The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-05-02 00:00:00

Ili7W/614.j, -" , 04 Frisi4Y inn iiqs rifll46 Pf 41, '''‘' Pi t ° taal 144 Or me i'fir'llro laii‘'./q 0 tiro 440 k ti" 3 °Dli'l7 I. Pssr., Several of the songs and lenyteiared were loudly vatted for at the close of the per- i ill3Pta were enerired, and t forrnance. Mr. Charles Kean is engaged for Live nights, and Made his appearance last evening as Hamlet. ROYAL LIVI:li THEATRE.—This theatre has opened with a fur e collection of was figures. On visiting it, we were sur prised at the change that had taken niece. E n t er i ng. the th eatre, th e eye is struck with a fine group of the coronatic of her M ajesty, surmounted by Britannia, Religion, and Justice, forming a tine set of figures. On one side of the 1-00fla finehs Royal Highness Prince Albert. There are, also, two casts of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princ,ess. Also, a mechanical figure of the Lancashire poet, Tito tiobbin, and others, too numerous to mention. The exhibit' • t ion is well worth a visit, the variety 5- 'UM; ecc• being great. of figures, co .13..eLs..oNm_oaa SOCIETY FOR TEACHIG THE BLIND TO ".--The fifth annual meeting of this eminently char table and useful institutio v,is held on Thursday, at the Hanove.r ljauare-rooms, Londnon. The Marquis of Cholmond . eley in ttae chair. The report stated that the efforts of the instlitur ette iatad been greatly promoted by the adoptiow of .._ u l r. • th°„a:ts system of stenographic characters. .The re l p u o d r ing f ,t _ j boaraearted that there were upwards of 50 pupils . , inc press had been s, in the establishment. A small printing air - Purchased for the use of the pupils, and a feiyhymns pteadY embossed by one of the boys, which afforded hopes several of the inmates might ultimately . be"m"tohmod of L L °ra, and thus be put in possession of a protitable i r , m l e dren ne irti l inn. a reaPb comfortable subsistence. The blind f c i set ff two natives of China, about eight yea d rs in o age, embu t s h s e e n d , eba'raetereral .parts of the Holy Bible, printed n eu. It s, with the most astonishing fluency h . and correct they th read w, l as quite manifest, from the emphasis with which eir to ,ae several passages, that they fully comprehended G n ea „, m . The meeting was' addressed by the Rev. J o: (wh o f 0 w ,,"4, late of St. Matthews Church,. in this , .. sigh t , ' some time past has been almost entirely deprived of ,) and several others. ',) !Yeste t r ( Z; the meeting RntiCATION MEETING.—ThQ Morning Herald makes . the following remarks with reference to give in to- g In this town on Thursday last. " We elsewhere l ' ne etin • da Y's Herald a report of an important f public eati o , g in this town on Thursday last, in favour o the . . h r C ` all ses of Sir James Graham's Factories Bill , it is M r i4,lg,et that we have been compelled to abridge the l Rev u . r ePii e d , ' eiles excellent speech, in which the rev, gent em us a . ti on to pint by point, to the positions advanced in opp a l i to the °me establishmentest of a national system of education, ' l , , so 10-11 Ylowhich it is possible for the state to i support c ' ttr ehro`e . 9 the church is established by law. , - il t the3P gehe 4 ,, in Must Londo n about ? And what, we mal add are a gain peßrilc°37 a bout.? The time is come when they of a t g i "ern - ° F, and exhibit their strength . in fay the poor e s t wuioll proposes to give a Christian education to Pothe r *L classes. A stranger might suppose, from the ri og the , n i at h a , L „ oas been made throughout the i c t ou u nt i r u y tdhuis country d.` ee ss, that the majority of the P deserve 'srited from the church. Government rie°,qmuiure and we abaill?ablic and energetic support on this qu i e v .s e ti it d Voic e tha e scoters ti. will surprised if they do not rece will convince the noisy and turbulent politica , l idnisa lima th "at the e ducation of the people cannot be postponed , „.„, e national church is divorced from the state. ' s n r h eno 2h .° L en os attist.—Th e E aster holidays are not long comes" t : .a ble the pl easure-see k ers of L ondon to v i s i t i.er tial City," at least not until " the aerial . ship se ' far, as int o full play. But there is no necesity for gming ius in e x i, t ° ng as the Colosseum in the Regent s park i ema may hee.ce, arid that there is every chance of its durability ue extensil?nferred from the tact that it has recently undergo .ter the dele„lteProvernents and embellishments, executed a. ,e Itobins' "' of Mr. Beazley, the architect. . Mr. Geor6 d deeew,il ti; tiwohs°teerittlyairnilec' o like Leo the Tenth, will be hand d e . L and o f ryb . __unct L ion w b ith sa tl i i d is s i t u up th e e nd w ou er s ds e 0 1- f ord B yron._ ora it may perhaps e , " li,W,hile stands the Colosseum, Robins stands, 'viten falls the Colosseum, Robins falls,tt he th en A nd when he falls —the world eounne.°Pt Leo the Tenth, but Mr. George Robins—has e, Peci a r, e cl the distribution of tickets for thepublic view, wisely dispose to the behoof of the elite, who, at Easter-tide 4 very tr themselvesfine for refined enjoyment, and who at , may either take in London atfvglance transpo'hue Panorama in the upper part of the building—or AlPs, themselves at will to the glorious scenery of . l the ~ or the wild • ' the srooke so.itudes of the tropical forests—or inhaling th th ot classicality through the pipe of imagination be selves . e Portico of the " wondrous dome" may fancy them " tl r i ° the palace of the Caesars, and gaze, if not up on e pri'teede9t' °I ruin," at any rate something as pertinent . — h imses wi'iriiation that " the whole of these spaciou r s h p t r r s e : ' l4 3' th be s old by auction b Mr. Geo. Robins, on' u , e 11th of May." ' y Tft rlOw ticelq_intsrstvo CRIMIN ALS.—The unhappy persons be have4 - : e b q in Kirkdale Gaolunder sentence of death t i i a u v u e , and r eeeiv 't - the greatest propriety since their.could-emadnmainis tered . e , the religious consolations so . religious y s pent : I (ne chaplain to the gaol. 'William Buckley religious rteditatieuch of his time in reading, writing, and ula. tion to ~P• His letters are principally epistles of con f s asareereti.unitsirifgasther. The exhibit great knowledge o . the_ detel;gl94 , and the y solation which they breathe is of „.., rather than a co u n o ' rldly nature, while they show a Ile h a '' s ' fla tion in the convict to meet his fate with resolution. . hi s sen't,,°°t said anything decided as regards the ju! t ticc u __ t. ", but he sure he is perfectly prepared . for 1 s ki f ie l w hom er h li , "e has observed that he struck his wife he be, the or where, or what ' re effect or consequence might l did at le convict presents much the same appearance that lie seems and antecedent to his trial. Betty Eccles, though she ha, ttote°mPosed, has wasted greatly since her sentence.. ti She does b rna de any confession, licaltl ? but it is observed that nei Her deny the heinous offence imputed to lie f r. Reti on 0; the affected, and this appears to be i . ro , m e t f h e e distressful u e mind, on which, it is evident, som - etun to a,,i„,, _ nature is heavily pressing. She seems, indeed, i o to nialce some "tderii li , , e c ommunication, for the purpose of un few wor ,s her bosom, The Governor of the prison s if po t k h e er a e wer e an u 4 t 0 her on the subject, telling r, herself much Presming on her mind, she wo h u e ld f t c t e l a r ie tainl find frequent o po „ ~ easier if she made use of one . of R v Mr Applomnities which slue had of conversing with the e . ~. . ° ton, to diser , icurnber herse 0 She says Par u e u t i re t d s l i ghtly, but she is pre lf f the oppression. She did not speak. ~ 1... /ice at to die, On Sunday the convicts attended divine se _ an ad rite gaol chapel. The Rev. Mr. Appleton preach , e i d ver, e r n 'rabic sernaon from the 4th chapter of Amos, l_t i be es h : " Therefore thus will I do unto thee, 0 Israel ; and Shelsrael., I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy 0 sr id aft, Ile ttY Eccles appeared weak and faint betaboth deve r u e after • r the sermon, but Buckley looked . well an t t i e i r a T e e u ti ' ts ' a Illieaertr y eni te a u r e k , ed, after the sermon, in what may be " Well, that was a most impressive ll t t . ,'Y lif o , e ,; I never heard a more impressive sermon , in a day next ,-* These unfortunate beings are to suffer on Satur at n oon. a lp, 48 t, 11,HANIcs' INSTITUTION.—On Wednesday evening tit eno ir• Artis, a shorthand -writer delivered a lecture on atidiNgraPhY, before a very numerous and highly respectab e ellti pra,tions lis ei ., ! at the above institution. After a few prefatory , the lecturer_gave a brief sketch of the origin , ll ' e aus% re s' of writing Having illustrated his remarks by Pro °' a large alate,-;chich was - occasionally u_sed, Mr. A. of cee ded to tE :40a w et , e main topic, and contrasted th, advantages 48 tne+-eionstructed stenographic alphabet with the com ical tanth t "tolsto of long hand. The excellence of the sys hg r e . d Y Mr. A. was thus proved ;—A gentleman hay e ' fro rn the , eturer repeat,a work with more than ordinary rapidity, 0 1 , pointd the passage from his shorthand notes, and, tta dit or • In g to the various symbols, convinced two of the reetneslB,_wilo had ascended the platform to witness the cor- Positi li „ the performance, that not even an article or pre krtee. n atl been omitted. The passage having been re tense acerhatim, the audience generously signified concur . - t otie e. 8 ,!,° the she of the plan submitted to their zpto the cariousl-he lecture was rendered interesting by a reference otie. Purposes to which the art of shorthand can be °, fed' ? a nd, at the conclusion, Mr. A. expressed his tanks ,tbils,iereigerie°t(lttitigeoce shewn throughout his humble effort, and ~ that he had not done better justice to a subject in i'llacialihrbe(illat.l ever taken considerable interest. He then a an e his intention of forming classes for instruction t r „, art wh• ,_ '''Y 1/1 • t en by all, he said, could not but be considered hod na re_asing and invaluable. He resided in Mount-street,. jhvoured, ehgaraled an y application with which he might be fa atev.i. e need merely say that he should be happy to afford a 'e rae't4PTnf Hi ghtmi be desired of the merits of the system wa -41 'ioos --e"• was not, he would have it understood, s 1)1,1,1° exhibit any the slightest ability in what at best Whi eh .'. Y mechanical but he would afford that guarantee 111coiati'll"ght be de -enna ' d d Having stated thus much, he ark, night avoid offerinngea.wordor w in reference to their ~,,,5 re aitneiel i v t i d u a l 'ver y • - .aPProbat He was, he belie . ved a stranger to inlnthe room ; and, to say the ' least, he had °° d ev'd ° e°lll Plain of the conduct of Liverpool people. b ight c• Let 'ee bad been given of the reception a stranger deiaill -4eet (roll, vvu tti ,, then i b,_ a Liverpool audience. He would not hi ' be con s . "any observations, as what he might advance i ecerit.,.idered to partake of formality rather than of °el dri-i. ll e Would merely state that although he might wash at i _a . .. resPecting extent of patronage, of one thing he re at hI, 1.1.. i.. . et wi th 2:-,Le certain, namely, that he should frequently S par ot 0 pleasure on their kindness. to,„' r row,, l'ittc K.—On Saturday, at the Police -court, Eli illse astiag.°°°g Man, who was attired in that sort of cos- baviraternit'„ w orn by those who affect to belong to the sport tispnit twine ,;vats placed before Mr. Rushton, charged with stat •t 'illar i -e ' l a sum of money front Daniel O'Brien, a :s,he e ti d t( th at : o°llf Saturday afternoon, he n Queen -street, 1 4 ' thoill,,a°, accostcd u hini, and they entered into convcrsation - , le • - sail th. Ina o P riso ner . 