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BooKs 1% Fr And finds n MY 0 TVIV simple word's not dear rt so drear and lone, whip bath flown s in that word, My own ft affection cold, And in his very youth seems old Could wealth, r ares my mind enthral, ere earthly wealth, atone as lost call My own! —my ow No ! Time may still but speed to show How false is Hope's delicious song ; And many a sorrow i m ust know ; But, oh!—sweet Heaven—may it be long Ere those I love from me are gone; And life a wilderness bath grown, And of earth's millions there is none My own tended and rec —my own LITERATURE REVIEW, &C Books, New Pr ay be left at Mr. C t, Fleet-street, London, address€ TVERPOOL STANDARD," when they we attention Sketches of Brazil ; including New Views on Tro pical and European Fever. By Robert Dundas, M.D. London : Churchill. More than half a century has now elapsed since the attention of the medical world was first fixed on Liverpool by the " Medical Reports" of our distin guished townsman, the late Dr. Currie; and, some forty years ago, the physiological writings of the late Dr. Carson not only maintained, hut extended, the reputation conferred on the medical profession of Liverpool by the classic labours of Dr. Currie. After the lapse of so many years, another Liverpool physician, Dr. Dundas, puts forward his claim to be enrolled with the honourable names of Currie and Carson ; and, if we are to judge from the deci sions of professional authorities of Great Britain, Ireland, and America, the " mantle" of our celebra ted townsmen has descended on no unworthy suc cessor. After the opinions so emphatically recorded by the medical press of this country and America, any criticism on our part would be supererogatory. Having, however, perused the work with attention and interest, we feel bound, in the discharge of a public duty, to offer some short notice, at least, of its more novel and important contents. In the first place, Dr. Dundas takes a new view, altogether, of those numerous ailments to which Europeans are subject on their return to this country, after long residence in warm climates—a question of vast importance to a numerous class of our imme diate community, and one which the extensive and varied experience of the author, from long residence in foreign countries, peculiarly qualifies him to decide. But a still more important question is broiight forward by Dr.Dundas, as affecting, not special classes of men, but the whole European family—that is, the question of typhus fever, its nature and its treatment. Here Dr. Dundas is totally at variance with all professional writers, from the earliestne up to the present day, on the sub ject of fever. The universal opinion of the medical world has been, hitherto, that typhus, or continued fever, is, like smallpox, a specific disease, and must run a determinate course, whatever be the treat ment. Dr. Dundas is opposed to the almost united voice of the medical profession ; he altogether de nies the specific nature of fever, and insists that, by adopting- his views and plan of treatment, typhus fever can he ordinarily arrested within the space even of a few hours ; and certainly the body of evidence he offers to this effect appears to be irre sistible. His views are supported by the recorded experience of several general hospitals—St. Tho mas's Hospital, London ; the Northern Hospital, Liverpool ; also by numerous special hospitals, such as the Liverpool Fever Hospital, the Cork and Drogheda Fever Hospitals, in Ireland, and by nu merous eminent practitioners, who testify to the originality, the truth, and the vast practical impor tance of his doctrines. Should these doctrines be finally established, Dr. Dundas must undoubtedly take his place among the distinguished men who have advanced the " healing art," and be recognised as a benefactor to the human race. On the seve ral interesting notices of Brazil—its climate, men and manners, and the literary talent displayed throughout the work, we make no observations : on these points the reader must judge for himself. We heartily recommend the work as being one cal culated to interest the professional as well as the non-professional reader. It is divested of all tech nicalities, and quite intelligible to the ordinary mind. Blackwood's Magazine. Edinburgh : Blackwood and Sons. This magazine still occupies the proud pre eminence among the periodicals of Britain which it achieved in days when serial literature was less de veloped and far less brilliant than it is in 1853. That character it maintains, too, although nearly all its contributors during its infancy have passed away. Where now is Hogg, the Ettrick Shepherd, he who sang the sweetest ballads of ballad-haunted Scotia, and revealed to our gaze, with privileged pen, the secrets of fairyland ? Where is poor Galt, the no velist, the author of " Lawrie Todd," and many a quaint west-country tale ? Where is the gentle doctor - of Musselburgh—David Macbeth Moir, a man who nobly sacrificed inclination at the shrine of duty, and, by subduing ambition, lived the true life of the poet ? And, above them all, where is Scott, the Shakspeare of that glorious throng ? All these have gone to their rest, and with them many a fine spirit who, in days gone by, illuminated this land with the knowledge, and imparted to the reading world of England the high tone of morality, which have always formed the distinguishing fea tures of the Edinburgh monthly. But let us recol lect that the large-souled Christopher North, though in the vale of years, has still a buoyant spirit and a responsive pen with which to gladden and instruct. Then, there is his son-in-law, William Edmonstoune Aytoun, the clever political writer, the powerful, honest, and popular poet, and the author of " The Glenmutchkin Railway." And Sir Archibald Alison, too, must be remembered, as also must Sir Bulwer Lytton, the author of one of the finest imaginative works with which the present novel-reading age has been furnished. When we glance at these names, we can scarcely dare to assert that Blackwood, in 1853, is not pervaded by a talent fully equal to that which it displayed at the beginning of its long and prosperous career. The present number opens with a rambling, eloquent disquisition on " The Garden," which one might suppose to be from the pen of Professor Wilson. The author would seem to have a little garden at his house, near Edinburgh, whither he has now re tired to spend the winter of his life. He tells a good story of a gentleman from the city, who some time ago visited him, and sought admission to the garden. The request was gladly granted, and forth with the visitor rushed through it as if he had been bent on "proving by his heels the prowess of his head," leaving the astonished Professor at the door, until his return, when he coolly cropped before the owner's eyes, with fingers most profane and rash, a flower of a singularly symmetrical antirr-hinum, severed from its confreres for the purpose of seed ing. " Smothering our indignation," says the Professor, "we led the gentleman back to our par lour, and—put into his hand an Edinburgh news paper." Listen to that compliment, ye journalists of Auld Reekie. Several additional chapters of " Lady Lee's Widowhood" carry the reader into the heart of the new novel; and these are followed by something quite as readable, though not fictitious. " Supplementary Chapters to the History of John Bull" have reference to the doings of young Squire Nap, who is planning, with his supporters, to make an onslaught on old Squire Bull at the earliest oppor tunity. And here are many smart hits at the men of the day, in which, of course, Dick the Unadorned, and his un-English confreres, receive a severe rebuke. Lord John Russell figures in this history under the name of the Juggler, and the story of his difference and separation from Protocol is admirably told. So also is Protocors revenge, and the Juggler's preci pitation from power, with the accession of Manley to the office of steward; the Juggler's combination with Devilsdust, Bendigo, and Hum ; the selection of new servants, and the re -appointment of the Irish brigade ; the factious ejection of Manley and Alroy, v A Squirend Andrew the calling in of Sir Andrew Aguech ee k b Bull to take the place of Manley, how Si r disposes of the Juggler, and how Glossin a n d h e lay their heads together. We have also a graphic sketch of how the Coalition Ministry was formed. " A Glimpse into the Eleusinian Mysteries" is an entertaining paper on the occult associations which in every age and country have exercised a peculiar fascination over the multitude, wielding a mystical power over nations, from the throned prince to the meanest vassal.