The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-03-03 00:00:00

MARTYR FORDHAM, P O U L T E R E R, kc., BERRY-STREET, AND JAMES-STREET, LIVERPOOL, RESPECTFULLY informs the Nobility, Gentry, &c., that he has just received a large and choice supply of NORWAY GROUSE, in fine condition. Also, a few of that esteemed and scarce Bird, the CAPER CAILZIES, OR BLACK COCK OF THE WOOD. Naturalists and others will find this a good opportunity for selecting FINE BIRDS FOR STUFFING. RAPER'S PATENT WATERPROOF COMPANY'S ESTABLISHMENT. No 46, CASTLE-STREET. ASTOCK of WOOLLEN CLOTHS and OTHER FABRICS RAPERISED (allowing free escape of perspiration.) and suited to Hot or Cold Climates KEPT ON HAND. ApE to D. J. JACKSON, Agent to the Patentee. G 11Wr ORDERS and GOODS received for M ATER PROOFIN as usual. SHAWLS, MANTLES, AND CLOAKS. CRIPPS and SCURFIELD have the honour of an nouncing to the Nobility and Gentry the Arrival of a magnificent STOCK of LONG, SQUARE, and PALA TINE SHAWLS and MANTLES. in the first Spring Patterns. The extent and splendour of this Stock have never been equalled. The Proprietors have just completed a tour through the whole of the manufacturing districts, the result of which is, they are now Selling Long Shawls 20 per Cent. lower than any other house in Liverpool, under any circumstances. CRIP PS AND SCURFIELD, 48, BOLD-STREET, , Two doors below Concert-street. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN Who are desirous of obtaining DECIDED BARGAINS DRESSING CASES, WORK BOXES, WRITING DESKS, & ENVELOPE CASES, Should avail themselves of the pTent favourable opportu nity of purchasing at full one-third and one-fourth under the usual prices, at the CHEAPEST ESTABLISHMENT in this Town for WOOLFIELD'S celebrated Manufactures, during the remaining short period of the SELLING OFF GLASGOW TIOUSE, 53, Church-street, corner of Basnett-street. The Stock of CHANDELIERS, TABLE LAMPS, and HALL LANTERNS, selling at a considerable loss (in fact giving them away). PLATED GOODS At 20 per Cent. off the MANUFACTURERS' PRICES. KENDALL'S ORIGINAL CIVET CAT, 5, CHURCH-STREET. EXTRAORDINARY REDUCTION IN TILE PRICES OF REAL ROSEWOOD WORK BOXES, Beautifully inlaid with Mother-of-Pearl, French Palished, Lined with Satin, Folios in the Lid, and Trays to lift out. 7 inches long 3s. Od. 8 inches long 3s. 6d. 9 inches long 4s. 3d. 10 inches long ss. Od. 11 inches long ss. 9d. 12 inches long 6s. Bd. A large Stock of WRITING DESKS, DRESSING CASES, &c. &c. At Prices equally low. ORIGINAL CIVET CAT, *** Mark the address{ No. 5, CHURCH-STREET, LIVERPOOL. BULL AND MOUTH COMMERCIAL TAVERN AND FAMILY HOTEL. ST. MARTIN'S-LE-GRAND, LONDON. EDWARD HENRY SANDERSON begs respectf u lly t o acquaint his Friends and the Public generally, that he has undertaken the management and entire conducting of the whole of the business of that well-known and long-established Inn, the Bull and Mouth, and it is his intention to make such arrangements in the Hotel and Tavern Deptrtments as will ensure that accomodation and comfort which is so desi rable for persons after travelling long journies ; and by assi duity, moderation, and strict attention, he trusts he shall merit and have such patronage that will enable him to sup port so arduous an undertaking. The House and Premises are new and well built, admirably situated (without exception), in the most desirable part of the City of London, affording ample means fo r th e accommo dation of Privat e Families, Commercial Gentlemen, Public Bodies, Committee Meetings, and Travellers generally. Suites of Rooms, Hot and Cold Baths, good Stabling, safe and dry Standing for Carriages, Post Horses, &c. ; Chaises, Omnibuses, and other conveyances to the Railway Stations, or any part of London and its environs. DURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, -I- • made in a cause of " Harrison against Frerichs," the creditors of WILLIAM BARLOW, late of Hamer Hall, in the parish of Rochdale, in the county of Lancaster, cotton spinner, who died in the month of November last, are forth with to come in and prove their debts, before Sir GRIFFIN WILSON, one of the Masters of Lhe said Court, at his Cham bers, in Southampton Buildings, Chancery-lane, London, or in default thereof they will be excluded the benefit of the said Decree. EMMETT and ALLEN, 14, Bloomsbury-square, London, For Messrs. Alexanders, Plaintiff's Solicitors. rir HE Commissioners in a fiat in bankruptcy, bearing date the 28th day of June, 1839, awarded and issued forth against BENJAMIN HOBSON, of Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster, hosier and draper, intend to meet on the 10th of March next, at One of the clock in the afternoon, at the Clarendon-rooms, South John-street, in Liverpool, in the , said county, in order to make a dividend of the estate and effects of the said bankrupt, when and where the creditors who have not already proved their debts are to come pre pared to prove the same, or they will be excluded the benefit of the said dividend; and all claims not then proved will be disallowed. LITTLEDALE and BARDSWELL, Solicitors. MONS. LE DRAY, SURGEON-DENTIST, from the Firm of LE DRAY and CO., London. SCURVY in the GUMS EFFECTUALLY REMOVED. ARTIFICIAL TEETH SUPPLIED WITHOUT WILES, SPRINGS, OA CLASPS. LOOSE TEETH FASTENED. And filling Decayed Teeth with Mineral Marmoratum. MoNs. LE DRAY and CO., Surgeon-Dentists, respect fully inform the Nobility, Gentry, and Inhabitants of Liver pool and its vicinity, that they have opened an Establishment permanently at No. 38, SEEL-STREET, eight doors from Berry-street. They continue to fill up the cavities of De cayed Teeth with their Mineral Marmoratum, without the least pain, heat, or pressure ; it is placed into the cavity in an almost liquid state, and in a few seconds gets hard, pre venting and curing the Tooth-ache, arresting all further pro gress of decay, and rendering the operation of extraction unnecessary. The Mineral not only converts a mere shell into a sound and useful tooth, but, by completely stopping up the cavity, prevents effectually that unpleasant taint of he breath which invariably accompanies a decayed tooth. Among the various disorders of the Teeth and Gums, there are none more destructive in their effects, or more generally prevalent, than Scurvy ; and it is well known that the loss of Teeth arises more from this cause than any other. It affects individuals of all ages and of all constitutions, and is the primary cause of Tooth-ache and decay. To those so affected, Mons. LE DRAY and Co. have to inform them, that they can effectually remove this destructive complaint by a single application, without the slightest pain. Artificial and Natural Teeth, of surpassing beauty, fixed from one to a complete set, without extracting the roots or giving any pain, without springs, wires, or ligatures, an swering all the purposes of Mastication and Articulation, remaining perfectly secure in their places, and may be taken out and replaced by the wearer with the greatest facility,— at the following Paris charges : A single Artificial Tooth. A complete Set A complete Set of Natural Teeth, on fine gold plate .. An entire Set of Natural or Terro Metal lic Teeth, highly finished, in thefi itt style, with fine gold sockets, usually charged 40 gui neas 2b 0 0 Loose Teeth fastened, arising either from age, disease, or mercury, and deficiencies of palate effectually remedied. Artificial Teeth out of repair, remodelled to fit the mouth and restored equal in beauty and durability to their original state. Attendance from Nine till Seven, and on Sundays from Nine till Two. rr:`, , ,=s - For the convenience of country patients, Monsieur LE DRAY and Co. are enabled to fix a partial or complete set of Teeth at one sitting, without the least pain or incon venience. No. 70, Seel-street, Eight Doors from Berry-street, Liverpool. £0 10 0 5 5 0 13 0 0 LAUNCH. —A fine brig, of about 300 tons burthen, will, e -learn, be launched from the building yard of Mr. Clarke, i n Trentham-street, on Friday next. ELECTION OF AUDITORS.—The annual election of audi tors and assessors for the borough, under the Municipal Act, took place yesterday, but it did not excite the slightest interest. SUDDEN DEATH ON BOARD OF A FISHING-BOAT.—On Friday last, the William, one of the boats belonging to the Liverpool Fish Company, sailed on a fishing voyage, and went about 30 miles out. On Sunday morning, about half-past 5 O' clock, one of the fishermen named Joseph M`Neil, while employed with some others of the crew, in hauling in , a fish ing net, suddenly fell down on the deck. He was immedi ately picked up, but in ten or fifteen minutes he expired. He had n o t, it appeared, complained of previous illness. The boat put back to t hi s port, and arrived yester d a y m orning. An r inquest was held th e same d ay on v i ew o f the body, before 'llCurry ; but in consequence of its being d eem ed neces sary to prove , for th e satisfaction of all parties, that no vio le ate had been u se d towards the deceased, the inquest was adjourned to this day, when a post mortem examination will take place. EETRAORDINARY LETTER FRO M THE YOUNG KING OF GREECE. — The followin g letter, received by last amiable mail, exhi bits King Otho in a very amiable light . l thus is addressed to a mercantile firm in London, and begins Athens, Palais du Panhellenion, Gentlemen,—l am commanded by his majesty to offer you ithra o rcuted his best thanks for the promptitude wherewith the orders for " Holloway's Ointment," and External Disease Pill." The tonic and alterative properties of the latter, as an auxiliary .to the former, are duly elated, and their conjoint efforts are indeed truly surprising . a r lre- You will please present the gold medal, sent thro ug h the courier, to Mr. Holloway, as a token of his majesty's hi g h sense of his services in the branch of curative medicine. I have the honour to be, &c., GERAMD, Min. Sec. des Aff. Etran. It becomes our duty, in confirmation of the above, to state, that in all external disorders these preparations are unri valled.—See advt. The Concentrated Meat Lozenges, which have been in vented after the most anxiousexperiments by E. & T. Taylor, by a combination of the choicest viands, afford the best of nutriment to every class of individuals, whether in pursuit of pleasure or travelling with speed, on business, and wishing to avoid delay, as they are essential to the invalid, whose digestion will not admit of food in the ordinary course of culinary process, they will comfort and cherish nature for hours by merely dissolving one or two in the mouth, and are so portable as even to be carried in the pocket, whilst the charge, Is. and 2s. a box, is so economical as to be within the reaeli of all, with this advantage, that they will keep in any climate, if preserved free from damp. None are genuine unless the name of E. and T. Taylor, 17, Holborn, London, is on this Multum in parvo.—See advt. STUPIDITY, STUPEFACTION, AND DEATII !—" A very serious and distressing case occurred recently in Anderston, which"shouldoperate as an effectual warning to mothers and nurses, who are in the habit of dosing the inants under their charge with narcotics. to prevent them from crying. The woman in question had stupidly administered a quantity of laudanum to her twin infants, in consequence of which both of them have since died." —Glasgow Courier. In conse- , quence of the above, Mr. Barker, chemist and druggist, of our town, has sent advertisements to the Glasgow papers ; for it is high time that the transcendent virtues of that inimi table preparation, of which he is the sole proprietor, should become universally known---we need hardly say we allude to ATKINSON'S INFANTS' P,RESEAVATIVE. Manchester Guardian.