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Imperia 1-atcbar The at to this el church vel not a faithful exerc Church bestows on a sent effort for t tious response I True to his M things the words of the in this volume expoun f the d whatever Otte. the Great Head of th ants; and in this pre Church, we see a conscien- and esteeming above all e precious truths of the Gospel, dispensing the bread of lire with one hand, and holding in the other the word of the spirit, elevating the truth as it is in Jesus for the reftvatioa of error on every side. - True to his Church. inasmuch as she is a witness for her Lord—a Churchman by principle, we find him upholding her Scriptural doctrines an,l riw .1 pgsinst the latitudina- rian on the other ; ti tion with, )rmalist on the si!liout arerimnny, and inbtruc ini e to reader this work a fresh proof that ord of God is profitable for d ictt ine , for reproof, for corr 'on, fur instruction in righteous- God (yr) , he perfect, thoroughly ness; that the man furnl.,bed unto all gi We subj•du a short spec , ruen both of the controversial and instructive strain of the work on "The Church and the Churches" : " Toe mos: imoosi are those in w but the ing pacsages in Mr. Newman's book e claims Bishop Butler for an ally ; d canti,.us reader. will perceive that pen:anon of Christianity as a Analogy Christian doctrin Butler admits that th , truths reve-ded in Scripture sug2est to the mind o•her things which are not revealed ; and that oan applies—if his citations from ' lie y application—to the developementvl lotber sophism. And lirre lurks Obscurities and difficulties are an inevitable consequence ; but be denies that such or , senriiies and difficulties are any just objection to the Chri-ti n si stem ; since the system of nature might with equal j. , stiee be objected to because Of similar obscurities and difficu ties. In conducting this argument, Bugler calls Christianity, ' a scheme revealed but in part,' but he nowhere itoimates that it is the office Of the Chu. en, or in anywise in man's power, to add the re _ cnaining pat and thereby 3 remirrt the beme more perfect, perfect devrlopement ; and he cannot, in strict fairness, .r as an author►ty on h's side. lie has. however, [(melt' of what Butler says of the imperfection of Christianity ri God ; to thin imperfection of ( trine to be develt Contains an of drvelopn N 0 1' I the Spirit of G He n.u,t be co creature. As a finite t These great s tle to the after tbr m the jud not. of 3 in uct the G creature, and as a fa len r corrupt affzctioni I n the t s discussion of this from keeping chapter of his Epis t. Paul tills us, he was Churc th wisdom of words, F 00l s of the phdoso flings and logical deduc Those who did so could w)ove" 'lman reason and had he done so he must have obscured the Cross of Christ, so as to make it of no effect; fw.r the Cross of Christ, by which he phaird• m..whe the whole revels ion of the Gospel. contains much .h,t, instead of comment:U. 4 it elf as wisdom to fallen men, is rejected by them as fool ishness. It contains the thint t s of .he Spirit of God, ton 1 for the fallen ig in itself per- NOlks of redemption— gre4t for the creature to rrecive, tun goo d cont,ini fore the wort by the power of a fmilen wI the s,bstituti lopointing that work be. !on of the eternal Word co rtenial Spirit, and of the substance the rx nerience Christ in the flesh— be resum love IT clot love prudt They 1 God a suvh, bu sidered foolishne,s parts, as As he is n all a a creatu be obedience of one iry of many from heaven—t le holy ) good for man as a sinner. r i.f God, and the wisdom of by men % ho are saved they are the natural men they are cut,- s man's nrc, ranee (V many things inuch, and I shim situ in both its nil as he is a fallen creature knowledge ot G , id be hatt Ibere are deeper ti' and the Holy to murmur .1 to enjoy his po.. re the c holy !oi As a fAlen-cry baleful bias to hi 4 mind, the Stiirit meets his shedding abroad th, Pt' Christ, in his heart !wiry in a man, and there mr►osrd of men. If an crea ure; old thin y, behold all become new 'ord for the .Afflicled. A Sermon, preached in 4igburth Church. the 22d of March, in aid of the funds .of the Southern lhopi al, by the Rev. 7'. Nolan, A.M. ity npnn me, nh ye my friend Job 19.21 A beautful and most touchinz above, by the Rev. T. / hiu tc Af 'mon, preached as ano, minister of St. Barn bas, and honorary r publis most unaffec :I by t hopit,l, has just commend it to the perus principl from t accord manity, c with heartfelt readi tbroug we doubt nor, be re rnony of his u benevolent spi it as a et finite untlerstandlng, the Spirit quiescence in his remaining It does indeed teach him gilte and higher in the saving r, and of Jesus Christ. whom deep things so taught, ch no flute mind can fathom ; it leads the Chtisiiin not only to cease j-ct brcause of mysteries, but sweetly tin as a creative, finishing in adoring plations which have begun in intelligent ire, with corrupt affections, commu- nicatiftp necessity love of ( This is ti fore in a char raised 283 286 in N mor of bong, if youth, Bards among .thy hallowed name awry's Lime its to t T. J. Ous or. the Church of God in l'hrist Militant here on Bile, I lon. ( J ad , Liver ,trendy be lied to divine and staunch plicity of engagements that ict, that isti , ch it lays drawn , th , hr iippral which it make works in all thing 'essious which he hold s in behalf of afflicted ha ccoured br it, will acknowledge, ; and _bv his friends at large 'moonily the present pages w:11, d as aff irding an additional testi s a Minisier of Christ, and his Toe piineiph-s gect the fl of Chri.ti-nn cha tity are laid down by Mr. N•drin with sociptural accuracy. and are illo.trated aid touchingly by the ex- which should elm patriarch .1 , h VARIETIES d. when lied to the r ots of the coni ff,..ct of chang'ng their it ot a cate pink e longe-: day has sixteen bolus n and Upsal the longest has nd the shortest five and a halt. d Stettin. the longest day has even. At St. Petersburgh and end the shortest five At Torn;o, in Fin'and, the longest day has twenty a 'half, and the shoitest two and a hal. At la-t• from the 21st of Ma arid in S perieace of ►he Soot. it Mon p:inn s state( 1 naln At Bei li At Harburgh Wardot Bergen the longest day la•ts three mioiths and a lial. .0 ANECDOTE OF A TAME I.EOPARD.—WhiIe on the subj?ct of wild animals. I may m-n'ion a leopard that was kept by all Engl;sh officer at S.rn rang, during our 3. This animal had its he house after its mas• - - ter. One morning, bfter breArast, the officer was sitting smoking his honkah, with a b ok in his right hand, and the hookt , h-, , nake in his leit. when he felt a slight pain in the left hand, a!,(1, on attemaing to raise it, was checked by a low angry growl f font Ins pet leopard. On hokirl down, he saw the animal had bre3 licking the hack of his. band, and hal, by degrees, drawn a little blood. Toe leopard would not suff. r the removal of the hind, hut Continued licking it with much auparent relish, which did Dot much piers! h's maser; who, with great presence of mind, without attempting azain to disturb the pet in hia proceecboz, called to hts servant to brin't him a pistol, with which he shot the animal dead -on the spot. Such pets as snakes nineteen feet long. and full grown leopards, are not to be trilled with. The largest snake I ever saw was twenty-five feet lonz, and eight inches in diameter. I have heard of sixty-feet snakes, but cannot vouch for the truth of the tale.—Davidaon's Trade and Travel in the Far Rail. other PAWNING MONEY.—In Galway I was assured tnat so little do the people know the commercial value of money, they are constantly in the habit of pawning . I was so incredulous of this that the gentleman who informed me wished me to go with him to any pawnbroker to assure myself of the fact; and I Went with him and another gen tleman to a pownbroker's shop kept by Mr. urray, in Galway. On asking the question, the shopinan said it was quite a common thing to have money pawned, and he produced a draper containing a £lO Bank of Ireland note, pawned six months ago for I0s.; a 30a. note of the Na tinal Bank, pawned for 10s. ; a 30 , . Bank of Ireland note, rawned for Is. ; a £1 Proviiici,l Bank note, pawned for 65.; and a guinea in gold of the r&:- HI pawned for 15s. two months ago. Any ishly ignorant and absurd than this it is to conceive. The £lO bank note would produ interest in the year if put into th? !