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Folios of Prints ,and Caricatures Lent for Evening Parties. Numerous Views of the Liveipool Railway, &c. MR. PUSEY AND HIS CONSTITUENTS Mr. Pusey has had recourse to a manoeuvre quite worthy of an apostate. Casting over the matter in his own mind, he naturally reflected that on his resignation of the county one of the first names that would occur to every one as his successor, would be that of Mr. Benyon de Beauvoir. With the cunning, therefore, of a little mind; he determiried to encloSe his own resignation, to Mr. de Beauvoir, requesting him. to forward it. He thus threw upon this gentleman• the onus of taking a personal part in a step which would open the county to himself. Very naturally, therefore, Mr. de Beauvoir declines this interference. But this makes not the least intrinsic difference in Mr. Pusey's unhappy. predicament. The only fair and honest course open•to.him is that taken by Sir Robert Peel in 1829. Rile delays to adopt this course, we hope his constituents will not fail to remind him of it.—Standard'. The following is the correspondence alluded to by. our contemporary c-1 • " Mydear Sir,—lt is with sincere regret that, finding a vari ance of opinion.to have arisen between many of my supporters at the.late election and myself respecting the bill brought for ward by the present government for the reform of the Irish church, and the appropriation of part of its revenues, I feel it due to them and to myself to place in your hands an uncondi tional resignation of my seat in parliament. I have inclosed to Cou an application to the Chancellor of the E xc h equ e r f or th e hiltern Hundreds which I will request you t o t ransm it t o hi m as soon as our friend s in Berkshire arc duly acquainted with my intention. • s • , " I have the honour to remain, " Mr dear sir, ever faithfully your, "R. Benyon de Beauvoir, Esq." " PH. PUSHY (INC LOS URE.) "35, Grosvenor-squarei July 20. " Dear Sir,—Allow me to request that you will be good enough to procure my appointment to the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds, with a view to vacate my seat in parliament. " I have the honour to be, " Dear sir, ever faithfully yours, " PH. PUSEY. " Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Downing -street." (ANSWER FROM RICHARD BENYON DE BEAUVOIR.) "My Dear Sir.—ln answer to yours of the 20th, announcing your intention of applying for the Chiltern Hundreds, in con sequence of your differing in opinion with those friends who supported you at your lest election for Becks, I cannot help ex prebsiug lay hope that you will. re-consider this proposal, and not vacate your seat till the close of the present Pailiament ; for, however we may disagree with you-in opinion on the Irish Church. Bill, I dttl sure that your friends would wish to leave your opinions unfettered until you have an opportunity of ex plaining them, whenever a fresh election shall take place in its patural course.—Yours, truly, "RICHARD BENYON DE BEAUVOIR." "Ph. Pusey, Esq." LORD BROUGHAM AT MANCHESTER. Lord B.rougharn attended a meeting of the students of the Manchester Mechanics' Institute, at eight o'clock on Tuesday evening. His lordship ha v i ng exam i ne d t h e sen i or b oys i n t h e first ToUr "rules of arithMetic, and some. of them iu the rule:cif three, practice, and even in vulgar fractions, Mr. B. Heywoed thanked his lordship for his kindness, and intimated a wish that he would be pleased to bestow upon them a few words cd.advice. The pnbleand learned schoolmaster then addressed the school at great length ; in the course of his speech he said "that be should like to see a greater number of artizans and mechanics belonging to the institution than were now connected with it, .and thatit was for the common interests of both master and . man that the latter should learn le a rning"-.-would not wisdom be alio a valuable addition to the mechanics' store ? but his lord ship did not attempt to draw the distinctiOn between wisdom and knowledge. His lordship admitted, in his discourse, that knowledge of itself would not fill the belly, but said, that it would lead to more lucrative occupations so as to supply their bodily,wants with greater ease and facility. Here again he ap peared to forget that these more lucrative occupations which are now to be obtained would decline in value exactly in pro portion to the increased supply of the persons qualified to till them. Hence it follows, that the knowledge of which his lord ship Ircl been talking is not likely to; till the belly. Lord Brougham also told his auditors that he had never been one of those Who preached that the people ought to be contented with their lot. They ought, to use the language of the steam-engine, to "boil" as high as the law would allow; they ought not to reach the " explosive" point ; but certainly they should keep at " boiling beat" till their grievances were redressed, and their fair demands conceded. But while he would not preach con - tentaient under grievances, he would say that discontent should arever exceed the bounds of the law. Let the people proceed with firmness of temper, looking neither to the right hand nor to the left till their legitimate objects were effected." Lord Brougham did not attempt to define what were or were not the legitimate objects to be effected, or what were the " fair demands" to obtain the concession of which he counselled them to keep at "boiling heat,". or "boil as high as tbc law would allow." ' Upon this subject, therefore, every one of his hearers was left ,to drew,his own conclusions. Is not this rare advice from an ex Lord High Chancellor ? and, if followed, how long-, will it' be before the " boiling heat" reaches the explosive point ? We had almost forgotten to notice that Lord Brougham dis claimed the authorship of '-an admirable course of teeth' e 4 on political economy," attributed to him by common fame'. lie only read them in manuscript, and had made some alterations. They were, he said, written by a friend whose name he was not at liberty to mention. Lord Brougham made a similar exhibition of himself at the Bolton Mechanics' Institute on Friday. THE CORPORATION CONlMrssioNEßs. — The Quarterly .Iteriv, publisbed.last week, thus speaks of the above learned gentle men::-" It might have been expected that an inquiry into such institutions w0 . .11.1 have been intrusted to men of ale, highest character and whose position in their profession would have been at once a test of their capacity, and a pledge fur their fairness. Whit was the fact ? Twenty gentlemen were selected, nineteen of whom we take upon ourselves to say were as barristers nearly unknown in We•ttminster hall, some of them even were strang ers in that little nook in which the counsellors keep their wigs and gowns. • THE: RUSSIANS IN CONSTANTINOPI.E.—Are we prepared to look Coldly on, while Con s t ant i nop l e s h ares t h e f ate o f Warsaw, while this key -stone is added to the arch of Russian ambition ? And can we persuade ourselves that the moral influence which such a conquest would exercise over the whole mahometan world, the actual power Russia would thereby acquire in the Mediterranean and in Southern Europe would neither affect the security of our eastern possessious, or bring danger to con stitutional freedom in the west? Russia, during the contest in Poland, resembled, if we may so express ourselves, a vast, hut in-assorted mosaic; kingdoms, provinces, and districts acknow ledging one common authority, but without any community of customs, language, or religion, made up the unwieldy and•dis cordant mass; and the intrinsic weakness of such an empire was sufficiently proved by the difficu:ty the court of Petersburgh experienced in subduing the Poles. But let Russia possess Constantinople, and her position will be fearfully changed. Austria, vacillating between her selfish fear of constitutional freedom and her dread of Muscovite aggression, may be com pelled to throw hex bayonets into the Russian scale. The sup ple Asiatic will bow with humility, though with teluctance'to the conquerors of Stamboul. Poland is - already prostrate. The Black Sea will 'afford a secure; and admirable nursery for her seamen, and its rivers will supply inexhaustible means f or con structing a navy. ' New sources of commerce and wealth will be opened to her; that which was disjointed and weak will be con solidated and strengthened; and the armies she now employs to subdue and control her distant and turbulent provinces, will be wielded to promote her ambition, and extend her conquests in civilized Europe.—British and Foreign Review. Emptriat Vartiaintnt. HOUSE - OF. COMMONS.--WEDNESDAY. IRISH CHURCH BILL-ADJOURNED DEBATE. Mr. Hems moved the order of the day for the adjourned de bate on the I r i s h c h urc h bill. H e s h ou ld not h ave offere d a' single observation on the bill had not the right hen. baronet (Sir Robert Peel) especially referred to statemetits._made..by him (Mr. Hume) in 1822. The information that he made use of at that time was derived from Mr. Wakefield's book on Ireland, in , which the revenues of the church was estimated at £3,200,000, giving an average for each benefice of £475. If this was ex aggeraffon, at least he had not been so far wrong as the noble lord (Stanley) who'stated the revenues at £327,090. The right hon. baronet had not offered one reason for dividing the bill, but his object was to destroy it. The right hon. baronet had shown, by a scheme 'of extinction, that every £lOO was to: be come £57, and that; for at least one hundred years, there could not possibly .be 'auy surplus. 