—See advt. Imptriat t3aritatritnt. HOUSE OF LORDS.—THURSDAY. Several petitions were presented in favour of church ex tension. Lord TEYN AM , on presenting petitions, adverted to the agitations of the corn-laws, and expressed his opinion of the insurrectionary tendency of the movements of the anti-corn law league. The Earl of GALLOWAY,. on presenting several petitions f r om Scotland against the " i ntrusion': of ministers upon pa rishes, without the sanction of the majority of the parishion ers, hoped that the government would not allow another month to elapse without endeavouring to bring this important contest to a speedy, and, if possible, satisfactory termination. The Marquis of NORMANDY, in answer to Lord Ellen borough, said that a bill was preparing, and would so on b e presented, regarding relief as respected poor rates imposed on workhouses in unions. On the motion of the LORD CUANCELLOR the second read ing of the church building acts amendment bill was ordered to be deferred till Monday. The rated inhabitants evidence bill was read a second time, after which their lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-THURSDAY. After the presentation of many petitions, Mr. ORD presented a report from the elections committee, regarding the " Ludlow" petition, as to alleged irregularity in the service of notices. The report was ordered to be printed, and to be taken into consideration on Thursday. _Colonel SIBTHORP asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he should consider it consistent with his duty to re lieve the public mind on a point as to which some anxiety was entertained—namely, whether the new taxes, which it was understood would be proposed to the house, would include the duty on salt. The . CHANcutLor. of the EXCHEQUER observed that be thought the house would see the impropriety of answering such a question. At the same time he assured the house that he was anxious to bring forward the budget as soon as possible after the conclusion of the financial year. Sir G. CLERK called attention to irregularity in the issuing of the Perthshire writ—a second having been forwarded to correct irregularity in the one first sent by the Crown-office, and it was ordered, Mr. Fox Mauls seconding the motion, that the Clerk of the Crown attend the house, to explain the circumstance. Sir E. WILMOT having inquired whether the government would take command of the juvenile offenders' (summary jurisdiction) bill, Mr. FOX MAULE said that, though be should attend to it in the select committee, he was not at present prepared to undertake to superintend so important a bill as a government measure. Mr. EWART moved for a series of returns regarding the " exclusive" right, claimed by the sergeants-at-law, to act as advocates in the Court of Common Pleas, and which mo tion was agreed to. Mr. WALLACE brought forward the subject of establishing post-offices in villages, &c ., not at present having them, but withdrew his motion for the present, in order to enable the chief establishment and authorities to carry out their own plans. Sir R. PEEL thereupon inquired when it was expected the post-office would be able to introduce for general use the proposed stamped covers. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he regretted that he could not fix a day for introducing the covers gene rally. He intended to introduce them first into the local districts for the sake of experiment, and then, having some little experience there of the difficulty, be should be able to introduce them generally with greater advantage to the pub lic. There had been some mechanical failures in making the designs, that had delayed them longer than he expected. He hoped to be able within three weeks to introduce them into the limits of the twopenny post. Sir R. PEEL asked whether the government did not mean to make the experiment at first beyond the old limits of the local districts ? . . The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rejoined, that he did not refer to any particular division of the penny or two penny post, but he should make the experiment in this way first, that he might have experience of its working. Mr. WARBURTON suggested that such experiment should also be tried in the local districts of Edinburgh and Dublin. Mr. WALLACE hoped that the stamped covers would not be issued at all until they were generally issued. Mr. LANGDALE moved an address to her Majesty, " to direct the commissioners for the asylum schools of Chelsea, Southampton, and Greenwich, to make such modifications in the regulations therein in force, as may secure to the chil dren of Catholic and Protestant dissenting soldiers and sai lors, if duly qualified, the benefit of those establishments without the sacrifice of their religion." Mr. MACAULAY said he must oppose the motion, but un dertook to inquire into the subject, and to afford all practical remedy ; whereupon Mr. Langdale withdrew his motion. THIRD DEFEAT OF MINISTERS THIS SESSION. Mr. LIDDELL then rose to move the resolutions of which he had given notice respecting the Rice and Newport job. He began by some comments upon the amendment of which notice had been given by Lord Morpeth. That amendment, he said, was incorrect in representing Sir John Newport's withdrawal from public life as having been subsequent to his acceptance of the controllership ; for, in fact, the office was not given to him till after his public renunciation of political life. The amendment alleged that the grant could not be drawn into aprecedent. He preferred his own form of !words, that it ought not to be so drawn ; yet drawn it would be, unless this house should now deal with the subject. The controller's office was one which should be independent of the crown ; but where would be its independence, if the crown were thus to hold out pensions to its occupiers ? Public services were of two kinds, parliamentary and official. The house had al ready expressed itself adverse to the principle of rewarding parliamentary services by pensions ; and as to services of an official kind, the analogy of the act respecting official pensions was applicable, which required a tenure of at least two years. The amount, too, the proportion of £lOOO. out of the total £l2OO. disposable, was much to be disapproved ; to give four-fifths to one individual was to leave but £2OO. in the whole year for the reward of merit in other departments. The present resolutions were certainly mild, but they would affirm two great principles—that of the independence of the controller, and that of adherence to the legitimate objects of the pension list. The following were resolutions : That it appears, by a copy of a warrant on the table of this house, that a pension of £lOOO. a-year has been granted by her majesty to the late Controller of the Exchequer on re tirement from that office, on the ground of " zealous and efficient services rendered to the public during a period of nearly half a century, in which interval of time he filled the offices of Chancellor of the Exchecper for Ireland, and Con troller-General of the Exchequer for the United Kingdom." That it appears that the said Controller-General of the Exchequer filled the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer for Ireland during the period of thirteen months only, viz. from thernonth of February, 1806, to the month of April, 1807. That it appears by reference to the act 4 and 5 William IV., c. 24 (by which the granting of pensions for political services was regulated), that no person is qualified to receive any pen sion on the ground of public duties performed in the highest offices of the state, unless he shall have continued in the per formance of such duties for a period of two years at the least. That it appears that it was also specially provided by the said act 4 and 5 William IV., c. 21, that the holder of the office of Controller of the Exchequer should be precluded on his retirement from that office, from all claim to any of the pensions which the crown was thereby empowered to be stow for civil or political services. That it appears that the person: holding the office of con troller of the exchequer now constitutes the sole check (in lieu of all others formerly existing under the ancient regulations of the exchequer) on the expenditure of all public monies issued through the exchequer by the authority of the commissioners of the Treasury ' • and it is specially provided that he s h ou ld be incapable of holding any other office under the crown in conjunction with such controllership, and should be irremov able from his office except in pursuance of an address from the two houses of parliament ; this officer being thus with drawn from the exercise of any influence of the crown over him in the discharge of his functions. That it appears that provision was made in the act 1 and 2 Vic. c. 2, that the sum which her majesty might be empow ered to grant in pensions on the civil list, in any one year, should not exceed the sum of £l2OO ; and that, in conformi ty with a previous resolution of this house, such pensions should be granted " to such persons only as might have just claims on the royal beneficence, or who, by their personal services to the crown, by the performance of duty to the pub lic, or by their useful discoveries in science, and attainments in literature and the arts, had merited the gracious conside ration of the sovereign, and the gratitude of the country." That, considering all these circumstances, and more espe cially the great importance of keeping the Comptroller-Ge neral of the Exchequer independent of the influence of the Crown, as also of ensuring a strict adherence to the spirit of the resolution of this house on the subject of civil list pensions. this house deems it expedient to express its decided opinion that the grant of £lOOO a year to Sir John Newport under the warrant before mentioned, ought not to be drawn into a precedent. Lord MORPETH began with a few facetious flourishes ; re joiced that this motion was all which the great opposition could bring against the government; boasted of " the fight which ministers had shown," and treated the proposed reso lutions as a specimen of " didactic twaddle," the fate of which was really, in his opinion, a matter of no sort of importance. He denied that Sir John Newport had retired to make way for Lord Monte ag l e and this denial he desired to make on behalf o f a l l the pa' rties concerned in the transaction. Sir irt Pee John had p u t hi s of fi ce into Lord Melbourne ' s hands in 18 t ist e ry pl h a ti o d e t a h t en hi b s e a e b n so m l o ut r e c than 9 , and Sr momentary, Robe would havefound hisministry disposal. Lord Melbourne returning the power postponed the acceptance of the resignation till the close of the session. The office had, in the • mean time, been offered to another person, and as to Mr. Rice, it was well known that at that time his vie ws were directed to the chair of the house. The controllership was excluded, and properly from the right to a pension; but Was it therefore to be said, that all claims from former services were to be defeated by ens a i . o holding of it ? The tories had themselves granted many justifiable. Lord Morpeth - then gave ;le hi'sstor much r less John's merits, beginning gravely with the fact that at young Newport had had Lord Wellesley and some other .n nent noblemen for his fags, and used them so well tha e t m a i ll parties had continued on friendly terms throughout life. Sir John had come into Parliament and been Chancellor of the Irish Exchequer, had made a great many useful mo tions, and saved, by a measure for reforming the Irish courts of law, an amount of £75,000 per annum. But his services, continued Lord Morpeth, having been for the most