nest-few years, and that any loss they might incur would lie amply compensated for by the benefit to: the trade and port of Liverpool: He agreed with, Mr. Dover that it was for the benefit of Liverpool that the dceß extension scheme had been considerably curtailed, but he- must dMr from Mr. Dover as :to the opinion. expressed with regardto its being the duty of. the Council, to consult only the interests. of the tradesmen cf. Liverpool,. and not the benefit of the port itself. Mr. JA.ILEIEI,, HOLAgi expressed his regret-. that- Puha ment had not sanctioned the proposal for going,- on with the whole scheme.. One object of that scheme was to provide for those imports.nthranchesof trade, which hadibeen,sent to the Thames, the-Clyde,. the Tyne, and the Humber.. (Hear,. hear.) The timber trade, could; not exist much longer_ in the position in which it was„and.it- only existed now by the sacrifice of £12,000 a year upon , the Harrington Dm*, estate, and this would continue .until some provision was made . either at Bir kenhead or the north end of the town. It-was literally- impos sible to go on much, longer without a great sacrifice., and this could only. be .avoided by the north-end scheme , being carried out. He defended, the scheme generally., on • the. ground of its absolute .cheapness and comparative advantages.; in proof of these. averments,, he went into a zalculation, showing the effects of it in various ways. He also dwelt on the advantages offered by the scheme t , as. one which could bo carried into effect gradually ; a4d in conehtsion he main tained, the more the scheme was. considered and understood the more it would meet with mend. approbation. (Hear, hear) After a few observations. from Mr. Holt and Mr. Woodruff—Mr. C. TURNER remarked that it was premature to, discuss the terms on which the Birkenhend estate was to be taken by the dock trustees. He combatted the opinions ex pressed by Mr. Sheil, and expressed himself as unable to com prehend the source from which they sprung. The members of the Dock Committee were elected by the Town Council and the dock-ratepayers, and; it comprised several of the principal merchants, and others, i n t eres t e d i n th e trade of the port. Gentlemen who had no private interests in the matter, 'but whose chief object was to see the affairs of the trust adminis tered for the public benefit. He expressed entire concurrence in the views so clearly laid before the meeting by Mr. James Hohne, whose able statement he should not weaken by any attempts to illustrate it, but should content himself with moving that the proceedings of the committee be confirmed, which was unanimously carried. The proceedings of the Law Courts, St. George's Hall, and Education Committee were read and confirmed.— The proceedings of the Health Committee having been read and confirmed, the vacancy i n t h e committe, oc casioned by the retirement of Mr. Bigham, was filled up by the appointment of Mr. Sheil.--On the proceedings of the Water Committee being read, a short discussion arose as to the present water supply, the probability of receiving an early supply from Rivington, and the propriety of putting down a third pumping engine at Green-lane. The proceedings were confirmed.—The minutes of the Library and Museum Com mittee were also read and confirmed, the name of Mr. Sheil being added to the committee.—On the proceedings of the Hackney Carriage Committee being read, condemnatory re marks were made by several members as to the way in which omnibuses were overloaded, after which the discussion dropped, and the proceedings were confirmed.—Some further routine business was then disposed of. Mr. Henderson withdrew a motion of which he had given notice relative to the making a road through the Newsham House Estate, and the Council adjourned. A RETtrinr, published last week, gives a list of officers who have applied for compensation for losses of horses, mules, and baggage, during the campaign. The total amount granted was £8,846 13s. 11d. The greater portion of the claims are for chargers killed in action, lost at sea, &c. IT is understood that a portion of the Foreign Legion, now being organised and drilled at Shorncliff, will be in such an advanced state of discipline as to be ready for embarkation about the 20th instant. The destination of part of these troops is the Baltic, and the remainder the Crimea. [JULY 10, 1856 