'Stich being the case then, the right hon. baronet ought not to have opposed the bill going into committee, when the clauses that might relate to an alteration of the system might have been improved: He had, hOwever, shown in his speech that the bill was not altogether a bad one, fur even-the right hon, baronet had stated• his approiat of. the division of the conntry,into districts, and that termed a poftion of the provisions of the bill.. He •(Mr. Hume) valited• the bill because of its principle: and as it would be an earnest to the people oflreland of what they meant to do furthem. - It teas a question for the people of England,' as much affecting their in terest as that of the people of Ireland. If thislbill passed he thought the system would still require revision at some future period; but the bill would put down sinecures and tion-tesi dents, and that would be something for the people , whci had never anything done for them. If the tight hon. gentleman or his friends had the means of rejecting the bill, they must put their hands into tbeirpockets, because if they did refuse it ano ther million would be wanted, and he hoped the people of England would never allow another farthing to be disbursed on that account. The bill should be supported, although it was not the best bill that could be. Mr. Gouoitinst said that in calling upon the house to divide this bill, he was only acting in strict confortoity with the rules of parliament. There were parts of the bill Which he was not unprepared to give his support to, but there were other parts to which he had the strongest possible objection—(hear, hear)- -therefore he had no alternative but to divide it into Save bills, and he hoped the House of Commons, by their vote that night, would sanction and approve of such a division. (Hear, hear.) The right hon. gentleman then alluded to the several measures for the-regulation of the - church which had been introduced by his friends and himsolf, and said he was- convinced that More reform could be effected by a proper distribution of chufeh pa .tronaee than by any legislative measure. The principle, of ap propriation applied with equal force to the choral of England ris to the church of Ireland. Were hon. geetleareu prepared - to lay dorm the principle in England; that in parishes where there were not fifty members of the established church, that there should be no resident clergyman ?—(hear)—and if it was necessary to maintain the respectability of the clergy, he did not See how a distinction could be 'properly made between England and Ireland. Ile objected to the principle of making ministers dependent upon the congregations for support. He wished to treat this question as a religious one, and he felt convinced that to promote true religion it was necessary to have establishments. He believed all were anxious that the protestant religion should be extended to Ireland, and, in his opinion, that could only be done by an establishment whose members would show a speci men of the religion they professed. After some further obser vations the right hen. gentleman said, in the diocese of Water ford there were one hundred and eleven parishes, in seventy-five of which the protestant population was under fifty, and in only thirty-four parishes was the population above fifty. Yn the diocese of Clogher the protestant congregations, it appeared by the census. of 1831 and 1834, were numerous. Now, let the house mark the relative iucrease of protestantisin in these two dioceses. In the seventy-five parishes in the diocese of Water ford, the Roman catholic population, since the year 1831, have increased 31 per cent. • the protestant population, in the same period, bad increased '3O per cent. (Hear, hear.) In the diocese of Clogher, where the parishes were larger, the catholic population had increased 31 per cent., and the prot es tant 31 per cent., therefore it app eare d that in the small parishes pro testantism had increased in the ratio of 30 per cent. to 31- per cent. of catholics, Whilst in the larger parishes the increase of protestants and catholics were nearly equal. lie (Mr.- Gout burn) would contend that there was nu surplus if a proper pro-. vision was . made for ,the spiritual, yents of Ireland., 'the hon. member forMiddleaex said, "if thereis no surplus, why quarrel about it?" Ile (Mr. Goulburn) was confident it WAS holding out promises to Ireland which never could be fulfilled,- that _caused such discontent and_rebelliun .iu that country. lie-did not wish to promise relief- and not g i ve it ; on th is ground therefore, he o bje c ted t o th e hills as it held out promises which never- cotild.be realized. ( . Hear, hear.) The spiritual wants Sof the church of Ireland were , more than su ffi cient for all the surplus revenue that ever could arise. (Hear,-hear.) If the house agreed to the system of appropriation contained in the bill, it would be called upon year after year to make more and more sacrifices. (Hear, hear.) Mr. PCSEY regretted that lie should be obliged to act in op position to those hon. friends with whom he usually voted, but lie was confident that if the bill were now law it would be of the greatest benefit to Ireland, and would increase the number of resident clergymen. Sir J AMES titt A HAM, in a long and able speech, supported the motion. The right hon. gentleman (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) in reply to the speech of Sir Robert Peel, had grappled with figures to a sufficient extent to burn his fingers. (Laughter.) Admitting with the right hon. gentleman that there were 41 benefices in which there were no protestants ; there were, on the other hand, 61 benefices, in each of which there were a church and clergyman, and a large protestant population, where nothing was paid for the support of the • clergy. If the present measure were carried, five veers would not elapse before the principle would be extended to England. (Hear.) And it was because he was most anxious to prevent a similar measure being extended to his own country that he so strenuously opposed this. But - if the church revenues were to be applied to other than church purposes, he would much rather see it given to the protestant dissenters of England than to the Roman catholics of Ireland. (Loud cheers from the opposition side of the house.) He warned hon. members about what they were going to sanction.. If they considered the established church as good and useful in itself;. if they wi s hed t o propogate protestantism; if they wished to guard against atheism on the one hand or religious fanaticism on the other; if they wished to maintain a church consonant' With sound notions of authority on the one hand, and on the other with perfect freedom of cciu science and inquiry—he called Upon - Them, if such was their i n= tentionosto maintain boldly the protestant church. (Hear.) He was a friendto religious toleration, but he confessed he did not pay much regard to religious conscience when it was. ex pressed in tha shape of resistance to the money payment of a legal impost. (Cheers.) lie confessed he had no respect for the conscience of agitation, or for the conscience of an 'annual Ltd:rate, , (Loud cries of " Hear, he ar ," an d " Oh , o h . !' ). -N or had he any respect for the -doetrine.of death's head and cross bones. ((Loud cheers, and cries of" Oh!") should make no roncessioui (Cheers.) Ile should snake every sacrifieeld favour of. the established church. (Laud cheers_) Lord Llowlex • said it appeared to bi'm that the one. tzre6t, indeed the single argument of the right hon. member for Tam worth{ of 'the hon. member for the Cniversity of CaMbridg . e, and of his right bun. friend who had just sat down, was, that in fact there would be no remaining surplus after the expenses fur the maintenance of the protestant church had been provided for. (Hear, hear.) There had certainly been elaborate,calculations made to prove that after an equal division of the property Of the established church there would not be found to be any more than vs - Mild suffice for adequate stipends for the clergy—he would not, however, go into these calculations, because they were as untertain as the arguments brought forward to• sustain them. (Hear.) If even the calculations themselves were correct he considered that they were an insufficient basis for the conclu sions which were attempted to be drawn from them. (Hear, hear.) The people of Ireland complained thht a national endowment had been applied in such a mariner as not to pro duce those purposes of utility for which it was intended ; and believing as he did, that a national establishment was necessary fur the promotion of religion he supported the present bill as the only means of giving efficiency to the establishment in Ireland'. The only argument in favour of the right honourable baronet's motion was that of the right hon. gentleman the mem ber fur Cambridge, Cllr. Goulburn,) and