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THE POET OF THE PRESENT. A Poet must ere long arise, And with a regal song sun-crown this age, As a saint's head is with a halo crown'a;— One, who shall hallow Poetry to God And to its own high use; for Poetry The grandest chariot whereon king-thoughts ride; — One, who shall fervent grasp the sword of song As a stern swordsman grasps his keenest blade, To find the quickest passage to the heart. A mighty Poet whom this age shall choose To be its spokesman to all coming times. In the ripe full-blown season of his soul. He shall go forward in his spirit's strength, And grapple with the questions of all time, And wring from them their meanings. As King Saul Called up the buried prophet from his grave To speak his doom, so shall this Poet-king Call up the dead Past from its awful grave To tell him of our Future. As the air Doth sphere the worlds, so shall his heart of love — Loving mankind, not peoples. As the lake Reflects the flower, tree, rock, and bending heaven, Shall he reflect our great humanity; And as the young Spring breathes with living breath On a dead branch, till it sprouts fragrantly Green leaves and sunny flowers, shall he breathe life Through every theme lie touch, making all Beauty And Poetry for ever, like the stars. LITERATURE. Boors FOR REVIEW, &c.—Books, New Prints, Music, &c., intended for review, may be left at Mr. C. Mitchell's, Red lion-court, Fleet-street, London, addressed " to the Editor of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD," when they will be forwarded and receive attention. The Days of Battle. London : H. G. Bohn. An Englishcoman, resident at Brussels in 1815, and who is known in the field of authorship as the writer of "Rome in the Nineteenth Century," has, in this cheap little work, furnished a. simple and faithful account of Quatre Bras and Waterloo, as she saw them herself, and as she wrote whilst the impression of those eventful scenes was yet fresh upon the mind. Many more brilliant writers have employed their talent in describing the battle and the field of Waterloo, and with them this English woman may not cope in picturesque delineation, eloquence, or profundity ; but she has one great advantage over them all, in that she writes from experience, while they write from report; they de scribed the past, she describes the present. It appears to us somewhat singular that the now vene rable author should call herself "An English woman," while the work bears internal evidence that she is a native of Scotland, and moreover attached warmly to the land of her birth. Frederika Bren2er's Works. London :H. G. Bohn. Sunny, charming pictures of Swedish life abound in these two stories of "The Home" and " Strife and Peace," which have been translated for Bohn's Standard Library by Mary Howitt—the English Frederika Bremer, and something more ; for the authoress of "The Seven Temptations" has reached greater heights than her fair sister of the Far North, although she is quite at home in the comparatively humble paths of domestic fiction. The young and the old, the unmarried as well as those who have embarked in matrimony, may all derive valuable hints from the works of Miss Bremer—hints appli cable to the real business of life. 'Were they merely amusing they would be dear at any price, and should not certainly receive from us, as they do, our cordial recommendation. The Dublin University Magazine. Dublin : James M`Glashan, The present number opens appropriately enough with a triumvirate of "May Melodies," by Denis Florence M`Carthy, whose name is sure to be linked in the future with the songs of his native land. An epistolary account of a pilgrimage to the Donegal Highlands is one of the best efforts of the kind we ever read : rich, sparkling, attractive, yet tempered with the hue of genuine piety. Stirling's admirable book on the Cloister-Life of Charles V. forms the groundwork of a very instructive and learned paper, and is pronounced the best and pleasantest book the writer has seen for many a day. Michael Kohlhas, a German robber of the sixteenth century—one of the most upright yet rebellious characters of his time—is the subject of a biography, which reads like a fiction. " Rhymes from the Edda," done into English by a competent hand ; some gossip anent the Devereux Earls of Essex ; the continuation of the running novel, " Sir Jasper Carew, Knt. ;" a resume of the last pub lished volume of Thomas Moore's diary, which does not give Lord John Russell the castigation he merits for his bad editorship ; a variety of miscel laneous poems by different authors of the day ; and an article on "Tolerance and Intolerance " complete the number. The last-mentioned con tribution is characterised by great breadth of thought, and is fraught with many an instructive lesson, gleaned from the humilia ting history of the human family on earth as well as the actualities of life around us. The Sabbath Considered : In its Origin, Nature, and Obligations. Liverpool : Edward Howell. The present position of the Sydenham Crystal Palace is one of peculiar moment to the British Christian. The proposal to open it on Sunday to the flood of London ramblers is warmly supported by a large section of the people and the press, and to those who cherish the due observance of the Lord's day, the wild outburst of the Sunday pro faners is a source of unaffected concern. They are fearful of a legislative infringement of the sanctity of that holy day, the setting apart of which was the crowning act of the world's creation. The threat of that leading London journalist, to whom we owe the present position of the affair, that the Lord's day in England shall no longer be protected by statute, seems almost likely to be realised, and thousands confidently anticipate that ere another summer has dawned, the Sunday at Sydenham will be a day dedicated to the delectation of gay metro politan throngs, bent upon pleasure and indulgence. In these circumstances, the Rev. Verner M. White, the accomplished pastor of Islington Presbyterian Church, in this town, has thought it incum bent upon him to deliver two discourses on the nature of the Lord's day; and the substance of those two discourses is now presented, at the espe cial request of the congregation, in the shape of a compact little treatise, the appearance of which at the present moment is especially appropriate. We have seldom perused a small book on a great sub ject which so thoroughly achieved the design of its author as the present. The divine institution of the Sabbath, indubitably proved from the pages of Holy Writ ; the true nature of the Sabbath, and the Scriptural method of its observance ; the in trinsic connexion existing between its proper ob servance and man's temporal and eternal weal ; and a consideration of the objections urged by the Crystal Palace party, indicate the themes of the several chapters into which the work is divided. The arguments are admirably digested, following up each other with conciseness, rapidity, and force; and, whether as a pithy reminder to the professing Christian—telling him how to observe the Lord's day, and arming him with arguments in its de fence—or whether as a voice of warning to the anti observing, we consider Mr. White's pamphlet of great value. SERIALS FOR MAY.— Hogy's Instructor (G. Philip and Son, Liverpool) is enriched with a steel engraving of Henry Hallam, the profound historian and critic. The most prominent articles are those by Thomas de Qui nc y an d G eorge Gilfill an — the former quaint and amus i ng as of yore, the latter eloquent in the praises of the gentle Blair. The original poetry is contemptible.--Th e Christian Family Advocate (Messrs. William Whyte and Co., Edinburgh) contains, amon g o th er i nteresting con tributions, a pleasing poem on th e gentle Henry Martyr), and the third chapter of those well-w r itt en passages in the life of an English Clergyman.