—" The Romance of Mairwara" is a tale of Indian progress, the scene of which is laid partly in the Rajpoot country, near the mountain ridge known by the name of the Arabala or Ara vuli hills. The tale is founded on two recently published works, and will be found wonderfully solid and instructive for a "romance."—" The Ox- ford University Commission Report" has called forth a keen article, in which the writer asserts that the document I) as "deservedly provoked the strongest opposition," although it is admitted that many of the suggestions it contains are " such as we would gladly see adopted." The remarks are moderate in tone, and will be listened to, we hope, with that respect which they so justly merit from both parties.—" Palissy the Potter" is a resume of Henry Morley's new book, which is a resuscitation of the almost-forgotten life story of Bernard Palissy of Saintes, the famous potter—than whom no man ever displayed more worthily the true nobility of labour.—The closing article is on the " Income-tax Reform," in which the writer points to the magnitude and difficulty of the self-imposed task which the parliament and the people have to fulfil—the task of constructing an equitable system of direct taxation. Cocks's 3fusical Miscellany London : R. Cocks This month's number contains a long article on the beneficial influences of CHEAP CONCERTS The cafes chantants of Paris are said to have exerted a ints, Music, &c. very beneficial influence upon the habits of the working . Mitchell's, Red- men of that capital. There were those who, in the early d "to the Editor part of the week, or perhaps on Saturday night, would will be forwarded lose all their week's earnings at the wine-shop ; by the in strumentality of a dirty pack of cards. Many of these now take their wives under their arm to a cheap concert, and, with the sober refreshment of a bottle of beer, pass a tolerably rational evening, finding themselves in no way less fitted for attending to their business on the following day. The ordinary wines of the country (which, if un adulterated, would constitute a drink by no means in jurious) are used by the common people of Paris at their meals ; hut, on occasions similar to those we have been referring to, the ordinary beverage is bottled beer, effer vescent and fresh in the mouth, but not at all of a nature to intoxicate. This may chance to be varied by the cha racteristic Eau sucre'e (that is, two or three lumps of sugar in a glass of water), which at any rate can do no harm. Thus the musical mania really affords a salutary check to brutal vice and destructive habits. The cafes chantants may not be unexceptionable ; but we shall all agree that they are better than the wine-shop with the greasy cards SERIALS FOR FEBRUARY.—The Christian Fa mily Advocate (Whyte and Co., Edinburgh) con tains nine articles, which, unlike many of the con tributions to our periodical literature, are instruc tive as well as readable. An appeal is made in behalf of a religious magazine recently started in Spain, by an earnest and devoted Spaniard, who seems well fitted to awaken his countrymen from their dead condition.—Hogg's Instructor (James Hogg, Edinburgh), besides a well-engraved por trait of Thomas Babington Macaulay, contains a lengthy biogranhical and critical sketch of the distinguished Whig essayist. The most note worthy papers are one by De Quincey on " Judas Iscariot," and a gossipy account of a visit to Eng land by the Rev. George Gilfillan.—The Protestant Magazine (Wertheim and Macintosh, London), published under the auspices of the Protestant Association, is a periodical conducted with tact and talent. The papers it contains are characte rised by great depth of learning and thought, and yet they are put in a form so attractive that they cannot fail to interest the simplest and most ill informed minds. The current events of the day in the world of Romanism are acutely commented on, and all things are called by their right names.— The Home Companion (John Bennett, London) is I evidently a most attractive periodical for the young; and it will occupy a leisure half-hour by the family hearth, in the interval of more onerous duties, as well as anything of the kind we know. We would, however, counsel the rising youth who thirst after knowledge, to seek to acquire a taste which will not be satisfied solely with this species of lite rary fare.—The Scottish Educational and Literary Journal (James Hogg, Edinburgh) is more varied, and not less learned and instructive, than it was at its advent into the literary world. Hence suc cess is more certain. In the literary letter from London, the Lancashire reader will find some in teresting gossip anent our local authors.—The Bul wark (James Nichol, Edinburgh) is a publication which must inspire the Romanist with alarm. The reading people of England have never been sup plied with a monthly publication destined to achieve greater results than the Bulwark. Its contributors are learned and pious men, abreast of the days in which they live, and fully informed as to all the bearings of Popery. In the present part we have ancient as well as modern instances of the tyranny of Rome. One woodcut represents the humiliating spectacle of King John making over England to the haughty legate of the Pope; another illustra tion is an Irish landscape, showing that " Popery muffles the intellect, sears the conscience, canon izes rags, fills a land with days of idleness and sin, and seems pre-eminently to call down the curse of God upon a people." In an article on the pro gress of Popery in America, it is suggested that a friendly alliance should be established between the Protestants of that country and Britain, for the promotion of common measures of resistance and aggression. A letter from Italy, written by a dis tinguished English Protestant, gives a cheering account of the wonders which the simple reading of the Bible is achieving in that beautiful but unhappy land. "In poor Tuscany," he adds, " I could tell you more of the wonders the Bible is effecting than it would be prudent to do. I have good authority for stating the number who have seen into the errors of Popery, from reading the Scriptures, at 24,000." CHARLES DICKENS AND MRS. BEECHER STOWE (FROM THE DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE.) Notwithstanding the popularity of Charles Dickens' works, it is a grave charge against them that they make no mention of the Deity. This subject has been well taken up in the following article, the writer of which points to the much greater popularity of " Uncle Tom's Cabin," the interest in which is chiefly owing to the hero's religious convictions : " It is a hard thing," says the great Archbishop Ussher, " to bring God into his own world," a truth not to be denied. John Foster, many years ago, wrote a match less essay " On the aversion of men of taste to Evangeli. cal Religion." We will not call it by this name. We will have no Shibboleths, nor slay a man at the fords of Jordan because he cannot accen tuate between the Hebrew letters Samech and Schin ; but we do aver that literary men, unlike Dr. Aiton, keep back too much from speaking of the great ONE who fur. nishes all the stores of their intellect, and in whom are hid all the treasures of their wisdom, and their know ledge. The heathen were not slow to speak of their gods, who were no gods. Their moral writers drew largely on their Pantheon, and their more dissolute countrymen followed their example. The elegant Horace, the'Ro chester of the Augustan court, could indite odes to Mer,, cury and Apollo, and other deities, and the coarse and stern Juvenal could illuminate the desolate places, which he smote and withered with his savage satire, by flan splendour of such sublime passages as the prayer to Jupi-' ter, which commences " Mayne Paler Divum scevos punire tyrannos." And why not so with us, who bear a holier name, and track our soul's light from the loftiest beam of day ? Why neglect the fountain while we drink, and bathe, and revel in the gushing streams ? Why stoop for all our colouring to the chalks, and clays, and ochres of dull earth, while God opens to our gaze his laboratory of bright tints, and offers all the gold and ver million of Heaven to our acceptance ? I would illus trate my meaning from two popular authors of the day, who seem to