what was this argu ment ? It was that two subjects which were distinct should not be united—and that no two subjects were more distinct than those tinder consideration, and that the same view as had been taken by him, (Mr. Goulburn,) had been taken by a firmer government, which acted upon the same principles as those of the present administration. His (Lord Ilowiek's) answer to that was, that instead of being distinct, the appropriation and the collection of tithes were indissolubly connected. ( " Hear," and cheers.) What was the great cause of the difficulty in collecting tithes ? Was it thought that it was merely that the tenantry of Ireland were harrassed by the mode of collection, or that such a superficial argument could possibly have weight ? He (Lord Howick) would say that the real cause of the difi - iculty was the rooted hostility of the people of Ireland—the feeling of gross injustice they entertained as to the exclusive appropriation of what should not have been so appropriated. The 'mode of collection had been changed, but opposition was still continued'; and the noble lord (Stanley) had said that an instance of resistance to rents had occurred to him, because he had taken upon himself to pay the tithe. By admission of all parties the h os tility o f th e pe o ple of Ireland was to the present application of church revenues, and yet were they to be called upon to strike out of a bill intended to-provide fo r th e co ll ec ti on o f t i t h es .the 'main proof of the difficulty of collecting them ? (" Hear," and cheers.) The application of the revenue was indisputably the origin of the" evil, which would break out with double force unless the provision objected to formed a portion of the remedy. (Loud - cries of "Hear," and cheers.) The rejection of this measure would strengthen the influence of the hon. and learned member for Dublin. If they wished the union between . the two countries to be preserved they would pass the bill as it then stood before the house. The rejection of it might lead to a dis solution fatal to the interest of this country. lle should con elude by repeating his observations, namely, that it would-die better to reject the bill altogether than to mutilate it in the manner proposed by tne right hon. baronet. He called upon the house to adhere to their resolution, and not crush the hopes they had raised ; if they did so it would have been better not to have raised these hopes.—The debate was then adjourned tit the next day. • • HOUSE OF LORDS.—TnunsDAY• Lord RAVENSWORTH presented a petition from Newcastle on-Tyne, praying that the inchcate rights of the freemen of that town may be preserved in Eny measure which their lordships may pass with reference to the regulation of municipal cur-, porations. Lord Silt.%Front) presented a petition, signed by 558 out of 780 freemen of Poole, in favour of the municipal corporations bill. The report of the seamen enlistment bill was brought up and agreed to.—Adjourned. 110 USE OF COMMONS.-THURSDAY. I -------• --- The Speaker took the chair at twelve o'clock. At this sitting several bills were forwarded a stage. The Speaker resumed the 'chair at five o'clock. THE irswicri ELECTION. John Eddowes Sparrow was brought to the bar, reprimanded by the Speaker, and discharged on payment of fees. • LNST.MPED NEWSPAPERS. Mr. ROBINSON, after stating that he understood that a gross violation of the law had taken place by th e open publication of , an unstamped newspaper, asked the Attorney-General if any steps had been taken on the subject, and whether he intended to enforce the law? 'There had been already many prosecutions against smaller classes of persons guilty of the offence of pub lishing and vending penny magazines; but now there was a case in which great offenders, many he believed of very great consequence, were implicated. The ATTORNEI-GENERAL replied that, as long as the tax on newspapers continued to be legally imposed, be would take care that it was neither to be violated nor evaded with impunity. He considered it would be a most crying injustice if the man who disobeyed the law should be allowed to undersell the honest man who obeyed the law, because he did obey the law. With respect to great offenders, if the honourable member Itould point them out, be they high or low, he (the Attorney-General) would most certainly put the law in force against them. CHURCH OF lIIELANn—'•ADJOURNED DEBATE.. WARD opened the debate. He said that Sir Robert Peel 'looked to the interests of the Irish clergy, while he (Mr. Ward)-looked to , tliat of the Irish people. Sir Robert wished to have the Irish church on the most extensive basis, while he (Mr. Ward) would contend for the necessity , of reducing it to 'the : smallest - scale.. He thought it an hardship that catholics should -be called upon - to support an establishment from which they derived no benefit, &c. Mr. Ward contended that any right constituted by law the law could change. Lord STANLEY interrupted Mr. Ward, by asking him whe ther an act of parliament could affect the gtrathfieldsiYe pro perty ? Mr. WARD replied that the grouu4s on'-which the grant of that property wa s ma d e were nationa gratitude. (Cheers.) Mr. O ' CONNELL remarked that-the proprietor of Strathheld save might forfeit it, and, therefore, that it might be taken from him. Mr. WARD proceeded to argue at great length the necessity of establishing the church of Ireland as proposed by the bill. The house would act dishonestly if it did not abide by itspledge; if it gave up the principle to which the majority had acceded, and to which he believed a majority would still adhere. Sir R. BATaSON addressed the house at great length. He said that he had heard with dread and apprehension the senti ments which had been expressed by. Mr. Ward and Lord Howick, and more especially when he placed them in con nexion with the expressions uttered in another place by the head of the ministry. When that individual talked of the plun der and confiscation made in the times of Oliver Cromwell and Charles 11., he (Sir B. Bateson).construed. it' into a threat of much precariousness to the property of the landlords of Ireland. An honourable member had alluded to the numerical strength of the Irish and Scotch members in favoar of this bill. • How ever that might be, he was satisfied that the majorityof English members would never pass this bill through the' house; and he would further say, that in his opinion the present question was one upon which the. human catholic members ought riot to give a vote. He might, be -denounced as a bigot and a fanatic; he might be he held up to the execration of his own constituents; but such was his honest opinion thus spoken fearlessly and independently. (Hear, hear.) • • Mr. SHELL spoke against the motion. Mr. Sergeant JACKSON. repliedla the arguments of Mr. Shell. The her durable and learned member, in the course of his speech,- said he had received a great number.of letters from.-Ire land complaining; that justice was not dune to the proteitant population in that country, and he knew that other honourable gentlemen had received similar communications.. ( Hear, hear.) But the - report, such as it was, did contain sonic statements which demonstrated that a great improvement lied taken place in the conditieu of the protestant pepulation of Ireland. Tak ing first the diocese of Ardfert, he found that in the two periods mentioned in ,the report of 1831 and 1831 the state of the pro t-etaiit. copulation in different parishes was at follows: . earitsuls. NIT). ti, PRO'IIisTANTS. 1831.•- -- .' 1834. Ballvhujar. 4l .. • . 96 Castle Island, 4 parishes 252 . 291 Dromod .32 .. .. 49 Kilcttshan ..129 .. 164 Kilgobbiu - 102 Kilnaughten .531 .. 562 Dingle 228 .. .. 249 With reference to the last-mentioned parish of Di... Fie, he would state a circumstance that ought to have some weight-in that house. He was one of those who contended that a church establishment ought not to depend on the amount of the popu lation which belonged to it. The principle on which a religion. ought to be established in any country was the principle that the state was bound to provide for the people's instruction. (Cheers from the ministerial benches.) He maintained that it was the bounden duty of the state to make adequate provision fur the instruction of the people (cheers from the ministerial benches) in that religion which was deemed by the state to be the true religion. (Loud cheers from the. opposition.) He stated that opinion broadly. Hon, gentlemen might dissent from it, but be had a right to maintain and. express it. (Cheers.) With respect to the clergy in Ireland, he repeated, that they were in defatigable in the performance of their duties, and that they were engaged. in preaching' the gospel both in season and out of season. With respect to the parish of Dingle he did happen to know that about two years ago, when a right hon. and learn ed friend of his was eligaged on the Munster circuit, it was visited by two clergyi&n of the established. church, They preached to the people in their native tongue, in the Market house, which was completely tilled by the concourse of people, in spite of the opposition of the Roman catholic priests, and every person who attended joined with them in prayer. What was the consequence of the zeal exhibited by these clergymen —an increase in the number of protestants in that parish from 228 to 249. The hon. and learned gentleman here stated that the spread of the protestant religion in Ireland . had been greatly impeded at the time of the first introduction of the re formed religion, by the. appointment to benefices of men igno , rout of the native language, and incapable fitly to discharge their important duties. A great change, however, 'bad taken place in this respect, and the result had seen, au increase of ' the protestant population in thesarious diocesses through Ire land from 1831 to 1834. The hon. and learned gentleman here read the following statement of the protestant: p o p u l a ti on ' i n various parishes in the diocess of Kilinore, Meath, Armagh, Leighlin, and 'roam : NO. OF PROTESTANTS. 