--.._ Cocks's Masical Miscellany (Robert Cocks,. London) has a long "leader" devoted toa consideration of the moral tendencies of society in connexion with operatic performances. Of course the opera is warmly advocated, and a hint is . thrown out that we should no longer be obliged to listen exclusively to foreign operas, but that we should have them in our own language. We also find in these pages a biographical sketch of Miss Elizabeth' 1 , . Greenfield, the " Black Swan," who recently arrived at Liver pool from the United States. She was born near Natchez, Mississippi, in 1826, being the daughter of an Indian woman and a slave named Taylor; received liberty from her mistress, Mrs. Greenfield, a very wealthy lady, who became a member of the Society of Friends; was the pet and companion of that l a dy for many years ; w i t h out masters she has extended the register of her voice from 7 to 27 notes ; until recently she has studied without an instructor, but she is now ambitious of becoming acquainted with the methods of singing a d opted by the be s t It a li an mas ters, and it is with this view that she now visits Europe for the first ti me. - - The S co tti s h Ed ucat i ona l an d Literary Journal (James Hogg, Edinburgh) gives a seasonable word in defence of the Scotch teachers, who have been assailed most unjustly by Sir James Kay Shuttle worth ; that gentleman asserting that one half the children of Scotland are so taught, that their educa tion is almost fruitless. The contents, as usual, mingle pleasant with sound reading. The Edu cational Expositor (Longmans and Co., London) is a young publication of great promise: moreover, it has already done much for the elevation of the educational cause. While more especially designed for the schoolmaster and schoolmistress, it will be found interesting and valuable to the mothers of families, and all interested in education.—The Protestant Magazine (Wertheim and Macintosh), is especially interestirg this month, from a paper on the Papal Aggression in Holland, the people of which country feel the pressure and interference of Popery. The present position of the Dutch sup plies another instance of the way in which the peace of a kingdom is to be broken, and party arrayed against party, merely to gratify the arrogant pre tensions of the Church of Rome.—Home Thoughts (Kent and Co., London), a nice little monthly visitor for the fireside, pleasantly written and illus trated, is this month rendered attractive by a sketch of the popular author of " Bleak House," somewhat meagre and imperfect. Diogenes (Piper Brothers, London) still throws his light upon many subjects —not surveying the world with the surly eye of a cynic, although with sufficient severity when it is called for. One feature we especially admire, the existence of no party predi lection, and a desire to do justice to all. This characteristic of the new Punch will please English men, who have an inherent love of fair play.— The Hor►te Companion (69, Fleet•street, London) comes arrayed in a new garb this month. We like its " shining morning face" exceedingly. The engravings, typography, and letter-press, all ex hibit improvement. It is a pleasing fact connected with these cheap serials that, after carrying on their readers a certain length, they are compelled to im prove, else the readers whom they have helped to educate will desert the ranks of their subscribers, and attach themselves to publications of a higher class. This theory the history of the Home Com panion illustrates well. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, MAY 10, 1853. WANTED.—An intended bride who is willing to begin housekeeping in the same style in which her mother began. UNCLE Tom AND WHAT HE 'HAS DONE.—" Uncle Tom's Cabin" has simply exposed to the world our nakedness. The secrets of the prison -house of slavery are all revealed. " Uncle Tom" has uttered no false hoods—he has exaggerated no wrongs. He has simply told, in tones which have thrilled upon the ear of the world, the tragic story of the slave. And now no Ame rican can visit Europe without meeting with insult wherever he is known. All that is noble in our glorious institutions is forgotten in the deep abhorrence of slavery. The tongue of every American is tied. The hands of every American are fettered. The example of our coun try, instead of cheering the hearts of the lovers of liberty in other lands, tends but to darken their dungeons and to rivet their chains. And all this because thirty thousand men refuse to pay the honest wages of free labour to those who till their fields, wash their linen, and polish their shoes.—New York Tri&une. THE ETTRICK SHEPHERD AND SIR WALTER SCOTT In a life of Sir Walter Scott, recently published, his first interview with the Ettrick Shepherd is thus amusingly told :—One day, while Scott was still in Edinburgh, there came into the city a brawny, rough fellow, driving a flock of sheep. It was James Hogg, who finding himself in the capital, was seized with a violent desire to see himself in print, and accordingly got somebody to strike off a few of his verses, which, however, made no sensation. " The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border" set him to work at imitating the old Scottish ballads ; and as his efforts were warmly praised by Scott, he came down again from the forest to pay his friend a visit. He, with William Laid law and others, was invited to dinner. The worthy shep herd appeared in his ordinary herdman's dress, with his hands well tarred by a recent shearing. Not being accus tomed to the society of " grand folk," he had com muned with himself as to how he should act, and had come to the conclusion that he ought to copy the lady of the house in all things. Mrs. Scott, being unwell, re ceived her guest reclining on a sofa, and Jamie accord ingly, true to his principle, had no sooner made his best bow, than he crossed the room, and stretched himself out upon another. At dinner he ate, drank, laughed, and chattered, amusing the guests by his strange, uncouth jokes and remarks, and even songs. As the good wine began to operate, Jamie grew familiar, and after tickling everybody by his rapid advance from " Mr. Scott" to " Shirra," " Scott," " Walter," and " Waffle," he at last threw the company into convulsions:of laughter by addressing Mrs. Scott as " Charlotte." LIFE AT BADEN.—Hither come flocking the represen tatives of every nation of the world, and of almost every class in each. Royalty, princely houses, and nobility with twenty quarterings, are jostled in the indiscriminate crowd with houseless adventurers, beggared spendthrifts, and ruined debauchees. All who can contribute the clink of their Louis-d'ors to the music are welcome to this orchestra! And women, too, fair, delicate, and lovely, the tenderest flowers that ever were nursed within do mestic care, mixed up with others, not less handsome perhaps, but whose svren beauty is almost diabolic by comparison. What a Babel of tongues, and what confu sion of characters. The Grandee of Spain, the escaped Galley Slave, the Hungarian magnate, the London " Swell," the old and hoary gambler with snow-white moustachios, and the unfledged minor, anticipating man hood by ruining himself in his " teens." All these are blended and commingled by the influence of play; and, differing as they do in birth, in blood, in lineage, and condition, yet are they members of one guild, associates of one society—the gambling-table. And what a leveller is play ! He who whispers in the ear of the Crown Prince yonder is a branded felon from the Bagnes de Brest; the dark-whiskered man yonder, who leans over the lady's chair, is a❑ escaped forger ; the Carlist noble is asking friendly counsel of a Christino spy; the London pick pocket offers his jewelled snuff-box to an Archduke of Austria. " How goes the game to-day ?" cries a Neapo litan Prince of the Blood, and the question is addressed to a red-bearded Corsican, whose livelihood is a stiletto. Is that the beautiful Countess of Hapsburg ?" asks a fresh-looking Oxford man ; and his friend laughingly answers : " Not exactly ; it is Mademoiselle Varenne of the Odeon." The fine-looking man yonder is a Mexi can General, who carried off the military chest from " Guanaguato ;" the pompous little fellow beside him is a Lucchese Count, who stole part of the Crown jewels of his sovereign; the long-haired, broad-foreheaded man, with open shirt-collar, so violently denouncing the wrongs of injured Italy, is a Russia❑ spy ; and the dark Arab behind him is a Swiss valet, more than suspected of having murdered his master in the Mediterranean. Our English contingent embraces Lords of the Bedchamber, members of parliament, railroad magnates, money lending attorneys, legs, swells, and swindlers, and a small sprinkling of university men, out to read and be ruined—the fair sex, comprising women of a certain fast set in London, divorced countesses, a long category of the widow class, some with daughters, some without. There is an abundance of good looks, splendid dress, and money without limit ! The most striking feature of all, however, is the reckless helter-skelter pace at which every one is going, whether his pursuit be play, love, or mere extravagance. There is no such thing as calculation—no counting the cost of anything Life takes its tone from the tables, and where, as wealth and beggary succeed each other, so do every possible extreme of joy and misery ; and one wagers their passions and their emotions exactly as they do their bank-notes and their gold pieces. —The Dodd Family Abroad, by Chas. Lever. THE AMERICAN INDIANS AND THEIR SLAVES.