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For a considerable time, years we believe, the victim of this Italian's dark lose name is Margaret Crabtree, lived in a state of a with him. Having at length separated from him erself as servant of the public-house named above, _ea° sometimes visited her. On Friday morning called at the Tontine about half-past eleven o'clock, ving gone into a room he was waited upon by the woman, Acisupplied him with a bottle of ginger-beel- and two-pennyworth of rum. He wanted her to sit with him, but she told him she had . some work to attend to, and was on the point of leaving the room when be seized bold of her, vici ously scratched her face, and otherwise maltreated her. Hav ing called for assistance she got out of his clutches, and the fellow left the house. By and by he came again, and had some more ginger-beer *.nd rum ; but this time the woman refused to serve him, or to sit with him, although he wanted her to do so. Being disappointed in this respect he departed a second time ; but, after being absent a short time, he returned in-company with a calico-printer from Crawshaw Booth, who gave the name of Charles Holt, and again called for ginger-beer and rum. Margaret Crabtree waited upon him this time, and on again refusing to sit with him he seized hold of her in a demoniacal passion, threw her on the floor, and with an old pair of com passes stabbed her in various parts of the body with the utmost fury. The poor woman screamed " murder," and assistance having been obtained the wretch was secured and given up to the police. On being taken to the station-house he said he was sorry he had not killed the b—h, but he would finish her sometime, if she did not die from what he had already done to her. Dr. Martland was immediately sent for to the woman, and on examining her found no lees than eight wounds in different parts of her body, one of which was beneath her left breast. and was of a very dangerous nature. We are, however, glad to say that she is recovering, and when she is able to appear the villanous fellow will be re-examined before the magis trates, (he was up on Saturday, and remanded,) and dealt with, we doubt not, as his case deserves. -Blackburn. Standard. A. POPISH TE DEUM the following offensive paragraph from the Lime- having had intimation that attend mass at the catholic church of Castle ay last, was in attendance to receive ln r m : ' the learned judge to a -peew, and e edship one pound for the poor-box. Kennyor x After . Mr. of the holy sacrifice, the Ablime discourse on the gospel of the day, at the of which he added the gratifying reflection — )f persecution had gone by—of beholding a catholic more amongst them in their temples, and c joining atholic bration of the mysteries of their holy religion. s, when we should have commiserated Mr. Justice :.roortification which he must have endured from ve impertinence of a partisan priest, magnifying al importance of his church, and indulging in a nPh by making his religious exercises the theme of Lneg! rie and sectarian boast: But with sorrow we eEr recently taken by this judicial functionary— ppe 3 to be of choice, rather than necessity—a tasl 1r expedience, and not of duty —we cannot ti !moves him beyond the sympathy of the 017 :11 he should have continued to move ; er , .onsign him to the tender mercies of that d :ation which his new character appears to have If Mr. Justice Ball ever blushes, what must upon the delivery of such a personal address ,ar, and the direction of the whole eyes of a con upon his countenance? 'We can scarcely imagine nore dreadful.—Dublin .Evening Mail. rick Rworter of Tuesday : " J. T. Devitt, Esq., J.P., connell party tri hat it n is well that there is no one without would not have a friend in the world ; he would to a different species.—Hazlitt. PROLIFIC BARLEY.—Mr. S. Barnes, has this year drilled in two acres with six R.AORDINAR dibbled one acre with less than one peck a 1, and most astonishing to relate, there are at this time n from 100 to 150 stalks of grain growing from one I some of the ears contain from 30 to 40 corns in id last year the same gentleman grew nearly 24 sacks per acre, of good quality. Its properties for malt been tried, but of course on a small scale, and found ) answer well. Mr. Barnes will be happy to show the arley as now growing to any gentleman who may be desirous ALARMING POSITION OF MANY ..SCHOOL ROOMS.—In a revious part of this work, I have stated that over some de ositaries for the dead, children of Loth sexes are educated. n some instances, indeed, school rooms have been erected r employed immediately over the emanations given off by uman putrescency, and i n o th ers, the spot chosen for the Irposes of education is in the immediate vicinity of such This hazardous exposure of the susceptibilities outh to malarious influence, must be the result of igno or thoughtlessness on the part of those who have pro so unwise and dangerous a measure. It cannot for went be imagined, that the benevolent feeling which d the desire to promote the moral improvement of ag , uld, intentionally, be instrumental in exposing iY encvs that must inevitably deteriorate their ge le' and bodily vigour. I venture t o ant i c i pate that ,e , .elusion to the circumstance will be sufficient either r xi the removal of these places of instruction, or that ,es, operating to render them so highly objectionable structive, will be annihilated. Children, the mmia of an enlarged existence, are a valuable property of the ,—remotely they may contribute to its power or re s, to its strength or its weakness.—Getlorrtnps from empire CABI imperial parliament, HOUSE OF LORDS.- MESSAGE PROM THE COMMONS Mr. Bernal and others brought up the Austrian treaty bill, the marriage act amendment bill, the soap duties bill, the affirmation bill, and other bills, which were severally read a first time. The canal police bill was read a second time and MONDAY passed MR. .IBEL HEY WOOD The Bishop of EXETER, seeing the Secretary-of State for the Home Department in his place, gave notice that he would, on Monday next (as he believed the noble marquis would be absent the greater part of the week), present a petition from the clergy and others of Manchester, praying their lordships to inquire into the facts relating to the pro secution of Abel Heywood, for publishing a blasphemous libel ; and the circumstances under which the government thought fit to forego passing any sentence. ECCESIASTICAL DUTIES AND REVENUES BILL Lord MELBOURNIZ, on moving the second reading of this bill, would confine himself entirely to its general principle, which was this, whether their lordships would consent to some reduction of the present cathedral establishments of the country, and to an application of the fund which would be derived from that reduction to the supplying of a remedy to the state of unhappy spiritual destitution which, unquestion ably, from various causes, prevailed through a great part of this country. One error ran through the speeches of both the learned counsel who had addressed their lordships, namely, that they were called on to suppress cathedrals, whereas, they were only called on to make reductions which would still leave them amply sufficient for all the purposes for which they were instituted, and to apply the funds raised by the present measure to meet that deficiency in the paro chial system which it was the first duty of the legislature to take means to remedy. The noble lord then proceeded to describe the origin of the ecclesiastical commission, and the result of their labours. Their recommendations respecting pluralities and sinecures had also been carried into effect, and now their lordships were called on to carry out the re commendations contained in the second and fourth report. He was informed by • the right hon. baronet (Sir Robert Peel) who appointed the commission, that the commission was appointed, not for the sake of a temporary popularity, but from a sintere belief that it would be for the benefit of the church, and from the conviction of the great destitution in the great towns and manufacturing districts. On the part of himself and colleagues, he had to make the same statement. His lordship showed from the report the extent of the spiri tual destitution in the country, and observed that it was hardly necessary for him to argue that the church ought to set an example in making such an apportionment of the funds at her disposal as would shew her readiness and her zeal to emulate and assist them. The deans and chapters loosed on the measure as a soil of imputation on them that they had neglected their duty ; but while this strong feeling against the bill existed on the part of the clergy, it at the same time rendered them not the best judges of the matter in question. He did not think that the church alone, and by herself, was celebrated for her legislation. She had not been happy in her efforts in that particular, and he, therefore, would not be deterred from proceeding with the bill from the disappro bation of the clergy, even if it was as great and as extensive as it was represented to be. The Bishop of WINCHESTER contended, that the whole weight of authority went directly against a measure of the character of that now proposed. What right had the legis lature to deal with property given for certain specific pur poses—not by the state, but by individuals for ever ? He admitted that the poor diocese of Exeter and the populous diocese of Chester had claims on the church - but he maintained that the state itself should be called upon to take its part, and to do its duty in this matter. The right reverend prelate in conclusion moved as an amendment, that the bill be read that day three months. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY considered the bill to be one of the greatest importance, both to the nation and the church, but in quite a contrary sense to that entertained by the right reverend prelate (the Bishop of Winchester.). His belief was, that, if their lordships should unfortunately determine to throw out this bill, the result would be more or less disastrous to the church. It had been said that it was the duty of the state to provide for the spiritual wants of the people, Granted ; but the state had likewise a right to say to the church, " Do something for yourselves towards remedying the evils of spiritual destitution." That was the language held by an illustrious duke twelve years ago, and similar expressions were used by Earl Grey. With the latter nobleman, he (the Archbishop of Canterbury) had held much confidential conversation on the subject of the church, and bad been told by him, " We can do nothing for the church, if the church will do nothing for itself." Such likewise was the opinion of Sir R. Peel. The prejudices that were in many quarters entertained against the church would be strengthened and increased by the cry that the church was calling upon the country to do every thing, whilst she would do nothing for herself. He had heard it said that the deans and chapters were against the measure ; but he did not be lieve that the clergy, as a body, were generally averse to it. Lord LYTTLETON could only look upon this as a wild and baseless scheme of confiscation ; and he trembled, not for the church, nor for those who were doing this wrong, but for the age which could produce such a measure. (Cheers.) The Earl of H ARROWEY supported, and the Earl of DEvoN opposed the bill. The Bishops of GLOUCESTER and LINCOLN defended, and the Bishops of SALISBURY and ROCHESTER attacked the measure ; after which the house divided, and the second reading was carried by a majority of 99 to 48. Their lord ships then adjourned at half-past twelve o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-MONDAY Captain PECHSLL gave notice, that on Thursday he should move for a return of the number of churches and chapels built within the last ten years—at whose expense they were built—how the funds were raised—and how the proceeds arising from pew rents or otherwise were applied. COMMERCIAL TREATY WITH FRANCE Mr. LABOUCHERE, in answer to a question from Mr. B. Wood, whether, if the commercial treaty with France should be concluded during the recess, it would be acted on imme diately, said he need not inform the hon. gentleman and the house that it was absolutely impossible that any treaty that proposed lower duties could be carried into operation until the alterations were sanctioned by a vote of the house. He hoped that, at a very early period of the next session of par liament, he should be able to propose such a measure as would be required to give effect to the treaty. The house entered on the discussion of the report of the committee of supply of the sth May last. In answer to a question from Mr. HUME, whether the re port was true that a strong reinforcement of British troops was to be sent to the Levant, which had a considerable effect upon the public securities, Lord PALMERSTON said " No." Sir R. PEEL asked the noble lord whether the quadruple treaty was still in force. Lord PALMERSTON said, virtually the engagement was over; but if the same state of things should arise, the spirit of that treaty would require a recurrence to the same steps — the treaty would, he conceived, be still in force, and the same parties equally bound by it. CHINA On the report of supply, Mr. GeAnsTuNe called the atten tion of the house to the objects of the armaments against China. He would not enter into the general policy of the war : he wished to address himself more particularly to the question of the compensation intended to be demanded from China for the opium taken from British subjects. England was about to call for two millions of money. It was highly probable that the projected hostilities would more than ex haust that entire sum. Suppose that China should at once grant the whole amount, would she not compensate herself by a tax on•her exports of tea and silk, which tax must be eventually paid by the British consumer? But, independently of pecuniary considerations, was there in this case a ground of justice sufficient to warrant ministers in risking the evils of war ? The British merchants contended that they were entitled to the value of the opium surrendered by them to Captain Elliot; and it ;vas difficult for the British Govern ment to deny that claim, after resolving to continue Captain Elliot in office. Nay, indeed, the real principal in the opium trade was the Indian Government, sanctioned to a certain degree by the Government at home. These, however, were not reasons why the Government at home should seek to re cover this value forcibly against China. It was said that Chinese officers had connived at the corrupt practices of the inferior agents, still it had been but a limited connivance, practised only by the lower officers. At all events, it had ceased before the recent events, and the law of confiscation had been announced and enforced. Again, it was argued that the proper remedy would have been, not a seizure of opium, but a stoppage to the general trade ; but that would have been only to punish the innocent for the guilty. It was urged also, that the steps taken by China were sudden and without notice. This could hardly be maintained in the face of the positive edicts previously issued by the Chinese au thorities, and of the distinct, and, with reference to its pecu liar habits, unusual remonstrances of the Chinese Govern ment. The crisis had been long foreseen by Mr. Inglis and other residents, and actually predicted by them. Another argument was, that the Chinese, in contravention of the law of nations, had placed a body of strangers in durance, to en force the delivery of property in which the majority of them had no interest. This principle of mutual responsibility was excluded, indeed, from the conventional law of nations, to which China was no party ; but it was in nowise repugnant to the law of nature, by which alone she could fairly be held to be hound. It was a principle recognized by our own law, which makes the hundred liable in eel tain cases to compen sate the destruction of an individual inhabitant's property. And it now appeared in evidence, that, with very few excep tions, the whole resident community were engaged in the smuggling of opium. Surely it was our duty to have known very accurately w h o were the persons arrested before their arrest was made a cause of war. Next came the plea, that the freedom of h er M ajesty ' s representative had be en vio lpaatredationTihnapt,oiinfttortueh,onmoiugrht; butbe a s u r r e e a l s y o no f t o f r o d r demanding n re-g asum of money. In fact, however, there had been nothing to accredit Captain Elliot to the Chinese as the representativ e of her. Majesty ; and if th ere h ad been, he, at all ev e n t s, by his refnsal to- deliver up Mr:Dent, or theshlps, had identi tied himself with the opium trade. In short, the whole pro position of the advocates for war resolved itself into this— that the British had a right to smuggle opium, and that the Chinese had no business to prevent them. He was con vinced it would not be long before the indignation of the British people would be kindled on this subject against the Government, unless they should retrace their steps while yet it was practicable. Sir J. HOHHOUSE said, that at the end of M r . G ladstone's speech, as at the beginning, he was quite at a loss to conceive what good effect of any kind, it could produce : and, indeed, smallness of the audience to which the conservati ve thee nches had been reduced under Mr. Gladstone's oration was a tolerable proof of its inutility. It was a mere reehauffee of the old and long debate on China. • The hon. gentleman had treated far too lightly the outrages committed by the Chi e t h e e v e c o r y n n E i v n a g n l i c s e h m ofatnh'es blond n c ee n . e s h e ' o r a i h l u . e t y h Ar G o h Mr Gladstone e b s e l e ; a n d a s n s t u d o e n i had y l e e a t s t h t e o de v in n i denied d roy of Canton himself had been a party to it. There was no objection, undoubtedly, to the confiscation of contraband goods, but it must not be effect ed by seizure of persons. The residents were not only arrested, but latv m or e n n a a t ce ure d with lt s w ta a r s v a ation which had been averted only by the surrender of the par ty ' A appeal had been made to the of one man for the to the courage of Capt a i n purpose of getting at the goods of another. This country was . n istrang n e law, if it allowed the seizure indebted for the preservation ot • her people h s trth.oopufiahLrtm it tre g(Poibitojael E lliot, and min M displeasure at the c ourse the war, and extolled the character " of the is C te h r i s ne h s a e d . Espseuxvrin.veizhed against the iniquity of whnicoohpotcihucemay had been landed at the very though certainly notwfiteltiovy Still, however, Captain Elliot hal23 where Captain Elliot re sided,they ha d trade ; and government having sanctioned uc hish in co fosteringue o o f p th e ro ceeding, were now, though The his guarantee, io'dtlasianv 0 E ,„ 1 . l e i ot' s . knowledge. bound in honour and honesty to fulfil it. a?dfvvainelt:,gebuotf the opium trade was a great one in many poin ts especially because it yielded a return in specie,without whi c h m ng pt h io e n r England would have found some diffi cu l ty in purchases of tea from China, where th ere was no cmone!'ul of English goods. Sir CHARLES GREY complained bitterly that China choose s e to exclude the general intercourse of strangers whil e she yet admits a certain residence for purposes of trade. This, h e said, had placed her in a false position. He expatiated upon the absurdity of her regulations, and relied on their unrea sonableness as forming a sort of argument for transgressing her revenue laws. Loid§ANnoNthought it difficult to deny that China a n d all other co un t r i es h a d a right to exclude th9intercourse of strangers, and still more difficult to maintain that such an exclusion could justify a war. The Chinese had tried to settle amicably the matter in dispute, and when that attempt failed, they had resorted to a measure which, however questionable, , was certai r my not worse than our own perseverance in a trade with thei: people which their law prohibited. They were wrong perhaps In some of their steps, but they were right in the main point, which was their resistance to the introduction of an injurious commodity into their la*d. Lord PALMERSTON declared his inability to perceive the general drift of Mr. Gladstone's speech, or to ascertain his opinion on the claim of compensation. , Mr. Gladstone had suggested that the war was vindicated by ministers on the plea that the measures of China had been taken without no tice. That was not the justification of the British govern ment. With or without notice, they would have condemned a violence, whereof the precedents were to be found, not in the law of nature, referred to by Mr. Gladstone, but in the practice of banditti, who seize the traveller, and detain him till he send to his family for a ransom. The hon. gentleman had said that Captain Elliot was not a representative in a diplomatic sense, but a mere consular agent. But a consul was fully entitled to the respect of the state in which he might be placed, and the diplomatic distinction was devoid of substance. He believed that ministers were fortified by public opinion. A division ensued, which led to nothing, and the resolution was at length agreed to without a division. REGENCY BILL. Lord PALMERSTON moved the first reading of this bill, and fixed the second reading for Wednesday. RATING STOCK IN TRADE BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned at a quarter past two o'clock. HOUSE OF LORDS.