18.31. 1834. Ennismagrath . 454 .. .. 483 Ballygarth Carlow. 1,409 .. 1.755 Cloufert West .1,1)21 1,121 St. Peter's 486 .. 592 Burrishoole . 45 . 5 . 497 Abbey Struwuy .. '2lO 246 St. Mary Standen .1,564 1,666 Achil 76 .. .. 156 With regard to the parish of Achil, he would mention the sys tem of persecution which had been put in practice against a protestant clergyman, who went there for the purpose of at tending to, the discharge of his spiritual duties. He establish ed several schools in the parish, and spent upwards of f.:1,5C0 in making improvements there, in founding a dispensary, and in providingthe people with clothing. Yet he was denounced from the altar by the Roman catholic priests , the children who went to his schools were attacked, and the clergyman himsea was literally hunted out of the place. LOrd MostreTit commenced by say iAg that the subject had at the commenceineut of the session been discussed- ahnost to the process of exhaustion—he h a d on t h e i ntro d uct i on o f thi s bill had an opportunity of explaining the,details of the bill— and therefore might naturally have concluded that he was ex empt frpm the duty (If addressing the house on the present - occasion; but in the present discussion there had been some things stated which he considered the grossest misrepreseuta tions. The noble lord then proceeded to speak at great length in answer to Sir R. Peel. The noble lord said in conclusion,- the right hon. baronet (Sir. R. Peel) had stated that of the two alternatives which were open to them, the more manly would be to establish at once the ltomau catholic religion. Arid the right lion. member for the University of Dublin stated the other night, that rather than agree to this till he. was prepared to con sent to the total demolition of the church establishment. For that alternative he not prepared. (Hear, hear.) He OW ,ayisleto maintain thechureb establiShinent;*he hoped to improve it, but if they left it as it was—costly, cumberous, and disliked,- sure he was they would loose all chance of saving it. (Hear.) Most' intimately was he persuaded, though' he .knew he could 'gain no credit for the opinion, knowing that the state of things, andatid d p e a r r i t d ie e s d, in b t u h t e m c e o s u t n i t n r i si tn w ti o t n e l l d y, necessarily cause it to be scouted that it was upon that (the ministerial) i t ) h e s l i e d s e s, of was th h e e h persuaded t they were fighting the real battle of the Irish church. (Hear, from the ministerial Leeches.) Why, was it not so? A par liament, elected under an appeal to the people almost on , this very point, had distinctly resolved that it would connect and couple the settlement of the property in tithe with the assistance and the working out of the principle of appropriation. (Hear.) Those on the oth er s id e o f t h e house, with their high principles -on that point, could not meddle with the principle of appropria tion, and therefore most logically it seemed to hint to follow they could not settle the tithe question. (" Hear," from the Irish members.) Let them leave the question unsettled; that house might throw out the bill—the other house of pallid:tient would throw it out; but when the excitement of a triumPhant majority was passed away—when angry invective was still— when the arithmetic of that report of the commissioberY'of pub lic instruction, backed as it had been by the recounnendations of the• right hon. baronet (Sir H. Peel), worked its sure and steady progress in the minds of the people of this country, — When they had leisurely opportunities to weigh proportions, and to digest tarts, he very muc h d ou b ted whether, when they met at the commencement of another session of parliament, the pros pects of the established church would be found to have materi ally brightened in the interval (cheers front the Irish members), ana whether they would not find that the _real, though less ex citable, well-wishers to that church did not find their means of supporting and strengthening it materially curtailed by the ruinous success of her misjudging friends and suicidal allies. (Cheers.) Lord STANLEY followed.—Alluding to the speech of, Sir R. Peel, Lord Stanley said, they had been told by hon. members on the other side, that no gentleman, or that few who had ad dressed them from that (the opposition) side, had dealt with the question really before them, and that even the right hon. b - aronet (Sir If. Peel) himself, who opened the question, had prefaced it in a speech leading to a diff eren t conc l us i on f rom the motion with which he terminated his address to the house. In his (Lord Stanley's) opinion, there never was a speech bear ing on the face of it; and admitted to be by the hon. member for Middlesex, a demonstration which no mathematical power short of that possessed by the hon. member (Mr. Hume) him- - s self was capable of grappling with. (Loud laughter.) "'here never was a speech which by a cumulative process of induction, step by step so triumpliantlj' challenging contradiction, unmet and unreluted from first to last, led at once and by so unavoid- , able a consequence to this conclusion—that if they wished to be guided by reason and justice—if they would allow themselves to be swayed by argument—if they wished to avoid absurdity, they must, in compliance with their own resolutions, separate this bill into two parts, and discuss the one question it embodied apart from the other. (Cheers.) His lordship, after examin ing the question with great ability, closed his speech by saying that he entertained a hope that on no consideration would a protestant parliament be induced to sanction a measure like the present, which was fraught with danger to the interests of the protestant religion, not only in Ireland, but in England --a measure which, if it passed into a law, would carry discord into the land, and renew that course of outrage which had so long existed in Ireland—he therefore implored the house to consider the question before it, and to consent at all events to divide the bill. PARISHES. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, and Mr. O'CoNNuLL then successively addressed the house. On a division. the numbers were—for Sir It. Peel's amendment 282—against it 319—majority 37. • • HOUSE OF LORDS, FRIDAY.. The business before the house on this day uas wholly con fined to the reception of pet►tions, and to forwarding several bills a stage On these the discussions were void of any inte rest. The house, on rising, adjourned to Monday, (yesterday.) HOUSE OF COMMONS, FRIDAY. The Speaker took the chair about four o'clock, and several petitions were presented. JEWS SERVING THE OFFICE OF HIGH SHERIFF. The ATTottNay-GENEttat. brought in a bill, and moved that it be read a first time, for removing all doubts as to oaths taken and declarations made by sheriffs of counties and counties of cities—a measure, the hon: gentleman observed, which was ren dered necessary in consequence of the election of a Jewish gen tleinan to serve as sheriff of London. The bill was then read a first time, and the hon. and learned gentleman gave notice for its second reading on Tuesday next. Mr. LAW expressed his full concurrence in the measure, and hoped it would be speedily passed through both houses of par liament. MR. HOGG'S PROTEST. Sir R. INGLIS moved that there should be laid on the table of the house a copy of the protest of Mr. Hogg, one of the commis sioners of inquiry into municipal corporations, in the matter of the report presented to his Majesty by certain of the said cou►- miss►oners. He had com►nunicated with the noble lord oppo site, (Lord J. Russell,) and had ascertained that his motion would not be opposed by him. Mr. Goutticari observed, that the noble lord had refused his assent to this information being afforded when he (Mr. Goul burn) had formerly tuoved for_►t. The bill had now passed this THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. 1 10111: :and he should be glad - to know from the noble lord the grounds 'upon which he had objected to the Ooduetion of this document when it was before applied for ? .Lord J. Ress'au. was understood to say, that at the time the right hon. gentleman had moved for the 'document, it had not then reached him (Lord J. Russell.), r lt-had,since come to him in regular course from, the commissioners, and' he had therefore uo objection'to its production. The motion was then agreed to. • CAIPEISONMENT - FOE DEBT Btu.. The ATTORNEY-GXNEItAI, moved the reading of the order of the' ibiy fur the further consideration of the report of this bill: Mr. LA w moved that the consideration of this report be ad journed till Monday next. . The ATTORNEY -GENERAL.