part par liamentary rather than official, it was thought by some that the reward should be voted by Parliament itself. This course, he thought was open to two objections—the addition of a burden beyond the amount of the civil list, and the danger of canvassing in the house. As to the complaint that others with good claims were left unprovided for, he deprecated Cr'own'sselecting the any discussion of the discretion in objects of its bounty. Lord Morpet s amendment was as follows : That it appears to this house that t he Ri g ht Hon. Sir J ohn Newport, in his official capacity of chancellor of the exchequer in Ireland, exerted h imself to the utmost to re strain u se l ess expenses , t o promote education, and to im prove trade and intercourse between Ireland and the other parts of the United Kingdom ; that while in the said office he directed, and after leaving office sugge sted, various inqui ries which led to the ado by parliament of measures highly condu c i ve to the tion better administration of the law, and beneficial to the revenue • that after serving for five years in the honourable controller of the exchequer, being then upwards of eighty office of of age, and afflicted with bodily infirmity, he withdrew years public life, respected for the unblemished integrity from of his character , to pass in retire ment the remainder of' ) s . dthat Sir That, considering John Newport was not in attl ays. withdrew from office, this houseuent circumstances when he thus . satisfied that the grant of a pension to a retired controller of is s f the exchequer in circum stances so peculiar cannot be drawn of persons who have not ''ju s t claatso a precedent in favour on the royal benefi cence," to the and are not . distingui s h e d by , the performance of duties public" Mr. LEADER contended that the pension to Sir John Newport could only be viewed in connectio n with the P ointment of Lord Monteagle. He concluded with ap observ- mg, that it was a job, and not only a job, but a job perpetrated by those who professed a great abhorrence of jobs. Sir JAMES GRAHAM did not cavil at Sir John Newport's appointment when it took place, though he certainly thought it an objectionable appointment ; but he complained of minis ters keeping open the office of Comptroller of the Exchequer from April, 1839, to the end of September, in order that it might be given to Lord Monteagle. The right hon. baronet proceeded to detail the financial blunders committed by Lord Monteagle, while chancellor of the exchequer. This, he said, was no attack upon Sir Jobn Newport, but a direct charge against her majesty's ministers. The resolutions declared, that if this act of the government were to be drawn into a precedent, it would be subversive of that independence of the office of comptroller of the exchequer which parliament declared should be incidental to that office, and that was a declaration which he trusted the house would not hesitate .to affirm. Lord JOHN RUSSELL reproached Sir James Graham with the ungenerous manner in which he had attacked a for mer colleague, unable, from his absence, to defend him self. I should have - th - might - (Mid thee noble - lord) that the right honourable gentleman would have recollected, with some gratitude, the able, zealous, and eloquent speeches which Mr. Spring Rice made in defence of that government, when the right hon. gentleman so often shrunk from his duty in maintaining its acts.—(Vehement cheers.) He dwelt on the services rendered by Lord Monteagle to the govern ment, and observed, that if the right honourable gen tleman ventured (which I am sure he never did) to make such an attack as he had indulged in to-night, on my noble friend's conduct of the financial affairs of the country, he would have met such an answer as would probably have de terred him from repeating it. (Loud cheers.) As to Mr. Ellis, he was deemed by Lord Althorp (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) to be unsuited for the controllership. Lastly, when so much had been said about showing fight, and the house had been reminded of the two occasions where minis ters were in a minority, how came it that the great debate of four nights was not referred to, where ministers had been triumphant, discomfitting their opponents on every side ? Sir ROBERT PEEL, with much warmth, vindicated Sir James Graham, and reminded the house how often Sir James's value had been acknowledged and praised by his for mer colleague, Lord John, who now, stung by his speech, ventured to accuse him of shrinking from his duty. Sir James had shrunk indeed ; but it was not from duty, it was from office, which he felt he could no longer conscientiously hold when the appropriation clause was made an essential question. For his own part he respected Sir John Newport, but he could not consent that the ministers should shelter their misconduct under Sir John's fair character. If the amendment of Lord Morpeth were adopted, the very conse quences of which that amendment denied the possibility would he sure to follow—that it would be drawn into a precedent. Every future controller whom a minister might want to pen sion off, would be found to have done some public services or other, which would serve to take him out of the general ob jection against pensioning controllers. Mr. HUME said, it had been declared by Lord Althorp that the pension list was not to be applied to political purposes. In the present matter, the public impression was, that the vacancy had been created on purpose. He would fain have seen the letter in which Sir John Newport first tendered his resignation. Lord JOHN RUSSELL repeated, that the fairness of the transaction was vouched not only by Sir John himself, but by Lord Melbourne and Lord Duncannon. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE observed, that none of the proposals went to save a shilling to the public. It was certainly a gross job ; but he approved neither the resolution nor the amend ment, and in that state of circumstances he should vote with that party which he thought most useful to the country. Mr. 'WYNN said a few words against the motion, which, therefore, were well received by the few whigs, who sat near enough to him to collect his sentences with accuracy. Mr. LIDDELL shortly replied, and the house then divided, when the ministers were defeated by what ought to be the fatal majority of TWENTY-ElGHT—the numbers being 240 and 212. The announcement of the numbers was received with tremendous cheering. Lord MORPETH, with a very long face, and in a tone of voice very different from that in which he delivered himself of his schoolboy oration in the early part of the evening, was understood to fix the further discussion of the Irish munici pal bill in committee for the ensuing evening. Colonel SIBTHORP thought the noble lord could hardly be serious,'as the ministers would of course resign in consequence of the vote to which the house had just come. The members on and behind the Treasury benches expressed their anguish at this suggestion by cries of " Oh, oh," which were drowned in approving shouts of " Hear, hear," from other parts of the house. The house adjourned at a quarter past twelve o'clock. HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY stated that he should, on Tuesday, present a petition regarding the municipal cor porations of Ireland ; and that he should then put questions to members of the administration as to the principles on which they intended to carry on the government, after what had taken place " elsewhere." Lord STRANGFORD presented a petition from merchants relative to the African trade, and moved for papers relating to the " French aggressions" on the British trade on that coast. Lord MELBOURNE opposed the motion, as negotiations were proceeding which he hoped would secure indemnifica tion for the British merchants. He complained of the lan guage of the petition as being very like the noble lord's own composition. Lord STRANGFORD declared that he knew nothing of the petition until it was sent to him for presentation. The Earl of ABERDEEN recommended the withdrawal of the motion under the peculiar circumstances, and it was with drawn accordingly. Lord ASHBURTON inquired whether the commission to investigate the complaints of the inhabitants of Portendic was to sit in London or in Paris ? Lord MELBOURNE answered in Paris. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY. Mr. LEADER complained of not having had an opportu. laity to bring forward his motion regarding Frost, Williams and Jones, and inquired whether it was true that the vesse containing them had sailed? ' Lord J. RUSSELL answered in the affirmative. Mr. LEADER intimated that he should still persevere in his motion. (It is fixed for Tuesday.) Sir G. CLERK, (after the clerk of the crown, &c. had been examined at the bar as to the transmission of two writs for Perthshire) said that he should not press any motion regard ing the irregularity in issuing a second writ, his only object being to guard against such a proceeding being drawn into precedent. The report of the controverted elections committee, regard ing alleged irre g ular services of notices, was taken into con sideration, and persons were examined at the bar on the subject. The further consideration of the subject was, at length, deferred till Monday. The house then again resolved into committee on the mu nicipal corporation (Ireland) bill, the desultory discussions in which occupied some time. The report was ordered to be received on Monday. The hduse then resolved into committee of supply, in which Mr. MORE O'FERRALL brought forward the remaining - navy estimates. Considerable, but desultory discussion, arose thereon. Sir G. CLERK adverted to the difficulty that, he was aware, had arisen in manning the navy, and suggested that there should be an arrangement to allow those who held long-ser vice pensions to re-enter the navy, if so disposed and still able, without forfeiting such pensions. Captain PECHELL and others concurred in the policy of such an arrangement, adding, that when there was jealousy existing among various powers, it was important that our ships should always have their full complements of men. The several resolutions proposed on the estimates were agreed to. COMMUNICATION BETWEEN LONDON AND DUBLIN. (From the Correspondent of the Monitor) I understand that Sir Edward Smith, Professor Barlow, and a third gentleman whose name I do not at the moment remember—the commissioners appointed by Government to investigate and report upon the best line of communication between London and Dublin—will, within the next month, send in their report, which i 3 in favour of the route by Ches ter and Holyhead, in preference to that by Shrewsbury and Port-dynlaen ; a company of which Mr. G. Stephenson is the engineer, was formed some time ago, for carrying this line into effect, but the state of the money market with reference to railway shares is, and is likely to be such, that unless they obtain assistance from the Government, which I learn is at present confined to a loan on the part of the company, of one million sterling, the re-payment to he spread over a series of years, they will not be able to carry out their intentions as set forth. This railroad from Chester to Holyhead, if ever finished, will be eighty-two miles in length; the first thirty of it will be almost a dead level, and will skirt the coast of Wales for that distance. The engineering difficulties on the subsequent part of the line are by no means of as formidable a character as might have been anticipated and are certainly not greater, if so great, as those which have been success fully contended against on the London and Birmingham, and the Manchester and Leeds lines. The great point at