—Tr EsDAY. Several bills having been brought up from the commons, the house adjourned during pleasure. At five o'clock the Lord Chancellor again took his seat on the'woolsack. The West India relief bill, the Caledonian canal bill, the friendly societies bill, and the poor-law commissioners conti nuance bill, were read a third time and passed. Some petitions were presented. _ Viscount DUNCANNON gave notice, that if the municipal districts (Ireland) bill was brought up to that house in the course of the evening, he would move that it be read a first time and printed, and would fix the third reading for Thurs day. The Earl of GLENGAL gave notice, that on Friday next he would move for a copy of the sentence passed on Lawrence Davis at the Clonmel Assizes, for wilful and corrupt perjury at the election of a poor-law guardian. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from 1160 persons of colour in the island of Barbadoes. Of the petitioners, 1100 were persons who had been emancipated from slavery, and on this account the petition was most interesting to him, as it no doubt would be to their lordships, when they heard that this was the first petition which had emanated from any body of the emancipated people of colour, in the exercise of that right which they had, in common with every other class their fellow-subjects, to lay their complaints and wishes be fore the parliament. (Hear, hear.) The petitioners com plained that the qualification of the members of the Houle of Assembly was too high and also that the electoral quali fication was so high as to limit the elective franchise to 1200 persons, out of a population of 130,000 ; and of this 1200 not more than 200 were people of colour. The conse quence, as might be supposed, was, that the interest of the emancipated people of colour who were unrepresented was not attended to by that house ; but, on the contrary, the measures which were recommended by the govern ment for their protection, and the amelioration of their condition, were rejected. They complained most particu larly of the restrictions which were placed on their emigra tion to the other islands. (Hear.) The restriction of which they complained, and in which, to a certain degree, he went along with them—though to a certain degree also he did not—was an act by which every person was prohibited, under very severe penalties, from acting as an immigration agent without a license. Undeniably there was a great risk of abuse by persons acting as emigration agents, which it was necessary there should be some check to prevent; since negroes might be inveigled on board a ship, and, instead of being carried to Guiana, where they would be free, taken to the Brazils, where they would be slaves. But the negroes maintained that the real object of the act was to prevent emigration—to keep them in the island, and thus keep labour cheap. It was possible that this might be one great object of the legislature there, while it was clear, on the other hand, that this was a different case, from the crimping system in the case of the Hill Coolies in the East Indies; nevertheless it ought to be under some control, that the emigration of la bourers might not on the one hand be made the means of carrying them into slavery in Brazil, and on the other hand, of improperly detaining them in the island. He hoped great attention would be paid to the subject by the government at home before they allowed the act, which if it were disallowed, he hoped some other means, not liable to the same objec tions, might be found to prevent these abuses. The Earl of DEVON, on the bringing up the report of the select committee on the grammar schoos bill, suggested that the bill should be recommitted. The Bishop of EXETER wished to know whether it was in tended to lay the ordinance of the governor-general of Ca nada, relating to the seminary of St. Sulpice on the table of that house, and whether it was cousistent for her majesty to give her consent to the ordinance? Viscount MELBOURNE said it would not be laid on the table during the present session ; at the same time he was of opinion that it was quite consistent for her majesty to give her assent to it. The Bishop of EXETER would remind the noble viscount that the governor in council could not make any ordinance affecting or altering the religious establishments of Canada, and he would remind the noble viscount that the ordinance did affect the religious establishments in that country, by erecting the monks of the seminary of St. Sulpice into a body corporate. In reply to questions from the Earl of HADDINGTON, . • Viscount MELBOURNE replied that the government were not determined on discontinuing the £5O a-year to Bishop M`Gill, but that they were determined on discontinuing the salaries of her Majesty's chaplains in Scotland, who might be appointed hereafter. _ _ The Earl of HADDINGTON was sorry to hear of the inten tion of discontinuing those salaries. He looked upon it as an unwise and shabby proceeding. On the motion of the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, the com mittee on the promissory notes bill was deferred till Friday. WEAVER CRURCRES RILL The ; ishop of LONDON rose to move the third reading of the Weaver churches bill. In doing so it was not his inten tion to trouble their lordships at that time with any detailed observations, because he.would take the opportunity of re plying to any remarks which might be made against the mo tion. He would, however, state in a few words the objects of the bill, and the purposes it professed to accomplish, as their lordships might not he aware of the entire circum stance, of the case. The bill was owing to the flourishing condition of the funds of the Weaver trustees. The state of the navigation was so flourishing, that the income of the trustees exceeded a sum of X 34,000, independent of all the demands on them. The trustees held that they were diScharging . the most important part of their duty as trustees of the navigation, in providing church accommodation for those persons who worked on the canal. As matters at pre sent existed there, the men who were very properly prevented from working on Sundays, assembled on the banks of the canal on that day, in consequence of there being no church accommodation for them. It therefore appeared to the trus tees of the navigation to be their duty to provide that accom modation which they proposed doing by taking £6OOO. from these tolls, and with that amount erect three churches on the banks of the canal. Notwithstanding all that had been said against the measure be should not hesitate to say that the great mass of the middle classes in the county of Chester were decidedly in favour of the present bill. He trusted, therefore, that their lordships would unanimously agree to its being read a third time. The Marquis of WESTMINSTER moved as an amendment that the bill be read a third time that day six months. It was in direct violation of a trust, and if passed, would furnish a dangerous precedent for interfering with all trust funds. The feeling of the neighbourhood and of the whole county was decidedly against it, and the labourers whom it was pro posed to benefit were by no means anxious for the advantages to be conferred upon them. Lord LURGAN said that were it not for the evidence ad duced before the committee, of which he had been a member, he could never have believed that such deplorable spiritual destitution existed in this country as was the case in the dis trict in question. The Weaver fund was strictly a parlia mentary trust fund, and when the immediate objects of the trust had been attained, it was clearly in the power of parlia ment to appropriate the surplus to so worthy an object. Lord STANLEY (of Alderley) opposed the bill. After a few words from the Bishop of LoNnoN, the reading was carried without a division. Lord PORTMAN proposed two amendments, which were afterwards negatived. - - The house adjourned HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TUESDAY. The speaker took the chair at four o'clock, and there being only twenty-six members present, the house adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS.--WEDNESDAY The House of Lords did not assemble to-day. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-WEDNESDAY A new writ was ordered for Cavan in the room of Mr. Max well, who has accepted the stewardship of the Chiltern Hun dreds. Mr. Fox MAULE gave notice, that he should on Thursday move for a bill to enable the government to advance money for carrying on the administration of justice in Birmingham, until the question of the charter he adjudicated upon. Mr. G. PALMER inquired whether any provision had been made for adjudicating upon any claims, in consequence of the orders in council fox reprisals upnn property and vessels be longing to the subjects of the Emperor of China, before these vessels or property can be carried into a British port ? Lord J. RUSSELL answered, that at present Chinese ves sels, if captured, would be taken to Singapore. Ile had in quired of Lord Palmertson and the first lord of the Admiralty, to ascertain whether other desirable arrangements could be carried into effect. Mr. LABOUCHERE, in answer to inquiries from Sir Robt. Peel, said that the question regarding the re-arrangement of the duties on coffee would be abandoned for the present ses sion, owing to the difficulties attending the attempt. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in a subsequent part of the evening, withdrew the customs bill, adding that he did not intend to bring in any other bill in its stead. Lord PALMERSTON, in answer to inquiry from Mr. KEM BLE, stated that her Majesty's government were fully sen sible of the value of the services of Captain Douglas, who, by his gallantry, and on his own responsibility, had contri buted most materially to the safety of a large body of British subjects, and that he was now in communication as to the means of acknowledging those services. the O s n e t o h n e d m tim otion E of Lord J. RUSSELL, and after a brief from hi m as to i ts o bj ect, the regency bi ll was read rd J. of RUSSELL death b i L I Lord IL. Mr. c FITZROY e. k Y moved the third reading of the movedpu nishment as an amendment, that it be read the third time that day thr ; eemonths, f which, fter discussion, d was Lo c r a d rri j. ed ßu b The bill is consequently lost r majoritythe. y ss 7 E B LL ro m s o l ved the third • porerstetet session. 