--Why? I hope that my hon. and learned friend will not oppose this motion, seeing that I gave notice at a very early period of this session that I intended to proceed with this measure. There are hundreds and thou sands of persons looking with anxiety to the passing of this bill, and suffering that sickness of heart which always rises from hope deferred. • . Mr. Lew said, that his reason for moving the postponement of the discussion of this bill was, that many of those members who were mo s t anx i ou s t o d e li ver t h e i r sentiments upon it were not present at that moment. . . Lord J. RU SSELL rem i n d e d the lion. and learned gentleman, 'that his noble friend (Lord Morpeth) had fixed the committee on the Irish church hill for Monday next. There would, there fore, be no time for taking the discussion, of this bill afterwards on that night. lie hoped that this opposition would not be per sisted in. The gallery was then cleared, and the house divided— For Mr. Law's amendment Against it. 56 Majority 42 The order of the day was then read. On the Attorney-General moving that the Speaker do now leave the chair, Mr. liiiestiFieto objected to the motion, because he did not approve the principle of the bill; and because it was too late in the session, even if he did approve of it, to ,examine and com plete its details. Ile Was afraid that this measure had been ad vocated, and would be carried, not on its own merits, but be cause it was a governmeut measure, though not of a party cha racter. He' object&l + 6 the bill, on the ground that it went much further than the report of the common 'law commission ers, which did not propose to do away with the power of arrest in all cases, but to prevent its wanton and - capricious exeicise. The bill also provided, that Where the power of arrest should be exercised, the debt o r was a t lib er ty t o bring an action for false imprisonment, in which the onus of proving fraud, or au in teutionAo withdraw from, England or Wales, on the part of the debtor, was entirety 'thrown upon the creditor, instead of the debtor being required to show that the arrest was a mali cious one. He pressed upon the attention of th e h o u s e th a t one of file points must strongly dwelt on by the law commissioners was the necessity of providing effectually, in any neW measure relative to the law affecting debtors, against the commission of fraud; and he asked whether any honourable member would venture to take upon himself to say that undue preferences would not be secured by the present bill. For all the reasons be had stated, it was certainly his intention to Dispose the bill. Mr. B AWES submitted to the hon. member whether, as he had no chance of carrying his motion by dividing the house, it would not be better to let the bill go into committee now, and afterwards take the opportunity of discussiOg the principle of the measure on the third reading. Mr. Melia aDS desired, before the bill passed, that evidence might be taken with respect to its details. If the object of th e .bill was merely to provide heavy penalties for the commission of abuses under the existing law, he should be prepared to give it his support; but he did not think that the existence of some abuses afforded a sufficient reason for overturning a whole sys tem. What was the course of human nature? (Here some symptoms of impatience were manifested.) He protested against what he must call the indecent interruption—(loud cries of "Order")—which he had just received from the lion. member for Bridport. He would not submit to it. (" Order, order.") He moved that the house adjourn. (Cries Of "Divide.") Mr. Hums: was surprised that the hon. gentleman, who had been long a member of that house, should feel so much offended at the expression which had fallen from the lion. member for Bridport, indicating his anxiety to proceed with the bill in com mittee, (Hear, hear.) • Mr. RICHA RDS admitted th a t h e h a d been perhaps a little too hasty. ( hear, bear.) The hon. member then proceeded to discuss the provisions of the bill. He said that no proof had been given that the repeat of the existing law would be attended with advantage and one of his great objections to the present bill was, that - by one of its clauses, in a. disputed affair, the whole me/its of the question would be tried by . a judge in cbani hers, by meaus of affidavits, and w ith ou t th e i ntervention of a jury. - 4. e also thoug,ht the provision which required the de fendant to give security for the debt and costs before an action • was brought was very unjust, and its operation in the case of a poor man would be peculiarly harsh. It was absolutely im possible, that under the provisions of the bill, a discovery of debtors' property could take place, and, looking at the whole ineasuredie was convinced that it would afford great encourage ment to fraud. The ATTOBNEY7GENEIZAL said, that without meaning the slightest disrespect to the hon. members who had preceded hint, he must decline making any observations upon what had fallen from them. In the' committee he would be piepared to meet any Objections which they might make to particular clauses, but he ,despaired of convincing thein 'of the policy of the measure. . . After a short further discussion the house went into committee on the bill. The clauses of the bill were read and agreed to, and ordered to be reported on Monddy (yesterda).) Adjourned. EXTENSIVE CASE OF EMBEZZLEMB.NT. On Friday an elderly female named Catherine M`Dertnot and her son Thomas, a well-dressed young man, known on town, were brought up at the. New Bailey Manchester, on a very serious charge preferred by Messrs. Charles Seaton and Brother, paper-hanging manufacturers, Picadilly, in this town, and Bold-street, Liverpool. Thomas ItPnerinot has for some time been aconfidential sery want to Messrs Seaton, but about six weeks ago having occasion to look over his hooks, Mr. Seaton found a very alarming defis ciency in thd prisoner's account, amounting to upwards of £lOOO, whereupon he was informed that he: would be required to ha lance all his books on an appointed day. He left the premises; and since that time, he has never made his appearance. Mr. Thomas the deputy constable being informed of these facts at the time, has been in search of the prisoner, but fruitlessly un til Saturday last, when Mr. Seaton called upon him, informed him that he thought some information as to the prisoner might be obtained Trom his mother who lives in Leaf Place, Hulme, and•requestcd that the utmost exertion might be used - for: his discovery. Mr. Thomas thereupon went to the house of • the mother, Who , in answer to his question, produced a.letter pu r ; ! porting to have b een written by the prisoner, from th e Isle of 'Mau, and ednununicating some fictitious particulars : &5 4 10 hii condition. Mr. Thomas, however, fix& possesion of a splendid wiitin,, ,, -(tesk belonging to,Thoinas M`Derniot, an d on search ing ittefound' th e'lidNif a letter which proved that the former was a forgery. It bore the feigned signature of " French.'! . Ita object was to request that his mother would pay. into Heywood. Bank £lOO to his account, at Portsmouth, and send him also a Trost-of ice order for . E 5. Having tfiCtS"oh - tained a clue, Mr. Thomas at once determin ed to pursue the prisoner without the loss of valuable tithe, and be set out for Portsmouth on Saturday night,•btit the Span ish "mercenaries" having engaged all the coaches he did not reach his destination till Monday Morning. M'Dermot he found had obtained the £5 from the post-office about an hour previ.: ously and had endorsed his name "Jonathan French." Hear ing that he had gone over to the Isle of Wight, Mr. Thomas next proceeded there, but unsuccessfully, and nothing remained, therefore, but to meet him at the bank, whence he expected to draw the £lOO, which had, however, been stopped before Mr. Thomas left Manchester. Accordingly on Tuesday morning he posted himself, with an officer of the Portsmouth police, in Grant's bank, whelp, after. he had waited about Iwo hoUrs, Mr. "French" appeared, inquiring if any advices fur him had been received. Mr. Thomas i hen stepped up to him : Your name is French? Yes.—Jonathan French ?—Yes--" I must speak a word • with you," at the same time collaring him. What is all this about, exclaimed "French." Mr. Thomas said he would give him all particulars presently. and stepping aside he first put on the handcuffs, after which he told him what was his accusation. The young man of course denied it, and said he "could explain all that." lie was brought to Manchester on Thursday night, and yesterday appeared before Mr. Hollinshead, the magistrate, who remanded bun and his mother till Monday. The prisoner had a brother also styled French, living with him, who has been in the service of Don Pedro. They were lodging close to the docks, and were probably waiting for money to embark in an American vessel which was lying off. The grounds for the detention of the mother are that she has shared the spoil with the son, and that the money drawn from the Saving's Bank is a portion of it.