issue was the risk of crossing the Menai bridge. Independent of the dangers of suffering so much as eighty to one hundred tons, the average weight of a train, being on it, in rapid transit, it is well known that the vibration of a suspension bridge im pedes the action of the locomotive, and that there is, conse quently, an immense loss of power. To obviate this, as well as the danger, I believe the commissioners, will recommend the granting permission to the company to transmit one or two carriages at a time, by means of a stationary engine ; the weight on the bridge at any one time not to exceed about ten tons. Whether this railway is ever completed or not, the Irish public will shortly reap the benefits of even more rapid railway communication than that at present in existence, as in August next the Crewe and Chester railway, branching off at the first named place from the grand junction railway, by which company it has just been purchased, and the Chester and Birkenhead railway (a continuance of that from Crewe) will be opened, there will be a saving of nine miles in dis tance—and in consequence of the superior gradients twenty minutes will be saved on that account—making a total of about an hour, no small consideration when the present fast mail-train from London only Occupies 9+ hours in its journey. The corporation of Liverpool have recently bought a large tent of ground on the Birkenhead side of the Mersey, close to two principal ferries, opposite to Liverpool; and in conse quence of the bed of the river lying on the Chester side they are about to construct docks, which will be accessible at almost all states of the tide, and from whence it is probable. that the Irish mail steamers will start. The railway will run as close to the water's edge as the Kingstown railway does to the harbour, and the transference of the mails, passen gers, &c., will not occupy more than ten minutes, instead of as, at present, nearly three quarters of an hour. A saving in time of altogether an hour and a half might thus be gained, which would—except in severe ales from the westward—en sure the delivery of the night London mail in Dublin the evening following its departure. A Vienna correspondent of the Germah Journal of Frank fort reports, that it is the Prince Augustus of Saxe Coburg Cohary, brother of the King of Portugal, and the Princess Victoria, who is to marry the Princess Januaria, sister of the Emperor of Brazil. INUNDATION OF THE VISTULA.—We are favoured with the following interesting information from Messrs. Gibson and Company, of Dantzic, through the medium of their friends in Leith, Messrs. Maxwell, Marshall, and Company : —" Dantzic, Feb. 5, 1840 . — A circumstance has occurred which may derange the corn trade this year, and put all par ties interested in it in very un-looked for positions. In our last we referred to the very dangerous appearance of the river (the Vistula.) The result has been such as no one ever con templated, and which at first none but eye-witnesses would have believed. The Vistula, front the mild weather and the heavy floods from Poland, had partially broken up, and came down with great force, committing frequent damage to the dykes, bursting the sluices, and overflowing a district called the Binnen Neyrung. About four miles from Dantzic, at a spot called Neufebr, a stoppage of ice occurred, which di verted the water from the channel. At this point the Vis tula runs near the sea, being separated by only one-half to three-quarters of a mile (English) of land, from which, how ever, it again diverges, and proceeds on to Dantzic. The channel being blocked up, the river, bursting across t h e country,flo a , v e d d e on v en tolotohe feetse a ; high, the inftoerrmveeidiin no gsand-h i oppositionll s , of 70 and 80, and an s d in t ee he t tr e e n ad u t i h e sand-hills. In a few hours the cut steheenyliwnegrley r sze r d d i l l e y ss u o n f d a erm lo i w n e ed r undermined, channel d ne th l e on ri b v o e t r h rolled sides, oinn: wards of the downs or of the river at the sea t and the hills fall hourly down, as feet wide, opening is 2,000 fiercely through, making if cut with a knife. The river rushes through the sand higher up the most -hills inhabi tants of the populous district . t the river saves a distance this cu dan ger of being inundated. By What effect this strange work of about ten English miles. of the river, the supplies fearful ravages in the dyke. The a o t f ia N r V i erder are hourly in of nature will have on the navig of corn, &c., no one can t e ll. What the human hand can do in it, 'tis impossible to say ; the old bed of the Vistula lies fast with the ice hillocks, and it may be months ere they melt."—Edinburgh Courant. COURT CIRCULAR.--FRIDAY. Her Majesty gave audience, yesterday, to Viscount Mel bourne, Viscount Duncannon, and the Judge Advocate-Gen eral. His Royal Highness Prince Albert having consented to en roll himself as a member of the Goldsmith's Company, of which her Majesty is - the head, a deputation from the com pany, consisting of Mr. Bridge (prime warden), and Messrs. Hodges, Smith, and Buttemer (wardens), waited, yesterday, - upon his royal highne ss , a t Buckingham Palace, and had an audience, to receive his commands with respect to his royal highness taking the usual oaths. . The royal dinner party at the palace, last evening, included the Baron de Nieumann, the Austrian Minister on a special mission, the Earl and Countess of Carlisle and Lady,Elisabeth Howard, the Earl and Countess of Minto, Viscount Mel bourne, Viscount Boringdon, and the Right Hon. G. S. Byng. The band of the Coldstream guards attended at Bucking ham palace during the evening. On the return of her Majesty from Drury-lane Theatre, on Wednesday night. the elegant cup, presented to Mr. C. Kemble by the Duke of Devonshire, the Duke of Beaufort, the Marquis of Lansdowne, and other subscribers, was sub mitted to the Queen and Prince Albert. An address of congratulation to her royal highness the Duchess of Kent, from the London clergy, was presented on Tuesday to the royal duchess, atßuckiugham Palace. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager had a dinner party, on Wednesday, at Marlborough House. The reigning Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha visited her Ma jesty the Queen Dowager, yesterday, at Marlborough House. His serene highness also paid a visit to the Princess Augusta, at Clarence House, St. James's. The Duke of Cambridge visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager, yesterday. SATURDAY. Her Majesty and Prince Albert went in state last evening to honour Covent-garden Theatre with their presence. The royal party occupied nine state carriages, and were escorted by a party of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards. The Hereditary Prince of Saxe Coburg Gotha was also present at Covent-garden Theatre last evening. His serene highness was attended by the Hon. Wm. Cowper (Groom in Waiting to her Majesty ;) Baron de Lowenfels, and Baron de Gruben. The Reigning Duke of Saxe Coburg and Gotha left Buck ingham Palace at a quarter before five o'clock yesterday after noon in one of the Queen's carriages and four, with outriders in scarlet liveries, for Woolwich, to embark for the conti nent. His serene highness was attended by Col. Wemyss (Equerry to her Majesty ;) Count Kolowrath, Baron Alven sleben, Baron Ernest de Poellnitz, and Lieutenant Seymour (Groom of the Bedchamber to Prince Albert. During the last several days his Serene Highness the Duke of Saxe Coburg and Gotha has honoured Mr. Hayter by sit; ting to him for the picture of her Majesty's marriage ; the composition for which had been previously submitted to, and highly approved of by her Majesty' and Prince Albert. His Royal Highness the Prince Albert honoured Mr. Ross, A.R.A., with a sitting, yesterday, for a second portrait, at Buckingham Palace. The Duke of Saxe Coburg and Gotha also sat to Mr. Ross for his portrait-yesterday. MONDAY Her Majesty and Prince Albert, and the Queen Dowager, attended Divine service yesterday morning in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The sermon was preached by the Rev. J. R. Wood, from the first epistle general of John, chap. 2, verses 15, 16, and 17. The lessons were read by the Rev. Mr. Packman, the prayers by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, and the Communion service by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, and the Rev. Mr. Packman. The musical service was Boyce in A, the Sanctus and Commandments Ebden's, and the Anthem " 0 Lord give ear unto my prayer," (Green), was sung by Messrs. Wyld and Horncastle. Mr. J. B. Sale presided at the organ. The Rev. J. Vane was the Deputy Clerk of the Court in Waiting. In the suite of the Queen and Prince Albert were Lady Barham, Lady Fanny Howard, Hon. Miss Lister, Hon. Miss Murray, Marquis of Headfort, Lord Robert Grosvenor General the Hon. Sir William Lumley, Lord Alfred Paget, Colonel Wylde, and Lieutenant Seymour. The Queen Dowager was attendec by the Countess of Mayo, Hon. Miss Eden, and Earl Hove. Her Majesty and Prince Albert andsuite returned in four carriages, after the service, to Buckingiam Palace. The Queen held a Court, on Saturday afternoon, at Buck ingham Palace. The Marquis of Normanby had an interview of her Majesty on Saturday. The royal dinner party, on Saturday evening, inclUded the Earl of Errol, Viscount Melbourne, Vi;count Morpeth, Lord Holland, Lord and Lady Robert Grosvenor, and the Right Hon. Thomas B. Macauley. The band of the royal regiment of hirse guards attended at the palace during the evening, and ierformed for the first time several new pieces of music : amoig others, introducing a set of quadrilles from the opera Torquato Tasso, by Childe. The Duke of Cambridge visited he- Majesty yesterday. His Royal Highness also visited the Dichess of Kent. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager attended Divine service, yesterday afternoon, in the Chapel Ro'al, St. James's His Royal Highness Prince Albert vsited her Majesty the Queen Dowager, yesterday, at Marlbonugh House. The Duke and Duchess of Cambrilge and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge attended Diviie service, yesterday morning, in Grosvenor Chapel. Mss Kerr and Major Stephens were in waiting on their royalhighnesses. THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO CONENT GARDEN THEATRE. (From the ..iforning Herald of Saturday.) Last night her Majesty paid her vornised visit to this theatre, and, as far as regarded a dispay of public interest on the occasion, under circumstances smiler to those which we had to notice on the extension of the. same favour to Drury-lane, on Wednesday night. Tie streets, in the im mediate neighbourhood of the house, and by which it was anticipated that the royal cortege woulc pass, became exces sively crowded, as the hour of seven approached. The pit and box doors were closely beseiged at a much earlier hour by a multitude of the true sons and daughters of patient curiosity. The house was densely crovded, but by judicious management, without any inconvenien: overflow having been permitted—except, perhaps, in the galleries, where, at the commencement of the night's entertainment, considerable discontent at the rubs ; which sufferiv parties inflicted on each other, was indicated by some unseemly noise and tumult. This, however, soon subsided, and the course of the auspi cious festivity ran most smoothly to its close. The royal box was, as usual, the first in the dress circle on the left, as one look's toward the stage, and its ornament, as seen by the audience, was, we believe, much like that of last year. It pro jected but little from the line of the circle, aid presented a dra