deduce their " machinery" (as it would be called in the literature of the last century) from different sources. I allude to Mr. Dickens and Mrs. Stowe. We regard the former as a most exquisite etcher. He is the La Place of novelists, with his infinitesimal accura tisms of character and detail ; and there are patches here and there of green and brilliant light in his darkest pages, of intense beauty and profound feeling—witness the sun rise after the fatal duel in Nickleby; Florence Dombey's return to her father ; and the death of little Nell, which no one with a heart-throb in his bosom could read without abundance of tears. And thus he seems to stand in his studio, amidst the varied carvings of his own mind. Here are distortions fashioned from base fuller's earth, and abortions of de graded deformity, like Quilp and Dennis, and Chester ; and here are statuettes of modest ivory, or pale, delicate Parian marble, all lovely and smooth, and exquisitely chiselled, and exceedingly pure, and almost too faultless for this our poor, frail humanity. And so, when a fai lure does come—as come it must—and the sinking of the knees, and the sorrow-shower flashing from the eyes, and the shaking and the faltering of the poor frame—and no man knows its poverty better than Mr. Dickens —where does this accomplished writer rise and resort to (not al ways, but ofttimes) for help, for counsel, or for comfort ? Why, to an artificial machinery, which is not equal to that of " the Rape of the Lock, ' borrowed from stories which the " nurse has tau g ht," and the schoolboy only half believed, even to a superintending providence of fai ries and shapes, and mediaeval angels, and " The Pre sence," and " The Cricket on the Hearth !" VV ---. is rt u e l d l For example, in the last-mentioned tale, which f of attractiveness, here is the loving and noble he husband, racked with strong and strifeful passions, anger, jealousy, intense affection, indignation and generosity, all battling together ; and the tempter whispering blood, and the means at hand, and the offender beneath his roof-tree. ' The lone wretched one sits by the fire all night. warring with his emotions, and beaten into dust by the stormy conflict. And who comes to his wounded, wearied, buf fetted soul, t o up lift it f r om the whelming wave ? Why, the fairies from a n o ld clock-case, they are his counsel lorsAh ! why i s no t t h e man on his knees at yonder chair ? Is there no God in the wide, bright heaven, or in the dark earth ? Is nightwaves of the uplift, there . no Saviour . to walk . these rav inghh heaven to acted soul, commissioned from sons of misery )• I, to comfort, and to soothe the n there no hand all tears ? is there' engaged to wipe away is that word itself a Hoc; promise in the Word of Life—or Now turn to the pro . nainent elaaraster in Mrs. Stowe's book. Here is a work whose Popularity attests its power, and which has obtained au interest for its, and an in fluence for its principles, no other volume has ever pro cured in so short a time. Here is one who, like his great Master, had no form or comeliness to make him desirable —a negro, one of that race whose facial ang l e i s mos t akin to the Simire, and most remote from the Greek an tique. Ungifted by wealth, unennobled by birth, the scorn of the proud, the neglected of the passer-by ; un educated, save by the teaching of Heaven ; and unre fined, save in God's own alembic of faith and suffering: an African and a slave. Yet, adorned with a sublimity which never leaves him through the whole book, he treads down ; with an elastic step—meekly brave—the thorns of his lot. The ruffian smites him with his horny fist, but his heart staggers not, for an unseen hand is there, to pour in wine and oil, and give support. The cruel whip bites deep into his flesh, but his Saviour's love lies deeper in his soul. The chain, the black morass, the bloodhound, and the torture, are around Lim ; but the flame of an unflinching trust is burning deep in his bosom, and all heaven is above and beyond him. With the ethereal child, lovely and refined, he wins his way, and she delights to lean her head on his Strong, honest heart. With the clever, sarcastic, ac complished man of the world he wins his way, breaking down the barriers of his educated infidelity with the very weight of his earnest simplicity of faith, and Christian lowliness. With the abused, wronged, high-minded, yet semi-savage woman he wins his way, disarming her of her murderous intents by the eloquence of his patience and the heavenliness of his spirit, and waking up from her heart those softening waters which long refused to flow. With his brutalised and semi-animal executioners he wins his way, preaching to them with the pathos of his unmurmuring fortitude, and with the might of his unseen supports, and exciting them to. repentance and spiritual life, at the moment they were depriving him of his exist ence. And why has he, in the absence of all outward at tractiveness, such a moral weight ? Why does power • track his teaching, and `..he irresistibility of persuasiveness flow from his lips ? 'What has given him such a calm in dependence of injury, pain, and insult ? What has in vested him with such a sublime, yet such a sorrowful dignity ? Why does he smile at death, and in his spirit's generosity give back the blessing for the buffet, and the prayer for the curse ? What has thrown such an air of nobility around the man, and touched his dark eye with so much light and glory ? It is because, like Abraham of old, " Gon BROUGHT HIM FORTH ABROAD, AND SAID UNTO HIM, LOOK NOW TOWARD HEAVEN." LITERARY GOSSIP. Two NEW LITERARY INSTITUTIONS have been recently founded in the metropolis. CURRER BELL, the author of "Jane Eyre," has pub lished a new novel entitled " Villette." FROM BEYOND THE ATLANTIC, Whittier, the quaker poet of New England, promises fresh strains—" The Chapel of the Hermits." MR. DESBOROUGH, of Stamford, has gained a prize of £5, offered by the Entomological Society, for the last essay on " The Duration of Life in the Honey Bee." MARRIANE FINCH has prepared for publication a work entitled " An Englishwoman's Experiences in America," which we believe will be published shortly by an eminent London bibliopole. CHARLES DICKENS is to go to Birmingham next Christmas, and read his " Christmas Carol " for the be nefit of the great Mechanics' Institution about to be established in that town. THE LEIPSIC BOOKSELLERS have founded a school for the education (in the case of indigent persons it will be gratuitous) of young men designed for assistants in the different branches of literary commerce. THE VICAR OF NORTON, DERBYSHIRE, is raising a subscription for the purpose of erecting a monument in that place to Francis Chantrey, who was born in the parish, and who is buried in the village burial ground. IN THE CITY OF BATH the disunited literary institu tions have been quickly retrograding, and it is now pro posed to connect their conflicting interests and have one grand institution, prosperous and efficient, instead of a sickly and struggling array. THE SHAKSPERIAN READINGS Of MiSS Fanny Kemble, at Leeds, have created an unwonted degree of enthusiasm in that town, where the abhorrence of players and playing was once so strong that even David Garrick was stoned almost to death by the populace. " HERODOTUS SMITH " has written, in the Critic, a long letter to Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, urging certain practical objections against many of the principles and details of the Guild of Literature. Mr. Smith. we believe, represents a pretty large section of the young literary world. THACKERAY is still the theme of New York news papers. They are eloquent about his legs, and when the last mail left, a controversy was raging among them in this matter; one party maintaining that " he stands very firm on his legs,' while the opposition asserted that his legs were decidedly "shaky." IN THE CASE OF THE BARONESS VON BECK the Athemum states that it has submitted to its attention certain documents which prove that, in this lamentable affair, Mr. Toulmin Smith, the " earnest and even passionate believer in the imposture," was "an eager candidate for the exposure of the unhappy Hungarian." MR. WILLIAM RATHBONE GREG, the brother of an eminent Lancashire manufacturer, and commonly known among the literati of Edinburgh as " The Cabinet maker," contributes articles, it is affirmed, to the Edin. burgh, the North British, the Westminster, and the Quarterly. One month he wrote the political article for each of them, and cleared £6OO by the feat THE LITERATI or LANCASHIRE,—The following are some of the literati belonging to, or resident in, Lanca shire :—Mr. Charles Swain, author of ".The Mind," and the friend of Southey ; Miss Jewsbury, the novelist ; Mr. Thomas de Quincy, author of " The Confessions of an Opium Eater" ; Mr. Samuel Bamford ; Mr. Archibald Prentice; Mrs. Gaskell, authoress of " Mary Barton" and " Ruth" ; Mr. W. R. Greg, the Reviewer; and Mr. Somerville, the " Whistler at the Plough" ; Dr. Vaughan, editor of the British Quarterly; and Henry S. Sutton, the poet. LOUIS NAPOLEON AND " THE IRON MASK."