5 I. elshroan determined to be very cautious, refto tree Y n estt . dg will be seen, was too much for . him. After r ef t h ci f '' , had been asked by each, the prisoner ()tiered teat it;il°rlll, formed to a glass of ale. This the Welslum .. _an Wi, i dau nte g he had been a teetotaller for six year 5.....) ,i to 'ed th e *,Y this staggering answer, the sharper said le I, riC 4t al, if i lanelshol to convey a letter to his brother f or h e , t en, am le ute into the public-house, it would be portethey Th; the 'Welshman should have a bottle of ginger po..? fonnd!,entered the house and turned into a room, where r heforLtie risoner, Eli Sparrow, sitting with a glass of Par, l) !aioaj him, The ginger -beer was ordered, and the (10,..t10n, for a new friend pretended to busy himself with pre tiairelictiallealietiitillg the letter,. when . a m a n entered, sat toi a 4,0 14 t , for some drink. This individual having in o'el k a 1 04 . Ile railway station, and mectioned that he was viaick tratl°h°rneY, said he should have started by the two tito li t for 4), eut.he had lost his dog. Ile was standing h a( i elit th e ._ e bridge to be closed at the dock, when some hat, j • v erl th i-4e . bY which he held it and it escaped. He ~,, .it i t ~.e crier six. shillings to cry' it through the town, t i 4, lt, ,',". not found by six o'clock, he should be off w , b ut l 'etend.l i AY did You not have a lock on the collar ?" said is. ,, tbere-7 friend. " Oh 1 , I have a lock replied the man, gaittelle thr ' e w ll° ,.?ue in Liverpool who can open it. Here it ana , , th e ro , the lock on the table, and, leaving his glass, pri,owith gr e 'oL i The pretended friend took up the lock, and t Zet affeet I s now of mystery, exhibited the secret. The t.ite4,e wayWetsheagre uriosity and delight at the discovery, i heo ti Jh e ov ,"",„_" r _ desired to open and close it several that 4. i ne 7 l l , , , Y ou . o a f tthe lock returned,. when the pretendedopen 4 iti t ie othe r ',, 4 ' riti c i'• 1 4, I ( I' o 3 „y ner . e's no man in Liverpool cavp e. replied the man. " And I say, r Ailed t , this h ° • that you are wrong : there's a gentle eveherei_ne °th e r U Se who. ca open it." " I'll bet £10, , ' , ' re- Pr . s . not.,, ~rodu.eing two (apparently) £5 notes, that ev e ,ut hi s fr: The simple Welshman (lid all in his power to alk e _,Perai ste end f ro p i e making the bet. The friend, hOw ftil th e 1. „. , !, and not having so much money about him, t . o 'n, hnt lelahoian to lend bnn The latter at first re aled• , oei n sll ti lat e ', , assured that the mooey should be returned Th„'e tri ori ' e ' ne at length placed £5 the table, that being fri e ' ll tai res : e , save I s. 14 elc u said the e \ 6 d, that he oil in the world.. i o l f (l4ll , ll w ll i tie i eh was a\Pc7euelotmrinte:touut, li,veasli a n ds of the p number prisoner, and the the man . who could open the r •"ev er ' b eitift "L"g!Y handed to him, a certain_ 'len d , .• tried a,_vainaltowed tor the trial. The poor 'simian, Zl"nrit- t _' 4 ° Poi:`' to move the piece of bras \ s ‘ e l 'eh his iieis,tionae,llo Mit, and the owner of the locl-.7,lunihoaviiiely'g, i t ztle lintne7,.tites, the prisoner handed him , orward to seizeT ;: i as wi'tiallild preseatdeflY pocketed. 4 ' ali." eit t by t hman who had i.b i t i h e e NS'elthinan ti d e ema t tattled As the e Prisoner and the man who had " p ickedld.eud. . 4° ner h il 'al th e i ' l l uPe was raising a hubbub, `, i 'tai e to Y the „ at e .lise, but the Welshman caught 1 tid 1 „,, ilis assi stanc e' and held him fast till some partiestfor, the frie t n ,e d ri t ri. ‘ 4, h*" . * li'di Q , when a police-officer The was prisoner , ~,,41,tin a.ke.).parrow , was sent toßridewell. tr ial beli e , e a w aat he had to say, replied, "Nothing; 3 tit The i re 111 say Li, et e of th emPlainani: anything*"des- He was committed for ft nativ means .. stated that he was . no otu t 4 e Pia ee Ipt supporting himself', or of returning e "or tuna, Rushton Rushton gave him an order for 10s " The affair, as between the deputy-chairman of the Watch Committee and the head constable, is now settled. Not so the question between the chairman, as well as the deputy chairman, and the public. The chairman, it will be recol lected, when the conduct of the police, in laying informations against publicans and beersellers, was under discussion at the council on the sth instant, in vindication of the resolution of the Watch Committee, for a return of the names of the officers who had laid those informations, positively stated, that officers on whose veracity reliance could not be placed had been sent out to lay informations, and that one of the men ' employed in the duty, a reduced inspector, was well known to be a person whose word could not be relied on.' And the deputy chairman, it will also be recollected, corroborated the state ment of a general want of truth on the part of the men, by giving the cases in which Cunningham and Dutton were concerned, and out of which the whole lumber arose. Now, we have read over the report of the debate in the council, as reported in the Mercury, and though both the chairman and the deputy-chairman alluded, by name, to both these men, we cannot find that either explained to the public how it happened, that ' well-known' dealers in falsehoods are re tained in the police force ; or that, in making the assertion, the chairman had stated what he could not support by evi dence. For if by his silence on the point we are to infer that the original charge was correct, the public demand to know why the reduced inspector' is not dismissed from the police ; but if, on the contrary, they are to infer that the charge is not true, they then demand that the slander on the character of the poor man, reduced inspector' though he be, should be retracted as publicly as the imputation was made. Mr. James Lawrence must give a public explanation on this most important point. He owes it not more to his own character as a gentleman than to the character of the force over which he presides." He would further read an account of a mistatement which appeared to have been made by some gentleman of the press. In the report of the proceedings it said, " Mr. James Law rence said he wished to explain something which had fallen from him at the last council-- The MAYOR.—You made use of the word " justification," and that made all the difference. If you had said " explain," no doubt you would have had the permission of the council to do so. Mr. J AMES LAWItENCE.—I thought I did say "explain." The MAYOR.—No. The Town-clerk will bear me out that you said " justification." Mr. JAMES LAWRENCE. — Then I will read the following from the report in the Albion, which will bear me out in saying that I did make use of the word " explain :" " Mr. James Lawrence said, he wished to explain some thing which had fallen from him at the last council. Dutton, he was willing to admit, bore an excellent character, so far as their books showed ; but the reason for his observation was, that he made a statement before the committee that he afterwards denied." I never made such a statement (proceeded Mr. Lawrence) as that which appears in the Albion, as to Dutton. I could not make it, after the character of the man had been read in the council, and also the resolution which was unanimously agreed to by the committee, that the choice of Cunningham was an injudicious one. I think it must be admitted that that is quite a mistake ; and I need not, I think, explain more upon that ground. As far as my recollection-goes, he (Dutton) was the only person I named. My observation with reference to Cunningham was grounded upon what he said when he made a report against Ainsworth, another policeman. He stated before the committee, that, to gain access to the house, he had asked the girl to let him have drink, which she refused. He went out, and upon his ex amination by the committee, he positively denied that he had ever stated that circumstance before the committee. Of course, if a man will come before a committee to state one thing, and in less than five minutes afterwards deny it, he is an unfit man to be trusted: that was my reason for giving the statement, and I think I was justified in it. Ido not wish to say any more on the subject, because I think the explanation must be quite satisfactory to every one. Mr. Harbord, Mr. Hamby, and other members, were present when Cunningham made the statement, that he did ask the girl to let him have drink, and they heard him in less than five minutes afterwards deny it. For the dismissal of the man I am not responsible ; the majority of the committee must answer for that. Mr. HARBoun, as chairman of the sub-committee for the day, corroborated the statement made by Mr. Lawrence. After a few words from Mr. Thornhill, the subject dropped. PHILHARMONIC CONCERT AT THE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION, ON THURSDAY LAST. Before we enter on the merits or demerits of this concert, we must bestow our meed of praise on the Committee of Ma nagement, for having exerted themselves it: the manner they have done to revive the good old town of Liverpool concerts on such a scale, and with materials so worthy of themselves and encouraging to all lovers of music, and for which they richly deserve all the patronage they receive : for a more numerous and distinguished audience we do not remember having ever seen in Liverpool, with the exception of the Fes tivals, or perhaps one or two of our late Subscription Con certs. The first act consisted of selections from the opera of Se miramide, and the second act miscellaneous. The overture to the opera was extremely well performed, and does infinite credit to the party who drilled the orchestra, as a most per ceptible improvement was observed from the former concerts ; and we may now be allowed to say, that, with a few modifi cations in the observance of light and shade, or piano and forte, it was all that the most fastidious could wish for. The opening chorus—Relus we celebrate—was given with preci sion and effect. The quartett, by Miss S. Novelle, Mr. E. 'lime, Mr. Eccles, and Signor Giubilei—" Kings, princes, nobles, guard thee round "—was perhaps the most meagre in its performance of the evening, and defective in some of its parts, which Mr. L. Hermann, the able conductor, tried to remedy as much as he could, but it would not do, and conse quently was received with coldness and apparent indifference. But we were amply repaid in the next piece, a Cavatina— Ah that day I well remember—by Mrs. Alfred Shaw. That charming singer and interesting lady exerted herself to the ut most, and was received with that distinguished applause which she so richly deserves ; such an organ, such management, feeling, pathos, and superb enunciation it has seldom fallen to our lot to hear, and though she unquestionably laboured under a depression of spirits, or severe cold, we listened to her charming singing with breathless delight. The duet which followed,—Bright, lovely image, —between the same lady and Signor Giubilei, was also very effective ; and here we congratulate Signor Giubilei on his very great improvement ; he sang with spirit, and gave general satisfac tion. We were particularly struck with his fine intonation, perfectly in tune, which he must permit us to say was not always the case on former occasions, The cavatina,—Arsace will return,—by Miss S. Novelle., rather disappointed us. The duet--'Tis well my life I tender —was effectively sang. Mrs. Shaw's fine contralto exqui sitely given. Act the second commenced with the overture of Marva rithe D'Anjou, by Meyerbeer, which, though not quite so effective as we could have wished, was well played. The national song,—Came ye by Athol,—by Miss Novello, is a pretty light melody, and was prettily executed. Lutzow's 'Wild Hunt, by Weber, was every effective, and the echo by part of the chorus singers from behind the or chestra was very pleasing, and deservedly encored ; and now we come to the song from Oberon, " Araby, dear Araby," (Weber,) by Miss Poole. Her beautiful voice, excellent style, and distinct articulation came unawares upon us, as we certainly did not expect such a treat ; she is, in deed, a charming singer, and we sincerely hope she felt sa tisfied with the enthusiastic reception she met with, which was richly deserved by her. We understand she is a pupil of Signor Giubilei, and we congratulate him on having made such a scholar. The Aria B u ff o , by Gi u bilei, 64 ilgirato," composed by Balfe, is quite in the Signor's style, and he was perfectly at home in it, and deservedly encored. We might almost say that the next trio , b y Cimarosa, san g by Miss Novell ° , Mi ss Poole, and Miss A. Shaw, was . the gem of the eveni ng ; it was beautifully given, n other - and andposs w ble ; every one of the l a di es t r ied to outvie each may he permitted to say, if there was any preponderance, our decision falls upon that clever lady , M iss Poole. So, we believe, the audience felt : by the sensation her solo part c reated, it was also en co red, and richly they deserved the ap plause which was bestowed upon it. Mr. Hime sang Una Furtive. The remainder of the concert went off equally well, and every one retired with perfect satisfaction at the treat which they had received. SIR,—A paragraph appeared in the Mercury yesterday, stating that a numerous body of shipwrights and others had held a meeting in Bond-street Rooms, to hear a deputation from the Anti-Monopoly Society, and that a resolution was passed requesting our borough members to support a repeai of the corn-laws. The great number of shipwrights present was six, including myself ; and four of us attended merely to see that no damage was done to the rooms, as we were, and still remain, quite opposed to the principles of the radical Anti-Monopoly Society. The shipwrights of Liverpool are a loyal body of men, and are not to he gulled by a set of men whose only object is to enrich themselves and oppress the industrious working man. We all know cheap bread means low wages. It was some time before they could get a shipwright to move the resolution ; and though some of the speakers stated that they would be glad to hear and answer any person who objected to their statements, when a person came forward to speak they would not hear him, because he was not a shipwright. I am, sir, yours respectfully, JOHN LONGWORTH. Toxteth-pork, April 29th, 1813. [We are glad to find that our old friends are true to their colours, but they must be prepared for all sorts of tricks by the radicals.] GREAT COMET.