•• the owner who pledged it for 10s. will base to pay 2.. 6. a-year for the 10s• • and lose the 'interest on his £10; in - -IF., he will pay 9() per cent. through ignora” for the use of 103., which he might have for nothi•• besides some 53. or 6i. f Mr. Murray told me, that feited pledge; tha tit man wou' till the •edeem i' of (-org the us hind more elpld scarcely possible 64. 6]. Lank, v of his Iwo a guinea for ID st amounted to 3s. or 45., 'osier, How THEY MANAGE MATTERS IN THE POBLIC.—A Yankee lezislator. bearir:E th MODEL RE name of Sims, thus spoke in the debate - upon the Oregon question :—" When I was a boy, sir—a small bay—in 1 was w ing his prayers to th L. ticraturc. SONNET tem or dispensation horn i' y in rupoort of his alleged le note of which this extract i admirable reftvation of Mr. inrhonte germ of tic s the conellisinn 'ewinan's theory at Mr. M . Neile, in his preface Ler than direct s nd it was then that the 1d from y year ; anti that moment my love of country commenced, that hour it has increased more and more e thing in my po%er for . the good of my Country. Sill, I anzfor the whole of Oregon, and for nnthino else but the whole; and in de fence of it I will willingly see every river. fro:a its niouri- lain source to the ocean, reddened with the blood of the contest. Talk about this country being whipp-d ! The thing is impossible Why did not Great Britain whip us long ago. if she could ?" * * * * " I shall lose as much as any one in a war—/ do not man is properly —but I have a wife and children, and I lave them with all the heart and soul that I possess. No one can love his family more than I do mine, unless a stronger intellect may give him more strength of affection; and my family will be exposed to the mt rciless savages, who will as ever become the allies of Great Britain in any war. But still, s'r, my people on the frontier will press on the mouth of he Columbia, end fight for Oregon. lam not sure but I will go myself." The feelings of the female Sims, and all the little Sitnses, on reading that last sentence! We shudder to think of it.—Blackwood's Magazine. A SIKH SAMARITAN. — Among the officers of her Ma jesty's 913 Foot severely wounded at Feroze-hah, and who subsequently died, was a Mr. S—. There is a story connected with his wound, poor fellow, which, if tray, as I believe it to be, is quite romantic. He was wout.ded in the leg on the evening of the 21st, and while lying on the pound alone, his regiment having gone on to the attack, a Sikh came up to him and said, " Sahib, my people are killing all the wounded, and if you remain here you will be killed too ; but c one with me and I will save you." S-- replied, " How can I come with you ? my leg is broken, and I cannot even stand." "Oh ! " said the man, " I will take you on my back." which was accordingly done; and off he set with him in the direc tion of Ferozepore. After going for a considerable dis tance, when they were quite out of reach of the enemy, he stopped to rest and wait for daylight, paying every attention that circumstances would admit of to his charge's comfort. As the day broke, a party of our ca valry came up, on their way from Ferozepore to the field, and the officer with them stopped to see if he could do and waier, as aim what be replied, " I shall mount my good Samaritan again. and an into Ferozepore." The Sikh once more took him on his back, and carried him till they fell in with a litter for the sick, into which he got, and was taken to the Fe u, zepore hospital. His friend, however, would rt,t even then leave hire, but walked by the litter all the way, and, after they had reached the hospital, remained by hi. bed- sme in close attendance upo death. It is also MI that the story reached t the Governor General. who after poor S-'s death made the man a liberal present, and took h ro into the Such are the heads of this sin t in camp ; and, though there r ears of public se; vice trifling inaccuracies in the details, I believe it corr the main. —An extraordinary instant, übs, and thrown the west erk A CELEBRATED PARROT conversation of the e' condoleace and confusion for the last twenty-four Colonel O'Keiy's famous parrot is dead. The • FtOlies told of this surprising bird have long stretched public cre dulity to its utmost extent. But if even the half of what is told be true, it exh•bited the most singular sazPcity. Not having been it myself, I can only give the general re. p.m But, beyond all question, it has been the wonder of London for years, and however willing John Bull may be to be deluded, there is no instance of his being deluded long. The bird's chief faculty was singing, sellom a par- rot faculty, but its ear was so perfect, that it arquired tunes with ereat rapidity, and retained them with such re markable exactness. that if. by accident, it made a mistake in the rndody. it corrected itself, and tried over the tune until its recollection was completely recovered. It also spoke well. and would hold a kind of dialogue almost ap• proaching to rationality. So great was its reputation, that the colonel was offered £5OO a. ye fr by prrsons who in tended to make an exhibition of it; but he was afraid that his favourite would be put to too hard work, and he refused the offer, which was frequently renewed. The creature must have been old, for it had been bought thirty years before by the colonel's uncle, and even then it must have had a high rerutat on, for it was bought: at Canons, the parrot, and the horse Eclipse, the most po weiful racer ever known in Entland ; superior to every other horse of his day, that his superiority at length be. the spirit of vague curiosity, this parrot was opened by two sureeons, as if to discover the secret or his clever- nesA; but nothing was seen, except that the must+ aof the throat were peculiarly strong ; nothing to account for its death was dibcovered.—From Recollections of a Lover of Society. THE CROWN OF. MR. CANNING'S AMBITION.—On the 27th of March Mr. Canning had a long interview with the King on the anhjec. o f a new admias ion. Mr. Can trat ning looked uomi the office of Prime Minister of England as his "inheritance." He was the last survivor of the great rare of statesmen who had been cinternporaneous with Pitt and Fox. As second minister al-o in the late administration, he had a right upon being thus consulted, to vindicate in his own person the principles of direct suc cession. P..hlic opinion was strongly in favour of his ap pointment. It was manifest that the intelligent of all _ parties looked to him as the only man fit to the councils of the government. The Tory aristocracy began to be alarmed—that aristocracy whose pride of place he had so often had occasion to rebuke. On the 12th April Mr. C. Wv.nn. rose, in the House of Commons, and made the following - announcement! "I move for a ntw writ for the borouo of Newport, Isle of Wieht,the Right Hon. George Canrung having accepted the office of First Com missioner of the Treasury." The announcement was re ceived with deafening cheers, which, again and again re newed,testified unequivocally the ferrlinga with which Mr. Cat - mitres appointment was regarded by the popul , r branch rrf the legislature . Whatever opinion the House of Lords might entertain on the subject. it was evident be had the King and the Commons with him. at all events. It was only now that Mr. Canting's practical difficulties commencrd. The tone of the opposition throughout the irregular and intemperate discussions which took place at diffetent times nri ministerial changes. plainly betrayed the animus wh:ch lay at the bottom. Mr. Canning was literally baited in both houses. The attacks which were made upon him are unparalleled in our pariamentary his tory f r personality ; their coarseness, malignity, and ye nom, are a l l of a personal character. It was not against a system of policy they were directed, nor against special Nis eminence. his popularity, his talents, made him the prey of envy and detraction; and this was the ground of hnail ty u nn which he wns hooted to the death, when official difficulties were thickeninz round him, and his suffering. Thev chose their moment well, and u , mots, lessiy.