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DAYS OF MY CHILDHOOD ly JANE EMILY HERBERT, from a recently published Volume, entitled " lone's Dream, and other Poems."] Gone, and for ever, sweet days of my childhood, For ever, I know it, and think with a sigh Of the wild-ringing laugh, in the green-hanging wild wood, And the visions of joy that grew up but to die. Hallowed thy hills, lovely spot, though departed Every tint that made bright the lone paths round my home; Through the world's sterner ways, that may leave broken hearted, Thy memorials are round me wherever I roam. Home of my early love, near me no more The paths whet e the elm and arbutus boughs fell; Oh 1 well I remember that day when I tore My steps and my heart from that vision-like dell. I sigh as I think of the past and its dream, When youth bore a charm of enchantment and joy— When gladness swelled high on the bank of the stream, And childhood knew nothing of griefs that destroy. LITERATURE. BOOKS 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. Babylon : Her Character and Doom. Liverpool George Philip and Son. _ A few thoughts, nervously expressed and neatly strung together, on the Papacy, proving it to be, indeed, Satan's great effort to counteract Chris tianity. The author, Mr. William Maude (M. M.), is favourably known to the religious world as the author of " The Christian's Daily Portion," and other small books on great subjects, which have enjoyed immense popularity, and effected no trifling amount of benefit upon the world. Table-Turning and Table-Talking. Henry Vizetelly. To those who place implicit reliance on the wildest theories of table-movers, and to the less scrupulous persons who " don't believe a word of it," this neat compilation will recommend itself with equal force ; for while the former maytriumph antly refer in these pages to a voluminous account of home and foreign theories and experiments, the latter will find a valuable record of what he con siders (probably with justice) one of the most melancholy chapters in the history of the human kind. As in the rest of Mr. Vizetelly's publications, the letter-press and engravings are prettily executed, and the volume both tasteful and cheap. London Uncle Tom at Home. By F. C. Adams. London Clarke, Beeton, and Co. Mr. Adams, formerly a newspaper editor in South Carolina, has come forward, and, in true American fashion, supported by his own experience " the terrible expositions," as he calls them, of the little Yankee woman who has made the sorrows of Uncle Tom familiar to the world. For the sake of the slave and the slave-maker, the ex-editor from Char leston has dared to run a risk " larger than the law can cover." His revelations, as coming from one who had little to gain and everything to lose by their publication, are valuable and interesting; and will, doubtless, enjoy a large measure of popularity with the British public. Australian. London : Eyre and Williams. This pamphlet contains a variety of practical hints to intending emigrants, written by William Crellin, a passenger by the Australian in June, 1852. It is all the more valuable from the circum stance that it is the letter of a plain-spoken intel ligent man, who writes to his friends only, and who never contemplated that his production would be placed in the printer's hands. Free Blacks and Slaves. Liverpool : Deighton and Laughton. This pamphlet, written by " A Cambridge Man," is a moderate and well-timed reply to the question, Would immediate abolition be a blessing ? The author answers this query in the negative, and sup ports his position at some length, by proving that the free blacks or " masterless slaves" in America are more degraded and worse treated than those in bondage ; that the negro can never exist in a free state where the white man has penetrated ; and that the only hope for the "Uncle Toms" of the new world is to ship them off to Liberia, there to live under the reign of their own happy Emperor, the sooty-coloured Solouque. Societies have been formed in America to effect this object, even among the planters of the South ; but it is a strange fact, that the slaves show an intense dislike to the pro posed Exodus. The facts and arguments of " A Cambridge Man" are addressed to the editor of the Anti-Slavery Advocate, and the letter will be read with profit both by the abolitionist and the pro slavery man. The Church of England Quarterly Review. London : Painter. One of the first papers which many readers will turn to, is a masterly production on elementary education, in which Sir James Kay Shuttleworth is eulogised as the main agent in effecting the great revolution which began with the formation of the Committee of Councilor Educati on in 1839. Sir James is here defended vigorously from an attack made upon his character as