— Of all the numerous Comanches and Kiowas, whom we met on the Arkansas in the neighbourhood of Fort Atkin son and the crossing of the river, there was indeed scarcely one who had not one or several male or female Mexican children with them, whom they themselves boasted of having kidnapped in Mexico, telling us the places were they were from. To conclude from what we saw, there must be, not hundreds, but thousands of Mexicans, most of them of a tender age, in slavery among the Indians of the plains. Others were full grown men and women, the former entirely barbarians like their Indian masters among whom they had lived from their youth, the latter in some cases a good deal more cultivated on account of their having been kid napped at a more advanced age, which is never the case with a male captive, full-grown men being always killed when they fall into the hands of these savages. Some of the Mexican men whom we met in this state of captivity looked worn-out and poor, and complained of being ill treated and not getting food enough, while others de clared that they would by no means, even if they could, return to their native country, and confessed that they were themselves used to participate in those horse-stealing and kidnapping expeditions which the Comanches and Kiowas proudly call " campanas," speaking with an ex pression of cupidity of the " cavallas, mulas, mugeres muchachas." the horses, mules, women and girls, of Mexico. The boys appeared to be generally well-treated. Some of them had even been adopted as children by the Indians. An old Kiowa chief who visited our camp, bad three boys with him whom he declared to be his children, telling us at the same time that of two of them he was the real father, while he had brought the third one from Mexico, in one of his military expeditions. This third boy was evidently kept as well as the two real sons of the old man, and when we asked the chief, as well as the boy, whether they would like to separate in case we should pay him a good price for the boy for the purpose of taking him along with us to his native place, both laughed with a sort of contempt, showing fully that both were as well satisfied with each other as with their situa tion in general. The fate of the girls kidnapped in a tender age is even less painful. They are generally brought up by those who capture them to make the wives of their sons. The chiefs visiting our camp with their families, all had Mexican wives. The fate of a full grown woman falling into the hands of the Indians is often not so easy as this. She seldom escapes violence and brutality.— Correspondence of the New York Tribune. TEA. AND ITS ADULTERATIONS.—AduIteration with simple leaves of trees is innocent enough compared with some of the abominations to which the competing prin ciple has resort, and can practise with impunity. On the continent the natives have not waited for that propitious ness of site and climate which the Chinese tea-plant has been proved to require. English tea having first served them as a foliage, is next seized to satisfy our national appetite. Many a wry face have our wandering country men made over the tea-pots of Rhineland and of Flan ders. A. lady, a friend of ours, once met an old Belgian peasant gathering leaves from some wayside trees and hedges, a little distance out of Brughes ; and upon asking him what he was storing so carefully in his basket, the old man, taking her for a countrywoman, answered, to her horror, " tea for the English !" He looked as old in his task as Wordsworth's leech-gatherer 4 But al though it is sufficiently unpleasant to be mocked in our pilgrimages in search of the picturesque by the very vege table kingdom, still, this is harmless, comparatively, when we read the accounts given by Mr. Twining and others of the villanous mixtures and disgusting ingre dients detected in the compositions of convicted spurious tea-dealers in England. If it is difficult for the expe rienced to detect the true from the false, difficult teas may defy the scrutiny of the public. When the company were merchants, this system of adulteration did not and could not exist. They had the first choice of all the teas which were imported from the tea districts into Canto n . These were there submitted to the inspection of a gentle man, chosen from among the tea-brokers of London, who, at the head of the regular servants of the comp any , care fully examined the teas several times previous to corn pleting the purchase, and then fixed their valuation ; and so great was then the confidence of the Hongmen in the spirit of honourable dealing which always influenced the i company, that they invariably acquiesced in every reduc tion of price that was decided upon. Again, on being exposed to sale in London, every chest of tea was sub mitted to another examination from the tea-brokers, and their report published. These gentlemen were entirely independent of the company, and could have been actu ated by no ulterior motive in the good report they did constantly give. Inferior teas were thus rejected—adul terated teas impossible. Moreover, the cultivation of the finest descriptions of tea was encouraged by the genero sity of the company. For the delicate flavoured black souchong, which is now so rare, and only to be had in England in the shape of a choice present from some friend in China, the company paid higher prices than were given for green tea, and pains were consequently taken to foster its g rowth. And this the company did without regard to profit. They imported some teas, as they exported certain British productions (to promote re ciprocal commerce) at a positive loss ; confiding for remuneration to their aggregate profits. But the free im porter, whose object is necessarily immediate gain, and who is not sufficiently conspicuous before the public to induce him to make generous sacrifices for the sake of high character, can neither afford nor care to flatter the discriminating tastes of the rich, or satisfy the demands of the poor, by such rare principles of conduct. His ob ject is simply to get rid of his stock ; he has no feeling of responsibility to the nation, and experience, latterly somewhat painfully bought, teaches us that, without some wholesale check upon private rapacity, the public universal must a Co i e d a a n b e ly ry. become victims, this the to ha position, interest, of almost and honour of the company were ample guarantee. But the artists, both of China and England, have now full swing, and, with all vegetable nature for their material, and the entire population o f the British isles and colonies for their subjects, there is reason to believe, that when they have destroyed our palates, they will soon be able to compete openly with the genui ne t ea growt h i tse lf.— Fraser's Magazin?. VARIETIES. " GOODNESS ME !" cried a nice old lady, the other day, " if the world does come to an end next year, what shall I do for snuff." NOBODY likes to be nobody; but everybody is pleased to think himself somebody. And everybody is somebody; but when anybody thinks himself to be somebody, he generally thinks everybody else to be nobody. A NORTHERN DARKEY says "dey isn't gwine to cotch him away down south, for dey make poor nigga work 25 hours ebery day !" " How, when there are only 24 in a day ?" " Why, dey makes him get up in de mornin' an hour before day, and dat makes 25." ABSOLUTION IN THE GREEK CHURCH..—The priests of the Greek Church read a long list of crimes to the penitent, who nods his head at every item of which he has been guilty, and the priest puts a mark of his thum nail against it accordingly. At the conclusion the whole is summed up, and a receipt in full given for the total by absolution. In some places people abouner themselves for some one favourite vice for six or eight months to come. ANECDOTES FROM Tom MOORE'S DIARY.—Denon told an anecdote of a man, who having been asked repeatedly to dinner by a person whom he knew to be but a shabby Amphitryon, went at last, and found the dinner so meagre and bad, that he did not get a bit to eat. When the dishes were removing, the host said, " Well, now the ice is broken, I suppose you will ask me to dine with you some day." " Most willingly." " Name your day, then." " Aujourd'hui, par exeniple," answered the dinnerless guest. Lord Holland told of a man remarkable for absence, who, dining once at the same sort of shabby repast, fancied himself in his own house, and began to apologise for the wretchedness of the dinner. Luttrel told of a good phrase of an attorney's in speaking of a reconciliation that had taken place between two persons whom he wished to set by the ears, " I am sorry to tell you, sir, that a compromise has broken out between the parties." August 23rd. A good thing was told about Sir B. Nagle's coming to George IV., when the news of Buonaparte's death had just arrived, and saying, " I have the pleasure to tell your Majesty that your bitterest enemy is dead." "No! is she, by Gad ?" said the king. Put this into verse afterwards. Went and eat an ice at Tortoni's in the evening. LOVE OF LAW PLEAS IN DONEGAL.