—The following is an extract from a letter dated Pernambuco, 18th March, 1843. " A cornet has been visible here for the last three months. On its tirst appear ance it caused a great sensation; we see it every night quite distinctly." HYDROPATHY ; OR, THE WATER CURE.—The individual to whom the world is indebted, as the founder of this new remedial system, is Vincent Priessnitz, ane. the place which has for many years past acquired notoriety by the astonish ing cures effected there, and has been visited by the prince, the peer, and the peasant, is Guttenberg, a distant village in Austrian Silesia. The benefits of the water cure are now extended over Europe. The attention of society is now fully alive to the efficacy of this mode of treatment, which, when properly applied, has been most eminently successful, (emi nently so in ladies' cases,) and, though potent in its opera tion, is, when judiciously managed, perfectly harmless. — County Chronicle. MANCHESTER UNION MORAL AND INDUSTRIAL TRAIN ING ScnooL.—On Friday the corner stone of this extensive edifice, situate in the township of Swinton, was laid by Wm' Garnett, Esq., High Sheriff. The design of the building is to make provision, at a distance from the Manchester union workhouse, for the children for whose accommodation the house itself is insufficient. The structure will be in the Elizabethan style of architecture. The front will be 458 feet in length ; the building will be in the form of a quadrangle, inclosing a large space which will be occupied as play-ground, but the total quantity of land is 23 acres, which has been purchased of the trustees of the townships of Anlezark and Charnock, for a perpetual ground rent of £250. The centre of the front elevation will be surmounted by two turrets, and the appearance of the building, as seen from the high road, from which it is distant about 50 yards, will be very elegant. It is intended to accommodate 1500 children in the first in stance, and will be constructed so as to be easily capable of enlargement, to the extent of accommodating 2300. The cost of the superstructure will be about £lB,OOO exclusive of the foundations which are already in. The building will comprise school-rooms for boys and girls and for infants, with class and lecture-rooms, and dining-rooms adjoining; also various workshops, where different trades will be taught,—the object of the guardians being to give each of the children the rudi ments of a trade, in connection with so much literary in struction, as will cause them to be readily taken out as apprentices or domestic servants. In the back part of the building will be infirmaries, fever-wards, and other rooms for the reception of the sick, with rooms for the medical officers. The great dining hall be nearly in the centre of the building, surrounded by the various domestic apartments, and entered by several doors. On the ground floor will be rooms for working, and all the necessary apparatus. The dormitories will occupy the upper story. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CHESTER RACES. 4 , ii- t liFigg,p ifv7 - 7Tiii; rAzqiiq lot; 7140 WO 4,460:11t1t (*SO eppii.Lfigt tito tioy wtto voy 3tifts9ottrilb4 l , There was a good show of horses of the part kind , esPePiallY those brought by Mr. Dellis, some of which wore sold at from £4O to £5O. There were hut few good hack horses. Best Yorkshire short-horned mulch cows went off at from :CIO to £l3, and interior ones from .1:7 to £2 : good beasts for slaughter averaged about , l.ld. per lb. There e ere several prune pigs in the market, none of which were sold at above 3-,!d. per lb. DESTROYING VF.SSELS OF SPlRlTS. — Patrick Connelly was charged before Mr. Rushton, on Saturday, with having, while the officers of excise were searching his premises, des trovd two bottles containing spirits. It appeared that the officers of Excise, accompanied by some officers of police, went to the defendant's house for the purpose of searching it. As they entered, a ferocious dog was let loose upon them Having got rid of the assailant, they commenced their search and found an extensive distilling apparatus at work, with several barrels of wash, low wines, &c. The defendant dashed two gallon jars of spirits against the grate, and set the house on fire. The fire-police had to be called to quench the flames. The defendant had been imprisoned for the illicit distillation. Mr. Davenport, who appeared for the defendant, complained that the Excise had caused his client to be im.. prisoned three months for distilling,and the moment he came out they pounced upon him for this second offence. Mr. Rushton considered that the Excise had acted discreetly in the matter. The defendant was fined £2OO. NEW, OR JUNIOR CLUB.—A meeting of the friends of this projected institution was held yesterday afternoon, in the [late] Queen's Arms Hotel, for the purpose of forwarding the objects which they have in view. In the absence of the Mayor, James Aspinall, Esq., took the chair.—The chair man said it would afford him the greatest pleasure to do everything in his power for the promotion of the interests of the gentlemen who had requested him to preside, but he acknowledged he was not sufficiently acquainted with the wishes of the meeting to enable him to address them. He therefore requested Mr. John Smith to enter into any expla nations which might to him appear necessary.—Mr. John Smith (of the Mercury-office), chairman of the provisional committee, then entered into a brief exposition of the objects contemplated by the establishment, (which we have noticed in previous publications,) and he concluded by moving a re solution, which expressed generally the opinion of the meet ing, that such an institution was in every respect highly desirable.—Mr. Hope seconded the motion, and it was unanimously carried.--Mr. James Bourne, after expressing himself warmly in favour of the design, and cordially wishing it succcess, moved the second resolution, which was seconded by Mr. Bentley, and carried unanimously. Some discussion, of a desultory nature, followed, in the course of which the chairman stated, that as soon as the merchants and gentle men of the town saw by the number of subscribers that the young men were determined upon carrying out the plan, they would further it by all the means in their power, but with the understanding that no billiards or gaming of any kind would be permitted.—Mr. John Smith, on the part of the committee, undertook that this excellent suggestion should be attended to. After some conversation it was agreed that the committee should, in the mean time, exert themselves to procure subscribers, to the number of at least 200, (there being fifty-two already who have paid,) consider the best site for the club, and issue a prospectus, and report progress to a subsequent meeting. The meeting then adjourned for three weeks. MR. JAMES LAWRENCE'S EXPLANATION AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING. Our report of Mr. James Lawrence's explanation in the Town Council, on Wednesday last, being very brief, has created some misapprehension of his meaning. We, there fore, now give it in full, with the view of preventing any misunderstanding:— PR IV! LE GB Mr. JAMES LAWRENCE said he wished to claim the at tention of the council for a few minutes in explanation of an article which had appeared in the newspapers, reflecting not only upon himself but upon the Watch Committee generally. He was sorry to bring any matter forward likely to lead to unpleasant discussion, hut he thought it due to himself as well as to the public. The misrepresentation of which he complained appeared in the following leading article in the Albion:— PPIIIWPOWDRION POMMVRCIAL BANK OF ENOLANT4 4 - '0 THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STAND.-IRD SlB.,—The statements it) your leading article of Tuesday last, having reference to die late action tried at Liverpool, connected with the Commercial Bank of England, contains so gross a perversion of the facts of the case, that, as one of the directors referred to in that article, though not a party in the cause, 1 have to request you will so far repair the in jury done to the character of the individuals whom you have so unjustly traduced, as to correct the statement of facts on which your observations appear to he founded. To enable you then to make this correction, 1 beg to assure you that the allotment of shares by the directors, in place of being, as represented in your statement, a source of profit to them, was, I believe, a source of loss to each director. In my own case, such was my confidence in the establishment of the establishment, that after retiring from the direction in February, 1837, 1 still retained, up to the stoppage of the bank, the 1,500 shares allotted to me, and by which I sus tain a loss of £7,575, being the price paid for them. That, though the proposal made to the directors by the party through whose instrumentality the bank was formed, was to pay interest after the rate of 31 per cent. (and not three per cent., as stated by you) on the shares, from the allotment to the time they were paid for, the directors voluntarily paid in terest after the rate of five per cent. per annum upon the no minal value of the shares until the cash was paid, which pay ment, as to my own shares, and as to those of the defendants Ashton and . Turner, was wholly made in May and June, 1836. That the dividend of 8 per cent. declared in February, 1836, was for a period of between 16 and 17 months, during which the bank had been in operation at the close of 1835 ; and which, therefore, was at the rate of between 5 and 6 per cent. per annum. That the declaration of this high rate of dividend was in direct opposition to the wishes and votes of myself and of the defendants Ashton and Turner, who were anxious to pay, or voted for, only such a rate of dividend as would have enabled the directors not only to discharge the current expenses of the establishment, but the amount of the dividend declared out of the profit made up to the close of 1835. In this object, however, the Manchester directors were outvoted by the local directors, myself entering a pro test against the higher dividend declared, which, when paid out of the profits of the bank, left a portion of the current expenses unpaid, but which remaining portion of expenses were discharged out of the profits of the year 1836, before the dividend of February, 1837, was declared. That the directors made the report to the shareholders on the accounts and representations produced and made to them by the officers in the bank, under a full conviction of the truth of those statements, and that notwithstanding the ex parte evidence adduced by the plaintiff on the late trial, there is not the slightest pretence for charging the directors with any intention to deceive either the shareholders or the public in any of those statements. _ _ In reference to the decision of the then directors of the bank to appropriate a sum of £lO,OOO in the purchase of shares, as the resolution was passed on the Ist April, 1840, after not only myself, but the defendants Ashton and Tur ner, had ceased to be directors of the bank, neither myself nor those defendants can be held responsible, nor is it for me to assign motives for such a resolution. I am unwilling to believe that the statements and observa tions published by you, have been prepared with any object to advance the private interest of a particular individual to the prejudice of the directors of the bank ; but I must be allowed to say that I consider those statements and observa tions to be unwarranted, even by the coloured and grossly partial evidence delivered on the trial, a large portion of which evidence I know to be at variance with the facts of the case, and some of it in direct opposition to the correspond ence of the plaintiff, and to the written report of the wit nesses themselves, but which, as the defendants were ad vised by their counsel not to call evidence, (the plaintiff having wholly failed to establish a case of fraud,) they had not the opportunity of rebutting. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, THOMAS SLATER. Oldham-road, Manchester,lApril 28, 1838. [Our remarks were founded entirely on the evidence ad duced at the trial, and the reluctant belief of Mr. Slater ex pressed at the opening of the last paragraph, is as uncalled for as it is unjust. What Mr. Slater says about himself and some of the defendants not being directors of the bank at the time when the alleged malpractices took place, has nothing to do with our statements, which were made with reference to the management of the hank, and not to the conduct of any individual members of the board.] THE SHIPWRIGHTS AND RADICALISM TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, FRIDAY The ROOOLI HANDICAP STAKES of £lO each, b ft, if de clared before twelve o'clock on the day of the race ; 50 added ; for three-yr-olds that have rua during the week ; from the two mile post in. 8 4 Mr. F. R. Price's Colin Clink , , Cartwright 1 S 2 Capt. Harcourt's Sir Abstrupus 7 10 Mr. Worthington's Hooton ~ Lye 2 Oates 3 6 12 Mr. Rawcliffe% ch c Bizarre—Esperance.... Ebdale 4 Even on the winner ; won in a canter by two lengths. IA The PALATINE STAKES of £5O each, h it, for three-yr-o ld colts, Sst 71b, and fillies Sst 21b ; to start at the Castle pole, go once round, and finish at the coming-in chair. Off by consent. . _ . The CHESHIRE STAKES of X 25 each, ]sft, and 5 only if de clared on or before the Ist Feb., with 50 added ; two miles ; the second to save his stake. 33 subs, 15 of whom de clared, and pay only £5 each. 7 6 Lord Eglinton's Jamie Forest a fr Mr. Mostyn's br f Irony 7 a Sir W. Stanley's ch c Vakeel 5 0 Mr. It. Errington's b f Corelia Betting : 2 to 1 agst Vakeel, 6 to 5 agst Jamie Forest, and 6to 1 agst Irony. This was a most splendid race, and was only won by a head ; Vakeel struggled hard, and was only beaten for second place by a head. The WIRRAL STAKES of 10 each, with 50 added ; for two and three-years old; two Gst 121 b, three 9st ; two-year-old course; half a mile ; the second to save his stake. Mr. Mostyn's Mandarin, by Velocipede, 3 yrs.... Marlow 1 Capt. Ilarcourt's Sir Abstrupus, 3 yrs Mr. Osborne's The Ileir, 2 yrs Mr. J. Peck's b c Peter Plirnley, 3 yrs Templernan 5 Betting : 7 to 4 agst Sir Abstrupus, 7 to 2 agst The Heir, 4 to 1 agst Mandarin, and 4 to 1 against Peter Plimley ; won by a length easy. The LADIES' PURSE of £5O, to be run for by horses beaten during the week ; heats, twice round the course to a heat ; to start at the corning-in chair; three yrs old Gat 121 b, four Bst 21b, five Bst 101 b, six and aged Ost. The second to re ceive £lO. _ Gene;lSllarpe's cl► g Lara, 5 yrs Capt. Harcourt's Arnagill,s yrs. .Lye 2 2 Sir W. Stanley's b c Pensive, 3 yrs Copeland 3 3 Lara carried Sst 121 b, Arnugill, 9st 41b, and Pensive 7st. THE COMET.—A letter from St. Petersburgh, of the 11th of April, says—" Neither here nor at Pulmoma (?), where the principal observatory is situated, have our astronomers been able, with all their efforts, to discover the new comet. It has not been visible in this part of the empire, though at several places in Southern Russia it was discernible by the naked eye (that is to say the tail) as far back as the month of February, whenever the state of the atmosphere permitted. As for the nucleus, it could not be seen without the aid of a telescope." THE FACTORY BILL.—DISSENTERS AND CHURCHMEN. —The real cause of the disagreement between the Legisla ture and the Dissenters, is, that these two parties regard the uestion from two entirely different points of v i ew. T he G overnment, having inquired into the matter by the agency of a body of intelligent commissioners, bas become ac quainted with a state of things which all public men declare to be fraught with the greatest danger to the State. It there fore declares, with the concurrence of Parliament, and of the nation at large, that immediate measures for the removal or alleviation of the evil must and shall be taken. The Dis senters, on the other hand, look less at the fearful ascertained deficiency, than they do at their own doings in reduction of that deficiency. They see that a good and efficient of heir their p o e w r- n 'tiding system, established by the State, m ust i nev i tably swcehaokoelns and And reduce, t iftheir fo n n o d t utterly ness f for r thei r destro y, own doings renders many them blind to the great national gain, which will accrue from an increased and really sufficient provision. The twenty-fifth annual meeting of the Irish Auxiliary to this truly interesting society was held in the Dublin Rotun da, on Tuesday. The room was crowdedin every part by one of the largest and most respectable assemblies we have ever seen in the Rotunda, and the deepest interest was ma nifested by the entire meeting in the proceedings. The Dean of Clogher and Archdeacon of Derry, and seve ral clergymen addressed the meeting, but we have only room for the following abbreviated report of the speech of the Rev. THOMAS NOLAN, of this town. He said,—lt is rot among the least remarkable features of the present time, the increas ing interest awakened in the minds and hearts of Christians towards Jerusalem and the dispersed Judah. It is full of good hope and encouragement; and even though the horizon lowers, and danger seems to threaten, the thought of this bids the Christian " thank God and take courage." God is faith ful who bath promised, and his word is, " They shall prosper that love thee—blessed is lie that blesseth thee." The great object of Christian doctrine is to set forth the glory, the cha rseter, and the will of God, and of Christian duty to promote that glory, to emulate that character, and fulfil that will; the sole depository where the record of God's will and the rule of man's duty is to be found is the inspired word, the Holy Bible; this is profitable equally for doctrine and for instruc tion in righteousness; and just so far as we are practically penetrated by the power of that word, is God's will accom plished concerning us; and his will is our sanctification—so our Lord prays for his people, " Sanctify them through thy truth, thy word is truth." Now, it is plain from this prin ciple—which it would have been a pleasing and a profitable task to expound more fully—that the value and importance of every question, in the eye of a Christian, must be esei m a t e d by its tendency to acquaint us with the mind of God, by bringing us fully and frequently in contact with his word. In this respect we are hold to claim for the Jewish nation and question a noble pre-eminence above all others; a depth of intense interest clings to the Jew, that we look for in vain elsewhere. Looking back to the very earliest period, like fi n d the Jews—for " Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord" Throughout the entire history, fulfilled or unfulfilled, of the church, they are not lost sight of ; for " though I make a full end of all the nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee ;" and at the very end the glo rious promise is reserved and secure for them, " I will make of thee an eternal excellency and a lay of many generations." So that, in turning your attention to the patient and prayer ful study of the Jewish Scriptures, and bespeaking your ac tive sympathies in behalf of the Jewish cause, we do most effectually promote your own growth in grace and in know ledge of the Lord Jesus Christ, inasmuch as to the Israelites " pertaineth the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the ser vice of God, and the promises —whose are the fathers, and of whom, as concerning the flesh, Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever." The record of their polity is the book of God, the charter of their hopes is the covenant of God : to love them is to be like God, for they are graven on the palms of his hands; they are beloved for the fathers' sakes. To labour Ito do them good is to bring down a bles sing from God on ourselves, our church, and our country, since " they shall prosper that love thee." The indirect col lateral advantages consequent upon a warm devotedness to the cause of Israel, are both numerous and important—that already alluded to, for instance, our being thereby familiarized so much with the word of God ; and, beside this, the best light at which to study the page of Eternal Truth is that caught from the brightness of Israel's destiny. This is the master-key to unlock most of the difficulties of Scripture; it is the master-chord with which some of the sweetest and ho liest strains of Scripture are accurately in tune. These mo tives (and they are neither few nor weak,) are wholly exter nal to the subject itself—they consist of the advantages ac cruing to ourselves from the adoption and furtherance of the Jewish cause ; whereas the claims of any cause, or society, must rest upon their own intrinsic merit. (Hear, hear.) The Jewish question is one purely of prophecy ; the subject matter of it is simply the Word of God; the prominency as signed to the Jewish nation in that word—" Ye are my wit nesses," saith the Lord—is applicable to that nation, alike in its spreadings over the past, its present calamitous dispersion, and in its vast and glorious predicted outstretchings into futurity. With this question the Jewish society, as such, has no concern. It sends the Gospel to the Jews as to poor sinners perishing for lack of knowledge; and any pe culiarity in this society, from an ordinary missionary society, arises not from any difference in the objects aimed at, but from the pesuliarity of the people, the objects of its solicitude, who require missionaries peculiarly trained, and as well furnished men of God, as are required for any other por tion of the Lord's vineyard. The Jewish question has to do with the nation, Israel, and Judah, the ten tribes as well as the two. The society is in quest of the " remnant according to the election of grace," gathered out of Judah alone, and his companions of the house of Israel. The great things, which are most surely believed by many of us engaged in this holy work, and looked forward to as the bright points of hope for this interesting people, are not to be accomplished by the agency of man. The tide of second causes seems certainly now beginning' to flow towards Jerusalem : the sons of the strangers may be said even now to be building her walls, but their glorious conversion must be the direct work of the Lord himself. He will restore all things—the kingdom of Israel included His spirit will be poured out of grace and of sup plication upon the house of David and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem. This is not a society for the accomplishment of prophecy—the Lord will hasten His own work, in his own time, " even so Lord Jesus come quickly—amen." But, while he tarries, the Jewish society seeks, like a faithful ser vant, to fulfil the Lord's command—preach the Gospel to every creature, "beginning at Jerusalem."