—Bell's Life of Cannlig. WATF.R POWER OF THE SHANNOV. The water power of the Shannon. available tor manufacturing pur poQes be ween Limerick and Lough Allen. amounts to 38,000 horse power actually yoino for nothing, while tens of thousands of tons of coal are burned in England and Scotland produclne similar agency ; indeed, in either of those ctuotries such a power would to of in_talculahle value. At Greenock we recaect a water-wheel, the chef lion of the place, which the tourists pay sixpence to see, turned by a small stream brought to less than six miles rcro•s the countru—supplyilig a pow••r equal to thirty steam engiors of fi ty horse power! Yet even this Mr, Scott Russell assures us is obtained from an artificiol lake cteated in a place where formerly there wete oily slender mountain rivulets. The internal economy of the mills d ff rs in nntbing from those of Glasgow. "here steam is tt,erl. Yet, according to the best authorities, what is the difference. Each horse power with ..t1 )e watt r wheel cogs £5 64. 5d., each horse power with steam, £36 annually leaving the enormous proportion of £3O in favour of water power. Then, in Lancashire, every available rivulet is also caught hold of, and the little cur rent which pas4es by Bolton and !Manchester. Dr. Kane som ewhat quaintly . stvles_" the hardest worked stream prohanly In toe worts nave vviinPssen Luc glom. won lers performed by these rival powers in this particular locality also, and the economy of water power quite arnr-zing. In the lit'' , river before mentinne for in stance, in a fall of 900 feet, not less than 800 are appro priated to the uses of mills. Now, the Shannon (wlto.te total bas'n am , un's to the prodigious area of 4,541 square miles) falls 147 feet from Lough Allen to Lin crick, the last fifteen miles ferret Killaloe presenting a d•fferenee of level of not less than 97 feet ! frr,m returns of the roost accurate kind trade by the commiss'oriers, the total con tinuous power above Killaloecalcullha fr o m K atttdt'rruntitioceachto were bits , n is 4 717 horse power, Limetiek something about 350 horse power for every foot of fall, making for 97 feet the immense force of 33 950 horse power, these . added together g i v i n g a force in uninterrupted cello! .day and night. at every moment of the year. of 38,667 horse power! Yet with th- exception of a few corn n i lls along the Irjet of the river, this invaluable force continuts day a ter day going to waste, presenting a singular contrast to the other rivers we have mentioned, or even to the unpre. tending lit le Bann, amongst the Mourne mountains iti the county of Down—the most beautifully economized river in Ireland. Dublin University Magazine. THE LIVERPOOL STANbARD. THE CEDAR OF LEBANON, (From Sharpe's London Magazine.) I am going to give the history of what was, perhaps, the first ced4r of Lebanon brought over to Eu'ope. It pew in the Jardin des Plantes, in Paris, and was such a loved and favourite tree, that people I ked to repeat the story of its first being planted, the adventures it hail gone through, and the changes it had seen, and these I am to tell you. now goinz A Frenchman was travelling in the Holy Land, and found a little seedling among the ce lars of Lebanon, which he longed to bring away as a memorial of his travels. lie took it up tenderiy, with all t he earth about its little roots, and, fur want of a better fluwer-pot, planted it carefully in his hat, and there he kept it and tended it. The voyag. home was rough and tempestuous, and so much longer than usual, that the supply of fresh water in the ship tell short, and they were obliged to measure it out most care fully to each person. Tile captain was allowed two glass -s a day, the saihrs, who hail the work of the ship .on their one glass each, and the poor passengers but half a glass. - In such a scarcity you May suppose th it the poor cedar had no allowance at all. Bat our friend the travel ler felt for it as hia child, and each day shared with it his small haliglass of preciou4 water; and so it waq, that 'lad drunk when the vessel arrivt so little water that he was almost dying, and the young cedar so much, that, behold, it was a noble and fresh little t the Dor tree, six inches At the custom-house, the officers, who are always sus picious of smuggl - ng, wished to empty the hat, for they not believe but that slmething more ydluable lay ould. They thought of lace or of thrust their fingers into the soil. But our p . nor traveller implored them so-arnestiv to sp ire his tree, and talked to them so eloquently of all that we read in the Bible of the cedars of Leb anon, telling them of David's house and Sollmon's temple, that the men's hearts were softened, and ih-y suffered the young cedar to remain undisturbed in its strange dwelling. From thence it was carried to Paris, and planted most carefully in the Jardin des Plantes. A large tile was set up against it as a protection and a shade, and its name was written in Latin and stuck in front, to tell all Oa world that it was something new and precious. The soil was good, and the tree grew—grew till it no longer needed the shelter of the tile, nor the dignified protection of the Latin inscription ; grew till it was taller than its kind protector the traveller; grew till it could give shelter to a nurse and her child, tired of walking about in the pleasant gardens, and glad of the coolness of the thick dark branches. Soon these branches spread so far on every side that other nurses and other children could ass-qnble under the shade, and play their little games together. , • _ _ The cedar grew larger and larger, and became the no blest tree there. All the birds of the g rrden could have assembled in its branches. All the lions and t gers, and apes and bears, and panthers and elephants of the great menagerie close at hand. c,uld have lain at ease under its shade. It became the tree of all the trees in the wide gar den that the people loved the best; there, each Thursday when the gardens were open to all the city, the bind peo ple from their asy'uart used to rt:lt to be brought under the cedar; there they would stand together, and measure its great trunk. and guess how large and wide must be its branches. It was a pleasure to see them listening to the sweet song of the birds over-head, and breathing in its fragrant eastern perfume. They thmight of the distant east—the east from whence comes the true light, their only light. They could never hope to see it with their mortal eyes, but here the east seemed to visit them, and they could touch it. The blind seemed to call the dumb there ; for the deaf and dumb, too, chose the cedar for their friend. The blind the murmur of its branches; the deaf thought that they heard the song of the birds as they saw them fly from branch t' branch. Not only on Thursday were the blind and the deaf and dumb to be seen there, but the poor foundlii , gs—thos. desolate children whose fathers and mothers have deserted them, and who are abandoned to the charity of stranizers —round it thrir greatest treat to collect under the cedar, and dance round it ; or, perhaps, with sadder thoughts, they would sit to rest and watch the happier children pass ing, with fat hers and mothers and r•iiters by their side, all the celar was a - kind of father. Year by year they mea -ured their growth by it. At their earliest recollection they were not higher than this little proj?ction of rough hark ; now they can almost touch the sweeping branch dark. a dismal. and ierribie ;Lice, where the unfortunate and the guilty were all mixed together in one wretched The building was a lofty one, divided into conlubion many stories, and by the time you reached the top you were exhausted and breathless. The ce:ls were as dt vary and comfortless there as in the more acce-sible ones be. low ; and yet those who could procure a little money by any meets gladly paid it to be allowed to rent one of those topmost cells. What was it that made them value this weary height ? It was that, beyond that forest of chim neys aid desert of slates, they could see the Cedar of Leb anon. His ch , eks pressed against the rusty b rs. HORRORS OF THE INQUISITION , (From the Union Magazine.) Dellon, who was one of the sufferers from the cruelty of the Inquisitors at Goa, describes the tribunal of the holy office, as an apartment hung with blue and yellow taffeay ; at one end was a large - crucifix in