—My friend told us of the love the people had for litigation, and how the quarterly advent of the assistant-barrister was looked for with longing expectation as well by the processor as by the processed party, each expecting a good tough argu mentation at what they called the " la' " (law). His own steward, Jeaky M'Quirk, having lately buried his wife, was, in the idiom of the country, " a wuddow," or a "wuddow man" (my readers may smile at this strange outrage on gender and grammar, but so it is). Jeaky had got into a paltry dispute concerning some of the dear deceased's assets with her brother, whom he "processed to the la'," spending twice the value of the disputed articles, and that twice over, in loss of time, and loss of temper, and loss of work, and in hard cash, and getting soundly beaten at last by the judgment of the court ; which, however, Jeaky communicated to his master with a grin of real satisfaction—" Thon mon has Let me in the la'-shoot, sir. I ped ten shillings to get wee Sam Sproule out o' Ramelton—the 'torney ; and my oh ! but wee Sam gave it them in the talk for better nor sax hours. Ech, but he bates a' at the la'; and so, sir, though I lost the shoot, it's a comfort to think it was sowed wrangled."— Dublin University Magazine for May. OLD CUSTOMS AND MODERN INVENTIONS.—Many contrivances, which are so familiar and universal that p people are apt to suppose they must have existed always, are really of very recent origin. Many customs, also, the mention of which now excites smiles and wonder ment, have only of late become obsolete—so rapidly has the aspect of the modern world changed. In the reign of James I. men and women wore looking-glasses publicly ; the men as brooches or ornaments in their hats; and the women at their girdles, or on their bosoms, or sometimes (like the ladies of our day), in the centre of their fans, which were then made of feathers inserted into silver or ivory tubes. At feasts every guest brought his own knife, and a whetstone was placed behind the door, upon which he sharpened his knife as he entered. In 1564, a Dutch man, named William Boonen, brought the first coach into England ; and, it is said, the sight of it put both man and horses into amazement. Some said it was eroh-shell, brought from China; and some imagined it to be one of the Pagan temples, in which the cannibals adored the devil. The business of cap-making was ruined in 1591 by the common wearing of hats, which then came into vogue. Smoothing-irons are of late invention ;in the reign of Queen Elizabeth and James I. large stones, in scribed with texts of Scriptures, were used for that pur pose. A Mrs. Isabel Danton, of Leeds, is said to have first invented hats and baskets made of straw. In 1634 two rich women desired to marry the Larl of Hunting don, for the sake of the title. One of them offered to lay down £20,000 on the day of her marriage. The other offered £3OO a-year during his life, and £6,000 in cash, he to go with her to the church and marry her; imme diately after the ceremony, they were to take leave at the church door, and never to see each other again. In Cla rendon's papers is the following :—At Henly-upon- Thames, a woman, speaking against taxation imposed by parliament, was ordered by the committee to have her tongue fastened by a nail to the body of a tree by the way side, on a market-day, which was accordingly done, and a paper in great letters, setting forth the heinousness of her crime, fixed to her back. These curious items sug gest another observation. When a philanthropic person has been distressed by comparing the world as it is with the world as it ought to be, he may find quick relief by comparing the world as it is with the world as it was. THE MORNING OF WATERGOO.—A second express bad arrived from Blucher, bringing intelligence that the French were in much more formidable force than he had imagined ; that the attack was become se rious ; they had taken Charleroi, and driven back the Prussians. It was, therefore, necessary for the British to march immediately to support them. The Duke had received the despatches containing this important news in the ball-room. We were afterwards told, that upon perusing them he seemed for a few minutes to be absolutely absorbed in a profound reverie, and completely abstracted from every surrounding object ; and that he was even heard to utter indistinctly a few words to him self. After a pause, be folded up the despatches, called one of his staff officers to him, gave the necessary orders with the utmost coolness and promptitude; and having directed the army to be put in motion immediately, he himself stayed at the ball till past two in the morning. The cavalry officers, whose regiments, for the most part, were quartered in villages about the frontier, ten, fifteen, and even twenty miles off, flew from the ball-room in dis may, in search of their horses, and gallopped off in the dark, without baggage or attendants, in the utmost per plexity which way to go, or where to join their regiments, which might hare marched before they could arrive. Numbers of the officers had been out when the first order to be in readiness to march was issued, and re mained in perfect ignorance of the commencement of hostilities, until the alarm sounded, and called them from scenes of festivity and mirth to scenes of war and blood shed. As the dawn broke, the soldiers were seen assem bling from all parts of the town, in marching order, with their knapsacks on their backs, loaded with three days' Provision. Unconcerned in the midst of the din of war, many a soldier laid himself down on a truss of straw, and soundly slept, with his hands still grasping his firelock ; others were sitting contentedly on the pavement, waiting the arrival of their comrades. Numbers were taking leave of their wives and children, perhaps for the last time, and many a veteran's rough cheek was wet with the tears of sorrow. One poor fellow, immediately under our windows, turned back again and again, to bid his wife farewell, and take his baby once more in his arms; and I saw him hastily brush away a tear with the sleeve of his coat, as he gave her back the child for the last time, wrung her hand, and ran off to join his company, which was drawn up on the other sid e o f th e Pl ace R oyale. Many of the soldiers' wives marched out with their husbands to the field, and I saw one young English lady mounted on horseback, slowly riding out of town along with an officer, who, no doubt, was her husband. But even at this interesting moment, when thousands were into p a rting with those nearest and a d n e d ar m es y t hearts,t s o or t r h o e w ir turne(i suddenly rs appearance of a long t ra i n o f gravity mirth, by w the h e unexpected market carts, loaded with cabbages, green peas, cauli flowers, early potatoes, old women, and strawberries, peaceably jogging along, oneafter he a a n r o d o thefr,battotles, and market. These good people, who had never perfectly b w e ho th w e e m re eaningofa at ll a thi l s os u s p t r o oa c r o , mstparreehdewndithwhaasttocnoiushld wmietnhtwaotndthere, a s s pe th c e ta y cl s e lowly befo m re a( t i h e e t m he , ir an w d ay ac i t n ua t l h ly eir ga lo p n e g d carts through the crowds of soldiers whic in h ex fi p ll r e e dt b h ly e Place R oya l e . Th ere was some thing so inexpressibly ludicrous in the contrast which the grotesque figures and rustic dresses of these old women presented to this martial hurry and confusion, that really "not to laugh surpassed all powers of face," and that I did laugh I must acknowledge, though it was, perhaps, very ill-timed levity.