pery of rich crimson silk and velvet, triwxed and looped up with broad gold-like silk lace, rope-wort , and tassels. A crown imperial topped the light half campy above, while below, where the pannels were covered with the velvet folds, the royal arms were raised in relievo, with a knightly star at each side. Two ormolu chandeliers were suspended, one at each end of the box. Its interior newly Wed up, and with great tastefulness and elegance. Its wills were covered with a delicate calico, of alternate white aid marital orange tint, laid on in graceful fluting, and offering a most pleasing effect to the eye. A room for the reception of her Majesty and Prince Albert had been also prepared at the .same style, behind the box. It was brilliantly lit up, and with its em bellishments of large looking-glass, choice flowers—and, let us add, excellent fires, reflected great credt upon the spirit and savoir faire of the management of the theatre. Shortly after seven o'clock the royal party arrived at the house, and and as her Majesty and Prince Albert entered their box cheering of the most ardent kind from al: sides welcomed them. The chief members of the royal suite, in the richest household dresses, followed, and the maids of honour took possession of the box next that of her Majesty, and which had been ornamented with drapery of light clue silk. With the first shout of the audience the curtain rose, and presented the stage nearly filled with persons in full tress, in front of whom the members of the company were lrawn up. The band immediately gave forth the national an:hem, which was well sung by Harrison, Miss Rainforth; and Madame Vestris, and a chorus of the whole house. The following lines were given in addition to the usual words of the anthem ; `' Oh LORD ! thy blessings shed On Royal Albert's head! GOD save the Prince! Hear, LoRo! a nation's voice ! Long in their Sovereign's choice May England's sons rejoice. GOD save the Prince !" These lines were greatly applauded, and the prince, in acknow ledgment, frequently bowed to the house. His royal high ness wore the field-marshal's uniform, with the riband and star of the Garter. On his left arm was the military token of mourning. Her Majesty wore a white satin dress, trim med with black lace, for the court mourning. Her Majesty also wore the riband of the Garter, and displayed a magnifi cent suit of diamonds. The entertainment opened with. Knowles's drama of Love, whi:h was performed with its ac customed spirit. Her Majesty and Prince Albert appeared to take full interest in this excellent play, and it seemed to win from the whole court party much admiration, tinctured with almost something of surprise. It is much to be hoped that they may be still more familiarised with such workings of the native muse. At the conclusion of the play the stage was again occupied en masse, and " Rule Britannia" was sung and ardently en cored. The burletta of Patter v. Clatter closed the night's bill of fare, and, through the thoroughly cordial natural hu mour of Mr. C. Mathews, kept the whole house in a half hour's sustained mirth, wherein her Majesty and the Prince most unaffectedly joined. When this reached its termination a repetition of " GOD save the Queen" was given with the same zeal as it bad been previously, and her Majesty with his Royal Highness, and their attendants,.retired fromthe house amidst very great cheering. On the opposite sideof the the atre from that where the royal box is placed, the Duke of Saxe Gotha and Prince Ernest occupied the stage box. • There were seven carriages in the royal cortege, and it was accompanied by a considerable body of the blues. A matrimonial alliance is said to be in contemplation be tween Prince Louis Napoleon Bonaparte and his beautiful cousin, the Princess Matilda de Montfort, daughter of Jerome Bonaparte, now on a visit' to this country. The princess is now sojourning at Florence. CHURCH EXTENSION.—A public neeting, over which Mr. Thomas Blackburn will preside, is convened for Thurs day next, at the Music-hall, Bold-street, when petitions against church-rates, taxation fox church-extension, and for the liberation of Mr. Thorogood will le submitted' for ap proval.—[All the eloquence of Mr. Thanes Blackburn, who according to the thinking man of the Abion, " monopolizes too much of the talk of the council," cainot stop the move ment for church extension. The present ministry, through Lord John Russell, have declared they lave no intention to abolish church-rates ; and, as to the liberation of Mr. Shoe-. maker Thorogood from the prison into which he has volun tarily thrown himself, he has told' Mr Baines he will not accept his liberty, being determined tohave the reputation of a spurious martyrdom. Under these circumstances Mr. Blackburn's meeting and speeches will lave about as much effect as the explosion of a pop-gun.] MYSTERIOUS ROBBERY.—On Frida3 last, between the hours of three in the afternoon and tet in the evening, a robbery was committed at No. 5, Brou:ham-terrace, West Derby-road, the residence of the Missesßarton, and money taken to the amount of upwards of £5l in gold, together with a very valuable large gold seal, whith, it is hoped, may lead to the discovery of the thief. The hmily were at home during the whole day ; and it is a remarlahle circumstance, that not the slightest appearance of a robltry could be traced, as the three drawers which contained tie money (in two different bed-rooms on the second and third stories) were . re-locked, and, kad not a niece of Miss Barton's wished to replace some article of dress in one of the drawers, it might not have been discovered for some time. PROVIDENTIAL K;;;:.:7Ongaiutlay last, as Mr. Wilderspin, of Warrington, (the founderof Infant schools,) and family, were crossing the wooden bilge over the canal at Sankey, upon a car drawn by a spiritec young horse, the animal, having at first refused to go ove, on being urged, bounded violently nearly to the centre, ari, shying at some thing in the water, sprang over the parapt, and then, with anaazing strength, threw itself back upa the car —in the effort breaking the harness asunder, and s ivering the vehicle to pieces. The animal struggled off the bidge, and, getting entangled with the broken harness, came lown on the paved causeway with a tremendous crash; nut,getting again up right, made for the adjacent toll-house,dragging the frag ments of the car with it. Here it was sopped ; and, won derful to say, the four individuals compoing the party, one of whom was a little child, escaped wihout any material injury. —Correspondent. NATIQNAL EDUCATION. LETTER FROM THE REV. THOMAS DREW, INCUMBENT OF CHRIST CHURCH, BELFAST, TO THE REV. F. F. TRENCH, RECTOR OF CLOUGHJORDAN. • RESPECTED BROTHER.—This solemn subject which so deeply occupies our minds, and the minds of thousands at this eventful time, must be approached, with caution, pro tracted meditation and prayer. The eyes of many are upon us ministers of the Redeemer ; and so, when we write to each other, God and man expect that we shall write " soberly, honestly, and advisedly. I graiefully acknowledge that you have set me an excellent example.—your tone and temper are additional reasons why, in dependence on the strength of the Lord, I ahould seek to persuade you, and, if possible, to enlist, you on the side of what in my heart 1 believe to be th a t of God and of his church, and of the good of the millions of this our native land. The Searcher of hearts knows how I deplore the necessity of lifting up a warning voice. There exists not within the battalions of my own church a brother whose secession from the platform of universal scriptural education I would de plore so much, as I do the separation of the Rev. Dr. Cooke from the friends with whom so long and so powerfully he testified against the board. His great mind cannot, through grace, be long in error. Alas ! precedents for error are too many ! but it is no disgrace for a man to follow a precedent of retrogradation where conscience and reflection send him back upon the position which may have been too rashly and confidingly forsaken. The Synod of 1832 appointed a com mittee to treat with government, but the labours of that committee were subsequently rendered null and void by the Synod. The committee had made a mistake—the mistake which it made was (tacitly, at least,) reprehended by the Synod,—the shrewd policy of the government was penetrated and the " snare was broken." Here is precedent for retreat in time. I wish sincerely for such repudiation and retrogra dation now ; above all, I wish that he, the noblest and the bravest of the sons of the Synod, should not be numbered amidst the armies of the aliens : a moral pressure may have weighed down a vigorous mind, but its elasticity was pro verbial, and its rugged honesty the theme of millions. I WILL HOPE TO THE LAST. I protest, solemnly, that one great desire of my mind is to drag back from the Achanistic and contaminating defile ments of these negociations, every one known and dear to me. Hence, I feel respectfully and fraternally an interest in you. With piety of the purest character, with motives ever unquestioned even by those who deprecated your public measures, and with the command which you possess of a public organ—(The Christian Journal)—the opposition of such a brother as you, is to be deplored. May I then ask your deepest attention to such sentiments as I humbly offer for your patient consideration. I trust you will thus be enabled to see that a junction with the Board is, under any circumstances, to be deprecated ; and that it is not possible to join it without (to use your own words) an implied approval of its constitution, its principles, and its conduct." And I must say, that, in offering these sentiments, I am far from being alone. The brethren are Now enlightened upon the real state of the case, nor has one letter appeared controverting one argument laid down by me. The declara tion of the Church Education Society for Ireland is a timely and dignified document ; and I trust it may be generally cir culated. From every quarter testimonies are accumulating, and as an individual, I feel most grateful for those which have been forwarded by the brethren for the strengthening of my hands. I must acquaint you, that, in the beginning of this contro versy, I felt it my duty to apply to the Lord Bishop of Down and Connor, laying before his lordship my grounds for alarm lest the inauspicious movement of so influential a body as that of the venerable Synod of Ulster should be imitated by any of my brethren, and entreating his council. I was the rather strengthened in my determination to make this appeal, as I found that several of my brethren were already dazzled and overcome by the specious prospects and pretensions held forth in public statements made by individuals, as well as by the comments put forward by the unguarded portion of the press. Though not at liberty to publish the contents of my honoured Diocesan's reply, (but which was, however, freely communicated by his express permission to the clergy,) I may venture, I hope without infringing on my duty towards him, to state that I feel deeply grateful for his kind notice of my appeal. The object of my anxiety was thus satisfied in one quarter, but the great mass of the Christian public was never to be appealed to. Connected, as I have been, with three great Scriptural educational societies, and employed by them to advocate their objects, I felt that silence might he misinter preted, and such a neglect of duty might be fatal in many places where, heretofore, I was permitted to testify against the constitution and workings of the Board of National Edu cation. As Belfast occupies but a very small share in this question, and