relievo, placed against the hangings and reaching up almost to the ceil ing. In the middle of the chamber was a large alcove, in which was fixed a table, and near the crucifix was the secretary, seated on a folding chair. The prisoner was olaced opposite to the secretary, and at his right hand was seated the great Inquisitor of the Indies, Francisco Delgado e Maros, a secular priest about forty. The ac cused was led, barefooted, before the judge, and ordered to take the oath of secrecy upon the Mass Book. After having been severely interrogwed, he was ordered to kneel down, to make a sign of the cross, to repeat the Pater noster. the Ave-Maria, the Creed, the Commandments of God and the Church, and the Salve Regina. He was then remanded, but such was the severity of his confine ment. that in a paroxysm of despair he attempted suicide. He was immediately ordered before the inquisitors, wbo severely reproved him ; and though he was too weak to stand, and was laid on the floor during the audience, they had the barbarity to order handcuffs to be rut upon him, to prevent him forcing off the chains with which he was bound. An iron machine was then placed round his neck, which was. fixed to the handcuffs by an iron pad lock. lie was reduced to such a state of desperation by this treatment, that his persecutors found it necessary to employ gentler measures—his irons were struck off, and he was atlowe I a companion, a black, who was ordered to watch him narrowly. After having been eighteen months in this confinement, he was allowed another audience. lie was then accused of holding heretical tenets respecting the wors'iip of images, but he replied that he had advanced nothing on the subject, but what he had borrowed from the holy Council of Trent, and he quoted the twenty-fifth §. " Imagines Christi, Deiparte Virginia et aliorum sanctorum retinendas usque debit= honorem et venerationem impertiendam ; ita ut pfr gine: coram quibus procumbitnus Christum adoremus et sanctos quorum Woe similitudinem gerunt veneremus." The jadge appeared much surprised at this quotation, with which he seemed wholly unacquainted ; and, indeed, his ignorance was conspicuous throughout the whole exa rdnation. The proctor then declared that the prisoner had been clearly convicted of ape +king contemptuously of the Inquisition. and of the Pope and his authority. and that as he had designed to teach (a somewhat uncertain charge) heresy, he had become obnoxious to the major excommunication ; that his goods and chattels were to be forfeited to the King, and himself to be burned in the flames. He was remitted to a long and painful impri sownent, during which he describes " his ears as being wounded with the cries of the prisoners who were put to the torture, no regard being had to age, sex, or condition." At length he was surprised by the entrance of the turn key into his dungeon, who left there a lighted lamp, and a suit of black and white linen, in which he was ordered to attire himself; after which he was led into a long gal lery, where a number of his fellow-sufferers were already assembled. The women, dressed in similar array, were assembled in an opposite gallery, and in an apartment close to hand were pris-'ners. in black rAes, wilt their confessa s : these had been condemned to be burned. Each prisoner was then ordered to take in his hand a yellow wax taper; and garments of yellow cloth, with the red cross of St. Andrew, were also brought them, ca!led san benitos.. The relapsed were clothed in the samarra, or grey scapulary, and tie criminal was depicted thereon, standing on fire-brands, and surrounded with demon=, and at the bottom the name and crime of the victim waa written. On the heads of some of the prisoners, carro chas, or pasteboard caps, similarly painted, were placed. They were then marched to the church of St. Francis, accompanied by the officers of the holy office, bearing the trunks containing the bones of the departed, who had d ed in prison, and of those who, after death, had been accused and convicted of heresy, and whose graves had been violated. and their remains dug up to be burned at the auto da fe ; for the Inquisition dors not confine its process to the living. The usual ceremonial already de scribed was then gone through. and when the sentences were read, that against Dellon was c , nfiscation of goods, banishment from the, Indies, and --rs' labour as a owe yedi... 46, The prislners condemned to death w. The poor dir. It was the prisoner's garden, and he would c•nnsole himself in the weariness of a long, rainy, sunless day, in thinking the cedar will look greener to-morrow. Every friend and visitor was shown the cedar, and each felt it a comfort in the midst of so much wretchedness to gee it. They were as proud of the cedar in this prison (St. Pela gic) as if they had planted it. Who will nut grieve for the fate of the Cedar of Leba non? It bad grown and filurishrd for_a hundred years; for cedars do not need centuries, like - the oak. to attain their highest growth ; when, just as its hundredth year was attained, the noble, the beautiful tree was cut down to make room for a railway. This was done just ten years ago; and now the hi•sing steam-engine pas-es over its withered roots. Such things, it seems, must be; and we must not too much grieve or complain at any of the changes that pass around us in thi world of changes ; and yet we cannot but feel sorry tor the Cedar of Lebanon." INGENUITY OF A DELHI Tuiey.—At a time when the dexterity of the thieves at Delhi was proverbial, it hao pened one day that a Nuwaub had al ghted at one of the shops in that city, and was bargaining with the shopkeeper for some a►ticle he wanted to purchase. In order to he more at his ease, the Nuwaub had slipped his right foot from its shoe, and had placed the said foot on the chu• bootra, or raised fl ior, of the shop, whi!e his left font re mained in its shoe on the ground. A thief slyly ab , tracted the empty shoe, and made off undetected. The Nuwaub, when he had completed his purchase, put down his right foot, and then discovered that the shoe had disappeared. A search was made, uselessly of course, for the lost shoe, when the Nuwaub sent otie of his attendants to a shoe maker with the remaining shoe, with an order for another to be prepared immediately to match it. He then got into his palanquin shoeless, and went his way. The thief, watching his opportunity, went s raight to the shoemaker, and, assuming a tone of authority, told him that " his master, the Nuwaub, having found the missing shoe, hail sent him to countermand the order he had given—and would therefore thank him to return the shoe left at his shop." Tne unsuspfcting shoemaker, taking the thief for one of the attendants of the great man, quietly gave him up the shoe, and thus the thief possessed himself of the unit, with which he safely decamped, and was never more h and of. BRIGADIER-GENERAL CORETON —ROMANTIC NAR RATIVE.—A friend of Colonel Cureton's 11- , s written to a morning paper, to correct same errors that have got into circulation respecting the early career of that distinguished officer. From this statement it appears that Col. Cureron was born in the rank of a gentleman, and received an edu cation suited to his position. When little more than six teen years of age, he was appointsd to an en , igticy in a county militia regiment of the first pretension, com manded.by a nob'e earl, who was also lord Its u'enant of the county. In th's regiment he became a great favourite, both with his brother officers anti then en, but he was led, from association with men of sui.erior wealth, to contract debts which he Wa4 unable to pay, and which his family, dissatisfied with his extravogmce, refused to loridite. lie became oppressed with the fear of arrest, and ansented himself from his regiment, in consequence of which he was deprived of his commission. Not long afterwards, through the interest of sot frie he was gazerted to another triltia regiment, but his creditors having &sect ered his " tylwreatiout," they lA role in threatehing terms to demand an immediate settlement. The fear of arrest returned. and he determined on a bold step to evade pur -1 I suit. His regiment wAs stationed in a maritime town, arid, I aving provided himself with a sailor's dress. he walked one meriting down to the beach, wearing his regi