a Churchman and a Christian by Mr. Archdeacon Denison, in a recent charge to his clergy. The origin and progress of the Church of England Education Society, the Liverpool Auxiliary in connexion with which was inaugurated a few weeks ago, is sketched by an approving hand, familiar with the circumstances which have led to the separation from the National Society. The other articles in the present number of this quarterly are—" Layard's Nineveh and Babylon," "The Hohenstauffen and the Popes," " University Reform," " Allies' Primacy of St. Peter," " The Mission of the Nations," " The Reformation in England," and "The Jesuit as a Missionary," besides the customary notices of books, which, as usual, are genial, learned, and in structive, The Senator's Son : a Tale of Intemperance. London : Clarke, Beeton, and Co An American lady, Metta Victoria Fuller, has called in the aid of the now universal novel to sup port the Maine Liquor Law. Like all works of fiction written for the express purpose of maintain ing a system, whether of politics or theology, "The Senator's Son" is essentially a false production. It possesses all the worst features of the least tem perate teetotal literature : burning bowels and deli rium tremens haunt every passage of the book—all the noblest natures are represented as being defiled and destroyed—every picture drawn by the artist is black and revolting. Hence the work is horribly monotonous and maudlin. The life delineated by Miss Fuller is not the real life around her. Stump orators in the teetotal interest have long ago worked up her most striking exaggerations, so that her sketches have not the merit either of being original or fresh to the public. In thus noticing " The Senator's Son," we deem it proper to state that, from our experience in that section of the Old World in which we live we are quite as well aware of the immense prevalence of drunkenness as Miss Fuller can possibly be, and quite as desirous, perhaps, to see the evil removed. But we must emphatically dissent from the idea that this object can be promoted in the smallest measure by the publication of distorted pictures of human life such as those perpetrated in " The Senator's Son." The Dublin University Magazine Contains one especially noteworthy paper this month, in the shape of a furious " pitch" into the new poet, Alexander Smith, which is coupl e d w i t h a right pleasant and genial discourse on the life a n d writings of poor Edgar Poe. The reviewer, in criticising Mr. Smith, tells many wholesome truths, by which, we are confide nt, a man possessing so much sterling good sense a s the y oun g Scottish bard will benefit. But we must enter our decided protest against the tone of levity which pervades the review. It is evident from the first line to the last that the writer has been labouring hard to poke fun at Mr. Smith ; and we are sorry that there is even worse than the absence of a becoming serious ness in the paper. If space permitted, we might attempt to prove that the alleged plagiarisms from Longfellow, Shelley, and others, are no plagiarisms at all, and can o n ly h e c l asse d w ith th os e extraor dinary literary coincidences which occur in the works of the highest in the sky of song. And when the reviewer mentions the introduction of songs into the " Life-Dra ma ," " w hi c h , w i t h out the wit or melody, ha ve a t h ousand times the warmth and amativeness of those of Mr. Thomas Little," he knows perfectly well that this is a great exaggeration. The sneers at the "Herschel of the Critic"—by whom. we presume, the Rev. George Gilfillan is meant—are very ungenerous. We had thought the "literary gentleman" of the Examiner would not have found a companion in the mean and contemptible course of prejudicing Mr. Smith and his works because he happened to be first intro duced to public attention by Mr. Gilfillan. The merits of the Dundee pastor, or of any London periodical, have nothing to do with the character of Mr. Smith's first book ; an d, if it i s t o be re viewed, let. it be disassociated from all outward circumstances, And taken at ite true value. How ever, there is one consolation in the pleasing fact that "A Life-Drama," has already reached a second edition; and such a notice as that in the Dublin must now produce more good than harm both to poet and publisher. The New Bond of Love. New York : Published for the Author. 