—(Hear, bear, and applause.) This distinction 'tis important to make, equally for the society's sake as for our own—first, because it places the matter on its true basis ; and, secondly, there are many who, though unable to sympathize with us in our hopes and views concerning the glory reserved for Jerusalem at the coming of the Lord Jesus, yet fully concur in acknow ledging, the duty of sending the Gospel to the Jews now.— (Hear, hear.) Again, it is of advantage to ourselves also to realise to our own minds the hopeless wretchedness of the unbelieving Jew; for there is danger lest, in contemplating the grandeur of national pre-eminence designed for him in the " revealed counsels of the Lord, that changeth not," we may lose sight of the ruin in winch he is now involved, " cast off because of unbelief." We must all agree in re garding the Jew especially as an object of anxious commis aeration and tender sympathy to the Christian ; his common claim as a fellow-creature belonging to the family of fallen man, is surely not weakened by his special claim as a Jew, to whom " pertaineth the adoption." Every motive by which we are exhorted to bring the tidings of great joy with in reach of the Heathen, apply as forcibly to the case of the Jew, nay, more—are fearfully enhanced by the recollection of the privileges which he still continues to neglect and despise. His great advantage and profit above other nations was, that " unto him were committed the oracles of God." To this day he professes to reverence and to be guided by these oracles, but, alas! he is blind to their contents. The veil is upon his heart when Moses is read : he cannot find Him, of whom Moses in the law and the prophets did write, for the spirit of prophecy is the testimony of Jesus. He has light enough to aggravate fearfully his responsibility, but not enough to secure his salvation. He has the words of salva tion in his hands, but, like the sEthopian eunuch, he under stands not what he reads, and with him may reply to us, " How can I, except some man should guide me ?" Oh ! dear brethren, here is a great claim upon us to send some Philip, to go near and speak unto him, " that through your mercy he may obtain mercy." This is truly the object of this society, and a glorious object it is, to e go out ut ; ii t i e to tek th e e byways to seek the lost ones of the house of Judah, and to speak to them words whereby they may be them to their own Scriptures, and out of those same Scrip tures to preach unto them Jesus and the resurrection—ex horting them to repent, to be converted, and to be baptized. It was thus we were dealt with ourselves by the ancestors of those Jews, the first preachers of the word : it was in this spirit of compassionating love our blessed Redeemer (him self a Jew) went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, to be stow peace and blessing upon the poor Syrophoenician woman, as the first fruits of the Gentiles. So he commanded his apostle St, Peter to go down from Joppa to Caesarea, nothing doubting : to him had been committed the keys of the king dom of Heaven : with the Jewish key he opened up the Gos pel on the day of Pentecost at Jerusalem — and now he is sent down with the Gentile key to Cornelius, to open a door of mercy unto him, since God had granted to the Gentiles repentance unto life. The middle wall of partition is broken down. The Gospel was thenceforth to be the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth it—first, doubtless, to the Jew : but, also, though after, to the Greek : and so the Apostles testified both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith to our Lord Jesus Christ. —(Hear.) The case is now reversed: we, who were not a people, now are a people. These are the times of the Gen tiles : God is still visiting us to take of us a people for His name. Jerusalem is still trodden down. Behold, therefore, the goodness and severity of God—they were cast off because of unbelief; and we stand by faith—we walk by faith—we live by faith. Faith works by lore, as Christ also loved us —and love keeps his commandments. " Preach the Gospel, beginning at Jerusalem," is still unrepealed—" Blessed is he that blesseth thee,".is still unrecallecl. Now is an oppor tunity, and so we read, even so have those also now not believed that through your mercy they may obtain mercy. The sympathy of the Lord Jesus is still undiminished to wards them ; they are beloved still for their father's sake : his bowels of compassion still yearn towards them as when he wept over Jerusalem, and mourned over her approaching ruin. He wills us to speak comfortably to Jerusalem, and to seek to do her good.—(Hear, hear.) The body of Mr. E. F. Busfield, who was unfortunately lately drowned near Blackwell, was found on Thursday last about a mile and three qual ters from where the melancholy accident took place. The coroner's jury, on view of the body, found a verdict of accidental death. DISASTER AT CAMDEN-TOWN. — On Wednesday evening, about seven o'clock, the neighbourhood of Camden-town was thrown into consternation by the following distressing cir cumstance :—Mr. T. Hall, about 40 years of age, upholsterer, of 3, Stucley-terrace (near Mother Redcap's), was lying ill in his chamber of brain fever. Being delirious, he attempted to leap out of the window, two stories above the shop. His brother tried to prevent the leap, but was immediately felled up from the pavement, to the floor by the unhappy maniac, who speedily purpose.accom pwliitsilia;ldothhilisnizoilbut nightshirt, He his was picked shirt, by a workman, in whose arms he expired in about three minutes after. Deceased has left a wife, but no family. MURDERS AT SUNDERLAND.—On Tuesday an extraordi nary sensation was produced at Sunderland, by the following tragical occurrence. William Ferry, a seaman, had been for some time confined in the Gateshead Lunatic Asylum. On Saturday he contrived to make his escape, and arrived at whom home on Monday. His family consisted of himself, his wife, o a and dt the e v n e i gchildren,Tuesday,tliree viz., of Sarah only were in the house Anne (the eldest) about seventeen years of age, William, aged nine years, and Han iDlauhLanac, who child nine lodged nine inthemonths old ; u there . T washe also a youth named children went to bed at their usual hou r , and the wife did not entertain any doubts o h 0 of her own or their safety, for a neighbour who was in the house about nine o'clock, and suspecting the man's insanity proposed to remain in the house during the night, but the poor woman thought there was no necessity for this precau tion, and accordingly she left soon afterwards. The house consists only of two rooms ; in the front room the wife slept in a camp bed with her daughter, and in a desk bed were the young boy and Duncan; in the tr e k room Ferry was to sleep. About twelve o 'clock the little boy was awakened by hearing his father beating his sister over the head with a fire shovel, which very speedily killed her, her head being fractured in a shocking manner.. Not a word passed between Whilst this was them that he heard.going on Mrs. Ferry awoke, and alive to the awful nature of her situation, jumped out of bed and a ttempted to e scape, probably to call the woman above referred to; but her maniac husband pursued her, and when she was at the top of th e sta i rs, he threw a water skeal at her, which hit her over the face, and she in stantly fell. He then took up a log of woo d a b out ten inches long, and six or seven inches in diameter, with which he beat her head, as if in the act of beating a su b stance to powder, and for the purpose of more effectually finishing the work he used a fire poker. She of cou rse i mmediately expired under these repeated and furious. blows. About the time of her death, Duncan (who during this interval had got out of the house) succeeded in arousing the neighbours, and some of them with the po li c e were speedily in the house, and the author of this sad tragedy was secured and taken to the Monkwearmouth police station, where he raved all the day. The youngest child escaped uninjured, and the boy named William was allowed to remain a spectator of the murder of his mother and the child, his father promising not to hurt him because his name was William. In the evening a coro ner's inquest was held and the jury returned a verdict of 1 " wilful murder" against the unfortunate man. LEICESTER HOSIERY TRADE.—It is extremely difficult to ascertain the actual state of trade in Leicester; the unex pected stoppage of the bank of Messrs. Clarke, Phillips, and Co., has acted like the shock of an earthquake, and has pro duced the most intense alarm and concentration through all grades of society. As it is accompanied by the failure of another bank, in a neighbouring market town, it caused a complete panic last Saturday, upon the fact being made known. Its effect was even greateramongst the agriculturists than the manufacturers and tradesmen, as cattle suddenly lowered in price from £2 to £2 10s. in the Leicester market. The glove trade is, to all appearance, in about the same stats that it has been for some weeks past, the hands being pretty generally employed. The woollen glove season appears to be dawning, which holds out hopes that a good season may be expected. It has come earlier than usual. The fancy hosiery branch is improving ; more material has been given out, and more is expected every ensuing week. The articles made are cravats, shawls, children's boots, mitts, cuffs, and many other articles, which, in addition to the frame-workers, em ploys many hands in warping, winding, and making-up.— Nottingham Journal, of Friday. HOSIERY AND LACE TRADES.—The silk glove branch in the town is in much the same state as last week, that is, the hands are only partially employed, and that in a very un certain manner, making generally slop gloves, with cut thumb holes, and other inferior and fradulent methods of fashioning. On the other hand, at Derby, Belper, Duffield, and other villages in that part of the county of Derby, the glove hands are fully employed, making very superior qualities of gloves, and, in many instances, having extra fashion.—lbid. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, APRIL 24. In the piece market there has been rather more business done, but prices have been extremely low. There is also a little improvement in the wool market, and the dealers are asking rather higher prices. THE IRON TRADE.—The iron and metal trade gets worse and worse. It is in it that the went of the American market is principally felt. This will readily be believed when it is considered that in 1839 our exports to the United States of iron and steel, copper and brass, and tin plates, amounted to £1,227,808, besides hardware and cutlery, amounting to £849,640: making a total of £2,077,448 worth of metals and their manufactures, exported in one year to America. Fur ther, when we consider that of this prodigious sum no less than £1,650,838 was for iron and its manufactures, and that this extensive trade has falle❑ off to about one-third, we shall have an important fact to assist us in guessing at the causes of the depression of the iron trade. In Staffordshire, out of 111 furnaces, 53 are now lying cold, and have been blown out for 12 months, and their non-production withdrawn at least 220,480 tons weekly from the market; notwithstanding this, the price of iron continues to fall, the demand to become less, and the worst, but clearly inevitable, evil follows — wages are reduced, and industrious men are driven out of employment.