27. , e reading d rt i e n s e . as an amendmentr to reserves ry,Mr. ~H t ( Canada) t a r le thisad a )11 moved,ob u i I s l feels confiden m t a t j h es a t , ,s to d pro mo t e the t f io t n he de c e l l e a r r g a y _ g olu o Upper Canada, and to satisfy the earnest desire ' :I n av n o io tt n r.a s b i l n e prosperity of that portion of her the people of that province, 'it is expedient to give the ,m s o l s o t consideration to the wishes of her Majesty there ; that to terminate the jealonsy and dissension l which have hitherto existed on the subject of the clergy reserves, to remove a barrier to the settlement of the country, and to pro vide a fund available for the promotion of education, it is ex tremely desirable that the said lands, so reserved, be sold, and the proceeds arising from the sale of the same placed at the disposal of the provincial legislature, to be applied exclu sively for that purpose." This amendment was negatived by 51 to 10 —majority against it 41. The bill was then read the third tim e and passed. in an swer to Lord J. Russell' Mr. HODGES, s inquiry, said that he should withdraw the constabulary bill for the present session. The New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land bill, on the motion of Lord J. RussELL, was read the third time and passed, as were the slave trade treaties bill and several other bills. The parochial assessment bill, and the further considera tion of the report of. committee thereon, afterwards called forth some d esu lt ory di scuss io n on its several clauses, and on some p ro p ose d amendments. The Bank of I re l an d bi ll went through committee. The report of the resolution for continuing certain Coal duties in London called forth some conversation, but it was agreed to. The population bill and other bills were forwarded a stage, and the house adjourned. COURT CIRCULAR.—TuEsDAT Her Majesty and the Duchess de Nemours took an.airing, yesterday afternoon, in an open carriage and four. Prince Albert and the Duke de Nemours rode out on horseback at the same time. The Hon. Colonel Cavendish, Colonel Bon verie, and General Colbert attended the royal party on horse hnetc Viscount Melbourne had an audience of the Queen yester day. ; The royal dinner party at the palace, last evening, included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, M. Guizot, the French ambassador ; Earl of Surrey, Lady Charlotte Dun das. Lord Hill, Lord Robert Grosvenor, Sir Hussey and Lady Vivian, and the Right Hon. T. B. Macauley. The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Charlotte Dun das, and Colonel Cowper; and the Duke and Duchess de Nemours, attended by Countess D'Oraison and General Count Colbert, honoured the Royal Academy, in Trafalgar square, with a visit, yesterday afternoon. Their royal high nesses arrived at the academy at half-past ten o'clock, and were received by. Sir Martin Archer Shee, the president of the academy, who conducted the. royal party through the different schools. . _ _ The Princess Augusta received visits, yesterday, at Cla rence-house, St. James's, from the Duchess of Gloucester, the Duke of Cambridge, and the Duke and Duchess de Ne mours. The Duke of Cambridge honoured Sir - William J. Newton with:a sitting, yesterday, for his coronation picture. The Duke and Duchess de Nemours, attended by Countess d'Oraison and General Colbert. 'visited the Duchess of Cam br'dge, at Cambridge-house, yesterday afternoon ; and also the Duke of Sussex, at Kensington -palace. The Duke of Cambridge honoured the Duchess de Canni zaro with his company, on Sunday evening, at her residence in Hanover-square. The Princess Sophia Matilda visited the Duchess of Cam bridge yesterday afternoon. WEDNESDAY. The Queen and Prince Albert took an airing yesterday afternoon in a carriage and four. Viscoupt Melbourne had au audience of her Majesty yesterday• Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the Countess of Charleniont, the Hon. Miss Anson, Lord Byron, the'Earl of Surrey, the Hon. W. Cowper, the Hon. Colonel Caven dish, and Colonel Bouverie, honoured the Italian Opera with their presence last,cvening. The Queen and: PihiC'e Albert inspected yesterday at Buckingham Palace the Goodwood Shield, and piece of plate, presented to Admiral Sir G. Cockburn by 86 officers, who served under him. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were pleased to express their approbation. The Duchess of Kent visited and took leave of the Duke and Duchess de Nemo,urs yesterday morning at Buckingham Palace. Shortly before eleven o'clock the Duke and Duchess de Nemours attended by Countess d'Oraison and Lieutenant- General Count Colbert, took their departure from Bucking ham Palace for Goodwood. The Princess Augusta received visits yesterday from the Duchess of Gloucester and the Duke of Cambridge. THURSDAY. The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by the Countess of Charlemont, Hon. Miss Paget, Lord Byron, Hon. Wm. Cowper, Colonel Wemyss, and Colonel Bouverie, honoured the Marquis of Westminster with their company, yesterday afternoon, at his residence in Upper Grosvenor-street. The noble marquis and Lord Robert Grosvenor received her Ma jesty and his royal highness, and attended the royal party during their inspection of the pictures in the mansion. The Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by the Princesses Augusta and Mary of Cambridge, visited the Queen, yester day afternoon, at Buckingham Palace, to take leave of her Majesty, on her royal highness's departure for the Continent. Her royal highness also visited and took leave of the Duchess of Kent, at Ingestre House, and the Princess Augusta, at Clarence House, St. James's. Viscount Melbourne, Lord Hill, and Lord John Russell, had audiences yesterday, of her Majesty. The Right Hon. Sir George Grey, Judge Advocate-General, had an audience of the Queen, yesterday, to submit to her Majesty the pro ceedings of some courts-martial. • His Excellency the Turkish Ambassador, accompanied by Mr. Salame, her Majesty's oriental interpreter, were pre sented to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, yesterday after noon, by Viscount Palmerston. The royal dinner party at the palace, last evening, included her lloyttl Highness the Duchess of Kent, Marquis of Head fort, Earl of Surrey, Earl and Countess de Grey, Earl and Countess Cowper, Earl of Morley, Lady Charlotte Dundas, Viscount Melbourne, and Lord Fitzalan. The band of the royal regiment of horse guards attended at the palace during the evening. Prince Albert, attended by. Colonel Bouverie, visited the Duchess of Cambridge, yesterday afternoon, at Cambridge House, and took leave ' of her Roya: Highness. The Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Gloucester, and the Duke of Cambridge, visited the Princess Augusta yesterday. The Duke of Cambridge honoured Mrs. Dawson Darner with his company, on Tuesday evening, at her residence, in Tilney-street. A - deputation' on West India emigration, consisting. of Messrs. Green, Cohen, Rees, and Hendriks, had an inter view with Lord John' Russell, yesterday, at the Colonial office. THE QUEEN DOWAGER AT THE LAKES Bowness, Westmorland, July 260840, Great preparations have been making at this place for some days past for the reception of her Majesty the Queen Dowager. Thursday last was the day originally fixed for her arrival, which was afterwards postponed till Friday. At five o'clock in the afternoon of that day her Majesty, accompanied by Lord Howe, the Earl of Sheffield, the Earl of Denbigh, the Duchess of Saxe Weimar, the Countess of Sheffield, Lady Georgiana Curzon, Lady Mary Fielding, and a numerous suite, arrived at the White Lion Hotel, having been escorted from Newly-bridge by the Ulverston Yeomanry Cavalry, com manded by Captain Richardson. As she passed thrOugh the triumphal arches which had been erected in various parts of the village, and on her arrival at the White Lion, she was loudly and most heartily cheered by the crowd of persons who had assembled to meet her. Her Majesty and suite dined at six o'clock, and at seven she walked out with her suite and the Rev. R. P. Graves, the clergyman of Bowness, by the side of Windermere, down to the bay, and thence round by the Crown Hotel and the new school. With the view of the lake and surrounding scenery from the two last mentioned places, she appeared greatly delighted, and spoke of them in the highest terms of admiration. She returned to the White Lion about eight o'clock. The following morning (Saturday), about ten o'clock, she left the White Lion for the purpose of visiting the residence of Mrs. Bolton, of Storrs hall, which is situated farther down the lake. She walked down from the hotel accompanied by her suite, and a number of the principal families of the neighbourhood, to the lake side, where a small yacht, handsomely fitted up, with an awning and other necessary accommodations, had been pre pared for her. She was most respectfully saluted as she passed along, and that part of the lake at which she went on board was crowded with yachts and small boats, leaded with pas sengers, and splendidly decorated with crimson and other coloured flags. Among the yachts we observed the Victoria, belonging to Captain Hamilton ; the Nautilus, belonging to Hornby Roughsedge, Esq. ; the North Star, the property of Mark Beaufoy, Esq. ; the Midge, belonging to Wood, Esq. ; the Wave, the Rover, and several others. As the boat left the shore her Majesty was saluted with three hearty cheers, the Bowness baud playing " God save the Queen." Her Majesty, having partaken of a splendid cold collation at Storrs-hall, returned to Bowness between five and six in the afternoon. In the evening upwards of 500 children were re galed with tea, buns, &c., in the space in front of the White Linn—a scene with which her Majesty appeared to be greatly delighted. The following day (Sunday) her Majesty attended Divine service at the church of Bowness, when an excellent and appropriate sermon was preached by the Rev. R. P. Graves, of Bowness. To-morrow (Monday), she proceeds to pay a visit to some of the other lakes in the vicinity, and, it, is understood, will proceed to the south on Tuesday or Wednesday. THEFTS BY BOATMEN.