its real effects are connected with many places far removed from this industrious locality ; further, as the three other provinces, and even England, were to be warned, (even though some localinterests and friendships might be hazarded in the process of my labours), I felt it an irresistible duty to appeal, for the sake of the Christian public, to our brother of Liverpool. The result has been blessed of God, and in a time when " star after star decays," the honoured name, and sanctified influence of Hugh M`Neile, have readily been proffered to the " help of the Lord against the mighty." Not only has Mr. M`Neile replied, but, as I have stated, a host of Christian friends, lay and clerical, have come to my assistance. Many are loudly calling upon me to continue my appeals ; but my peculiar duties forbid me to do so ; and my feeble advocacy has now become the less needful, for not only has the conservative portion of the press, Evening Mail, Statesman, &c. come to our aid, but the Rev. Dr. Martin, of Killishandra, and other eminent men, (my superiors in office, intellect, and influence), are vigorously entering the field. I am satisfied that the thing now most needed is epistolary agitation upon this subject. The more words are written and read, the more the minds of men will become enlightened, The simple fact is, that thousands of Protestants have, in times past, only skimmed the surface of principles and arrangements. They were wont to hang upon the character and eloquence of presumedly faithful pastors, and the painful investigation of the nature of principles, or of the tendency of regulations, rarely became matter of study. Hence, though it is the easiest thing in the world for those accus tomed to write for the press, some to mystify a subject, or others to cajole their readers ; yet the repetition of plain and honest explanations has generally the wholesome effect of setting the public right. Dear 13rother,—We have two classes of people to reason with. I limit these classes to the honest, prOus, fattionleSS people who, fearing God, are not unwilling to be convinced by sound and simple reasoning. Of course, I cannot hope to include among them those who merely look to the ecclesr astical interests of a party, or to the minikin considerations of boroughmongering. I am fully satisfied that throughout this earth there is a growing and consistent body of such people as really seek to do right. We ought to communicate, by letter and conver sation with such. Already many are avowing themselves on our side—already some of our greatest landed proprietors have made inquiry for themselves, and are determined to take their stand upon the side of consistency, the Bible, and their country's real and only good. The first of these classes is formed from amongst the straightforward, clear-headed followers of Mr. IVl`Neile's school, who, believing that it was and is a part of the " Board" system to "promote instruction in what is falsehood, they consequently never could even parley with it." The avowed design and original constitution of the Board cut them off " from any approach towards even negotiation with it." (Vide his reply.) A second class object not to the constitution of the Board, but think that "good could be made out of it ;" that its rule could be so modified, or at least such special advantages could be secured to themselves and their particular Church, as to permit them to become the adherents of the system. With regard to the first class, the reply of Mr. M`Neile contains irrefragable testimony on the subject which should satisfy their minds, and indeed every unbiassed mind. There is such a manifestation of generous Catholic feeling in one part of his letter, that I cannot help quoting it . " My view of the Irish Education Board system has, from the first, been very simple, and such as rendered all discus sion, in detail, wholly superfluous, so far as my own convic tions were concerned. " It was, and is, a part of that system to promote instruc tion in what I believe to be falsehood : consequently, I never could even parley about terms of connexion with it. "If any system of education encourage instruction in Popery or Socinianism, it is vain to plead, in its behalf, that it also encourages instruction in Christianity. " 'Be not partakers of other men's sins." Look not every man on his own things,-but every man also on the things of others.' These are Christian exhortations which condemn all insulated selfishness. If the Board offered me the unre stricted use of the Bible and the prayer-book for my own schools, I could not so exclusively look upon my own things, and so uncharitably overlook the things of others, as to give the sanction (however insignificant) of my name and co operation to a system which must equally countenance the unrestricted use of the mass-book, and the Unitarian new version of the Testament." Now, as many men of the second class to which I have re ferr, ed may not be able to see the truth of such conclusions, or (like yourself) are fondly expecting that good can in any wise come from the Board, it may be useful to enlarge upon the subject. and to treat of principles and regulations in such wise as to show, that, let the system be viewed as it may, its principles and workings are fatal to the promotion of vital Christianity in the land. To view this aright, let us say what kind of grants should be given, and to whom. And here I broadly state, that the Church might take a free grant from THE STATE, for the purposes of education, provided this grant be entrusted to orthodox hands, the state merely obtaining se curity that the education shall be scriptural, and that the ex penditure of the funds shall be duly accounted for : receiving money thus, for educational purposes, the church would not be a party to the injury of others, nor to the propagation of error. The State, however, has now placed funds in the hands of a number of individuals of the most discordant and mutually adverse tenets. An able article in Frazer's Magazine for this month shows how absurdly such an union is formed, and by what mutual compromise only the Commissioners can hope to work together. ' It is impossAble to accept aid from this anamalous body without compromise : in fact, the State, in the formation of this Board, have become the leading of fenders. The State never possessed —a PROTESTANT State never possessed)—such a power as to give education without true religion ; if they transmit, or affect to transmit, such a power to others, they do so at the expense of their fealty to God. I sincerely believe that the State is not permitted by God to indulge any parent with the gift of a merely secular education, that is to say—the State must not give the parent his option " whether he would take that education for his child which offers Scriptural instruction, or whether he would have for his child secular instruction only ?" If God's word is to be consulted and revered, the State can offer nothing short of Scriptural instruction ; it must say to the parent, "We offer you education based on the Word of God—that Word must be freely intermingled with your child's educa tion,—you may refuse this, but you do so at your peril,— other education we dare not offer I think it to be a fatal concession involved in the third pro position of the Synod, and I merely allude to it, because some might be led to adopt it without careful investigation,— " That all children, WHERE PARENTS AND GUARDIANS SO DIRECT, shall daily read the Holy Scriptures during the pe riod appointed (i. e. when secular business is concluded, and Roman Catholics afforded no obstruction in withdrawing.") This is a concession which neither. State, Churchman, or Presbyterian is at liberty to offer. I find one of my respected correspondents, a clergyman of Down diocese, has noticed this so forcibly, that I hope to be excused for quoting his excellent sentiments : " And is the view of Scriptural education reduced to this ? Instruction in the Bible is not considered necessary—the Bible is not put into the hands of a single scholar—the school' is not furnished with a single Bible, until the parents of the children require it. Does not the Rev. know, that the love of the Bible is not natural,—that the value which nine-tenths of Protestant parents show for the Bible is more a thing they have received by tradition from their fathers, than any sterling fixed principle, the result perhaps of habit or custom ? and let it but grow with a custom, (which, under the fostering care of government, it cannot fail to do in course of time,) to exclude the Bible from our schools, and our Protestant community will be as willing to dispense with the boon as the Romanists ; and then what will avail all that the Rev. so dearly purchased, viz., the liberty of parents to require that their children should read the .Scriptures. Does my eye deceive me, or do I see the cloven foot of the voluntary demon peeping out beneath this principle ?" It is thus plain that the State is not at liberty to offer such a concession; nor even, if the duty of the state were problemati cal, is a Christian man at liberty to receive such a boon, which my excellent brother has thus proved would work out such deadly and overwhelming consequences. I now desire to notice that point, of all others, on which most mystery and confusion of ideas appear to rest at pre- sent. You state in your letter (and the board gives you leave to state " That the Bible now may be admitted" —or, to use the words which are generally put forward, " THE BIBLE is FEEE DURING SCHOOL HOURS." Now, if the public will only inquire what is meant by this term SCHOOL HOURS, they will at once see that THE BIBLE IS NOT FREE. For merly, the times for separate religious instruction were not included in "stated school hours," now they "re; during several of the school hours the Bible must not be read, — and when it is about to be read, all those parents who do not require it (Roman Catholics practically ' included) must ivithdraw : this is the new thing under a new name. Here the public. require to be particularly cautious lest any wrong impression shduld go forth ; let the board speak for itself : in page 17 of the Digest of Evidence, published by.the board, we find this explanation given !—" There has been a good deal of discussion respecting what is meant by school hours. Conductors of sehools may call the HOURS FOR SCRIPTURE READING SCHOOL HOURS OR NOT !!!"' So, if the Bible cannot be introduced until the secular business is ended,—if no Protestant, even then, is to read unless his parent require it,—if no Roman Catholic is to read at all (which will be the case) what becomes of tire assertion, " That the Bible is free during school hours !" It is plain, then,' that in progres of time the very Pro testant children may themselves become strangers to the Word of God by the workings of the system; in the mean time, let us contemplate how pitiable has the case become of our unhappy Romanist brethren. Mark, I pray you, the injury done to the Roman Catholics by this succumbency of Protestants ! Formerly in all Pro . testant schools, whether of the church, Hibernian Society, or Synod (previous to the concordat with the board), the Holy Scriptures were open to all—yea, as was most just, all children, without any exception whatever, were obliged to submit to instruction in the Holy Scriptures—what a deplo rablechange will now take place in all these schools hereto fore of the classes I name, which may, through any delusion of perversity, become united with the board !