mentals. Ile there undressed himself arid put on his dis guise, leaving his military clothing on the beach The u ,, Form was soon after found, and it was supposed that he was carried nut to sea by the current and vet d. In. t• Iligence to that effect was conveyed to his family, who went into mourning for him. In the meantime he reached London unknown, and, meeting with a recruiting party Of the 14th Light Dragoon, enlis ed in his baptismal names, omitting his surname. The regiment was then serving in the P. i s n . near w gt e id yt i n ie uu w t a h s , ~,s ei n i et r et oh et hea td t re a l , c er t ' e datt he d n i o p t o ic l e e of hit, officers, and was appointed, in consequence of his superior a quirements, to orderly-room duty. lie was seem sent out wi;h a draught to head-quartets of regiment in the Peninsula. bearing a letter of recommendation from the commanding officer of the dear to the colonel, Sir Samuel Hawker, who advanced the young dragoon on the first opportueity to the rank of serjean , . Frnm the acti vity and intelligence he displayed in outpost duty, he was recommended to Lord (now the Duke ut) Wellington by • his colonel for a commission. Thus, in about seven years from his enlistment in the 14th Dragoons, the pre.-gut bri gadier, with-tit any interest. save what he had excited in his commanding officer by his good conduct, was g , zetted in his proper name as an ensign in the 40th Regiment of Infantry. The appearacce of his name in the Gaut/ear,- prised his family of his existence; they opened a corre. spondence him, learned his history, and having a.- certained that he preferred the cavalry to the intatitty, effected an excht.nge for him to the late 20th Dragoons. A lieutenancy was in a reasonable time obtained, when I e was appointed adjutant, and rema'ned so until the dis bandment of the regiment after the peace, which placed hint upon half-pay. On the 161 r Drago' n• being ordered to India, and art augmentation of lieutenants teking place, Sir Samuel and Sir Thomas Hawker exerted their joint interest and earnest recommendation of Lieut. Cureton, at the Horse Guards, fot appointme - rt from halc•nit to full of the 16th Dragoons, which took place, and soon i v_ terwards he was appointed adjutant, which rank he re. tairied until he obtained, by purchase, a troop in the same regiment. He likewise purchased his majority and had lodged money for a lieutenant-cokrielcy, which be scut. ally had been gazstted to in the 3d Dragoons, by purchase, and which was subsequently canceth d. a casualty having tutned up in his regiment (16 , h Lancers.) He was ca. j netted therein as lieutenant-colonel, without purchase—a favour, no doubt, conferred as an especial mark of his I many meritorious services. g .I:ey slave prison. The day after the auto da !e, the pictures of the dyad wee taken to, and hung up in, the church of the Domin cans. Dril in was alai.' brought before the inq•ii sitors, sworn to secrecy. and enjoined to observe the the chief inquisitor. was put ill The printed books in the Brit +h Mus-!titn Library are stated to occupy teo miles of slielf. GOOD FRIDAY. —From the earl , est period of Christian ity this day has hen observed as a an!emn fa t. in memory of the crucifixion of our Saviour. Its appellation Good is of po very remo . e origin. an I apnea , s to be pecnli• r to the Enelish church. Our Saxon forefathers c lied it Long Ft iday, from the leneth of the offices and tasting: on this day; but its ancient title , anti that 13± in the western chnreh. is Holy Friday Rround ! Wariek feßstit.g his retainer 4 with beef and Hie was a niggard to the nnbl«. Mehevi ! AU along tr.e piazz e of the Ti were arranged elaborately carved canoe-shaped vessels, some twenty feet in length, filled with newly-made poee-pnee, and sheltered from the sun by the broad leaves of the banana. At intervals were heaps of green bread fruit, raised in pyramidical sacks, resembling the regu!ar Piles of heavy shot to be seen in the yard of an arsenal. Inserted into the interstices of the huge stones whi. h formed the pi.pi were large boughs of trees ; hanging from the branches of which, and serf eled from the suntiv their fo'iage, were ihnumerable little packages with leaf) cover ing, containing the meat of .the numerous hogs which had been slain, done up in this manner to make it more accessible to the crowd. Leanihg against the raili g of the piazza were an immense number of long. heavy bam boos. plugged at the lower end, and with their prijectinz muzzles st with a wad of leaves. These were fired with water from the stream. and each cf them might hold from four to five gallons. The banquet being this spread, nought remain. d but for every one to brio himself at his rleagure. Accordingly not a moment pngsed but the transplanted buuahs I have mentioned were rifled by the throng of the fruit they certainly h.d raver borne before. Calabashes of pnee-enee were contininellv being rrple- niched from the extensive receptacle in which thai article was stored, and multitudes of little fires were kindled ah ut the Ti tor the purpose of roasting the bread-fruit. Within the building itself was presented a most extra ordinary scene. The immense lounge df mats. lying be tween the parallel rows of the trunks of cocoa-nut trees, and extending the whole length of the house, at least two hundred feet, was coveted by the reclining forms of a host of chiefs and warriors. who were eating at a great rate, t r soothing the cares of Po'ynesian life in the sedative fumes of tobacco. The smoke was inhaled from large pipes, the bowls of which, made out of small cocoa-nut shells, were curiously carved in strange heathenish devices. Tlte•e were passed from mouth_ to mouth by the recumbent smokers, who, taking tao or three prodigious whiffs, handed the pine to his neighbour; sou etimes for th4t purpose stretching indolrntly ncros the hotly of some in dividual whose exertions at the dinner table had already induced sleep.—Four ilihriths at the Marquesaß. A NOBLE FANCIER OF ANIMALS.—The I to Lord Or ford, the relative of tee well-known Horace Walonlc. is one of the curious evidences that every man .ho takes it into his head to be conspicnous, right or Wrong, may make for himself a name. Lord Orford, while his rela tive was writing all kinds of hi-Una things, collecting an tiquities, wershipping_, the genius of cracked china, and bowing down before fe.rdingales and topknots of the time of Francis 1., in the Temple cif Straw berry 1-1 ill, was form ing a niche for his fame in his dog-kennel, and immor talising himself by the help of his hounds. Next to Ac ttenn, he was the greatest dog_fancier that the world has ever seen, and would have rivalled Enelymion, if Diana was to be won by the fleetest of quadrupeds. He was bouod'ess in his profusion in respect of his favourite ani. mals, until at la.t, finding that his ideas of perfection could not be realised by any living greyhounds, he specu lated 014 the race usborn, and crossed the dogs until, after s Yen summers, he brought them to unrivalled excellrnce. He had at varieu• time. fifty brace of greyhounds, quar tering them over every part of his ei uoty Norte lk , which he was lord-lieutenant, probably for the sake of try. ing the effect of air and locality. Ore of his lordship's conceptions was, that of training animals to purposes that nature never designed them fur; and, if lions had been accessible in this country, he would probably have put a snaffle it to the mouth of the forest kine, and have trained him fur Inintieg, unless his lordship had beef devoured in the experiment. But. his most notorious tute-r , tit of this order was a four-in-hand of stags. Having obtained four red deer, of strong make, he harnassed them, and by dint of the infinite diligence which he exerte‘l on all such •oc casions, was at length enabled to drive his four antlered cnnrsers along the high-road. But on one unfortunate day, as he was driving to Newman kit, a pa-ik of hounds, in full cry after fox or bare, crossing the road, got scent of the track. Finding more attractive metal, they left the chase, and followed the stags in full cry. The animals no le became irrestrainable, dashed along at full speed, and car. tied the phaeton and his lordship in it, to his great alarm, along the to4d, at the rate of thirty miles an hour. Luckily they did not