—Manchester paper I,ACONICS. Fine sense, and exalted - sense, are not half so valuable as common sense. There are forty men of wit for one man of sense; and he that will carry nothing about him but gold, will be every day at a loss for want of ready change. It is an old saying "that it is an easy matter to find a staff to beat a dog." A man in power, if he list to hurt, easily takes occasion of doing mischief. He hath offended sufficiently who cannot resist. Look to your heart, and if at any moment the cloud and the darkness conic over you, pray for - light, and forgiveneis from that God in whom you live, and move, and have your being. The earthquake may crush, and the flood overwhelm, and the pestilence sweep away the children of men; but are you to be told, that let death, which must come, come when it may, it comes and can only , come in the order of Providence' How iutinitely little, then, imports it whether it comes soon or late, life being but " aplace which G o d b a th g i ven ' us i n ti me , f or t h e desiring of etern ity !"--S ou th e y. If we look into the behaviour of many whom we daily con verse with, we shall fiud that roost of their hours are taken up in those three important articles dealing, drinking, and sleep lug. Ido not suppose that a man loses his time, who is nut engaged in public affairs, or in au illustrious course of action. On the contrary, I believe our hours may very often be more profitably laid out in such transactions as make no figure in the world, than in such as are apt to draw upon them the attention of mankind. One may become wiser and better, by several methods of employing one's self in secrecy and silence, and what is laudable, without noise or ostentation. I would, how ever, recommend to every one of my readers, the keeping a journal of their lives for one week, and setting down punctually their whole series of employments during that space of time. This kind of self-examination would give them a true state of themselves, and incline them to consider seriously what they are about. One day would rectify the omissions of another, and make the man weigh all those different actions which, though they are easily forgotten, must certainly be accounted for.—Addison. It i 3 the general misfortune not to be content with what we have; not to see or cultivate the sources of comfort which, in our personal circumstances, may be realized; and not to value what we are enjoying, because we have it, and by the daily use of it become indifferent to it till we learn its importance by its departing from us. If every one would but study to extract pleasure from their means of pleasure, however humble, and to be as happy as it ss in their power to snake themselves in their situation, without looking at other means of gratification which are not within their reach; all would experience a comfortable manhood, and learn from their own experience that every one may be in this agi eeable condition. Ihe Apostle preseuti to us the true and golden rule on this subject :---," I. or I have learned in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content." On this principle we shall find that we may all sing with sincerity the sensible old song, My mind to me a kingdom is, Such perfect joy therein 1 find.—TURNER. MEDICAL BULLETIN.-Our delicate young friend at the Sur rey Zoological Gardens, Mdlle. Ouraug-outaug, is cutting two teeth, which has indisposed her from seeing► company during the week. \Ve are happy to state, however, that she is getting better.--Literary Gazette, DREADFUL ACCIDENT-BLOWING UP OF THE EARL GREY STEAMER. (Abridyeefrom the Greenock Intelligencer of Saturday.) Yesterday evening, a few minutes before six o'clock, a dreadful accident took place, occasioned by the bursting of the boiler of the Earl Grey steamer, while she was lying at the Steam-boat Quay, on her way front Dunoon to Glasgow. The 'Earl - Grey had been upored at the Quay about 15 minutes, and was just on the point of starting, the bell having been rung, when an explosion happened of so dreadful a nature that the boiler was rent completely round, the roof forced up into a per pendicular position, tht upper flues driven into the cabin, and the lower -part of the !miler and under flues removed front their situation, blowing the deck completely off from the funnel to within eight or nine feet of the stern. The unfortunate per sons who were standing on that part of the deck were blown into the air ; two of these, Mr. Hugh Watson, shoemaker, DunoJn, and Angus Wilkie, of Tarbert, belonging to the vessel, fell upon the Quay, both of whom died immediately after, the rest fell into the sea. The dater from the boiler was thrown nearly to•the west-end of the Steam-boat Quay, over the 'shed, on board two vessels, the Jean and the Rebecca; the rope which fastened the steamer's stern to the Quay was blown on the top of the shed, also camp stools, large pieces of wood, &e. A part of the boiler, 6or S feet square, was driven by the force of thesteam; a distance of 100 feet and, upwards. A great number of persons standing on the Quay were much injured by the scalding water and by pieces of coal, wood, Sze., falling on them. impossible at present to state the precise number l of .the sufferers by this dreadful occurrence, as it is believed that some of those thrown into the water have not been .found. The steward'of the vessel informs us, that before the accident lie counted 27 persons on the quarter deck, and considers that there were about 40 persons on board at the time of theex plosion. The following are the names, as far as has been ascer tained, of the persons who have lost their lives:— Miss Stevenson, George-strreet, Glasgow. Angus Wilkie, one of the men of the vessel belonging to 'l'arbet. Mr. Morrison, clothier, - Greenock.. Mrs. Smith, Tradeston, Glasgow. Mr. %Mgt. Watson, shoemaker, Dunoon. A. gentleman apparently about 46 years cif age, who had been taken on board the Clarence steamer, died on the passage to Glasgow. ' PERSONS SEVERELY INJURED. Mr. Robert Mitchell, from Aberdeen, wounded on the head, and,scalded on different parts of the body, but not dangerously. Mr. John Wilsmr, spirt-merchant, Paisley, scalded over the whole body, and several severe bruises. Captain James M‘ I atom), of Rothesay, compound fractur e of the left leg and scalded. M'Kellar, sou of Captain M`liellar, of the steamer Sultan., scalded over the whole body. James M'Nie,, step-sou of Mr. Wyse,'grocer, Greenock, se verely scalded. Mn-. Thomas Carmichael, merchant, Greenock, ancle dis located, and head much cut. Orr, son of Mr. E. Orr, mason, Shaw -street, Greenock cut severely in the cheek, and scalded from head to foot. Duncan M‘Kay, aged 11 years, scalded on the back, head, le s , hands, &c. ... Donald M`lilay, aged 8 years, scalded on the face, head, and shoulders. Mary M‘Kay, slightly scalded on the face, and cut on the forehead. The three M'Kays above-mentioned are of the same family and reside in Broad Close, Greenock. Mrs. Clark, Mile-end,•near Glasgow, scalded on the legs, with several severe contusions on the head. Mrs. Dr. Mitchell, of Glasgow, scalded and bruised in Ole face, but doing well. Mr. Moncrief, cut in the head, and Mrs. Moncrief, scalded and bruised; both doing well. Twelve other persons were slightly injured. The steward of the Earl Grey while standing on the paddle box was knocked overboard by a large piece of coal, but_g_ot out little injured. Excepting the steward and the seaman Wilkie, Who was killed, no other person connected with the vessel was hurt. The young lady, Miss Stevenson, whom we have before mentioned, had gone ou board the vessel accompanied by her sister and a young gentleman, a few minutes before the accident took place. -The young man bad gone forward to the bow, leaving the two young ladies standing abaft the funnel,' at the moment the explosion occurred. NV hen the steam and smoke had cleared away he discerned one of the Misses Stevenson in the water at a considerable distance from the vessel, and al ' though an indifferent swimmer, he plunged overboard aud saved her. The body of the, other sister was got out of the wa t er an hour aiid a half aft er the accident, by the boats which were em ployed in trauling, but no other body as has yet been found, although exerti ons un d er t h e di rect i ons o f the provost soil mas gistrates were used till a late hour last night and during part of this morning. Mr. Matthew King, of Port Glasgow, wh o w i t h Mrs. Kin g were bl own overboard, saved himself by clingin g to a block att ac h e d t o a rope which hung over the vessel's side. While in this sit ua ti on h e saw Mrs. King floating; he imme diately got hold of. her, and white supporting isimself with one hand, and holding ilia wife with the other, some person seized hold of the rope Mr. King was cliugin,g to, and nearly pulled it frima his hand.. Mr. King with great .difficulty got him to desist until a bOat came to their assistance and rescued them just in. tune , as Mr. King h a d be come completely exhausted. Mr.: Hugh Watson, who is mentioned among those kill e d, was on the deck at the time of the explosion, the force of which blew hint and Angus Wilkie, who was