—he Days of Battle. CORRESPONDENCE. Letters addressed to the Editor should be accompanied by the real - name and address of the writer, not for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith ; this is indispensably requisite in any statement of facts. The Editor wishes it to be understood that be does not hold himself responsible for the opinions or statements of his correspondents. THE SOUTHPORT RAILWAY. To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD, SIR,—We are very much indebted to you for the insertion-of the letter last week respecting the unaccountable arrangement of the times of the trains. No other conclusion can be ar rived at than that the motive of the ruling powers (whoever they may be) is to injure the property by inconveniencing as much as possible the passengers. Is it not preposterous that we .are to have no train from 4 pail. to 5 20 (called 5 10 p.m.), seeing most of us are at liberty off 'Change at 4 30 p.m., and other times are equally ill-arranged. We are contemplating a meeting to make public and to represent to the shareholders our grievances, when you shall hear further from your obliged May 9, 1853. LINACRE. EASTHAM CHURCH. To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SI R,—A writer in your paper, under the signature of "A Regular Churchman," in noticing my letters on ventilation, &c., called attention to the state of Eastham Church, adding a request that I should pay a visit to that edifice. This I have not been able to do. Unconnected, however, with the ventila tion of that building, I have heard a good deal about "East ham Church"—the non-residence of its Vicar—the neglected state of the parish in consequence—with an account of some very extraordinary proceedings respecting the erection of an organ. In the hope of inducing some faithful son of the Church, resident in that neighbourhood, to furnish particulars of these matters (to which I am sure your columns would be open, and the publication of which might be salutary), perhaps you will be so good as to publish this note.—l am, Sir, yours, &c., THE EARNEST CHURCHMAN. LIVERPOOL, WATERLOO, AND SOUTHPORT RAILWAY. To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD, Sin,—You did good service in giving publicity to my note in your last number. The subject merely required to be placed prominently forward to enlist other contractors to speak out, and the local papers, with few exceptions, have lent their valuable aid. I quite agree with the writer in a contemporary, that the contractors should call a public meeting, and invite the shareholders to be present ; and, while seconding such a step, let me urge upon some of the more influential gentlemen who are contractors to this line to step forward and call the meeting, and identify themselves with the movement. The annoyances on this line are admitted by all ; why, then, not come forward in a body and seek their redress. It is all very well for a few of us to call attention to them by writing in the papers, but such a step alone will not remedy the evil ; and I again call upon the more influential contractors to step for ward,—among whom, let me add, are magistrates, professional men, bankers, merchants, &c.—l am, Sir, 'Change, May 9, 1853. A CONTRACTOR. THE CASHIERSHIP OF THE PARISH OF LIVERPOOL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, Sr e,—ln the Albion of this morning there is a letter signed by a " Vestryman," in which he states that the appointments caused by the promotion of Mr. Nathan Litherland "smell of jobbery," and he takes the liberty of using Mr. Earle's name in such a manner as to lead the public to understand that Mr. Earle has the same opinion. Now, allow me to state from my own knowledge, that the candidates likely to be appointed to fill the vacancies in the parish offices are both long tried and approved servants, and that their success will depend mainly and solely upon their ability to fill the offices, as well as their priority of service in the parish, and not to jobbery. With reference to a " bond," which "Vestryman" states to exist betwixt one of the candidates and the Vestry-clerk, I understand upon good authority that the statement is incor rect. From the tone of the " Vestryman's" letter it is evident he has some friend whom he is most anxious to serve, and that to do so he does not hesitate to throw out hints that might be construed detrimental to more deserving men. To prevent this is the only reason of my requesting you to insert this letter in your valuable columns.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, Dale•street, 9th May, 1853. OBSERVER. VENTILATION OF CHURCHES. To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD, SlR,—Absence from town, and a pressure of engagements since my return, have prevented my continuing the series of letters on the above subject. The several communications which my former letters called forth I read with great pleasure. The purport of this is merely to call your attention to Mr. Gladstone's very sensible remarks on ventilation, at the meet ing of the Town Council on Wednesday last. It is satis factory to know that even one of our leading men has shown himself conversant with a subject to which so little attention has been paid, and from ignorance of which so much suffering is inflicted. Mr. Gladstone, too, is connected with one or two churches in our suburbs, in one of which, in a most salubriou neighbourhood, the ventilation is most defective. Instead of there being supplied three cubic feet per minute for each indi vidual, which Mr. Gladstone—if I remember rightly—stated to be the quantity necessary to sustain health, I do not think there is one cubic foot per Sunday supplied for each, notwith standing that the church has ventilators in the roof; these, however, are generally kept closed even during service, and, not only so, but between the services, of which there are three each Sunday, and during the week the windows of the church are never opened, in consequence of which the atmosphere inside has become vitiated to a most unwholesome degree. This is the more to be regretted, for this church is one whose services are free from the "mingled extravagancies and frigi dity of dissent, as well as from the semi-idolatrous absurdities of Puseyism,"* and " in which the pure Word of God is faith fully taught, and the sacraments duly ministered"--a church, in fact, against which no other complaint can be made than that the deficiency of air therein prevents the full enjoyment of its services. It is much to be wished that Mr. Gladstone would pay us a visit and instruct those to whose management these matters are committed, and use his influence to bring about a better state of things.-1 am, Sir, yours, &c. AN EARNEST CHURCHMAN. * Lord Sefton. MUSIC AND THE DRAMA. ROYAL PARK THEATRE.—Mr. 111`KOall Buchanan, the celebrated American tragedian, has been drawing crowded audiences to the above theatre during the week. He has appeared in several of Shakspere's tragedies. ITALIAN OPERA IN LIVERPOOL.—It iS understood that Mr. Copeland is negotiating with some of the greatest of living artistes for the production of Italian opera at the Theatre Royal. Miss E. L. WILLIAMS, the Welsh Nightingale, gave three concerts at the hall in Lord Nelson-street last week —all of which gave satisfaction to the audience. The Nightingale appeared in native costume in giving her Welsh songs, and her appearance was creditable to the Principality. Mr. SAQ,UI'S vocal and instrumental concert, at the hall, Lord Nelson-street, to-morrow evening, gives pro mise of unusual interest and success. The vocalists will be Miss Drayton, Miss Phillips, Miss Wemyss, Miss S. Wemyss, Mr. Miranda, and Mr. Saqui ; and the instru mentalists, Miss F. Levy, (her first appearance in public,) and Mr. Lawson. The programme is rich and varied. ROYAL AMPIIITHEATRE.—" Henry the Fifth" was played for the last time at the above establishment on Friday evening. The other performances during the week have been " Julius Ctesar" and " Othello." The after piece each evening has been " Our Mary Ann," in which the newly-revived dance, " Pop goes the Weasel," bas been happily introduced. Mr. George Vandenhoff ap peared for the last time on Saturday night, in Hamlet. He is now in Manchester, where he is a great favourite. SATURDAY EVENING CONCERTS.—The talented Dis tin Family gave one of their popular entertainments on their inimitable Sax,,-horns, at the Concert-hall, Lord Nelson-street, on Saturday evening. The hall was densely crowded. Mr. Distin, senior, was, as usual, received with the utmost enthusiasm ; and his trumpet solo, " The Sol dier Tired," formed the feature of the evening. Mr. John Willy presided at the piano -forte, and executed two solos with great taste—rather too much taste, indeed, for the audience, who were better pleased with the somewhat insipid songs of Miss Felton. MR. H. H. RooEns gave his first piano -forte soirée, on Tuesday last, to a numerous and highly respectable audience. He was very nervous on sitting down to the instrument, and consequently did not do justice to the Marche des Slovacques. He, however, recovered himself in Mendelssohn's " Lieder OhneWorte," which herendered, or rather sung, in a style which we have seldom heard equalled, two of which met with a merited encore. "Le Vamanier" was also encored. The second part opened with Liszt's difficult arrangement of Schubert's Bar carolle, which Mr. Rogers played with great spirit and precision. As an executant of Chopin's music, he stands unrivalled, as was proved by his playing of the preludes, (one of which was encored,) waltzes, and mazurkas. The concert terminated with the celebrated Marche des Croates, which was also encored. Thus the falsity of the idea that an audience cannot be entertained during an entire evening has been proved by there having been no less than five encores, and the audience remaining till the close of the performance. We observe that the second takes place on Friday, the 20th instant, when Beethoven's celebrated Sonata Appassionata will be performed. SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH TO INDIA.