-A NOVEL SAVINGS' BANK. On Saturday morning last, one of the borough police observed a boatman carrying a basket in the street ; and, his suspicions being excited, the officer watched the man take it to the house, whither he immediately followed him, and de manded to examine the contents of the basket. It was quite full of hanks of yarn, which the man, whose name is White, said he had brought out of Yorkshire to Manchester to be dyed. As he stated he had no more yarn, the policeman searched the room ; and behind the head of the bed, in which another man named Rolls, the occupant of the tenement, was lying, he found six hanks of similar yarn. The police man accordingly conveyed both men to' the police-office, and Inspector Green there asked White if he was working in any boat. White said he was employed in the service of the Merchants' Company, in a boat called the Gypsey, which was lying in the canal basin. Green went to the boat, and found that part of its cargo had been a number of bales of yarn, of a precisely similar quality and description to that found in the possession of the prisoners. Ten of the bales had evidently been cut open at one end or corner of the bale, and sewed up again with some twine of a darker colour or more dirty hue than the rest ' • and from that part of the bales a bundle or two of yarn had, to all appearance, been abstracted. On searching further, Green found some of the dirty twine and a packing-needle in the captain's cupboard. lie took a sample from several of the bales, and it appa rently corresponded, in every respect, with the yarn found on the prisoners. •lle next searched the boat narrowly, and found somewhere in the cabin a small bag containing 15 sous., and some silver ; and in the bottom part of the boat, amongst some lumber, potatoes, &c. was a short piece of spar, or what is called a batten-end, which attracted Green's attention. He found it so heavy, that he was lad to scrutinize it rather closely. It was in two pieces (as if it had been split longitudinally), neatly joined together ; but having separated them, Green found a large hollow scooped in the middle, nicely lined with raw cotton ; and in the midst of the cotton, snugly lay no fewer than sixty-eight sovereigns: These were so neatly packed and padded in this nautical savings bank, that no clinking be trayed the secret of the internal value of this bit of wood, which was just the sort of thing a lad would have been tempted to lay hands on to make a miniature boat. Before Green left the wharf with his prize, he saw every bale weighed. The prisoners were brought up at the Borough Court on Monday morning, when these facts were stated, and the yarn and the boatman's cash box were produced. The latter excited much curiosity, as its golden store in a nest of cotton was exhibited to the magistrate. A gentleman in the employ of the Mer chants' Company, to whom the boat belongs, stated that the Gipsy had brought to this town, from Sowerby Bridge, 20 bales of yarn, consigned by Messrs. Gills and Denton, of Baildon, near Bradford, to Messrs. Worthington and Co. car riers, to be forwarded to Kidderminster. In the transit witness considered these goods to be the property of the Merchants' Company, to whom they were entrusted. On re-weighing the bales, after the prisoner's apprehension, three of them showed a deficiency of weight as compared with that on the bill of consignment. The bales Nos. 9745, 9214, and 9731, were respectively 21b. short of the weight as per consignment note; and the last specified bale was wetted in getting it out of the boat and upon the wharf, so that if it had been re weighed dry, its deficiency would have been greater by 11b. Another bale was deficient, though it appeared to have been wetted intentionally on board the boat, to give it additional weight •, and witness said it was no unfrequent thing for boat men, when any portion of bale goods had been abstracted, to pour water on the bales to conceal the deficiency of weight ; but, notwithstanding, this bale was reweighed in that state, it was deficient of the weight stated. The goods were weighed at Sowerby Bridge, and immediately afterwards put into the boat. Witness stated that White had been in the employ of the Merchants' Company a number of years (some other person stated twelve years ;) that he and his son were both employed on board the boat, the former having earned for the last eighteen months 225. a week, and the son 15s. a week ; so that they were together in the receipt of 375. weekly, and might have as much money of their own as was found in the boat. As there was no party to give evidence as to the state and weight of the bales when put on board at Sowerby. Bridge, nor any witness conversant with yarns, to speak to the perfect identity of that found on the prisoners with that contained in the bales, both the prisoners were remanded to this day, and the police retain present possession of the 81 sovereigns and silver.—Mancheater. Guardian. DEATH OP THE EARL OF DURHAM The following communication, announcing the death of the Earl of Durham, has been received frbm Cowes, in the Isle of Wight :--_ COWES, JULY 28.—From the hour of his lordship's arrival at Cowes there appeared to be no hopes of his recovery, and he has been daily getting weaker, but his medical attendants considered he was not in immediate danger—that the acute disease had changed into the chronic; indeed, he had no medical man in attendance for some days, and his amiable lady and family had, been lulled into a false security. His lordship had not eaten anything for a week past, excepting a little fruit, and had taken only beef tea. On Sunday and Monday he did not rise oven to have his hod made ; his lady was his sole and constant attendant night and day ; no one even went into his room. His lordship had taken a great fancy to the town, and to the last was anxious to purch ase or take on a lease oefourteen dr twenty years a large house for his family, and Mr. Moore had applied to the Earl of Belfast, Sir Thomas Tancred, Mrs. Goodwin, and others, for that purpose, his lordship considering himself better, and that he would recover. At five o'clock this morning he was taken worse, and Mr. C. Day was for the first time called in ; he attended immediately, and pronounced him dying—that he could not live five hours. At ten minutes past nine his lord ship expired. It was a terrible and unexpected blow to his lady and children, for if ever a husband was doated on by an amiable and affectionate wife it was John George Lambton, Earl of Durham. Lord Lambton was sent for to his father a few minutes before he died. His lordship's daughters were also with Lady Durham. The whole family are in the great est distress. John Lambton, Earl of Durham, Viscount Lambton, and Baron Durham, of the city of Durham, in the peerage of the United Kingdom, was born 12th April, 1792, and married first, the Ist of January, 1812, Miss Harriet Cholmondeley, who died in May, 1815 ; and secondly, Lady Louisa Eliza beth Grey, eldest daughter of the Earl and Countess Grey. His lordship had issue by his first marriage three daughters, all of whom arc dead ; and by his second, five children, two sons, and three daughters. His second son, George Freder ick Viscount Lambton, (the Hon. Charles William, his eld est son having died at the age of thirteen), succeeds to the family honours. The ladies Mary, Emily, and Alice Lamb ton, were born on the Bth May, 1817, 17th May, 1823, and 16th April, 1831. The deceased earl was the son of the late William llenry Lambton, Esq., and Lady Anne Villiers, daughter of the fourth Earl of Jersey. His lordship has two brothers and one sister—namely, Mr. W. H. Lambton, mar ried to Miss C. Ellison in 1824 ; Mrs. Cavendish, lady of the Hon. Col. Cavendish, equerry to her majesty ; and Mr. Hedworth Lambton, M.P., married in 1835 to Miss Bushe. L'he deceased was lord privy seal from 1830 to 1833, and as most of our readers are aware, was subsequently British am bassador at the coda of St, Petersburgh, and lord high com missioner of Canada in 1838. He was a privy councillor, a G. C. 8., and knight of the foreign orders of St. An drew, St. Alexander Newsky, St. Anne, and the White Eagle of Russia ; Leopold of Belgium, and the Saviour of Greece. In addition to the above, he was high steward of Hull. INCENDIARISM AT BLACKBURN ATTEMPT TO BURN DOWN MESSRS. W. AND T. TURNER'S MILL -THE FIRE AT MESSRS. LIVESEY AND RODGETT'S I t is with very great pain we make an announcement which cannot fail to fill with alarm the public generally, and espe cially that important part of the public whose property is invested in the staple manufacture of this county. Within the last six-and-thirty hours circumstances have transpired, which leave no reasonable ground for doubt that the fiendish spirit of incendiarism is at work amongst the boys employed in the cotton mills in this town. Two or three cases of at tempts to set fire to factories (one of them too successful) will probably be brought home to parties now in custody ; but in the present state of matters, just the first flush of the discovery, the affair has not been so far unravelled that we can present our readers with the minute detail which we should desire to lay before them. So far as can be at present ascertained, the main facts appear to be as follow : On Wednesday last, about one o'clock in the afternoon, a fire was discovered in the mixing room at Messrs. Turners' mill, at Bank Top, in this town. An alarm was given, and three fire engines (which, by the by, are said to have been in a rather inefficient condition,) together with a detachment of the police, were speedily on the spot. After considerable exertion the fire was. extinguished, before it had done any very considerable damage, one hundred pounds being pro bably the value of the property destroyed. There were cir cumstances attending the' breaking out of the fire which raised a slight suspicion that its origin was not accidental, but for some days nothing transpired which could give that suspicion any particular direction. Yesterday afternoon, however, a spinner employed in the same mill again smelled tire, and on going into the roving room he discovered that a quantity of bobbins were in a blaze. These he fortunately succeeded in extinguishing, and no further damage was done. But the occurrence of course confirmed the suspicion to which we have alluded, and during the confusion attendant upon the alarm of yesterday's fire, a lad employed in the mill was ob served to conduct himself so strangely, and to manifest so much tremor, that it was immediately supposed he was in some way or other connected with the fire. He was seized by one of the men, and after much threatening confessed he was concerned, with several others, in setting fire to the mill both on Wednesday and yesterday. The lad's name is Thomas Clayton ; on his person were found two lots of lucifer matches. Upon his information three others, named William Kenyon, William Counsell, and William Stirzaker, were at once arrested ; as well as James Stirzaker, brother to the last-named of the above. The ages of the four first-named lads do not appear to be more than about fourteen. James Stirzaker is three or four years older. _ _ From the voluntary statements already made by some of the lads, there is reason to believe that ,James Stirzaker was the author of the disastrous fire that burned Messrs. Livesey and Rodgett's mill to the ground. His younger bro ther says that he admitted the fact to him, and that he also instigated him (William Stirzaker) to set fire to the Messrs. Turner's mill, for which purpose he supplied him with a box of lucifers, part of which he gave to Clayton. The lad also admitted that the remainder of the matches in the box, after those given to Clayton were taken out, were hidden upon the premises, and upon his pointing out the place his s t a t emen t was found to be correct. • Besides the'two decided attempts which have been made to burn down ?Messrs. Turners' mill, both of which have been happily frustrated, these young villians have confessed to an arrangement which they had planned, whereby the se cond attempt was to have been made last Saturday night, in stead of yesterday, but they were prevented from putting their arrangement into practice by several accidental circum stances which we need not detail. It is impossible at present to trace these diabolical crimes to any sufficient motive. The lads talk of spite against cer tain overlookers and spinners, but perhaps in a few days other matters may give a different aspect to this most lamentable affair. In the mean time the five lads are placed in safe cus tody, and will be brought up before the magistrates this day for a first examination, and we do most sincerely hope that the inquiries which are already set on foot may lead to suth a result that all concerned may meet the punishment they so richly deserve.