— IVorcester Herald. PROSPECTS OF THE RETURNING PROSPERITY OF THE COUNTRY. During the last month, if not within the last fortnight, we have encountered so many complaints of public distress in retail trade, in industrial occupation, in commerce, in manu factures, and we lament to be be compelled to add, in agri culture also, both as regards farmers and their labourers ; and the question has been so often suggested to us, how long this is to last, and whether there is any reasonable expecta tion of an improvement taking place, and from what quarter, and at what time, that we can in truth scarcely direct our thoughts to any other subject. We admit the circumstances of the distress, and its gene ral existence among all classes. to the fullest extent in which we find it alleged, as the proofs before us amount to evidence admitting of no doubt. In retail trade, even in the very ne cessaries of household life, consumption has very greatly fallen off; smaller profits are made even upon what is sold, and thus the large class of our shopkeepers are suffering their share in the common distress. In the industrial occupations of great towns--we are not speaking here of manufacturing towns, but of cities like London,—the wages of labswir, such as that of mechanics, has not been proportionately reduced, and therefore this class of people is suffering less than the shopkeepers. In shipping and commerce we have had occa sion to know that the suffering is very great, and merchants and shipowners can no longer find a due employment for their capital. It is needless to say anything of manufactur ing distress as it existed about a month from the present date. In agriculture the low price of corn and cattle has spread a panic amongst the farmers, and their labourers are necessarily suffering under its effect. So much as to the fact of the distress. _ As to the causes, they are almost equally obvious with the existence of the distress itself. The manufacturers have been depressed, not to say ruined, by the three concurrent causes of the total failure of the American market; of the prohibi tory system of the continent of Europe ; and of over-produc tion, and senseless competition, in the very jaws of ruin, amongst themselves. Our shipping and commerce have suf fered from the state of the foreign, European, and American markets ; our retail trade has suffered in like manner from the impoverishment of its customers, and from the reduced income and wages of the middle and labouring classes. in the very midst of all this we have the income tax, which has put all the higher and middle classes, from whom expendi ture mainly proceeds, each in itself, under the necessity of saving the amount of the tax from their establishments, and has thus still further reduced general consumption and em ployment. The weight of this has fallen chiefly upon the in dustrial and mechanic bodies, and has thus involved them in the common distress of their masters and superiors. Again, the vast proportion of the poor, who are now supported in unions and by the parish, has also had a twofold operation in adding to the common suffering ; first, by the increased bur den of parish rates ; and secondly, by the reduced consump tion of the poor in unions from what such consumption would be upon the wages of their own labour. All these causes and their operations are so obvious and evident as not to re quire a further word in explanation of the causes of public distress. In what we have above said, we must be understood as speaking of the state and condition of the country as it ex isted a short time ago. We think we are not disposed to be too sanguine, but our present impression is, that some light is now beginning to dawn upon us, and we perceive plain symptoms of approaching improvement. The springs seem to be again rising ; and channels, which have been hitherto dry, begin to exhibit the signs of the re turning waters. Our sources of production are, indeed, all unimpaired. No country in the world is so rich in realised and treasured capital, and in accumulated machinery—two of the first instruments in trade and commerce. In agricul ture, our soil was never so fertile, and our mode of tillage, and employment of manure, never so skilful and so diffused. Ir. minerals also—iron, copper, tin, lead, &c.—our mines were never more productive, or better and more scientifically worked. In manufactures also, so far as workmanship goes, we maintain our superiority over all the nations of the world. Thus all our resources are unquestionably entire, and thus the continuance or termination of the present stage of distress is a question of markets only. The main point of inquiry, therefore, comes to this :—is there any reasonable ground for expecting that our markets are improving, and that in the failure of the foreign manu facturing market of Europe, of which we fear we must nearly take our final leave, other sources are about to open upon us, which may in a great measure supply this defect, and restore the former demand for British manufactures ? _ _ So large a portion of our national industry, or, in simpler words, our labouring class, has been hitherto competently and comfortably supported upon the extent of our foreign commerce, that we feel a great and natural reluctance to abandon all hope of the relurn of foreign trade. It affords us, therefore, great satisfaction to be enabled to hold out what we deem a very reasonable hope of the return of a great portion of trade with the United States of America. Upon general and obvious principles, we entertain no manner of doubt that these states, in despite of themselves, will be com pelled to return to their former trade with Great Britain, and after a very short trial to abandon their present restric tive system. America, with her new lands, and, what neces sarily accompanies such a state of society, her dear labour, and her scattered population, cannot, with all her efforts, manufacture for herself for some centuries to come, and must therefore be driven by her natural necessities and phy sical circumstances to resort to the old states of Europe. Another circumstance peculiar to her situation, that of her common origin, and therefore common tastes and habits with ourselves, must also as necessarily give us the preference above the other nations of Europe. As these are indisputa bly first principles, and indeed natural and physical necessi ties, which it is impossible to resist, we cannot hesitate to come to the conclusion, that the present condition of trade between England and America is merely temporary ; in other words, that, in despite of her present perverse policy, nature and necessity will ultimately force their way, and that the Americans will again be compelled to resort to the British market. All experience shows that no nation can violently force itself from one stage of occupation to another. All new states must commence with the agricultural stage, and can only pass into the second or manufacturing stage when ' their lands are fully occupied and cultivated, when their po pulation becomes condensed into cities, and when the com petition in the labour market between agriculture and manu factures shall cease. Dear labour, which is always the ne cessary accompaniment of cheap lands , can never consist and stand together with prosperous manufactures Again, even as regards our European market although we fear we must take our leave of a great part of it, ' the t re still some portion remaining, which, according to presen L. appear l A circular from iverpoo ances, seems to promise fairly. is now before us, signed by Messrs. Buchanan and_ . C . 0., which states that the cotton market is now obviously rising. and that our prospects for the coming season are exceedingly good. There has been a great increase for the foreign de.. mand for yarns, many of the German manufacturers having increased their orders. The same circular gives a still more flattering account of the inereisbod demand of our Immo mar- ( From the London and Paris Ladies' Magazine of Fashion.) The newest and most fashionable material of the season is the carnel6on silk, deriving its name from the ever-varying shades it a►sumes in different lights ; this, with taffetas na cre, Pekin Bengal, Ecossais gitana, bareges of many styles, foulards, mousselines cachemire, &c., are now replacing the thicker materials of winter ; all shades of grey and violet are fashionable. Buttons are much used on redingotes and robes of demi neglig6 ; they are made of coloured glass, agate stones, &c., having a gold point in the centre, and are of a round form. Black lace is almost an indispensable ac companiment of every toilette; camails are of lace, scarfs of lace, flounces of lace, &c., &c. Point de Venise is also much in demand, and is made in every colour ; and the patterns are either antique, renaissance, or pompadour; it is also made in black and white for shawls, or scarfs of cachemire or barege. Dresses continue to be made unreasonably long, particularly behind ; the trimmings are two very deep flounces with ruche, two tucks, or two biais placed in a lengthened wave ; the bodies continue high and tight, but many have full backs, or a little fulness on the shoulders, and the cein ture is not excluded ; the pelerine is a little changed in form, concealing less of the figure ; the sleeves are still tight, but those a la Louis XIII. have many admirers, and it is ex pected will become more general as the season advances. For evening dresses, gauze or linon, forming double skirts in two colours, thAne pink, the other lilac, are much ad mired, producing the effect so much approved of the came leon silk. The same style is also applied to bonnets of gaze lisse ; it produces the opal tints. Nlantilles of black filet, with trimmings of the same, will be very fashionable this season ; also the manteau Venitienne in black or white, tined with lilac or pink silk ; scarfs of glac6 silk are hollowed out at the throat, and trimmed ala gt andemere. Crispins and camails of tarlatane over silk, are made with four rows of lace and embroidery ; the various styles of mantelet all form pelerine behind, and the ends are rounded ; they are trimmed with ribbon a la vieille ; trimmings of ribbon quilled, and bands of silk decoupees in festons, are much i❑ use. Bon nets are made inclining more over the face, and not quite so deep at the ears, and the crowns are not so low behind, but rather expose the hair; the more simple for morning wear are trimmed with plain ribbons. Capotes a coulisses are not much ornamented, and some are made of straw with silk crowns, with merely a noeud, and long ends at the side ; the chou is sometimes of plain net. White satin bonnets arc covered with lace, and ornamented with a long white feather ; the Penelope bonnet is the newest style, and capotes a la Madonne, with long veils of tulle. Leghorns, whether plain or sewed, are now in favour, and vary i❑ form and trimming according to the use required. Bonnets of etoffe sylphide are made rather close, with a narrow bouillonn6 of tulle, and bunch of lilac or fieur de cedras ; pailles de riz mixed with silk form pretty capotes, with sprigs of May and feather leaves, or wreaths of aubiTine. REBECCA AGAlN.—Trevanaghan Gate was once more en tirely demolished on Saturday night last, the toll-house le velled with the ground, and the stones of the building car ried away and thrown into the river at some distance from the gate. At the recent Penrith fair, half-bred sheep (between Lei cester and Cheviot,) sold at 225. Gd. each. The same kind last year sold for 265. 6d., and tne year previously for 335. each, so that in two years the prices have fallen fully one third. The show of fat cattle was large, and prices went down considerably. The farmers are all looking out for a reduction of rent. The period being at hand for presenting to Parliament the financial statements for the current year, much curiosity is felt in the city as to their nature, which still appears to re main a profound secret. The chief points to which the atten tion of capitalists is directed are the possible reduction of the 31 per Cents., or a further reduction of the rate of interest ou Exchequer bills. With respect to the first of these points the opinion is, that a reduction to 31 per cent. instead of 3 is far from improbable. At all events, it is believed that the reduction is, if any there should be, will not take place before next October.—Times. We have much gratification in learning that a great part of the body of dissenters called Irvingites last week returned to the bosom of the Church of England. The members of the denomination at Nottingham, Bridgnorth, Stourbridge, and several other places were, we are informed, regularly pre sented to the bishops of the different dioceses. The so-called " angels " of several churches now assemble daily at their meeting-house, Newhall -street, in this town, where the larger portion of the Church of England service is daily read. These ministers in many respects conform to the ceremonies of the Church of Rome.