take their way across the country. or their driver's neck must have been broken. The scene was now particularly animating; the hounds were still heard in full cry ; no power could stop the frightened stags; his lordship exerted all his charioteeria skill in vain. Luckily he had been in the habit of driving to Newn.at ket. The stags rushed into the town, to the as tonishment of everybody, and darted into the inn yard. Here the gates were shut, and scarcely too soon. for in a minute or two after the whole dogs of the hunt came f ail ing into the town, and roaring for their prey. This es cape seems to have ruled his lordship of stag-driving ; but his passion for coursing grew only more active, ant; the bitterest day of the year. he was seen moureted on his Pi , bald pony, and, in his love cf the port, appir , n ly in sensihle to the seventies of the weather; while the hardi est of his followers shrank, he was always settle, without greatcoat or gloves, with his little three•cneked hat. Inc. log the storm, and evidet;tly inset sibte to every siting but the pet formanres of his hounds. His l o rd s hip was per hat s the first man who was ever made mad by county sports, though many a man has been made a beggar by their ; toA none but fools will waste their time en them. His hod-, ship at length became unquestionably n ad, and was put under restraint. At length, while still in confineenent, and in a second access of his disorder, having ascertained by at ale means or other, that one of his favour ite grey hounds was to inn a match fur a large rum, he determined to be pr e s en t set the performance. Contriving to sen 4 his attend Ant from the room, he jumped out of the window, sadd ed his piebald pony with his own hands. all the grooms having gone to the field, and t here be ing no tine to obstruct him, and suddenly made his appearance on the roars!, to universal astonishment. In spite of all rretrea. tie le he was determined to follow the dogs, and 2111 h-wed after them. In the height of his pursuit he was flu' g from his pony, fell on his bead, and instantly expired,— Blackwood's Magazine. CORRESPONDENCE. ON THE SANITARY STATE OF SOME PARTS OF LIVERPOOL-LETTER IV. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. FREEMASON'S-ROW This street, which is so notoriously one of the most Jrgraded and nasty streets of Liverpool Proper, appears 'o be visited only every other day by the scavengers, on the testimony of the r:•sideuts. Several of the hou.es have no necessary conveniences attsched tl them, and I may be permitted to quote Dr. Duncan's own words Cram his Report, p. 13) to show the results which must follow : " The street Inhabitants who have no offices of their own and who do mit or cannot make use of the courts, are drivet to deposit in like manner their retuse in the streets or entries so that, in addition to the privies and ashpits themselves, a large surface of the ground within and about these ill-ventilated courts and dwellings is constantly polluting the atmosphere ffluvia.” with its noxitia Ir is plain - that, where an evil of this magnitude exists should be made, at least, strenuously to abi.te it down to its minimum of injuriousness:for the sake of the health of the district. lam not aware whether the visits of the scavengers have been systematically increased in the lower parts of the town since the pubikation of Dr. Dnnean's Report. Granting that they bave, for the sake of the argurnen evidence Deutz slender in ravour or it, yet maintain that this and other parts of the town can never be materially improved in a sanitary point if view, until the plan of daily sweeping away the refuse /rom the •street be adopted. In fact, it is easy to foresee that in a few years the improvements in municipal regulations, resulting from the diffusion of correct knowledge, will not be limited to a daily besom, but also a daily irrigation of the street smbee, when the weather is neither rainy nor frost-bound. We may then expect to find the bless- ing of health comparatively enjoye . d, and morals essen tially raised, by the predominance of thorough cleanliness and ventilation amot'g the masses of our crowded tho roughfares. The people will feel attachment stronger than at present to a Government, national and municipal, which has be.towed paternal cares upon their condition, and has shown o, jealous anxiety for the promotion of their heal h, wealth, and happiness. The following is an analysis of water from the court yard over the drain of which a dour had been placed for a bridge, which was alluded to in my last letter : Specimen of Water No. 2. Dar k coloured, abominably off-ns.vc in odour, esp-cially when heated, containing sulphuretted hydrogen, even in larger proportions than in the sewer water from Brunswick View, to be quoted di rectly. An imperial pint furnished 47 grains of solid matter, 39 grains of which consisted of azotised organic matter, making 210 grains in the imperial gallon. I have already stated that the drainage of back courts and alleys frequently finds its way into the cellars, front or hack. ltt one of these cases the front and back cell tr was kept from these can-es in a constantly flooded.state, and the tenant of the rooms above laded out the water of the back cellar for the purpose of putting coals there, but was at last obliged to desist from the labour of the inces santly recurring task. and from getting inflamed state of the eyes. The landlord had offered to remedy the effects of the damp, if she would pay additional rent. The water sto n 1 up to the ankles in both cellars. The condition of the several courts and yards is deserv ing of attention. The tenants are often discouraged in any attempts to keep them clean, from the hopeless nature of the task. The public make all manner of in roads upon them in every discouraging way, whilst the public authorities have no dominion over them in the matters of cleansing and protecting against nuisances. Of this kind there is one very remarkable example. A court, which branches off to the right and left, pre gents a disgusting assemblage of pig-styes, manure heaps, stand ing pools, and blocked-up drains. " in rich confusion bl nding." Part of this the inhahitants try to cleanse twice a week themselves; the scavengers never visit it. it is no wonder that, under the discouraging circumstances above-nvntioned, the work should not be sufficiently done. One of these branches winds off in a zig-zag course, which a stranger ve-uld hardly discover; but it he chose to vent ire his footatens. as we did. he will find few dirty-looking and unhealthy house-, with more manure heaps ornamesitlng the corners. Into a desolate house at Aped, and found the first floor in great une corner we ste eluded that it was a deserted place altogether, but we found up stairs, occupying the "drawing ntom," as the poor inhabitants r ., f Dublin would sat, a poor woman and her daughter, w hn:e subsisrence was, ass a told buying. salting, and selling &h. - This process, she showed ns, w s performed in the back drawing room, and from which, in defiance of the tree ventilation of a paneless window, the tretnentious fi•hy smell proceeded. She lived. herself, in the front drawing room, in the last state of dest4ution and filth. The re was not a chair to sit down upon—s broken table—a box or two—and a bro ken down bed.frad formed the whole of the furniture ,-valid born-, excel t a few rig• hanging ;.bo it, and anne ono. rtendii , g crockery ware. The window hail three broken vanesin thetop half. which vverestuffed up with (Teton wool ; the lower half was a wooden board, fu filling all the duties of its transparent ptedecess er, tranarnission of light excepted. Every chink and gap was filed up with wool and rag; and dark as was this room, the wr tchrd misery of every thing stood out in visib e relief. The fl for was neither whole nor even decently s ‘vpt—probagly never scoured. Tue look out from th , lot t h. rr filthy st— calf of hrr F q ...row was . ,o vie narrow . Banastre street. As we looked out, sounds of discord and con fusion, with every painful attendant upon a drunken and upbraiding scene in the lower walks of life, assailed our ears. The old glass pane or two which still remained true to their trust, and staunch in their inte' grity, were cowered with dust ; and for a struggling sunbeam to hay entered