1853. We have here 113 pages, crammed with the wildest absurdities that ever flowed from the pen of an insane Yankee. We are not surprised that the book has no printer's name attached to it. It ought never to have been printed. The author, denouncing the selfishness of humanity as the root of all evil, proposes that a bond of love be esta blished, each member of which shall devote one month in the twelve to the service of his or her fellow-creatures who require assistance. If the world is not willing to accede to this proposal, then there is but one alternative left : " But if there should be no answer ; if the black stream should roll on sluggishly, doggedly ; would the heavens frown if a holy being were to make a supreme effort and concentrate in his bosom all the nameless sufferings of millions and millions who are gone, of millions and mil lions who are living, of millions and millions who are to come, and shout forth in agony and despair—Stop the supplies ! Let there be no new beings produced before the black stream is stemmed." The author of these ravings intimates that humanity is to be regenerated by the influence of the "noble new world." One passage from the modest Yankee on this head, and then we have done with him : " The love of truth which comes down from heaven may be misunderstood in the Old World, because there the people are nothing, but here the people are every thing; and, unmolested by the selfish lamentations of disappointed demazogues, or the frantic sobs and sighs of fanatical day-dreamers, they can well afford to give a hearing to everybody; since they know that to make them act against their own convictions is in the power of nobody. This love of truth is the almighty swayer of their convictions ; the love of truth is written upon the face of your citizens ; the love of truth is written upon the graceful faces of your women." This is pretty tall swagger, even for an American. We are afraid that the perpetrator of these para graphs, instead of founding a new bond of love, had better be intrusted by his friends to the salutary bonds of a strait-jacket. Ballads and Lyrics. By Robert Bower. Edinburgh Jathes Hogg. A well-meaning, but a mistaken man is Mr. Robert Bower. A rather imperfect judgment as to the value of his own handiwork, or the praise of inconsiderate friends, has made him fancy that he is a poet, and accordingly he has plunged at once into publication. We wish we had it in our power to praise his volume; for he is an amiable person, we can imagine, and is evidently wishful to make his literary abilities subservient to the best pur poses. But an amiable and well-intentioned man does not constitute a poet, as a few samples from Mr. Bower's sky-blue volume will amply attest. "The Infanticide" is a painful piece of work, opening thus : " Born in a dismal den, Where thieves and robbers dwell, She grew in want and wickedness ; How sad her tale to tell ! " Her mother—let us draw A veil o'er aught of her : Her father—drunkard, sluggard— 'Scarce from his glass would stir." Mr. Bower is a Scotsman, we presume, and, doubt less, from his circle of acquaintances has drawn the picture delineated in the last line. But this thirsty parent,—if his abiding place was Edinburgh, he must have been " one in fifteen," we fancy— deepens the complexion of his guilt by sending out his girl to beg and steal : " For crimes when put in jail, She felt it little pain ; So soon as she was free, She went and stole again. "At length she had a child, Then she began to think ; And thus she thought as she Stood by a river's brink : " 1 Shall this child also grow Like me, in want and sin ?' She kissed the little babe, And then she threw it in. "They hanged that guilty mother, And all the world said, 'Twas just that she should die, Because the child was dead !" Verily, thou lovest simplicity, Mr. Bower. Thy lines are quite Wordsworthian,—all the words without any worth in them • with all the apparent purility, and not a spark Of the poetry which dis tinguishes the effusions of the bard of Rydal. We do not know whether Mr. Bower has come to his courting days yet ; but we hope that if he has not he will, before entering on that agreeable epoch in his history, modify his idea of a kiss. It is at present positively frightful to contemplate. For, says he—depicting a fierce, tempestuous night— " The wild winds seemed to kiss The waters of the stream." Rough work this, Mr. Bower. We have heard of wild winds lashing the waters into billowy wrath, and it requires certainly a long stretch of the imagi nation for a man at the Ormes Head on a stormy night to fancy that old Bill Boreas and his fickle crew have come down on a love expedition to have a quiet night's caressing of the waves. But our author is not very choice in the selection of his figures. Here is another example : " With matchless fury Douglas fought, His sword, of wondrous weight and length, Unto the earth assailants brought, Like saplings crushed by woodman's strength. " But, lo ! like mighty vessel stranded Upon a rock amid the water, He struck—he fell; his double-handed Weapon ceased its horrid slaughter." The author states his aspiration to " frame a song," superior to all that ever have been penned : " Breathing