GENERAL LYTELLIGENCE. Tice Duke of Newcastle has sailed for the Crimea. ''' BAXTER'S "Saint's Rest" has been printed i n modern for the use of the Nestorian Christians. B ar bell By a decree of the Minister of State, Madlle. se been appointed Professor of Declamation at the Con Jr; Sea CHARLES BARRY has sent in another e_s a tss,r,;o £650,000 for additional works to the two house s of P The sum already expended amounts to two ands ha Pi ino Lt sterling, double his original estimate. ob A ta r in t e h d e a ll c l o id a d y le e s n e s x at s i e o s n sio o l f is x th 3 e ,B c 2 o o m f p r a o n m y Company, for the loss of twelve years' profit of tneu through the opening of the tunnel. Temp le s THE LORD CHANCELLOR has appointed C. . Q.C., to succceed to the County Court Judgeship, through the death of J. W. Wing, Esq. 1 'n CiOC iiiiji INTERESTING COUPLE.-There is a coup l e 1- ~., who have been engaged to be married for the last T ej , but no time has occurred within that'period when I both out of prison at the same time. eorge t THE At henceuni hears a rumour that Sir G nt ts,, intends to postpone until November the apßointle e d r vacant chair of natural philosophy in the University 41 burgh. suspicion of being engaged in obtaining recruits, PrT i : THREE ENGLISHMEN who were arrested at C ° _ b -4 11 # innocent tourists, who were amusing themselvesn;"4o the T w h at a er T n il away spare cash to the people. They easily setts themselves missary of police of their pacific tendencies, and Wes' to pby $ roceed. 11 THE NEw Loaff.-An application, signed g . t bel infftiential capatalists, was addressed on Thursdisi ' O O cellor of the Exchequer, requesting that the holden! d loan should be allowed 2 per cent. discount as on I n for them• to exercise the option of anticipating the i . 41 the remaining instalments. torhse e ti e THE ASSIGNEES in bankruptcy' of the no 01 Huntingtower have obtained, by a snit in the ge. the cancelling of a deed by which, after Lord ilu ll ,,i o 4 4 was irretrievably insolvent, and sheriff's-officers in ' lty he made over by mortgage a life interest in Pr e toOlii value of £20,000; in consideration of a roan ' 34 - berr property will, therefore, now be available for the the creditors. 01 4 THERE is now at the Casem ates, Chathanv e a Ad bi 44th Foot who has received se v e n g u ns hot avinS hi ."'" s to. parts of the body; he has also lost his right eYeld i 4, ball, which remains j ust over the ball of the eyfleeo,'" , felt by the touch of the - finger. The ball eantlos be te'''' without extreme danger. Th e w h o l e o f th e s how o lt in an attack on the rifleipits b e f ore Sebastopol. leisjeripl THE AMERICAN STZAWER E Rl csso N a rrim* 1 at, Havre, in 14 days from New York. She e el 0, d delay of 24 hours on her pass ag e i n consequen-e i,2 rlitUl accident to one of her wheels-. Her engines are o r , s f system effecting a great seeing of fuel, as her . e r l A lucr only been about 20i tons in the .'ll hours. Il e ., tni Havae is merely an experimental one in order to ti.:_,os tem, and she only brings as passengers som e o f tbeap belonging to the company at whose expense & se i built',• Gnot. - ez Stms, aged twenty-three, a slater in L be Messrs Cubitt, engaged renovating:and conatrut,_tu , le t to Lloydcr room at the Royal Exchange, on Fri= ' f slipped on to one of the glass pltes-of the roof, 1 00 way, and , precipitated him into the apartsteutc" r i from then' through an opening into the captains' )0 1. room, a depth of between thirty and forty feei; 0 00 1 , the back pert of his head, and i n fli c ting- other rm , tri: ries. He died. within twenty-four k"urs. A LETTET from Bologna says that' all , thl!j ev irt4 Romagna are infested with bands of robbers. GM 1 a rich landed proprietor at Bologna, has •severas' ~e , in different parts of the country, un d e r th e a d ,1,10 0 r iot separate stewreeds, who have always considerable'rif ei „ About a fortniht ago they all receivedthreat'''' iii tise Be. o'o bidding them r on - pain of death, deposit specified sil, et ed i places pointed out. On the receipt of these' ilyteriir stewards left their posts at once, and no w . r efuse 0 010 i them, and it appears , that no one is inclined to' oc r places. GREAT CRICXET FEAT AT HAILETBITIM- 4 : 0 l ia Nottingham, recognized at pre s e n t a s th e -mom bowler we have, and a distinguished memberofW;lor England Eleven,. realised last week, whilst plar7Ategr gentlemen of the East India College, the extrs t , of 125 by means of some-masterly and beautifaint lei out his bat. Not orfiy is this, we believe, the Met / played by Grundyrbut the longest and one of thilMtAi this season. A irsere splendid and thoroughlya ri s / of cricket (considering- time good bowling that' against him) has seldom been witnessed upon' el e 7 , redounding not a little to the credit of a criekete' A P at all points.