through, the labours of a crusade must hay have acecm wall. The whole building sermrd to threaten, at no day, "to come down with a run," as it is commonly said. The asc,nt or descent of the staircase was a task who a affair wms one of those tiumilnititl pic,utes of human lite whirl' sinks upon the behnider with the in cubus pressure of sadness. Fur some time ale had occu- pied this place free of rent. f•he had lived four years there, end was content to dwell on for the sake of having no rent to pay. But an evil hour h.d at last come to even her; for she had notice, that a shillkg a wet-k wI uld he rt gulled of her ! No bad specitren this of castle rack rent. In fart, it would have be. n a hardship to the minds of ml lions it any ol.e had offtred ihem a shilling a week to live in the rooms for the sake of ventilating and cleansing. We hail entered from curiosity, and thouth the com mon mode of expression would follow. " and left it without regret," yet, I most rtct rse this turn of the sentence, and say. lest it with rev., t,—regret that a fellow-creature wah test in the abject state in which we found her,—regret that there was rus h a differ. nt•e in he condition of fellow b.,ings as between th's poor creature's heart h and our own chef riul fireside,—a - case admitiitig of rernedy,—a treasury of philanthropy in society—in the shape of public speeches and ornamented charities, and vrt here no sympathy of search after .wr. tr hello , 83. Truly there is a class in society whose shot t-comings of earnings finds assistance, and is t ked out by the ant of varous chanties; and it is upon these that. the appliances of philanthropy, and the lessons of instruction do tall in a more or less abundant stream —and it ought to he so but the re is yet another class, whose grand fault is, that they ate too wretched to be help-d ton low to be raised too poor to he found uht in the daily cru sades against the inv.s;orts of want and disease—too hid den to be seen or sought out—too ignorant t t be taught —i g norant of everything hut their own instinctite wants— too remote from the pathway of knowledge and instruc tion in virtue. Hosts of similar cases abound in large towns, where destitution, and ignorance, and instinct, call depravity to their aid, and wherein, as in a slough of disuond, shoals of human beings wallow in hopeles d;s pair of amelioration. Many such have I seen in other places besides Liverpool, and the task of improving, and it achirz. and encouraging this legion, even in the lesser v rtut s of human beings, is of such a magnitude that noth ing hut the espanaiveness 01 a charity can enterprise, a hich r garde: the souls mote than the I mites of men, Reverting. in conclusion, to this court, it is worth ob serving that out of it a dark covt red archway led into a way which (wetted into Banastre-strert Along the middle of the II tor of th s narrow alley, a channel was led, into which it was difficult to avoid treading by those wh , r were nnpractised in such matters. Thus there was a communication from Freemason's-row into Banastre strett. by means of three alleys and two courts, yet an circuttous that it is probably only known to those whose interests may render it an ohject to acquaint themselves with it. According to some of the inhabitants it is a fa- vourite mode of escape from one street into the other, for thieves and , uch like character•, whereby they have suc— ceeded in (-wiling pursuits. But it is with the ammo. l.tions of unwholesome matters that I base oily to do. I think I have brought forward (-nough of Freemason's.. row for my purpose. though tho ,, e only will suppose that I have exhausted i►s tends of filth, who krow little or r►othing ahnut the matter—'or truly "one half the wotld dogs nt.t kn',w how the o'h , r halt lives." My frirnd, Mr. J. S. WalLt-r, has also been a witness to many of the facts I have broached, and to yet more which 1 shall hereafi'r no ice. Yours truly, a C. WATSON ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS: —The la►e rrfreshing showers And the generally forward state of vegetation have already renlerrd these lovely grounds passing be.eutitul. Every tree and shrub is bursting forth, and the various tints of green they display is only equalled in richness by the numerous flowers so tastefully dispersed about the gar dens. The wanderine mariner whose eye explores The wealthiest islewthe most er,ch.f ming shores. Views not a spot.niore beautiful or ta , r, (Jr breathes the - pir it of a purer air." On no previous season have the exertions or expense incurred been et vial to that of the present. The view of Edinburgh is riipidlv progressinc, and its completion is atitici wiled in about three wicks. HOLLOWAY'S PILLS AND OINTMENT.—A REMARKA BLE CURE Or PILES, FISTULAS. AND BEARINGS-DOWN. —A hall-pay 1 eutenant, lattly resioiog at St. Ilehers, Jursev, whose name by request is omitted. had for three tears suffered from piles and fistula, 13, lodes a gentral bearing-down of the mmt distressing nature. He had iwice utiOtrgone an operation, but to no purpose, and et last gave himself up to despair. Yet. notwithstanding this complication of complaints, together with a debili tated constitution, he was completely cured of all hi: in firmities, and restored to the fullest enjoyment of health by Holloway's Hills and Ointment. April 21, 18-W. DELIGHTFUL TEA PARTY AT ST. BARNABAS' SCHOOL arty, on a scale of more than ' --odour, took place in St. Barna wl-street, in celebration of the the schools sinve their open eason being about the, t of philanihrop:c urih to which it is at On Tuesday last, a tea usual magnitude ai:'l has School House, G success which had atte, in; last year ; the present f,stic anniversary of the commence, deavours of the clergyman of tached and his congregation to disseminate ueetul general and religious instruction amongst the children of the humbler classes in that populous district of the town• There were present in all upwards of 300 persons, princi pally of the congregation of St. Barnabas', including a large proportion of neatly and el dies,—also a number of clergyme town, and off milies and others( Indy attired young !a mid gentllmen of the distinction. The arrangements throig It were most judicious The large room up weirs (tt rated for the entertlintnent school) was e walls and roof were st which were bung nu- festooned with evergreens. amor merous banners and paintings gs bearing nuipt robs ta- bles were ranged across the apartiwnt, and in iddirion to the elegant tea-services (urns and china) supplied by the ladies who respectively presided at each, and an ample provision of tea, coffee, excellent bunloaf, cakes, &c.• and dishes 0L • At the top d on silk, will!, fl )wers - ranged in the centre of eAi board the initials, V. l3ei,;%; , l".;;isTurrouriWedf;;;; r fancisand national banners. The whole was lighted with gas, and I:presented a most brilliant app"arance. On a plattprm at the head of the room five professional singers were static oned, and sung sacred pieces with great taste and tff•ct at the intervals between the several addresses made—accoal. partied by a pianist. It should also be mentioned that a very handsome bust of the Rev. Rector Brooks was placed on a pedestal in the room, in compliment to that gentleman, who is ever active in charitable and good works, and had been an especial benefit to the schools..." lie having preached the first and also the last sermon their b..half. The Rev. T. NOLAN. the respec•ed pastor (who had been mainly instrumental in establishinz the schools) pre" . sided, and was quite at home amorig4 his fl ick, who' could not but apprec•ate his effective but unobtrusive a.nenity of !limners to all pre sent. During the evening abundance of delicious grapes and oranges were served, and after the removal of the tea and coffee, which was followed by the iptiging, by all present, of an appropria'e hymn, _ s _ _ The CHAIRMAN said in effect that he was no doubt ex pected to say something on the occasion, and though he bad not been enabled to command time to prepare him self to employ adequate terms, he considered the expecta tion reasonable, and the task a pleasing duty. Since be had first known them, they had, indeed, changed the venue; but the same bond of Chris ian union still held itS endearing influence over them ; they were still the same in spirit and affection. They had now neatly closed the, year's working of the schools; and such had been their success that unbounded thanktulness was due to Ilim to whom that success was due, and they might look forward for greater things being yet accomplished within those wall., which they had been the humble instruments of raising to his honour and glory. They had endeavoured to act up to the holy injunction ',Feed my Faith had enabled them so to pursue their course, and the Lord had blessed them beyond their most sanguine expecta tions. Ile alluded to the Christian fellowship that had been evinced by the trustees, who for the whole five yearS they had been in office, had lent the most valuable aidt, and who had never throughout uttered a whisper of dissa'. tisfaction. He hail northing of novelty or of an exciting nature to adduce relative to the schools; they hid gonna silently but surely, and this was a ur.:of that God had. given to them his blessing. At the time they opened the, schools they had no anticipation of such success, believing that their progress would be hut slow and gr .dual. . 