—the Roman Catholic will now have the Bible plucked from his hand! I will make this plainer still. There are at this moment, in the scriptural schools of the London Hibernian Society, in ULSTER ALONE, 740 schools, in these (hear it ye lovers of the board !) are seventeen thousand, two hundred, and ninety-six Roman Catholic children; I do not hesitate to say, that, if by any powerful influence, these schools may be transferred to the board, the Bible would immediately_be wrested from the hands of seventeen thousand Roman Catholic children in Ulster alone unless their parents come forward and insist upon their being taught the Holy Scriptures. Alas ! who does not know that, in Ireland, the utunost a Roman Catho lic parent may do is, to connive at his. child's reading the Bible ?—who ever dreamt of a Roman Catholic going pub licly to a school-house and demanding that his child should be permitted to read it ? I confess, the more I reflect upon it, the more I shrink back with horror at the idea of being a party to the expulsion of 17,000 copies of the Bible from the schoolS of Ulster. If this may be done at one blow, how must such a system work for coming years ? And now, AT A WORD, we demolish the enquiry made by yOu and many worthy men, namely—" what is the difference between receiving a grant from the Boarc and a grant from the State ?" I SAY THERE IS DIFFER- ENCE: Take money from the State, and, as in former days with other societies, you teach God's word freely to all. Take moneyfrom the Board, and you—people of Ulster ! become party to a bond more fatal to the souls of the Roman ists than St. Bartholomew's day was to the bodies of 60,000 Protestants. When the State appoints bishops, bishops are appointed to teach truth unmixed with error, yea, sworn are they to banish error and false doctrine, They do not take Jhese appointments pledging themselves to be silent as to Romish errors, but as sworn to "speak the truth in love," and to labour for the souls of Roman Catholics sedulously and fearlessly : not so those who take money or office from the Board ; not one shilling is transmitted unless a letter be forwarded, in which a pledge is broadly given, that secular teaching shall ,be distinct from the reading of the Holy Scripture, and that when the Scriptures are read, no child shall be present except by permission of his parent ; and fur ther, a pledge must be given to let the Roman Catholic chil dren go " ELSEWHERE," to the priest's house, or to his cha pel, as the case may be ! The Protestant bishop, in his dio cese, preaches to all without limitation ; the chaplain, in the jail gives no pledge of witholding truth from any ; the church institutions of Ireland (Association for Discountenancing Vice, 8:;c.) received money in like manner unfettered by one restriction, but all you who now bow down to the Board, are solemnly, universally, and legally pledged (vary and change words as men may) to deprive millions of the Bible, and to " ENCOURAGE" error and the votaries of error. Let not any doubting, easy-minded individuals suppose, if the poor Roman Catholic child does not obtain the Bible, that notwithstanding, he will have an opportunity afforded to him of obtaining some useful religious instruction from the ordinary school books as supplied by the Board, and used in the hours (called for distinction sake) secular; one may say, surely the school books will contain some of the saving truths of the Gospel ; ' I boldly answer—No ! remember who are the compilers. Would the Socinian admit any allu sion to be made (in these school books) to original sin, the converting influence of the Holy Spirit and to the Divinity of Jesus ? Would the Romanist prelate or councillor admit any reference to Luther's article of a standing or falling church (justification by faith only ?) Would even a hint be afforded of the error of certain doctrines—purgatory—transubstantia tion—worshipping of saints and images, &c. The idea is absurd—neither would truth be propounded, nor error dis claimed. Protestants ! what an " insulated selfishness" would it be in us if we thus proceed to wrest the Bible from the young Romanist ? But worse remains :—not only by joining the Board do we take the " bread of life" from him, but corn- Mend " a poisoned chalice to his lips." And here I beg to refer to the language of a learned and experienced brother of the Droinore diocese, who thus, in his le .ter to me, writes:— " I am also sure that it is of no small moment to ourselves, that we resolutely decline being subscribaig parties to any compact which hands over the children of the Roman Ca tholics to the unmitigated instruction of their priests. No doubt we are unable to prevent the teaching of the Popish doctrine; but we ought never voluntarily to agree that op portunities of such are to be afforded, while the only effi cient-corrective of all false doctrine and evil practice is sys tematically held back : consequently, I cannot see how any clergyman of our church, in consistency with principles which ought to be stringently obligatory on his conscience, can be an applicant ,to, the Board.'; A respected brother of the diocese of Derry writes thus:— " I would say that the strong ground of your letter is the point that Popery is calculating, and p ermanent l y t h e ga i ner by the Synod',; arrangements: Theyhave become parties to the recognised teaching of error om a broad scale. They cannot .say they are not responsible for that, inasmuch as they do not include it in their articles of surrender. They know that " Damns, petimus vicissim" must be the basis of any accommodation, and that the license to bring in their own catechism includes, by implication, the licensing of Murray to bring in his; and the amount of the evil recog nised is to the quantum of good procured (if good will be procured), as the millions of Romanists are to the thousands of Protestants ; and the proportion of the grant made to one party is to the small amount of that made to the other." This point cannot be made too plain. From the beginning the Boat d has adhered steadily to this teaching of error with truth—they started with this deterinination ; and however words may be twisted, and modes of expression varied, the Board proceeds, just as it ever did, to ENCOURAGE the teach ing of error. Say what we may, it we become adherents of the Board, we are aiding and abetting in the propagatiou of error. Thus, in the " Plan and Progress" of the Board, as: pub lished in their " Digest of Evidence," and which was pre sented to inc at their office, Marlborough-street, Dublin (page 14), it is stated " That the commissioners will also per mit and ENCOURAGE the clergy (i.e., Roman Catholic Priests and Protestant Ministers) to give religious instruction." Further (aide same page), " The books to be used in time of separate religious instruction must be under the sanction of the Board, and must have the APPROBATION of those members of the Board (Murra) , Blake, &c.), who are of the same religious persuasion with the child f or w h ose use they are intended !!" Now connect this with Dr. Cooke's ' own testimony—it appears from his letter to the Ulster Times, of Feb. 1, 1510, that he and the deputation were actually called upon by the Lord Lieutenant and Commissioners to say, " that the Synod will afford every REASONABLE FACILITY" for the children of " such parents (as object,) receiving such instruction elsewhere, as they may think proper." The Doctor pru dently, as he would show, had this resolution altered into " OFFERING no obstruction." But let the alteration be what it may, the result is perniciously one and the same deplorable result ! Now, brethren, it is impossible for us to he connected with this hoard—its combination of Commissioners, (holding such various creeds)—its principles—its workings all forbid us , but there is one view brought forward by one of my reverend correspondents so awful and so plain, that 1 feel bound to submit it to you, with sincere respect. It certainly never was so presented to me before, nor do I see how it can be answered. • From a Clergyman in the Diocese of Dronzore. " Now, dear and reverend brother, I take it as a thing that must be granted, that if any one agrees to any part of the system, he gives his consent to the entire ; and from this premise I deduce, and distinctly declare, that any clergyman of the Church of England who does so, is morally guilty of PERJURY. For he breaks the most solemn of all oaths,_ his ' ordination vows. By that latter part of the system, the Pro testant clergyman and the Popish priest are placed on equal terms, the Gospel is no more esteemed than the dogmas of Dens. Truth is ranked no higher than falsehood, and all the refuges of Popish lies. And he who has sworn to 'banish and drive away all erroneous doctrines,' takes the priest of Rome by the right hand, and gives him permission to teach those very doctrines he knows in his conscience are damnable and idolatrous, and subversive of the salvation of souls. Nay more, he surrenders his christian liberty, and cannot, must not, dare not, teach his own children the truths of the blessed Gospel, or bring them to Christ, till he has given permission to the priest to bind the conscience, the body and soul of those unhappy children, whose only misfortune it is to be born within the pale of that anti-christian church." I would close this portion of my letter, adopting the pithy and pointed argument of a respected brother of the Arch diocese of Dublin. He says— " I would ask your attention to the pith of the question. Does the rejection of a religious education (granting it ex ists) by the - Roman Catholics, release a - professedly Christian nation, or the faithful clergy of this land, from the obligation of constantly offering it—and can we be constantly offering it when we cease to offer it, and give them a mere literary education without it ?" In conclusion—l beg humbly to say, if in my first letter I sought for relief for my own mind, now I have cause to bless God for such aid and satisfaction as have been afforded by many of my beloved brethren, several of whom I have never met in this world, but whose names are known of all as " faithful and beloved." To our brother of Liverpool, and to all my correspondents, I return my grateful thanks. My first letter is to this hour unanswered. The Board is un changed—unchanged in constitution and unchanged in prin ciples ; secular instruction is still separated from religious instruction, and error is encouraged as freely as truth ; the Bible is not a book of the school—it is not free at any time to all; the Romanist is to be deprived of his last hope of ever reading God's Word ; the school-house cannot be opened for any preacher who would dare to be valiant for the " faith once delivered to the saints ;"—the armies of the witnesses for the truth are diminished, but the remnant will not, I trust, be forsaken. The " Church of England and Ireland," though left alone now, holds before God and man a high and holy position ; impoverished by repeated spolia tion, frowned upon by the State, her resources crippled, her allies withdrawn, her children reviled as bigots or laughed down as incapables—but " the Lord reigneth !" May she still be (as she has long been permitted to be) a bulwark against foes, and a protection to all Dissenting Churches against the fearful and swelling surges of Roman power and perseverance. _ . . It is now but as a dream to me that I have heard the va liant testimony of those of other churches uniting with us in this cause, which is now left to us, and us only. M AY A PAUSE AND RE-CONSIDERATION TAKE PLACE ! I feel in my heart love springing up for the Church of Knox, which had its sufferings for the truth with the Church of Crantner and Ridley. I feel we may yet hope for better things. Arise, 0 God, in thy might—pour thy Spirit as a sunbeam, and dispel every cloud—restore light and peace and union, nor let Satan triumph in our divisions ! And now, dear brother, farewell! It will gladden my heart if I have been in anywise instrumental in.exhibiting to you various circumstances, and affording you certain expla nations, of which I am satisfied your honest head and pious heart were utterly unsuspecting. To all my kind corre.: spondents, I again return my grateful thanks, desiring the blessing of God to abide with you and them for ever ! THOMAS DREW, Incumbent of Christ Church, Belfast. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. The number of meetings of railway companies which have been held this week precludes us from giving anything be yond a mere sketch of each. As some of these, however, are of considerable importance, and have been the weans of developing facts of strong interest to the railway public, we may perhaps be tempted to return to their consideration next week, when we trust to be able to present to our readers ad ditional security for that confidence which we have always endeavoured to create in the general soundness of railway investments. . • . GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.-GENE RAL MEETING.' „ . The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Thursday last, at the offices, Prince's street. City, Charles Russell, Esq., in the chair, and was very numerously at tended. Previous to the commencement of the proceedings, printed copies of the directors' report, and the statement of the accounts, were circulated amongst the proprietors assembled. The report commenced by congratulating the shareholders upon the increasing traffic upon that portion of the line which has been opened, whilst the charge for working has diminished. The entire revenue for the past half-year has been £65,885 19s. 6d., and the charges £32,168 145., or £48,824 per cent, leaving for the half-year a net profit of £33,717 ss. 6d. The directors considered it important to shew that the traffic per mile has been found to increase with the further opening of the line. When the first 22 miles were opened, the average from passengers, for six months ending Decem ber 1838, was £1696 per mile ; and with 31 miles opened, the average for the corresponding months of 1839 was £2125 per mile. • The directors then proceeded to lay before the proprietors Mr. Brunel's report, detailing the general progress and state of the works. These, it appears, have been materially re tarded by the wetness of the season ; but a further considera ble portion of the line is expected to be opened in the course of the present summer. The directors report that negotiations are in progress to enable them to rent, for a term of years, the line of the Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway, in order to secure the carrying out of this undertaking in its original de sign, and to admit of an economical working of the two lines in concert. After alluding to several other topics, which we have not space to &tail, the report concludes with the usual statement of the accounts, shelling a balance in hand, on the 31st December, 1839, of X 153,070 19s. 4d. A. long conversation ensued, in which the tardy progress of the works was much censured, and it was insisted that the engineer should devote to them the whole of his time. The directors were also urged to admit amongst their body a Lancashire proprietor,/ in the room of one of the retiring directors ; but eventually the proposition was withdrawn, the Chairman having intimated that on a future occasion the Board would give it their best consideration. The meeting was characterized throughout by great good temper, and the proceedings:appeared to give general satis faction. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY-HALF-YEARLY MEETING. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Thursday last at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, Henry Bosanquet, the chair. The result must have been highly satisfactory to the di rectors, the most unqualified confidence having been ex pressed by the shareholders in the policy adopted by the board in carrying out the objects of the undertaking. It will be remembered that the directors of this line, with a prudence in our opinion very commendable, determined upon proceeding with the execution of only so much of the railway as they considered could be completed with the means at their disposal. This course they are steadily pursuing. although proceedings have been instituted by certain parties to compel them to adopt a different course ; and the gratify ing report which they are now enabled to lay before their proprietary, will form their best apology. We are sorry that we cannot in this week's publication give even an outline of the proceedings, but shall endeavour in our next to supply the omission. GLASGOW AND AYR RAILWAY. This company held their meeting on Tuesday, at Glasgow, and the proceedings appear to have been highly satisfactory- The whole line froin;;Paisley to Ayr, will be opened during the present summer, and to Kilwinning by the middle of March. The joint line to Paisley, is expected to be opened on the Ist of June. Only about two years have been taken to construct the entire'line, an instance of activity highly creditable to all parties, when the difficulties of some parts of the works arc examined. It must also be gratifying to the shareholders to learn, that they will not be troubled for seventh call, until the line is completed, and their whole pro perty comes into profitable operation. The engineer's report gives an interesting picture of the state of the works, but it is so long that we are unable to give it. The celebrated Mairburn Meadow, which some time ago got into great,-Po toriety, for having an appetite to swallow up all that coutd be laid on it, appears now likely to be satiated. SHEFFIELD, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, AND'MAN CHESTER RAILWAY.—HALF-YEARLY MEET. ING. The half-yearly general meeting of this Company was held on Thursday last, at the Albion Hotel, Manchester. The Right Hon. Lord Wharncliffe in the chair. The report of the directors entered into an explanation of the causes which had prevented the Company from proceed ing in the execution of any considerable portion of the w orks' although nearly three years have now elapsed since the pass ing of the act. Four reasons are given for this want of progress, one, however, of which is. sufficient, viz. the diffi culty of getting in the amount of the various calls for m oney which have been made upon the proprietors. To remedy this, it is stated, that proceedings of a com pulsory nature had been instituted against several of the shareholders, and with some success. The directors have also arranged a mode of relieving those shareholders who have sold their shares, but not secured registration by the purchasers, on the principle of such parties receiving back their shares upon a legal title being given them by the Coin puny, and paying up the calls in arrear. The report then alludes to certain misunderstandings which had arisen between the board and their former engineer ill chief, Mr. Vignoles, and which led to the resignation of that gentleman, and to the appointment of Mr. Locke, the engi neer of the Grand Junction and other lines, as his successor . Upon this appointment they take the opportunity of congra tulating the proprietdrs as being one eminently calculated to secure the confidence of the public. But in order more fully to effect this object, and to d° away with the misapprehensions which they have found to exist as to the engineering difficulties of this railway, th e directors deemed it advisable, on the retirement of the late engineer, to employ Mr. Nicholas Wood, of Newcastle-upon - Tyne, to examine the line, and give his opinion of its merits , in an engineering point of view. This opinion they are happy to assure the proprietors 111 highly satisfactory, confirming the opinion they have frog the first entertained, that the line has been laid out by Sr: Vignolles with skill and judgment, and that it i s a good practical one for locomotive power; and with the excepti° ll , of the Tunnel and- Viaducts, which are questions only 0 time and expense, its difficulties are of less consideratio n than those of most others of similar magnitude. The Report of Mr. Locke, therecently appointed engine er ' is equally satisfactory, and we are glad to find that it is th e intention of the Company to proceed at once with the lettieg of the contract between Manchester and Glossop-dale, O P pending for the present the remainder of the line, excepting the Tunnel, in order, at as early a period as possible, to . afford to the public the accommodation of a railway throne the densely-populated district between the two places. We have not space to give a report of the proceeding* which were rather lengthy, and consisted principally of e discussion as to a number of shares purchased by a Di r ector of the Company, and which that gentleman refuses to re' gister. We are glad, however, to notice that the director ; have acceded to the often urged claims of th e M a nchest er shareholders to be represented at the boa r d, an d t ru st tha t the effect of this concession will be to inspire a little o° 6- dence and spirit into the undertaking. WEEKLY RETURNS OF RA (From the Railway 211 ILWAYATRAFFIC' fagazinej i - g' li NAME. Passen- Cash. P• mile'P• mile Passe gers. pr.wk.'p. day. pew i X. Birmingham — 11077 98i 14 ----" South Western — . 6751 694 10 ----- Great Western -.-- 2230 724 ' 104 ----- Greenwich 3 529 24694 859 226 321 Manchester& L ee d s 1070 2 6 0 7 45 i 63 15- ‘ ,9 Firming. &Derby — 713 181 2 York &N. Midland 1602 3273 22/ 3+ 101 6.1 Croydon Midland Counties 24401 234 15 2 .i s il Eastern Counties 3 755 218 Glasgow & Ayr 13061 51 5 1 Ulster.. _ _—,,,, THE MONK'S FERRY. — In consequence of the detersjo nation of Mr. Price to enforce his right of ferry frou 3 . o Cheshire shor e , an d to prohibit an y i n f r i ngement o f hisl n y vilege, th e b oa t s b e l ong i ng t o th e M on k' s Ferry Conn-be have now ceased to ply across the river. We presume h a ve directors saw no hope of reversing the decisions which til t been given against them, but as an im m e ns e males , 'of have been made before the present handsome erections c o .. r e be compl e t e d, we tr us t th e C om p an y w ill b e ena bl e d to ttot them to some account—not only beneficial to themselves Phi advantageous to the valuable and improving property "' which they are surrounded. ..„." NORTHERN HOSPITAL.—We understand, that b. - t increasing demands have been lately-made upon the Mort Hospital for the admission of accidents. Last week no .; a. than 33 cases were admitted, 16 of whiCh'ivere aceicitat The hospital contains 85 beds ; yet, so numerous and a. were the applications for admission, that,,although the sf: r . mOdation was temporarily increased - to - gg- beds, nuon. were sent away unrelie v ed. Within a-short time, five 501 sons, severely. burnt, were.taken to,the hospital. One . 0 ; soon after admission, three . are recovbrine undone, a nrosno was refused for want of room. - On• Thursday, a workrus..4 the Chester and Birkenhead Railway, had his legs sec e e , crushed by a loaded waggon pdssing over theM ; he wa s to l r moved to the Northern Hospital_: one leg Was anwittl and, we understand he is doing well. Bn No Li: col war Po, the No` that then men BRA ot A ~ cc The ERN ha ..... -- to t t 'web Poor th e impc appii, 22d sales be re cent. main that I not b event perioi forfei find t been this s semi)] ber, t the A Land, they ( The ( decisi does of all direct -auctic Th( paper. ',tracts 6 44 Nes 4 3i 0 ' c467 inn hap '44 ; 44bi3N than is e l qll4 54 : 4 0: . =that C t . ! ;' l .;lttents 4r Q an `915'4,,'410*..,man