—Blackburn Standard. RELEASE OF MESSRS. LOVETT AND COLLINS.- PUBLIC ENTRANCE OF COLLINS INTO BIR MINGHAM. (From use Times of Tuesday.) Birmingham, Monday, July 27, 4.p.m " The first chartist demonstration "Of the season com menced this morning, and so far has passed off well.. For the last few weeks great exertions have been made by the rem nant of the chartist party usually assembling in Lawrence street chapel to render the liberation of Lovett and Collins an occasion of a great political display : and certainly, as an exhibition of numbers goes, the affair of to-day may be fairly said to have rivalled many of Mr. Attwood's far-famed great political " demonstrations." About 6 o'clock on Saturday morning Lovett and Collins were discharged from Warwick goal. Their friends, it ap pears, expected that their liberation would take place about 7, but two or three of them, fancying that they would be the first to greet them on their coming forth from the prison, very knowingly arranged to be in waiting from a few minutes after 6, opposite to the gaol, and there standing ready to give the huzza on the instant of the doors opening. On crossing the market-place, however, and turning over the iron bridge at the entrance of the Bridewell-lane, which leads upon the gaol-gates, who should they meet but the two patriots them selves walking quietly along, as unnoticed, and as coolly look ing about them as if they were persons of no more consequence than a pair of vagrants who had just served their time and were thinking at what lodging-house they would be most likely to meet with their " old pals." There. was not the slightest " demonstration," no doubt to the great mortifica tion of those who had promised themselves a capital show-off. Lovett showed his good sense by disappointing those worthies, and immediately left Warwick for London. In the evening Collins, who is much fonder of display than his fellow sufferer, supped with about 150 chartists at the Saracen's Head, and as was to be expected, there was abundance of talking, eating, drinking, smoking, toasting, and singing. Of the quality of the speeches I am unable to give an opini on, but they will no doubt be duly reported in the chartist journals. This morning the bustle in the streets of Birmingham re minded one of the days of Newhall Hill and Holloway Head ; but fortunately, owing to the establishment of thepolice, ana the known preparations made by the head of that efficient body, not the slightest alarm appeared to be felt by the in habitants. Soon after nine o'clock this morning crowds were seen proceeding towards the place of meeting, and by ten o'clock the streets in that vicinity were crammed with a dense mul titude of men, Women, and children ; it is difficult to say which of the three classes were the most numerous. By this time, however, the committee had issued a hand-bill stating that in consequence of ill health the latter gentleman had been forbidden by his medical advisers attending any public meeting for the present. It is worthy of remark that Lovett's intention to proceed to London and not visit Birmingham was known to the committee for some days past, but they thought it would militate against the " demonstration" if they made any premature announcement to that effect, and therefore kept the secret until the last moment. The outgoing proceedings of the day were exceedingly flat, all the enthusiasm and excitement usual upon such occasions being reserved until the triumphant return of Collins into the town. On the arrival of the procession at Sparkbrook, it must have consisted of from' 15,000 to, 20,000 persons. Collins arrived at the Angel by the Queen coach about the same time, and was loudly greeted by the assembled multi tude. He appeared emaciated, and excused himself from speaking on the ground of weakness, stating that he felt con vinced that his incarceration had laid the germ of a con sumption. The procession then returned to. Birmingham in great state. The scene in High-street, Dentend, was im posing, but that in the Bull-ring has not been exceeded since the return of Mr. Attwood from London after the passing of the reform bill. The cavalcade then moved on wards to Gosta-green, the scene of Mr. Feargus O'Connor's previous displays. On arriving at the spot the mob almost completely filled the green. The carriage of the " victim" was drawn up aside, and on order being somewhat restored he treated his auditors to a long tirade upon the sufferings he had endured during his imprisonment, the villany of the government, the conduct of Lord J. Russell, and his own unabated attachment to the principles of Chartism. He was loudly cheered in the course of his address, and the multi tude having dispersed, preparations were made for a dinner, which afterwards took place in a vacant space at the end of Shadwell-street. A Mr. Catler took the chair, and from the number of tickets issued it is computed that about 1,800 persons sat down. Collins went into a more detailed statement of the horrors of prison discipline and miseries of gaol allowance, and after a number of speeches in the true chartist style, the party broke up. Too much praise cannot be awarded to the very able ar rangements made by Mr. Commissioner Burgess for the prevention of any disturbance, and it is to the excellent con duct of the police under his command that the tranquillity of the town is probably in great measure owing. Our readers will no doubt recollect the reported launch of the Trafalgar, which was to have taken place in M a y l as t, and then a postponement of It until June, when her Majesty was to have been present. We are now informed, that if every shipwright in the yard at Woolwich were to be con stantly employed, the vessel could not possibly be finished by May next ; in addition to which it will also require three months' constant work of the whole of the blacksmiths of that yard to effect its completion. Such is the rapidity of the works carried on under the guidance of our Mint° Ad miralty.-. Courier. Wheat drs. I 6!B_ 10 I 572 253 Malt Oats Rye Qrs. Beans Qrs. Pease Qrs. Shelled Barley Indian Corn . . Rapeseed Qrs. Oatmeal . . . . Loads Flour. Sacks! Ditto . Brls 164 2516 3668 2238 2896 582 14 14 .235 235 EXPORTS.—Foreign. Barley, 3 qrs. ; Oats, 22 qrs. ; Rye, qrs, ; Pease, 3 qrs. ; Indian Corn, qr. ; Flour, 346 brls.— Ireland. Wheat, 1063 qrs.; Barley, qrs. ; Rye, 125 qrs. ; Indian Corn, qrs. ; Oatmeal, 140 loads ; Flour, sacks.—Coast wise. Wheat, 357 qrs.; Barley, 345 qrs. ; Malt, 25 qrs. ; Oats, qrs. ; Rye, qrs. ; Beans, qrs. ; Pease, 54 qrs. ; Oat meal, 38.5 loads ; Flour, 518 sacks, 775 brls. Average prices of Grain, for the week ending July 24 1840. Wheat 71s. 4d. I Barley.. 325. Bd. I Oats.. 28s. 10d. Rye.. 365. Sd Beans.. 465. Ild. Pease, 455. 6d. Wheat.. 68s Aggregate average of the six weeks Bcl.l Barley.. 345. Bd. Oats.. 265. 3d. Rye.. 365. Id Beans .. 455. 6d. I Pease .. 445. 10d. Duty on Foreign Grain, Rm. this week Wheatl6s. Bd. I Brley 10s.10C1. Oats Rye .. 15s. 6d I Beans, 2s. ud. Pease3s. 6d. Indian Crnlos. 10d. I Flourios. °id Liverpool Averages, week ending 28st July, 1840. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. I Pease ••• I 2 I I 097 1544 I 28 I 0 Prices.. I 72 - s. 7 itd. I Os. Od. Bd. I 49a. ad. I oos:od SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE FRIDAY, JULY 31 —Wind N.N.W , ARRlVED.—Sgoumenta " , Scotius, from Rouen—Eugene, Perrie ; and Auguste, Kirkhove, from Ostend —Ayrshire, ; Devereux, —; Prince of Waterloo, Needham; and Tamerlane, —, from Quebec—Lavinia, Sutherland, from Sydney, C. B.—Ward, Masters, from St. John, N. 8., very leaky, having struck on the Skerries— lonia, Badcock, from Zante—Amy, Goddard, from Konnigsberg— Phoenix, Frederica, zie, from Stettin. frOm Antwerp; and Brutus,WKin- Ellen, Koster, sailed from Messina for this port Bth July Josh. IVilhelmina, Stuit, hence at the Texel St. Henrietta, Klie; Aurora, Mippleden ; Wrestler, Norman.; Coburg, Green; Diana, Vau Aleroyn ; and Gloria, Bristow, hence at Helvoet Constant, Van Schie ; and Mary, Grass, hence at Antwerp Gregory Sogosloff, Tuliff, from St. Petersburgh for this port, in the Pentland Firth. Vigilant, -, from Ostend for this port, off Swansea Evelina, Koswcirthy, from Bahia, at this port ; sailed 4th June. The Broad Oak was to sail in about a week for this port. On the 19th July, in lat 46, lon 33, spoke the Duncan, hence to Quebec ; on 25th July, in lat 48, lon 11, spoke the Matthew Plummer; on 27th July, off Cape Clear, spoke the Walter, hence to Philadelphia. Eagle, Greg; from Licata, at this port. On tne Bth July, in lat 39, lon 17 W., spoke the Englishman, from Bristol to Africa; on 15th July, in lat 42, lon 17, spozc the Alexander, from Cadiz to Hull ; on 18th July, in lat 43, lon 19, spoke the Belvidere, from Antwerp to Charleston. SECOND EDITION. Standard•ofce, Three o'clock GOODWOOD RACES.-YESTERDAY The GOODWOOD CUP, of 300 sovs, by subscriptions of 20 sovs each, and 100 added. 44 subs. Duke of Orleans' Beggarman Mr. Ramsay's Lanercost Mr. Bowes's Hetman Platoff Nine started : a fine race Robinson 1 LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE,-THIS DAY Although a few slight showers have intervened, the weather on the whole has been very favourable so far during the week from - the middle to the end of August, therefore, harvest in this neighbourhood seems likely to be general, and in early spots the sickle may be required earlier :—in the mean time reports respecting the crop of Wheat are various; in some situations good, in others deficient of plant, and, latterly, the prevalence of rust is complained of to some extent ; but whether this may prove seriously injurious appears by no means certain; yet, in any event, the general belief is, that the produce of this Grain will prove decidedly below the usual average of years ; while, with respect to all the other crops in this district, the promise is generally allowed to be most abundant. Except on Barley, raised to 10s. 10d. per quarter, duties remain the same as last week. We have again to note a very scanty supply of English, Irish, and Foreign produce into this port between Tuesday last and to-day ; in the face of which, however, the corn trade here, influenced principally by the favourable change iu the season; has, within the same period, exhibited a dull as- pect. At our market this morning, likewise, the millers and deal ers remained extremely inactive, and although all sorts of free Wheats were offered at a decline of 2d. to 3d. per 70 lbs. from the current rates of Tuesday last, the transactions were very unimportant. Of bonded Wheat, however, some par cels have changed hands on previous terms ; and for States' Flour, under lock, 30s. per barrel has been paid ; but there are now very few sellers willing to accept that priCe. Free Flour, notwithstanding, has moved off sparingly, and must be noted full 6d. per barrel cheaper. Barley appeared to meet less inquiry than of late, but owing to the advanced rate of duty, former prices were fully sus tained.