the spirit of vitality ; tEolian-harp-like let it be, Such as Apollo sung— Soft and impassioned—harmonious and sublime-- Worthy of existence in remotest time." Mr. Bower is probably a nice young man—the favourite correspondent, mayhap, of some north country blue-stockings, but we fear that he never will be a poet, while we fervently hope that we have seen the last of him—at least in print. The Dodd Family Abroad. London : Chapman and Charles Lever was by some critics supposed to be running dry ; but his present work proves the sup position to have been a signal mistake. To our mind The Dodd Family Abroad is one of the best stories that ever flowed from his fertile pen ; and we are much mistaken if it does not long survive the mere circulating-library fame which it is sure to catch in the present, and stand out in the future as one of the best classics of the nineteenth century. From the part for July we cull a few proofs that Harry Lorrequer is still as fresh, funny, and buoyant as of yore : THE PLEASURES OF SOLDIERING. Soldiering has always struck me as an insupportable line of life. I have no objection in the world to fight the man that has injured me, nor to give satisfaction where I have been the offender ! But to go patiently to work to learn how to destroy somebody that I never saw and never heard of, does seem absurd and unchristianlike altogether. You say, " He is the enemy of my country, and con sequently mine." Let me see that ; let me be sure of it. If he invades us, I know that he is an enemy ; but if he is only occupied about his own affairs—if he is simply hunting out a nest of old squatters that he is tired of—if he prefers to live under the " Cock," or, maybe, " the Drone-bee," what have Ito say to that ? So long as he stays at home, and only "gets drunk on the premises," I have no right to meddle with him. It's all very well to say that nobody likes to have a disorderly house in his neighbourhood. Very true ; but you oughtn't to go in and murder the residents to keep them quiet !—There's the mail gone by, and I have forgotten to send this off ! It's a wonderful thing how living in Germany makes a man long-winded and tiresome. It.must be the air, at least with me, or the cookery, for I am perfectly innocent of the language. The " mysterious gutturals," as Macaulay calls them, will ever be mysterious to me ! A PROPOSAL OF MARRIAGE. di why, it's a proposamlmofms from i the Police." marriage " exclaimed Papa, 3";:apryd Egad,lA n thoughtnsea. iit is," 1 s i l t , h a , escuruieadnjmon James. "It's an o ff er t o y ou , vonter of the Ord e r of Wolfenschafer, Freiherr von Sehweinbraten and Ritter the Cock of Tubingen ,maketh hereby, and not the less, that with future-coming-time-to-be -proved-and-experienced a offer affection, of the profound humilityof himself, with ail his to he named and enumerated belongings, in effects and maj orats, to the lovel y and very beautiful Miss, bothtiful Miss, the first daug hte r o f t he Venerable an H on ourable the Lord Do dd d e Dodsborough." , " Pray stop, James," said I ; " this is scarcely a fit ting matter for coarse jesting, nor is my heart to be made the theme for indelicate banter." " The letter is a gem," said be, and went on : " 'The so-named A. von W., overflowing with a mild but in. heaven-soaring and never-to-earth -descending l ove , ex. pecteth, in all the pendulating anxieties of a never-at any-moment-to-be-disturbed devotion,-' " " Papa, I really beg and requ est that I may not be trifled with in this unfeeling manner. The Baron's in tentions are sufficiently clear and explhisicit E, no nglish pistolary r are we now engaged in the work of correcting e style." This I said haughtily, Kitty ; and Mister James at last thought .... proper to recaver some respect for my feelin g s. 4, h 7, I never stunpected you could take the thing seriously, dear Mary .&nne," said he. "If . 1 only thought---- ,, - " And pray, by not, Ames ? I'm sure the DAIEOifI THE LITERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1853. ancient bite fact-' —his rank, his fortune—his position, in ' Of all of which we know nothing," broke in_Papa " But of which you may know everything," said I ; " for here, at the postscript, is an invitation to us all to pass some weeks at the Schloss, in the Black Forest, his ancestral seat." _ " Or, as he styles it," broke in James, impertinently, " the very old castle, where for numerous centuries his high-blooded and on-lofty-eminence-standing ancestors did sit,' and where now • his with-years-bestricken but not- t he-less-on-that-account- sharp- with-intelligence- be gifted parent Father do reside.' " " Read that again, James," said Papa. " Pray allow, Sir," said I, taking the letter. " The invitation is a most hospitable request that we should go and pass some time