—A company for the establishment of this magnificent project has been formed in France. It is intended (says the Patnie) to continue the submarine telegraph which comes from Eng land to France by land to Nice and Genoa, reaching Spezzia to the bottom of the gulf of that name. The new line will then start from that point over Corsica and Sar dinia to the coast of Algeria, as far as the regency of Tunis. This part of the work will be finished in two years. At the end of that time the line will be prolonged along the shores of the Mediterranean to Alexandria. The cable will lie at the bottom of the sea, and the points chosen for crossing are very favourable. From Spezzia to Cape Corse the maximum depth is only 22 0 metres; in the Strait of Bonifacio it is only 80; and from the extremity of Sardinia to Bona, on the coast of Africa, it is only 327. The average depth is much less considerable. ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB.—Owing to the draw ing-room, appointed for the 2d June, the schooner match of the Royal Thames Yacht Club, from Gravesend round the Mouse Light and back, originally fixed for that day, will take place on the Ist of June. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.-TUESDAY, MAY 3. THE CHARITABLE TRUSTS BILL.—The LORD CHAN CELLOR, in moving the second reading of the Charitable Trusts Bill, described the mode by which the Govern ment proposed to put an end to abuses, and to place all the charities in the country upon a more useful and efficient footing. Read a second time. THE ANNUITIES COMMUTATION BILL.—Tn proposing the third reading of the South Sea, &c. Annuities Com mutation Bill, Earl GRANVILLE stated it would be neces sary to introduce a supplemental measure. The bill was read a third time and passed. Their lordships then adjourned. FRIDAY, MAY 6. The Salford Extension and Improvements Bill was read a third time and passed. REGISTRATION OF ASSURANCES.—The LORD CRAN CELLOR moved the third reading of the Registration of Assurances Bill.— Lord ST. LEONARD'S opposed the measure, which would, in his opinion, do great harm, its only advantage being that it would facilitate the Chan cellor of the Exchequer's scheme for taxing real property. Their lordships then divided, when the bill was carried by 57 to 29. The Lunacy Registration Bill, the Lunatic Asylums Bill, and the Lunatics' Care and Treatment Bill were read a third time and passed on the motion of Lord St. Leonard's. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TUESDAY, MAY 3. CHICORY.—Mr. WILSON, in answer to Sir John Trol lope, on the subject of the duty on foreign chicory, stated that the duty would be reduced from £2O to £4, and that, for the convenience of English growers, it would con tinueat that rate till September,lBs4, when it would cease. POST-OFFICE ESPIONAGE.—Lord PALMERSTON, in answer to Mr. Phinn, stated that no instructions bad been given to interfere with the letters addressed to foreign refugees, nor did he believe that any such letters had been interfered with in any way. COUNTY FRANCHISE.—Mr. LOCKE KING made his annual motion for leave to introduce a bill to make the franchise in English counties the same as that in boroughs, namely, the occupation of a tenement of the annual value of £lo.—Lord Jorcv RUSSELL suggested the withdrawal of the motion. The Government were not indisposed to consider the whole question, and they would submit their proposals under circumstances which would ensure a full and calm discussion. The motion was withdrawn. PROSECUTION OF A CANDIDATE FOR BRIBERY.—Sir JOHN SHELLEY, founding upon the report of the Chat ham Election Committee that Sir Frederic Smith had been guilty of bribery, by procuring employment in the Post-office for the son of an elector, moved that the Attorney-General be directed to prosecute Sir Frederic Smith for bribery, in accordance with the standing order of the house.—Sir FREDERIC THESIGER expressed a hope that, after considering the evidence, the house would not interfere. A discussion ensued, the prevailing opinion being that there was no intention on the part of Sir Frederic Smith to commit bribery, and that his proceedings could not fairly bear that construction.— Mr. DRUMMOND said he would like to see the man who, in his conscience, could say that be was entitled to throw the first stone at Sir Frederic Smith. Let the house do what it may, influence would be exercised, and the representatives of the Three per Cents, the Bank directors, East India Company's directors, railway kings, and the like magnates, would continue to sit within the walls. He did not think the result of recent inquiries very much calculated to put the Emperor of Austria or the Duke of Tescany much in love with representative assemblies. It was too much to object to a voter's wife getting a few yards of ribbon, when so much in a " legiti mate" way was done with a bit of ribbon in the " other house." As to the motion, those who voted for it would be disgraced, and not Sir Frederic Smith. On a division the motion was rejected by 188 to 78 ; majority, 110. MILITARY AT ELECTIONS.-Sir J OHN FITZGERALD, in moving for leave to bring in a bill, providing that the act which regulates the presence of soldiers in England during a parliamentary election be extended to Ireland, proceeded to narrate and criticise the military and legal proceedings connected with the Six-Mile-Bridge affair, but before be had completed his survey the house was " counted out." WEDNESDAY, MAY 4 Mr. DUNLOP presented a petition from the incumbent and inhabitants of St. Bartholomew's district, Liverpool, against opening the Crystal Palace on the Lord's Day. PROBATE OF WILLS.—On the order of the day, moved by Mr. HADFIELD, for the second reading of the Probate of Wills and Grants of Administration Bill, a short dis cussion arose as to the expediency of proceeding with the bill, the SOLICITOR-GENERAL having announced that a bill was in preparation, embracing the whole testamentary jurisdiction, which would be introduced by the govern ment after the commissioners had made their report. The bill was read a second time pro forma. PAYMENT OF WAGES.—Sir H. HALFORD, in moving the second reading of the Payment of Wages Bill, ex plained its object, which was, he said, to bring within the scope of the existing law certain practices contrary to its spirit, and which, by an unfortunate construction of its letter, had been exempted from its operation. He detailed the distresses of the stocking-weavers, the abuses and evils connected with middlemen, and the hiring of knitting-frames, which it was proposed to subject to a fair competition in open market.—ln the course of the dis cussion Mr. CARDWELL said, if he believed that the grievances of the framework knitters would be met by this bill, he should recommend the house to adopt it ; but he was convinced that its effect would be directly opposite. and recoil upon the very class it was intended to relieve. On a division the bill was thrown out by 188 to 127. COMBINATION OF WORKMEN.—The third reading of the Combination of Workmen Bill was opposed by the SOLICITOR-GENERAL, but six o'clock arrived before a decision was come to. THURSDAY, MAY 5, NEW WRIT FOR B E RWIC K.—On the order for resuming the debate upon the question as to the issue of a new writ for the borough of Berwick-upon-Tweed, Mr. PIIINN enlarged upon the notorious corruption of this borough, and moved that the w rit be suspended until the 2d of June.—Mr. K. SEYMER, Chairman of the Election Com mittee, opposed this motion.—Sir F. TIIESIGER argued that it would be unjust to the constituency to suspend the issue of the writ ; and upon a division the motion for the issue of the writ was carried by 220 to 62. MR. HALE, THE ROCKET MANUFACTURER.—Mr. T. DCNCOMBE inquired whether it was the intention of the Government to proceed with the second information against Mr. Hale, the manufacturer of the patent war rocket.—Lord PALMERSTON, in the course of his reply, alluded to the mis-statements and false accusations made by newspapers, and said he was told the other day that in the seizures which have been made in Italy there were a set of daggers found of English manufacture, and that the authorities were indignant at the detestable and diabo lical conduct of the man who had been Minister for Foreign Affairs in England, for that on those very daggers his name was inscribed—" For," said they, " here on these very daggers is ' Palmer and Son !' " (Roars of laughter.) " What a detestable and diabolical Revolu tionist this man is," said they, " who sends daggers here with his own name upon them !" (Renewed laughter.) He had no hesitation in saying that the Government had no desire to press hardly upon Mr. Hale, and that the evidence they had did not bear out or justify proceedings against any other persons, British or foreign.