-A. de la Gueronniere has publisned a clever but unprincipled book, entitled " Napoleon the Third," designed as a reply to the impassioned pamphlet of Victor Hugo. Here is a curious passage from the defence of the Emperor, and the no-meanings of his silent face :—" What problem is this that presents itself to my pencil ? I search for a light upon that face, and I see nothing but shade. On looking more closely at it, my mind is gradually led to recall that face, so dark, so sinister, so passionless and cold, which, in its day, was called " The Iron Mask." I have read somewhere in the annals of those times, that the jailors of that mysterious personage had remarked, that a strange phenomenon bad exhibited itself in that terrible tragedy. The principle of life was so powerfully condensed beneath that inflexible covering— so intense a necessity to come to light was manifested, that at certain moments it was revealed even through the polished steel, 1 1 and animated it, as it might have done the human face. At those times the mask assumed the expression of nature. The veins seemed to palpitate, the lips to move, the eyes to brighten up, the temples to beat. The mask had transformed itself into man. In like manner, this face, in appearance so motionless and insensible, is but the mask of the man within, ardent and powerful. Those eyes are dull, but as profound as the thought in which they dive, and which rises at times in their orbits, as the flame rises from the hearth whence it derives its fire. That brow is gloomy as fate, but as expansive as creative genius. Those lips are colourless, but full of expression ; delicately turned ; severed—scarcely sufficiently parting, and open just to allow the curt and precise expression of a will emanating from deep reflection, and inexorably resolved. That voice is indolent and drawling, but self reliant ; and the indifference which shows itself is but the excess of that confidence. Courage concealed by timidity, —resolution disguised by gentleness,—inflexibility sof. tened by mildness,—policy hidden by good nature,—life under marble,—fire under ashes : in a word, a something of - Augustus and Titus, but with the face of Werther,— that type of German sentimentality. Such does Louis Na poleon Bonaparte appear." M. de la Gu6ronniere has penetrated the impenetrable ! THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1853. LIVERPOOL TOWN COUNCIL. The second quarterly Council, which was also monthly and special, was held on Wednesday, the Mayor, Samuel Holme, Esq., in the chair. FINANCE COMMITTEE. The proceedings of this committee comprised a report of the Law Society on the proposed bill for assimilating the practice of the Borough Court to that of the Superior Court ; a recommendation that the cost of paving a pro posed opening of the lower end of Clarence-street, Ever ton, not exceeding the sum of £l6B 83. 7d., be defrayed out of the surplus income of the Corporation, on condition that the improvement, as shown on the plan, be completed by the owners of the property ; a recommendation, that propertybe purchased for the improvement of the corner of Parliament-street and .Smithdown-lane, at the sum of £68.65. Bd. The Finance Committee had resolved that the Town-clerk proceed with the biil for the mprovement of the practice of the Borough Court, subject to certain alterations suggested. _ _ Mr. HonNiCi moved the adoption of the proceedings, which was agreed to. LEVY OF A MUSEUM RATE UPQN THE PARISH. Mr. DOVER wished to have some understanding as to the claim upon the parish for the museum rate for the last year. After reviewing the previous doings of the parochial and municipc.l bodies in regard to rating, be contended that the whole course of things tended to show that the museum rate had been given up by the Council. If the present resolution of the Finance Committee were adhered to, the parish would go to Parliament for a bill—and they would get their bill—and. instead of the Corporation pay ing something like £9,000 or £lO,OOO a-year, they would have to pay £13,000. He moved that the proceedings be confirmed, with the exception of those Telating to the parochial authorities.—Mr. HORNBY replied, explaining that the Finance Committee had only acted in accordance with precedent, and the injunctions of the Council.—Mr. DOVER withdrew his amendment, and the proceedings were confirmed. WATCH COMMITTEE-THE NEW BRIDEWELLS-ASPER SIONS UPON POLICE MANAGEMENT. The proceedings, resolutions, and reports of the Watch, Lighting, Fire-police, and Fire-prevention Committees, comprised a recommendation to increase the salary of Mr. James Cooper, surgeon to the police-force, from £llO to £l3O per annum. The minutes also embraced a report from the committee, to the effect that the charges made by Mr. Bighorn, impugning the management, &c., of the force, were without foundation. With regard to the sub ject of bridewells, the report of the committee was sub stantially confirmatory of their previous resolutions. If the Council objected, on account of the expense, to the construction of all four bridewells, they considered that the one proposed at Low-hill could be best dispensed with. Mr. PARKER moved, and Mr. Hoarrair seconded, the confirmation of the proceedings, with the exception of the resolution as to bridewells.—Mr. FERNIROUGH maintained that the police force was not in the efficient state which the chairman of the committee would have the Council believe.—Mr. Tom.; replied, and the amendment was lot by a majority of 26 to 20. The other proceedings were confirmed : the recommendation with regard to Mr. Cooper to lie over according to standing orders. DOCK COMMITTEE : THE CONTRACT DISPUTES. These proceedings were read. Before Mr. Turner moved their adoption, a warm discussion took place whether a letter from Messrs. Baker and Son, encl correspondence N‘ith the secretary of the Dock Com mittee, should be read, or whether it should be included amongst the Mayor's communications.—Mr. BENNETT moved that the letters be read.—Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORS opposed the reading, which he deemed informal and irre gular.—After some conversation, the Town-clerk read the correspondence. It included the letters which had passed between the Messrs. Baker and the committee since the veto of the 15th, and closed with a letter of the secretary, declining to accept Messrs. Baker's offer of arbitration, and stating the committee could not go fur ther into the matter. In their letter to the Council, which accompanied the correspondence, Messrs. Baker submitted that they believed arbitration to be the only course which would bring the matter to a satisfactory conclusion. Mr. TURNER, M.P., in moving the adoption of the proceedings, gave a history of the matters which had led to the dispute with the Messrs. Baker. The Council should consider the very serious damage which every day's delay was inflicting upon the town and trade of the port ; a loss of £1,500, the proportion of £lB,OOO interest upon the sum of £450,000, had been already incurred by this unfortunate difference ; while every month's delay was only entailing a further loss, which, in the first instance, certainly would fall upon the Dock Committee, but which would, ultimately, have to be borne by the trade of the town ; for it must come in the shape of an addition to the cost of the docks, and to the charges for using them. — Mr. MOLYNEUX seconded the adoption of the proceedings. Mr. ROBINSON deprecated a veto, since ten out of the twelve members of the committee elected by the rate payers, and seven of those sent by the Council, had voted in favour of the proceedings which had been read. Mr. W. J. HORSFALL moved; as an amendment, that the resolution of the committee, with regard to the Wap ping Docks, be vetoed.