—Birmingham Advertiser. LAUNCH OF A ROYAL STEAM YACHT.—The launch of her Majesty's steam vessel, Victoria and Albert, took place at the Pembroke dock yard, on Wednesday, in the presence of ten thousand spectators. The vessel was named by Lady Cawdon, and precisely at half-past three o'clock the last supporter was knocked away, and the Victoria and Albert glided gently and gracefully into the water, amidst the cheers of the assembled thousands. The dockyard band, which was in attendance, then struck up " God save the Queen," and immediately ten thousand voices joined in singing the national anthem. The following are principal dimensions of this beautiful vessel : Feet. Inches. Length, extreme 225 0 Length on the deck 205 0 Length between perpendiculars 2OO 0 Length of keel for tonnage Breadth outside paddle-boxes. 59 0 Breadth for tonnage . 3 3 0 Breadth moulded Depth in hold 22 0 Burthen in tons 1,019. She is divided into five water-tight compartments, and her engines are of 450-horse power. Some idea may be formed of the novel and peculiar style of her construction, as well as of her great strength. when it is stated that she is built only with plank, the first two layers being of oak, la inches thick, placed across each other diago nally, at an angle of forty-five degrees, the outside plank being of larch, three inches thick, lying longitudinally, or with the sheer of the ship, and the whole being bound up with vertical and diagonal iron bands. Between each layer of plank the surface is covered with thick tarred felt. The ves sel, therefore, cannot leak, nor be in the least d egree d am p, inside, and being divided intofive compartments by four water-tight bulkheads, extending as high as the state-deck, it is impossible for the body ever to sink, although it might be bilged in any part from accident. Her keel was laid on thr 9th of November, 1842. FOUNTAIN or Emsti A.-Our ride of the morning, though trifling in respect of time or distance, had left some of our party and myself but little disposed for further exertion. Lady F., however, was unexhausted ; and the beauty of the evening and its comparative coolness induced her and myself to undertake a visit to the neighbouring spring, which bears the name of the Prophet Elisha, and is the source of the waters which he sweetened. Never was a trifling exertion better rewarded. Our indefatigable jannissary and escort mounted with the utmost alacrity ; and the latter skirmished again incessantly during our ride of sonic twenty minutes through the jungle. The fountain is situated at the base of the hill chain, a neighbouring summit of which is pointed out as the ecene of our Lord's fasting and temptation. I have scarcely seen a nobler source. It might vie in volume with Holywell, or with another spring dear to my recollections, that of Woolmers, in Hertfordshire, whose waters the Duke of Bridgewater projected to conduct to London in rivalry with the New River. Some ancient masonry fences in the water on the one side ; a gigantic fig tree, its white stem gleaming through its leaves, overshadows the source ; and the stream rushes on through high reeds and dense jungle, over which the distant hills of Moab were seen, crimson with the last glow of parting (lay. The red aspect of these bare mountains is very striking, even when not thus illumi nated. The bare and bald effect of this species of Syrian scenery has been very happily rendered in a panorama lately exhibited of Damascus. It suggested here to the recollection the passage of 2 Kings, iii, 22, which commemorates the dispersion of the hosts of Moab, when the flood came down in the night from a mountain rain which refreshed the exhausted hosts of its current, Israel, and Edom, and wh ich, b y the redness of current, made the Moabite believe that the allied powers had fought among themselves, and that the trenches e red dened with the bloodshed. ' And the y said this is b loo d. Now, therefore, Moab to the spoil . The kings are sure ly slain, and they have smitten one another. The reeking horses of our escort needed no invitation to the stream ; and, while they refreshed themselves in its pellucid waters, the sce ne formed as compact, manageable, and complete a sub ject for the pencil, as ever made me sigh over my inability to do it justice. We know that when Sir Walter Scott visited Carlisle Castle, he was gravely shown the dungeon in which Feargus Maclvor was confined. Had he been of our party, he would doubtless have been told, as I was, that this was the Diamond of the Desert so admirably described in his ro mance of the Talisman. I know not whether some traveller's allusion to this scene may have suggested to him that lovely passage of his later works; but no detailed account of it would have supplied him with the peculiar features of that passage, for which he drew on an imagination whose visions he could invest with all the charms of reality. To his ad mirers it will probably be always a matte.- of doubt, whether he most excelled in delineation from the life or from fancy. Between Jenny Deans and Rebecca, Teviot or the Diamond of the Desert, I, for one, should be at a loss to decide.”- - Medilerramea* Sketches by .Lord Francis .Egerlon. We find that the Rev. A. M. Campbell has resigned the office of Secretary of the Society for Propagatin g the Gospel in Foreign Parts. The Society for promoting Christian Knowledge have voted £lOOO towards the restoration of the churches and chapels in the diocese of Antigua, which were so seriously injured s by the late earthquake. Dr. Chalmers states, that subscriptions and donations, for the support of the " Free Presbyterian Church," are Coming in thick and fast, " like a set rain, at the rate of £l,OOO a day." It is inten ded to raise £300,000 for the building off GOO churches, which are to be erected and finished by the end. of May. This, we are inclined to think, will prove an archi tectural impossibility; least if the edifices are to he of su c h solidity as to last for many future May-days. OUTRAGE IN DERRY CATHEDRAL. — The Derry Journal says, " In the course of divine service in the cathedral, on the forenoon of Sunday last, the Rev. Mr. Henn ascended the pulpit, and, after the customary prayer, commenced to preach from Luke xvi., 31. This was a signal to about 50 fellows, who were scattered throughout the church, to rise all at o nce, leave the pews in which they had been s ea t e d , a l so s l a mmed after them with as much lv force as slamming the doors after them with the greatest vi o l ence, and then march out of the church in a body, the great doors of which they they could apply to it. During, this scene—so outrageous to all decency, and so devoid of all religious feeling—the preacher maintained the most perfect composure, and then proceeded with his discourse. The bishop s iti t h o lei o e d esvue d ri u ivt r e. i y n e g d t i l t i , e hubbub, a sa n y d, th fr a r lie ti b le ad ca b lin ee n n e s p s re w p • i a t r h e itc• 104(44.y Tov3 pßovariTiTiarp_liKVOTlAMTV is 10i:bout f9f an extensive business is doing, and at th© full priCes of 143 t week. 66's n-lnch, as also 40-inch shirtings, are very scarce in the market, and the buyers are anxious to make contracts at the prices that have been current for the last ten days. The shippers are operating very freely, being certain that printing cloth is not at present likely to recede, in conse quence of the light stocks on hand. Domestic cloth, we are also pleased to learn, is ready of sale, where the manufac- turers will take a market price, and, with one or two except tions, the stocks of this description of cloth still continue light. The yarn trade is heavy, and spinners cannot get on to any extent at the prices current last week. The yarn trade is brisk, particularly for printed muslin-de-laines, which can not be produced sufficiently fast to meet the demand. 27-inch 66's may be quoted 4s. 74d. to 4s. 100., and 72's 4s. 10-id. to ss. 3d.—Manchester Advertiser of Saturday. BOLTON.—There has no material change taken place in the trade of this town during the last fortnight, which still pre sents a most animated appearance. Counterpanes have a fair sale, and quiltings and muslins have received a slight further improvement. Cotton yarns are unusually brisk, and altogether the trade in yarns is encouraging. Founderies of both brass and iron continue to be more and more fully em ployed. Bleachworks are still well stocked with work.—Rid. BRADFORD, TSIURSDAY.—TiroeI Market. There is no marked difference in this article during the past week. A tolerable quantity has changed hands at prices similar to last week.—J'arn. The demand for varn continues steady, and prices fully supported.—Piece. There is a fair average busi ness done, and the prospect for the future is no way worse than for some time past. Prices are generally firm.—Wake field Journal of Saturday. TRADE OP LEEDS.—The amount of business transacted in the cloth-halls, on Saturday and Tuesday last, exceeded that of any corresponding market-days during the present year, and the woollen trade generally, both for the home and foreign market, is in a tolerably active state. It is true that prices do not advance much, but it is gratifying to know that many of the operatives arc better employed than they have been for a long time past, and that manfacturers and merchants are not doing business without some profit to themselves. — Leeds Intelligencer, of Saturday. HALIFAX MARKET.—There was again an animated de mand for mixture cloths, fine listings, and even some of the ordinary qualities of camlets and other heavy stuffs at this market on Saturday, but the manufacturers were unable to raise the prices or to realize better profits. Yarns sold readily at late prices; as did the finer sorts of combing wools, but the ordinary qualities were thought to be less firm.—lbid. HUDDERSFIELD MARKET.—We have no change to note in the demand for goods at this market on Tuesday last. There were fully as many buyers as on the previous Tuesday, and a fair business was done in most descriptions of fancy goods. We cannot bear of any very decided improvement in prices, though it is generally considered that in that re spect " things are somewhat better " than they were lately. —lbid. .1: glr. hew Irpo t . , 45 00/ 4 Y 9 POf 4,444r4; fiSt PIP .g ;NM PO , Qll3 and long-oritlnPecl 40pression ; opr opilratives arp In many quarters earning increased wages ; all articles of food are at low prices, and with a prospect of their so continuing, and also with the prospect of continued good employment. Thus, if some branches of business appear discouraging, others (and those nearest home) are undoubtedly improving. A low price for cotton is ever a most desirable consideration, especially in this immediate vicinity." But we must repeat that our main reliance must still be upon ourselves; we must look chiefly for the improvement of our markets from our Indian, China, and colonial trade, and finally from that enlarged consumption, which the reduc tion of our public expenditure, the removal of the incumber ing and disheartening income tax, and the development of our own intrinsic and independent resources will introduce into our own home market. _ _ . In India, we have one hundred millions of subjects, and a country of such extent as to comprehend every variety of soil and climate ; we may have sugar, and all tropical produce, to any extent, and the gradual civilisation of the natives will introduce a large demand for British manufacturers. It re quires only a better system of administration in England and India to develop the vast resources of this mighty branch of our colonial empire; we must depart from the narrow sys tem of sacrificing the interests of this immense territory to those of our West India Islands, and we must become more attentive to the common interests of India and Great Britain. Unless we greatly deceive ourselves, India, under a more in telligent system of commercial administration, would of it self more than supply all that we could possibly lose by the European market, and would amply repay us for any new privileges we might confer upon them. Without infringing upon the territorial rights of the Company, we may at once enrich India and ourselves. In China, also, it is needless to speak of the enlarged trade which we may reasonably expect from the new facilities now afforded to us. " I have traversed China," said Sir George Staunton, in the late debate in the House of Commons, " from north to south in two successive embassies, and I re sided for some years in a public capacity under the Company at Canton ; I am therefore enabled to give my testimony, that the Chinese, from the greatest to the least, are willing to take, and are able to consume British manufactures to .a very great extent, and that nothing is wanting but a careful and vigilant system of commercial intercourse upon our part. But we must have nothing to say to the opium trade; we must not offend the public opinion of that empire, and the determined purpose of the Emperor himself, by that odious and immoral traffic." In Australia, also, we have a wide and growing field for an increasing demand upon the British market. Let us extend this colony by an intelligent system of colonisation, an in creased encouragement of settlers, and we shall soon reap the benefit of it by au augmented demand upon our home market. In Canada, also, we have already done much by the pacific conciliation of the two parties which recently divided that colony. Let us continue to pursue the same system and en courage her growth and trade, and we shall here also find another outlet for British commodities. . Finally, let us add to this a steady and uniform reduction of public burdens at home ; let us get rid of the main griev ance as soon as the public necessities will admit ; let us cut off all useless expenditure and spare the public purse, and we shall cease to have cause to complain of reduced con sumption, and unremunerating prices.