- Aro iez . ..:fly Herald. 0 1 1 A E*O,IIOOLmASTES, of Newton, near Boston, tor o t i s t io i kept a child, with other seholars, after school 14 ,,ertl e j hours;. the iat w h h e i r eh lre hth nt tlcie.tel7einlsePerhoofl64-11toluYsreeacintded • 4 7-I C,_ o'l t'; she should be released. The•maater ,said the chi ,", p stel l e ae 1, te' e" ' as-soon as she had recited' her lesson • w- en e boik,o o ,4 ll tempted to enter the scleool-roora to ttit ' ke his be f o re i o it a scuffle enaned, and the affair was I moug ht f the eh atr Ladd. It was then decided that the la eeping ° 1 .0• 4 , d wa s leitil hi, thelessona of the day had been perfecto daria kir parent cannot withdraw the child from sc- t r inter eelo" against the master's will, .except througe ll e al defendant, an officer and the school committee- -1 thi4 u ty n do c i nu t r an ( d ?) co pßE sta. za._The. i,..z..T, vendors of the metropolis' and meted curious scenes of confusion on pill occ _ ~ double delivery of the journals. We hex rof tr, o s i l vastnumber of the weekly papers. at St. 3 lartin !: ii Li" to sitoe ft least they could be delivered only o n con iii A rendered their destruciii.oci , the•iiiitter flute. 1; 1 0 - 011"'" i hiat:inees• the postal dreetions- to fold the V A to:` show the - stamp had been disregarded, al Id the GA' 1. , of Is: Bd. and is. 4d. per 'copy were made . _,ln 0 et ao lle papers-and supplements- (unstampem " tarry Peeso hour; to be above the bulk carried by„e, stamp. Biany of the newsvendors declare that th e y 0, . diesPP ws Leann-G5 e°nfertahleaPost;iirl°Tlifi_g°lllll " hope" that their subseribers-will. not be , rec klesell , papers- were cast indiscriminately, almos t A ' the official waters. Xanl..__l 4 ' fC el3l DE*CLUE OF THE EARL 07"CILEDON.- 1111 ,... e ..„ e EF 0 ' . 604 who had, for some months past ,. been in detiy ss ioa f j on Saturday morning week, at - the family' 01 """Areensii,,s le t r if House-terrace. The deceased, James Duar t e., / A M k: 1 3 1.4 4 only issueof Dupre, second Sari of Caledoll___Om le t If Cr Yorke ; second daughter of Philip, third falilkjiit',): ‘ andwa.a , born on July '24;1812: He was cce f0rtn....,..'"? clorPw .de il stream. Guards, and served w ith hi s battanus/b s s_ sa il rebellion. in Canada, and'avhile•in North Amer, . p ., AP Ps to the earldom. on the death of his father, AP," - o f aro was-an unsuccessful candidate , for the coulq.,o- 4 1 ;7,;? - i : 18ai but was returned at-the general electi°'W 0 • 1841, he was elected a representative peer for , /g: lordship married in 184iithe•Lady Jane Griisi7 o ,l , daughter of the late Earl. of Vet-alarn, by Ig,' , k youthful family, his eldest - child, Lord Alexano' , " oir:t , tothe earldom and extensive' family estates. ~' - $ " Y°' it‘t t he / LAUGHABLE OCCITEuENCE.-A few days I stO a tbe war's man, a regular "Briti s h t ar ," s t eppe d f e dArl ad( office, and addressing one of the clerks asked t elt' ta li , Jim Jenkins, A. 8., of the , Buildog ?" " Not li t lo! g 44 clerk, surprised, " why do you ask ?" The.,',..4' it. " Because I want you togive a letter to hitn,,„ de . ,1 0 1, he. produced an epistle*. " Very well," replied i'7010 1) 0 9 " . letter will be sent to him, but you must put Si c/1 110 0 h "How the d-1 can you send a letter to Jilt 4• 1 OA/ you: know him?" ineetitedthe tar, "Oh ! that .w . it ' - , o y answered the Clerk, ," I can send the letter,- b u t ideli you a penny for a stamp." "Stamp !" crie&thiew, ;,f me one." A stamp was. accordingly shown , to,n, 0: 4 ...claimed, - No ! shiver' me if I put Jim Sitsn eali i ii penny, for lie oftert.spent a crown upon me; . ‘...