—Mr. JAMES HOLNIE seconded the amendment In reply to Mr. Bieham, the TOWN-CLERK gave his opinion that the Council could veto a part, without being compelled to veto the'whole, of the proceedings. The resolution and the amendment were then both read by the Town-clerk : the former being to the effect that the committee 'did not see any reason for altering, and thereby reaffirmed their resolution of the 10th December last. Mr. BENNETT, in favour of the amendment, urged that the tender of Messrs. Baker was lower than even the revised tender of Mr. Hartley. Mr. ROBINSON and Mr. TURNER, M.P., insisted that no blame rested on the officials in the matter. Mr. M`Nrcor, defended the right of the Council to veto any proceedings of the Dock Committee. Mr. floalloy thought that the Council would see that they were fully justified in the course which they then adopted. He contended that Meisis. Baker had a right to complain of their treatment. The work would, if it had been entrusted to Messrs. Baker, have been quite as well performed as by the Dock Surveyor. He hoped that the Dock Committee would not persist in acting contrary to the plain meaning and intent of the act of parliament, and at the same time in a manner most prejudicial to the public service. Mr. BIGHAM urged the Council to veto. Mr. JAMES HOLME gave his voice for the veto. He did not wish to disparage Mr. Hartley, but the fact was that Mr. Hartley had an uncontrolled fund at his command, and he would be a very bad learner if he did not execute the works in the best possible manner. He could do £20,000 of extra work, and the committee never be the wiser. Mr. HOLT could see no direct good by carrying out the veto. It would only render the struggle still more deplorable. Mr. GLADSTONE strongly supported the veto. On the motion of Mr. J. B. LLOYD, an adjournment was made to Monday. LIVERPOOL QUARTER SESSIONS. The February sessions for the borough of Liverpool opened yesterday (Monday), at the new Assize Court, St. George's-hall, before Gilbert Henderson, Esq., Recorder. There were 109 prisoners charged with felony, and 19 with misdemeanours. The prisoners contained in the calendar thus amounted altogether to 128, of which two could read and write well, 61 could read and write imper fectly, 21 could read but not write, and 44 could neither read nor write. The following gentlemen were empanelled as the grand jury : _ Edward Grey, broker, Cook-street, foreman. Edward Astley, merchant, Tower-chambers. Bryce Allan, merchant, South John-street. James Bell, broker, Exchange-street East. Thomas Barton, tanner, St. Anne-street. George Booker, merchant, Rumford-place, James Cunningham, broker, Oldhall-street. Henry Crane, shipbroker, South John-street. Jonathan Cooke, drysalter, Batchelor-street. Charles George Cowie, shipbroker, Tower-buildings. Robinson Duckworth, merchant, Cook-street. John Driver, wine merchant, Exchange-alley North. Charles Faircloueb, broker, Lower Castle-street. John Gerard Geller, merchant, Castle-street. George Glynn, broker, Exchange-street, East. Edward Jones, merchant, Castle-street. John Owens Johnson, merchant, Cook-street. Robert Nl'Andrew, fruit merchant, North John-street. William Ridyard, corn merchant, Brunswick-street. Wm. Henry Waddington, broker, Chapel-street. The proclamation against vice and immorality having been read, The RECORDER, in addressing thegrand jury, said, they would have to inquire into the circumstances connected with 130 offences which would be laid before them. This number, though large, was less than had come before the court on former occasions, when it was considered that two months had elapsed since the court last sat. Looking to the calendar, the most prevalent offence in Liverpool seemed to be that of picking pockets, for which cffence he found 21 prisoners had been committed. Formerly the commission of such offence was chiefly confined to men ; but he was sorry to say that women, who now formed a large propor tion of offenders in this town, had been parties to this offence, nine women and twelve men having been committed. There were also at present no less than eight charges of uttering base money. It was an offence which was becoming more prevalent, and consequently it became the duty of that court to visit the offence with severe punishment. There was a novel species of offence, for which six persons had been committed. He alluded to the case of omnibus conductors keeping back the money with which they had been entrusted by passen gers. Now such an offence was highly criminal, and required to be punished with much severity ; but at the same time he might perhaps observe that it was not an tirely to the law that omnibus proprietors must look for protection, seeing that these conductors were placed in a situation of great trust, constantly receiving money, which was passing through their hands, and for which there could be but little check. It was, therefore, important that those persons should be selected only who were known to be of good character ; and that they be so dealt with that they might be placed, in some degree, above the temptation to which they were clearly exposed by the trust reposed in them. There was a case in which a very dexterous theft had been effected in a bank, of no less than the sum of £3,000. The case was not of a complicated nature as regarded the evidence, and appeared to be one that would turn mainly upon a question of identity. There was another case, in which a number of writing desks, dressing cases, and various other articles which had been stolen in this town were disposed of at Wolverhampton by parties who received them, and the depositions before him had been taken at Wolverhampton. Now the jury were perhaps aware that the jurisdiction of the court was limited to offences committed within the limits of the borough ; but, under the auspices of one of our first great criminal references, the late Sir Robert Peel, an act had been passed, drawn up by Mr. Gladstone, of this town, a clause in which gave him (the Recorder) jurisdiction in the present case. The offence of house-breaking, either by false keys or by violence, was one of the most mischievous in its character which fell under the cognizance of the court, and when he found only two cases of that nature in the present calendar, he was in hepes that the severity with which the court had dealt with these cases bad had some effect. He did not find either in the calendar any cases of plunder, in which the victim had been grasped by the throat, or treated with vio lence. The manner in which these offences had hitherto beep dealt with had also had some effect. Many persons were now under sentence of transporta tion. He might here say that transportation was a punishment which had varied very much at different times as to the manner in which - it had been-Carried into effect. He knew that, generally, transimtaiiOn . excited a feeling of dread in the minds of offenders, and with great reason, but at the same time many persons were of opinion that a party sentenced to transportation was at once dispatched to a distant country. Now, any person entertaining such an impres sion, would find, on being transported, that he was grievously mistaken. As a general rule, he might say that about half the term of the sentence was carried out in this country, by separate confinement in the first instance, and afterwards by hard labour. For example, a person under sentence of transportation would be treated in this way—the first year would be passed at Pentonville, or same other prison adapted for solitary confinement ; at the end of that period two years more would be passed in bard labour in prison at the hulks at Woolwich, Portsmouth, or elsewhere ; so that for the shortest period of transportation he would be kept in prison in this country to hard labour for nearly half the period ; and after, he was sent to a distant country—it might be to Bermuda, or to Gibraltar, where he would still be subject to severe restrictions, an d a long peri o d would have to elaps e b e f ore h e b eca me, i n the true sense of the word, a free man. He had named this matter in order to show that transportation was, as it ought to be, a very severe punishment. Having made these remarks, not so much f or th e j ury as f or th e public generally, he would now dismiss them to their duties. The petty jury was then empanelled ; and the court pro ceeded to the trial of prisoners. A DISHONEST SERVANT.