—Bell's Weekly Mes senger. Urcl T 1 In a Congregation holden on Nyednesday last, bean o th first day of Easter Term, the following degrees We re conferrer? at Oxford. MASTER OF' ARI Marti Francis Pitney Biouncl grand compounder. Rev. Richard Wilson Greaves, St Rev. Joseph l‘lason, Queen's Coll{ Rev. Thomas Preston, Exeter Coll Rev. Godfrey Edward Alexander, Trinity Col Richard Lewis, Scholar of Worcester College PREFERM ENT Rev. Wm. Sergison, M.A., Rector of Slatigham, S us , and formerly Gentleman Commoner of Brazenose College has been appointed Chaplain to the Bishop of Chichester. The Rev. Theodore Coldridge, M.A., of Exeter College, Chaplain to the Exeter Workhouse, and late Curate of St. Sidwell's, has been presented, by the Dean and Chapter of Exeter, to the Rectory of Allhallows. Goldsmith-street, E ter, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. M. Vicars The Rev. Alston Wm. Radcliffe, M.A., former , _ nose College, has been presented, by the Rev. J. S. Stock well, to the Vicarage of Newington, Wilts, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Walter Cardew. The Rev. Newton Smart, M.A., of University College, Master of Farley Hospital, has been presented to the Vicar age of Alderbury with the Chapels of Fitton and Farley annexed, Wilts, vacant by the death of the Rev. Hugh Stephens. The Rev. John Knight Field, 8.A., formerly of St. Ed mund Hall, has been appointed to the Curacy of St. Paul, Manchester. The Rev. Kenyon Homfray, M.A., formerly of Magda lene Hall, is appointed Chaplain to Usk Gaol, Monmouth shire. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Rev. Vincent John Stanton, of St. John's College, Cambridge, to be Chap lain to the Colony of Hong Kong.—Gazette. Rev. Charles Lyne, 8.D., of St. John's College, Cam bridge, to a Prebend in Exeter Cathedral. Rev. Samuel Fennell, D.D., formerly Fellow of Queen's College, Cambridge, late Head Master of Wakefield School, to the Rectory of High Iloyland, Yorkshire , vacant by the resignation of the Rev. J. Wolff, D.D. Rev. Walter Blunt, to the Vicarage of Longstock, Hants, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. E. B. Cox ; patron, Sir J. 13. Mill. Bart. Rev. Samuel Rees, M.A., of St. John's College, _ bridge, to the Rectory of Alby, Norfolk, vacant by the death of the Rev. H. Dowsing. Rev. Joseph Lawson Sisson, 8.A., formerly of Jesus Coll., Cambridge, to the Rectory of Swafield, Norfolk ; patron, Lord Granville Somerset. Rev. John Owen, to the perpetual Curacy of Cunelall, with Norton-le-Clay, Yorkshire ; patron the Archbishop of York. R y th e the resignationja Michaelmes Gibbs, bo i t fb a s k t ;:: er , .RBAe. Fellowv. o r i o ,n o H i o e rcdaeinu Perpetual Curacy of Hey . _ Houses, in the parish of Whalley, Lancashire, vacant Rev to the Afternoon Leciureship of St. Ann s Coll3l College, fCam bridge, ars London, vacant by the resignation of the Rev.' M. H. Sey mour. Rev. R. Collington, to be Chaplain to the Boston Union. Rev. Charles Popham Miles, formerly of CaiusCollege, Cambridge, to the Curacy of I3ishopwearmouth, Durham. Rev. Colin Campbell, to the Curacy of the Parish Church of Sunderland. Rev. W. H. Balmer, to the Perpetual Curacy of St. Andrew, Deptford, hi the parish of Bishopwearmouth ; patron, the Rector of that parish. Rev. Joseph Law, to the Perpetual Curacy of Ford, near Sunderland, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. W.. 13. Bulmer ; patroness, Mrs. Gray. eut:v Trinitypatron, c h u r e the h Rev. John Wm. Gr eaves, M.A., of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, to the Vicarage of Ranwo rth , Norfolk , vacant by BthieshorepsiogfnEatliyon of the Rev. NoTtli v vv . jicohh,ntoMbeCwlelialpllla-iiiiidteo, Incumbent. 0l d rsl o Lord Aluskerry. FASHIONS FOR MAY LAN,' INTELLIGENCi. QUEEN'S BENCH, MONDAY, 24TH APRIL. t FARRAR V. DEFLINSE.This was an action of very Arent importance, tried at the late Liverpool assizes, before Al ' : t Justice Coltman, in which the plaintiff sought to recover tl -. sum of £l,lOO and upwards from the defendant, whom l 'e alleged to be a partner in the house of Thomas Todd, which became bankrupt in the month of June, last year. ver dict passed for the plaintiff for the amount claimed. Mr. Dundas now moved for a rule to show cause wh new trial should not be had on the grounds, Ist, that part of the evidence taken ou the trial was inadmissible ' •)„dh that the balance of evidence was in favour of the defendant ' : and, 3dlv, on account of misdirection by the learned judo.e - He briefly enumerated the leading facts of the case, acid pointed out the instances in which he excepted to the ad ibility of the evidence; viz., where the witnesses had di_ vulped the existence of the partnership between the defer' dant and Todd, not by any authority of the defendant, but - merely on their own surmises; and contended that it ouoht not to have been admitted, inasmuch as there was no outho_ rity by the defendant to those witnesses, either express or implied, to divulge the existence of such partnership. He was proceeding to explain the precise nature of the evidene in order to ground his application on the second point, w h e e ' he was stopped by the court. , You c an take a rule , M r. Dundas. Lord Denman : ----____ was laid by V i ce-Chancellor Knight 13 I . • On in LinTcohltnir,ssdlanynw,week the first stone of the new courts of i m assisted by Lord Lyn dhurst. nee, last week, the The probate of the will of the Earl of Aber,avenny I just passed the seal of the Prerogative Court of b Canterbu las sufficient in The personal estate of the testator. was sworn under .c 950 ,rY- C d ; F iel i u . ° . l e to d g al i : ant a certificate and paid probate stamp duty of 13000. ,000, on The estate of Bronte, granted to Lord Nelson by th e Kin of Naples, is now a subject of litigation in the Court g Chancery. The case involves questior in civil, Sicilian, andof municipal law, such as never mount in any previous The estate includes a part of Etna. case. i iccadilly named Webl t i e oCfoßcu:rntirfooefrsmßltnyk°triouapAtbcaCyln: tailor on the ground of inextravaganceeml business, i reckless payment, course of insolvency and two bankruptcies to pay a shillingt-he of discounts, and not having Lad assets in the pound to his creditors. ___...... RAILWAY INTELLIGENCI Chester opening of the Carlisle and The directors of the Brighton Railway have dete ace on Wednesday • run a train to London, stopping only once, the jourZynteou to be Theperformed Rosiaili assent sbsoeuntt oiliraes been u 1. a g n i N d , e thirty h m e i i‘ n l u a t n e ton, and Sheffield Railway Bill, authorising that c riNarialstre, Ash ("pan)" to y hl p a o 6os r t, been i Idecided,wd l y I t i shalla that i t capital. k e thel i The inauguration of the Paris and Rouen Railro . to be fixed for to-morrow, on which occasion a n d i appears Highness the Duke of Nemours is to be present. Theßoyal will be opened to the public on Thursday. road The Bristol and Exeter Railway is to be further Monday next, namelY, to Breambridge, 21 opened on Exeter terminus. We hear that the intermediatemiles from the being prosecuted with much spirit. works are BRISTOL AND GLOUCESTER RAILWAY. A meet ing o f the proprietors of this company was h special dav, at Bristol, for the purpose of takin intoeld on Wed"es the ternis of an arrangement proposed g consideration Great Western Railway Company, fo to he m r c . made with the the Cheltenham and Great Western R. continuing the line of tion with the Bristol and Gloucester ' ilwaY from its junc and for the use of the locomotiv railway to Glucester, Great Western Railway Comp es, stations C o , Company. k . ~., o the out this arrangement was carried by ' motion for carrying YARMOCTII AND NOltwic, R k a large majority. and Norwich Railway may be said IL.WAY.—The Yarmouth TharsdaY, when a party of workmen to have commenced on proceeded to Postwick there they connected with the line ground m arked out, by throwing took possession of the tween the marshes, and a tiel( clown part of a hedge the ;round Gillett, jun., the property in the occupation of Mr. We believe, also, the line of the Earl of Reseberry. rnenced at Reedham, on landwas somewhat similarly corn- Ipswich Express. belonging to Mr. Cockerill.— RAILWAY TRAFF IC.—The last weekly returns of 44 following calculation of the will be of interest :—Nu railways, 1,560 miles in length, 227,142, consequently tl :—Number of passengers on 28 railways 500,000. The receipts tre total for the week must be about £68,832 17s. 3d ; ditto p sf for passengers on 44 railways 10s. lld ; total _ 91,3 or goods on 39 railways, a X 59 Bs. 2d. This is an averag., ;£5B 10s. permile The . per week. therefore, is cer tainly at the rate of about four m illi t o r n a s th a c, • nd a half a year, and carrying twenty millions of passengers. South Eastern Rail way.—The traffic on this line has increased, in consequence of the extension, to £2,053 this week. Eastern Counties Rail way.—The traffic on this line already gives sonic promise. it amounts to £2,300 for the present week. Brighton Receipts. —We o bserve that the Brighton traffic is £1,200 more the last week than the corresponding one of the preceding year £22.52 . . . . • • • . • • ' ' ' '-• E NGLAND BAND' °F ty's Ga:elfe•) aartcrly Average of the We ekly of England, from the 28th 1843, both inclusive, published IV., cap. 98. ASSETS. (Prom Frith An Account showing the at Liabilities and Assets of the 1.31 of Januar y to the 2 ct 3 2tl of April, pursuant to the A and 4 W LIAI3ILITIES• Ci rc ulation .• • . £20,239,000 11,63 1,000 D e posits ...... £31,873,000, Downing-street, April 28, IS I Securities i Bullion . £23,587,000 11,190,000 Quakers,t e w ald ai ' ic a r er r a s d tisih y i at Mr p. Corn ru‘woc‘griatiebitttiell'i:tae'o the door, at three o'clock the WATE-------t.—The German papers give anassitna h r i\o c ,,: o .;:i i ,i. t i nt of person of a young woman 2 3 year of age, who for eleven years has subsisted entirely on cold spring water! A com an extraordinary extension of mate° of physicians have been formed to investigate the ease, which has attracted a great deal of attention in Munich where the girl is residing. [ will not he surprised if t',lc,ll%eoca: the si;thflr Mrs. Pam, t nn 00,GAL : feiro ' il on : t cisti h kiec r: whr he w :oats , e ssob o . t: l fe d ool this day, rin d Mrs. Pim, one of the leaders of the hav ing been carried out in the arms of her hushand, was placed sect, in the carriage, much against her will, and the vehicle d rove off am id s t the cheers of the spectators.— D üblin Evening Port.