134' within a month a ter the opening, those rooms were Oleo, with 600 children, and about 30 boys, for whom admissioa, had been applied, had unavoidably been refused admittance.' Let them therefore look forward for a further‘blessingl. On those whom he addressed could they alone rely for adequate support, and he confidently appealed to thew"' deeply thankful to them for their pest efforts. Ile els*, telt grate ul to. his kind brethren of the ministry. wh ° ' notwitlivtanding the fatigues of the present season as re.' g , rded them prufes,ionally, had favoured them will) their L.vry tar - pa. gs.c I.OIV VVUEU3 Ul encouragement: They could accomplish all they desired if they bui looked to God for a bless ng, and they would thus be enabled ta go on their way rejoicing. After a sacred song from the orchestra, the Chairmatt introduced to the meeting Mr. Watkins, the Inspector of. chools appfl..ted by the Privy Council for these r c ts , Mr. WATKINS said the occasion suage.ted a few word s relative to toe building in which they had met. lie knew of no school that had made more rapid pro2ress. 06 highly approved of the gene , al tone and discipline evinced', in addition to the instinction imparted. The accession a so large a nomher t f sclicl IS in so short a time was unpre cedented. tie believed, however, that if only 61 had bee a received in the room below, and 60 in the room "b" e ; the work would have proceeded as satisfactorily in the first instance. He was api.ointed to inspect the sch oo ls in six of the northern counties, and he had observed la some of them a great want el te, , chers, though the Dioce san Schools had done much to remedy the defect. He r hail found in-tanees in whi.dt triere was hut one treeter to 200 children, and he considered that no one to icher cools possibly train more than 50 or 60. A great deft - ct in mat of the schools was a want of adequate ventilation, %bids ought (for reasons which he pointed out) to be we more »tended to. Another evil was, that many of , he sihoold far children of tender years were partly below pound, and consequently dark and ehearless. lie did not think h e could altogether remedy this evil. The inivaiice before tram was to a pl eat extent an excentinn. I-le considered' tOr I places frt:m"ititt:.id d p i m..itiell -- the ihr schools of Liverpool should he espeti 33 it was the most impo . battle in that respect. It was also the great sally port ," America. and to Ireland; and he was of ()Onion that P er : sons who had received a Christian education. going fro m h.. .nrs..ic tv,5.1.11 "11 rPfin.T. .neir various _ _ g ut " much good as ministers or missiooariea could. (Muc applause.) efr The Rev. Dr. TArreasuALL congratula.ed the In f o, ing on their success during the past year. They v" 4. „jr• no doubt. attend to the Bugg-stions of the last spe kvr t , o far as possible, ttiongh even that gentleman admitted admirable lone of these schools, and that they were,7s forehand with most of their neighbours. To biros " oo was exceedingly encouraging to hear the remarks m0 1 e..„ the progress of instruction going on. Lie n oticed a 'l O markable advance in sound and religious instructiou_',,,g the town as compared with former years. In this resr% the clergy and friends of publ c education had far outsla ped their predecesso,s. He remembered, and t a uten to the iact, that twenty yews ago there were but !hit 6 41 '10 attached to the then churches of the establi-hoent town. Now they had 22 or 23 schools to 40 cltur c lig Thankful they ought to be to God through Whose Hi d : 0 haphy change bad taken place. The means of i i ,stroci' de , of the children of the poor were, however, y e t very in' fr o quate for the requirements of the town. 1 liottsar;ds ° d ig yet lo ignorance; but he looked forward, ing on GY b i l g blessing, to the time alien schools would tnarease ol t pe il the next 20 years as they had done in the last. end b 0 e rr to hear e‘ety child acknowledge the services of a to le d• and to see every one of them with a Itib:e in its (Cheers li .) • tb 6 Mr. Ricci s next addressed the assemblage o n l ot Wessirgs of religious education. He stated that he 0 ,4 b. en recently present at a delightful school merli" tea perry at Kirkdale, at which no. fewer than 90 women .Lo had left the school and gone to servic e + r e' attended with grateful hearts, and mingled in joY fu one mini•cence of the past with their old schoolmates• j ail of them brought with her a Bible, which had W.. g or e , to her as a pi ize for good conduct twenty years briheA He misted hose who left the school in which the. e bC were would not be lost sight of 'n after life, but be b r i c ' i , l eo ti goiter in a similar war, which he b e d ' o ct; would have a salutary influence on t it future c°"„i led He concluded by relating an anecd o te of a scl": 0 4 ' —" Honest John"—which combined th e affectior 01; the ludicre ue, and was received with great appino e , ; pre° nit g that in sue h schools, well conduct e d. sou th we r '„r t 0 up to do credit to themselves and become an IlLocfr their country. an d The Rev. Hugh M'Neile, Connor Jones, jon lo' ,4o.°: Parry, aPtereivriirds addressed the meeting in e loque oe arli f el rig te rtes, and the parry did not separate 11 1113 400' t kyr!, o'clock. all 114,1i1y delighted with the procr. Ilt MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.—On Good Friday. P' e 5 Mich leaves Llvt-rptu 1 for Manche s t er at 10 3 0 o rim-etc-14,g at •he rate of tint» 35. to 40 0,0 , 8 P a ht a whi n near the Newtnn Junction. a little toy ""- II . - 1) V aged lour year s an d n i ne " moiabs, t ' "L dol ihr line. The little tellow was in c Dimly rents, and had been playing out s id e t h e door oi l • o ri ha lidle. when the latch gnt turned and out h e rolled 16 yards on the line. On their arriva l 0, (i d 1 110 f 0" side, the guard proceeded back to the spot. on" —, or' "- e" the poor creature had been picked up nurnedirttl i r er°; s ing, 'Liken into a dwelling-h , use, and medical ai od, but ' diately procured. He is ill bruised a bout the l' , g . 6 doing as well as can he expected. f t' - ~,.5 s 0 ber 9 NEW YORK AND LIVRRPOOL.—The ',TOP - 1 0 9 0 two cities, sr. eloz.elv coginec'ed by commerc e. loos z says the New Yoi A Herald, nearly pari pa,+o •,err ;i' o o(3 • ' `2 6 •,-,00 •• • 56.`:', , ,3 • t). • • 7, 9-1 576 • • ,13 W ; 17. '1 1 6. 00 • • ,)•33, ou' set : Yrilr. 1697 - )756 . 1790 . 1800 1810 . 1820 . 1830 ~ 1840 1845 New Y, , rk. Yelr , 4.302 1 1700 10381 1760 33.131 1790 60.489 1 1801 -96.373 1811 123 706 1821 202.5 , 9 1 1831 312.652 1841 371,223 l a tter h l . 0M Thore figures indicate that New York hag ' t v u 0 ",4 on; pretty largely upo n it s com p e tit o r in point es ;:tecw Lti - though , if " compare the numb , - r of hou' 'Pl e d its " nually. a differ en t i n f erence wo uld be dr• oc " • verpool column incl u des n ot only the b out ' , r , °n thei the ci'v prop e r. h ut i n t h e w h o l e borinvzhr c°6 llo o area of aliout eght square miles. The whole borough in 1841 was 286,487 r pOo H t s o New York.uses Frect ' • for. o f 1 110 - -$ ed. 781 ...... ••• • • 1 1 1 674 •••• • • • ' 1 61 OW! 850 ...... •• " • id,q • • • YrPrq 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845