—AIbert Price, 16, (read and write imperfectly,) pleaded not guilty to the charge o f having feloni ous l y s t o l en f our half-sovereigns from Mr. Joseph Fry, accountant and commission-agent, Lower Castle-street, his employer, by whom he had been em ployed as an 'errand boy up to December last. It appeared that the boy had been sent out with several letters, each containing a half-sovereign, for the parties to whom they were addressed. Instead of delivering the letters, it was alleged that the lad appropriated the cash ; and next day disappeared. Mr. Fry expressed a wish that the boy, even if found guilty, might be dealt with as lightly as possible. The jury found a verdict of not guilty, and the lad was acquitted. A. FEMALE ROBBER.—Mary Ann Macklin (read and write imperfectly), pleaded not guilty to having stolen 20 yards of linsey, the property of John Hardy, formerly a linen-draper in St. James's-street. The robbery was committed on the night of the 18th of December last. It was deposed by Hardy that the female rushed into the shop, picked up the wolsev.and bolted, with the proprietor at her heels. He however succeeded in capturing her at the distance of about sixty or seventy yards from the shop. The prisoner alleged, on the other hand, that she had nicked up the article on the pavement ; but she was found zuilty and sentenced to six months' impri sonment with hard labour. The prisoner is a married woman, and has twice previously been convicted of felony. CORRESPONDENCE. Letters addressed to the Editor should be accompanied by the real name and address of the writer, not for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith ; this is indispensably requisite in any statement of facts. The Editor wishes it to be understood that he does not hold himself responsible for the opinions or statements of his correspondents. TENANT RIGHT FOR ENGLAND.—No. 111 To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Srn,—l resume the subject, from the conclusion of my last week's letter, with reference to the respective positions of the landowner and the occupier. According to the existing law, the right in the freehold be longs to the owner, and the usufruct of the land is the property of the occupier. The land he is bound to restore to the owner in the same state of fertil:ty as that in which he took possession of it, and so far there is equal justice ; but it is required that the land should be improved in value, and here commences the difficulty. The law which binds the occupier to all the former value, gives him no claim to that which his industry, skill, and capital has added to the land, and it is a claim to this addi tional value which the law is required to provide. On the termination of his tenure he should possess a legal property in the value of those manures which he has purchased and which are still unexhausted, and from which the advantage is to be derived by the succeeding occupier. In admitting this claim, no injustice can possibly ensue to any party concerned. The landowner, in the firiA place, will not only not be injured, but he will be considerably benefited ; his land, improved in value, will command a higher rent; while his new tenant will have to pay for the improvements, and by this means a partial security will be provided for the accruing rent, and the necessity of such a payment will tend to provide a better class of tenants. In the second place, the new occupier will not be injured, because he wilt receive the full value for his outlay, in the increased produce of the land ; while the outgoing tenant, who may be changing his farm, will be in a position to reimburse the pre ceding occupier of the farm he is about to enter upon. In practice, a right to comper.sation would merely operate from one tenant to another, giving the landlord the advantage of an improved estate, and to each tenant the benefit of additional crops, with the encouragement to renewed exertions by the security given to him of a return for his outlay. It is not the object of this letter to suggest the particular details of the legal enactment which is required in order to give the tenant the necessary security, or it might be shown that the question is not beset with so many difficulties as some writers on the subject have enjeavoured to make appear. For all improve ments which it !s the duty of the landlord to perform, he might be protected by due notice of their requirement, and the arbi tration of competent surveyors as to their necessity, with some limit as to their cost ; while in the case of farm buildings, the object may be answered by giving the outgoing tenant a right of removal without injury to the freehold, and, consequently, of resale to the landowner or incoming tenant. In claiming for unexhausted manures, or food purchased for cattle, the scale of proportion, according to the time at which they have been used, might be fixed by law at a maximum rate, and the details left to be settled by arbitration ; while any apprehen sion that such a law would enable a wealthy tenant to overbur den an impoverished landlord might be obviated by making the right to compensation accruable only when the notice to terminate the tenure originates with the landlord, so that any claims for remuneration for improvements which the landlord was unable to satisfy might be met by a continuation of the tenure to the occupier whose prepertywas embarked in it. The effect of such a regulation would be to remove much of the objection which may exist to any law which, by making the occupier more independent of the landowner, might have the tendency to weaken that community of interest and mutu .1 goodwill, and destroy that continuity of tenure which has so long been the peculiar characteristic of the relations between landlord and tenant in this country. To briefly sum up the necessity for the law now sought, it may be stated that in creased production of food is imperatively required by the necessities of an increasing population for an additional sup ply of food ; that this demand can only be satisfied by a general adoption of the most approved system of cultivation ; that such improvements can only be carried out by an outlay of capital for labour, manures, draining, buildings, &c. ; that with the exception of the two latter, which may be done by landowners, the expense and risk must fall upon the occupiers, and that tenants will not and cannot be expected to undertake this additional expense unless they can acquire a legal right to the value of the improvements which they have effected. It is no longer a question of choice, or one which even admits of delay. The farmers of England are thrown at once into direct competition with the untaxed corn growers of foreign coun tries, and unless they are enabled by increased production to maintain their right to supply their own markets, agriculture will no longer be a profitable pursuit, and England must, by necessity, be made dependent upon foreigners for the most important supply for the subsistence of her population, while the nation would suffer almost irremediably by the large num ber of her people which would be thrown out of employment, and the loss to the revenue from the great deficiency in those taxes which are now borne by the land. .. . I shall conclude this subject next week, and am, Sir, yours, AGRICOLA DR. CAHILL AND THE MADIAI. To flee EDITOR of flee LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR,—Most truly does the Catholic Standard describe Dr. Cahill's letter to Lord Carlisle as " worthy of the man ! "—worthy of the man who bade the Trish papists to " keep up their courage, and wait their opportunity," re membering how every Frenchman " would dance with frantic joy, at the glorious idea of burying his eager sword into the inmost heart of every man bearing the hated name of Englishman ; " and then, in attempting to gain " the applause of Leeds," brought down upon himself 4 ' the cutting and lasting irony" of every one above an idiot, by assuring his audience that he " would rather have cut off his left hand," than have expressed any "gratification" at such a thought ; nay, that he specially adopted that particular style of exhortation, in order to "reconcile the people of Ireland with the English character, and not to make them enemies to each other ! " Worthy of the man, who further courts " the applause of Leeds," by telling them that " he had put in print on four several occasions, and had declared it in a public speech in Liverpool, that it was in the nature and in the hearts of Englishmen to be generous ;" and from very gratitude for such unbounded generosity, thus pours fourth his soul to a Popish audience at Dublin :—" The capital that