—Mr. BRIGHT, after speaking in terms of intense bitterness of the Times, inquired whether policemen had been employed to watch M. Kossuth's house; if so, whether it was done with the authority of the Home-office, and whether the expense was defrayed by the Government, or out of the metropolitan rates, or by the Austrian Government or the Austrian Embassy.—Lord PALMERSTON replied that the expense of our police was borne by this country, and that it was their duty, if they had reason to think that persons were engaged in proceedings contrary to law, to inform the Government; hut that he had given no special directions to them regarding M. Kossuth. THE BUDGET: " SCENE" IN THE HOUSE.—The House went into a Committee of Ways and Means. —On the resolution granting an income-tax until IS6O,—Mr. LAWLESS moved that the words " Great Britain" be sub stituted for " United Kingdom." He approved of the rest of the budget, but, although he hoped the time would arrive when Ireland could bear her full share of taxation, that time had not come yet.—Colonel DUNNE, regarding the budget as disadvantageous to Ireland, ex• pressed his regret that Mr. Lawless had not voted the other night for Sir E. B. Ly tton's amendment, instead of bringing forward a motion not likely to succeed.—Mr. V. SCULLY said his conclusion was that Ireland would, on the whole, be benefited by the budget.—Mr. DUFFY said his main objection to the budget was that it would be oppressive to the middle classes of that country. In the course of his speech he declared that the grossest corruption ever practised since the days of Walpole and the Pelhams had been practised, under his own eye, upon Irish members of that House.—Mr. J. BALL moved that these words be taken down.—Lord J. RUSSELL observed that if Mr. Duffy meant to refer to any members he ought to name them. If he was ready, with the Speaker in the chair, to charge any Irish members individually, with the corruption with which lie had charged them generally, he should not refuse to vote that the words be taken down ; otherwise it would be better to treat words, which Mr. Duffy was unable to prove, with contempt.— A warm discussion ensued, in which Mr. LUCAS disputed the interpretation put upon the words, arguing that they conveyed no imputation upon any persons except Her Majesty's Ministers.—Mr. DUFFY having declined to retract the words, they were taken down, and the Chair man being ordered to report progress, the House re sumed, when the occurrence was reported to the Speaker, who inquired of Mr. Duffy whether he had any explana tion to offer or would retract the words.—Mr. DUFFY declined either a lternative, and was dir ecte d to w i thdraw. —Lord J. RUSSELL thought that, under the circum stances, the ulterior proceedings ought not to be sug gested by any member of the Government.—Mr. Dts- RAELI proposed that Mr. Duffy should be called in and desired to state the names of the members whom he con sidered the Government had practised upon in a corrupt manner.—Mr. S. WORTLEY moved that the words re ported to the House be taken into consideration next day. —Lord J. RUSSELL thought this the preferable course ; and after some further debate, amid many manifestations of impatience, the proposition was agreed to.—On the motion of Mr. STANLEY, Mr. Duffy was ordered to at tend in his place next day.—The House adjourned at five minutes past 2 o'clock. FRIDAY, MAY 6. licAnoN.—ln answer to a question, Mr. WILSON said, there was no intention to withdraw the assent which the Treasury had given to the arrangement between Sir Watkin Wynn, as lord of the manor of Ruabon, and the Crown. WHITSUNTIDE HOLYDAYS.—Lord JOHN RUSSELL stated, that he should on Friday next move that the House at its rising do adjourn till the Thursday following for the Whitsuntide recess. HARWICH ELECTION.—Mr. HEADLAM reported, from the Harwich Election Committee, that G. M. Peacock, Esq., had not been duly elected, and that David Wad dington, Esq., had been duly elected, to serve for that borough. GOVERNMENT ANNUITIES,—In reply to a question, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, the Govern' ment had not suspended the granting of annuities either for lives or terms of years. DOCK-YARD VOTERS. —Lord JOHN RUSSELL' notice that he should propose the p os tpo n ement of t h e writ for Chatham, it being his intention to move for leave to bring in a bill to disqualify persons in the public employment in dock-yards from voting at elections for members of Parliament. . _ THE DUFFY DISORDER. The SPEAKER, hav ing ascertained that Mr. Duffy was in his place, read the words it had been reported he had used, and said if he bad any explanation to make, that was the time to offer Mr. DUFFY detailed the circumstances which, he .-std attended the occurrence of the preceding night, observing that he did not mean to convey the meaning that tnoneY had been paid, but that certain Irish members had aban doned solemn pledges and accepted places ; that he c° °- sidered this had been done for their own personal athi ti ' tape, which he could only regard as political corruption'_ and he could not recede f rom thi s op i n i on. —This wtr deemed to be a sufficient apology, and the subj ec t droPPeu , THE INCOME -TA X.—ThO House went into a COM . . mittee of Ways and Means, wh en th e Ch a i rman put the question which had been under discussion the preceding night, and, upon a division, Mr. Lawless's amend/nen was negatived by 288 to 63.—An objection having been taken that Mr. Duffy was in possession of the Committ ees and should have been called u p on by th e Ch a i r, th e Chai r ,: man reported progress, in order that the speaker,: opinion might be t a k en upon thi s po i n t o f order. T'l,; led to a personal discussio n , a ft er w hi c h M r. FiTzGEltt moved as an amendment th e i nser ti on o f certa i n w ords , the effect of which was to ex em pt i ncomes f rom prote s : sions, trades, or vocations i n I re l an d, th e expense a ttend ing the collection of whi c h, h e sa id, wou ld b e so gee , that it would absorb the whole tax. After some disen'; sion the amendment was nega ti ve d.—M r . W . MurcgEt; then moved to leave out th e wor d s " or from any prof eE t sion, trade, or vocation," in order to add words the etfe c of which was to charge the annua l pro fit s derived fe°; professions, &c., for every 205., bet ween £lOO an d st ) , o '' at the rate of sd. for two y ears , 4d. f or th e t wo succe ed'''' years, and 3d. for the next three vears.—The CHANcft; LOR of the EXCHEQUER opposed the motion, and t d , amendment was withdrawn.—The Committee then journed. The Exchequer Bills Bill passed through committee' RAILWAYS IN THE NORTH. The joint committees of the Perth and Inverness, Inverness and Elgin Railways met, with some gentlefe, favourable to these und er t a ki ngs , i n t h e o ffi ce o f M e ss , r,;' G. and P. Anderson, I nverness , on T ues d ay, April Pi,' Cluny Macpherson presid e d. A grea t num be r o f letter' from influential persons, a pp rov i ng o f th e propose d f° i so ft south, of railway commu n i ca ti on b e t ween nor th s " if south, were read. Amon g th ose w h o expresse d to r e hearty approval were the E ar l o f S ea fi e ld, Lord Pance ll ' e , , the Duke of Sutherland, the Marquis of Breadalb o Lord Kinnaird, Lord Saltoun, Lochiel, the Chisholif: Mr. Wylie, of Bolfracks Castle, Sir C. Munro, &c. Peter Anderson read the report by the deputed, appointed at the meeting of members of the joint mittee, held at Inverness on the 16th December, The report stated that most satisfactory interviews Pp been held with all the leading noblemen and g entleO e il in London connected w ith th e nor th o f Scotland, asc`'3 as with all the gre a t ra il wa y i n t eres t s b o th i n S c otio o and England, in c l u di ng th e L on d on an d N ort h - W e ste v , and the Lancaster and Carlisle Company. The dePd tation was assured by some of the most practical o ie influential men with w h om th ey converse d , that par4¢ would be readily got to undertake for one-half of : D I cost ; and that they thought th e o th er h a lf o f t h e eaPl o i would be easily provided by the public, in such a state, g the money market as is confidently ex p ec t e d soon to sr l j d In regard to the encouragement and facility to be atf , re! by the proprietors alon g th e li ne , cons id era bl e progr of had been already made in ascertaining the vievild those parties. First, th e D u k e o f Ath o l e intialte; that " he does not w i s h an y ra il way