loosing the stern line at the moment, a great height into the air. They both fell on the quay, and the bruises they received from this, together with the effects of the steam and scalding water, caused almost instant death in both cases. The body of Wilkie was sent this morn ing to his friends in Tarbert, by the St. Mun steam-boat. Mr. Peter Somerville of Glasgow, one of the passengers, who saved himself by his singular activity and presence of mind, de. scribed to us in the following manner, the circumstances con nected with the blowing up of the vessel as far his own observa tions had extended. He had gone on board the Earl Grey at Gourock, with the intention_ of proceeding to Glasgow, and on the vessel's arrival at Greenock, he had stepped ashore fur a fey/ minutes. On his return to the quay he found the steamer preparing to start, and he went on board and descended to the cabin just as the vessel was about to leave the port. On enter ing the cabin he found only one individual in it—a gentleman who was sitting, apparently asleep, at the end of the cabin nearest the engine. Mr. Somerville was surprised at perceiv ing the cabin to be full of steam, and becoming apprehensive that something was wrong he advances' to the farthest end, where he had only time to lay down his hat and umbrella, when a hissing noise which he heard convinced hint that an explosion was about to take place, and he sprung suddenly out at one of the cabin windows, breaking the glass, a pane about fourteen inches square. Instantaneously as this was done the explosion occurred bane his legs were quite out of the window, and his feet were scalded by the hot water or steam rushing into the cabin. Fortunately Mr: Somerville succeeded in catching hold, of an icon rod projecting from the st ern by w hi c h h e h ung -until the stern boat had been lowered when he was drawn up to the deck of the vessel. While thus hanging by the steamer's stern,_ Mr. Somerville looked down into th e wa t er , i n w hi c h h e thinks he observed about thirty persons, many of whom ap= peered to have been hurt by the explosion and were streaming with blood. He saw six or seven couples clinging to each other as if resolved io be saved or lost together. On being hauled up on the stern, Mr. Somerville found that the greater part of the deck had been torieups' On the only portion of which it now remained—namely, a few feet at the stern, he observed an old gentleman evidently much burr, and a lady of apparently about-forty years of age, who was either deader had swooned. All the other cabin passengers appeared to have been blown off the deck by the violence of the explosion. The quay at which the vessel was lying at the time of the accident was in an incredibly short time crowded by parsons of all descriptions; —the alarm - having been s p rea d by the people running to call medical assistance, and by the appearance of the 'young man MSNie running homeward along the streets, with only a rug thrown round his body, his clothes having been torn off in order to relieve him froin garments which were com pletely saturated with the hot water from the boiler. The ex citement was much increased by the wounded sufferers being borne alone the streets to the Infirmary, and various other places. The steamboat quay, about sever; o'clock, presented a, scene of horror happily never before witnessed here—mangled and bleeding bodies carried to places where aid could be ad ministered—the boats employed in trauling for the bodies row ing backwards and forwards, anxiously watched by the specta tors whenever the men aboard hauled up the creepers, to which in almost every case, were hanging pieces of clothes, shirts, handkerchiefs, &c. But the most fearful spectacle of all was the vessel herself—the roof of the ponderous boiler poised in mid-air, over which the funnel l a y crus h e d and broken—the uptorn :leeks exposing the cabin, into which the upper flues of boiler bad forced their way; while hats and portions of male and female attire were strewed around, telling too tr.ily of the fearful destruction that had taken place. It may be con soling to the friends of those who were injured'to know that every thing which humanity and skill could devise was dune to alleviate the agonies of the unhappy sufferers. Great praise is due to the medical gentlemen of this town for the activity and zeal they displayed in rendering assistance, and it is but justice to mention, 'that Dr. M`Naught. of St. Helenshurgh, who was on board the Clarence Steamer, which was lying at the quay at' the time of the accident, was the first to give assistance to those who were hurt, and that his active exertions in relieving the sufferings of the injured, excited the admiration of all present. We understand that before return. ing to Helcnsburgh, he left his address to the Tontine Inn, with instructions to the landlord to attend to the wants of some of the sufferers who were left there, and that he would be accoun table for auy expense which might be incurred. ANOTHER WARNING TO STRANGERS.—The magistrates are almost every day of each week, pestered with eases, principally of strangers, but sometimes o f in h a bita n t s o f t h e town, w h o charge the' disorderly female s w h o n i g h t l y f requent t h e streets with - having robbed them of large sums of money. In nine cases out of ten, the complainants in matters of tins sort refuse to appear, after the first examination, to substantiate their charges, and to enter into the necessary recognisances: they are afraid and ashamed of the consequent exposure. Thus, the magistrates and the police-officers lose their time without any benefit accruing; to the public, for the prisoners are in all such cases discharged, and, in anticipation of similar backward tle99 on the part of their future victims, they go on practising their detestable wiles almost with impunity. Cases of this nature are generally so coarse in their details that we have hitherto ab stained from reporting them, except, sometimes, when we have given an outline of the facts, which we thought might serve as a warning to those imprudent and misguided individuals who might be otherwise too easily misled. During the past week a number of similar offences have come under the cognizance of the magistrates, at the police-court, only one of which has been pursued by the injured party to committal. The circumstances are briefly as follows :—On Thursday a woman, named Mary Ward, was placed at the bar, charge() by is genteel-looking man, who stated his name, and said that he was a stranger in Liver pool, was out of business, and had his residence in - Cateaton street, London. Between ten and eleven o'clock on the night of Wednesday last, he was accosted by the prisoner in Lord street: 'He traversed a few by-streets with her, and, during their progress, she managed to purloin front his pocket a greeu silk purse, containing about £32 in gold and notes. The com plainant said, that. he was perfectly sober at th e ti me, an d as soon as he missed his m o n e y lie called the watchman, Hogan, into whose custody he gave her, and accompanied them to bridewell. Here Mr. Batcheldor, the governor of that establish ment, questioned her touching the money which she was charged with having purloined, but she denied all knowledge respecting it. Mrs. Batcheldor was then sent for, and retired with the prisoner for the purpose of searching her. The prisoner put in practice :nasty ingenious subterfuges, for the purpose of evading this necessary operation, but, Mrs. Batcheldor, being a shrewd woman, became the more convicted that a searc h wou ld b e sue , cessful: The prisoner then said, that if the gentleman would • not prosecute her, she would take him to the place where the purse was deposited. M ts..B. replied, that she could notunder take to promise any such thing. The prisoner, willing to gain time,. if possible, requested that s ome p erson m i g h t b e sent to the back of the Standard-office, when, by removing a loose brick, the purse and money would be discovered in a fissure in the wall. Mrs. Batchelder, however, insisted upon searching her, when, in one of the plaits of an under-g armen t, th e. p urse was found. The complainant indentified the purse. which, to his great joy, he found contained all the money which he had given up for lost. The prisoner Was committed for trial at the Borough Sessions. JULY 28, 1836. LIVER THEATRE, CIII;RCH-STREET. . 1 QIGNOR BLITZ, for THREEiGHTS LONGER, on 1 1:1 his return f rom L ou d on , preriou to sailing by the Colum bus, for Ameri ca , on th e I st A u p Nights of Performing,—THlS ENING, (Tuesday,),th e 28th , TO-AIORROW, (Wednesday,) t 29:11, THURSD AY , the 30th, and FRI DAY , th e al st i nstant; an d , in compliance with the re quest of several Families in the Neighbourhood, SIGNOR BLITZ will have the honour of givin g TWO MORNING PE RFORMANCES—To-sto [mow, ( Wednesday,) the 29th, and Flimsy, the 31st instant, commencing at One o'clock exactly. Boxes, 2s.—Pit, la.