—Beans were steady in value, and Pease rather dearer. In Malt no variation. Oats, although still rather scarce, appeared to meet very little notice, and hardly maintained our last quotations. Oatmeal, in the absence of country buyers, and the de mand for Ireland having subsided, was difficult of sale and 6d. per 2401b5. cheaper. ARRIVALS OF CORN, From the 28th to the 30th July, 1840, inclusive IRE- I COAST- UNITED PO- I LAND. WISE. STATES. REIGN. TOTAL MISCELLANEOUS We learn from Athens that the Queen of Greece is enciente. —Paris Paper. Mr. Fortescue, of Ravensdale, is the new candidate for the county of Louth. The Northumberland assizes promise to be maiden. There is not, so far, a single prisoner for trial.— Gateshead Observer. On Thursday week the Duke of Richmond was presented with a magnificent piece of plate, valued at £4OO, by the farmers' and principal tenants on his Grace's estate in Sussex. Lord Shelburne, eldest sou of the Marquis of Lansdowne, is on the point of marriage to the Lady Georgiana, daughter of the late, and sister to the present, Earl of Pembroke. Her ladyship is in her 23d year. It is a remarkable circumstance that the four greatest singers in the world should each have lost, within the season, a near and clear relation--Rubini, a father; Grisi, a sister; Lablache, a daughter; and Tamburini, a son. The harvest has commenced in this county. On Saturday last, wheat reaping partially begun, and barley in fine con dition was cut. The strew of all kinds of grain is short, and, like hay, will fetch a good price in the coming season. — Kentish Gazette. Low TEMPERATURE OY JULY.—At the latter part of the month of April, the thermometer ranged in the sun be tween 96 and 114 degrees of Fahrenheit ; and since the first day of the present month, although the sun is at a much greater altitude, the range has been between 69 and 87. WHALE FISHERY.—ABERDEEN, JULY 22.—We under stand the Joseph Green, Union, and Eclipse, arrived at Peterhead yesterday forenoon, from Greenland, with scarcely any fish—eleven only having been killed at that fishery this season. These vessels report the loss of the Perseverance of Peterhead—crew saved. LA:w PROMOTIONS.—It is currently rumoured that the following law appointments are definitively arranged to take place, viz. :—M r. Maziere Brady to be the new Chief Baron of the Exchequer ; Mr. Pigot to succeed to the Attorney_ Generalship. Mr. Sergeant Moore, it is said, will be the new Solicitor-General, vice Pigot ; Dr. Stock to have the vacant Sergeantcy. This arrangement will create a vacancy in the representation of Clonmel.—Limerick Standard. CALEDONIAN CANAL.—An effort is at present making, on the part of those locally interested, to obtain a surrender of the works of the Caledonian canal from the government. It is to be done by means of a joint-stock company ; and it is alleged that the canal commissioners and the treasury are willing to accede to some such arrangement. £45,000 are to he deposited to discharge the existing debt, and the coming in company are to complete the w o r k s accor di ng t o M r . Walker's report. ALARMING FEVER AT HOBART TOWN.—According to the Hobart Town Courier, it appears that a fearful fever is raging there. It broke out in the Penitentiary and the Female House of Correction. Out of a road party of one hundred and twenty-two, near -New Tewii, ninety-five were attacked, and fifty are still laid up. The average of mortality in Hobart Town since its commencement has been calculated at one in seven, nearly twice the amount of what is generally computed as the result of the most fatal fever. Another proof of its fatal character, the Malcolm Huts road party, out of twenty eight attacked with the fever, fourteen have died. An extraordinary scene presented itself a few days ago in the Passage St. Guillaume, near the Palais Royal. Au individual about 40 years of age was seen brandishing a large knife and threatening the lives of the public, and repeatedly declaring - that one life at least he must have. No one dared to approach him, and in a few minutes he was seen rushing up the staircase of an adjoining house, taking four steps at a time. Arrived at the third story, lie began to call aloud— " Lisa, Lisa, thy life, thy blood—l must have thy blood!" The screams of the mistress of the apartment brought several persons to her assistance in spite of the brandished knife, and the madman (for such he proved to be) was, at length, secured, but not until he had 'inflicted several dangerous wounds upon the body of the unfortunate porter who had opposed his entrance to the rooms of the lady.—Paris paper. IMPROPER CONDUCT OF A SHIP-MASTER.—It will be seen from Captain Hosken's report of the homeward voyage of the Great Western, that he was diverted from his course in a most unjustifiable manner by a signal of distress hoisted by the master of the brigantine Champion, of Newfoundland, when, instead of requiring assistance, he merely used it as a decoy, to induce him to take a passenger on board. Such conduct should be severely reprehended by the ship-owners, as it will have a direct tendency to make the captains of steam-vessels, who are tied to time like a mail coach, pass by cases of real distress, when they find themselves so trifled with.—Shipping and Mercantile Gazette. HIGHWAY ROBBERY AND ATTEMPTED MURDER.-011 Saturday night last, about,twelve o'clock, Mr. John Coulton, underlooker of the collieries at Haigh, near Wigan, was re turning home from Wigan, on horseback, and, when in a lonely part of the road, near the canal pits, three men, like excavators, sprung from their hiding-pl ace , an d tired at him. The slugs struck him in the head, and severely injured him. The men then dragged him into a hay-field, and robbed him of his watch and purse. Mr. Coulton managed to get home immediately afterwards, and was more injured than he at first expected. Several slugs have been taken from his head, and he now lies in a dangerous state.—Manchester Guardian. THE Hops.—A few, very few grounds in the neighbour hood of Canterbury still look tolerably well ; the remainder are almost past hope. At the East Kent great hop dinner, on Saturday last, at the Fountain Hotel, Canterbury, a nu merous party of growers and, consumers were present. The letters from various planters in the county were read, and a general opinion prevailed of a small return. The duty was laid by the company at £50,000. Our accounts from the Weald are, without exception, of the same gloomy descrip tion. Everywhere the crops are less promising, and the low est duty we have had for many years past is beginning to be looked for.—Kentish Gazette. THE GREAT WILL CAUSE.—PANTON V. WILLIAMS.... Sir Herbert Jenner gave judgment in this long-pending cause on Tuesday afternoon, in favour of Mr. Williams, who, it will be recollected, was tried for forgery at the Old Bailey, about eighteen months since. Upwards of £50,000 depended upon the issue, besides real estates. The proctor of Mr. Panton has given notice of appeal to the privy council. Mr. Maitland Makgill Crichton has published °a long letter to the electors of the St. Andrews' district of burghs, in which he states that, owing to a difference of opinion among his supporters regarding non-intrusion, he has with drawn his pretensions as a candidate to represent the burghs in parliament. Mr. Bruce, of Falkland, is spoken of as the conservative candidate.—Scottish Standard. DEATH OF THE RIGHT HON. SIR ARTHUR PAGET.—The evening papers of Tuesday announced the demise of General the Hon. Sir Edward Paget, G.C.8., the Governor of Chel sea College. ThiA statement was erroneous, it being the gallant general's brother, the Hon. Sir Arthur Paget, whose death we have to record. The Right Hon. Sir Arthur Paget died on Sunday last, at his residence in Grosvenor -street, shortly after two, after being obliged to keep his chamber for a fortnight. He had been seriously indisposed for some weeks before. He was the second son of the first Earl of Uxbridge, and brother to the Marquis of Anglesea, and was born on January 15, 1771, and married Lady Augusta Jane, daughter of the Earl of Westmoreland, and sister of the Countess of Jersey and Viscount Burghersh, whose marriage with the late Earl of Morley was dissolved by act of parliament in 1809, by whom he had a family of nine children, six of whom survive him. The Marquis of Anglesea arrived in town, from Cowes, on Monday night. The funeral takes place on Satur day, but we understand it will be strictly private. Upwards of thirty families are placed in mourning by this death. By the demise of this gentleman an insignia of a Knight Grand Cross of the Bath becomes- vacant-, and a pension of £I2OU per annum, which Sir Arthur received for his diplomatic ser vices, reverts to the civil list.—Morning Herald of Wednes day. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.—There has been a decided improvement in the weather within the last few days, which has revived the hope of a good harvest. From all accounts, the grain crops are generally good—in some in stances extremely abundant ; and green crops are, with few exceptions, highly promising. —Scottish Standard. A county meeting was held at Dorchester on Wednesday, the high sheriff in the chair, and addresses of congratulation to the Queen and Prince Albert, on her Majesty's recent escape from assassination, were unanimously agreed to; " Better late than never," says the proverb ; but after the verdict of the jury on the trial of the mad pot-boy, the Dor setshire gentlemen would have displayed quite as much loy alty and good sense had they waited a few months longer for an opportunity of .addressing the theone.—Bristol Journal. GAS PROCURED FROM ANIMAL MATTER.—A series of experiments (says the Athenteum) has been made on this subject by M. Seguin, who found that, by distilling the car case of a horse, which weighed 685.41 pounds troy, he could obtain 4.907 gallons of inflammable gas, 30.41 lbs. of sal ammoniac, and 42.2 lbs. of animal charcoal, or ivory black. It would appear, however, from a comparison with other experiments, that the amount of each product has been somewhat underrated. ADVERTISING VANS.—SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—On Fri afternoon, as Mr. Charles Wheeler, secretary to the " Ladies Association for the more effectual suppression of cruelty to animals," was riding a young spirited horse (for the purchase of which he was in treaty with the owner) along Lisson street, Marylebone, the animal suddenly took fright at one of those abominable nuisances " advertising vans," and, rearing up, threw and fell upon the rider. Some gentlemen, who witnessed the occurrence, hastened to Mr. Wheeler's assistance, and, having rescued him from his perilous situa tion, quite insensible and streaming with blood, conveyed him to his residence near at hand, when two surgeons were called in, and, on examination, it was discovered that he had sustained concussion of the brain, in addition to internal injuries of a very serious nature.—Shipviny Gazette. UNPLEASANT CIRCUMSTANCE ATTENDING A WEDDING. —At a village not a hundred miles from Doddington a laugh able event occurred, which will be long remembered by its inhabitants. On the morning of Saturday last the villagers were all bustle and joy at the approach of a wedding about to take place at their parish church, between a young gentleman of Hollingbourne and a young lady of Doddington. The church was filled, and the lasses of the village were gaily dressed and prepared to strew the pathway with flowers, after the knot was tied, when, to the astonishment of all the concerned parties, it was found that the gentleman had for gotten to procure a license ! A messenger was instantly despatched to acquaint the lady with her lover's error. She and her attendants in four carriages were met about twenty rods from the church, and made acquainted with the unplea sant news. Such was the effect on the fair one's nerves that she immediately fainted. The party returned to their homes, and the minister's son was sent off immediately to Faversham to procure a license. He, however, was there disappointed, and obliged to proceed to Canterbury, where he was more fortunate, and the gentleman and lady became man and wife on the Sunday following, in the presence of a vast assembly. —West Kent Guardian. As a person named Marshall was proceeding in company with another female through a cornfield adjoing Marcham park , on her way to Abingden, on Monday se'endight, she observed a swarm of bees coming towards them, the whole of which almott immediately afterwards settled upon her neck, face, And bosom. The poor woman was greatly terrified, and with some difficulty retained the power of respiration by placing both hands over her nose and mouth. Her companion immediately went back to the village for assistance, and Mr. Chamberlain soon arrived with a hive. and with the assist ance of others, removed her to his house, where, in a few minutes he relieved Mrs. Marshall from her perilous situation, without her having sustained the least injury, remarkable as it may appear, not one having stung her.—Reading Mercury. RUTTER ?),CHAPMAN, No. 2.—On Saturday last, Mr. Chapman attended at the New Bailey Court, and stated that he was there in obedience to a warrant requiring him to at tend and give sureties for his appearance at the next Salford sessions, to an indictment preferred against him at the Kirk dale sessions by Mr. Rutter, for an assault.—The sitting magistrate, Paul Moon James, Esq., said that Mr. Chapman and his sureties could enter into the usual recognizances ; and they accordingly went to the clerk's office, where Mr. Chap man entered into his own recognizance in £40.. and Messrs. Joseph Grave and Wm. Pearson, his sureties, each in £2O, for his appearance at the next (intermediate) general ad journed sessions of the peace for the hundred of Salford, — which, we believe, commence on Monday the 31st August.— Manchester Guardian. The ship Mozambique, which arrived in the Thames on the 22d instant, from St. John's, New Brunswick, unfortu nately came without the master, Captain M`Leod, who, in a state of insanity, threw himself overboard at 6 a. m. on Sa turday, the 27th of June, but was with great difficulty re covered by the mate, and his life then preserved by means of several hours' chafing, &c. ; a strict watch was consequently kept over him day and night. On Monday, June 29, he ap peared perfectly recovered, and, after cleaning himself, went on deck, and whilst the mate was taking the sun's altitude, he threw the ship's papers overboard, which was not known to the mate until communicated by one of the passengers some minutes afterwards, when he immediately put the ship about, and fortunately succeeded in finding and picking them up, at which circumstance Captain M`Leod was apparently much gratified, and was then quite sensible in conversation with his passengers, mate, and crew. On Tuesday, June 30, at 6 a.m., he turned out, washed himself, (after having slept well during the preceding night,) saluted the cabin paa sengers, went on deck, and immediately jumped overboard again, the ship at the time going 7- knots, and was never seen afterwards, as the watch on deck states he sunk imme diately. He has left a wife, but no family, at St. John's, and was a native of Peterhead. STRIKING LIKENESS.—A gentleman who had acquired a competency in the pursuit of commerce, resolved to leave its harrassing turmoil, its " accidents by flood and field," and betake himself to the peaceful occupation of a tiller of the soil, and rearer of cattle, and bought a farm i n I s l a y. B e f ore leaving Glasgow, be had his portrait taken by a skilful artist, which he hung up in his parlour. A Highland servant girl, who had never seen any canvass semblance of the human face divine, attending her duties, was cleaning out the parlour on the morning after the picture had been hung up, and pur posely kept ignorant, that the value as a portrait might be tested ; while turning about in the process of sweeping, she observed her master in gilt embroidery, looking, as she thought, sternly at her. She remained motionless a minute, and observing no change on the rigid features of her object which seemed to observe her motions, she took to her heels, and ran up stairs, calling to the ploughman, " Donald, Donald, come awa down in a moment, and see my maister looking through the wa' ."—Laird of Logan. -THE MAWDSLEY MINERAL SPRING.—On a former oc casion we have noticed this spring, which has been declared, on medical analyzation, equal to the Harrogate waters or the Cheltenham Spa; and our readers are fully aware, some of them from experience, of its healing properties. It was, therefore, with regret that we heard of the exclusion of the public from availing themselves of its salubrious qualities ; and it affords us great pleasure to have it in our power now to record the determination of the owners of the estate to admit the public gratuitously to partake of this healing spring. Mawdsley, where the spring exists, is situated about seven miles north-west of Wigan, and about six northward of Ormskirk. It would not surprise us one day to see this the resort of the fashionable and the invalid, as much so as either of the far-famed Cheltenham or Harrogate. The scenery in the neighbourhood cannot be surpassed by any in England ; the groves of Latham and Knowsley—the mountains of Newborough—and the fertile plains of Scarisbrick, form a delightful contrast to the distant ocean in the back ground, and are all objects on which the lover of nature may gaze with no ordinary feelings of pleasure and satisfaction.— Wigan Gazette. DISGRACEFUL OUTRAGES ON THE DEAD.—Unfortu nately it has long been notorious that, through the criminal neglect of survivors, the most disgusting violations of the dead have commonly passed off unnoticed and unpunished. On the surface of many grounds I have repeatedly seen cof fin wood piled up for removal, and I could not refrain from wondering that this barefaced insult to the living—ntcessa rily preceded by a disgusting exposure, and too frequently dismemberment, of the dead—could have taken place with impunity, and that the perpetrators of these acts- shod& escape unpunished. But these men—for necessity may have compelled them to the employment —are comparatively in nocent. The abuse—the criminality of the act—rests with those who superintend or connive at the transgression.—Ga therings from Grave Yards. FOREIGN SUGAR.—Frorn an official return just made it appears that the quantity of sugar the produce of foreign sugar refined in bond, under the act 3d and 4th William IV., c. 61, exported from London and the outports of the United Kingdom, between the 25th day of June, 1839, and the sth of July, .1840, was as follow :—To Russia, 19,890 cwts. ; Sweden, 78 ; Norway, 401 ; Denmark, 1 ; Prussia, 609 ; Germany, 5,236 ; Holland, 520 ; Belgium, 168; France, 925; Portugal, Azores, and Madeira, 1,135 ; Spain and the Cana ries, 8,575 ; Gibraltar, 3,561; Italy, 40,734 ; Malta, 3,843 ; lonian Islands, 6,671; Morea and the Greek Islands, 1,378 ; Turkey, 30,807 ; Syria and Palestine, 1,397; Egypt, 1,052; Tripoli, Tunis, Algiers, and Morocco, 1,882 ; Western Coast of Africa, 290 ; Cape of Good Hope, 163 ; Saint Helena, 17 ; Mauritius, 507 ; East Indies and China, 800; British settlements in Australia, 11,111; British North American Colonies, 36,900 ; British West Indies, 10,567 ; Foreign West Indies, 31 ; United States of America, 79 ; Mexico and the South American States, 421 ; Isles of Guernsey, Jersey, Al derney, and Man, 3,605. Total 193,354 cwt., of which 129,200 cwt. were from London, and 64,154 cwt. from the outports. This return is interesting at a time when th e grea t advance in the price of this necessaryarticle of consumption has occasioned much speculation in the colonial produce. JOINT-STOCK BANKS.—The following is the clause intro duced into the bill respecting j . oint.stock banks by the com mittee, by which the companies will be enabled to proceed criminally against their shareholders :—" And whereas it is expedient to extend the provision of the sam e ac t hereby continued in manner hereinafter stated, be it enacted that if any person or persons, being a memb er or mem b ers o f ai banking co-partnership within the meaning of the said act, shall steal or embezzle any money, goods, effects, bills, notes, securities, or other property of or belonging to such co-part nership, or shall commit an y f rau d, forgery, crime, or offence against or with intent to injure or defraud such co-partner ship, such member or members shall be liable to indictment. information, prosecution, or other proceeding in the name of any of the public officers for the time being of such co-part nership in whose name any action or suit might under the said act be lawfully brought against any member or members of such co-partnership, for every such fraud, forgery, crirn, or offence ; and may, thereupon, be lawfully convicted, as if such person or persons had not been or was or were not a member or members of such co-partnership, any law, usage, or custom to the contrary notwithstanding."