th roug h At lo , t , but, if it is thought the interests of the public quire a line, then he will not allow his own per of feelings to stand out against it, h ow muc h h e : ma y etv t be wise regret it." The othe r p ro p r i e t ors are a li ve to great importance of the formation of the line. 1)1 5 0, Seafield, Cluny Macphe r s on , M r . B a illi e , o f Kinet 3s llo , Miss Macpherson, of Bell ev ill e , B ro di e , o f B ro di e , 02 4 0 den, and other prop r i e t ors , w ill a ll come i n t o an y ten te d that may be genera lly agree d on . I t i s t h us ant ioo thatas b the een land s u suggested g e e a s n t e d thatb e procuredthelandowners an d a o t w n n o er s greatought e to g x Pens l t:l : e irlf it h the moor land gratis, an d th e ara bl e l an d f or say t:of years purchase of its agricultural value, without t er allowance for severance. The n a t ura l even t ua l e 1 p ot sion of the line, from Bade noc h t o F or t-Willi a re : 'fey Dulsie-bridge to Forres and Bur g he a d, an d f ro m ° e ll , ness into Ross-shire, were adverted to. Mr. 3 1 it5„ t iott in the course of a long sp e e c h, ex p resse d hi s concl t itre that the scheme would prove a beneficial and remune r 'lo l one, if they adopted, as was propo se d, th e A me rica" r o d , of cheap construction. Several resolutions were eacP ir eD by which (1) Mr. Mitchell was ordered to survey tar the more difficult part of the line ; (2) the Messrs..-t"of son to continue their labours under the di r ectteli re er committee, in effecting arran g em e nt s w ith landew„ for and preparing all details prepar a tory to fi na l measuri n e re-constructing the company and bringing out a pro of tus ; (3) a subscription loan to be f or th w ith ePenee the defraying the necessary ca sh di s b ursemen t s ; and ( o ncei Chairman to bring the matter und er the favourable n tri b l e of the next county m ee ti ng . S evera l handsome CODg. Lions were made towards d e f ra yi ng pre li m i nar y e xpense STATIONS OF THE BRITISH ARMY CORRECTED TO MAY 1, 1853. (From the United Service Gazette.) , i r [Where two places are mentioned, the l as t- na med is tila ' - which the depOt of the regiment is stationed.] r o Ist Life Guards, Hyde Park 40th N. S. Wales; w I aterf° 2nd do., Windsor !41st Malta; Mullingar Royal Horse Guards, Regent's l 42nd Weedon Park Ist Dragoon G'rds, Newbridge i4 44 3 t r l d i G C 2nd Dublin 45th C. Good Hope; Ch a 3rd Longford ' 46th Dublin 4th Dundalk 47th Malta; Limerick sth Ballincollig 48th Corfu ; Winchester 6th Canterbury 49th Malta; Buttevant 7th Callir 50th Preston ib G rt . tl i fa o r ,I).eC;LTaettnliaPtatie::: Ist Dragoons, Manchester ,51st Burmah ; Chatham 2nd Birmingham [homels2nd Dublin 3rd (LL;lit) Bengal ; on passage!s3rd Bengal ; Chatham _d 4th (Light) Ipswich 54th Quebec ; Londonder i, 6th York 55th Gibraltar; Nenagb 7th Hussars, Fiershill 56th Bermuda ; Chatballi Bth Nottingham 57th Corfu; Tralee 11311:11: Light Dublin D 9th Lancers,Bengal; M'dstone 58th New Zealand ; Jersey I, 1 1 2 0: 1 11 1 H La u n s c s e 'r r s s , ,c ll . ' G in . b i a L y; ; :1 1 : d ci s s t t o o n n e e 16 5 0 9t th l i i th( C ili h Ist i ; na ; Charles fo' CIO{ ragoons,Hounslowl Hope 14th (Light) Bengal ; Maidstonel6lst Bengal (2nd i t dr . r ) , bait.), Bengal c ;. G oo Chatham 15th Hussars, Madras; NP(lston.'62nd Athlone 16th Lancers, Dundalk 63rd Dublin 17th Brighton 64th Bombay ' • Chatlia9 l 4 l Grenadier Guards (let batt.),.6sth New Zealand; GOP' Wellington Barracks ; (2nde6th Toronto ; Guernsey batt.), St. George's Barracks; I67th Bar badoes ; Dover (3rd batt.), Windsor 68th Malta ; Newry Coldstream Guards (let batt.), 69th Antigua ; Chatham ,; Portman-street barracks ; 70th Bengal; Chatham COP (2nd batt.), the Tower 71st (Ist batt.), Corfu; Scotch Fusileer Gnarls (Istl (2nd batt.), Canada Cl l. batt.), St. John's Wood ;,72nd St. John's, N.s•; (2nd batt.), Chichester I Castle ~., is tol Ist Foot (Ist batt.), Ne.vport,l73rd C. Good Hope; Brr4ol S. W. ; (2nd batt.), Corfu,'74th C. Good Hope ; fe' Birr 175th Bengal ; Chatham tr 2nd C. G. Hope; Templemore 76th on pass. Halifax; Cl' a 3rd Malta ; Naas 177th Glasgow 4th Edinburgh sth Mauritius ; Chatham 6th Cape of Good Hope ; Can- 80th Burmali ; Chatham B7 7 9 B l st t it l ill Kilkennynilibay; Chatham terhury 7th Plymouth Bth Bombay; Chatham 83rd Bombay ; ChatlitiOr4 toth Bengal ; Chatham lab h h C o lo st nn h i a et tt.), 85th on pass. to Mauritius' 11th N. S. Wales; Hythe 86th Bombay; Chatham batt.), Cape Good Hope 188th Gosport 13th Gibraltar; Jersey 89th I Cork 14th Limerick I Bengal; !'ladras . Chatham Chatham ' . 1 90th Dublin ; (ll' 15th Ceylon ; Mullingar .91st (Ist batt.), Dublin' 16th Jamaica; Castlebar, batt.), C. Good Bor e . 17th Dublin 92nd Gibraltar •, GalwaY IStli Iturmall ; Chatham 93rd Portsmouth 19th Portsmouth 94th Madras; Chathaal 20th Canada; Chatham 95th Chatham 21st Hull 22nd Bengal ; Chatham 23rd (Ist batt.), Chester; (2nd 98th Bengal ; Chathain _,yi batt.), Canada 99th V. D. Land ; Chatbl'el; 24th Bengal ; Chatham et batt.); -4 , Rifle Brigade (1 v .. 10. 19 96 7 1 1 11 , s ß t e . n j g o a h l n ; , C N lia .s t h . a ; ra ctot tlir 25th Madras; Chatham of Good Hop e ; li; , 26th Gibraltar; Isle of Wight (2nd batt.), Catiterbu a rZ,v , 27th Enniskillen 28th Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1 Chatham Cba til 29th Bengal ; Chatham 72nd do., Demerara; h op 30th Gibraltar; Dover 13rd do. Jamaica ; Chilt v 31st Corfa ; Cork ' Ceylon Rifles, Ceylon Car e 32nd Bengal; Chatham Cape; Mounted MVO; I; ~ 33rd Manchester I Good Hope CO ° 34th Barbadoes ; Aberdeen • Royal Canadian Rifles; le os / Ist i West India Reg., J 130 35th Devonport St.' Helena Re St. ll e colli ;Royal Newfoundland 38th Portsmouth ißoyal Malta Fenciblesi 39th Cork 3 36 7 t t l i CeylonTrii'iTrinidad ( ; 1 C' • I; atli am Pembroke I vies, Newfoundland 310. Belfast; (2nd,BBB742tntilldl Stirling PRie 10 .9 , 1 0 t THE HARMLESSNF.SS CF DANCING.- -The ce ,„ , 0 Fenelon once ob serve d, " M y f r i en d , ne i t h e r Y n ° o l3 „'; myself need to d ance — we can b e h appy i n our o°.'"oo' but if dancing makes those people happy who have, , sources of enjoyment, why should they not dance • ‘ 10t; THE F AMILY OF L ITERARY S MITHS iS beCOr°lo midable. Adam Smith and Sydney Smith belorlgaere,f dead. Now there is Sidney Smith, the chief "Til li e r .r o f of the Weekly Dispatch ; Albert Smith, the 0 11 0 3 0 1 ' 0 f exhibitor of Mont Blanc ; John Stores Smith, s tl ,„tor lir " Social Aspects ;" William Smith, the trart s ' Fichte autl latest (and may we not add greatest) Alexander Smith, the GlasgOw poet. i << It , 4 0 , ANTIQUITY OF THE MAGNIFYING GLASS•.,,, P - Ael curious circumstance that a lona fide magnifV7 rl d ' fi e identified by Sir David Brewster as decidediY A - ift a e rf signedly such, was recently found by Mr. LaYa h fr e o .," r e of the temples at Nineveh. Mr. Layard says t', l " - iptv:o , of the cuneiform inscriptions and other smaller se"ot ' are so delicately cut and so minute as to be "S ly intelligible without a magnifying glass." li r i MRS. STORE, her husband, and her brotnl'earl:e:el;i Beecher, were entertainedon Saturday by the ' A ' f ier, Duchess of Sutherland, at Stafford House. ti cl Pie numerous company were in vi t e d t o mee t thew'," f;ar r tp an address to Mrs. Stowe had been read 19Y t ',l l e O n itt Shaftesbury, and replied to by D r . Beecher , ; into - t be partook of refreshment. The ladies then retirepeen ;oil aba e o g x e f fee p a t n l yo b s of n a e us a rr3 t s ei i a ts o: e ' i n; Duchesses of Sutherland and Argyle, entered '' t he 1 ,, at ol i s i e l m : no 5 , atn gyo w pet fi a where Sutherland s r csa : u a nj vb d : ej :I builta: t .. il o a\ Stowe, fyckis iill dta atvhwie lo er . seated uva e Fors rto f b et ot : ; ,:o e ' t 11 0 AN ORIGINAL CHARACTER.—Died last we e fi riie St. Mary Magdalen, Bridgnorth. For 50 Yea r u s o deroe ck", lop , c 4 ' ati l, Castle Hill Walk, and the only live inmates lie t wo , c o o',„ , Some little time back the magpie died a,sbwutelith7; ti l': ' s l ,s which the owner took pride in, and has h s will eilrc tid i° years, and taught to articulate many words. .. 6 1 3 be _ l e his master, Whitehouse held the office of Pai s i n d isly';' o p of St. Mary's Church for a period of 40 y'ears , aak.tp Iv an, bo p bore the character of an honest, inoffensive or ce erc employed by Messrs. Kent and Upton, 1ic1u,...,_ &C. in collecting their casks and despatching oraulfr, Tai the wz Police 21e. vi WA i ngt c numbs businE TH the 29 their seem boats, THI held it to try so Mu The c Was h, to sue, perien No e fl of the correr Ca the n or T. Mon of la Char OE an of next, to s e his 1 the 1 thur Re t i Livir Re Re 'Cant Re Rect, Re shire of t Sch the : not with the 1 pari Oif t tcxl /1 : re sit Cat,