rises from our green fields, and the gold that flows from our national revenue, feeds the English apetite and fattens the cherished English artizan, while our poor millions are starving in naked destitution in their unroofed hovels, or crawling through the putrid poorhouse to a coffinless grave. (Sensation.) The dogs of the English kennels are fed with sympathy and care ; the wild grame have a security, and are protected by law ; the unlawful death of a fox is followed by a penalty, and his life is protected by the British constitution. (Hear, hear.) But, alas ! my beloved country, the poor Irish thole, the child of God and man, is left to feed upon briars and thorns—perishes of hunger by the wayside—the coroner's inquest need not record the case ; the handwriting of England is traced in the protruding bones of his skeleton frame, and publishes in red capital letters—' Starved to death by English law.' " Worthy of the man, who assures Lord Carlisle that he has " formed a very exalted idea of the honesty and reli gious feeling of the English people ;" an d V also in a brilliant discourse" at Dublin, during the delivery of which, the Popish report states that " the vast congre gation evinced an emotion acrd an excitement which it would be impossible to describe ; rocking to and fro in a smothered murmuring rage," gives vent to his admiration of such models of honesty and religious feeliny, by a glowing prediction that " the days of England are num bered ; that the God of justice will soon break open her brazen gates, and in the midst of her delirium and drunk enness, will send an unknown enemy to place the sword of vengeance on the throats of this persecuting and Anti- Christian people." Honest lago ! ! Worthy of the man, who, after passing through the Insolvent Debtor's Court, in Dublin, has to fly from a country where he is sufficiently known to be duly appre ciated ; and comes here to seek a precarious subsistence by astronomical lectures and controversial sermons, amongst the generous people for whose blood he appears to be thirsting. Worthy of the Man, who, having covered himself with scorn by his repeated displays of theological ignorance and moral cowardice in Ireland, intinerates through England, throwing out boastful challenges to imaginary opponents in Romish chapels, but almost invariably takes refuge either in dogged silence or vulgar abuse, whenever his challenge is accepted ; who is always p roc l a i m i ng to his admirers, what he coud do, and would do ; hut when put to the test never can do, or will do, anything:: thus adding the modest courage of Falstaff to the tender mer cies of Shylock, and the open truthfulness of lago. Worthy of the man, who never negatives invitations to preach the Gospel to an heretical world at whaierer inconvenience to himself; but who obstinately refuses to let the heretical world hear a word of it unless they choose to attend a Romish Chapel, and generally, if not always, pay smartly for the privilege. Worthy of the man, who is lauded as a " most eminent divine," " distinguished scholar," and " ornament of the church," who yet is totally unable, by his own tacit con fession, to prove that his church possesses at this moment any Pope, any priest, any sacrament, or any rule of faith, and who very wisely shows his contempt for such an " airy nothing" by publicly teaching the very doctrines which she condemned as heresy in the person of Galileo ! Sir, this great Goliath of Rome well knows that the above is far from the most unfavourable picture that stern truth might draw of him, if it were always right for her to tell everything she knows. But taking it as it stands, I ask whether such a specimen of all that does not command respect or esteem was ever presented for the admiration of an intelligent public ? And I would ask further, whe ther, if the reports be true of the crowds that attend his lectures, any stronger proof could be found of the exces sive gullibility of that estimable gentleman, John Bull, Esq., who never can believe any one to be worse than himself, and whose dormant shrewdness can seldom be stimulated into activity by anything short of a matter that touches his pocket. Every one who makes a great stir must Lave something remarkable about him. in Dr. Cahill's case this is simply and solely a commanding figure, fine voice, and great powers of language. The latter alone could of course be exhibited in a letter; and if that be added to the photograph already taken from his own sayings and doings, any one may know what to expect from produc tion which i s d escr ib e d by suc h competen t a uthority to be " w or th y o f t h e man 1" With this admission from Vat catholic Standard, few Perhaps will care to know !pose a the doctor's cp:nionz , ECCLESIASTICAL. PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS. Rev. W. H. Benn, ➢J.A., to. the Rectory of Churchover, Warwickshire. Rev. J. P. Birketr, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Jesus College, Cambridge, to the Rectory of Graveley, Cambridgeshire. Rev. G. Black, Rector of Inch, to be Chaplain to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. ..lter. J. Cawston, to be Chaplain to her Majesty's ship Bel lerophon. Rev. 'F. Clark, M.A., late Minister of the Consular Chapel at Calais, to the Incumbency of St. Mary, Haggerstone, Shore ditch. Rev. S. Clifford, M.A., to the Vicarage of Teynbam, near Sittingbourne, Kent. Rev. G. Craig, to the Rectory of AO=loo, diocese Deny. Rev. E. A Davies, M.A., to the Perpetual Curacy of St. Mat thias, Malvernlink, Worcestershire. Rev. J. Drury, A 8., Curate of St. Bridget's, Dublin to the Curacy of St. Mary's, Clonmel. , Rev. J. Eccles, 8.A., to the Curacy of St. Peter's, Drogheda. Rev. J. A. Fell, to the Rural Deanery of Penkridge, Stafford.. shire. Rev. T. Gloster, to the Curacy of Killesher, Florence-Court, diocese of Kilmore. Rev. J. Gould, Rector of Burwash, Sussex, to a Prebendal Stall in Chichester Cathedral. Very Rev. H. P. Hamilton, M.A., Dean of Salisbury, to be , oneof her Majesty's Preachers at the Chapel Royal, Whitehall. Rev. W. Jackman, Vicar of Falkenharn, Suffolk, to an Honorary Canonry in the Cathedral Church of Norwich. Rev. W. James, M.A., to the Rectory of Bilton, Warwick shir. e'en. M. J. Keatinge, Archdeacon of Ardfert, to be Chaplain to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Rev. E. L. B. W. Boughton-Leigh, to the Curacy of Han.- borough:Magna,Warwickshire. Rev . . J. V. Lightfoot, M.A., Rector of Wootton, to an Honorary Canonry in Peterborough Cathedral. Rev. G. A. M. Litle, to be Chaplain and Naval Instructor to her Majesty's screw steam-frigate, Imperieuse, Chatham. Very Rev. Lord Viscount Mountmorres, Dean of Achonry, to be Chaplain to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Rev. R. T. P. Pulteney, to the Rectory of Ashley, North amptonshire. Rev. C. M. Robins, M.A., to be Chaplain on board the yacht Sulphide. W. Sewell, 8.D., Sub-Rector of E xeter C ollege, Oxford, to be Itev. Principr.l of Radley College, near Abingdon. Rev..l. Smith, 8.A., to the Incumbency of Golden Hill, in the Parish of Wolstanton, Staffordshire. • Rev. H. Somerville, to the Perpetual Curacy of Ahinagh. Rev. R. Stalburd, to the Perpetual Curacy of Templeorame. Rev. D. Thomas, Worcester College, Oxford, to the Curacy of Llanllichid, Bangor. _ _ Rev. F. Vanderin c eulen, M.A., to the Rectory of Thorley, near Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire. Rev . . 1)r. T. A. Warburton, late Curate of Horsepath, to the Incumbency of 111ley, near Oxford. Rev. W. Woodward, 8.A., to the Curacy of Bell-Broughton, Worcestershire. TIIE REV. JOIIN M. JEPHSON, formerly curate in Leeds, (who some years ago seceded to the Church of Rome,) after having returned to the Church of E. , gland, has been formally restored to the duties of the ministry by the Bishop of Norwich, the Bishop of Ripon concur ring. He cfliciated in this town on Sunday.—Leetts Intelligezzcer. ORDINATIONS TO BE HOLDEN.—The following prelates have announced their intention of holding general ordina tions on Trinity Sunday The Bishop of Salisbury at Salisbury Cathedral. The Bishop of 0xf0rd..... • at Christ Church. The Bishop of Chichester at Chichester Cathedral. The Bishop of Bangor.. The Bishop of Exeter.... The Bishop of Hereford at Hereford Cathedral. The Bishop of Ripon The Bishop of Lincoln at Lincoln Cathedral. The Bishop of Rochester . in London. The Bishop of Bath and Wells intends holding his ordina tion on Sunday May Ist (Rogation Sunday) instead of on Trinity Sunday, as originally announced. THE REV. G. C. GORHAM.