—Gallery, 6d. No admission to the Gal lery during the Morning Performances. _._ Zbe ILibtrpool *tantlarb. TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 2S, t 835-. We need offer no apology for laying the following document before our readers. We have extracted it from the last file of Jamaica papers, and we have no doubt it will be read with considerable interest, particularly at this juncture, when the whigs have compelled the pbo pie of England to pay twenty millions of pounds for the purpose of reducing the British colonies to a state of ruin : " At a public meeting of proprietors, planters, and others con cerned in the management of plantations in the parish of Tie lawny, held at the Court-house. 'in the town of Falinouth,.on Monday, the 4th May, 1835, the following - reso!Utions were unanimously agreed to:— "The Hon. WM. MrLtaa, Custos, in the Chair. " Resolved,—That nine months' experience of the appren yet ship system having verified the worst anticipation: of alt practical men of its unprofitable working, this meeting can no longer diet their eyes to the alternative, that the cultivation of the staple pro ductions of the island must shortly be abandoned. For, notwith standing the most propitious seasons which could be desired, and the advantage derived front former years labour, the present sugar crop does not promise to be even an average one, occasioned solely by the very small portion of labour obtained from the negroes since the Ist V . August last. That' the whole / work now gut froin the apprentices, even with the liberal hire paid for their own time, is confined to the manufacturing the crop, to the total neglect of the cant and grass fields. That the usual field of plant has not been established, nor have the ratoon canes been duly attended to. That the falling off in next year's crop must necessarily be serious, and, the evil increasing annually, the natural consequence must be the yraival throwing up of the sugar plantations, notwith , tanding assertions' to the contrary on the part of inexperienced persons who flatter themselves with false hopes. " Resolved,—That in the opinion of this meeting the only chance of preserving the island from destruction is offered by the settlement of white families in the interior, where the climate is so temperate, that Europeans could perform all the labour required in cultivating provisions, coffee, ginger, and the minor products; the males would, in due time, form a valuable body of police; they might occasionally be employed on sugar es tates and other plantations, and afford a valuable example of industry to the apprentices, and would pre-occupy those lands which, if left waste, would be resorted to by all the idle and dissolute of the negroes when the period of absolute freedom arrives. " Resolved,---That as the impoverished state of the vountry forbids the most distant hope that the expense of importing emigrants and establishing them in the interior can be borne by the island revenue, that it is the sense of this meeting that a memorial be addressed to his excellency to lay this our present state and apprehensions before his Majesty's ministers, and to solicit the aid of the mother country to prutnote an object co necessary to secure the safety and tranquillity of ail classes of his Majesty's subjects in this island, and to afford the most likely means of continuing, though on a much smaller scale than hitherto, the cultivation of the staple products which yield.so large a revenue to Great Britain. " WM. MILLER; Chairman." The gentleman who signs the above resolutions is well known as an experienced cultivator, who has resided for about thirty years in Jamaica, and than whom no man is more competent to oter an opinion on the momentous change which has taken place. His name in fact is a guarantee of the truth of the statements set forth in the resolutions, for he is a man of unblemished reputation, of sound judgment, and unitppeachable honour. Letters were received yesterday in this town from Para, from one of which, dated May 15, BA we take .he following extract : "The new president for this place, just elected by the pro province, arrived from Caniuta, on the 9th instant, and, after several conselhus (meetings), it was resolved by the party on shore to oppose his landing. On the 12th, about ten o'clock our hostilities commenced by firing on the frigate. The squa dron, consisting of six sail, returned the fire, which was kept up briskly on both sides till about one o'clock, without doing scarcely any injury, except damaging the houses. The vessels then landed about 250 men in boats and cavres, for the pur pose of taking possession of the town. About two-thirds Of them effected a landing, principally English and Germans, in excellent order, and drove Vivagre's party from their position, taking from them three pieces of artillery; but the remainder, composed of Brazilians, either from cowardice or treachery, would not advance to their assistance, but sounded a retreat, and immediately threw away their muskets, and got into the boats. Numbers jumped into the river, and swam towards the vessels. The confusion that ensued was dreadful. " V inagre's party kept up an incessant fire on the boats and the people in the water. It is supposed the vessels hive lost about seventy men in killed, besides numbers wounded. Vine gre lost about forty killed, and many wounded. The British brig-of-war Despatch, and the boats belonging to the squadron, picked up a great many wounded from the water, those left on shore were put to death. All the English houses lia've received more or less damage from the shot, but fortunately no one killed or wounded. "An eighteen-pounder came right through the gable end of our house, and entered an apartment in whiCh there were several ladies and children, but luckily took a different direc- tion to where they were. The squadron took advantage of a cessation of hostilities to drop down the river out of reach of the guns, where they are now lying at anchor. "This expedition, instead of doing good, has made things a great deal worse, almost every place of business, not exepting the Alfandega (Custom-house) and Consalatlu, have been shut since its arrival. "Commodore Taylor arrived at A4aranham early in June, in command of the expedition fitted out at Rio against Para, consisting of the Campista, Captain Manson, and the Regetie riga°, Captain Eyre, both 41-gun frigates, and three schooners; two of the schooners sailed for Para on the 7th June, and the remainder of the squadron would follow on the 13th." England never was placed in so humiliating a position as she is in at this moment ! Popery has once more tri umphed in the House of Commons, and our father land is ruled and held in thraldom by the delegates of the barbarous bigots of the sister island! There was a time when the protestant church was vic- timised by a confederacy of gloomy and ferocious Bents , rians; but even then, with a king of a vacillating cha racter, whose sincerity was more than questionable, and whose popish predilections were more than suspected, she did not fall without p desperate struggle. If the king had been true and bold, if the church had beep pure, if her sons had been properly nurtured, if there had been no prevailing laxness and corruption, our venerable esta blishment would not so easily have fallen a prey to the cant of the roundheads and the sacrilegious ambition of OLIVER CROMWELL. Her fall in the reign of the first CHARLES was therefore, in our humble judgment, her just punishment. if there had been no wavering—no lingering after the old idols —no secret attachment to the impious indulgences and the frauiulent practices of the Italian church, she would have braved the rebellion, punished the traitors, and kept the true light of the refor mation burning as a beacon to the darker nations of the earth. She had, however, sinned, and for her negligences and offences she was severely punished. The infliction, as events proved, was for the good of the church. She suffered shame and degradation; but having endured these for the given period prescribed by PROVIDENCE, she was restored to her rights and dignities, her enemies were annihilated, her lamp was lighted afresh, and, by the blessing of God, the second temple of protestantisin was more glorious than the first. These facts are now history. We can at one retro spective glance see the beginning and the end of the mystery, which those who fought and bled in the contest were not permitted to see or understand. But as re gards the present ordeal of our national church,-„bat ding as she is in a losing warfare with the papist, the sectarian, the socinian, and the infidel, we of the present day are as much in the dark, as to the object and the re sult, as churchmen and loyalists were in the time of CHARLES the FIRST. We cannot tell what is meant, or what is intended, or who are to be punished, by permit ting a band of savage and demoralized papists to ssiaYs for the passing hour, the destinies of this mighty empires and trample the protestants of England under Not. Do ;lc] la nu at' lir( doi of lib, tat] the. one .not the ta n Yet Men TI ha s PAN Year, thes e .and t unita desp k them as «•c go ft tious ' electi taitig Intna and v must tou c h the SC Wt nous, actio n Pie of nitie s will 1 despi t (avow eellnt i - Iri s h -.( Fier l and is slon N s►av e3, ha s on] he ca PUSSY gent t o by the betrap ittissE: Pairo"n; the'i rm who ha ar gu the dau :1 doze r, of the con of Lord be Who e., tile Wlii who, iI Patty , t 'Stron g ( PA re