at his chAteau, and name the earliest day our convenience will permit for the visit." •' He spoke of capital shooting there ! " cried James. " He told me that the Auer-Hahn, a kind of black cock, abounds in that country." " And I remember, too, that he mentioned some wonderful Steinherger—a cabinet wine, full two hundred years in wood ! " chimed in Papa. I wished, dearest Kitty, that they could have enter tained the subject -matter of the letter without these " contingent remainders," and not mixed up my future fate with either wine or wild fowl ; but they really were so carried away by the pleasures so peculiarly adapted to their own feelings, that they at once said, and in a breath, too, " Write him word ' Yes,' by all means ! " A YOUNG LADY'S OPINION OF MARRIAGE " Now, first of all, Mary Anne," said he, " do you love this Baron Wolfensehafer ?" Who ever could answer such a question in one word, Kitty ? How seldom does it occur in life that all the circumstances of any man's position respond to the ambitious imaginings of a girl's heart ! He may be handsome and yet poor; he may be rich, and vet low born ; intellectual, and yet his great gifts may be alloyed with infirmities of temper; he may be coldly.natured, secret, self-contained, uncommunicative a hundred things that one does not like—and yet, with all these drawbacks, what the world calls an " excellent match." I believe very few people marry the person they wish to marry. I fancy that such instances are the rarest things imaginable. It is a question of compensation throughout —you accept this, notwithstanding that—you put up with that, for the sake of this! Of course, dearest, lam re jecting here all belief in the " greatest happiness princi ple " as a stupid fallecy, that only imposes upon elderly gentlemen when they marry their househeeper. I speak of the considerations which weigh with a young girl who has moved in society, who knows its requirements, and can estimate all that contributes to what is called a " position." THE IRISH EXODUS IN A NEW LIGHT. Ay, Tom, all is changing around us. The Gentry are going, the Middle Classes are going, and the peasant is going ; some, of their free will ; more, from hard neces sity. I know that the general opinion is favourable to all this—in England at least. The cry is ever, " Ireland is improving —Ireland will be better." But my notion is, that by Ireland we should understand not alone the soil, the rocks, and the rivers, but the people—the heart, and soul, and life-blood that made the island the gene rous, warm-hearted, social spot we once knew it. Take away these, and I no longer recognise it as my country. What matters it to me if the Scotchman or the Norfolk farmer is to prosper where we only could exist ? My sympathies are not with him. You might as well try and console me for the death of my child by showing me how comfortably some other man's boy could sleep in his bed. I want to see Ireland prosper with Irishmen ; and I wish it, because I know in my heart the thing is possible and practicable. VARIETIES. WHAT makes a lawyer's position so perilous ?—Because he has other men's deeds to answer for as well as his own. MEN in a passion should be treated like kettles—when they boil over they should be taken off. RETORT.—" I go through my work," as the needle said t) the idle boy. " But not till you are bard pushed," as the idle boy said to the needle. A BACHELOR has left a boarding-house, in which were a number of very plain featured women, on account of the miserablefair set before him at the table. A CORRESPONDENT of the Boston Museum says—" If a dog's tale is kut awf intirely, would it interfear with his lowcomotion ?" Answer—Not exactly ; it would not affect his carriage, but it would entirely stop his waggin'. A belle's face, in the singular bonnet of a score of years sincg, was like a rose at the bottom of a coal scuttle. Now, it stands forth from her bonnet like that rose bursting from the bud. As AXIOM Is ACOUSTICS.—In order for the acoustic properties of a theatre to have fair play, the house should be empty—i. e. for an opera to be heard properly, there should be nobody to hear it. Handel has been heard to console his friends, when the curtain drew up and showed an empty house, by saying, " Never mind. the music will sound the better." ONE of the admirers of Richard Coeur de Lion at tempts to portray him as a humourist, quoting the follow ing anecdote—When the Pope Celestine wrote to remon strate with him for keeping "his son," the Bishop of Beauvais, in prison. Richard returned for answer the bishop's coat of mail, with the text from the Vulgate, " See whether this be thy son's coat or no." AN IRISH PLEA.