- olirli anything handsomer than this ?" The Clerk ''"„,' affirmative, and showed him a twopenny: ,)stale - ,,ear,,s cried the other, "this looks decenter, but havn 'or d 1 thing better ?" TheCleck showed him a shitlinf r oe. fir Jack inspected with an expression of approtr u 'ittobtr,o right, put five of them ou the letter; d...ru nVi to rtl ) f i l, never send Jim Jenkins less than five shillingt„A Lite, I e ing this, he threw down s s . o n th e coun ter, , — b ir_,, , shilling stamps, and stuck them on the, letter( .. tti sfs . ",e" threw into thee, letter box with expressions Of r " . t v . / ,f having spent LI crown's worth on Jim Jenkins' siltation. _ d er t il siltation. rikell-4'°l eti IL IMpROVIIIMNT AND MANUFIorm;•O. I:lV ir ti ,4 AMMUNITION AT MANCHESTE—it is We 11 :10 9 t0P manufacture of firearms, of all descriptions , ",i O 6, o'4 a very unsatisfactory state in this. countrY , , ° ;ture, f' the disinclination of the Birmingham rasnibree- F er themselves. of any of the mechanical inre°l o l St . ge .A er resorted, to by the manufacturers of the 11111 ,itbAt l ' ev;itle!, the present time, when the Birmingham fr u _ticil l ':o; 3 ,.re d forming nearly all their work by the hands ui:jaol ,s pensive workmen, Colonel Colt's. revolving g rel g e' t pel, are made at his establishmentin London, w,""' 1 0 1 1, 1 0 0, 0 n, tion, almost entirely by self-acting maehines,rt ic " wilt I 01.,% and boys. The government- have resolved f urs t ria d establishment at Enfield, 30 as to be able _ A O' t he Oilvfi ti z ie Minie rifles per annum, and have entrusts'o , o;e, eel' of the engines and millwright work to Messrs-4 ' i , e, 0 91 1 ' 5 0 0 , 14 ,4 of Manchester, while they have employed 0e, 11. 0 1 ,,,, worth to make a series of very elaborate' t' - oe S P ; best form and the most efficient mean °(Q. lerr e co , o f military rifles. Messrs. Sharp, Stewart, ' A M° Works, have contracted to make some. af te 'es''' - ',Ie P A r J Messrs. Platt, Brothers, and Co. of Oldhs7,: e t o ,Lijef e l , o t 9 plated some machinery for the more pef, m ee of sY . ,or d Lancaster shells, are now engaged,as ase PI, Benjamin Hick & Son of Bolton, in the are a are f - , shells. Messrs. W. Higgins & Son, of Sal Vs ° l4asi t '' ' o ll , o ; in casting shells, particularly Shrapnel' ~ .- eg t.• 0f improved construction. Of the plans beard ge Patricroft, for constructing wrought ir ° A bea r Oleg el l oi calibre and power, the public have alto' prose b e bese t° , and we believe that Mr. Nasmyth is 7.,-, ° r e, it v f is i novel undertaking. Altogether, there f 0 e ontrw&et , 0 4 t. :4 Manchester and its neighbourhood 31. ' with e riP means and appliances for , carrying 011 " 3 c r SHOZEING CASE Op CRUELTY TO of ingo — tbe OF BURIAL SOCIETIES.—In conseque'i a e b i e visit eci o had been received on Friday, e °1 2. 1 „. 9 o ng, h f l i listr ° ,,, ll l)e ll e l of a shoemaker, named George A rlD— :d from "` bed, ' o f man-passage, Deansgate. He iriq ui n , ',Oren hei, e se lj otti had been married twice, how In a % b u t one. t ' Til e f and his wife stated that they ha h a lf t iA t present wife, a fine boy of a year ant: d a tha t they I;esit° ofe told them that he had been inform after some, j o el l , c, v child, and that he must see it, viten , as r e tcheu at otiv to ei a li n tt d le it b s o e y m b a y ci A at r ed ms a tro nd ng s ' k s el fi e r t s o t n. r ik if e e vinced the officer that there was some.truj t ha t ittr i e;; O pr6 he had heard from the neighbours , been l it e ive ' 01 ,11? his wife, wishing to go to America, starve the child to death, as they wouYecT a burial club. He, therefore, St °l ift vi e ° w Th if w e n in .h to a lust A od t y t , h a e nd po b i ro ice ur ffi t e t e he th l eilvd l o ; t t i b il i a ke :a t j h t r c teb e lchi t il l is e 'eb i l f ; h ijilt: ; ol ;, that they wished to go to America, a a burial club. The neighbours further s g t at t e h t e li3 e . t lul cl iit i ke ii l`; couple have been in the habit of heePli ving hol g et hole for as much as a week together, las t ore v er ki food during the whole of the tim s e Lee r an d s i n,. eia e co . 0 1 ;_ .,,tetil e d se l2vei tY t i 4 ; sufferer at the police-office, CrOSS csspokeiedttaoocnlnielwwbeiettianvadenunceiondtawtnoiitmsnmaetsileseedeisx,firerenvi:niedtoasinifif eitocuil:etelle ev4cvei ssuomrgeeotreoafdthaenpdolimeeilkforfcoer, w su h p o P w er as : .olftlnirw,,einajoosion tiFrott:hbQijot was not labouring under any dis.ea. , e • w hich wa t t l e, u of rc t h h in e t a e u p d m d o o th u e b r le to th th e e w li e t i t g l h e t v o ct f ; he i s a ste s r te c p;b u ro r i e r, only a year and a half old.-llfan