—We copy the following from the Exeter Flying Post, a paper which has always advocated the opinions held by Mr. Gorham :—" Bramp ford Speke.—A correspondent wishes to know when the parishioners will have the privilege of worshipping in the parish Church ? He complains of the shameful delay in, opening the new Church, and hints that as the Rev. G. C. Gorham is so veryerotch e t v , the summer may come and pas s . away again bef ore that sacred . edifice will be available for Divine Worship. Who is to blame in the matter is not for us to say ; hut we happen to know that the relations between Mr. Gorham and his parishion ers are no t o f t h at friendly ki n d w hich ought to subsist between a clergyman, and his flock. The truth is, the rev. gentieman has made himself very unpopular in the parish, a marked proof of which was given by the attendance of only one of the tithe payers at a sumptuous dinner which he had provided, and to which he invited all the tithe-payers except the two< Churchwardens." VISCOUNT COMBERMERE, as Constable of the Tower,. has received Her Majesty's commands to prepare a suitable place for the reception of the funeral car upon which the remains of the late Duke of Wellington were conveyed to their last resting-place. ALLEGED MURDER OF A GENTLEMAN OF FORTUNE. —On Wednesd a y Eli za b e th Vickers, a middle-aged and well-dressed woman, was charged at Lambeth police court, with having, by violence, caused the death of Mr. William Jones, an aged gentleman of consid era bl e pro perty, with whom she had lived for many years as house keeper. On the discovery of the death of the deceased, who was upwards of 83 years old, strong suspicions were entertained that it bad been caused by unfair means, and this opinion became strengthened up on th e f ac t b e i ng disclosed that the prisoner became entitled by his will, to the great bulk of his large p roperty, to the exclusion of his immediate relatives, and these suspicions were con siderably increased by the conduct of the prisoner since the burial. The deceased expired very suddenly, and the answers given by the p r i soner to t h e surgeon, M r. Key,. when he questioned her as to the symptoms he exhibited, were very contradictory. There were seve ra l severe b r uises on his person, and the lower cartilage of the nose was broken. No other person lived in the house but the prisoner and deceased. Some of the neighbours deposed to having seen th e p r i soner b ea t d ecease d v i olently, and pull him about by his grey hair. The prisoner fre quently came home intoxicated, and except Sundays, had not been sober tor an entire year. The deceased had frequently told his neighbours that he was " a miserable man," and had also been heard groaning, as if in intense agony. The prisoner, who betrayed the utmost uncon cern, was remanded, although it was intimated she would be committed to take her trial for wilful murder, on the Madiai case ; but it may be useful, nevertheless , to point out the most characteristic feature in his letter to Lord Carlisle, inasmuch as it not only affords an illustra tion of the tactics habitually employed by his. party in any country " where heretics are strong," but also presents a favourable opportunity for an accurate statement of the precise crime alleged against the Madiai, about which two opposite errors are prevalent in this country. Roman Catholics say it wcs " sedition, or " incipient revolu tion." Some Protestants say it was " reading the Bible." Both are wrong. The crime was Proselytism. These errors may no doubt in many cases be purely the result of misapprehension. But unfortunately for our " distinguished scholar," while labouring to convince the Earl of Carlisle that the Madiai are punished for a civil instead of a religious offence, he must needs indulge in a little of his usual egotistical grandiloquence by saying " As I hold in my hand the indictment of the Tuscan At torney- General [the italics are his own] I can command your lordship's attention whilst I instruct you," And this is what exhibits him to such perfection. For any one who reads that same indictment (not one word of which does the Dr. quote) together with the Attorney- General's speech, will see that not the slightest charge of revolutionary conduct is made against them, but solely that of proselytism. Witness the following extracts front the " Act of Accusation." " The Chamber of Accusa tion has ordered that Francesco and Rosa Madiai be accused of the crime of impiety." " It is likewise ascertained that they lent their dwell ings jor the convenience of meetings, both for RELIGIOUS EXERCISES, and TOTE INSTRUCTION OF THE MEMBERS. * * * And that the 11Iadiai even out of the meet ing profiled by every favourable occasion to exercise PRO SELYTISM, preaching and insinuating among other things, maxims contrary to the sacrament of confession, to the real presence in the Holy Eucharist, to the sacrifice of the mass, to the doctrine of Purgatory, to the worship of the Sacred Image, to the intercession of the blessed Virgin and the Saints, to the Priesthood, to the Pontifi cate, to the observance of certain feast days, to the for bidding of certain jbod, &c." They are not accused of even " insinuating maxims contrary to " loyalty or civil obedience. "In consequence Francesco and Rosa Madiai are accused of IMPIETY, committed by them ire the course of last year, BY MEANS OF A PROPAGANDA AND PROSELYTISM TO THE SO-CALLED EVANGELICAL CONFESSION OR THE RELIGION OF THE PURE GOSPEL, not so much by teaching as by the distribution of books and tracts, to the prejudice and insult of the Catholic religion predominatino in the Grand Duchy; a crime foreseen and punishable by the 60th article of the law of Nov. 30, 1786, and by judicial observance." Yet this is the very law which Dr. Cahill calls " a prudent and essen tial enactment," which he says " had no reference what ever, either directly or indirectly, to forbidding the circu— lation of the Word of God," which " was framed not against religion of any kind, but against blasphemy; not against liberty either civil or religious ; but to protect God and man from a scene of blood and devastation." The speech of the Attorney-general, which may be found, together with other most interesting information upon the subject, in the " Prisoners of Hope," follows the• tone of the indictment. Not a hint is thrown out of the- Madiai being " incipient revolutionists." On the con trary, he confesses that " the acts of goodness, naturaL probity, and benevolence, that Madame Madiai wished to , urge in arrest of judgment, may cause one to grieve more over her separation from Catholicism, but cannot free her• from the present crime." Now, Sir, the whole of Dr. Cahill's letter, from begin ning to end, is grounded on the assumption that the Madiai were charged with revolutionary intrigue. The " indictment" itself, which he says he " held in his hand," distinctly proves that they were not. Therefore, unless he plead guilty to a pretty strong Liguori, by ad mitting that he had not read the document which he held in his hand, it is somewhat difficult to see, if be does passess " one of the finest intellects that adorn the church," how he can escape from the charge of having wilfully slandered the Madiai, and deliberately attempted to deceive the Earl of Carlisle. One great good that can scarcely fail to result from this agitation is the dragging to light Rome's true character. Englishmen surely must see through the shameless hypo crisy of that " increasing majority" of Roman Catholics, as Mr. Chisholm Anstey candidly and sorrowfully con fesses, who clamour for unbridled license as their just right in this Protestant country, the slightest restraint upon which is denounced as a violation of " the sacred cause of civil and religious liberty," whilst they profess to believe in the infallibility of a Pope, who stigmatised that same liberty as "an absurd and erroneous maxim, or rather wild notion ;" and whilst they justify the imprisonment of a poor Tuscan woman, whose cha racter commanded the admiration even of her accuser, for no other crime was alleged than that of "leaving her dwelling for the convenience of meetings for religious exercises and instruction, and promoting"—(ob, fright ful enormity in the eyes of a Church that loves darkness rather than light)—" the distribution of books and tracts !"—I am, Sir, your obedient servant, SAMUEL MINTON, Incumbent of St. Silas. Liverpool, 7th February, 1853.