—Some very " pretty fooling" bas been elicited by a question of informal pleading raised in the case of Streetry v. the Professional Insurance Com pany, in which it appeared that the defendants had pleaded that judgment had been signed without their knowledge, " behind their backs." The judges took ex ception to this figurative way of pleading, and Mr. Justice Maule requested Serjeant Byles to inform him whether it would be a good plea that the plaintiff " badn't a leg to stand upon." The same facetious judge related a case within his experience, in which a woman had sworn by affidavit that sbe was put into such fear that she could have crept into a nutshell, and verily believed she would have done so if it had not been for the interposition of a third party. A RICH ANECDOTE is told of an amusing colloquy that took place between a Boston exquisite, reeking with hair oil and eau de Cologne, who was " peming" the waiters, and otherwise assuming very consequential airs, and a raw Jonathan, who sat by his side dressed in homespun. Turning to his - " vulgar" friend, the former pointed to his jewelled finger and said, " Butter, sah I" " I see it is," coolly replied Jonathan. "Butter, sah," fiercely repeated the dandy. " I know it—very good—first-rate article," provokingly replied the homespun. " Butter, I tell you!" thundered the exquisite, in still louder tones, pointing with slow, unmoving finger, and scowling upon his neighbour, as if he would annihilate him. ' Well, gosh all Jerusalem, what of it ?" yelled the countryman, getting his dandruff up in return; " Yer don't think I took it for lard, do ye ?" NOVEL ILLUSTRATION OF COURTlNG.—Courtin' a gall, I guess, is like catchin' a young horse in the pastor. You put the oats in a pan, hide the halter, and soft-saw. der the critter, and it comes up softly and shyly at first, and puts its nose to the grain, and gets a taste, stands off and munches a little, looks round to see that the coast is clear, and advances cautious again, ready for a go if you are rough. Well, you soft-sawder it all the time : so-so, pet! gently, pet! that's a pretty doll ! and it gets to kind a like it, and comes closer, and you think you have it, make a grab at its mane, and it ups bead and tail, snorts, wheels short round, lets go both hind feet at you, and off like a shot. That comes of being in a hurry. Now, if you had put your hand up slowly to wards its shoulder, and felt along the neck for the mane, it might perhaps have drawed away, as much as to say, hands off, if you please; I like your oats, but I don't want you, the chance is you would have caught it. Well, what's your play, now you have missed it ? Why, you don't give chase, for that only scares a critter; but you stand still, shake the oats in the pan, and say, cope, cope, cope! and it stops, looks at you, and comas up again, but awful skittish, stretches its neck out ever so far, steals a few grains, and then keeps a respectful distance. Now, what do you do then ? Why, shake the pan and move slowly, as if you were goin' to leave the pastor and make for hum ' • when it repents of bein' so distrustful, comes up, and you slips the halter on.—Sam Slick's Wise Saws and Modern Instances. STATE OF THE GOVERNMENT HEALTH. The anxiety which has been generally felt in consequence of the critical disorder to which several members of the royal family have recently been subjected, and under which some of them are still suffering, has diverted the public mind from the sanitary condition of the govern ment, which appears, however, to have occasioned, of late, considerable uneasiness to the friends and supporters of the present administration. The Morning Advertiser, a highly liberal and progressive journal, and therefore, we conclude, in the confidence of several members of the existing cabinet, authentically alarmed the world at the beginning of the week by publishing a regular bulletin of the health of Whitehall and Downing -street. The fact is, the constitution of the government is not very strong, and it was originally ordered by its medical attendants to try a milder climate. Nice, we believe, was mentioned. It suffered very much in the earlier part of the session, from a series of bad nights; but as the spring advanced it seemed to rally, and its friends were very sanguine of its permanent establishment. Of late, however, it has experienced relapse. The prevalence of easterly blasts has, no doubt, been very trying for it. Sir Henry Holland and Dr. Ferguson have, we understand, been called in since the appearance of the bulletin of the Morning Advertiser. The indisposition of the various members of the Cabinet takes, we hear, a very different form, though they are all in some degree suffering. That of Lord Palmerston is an indisposition to go down to his office ; while that of Lord Clarendon, on the other hand, is an indisposition to believe that the Russians have taken possession of the principalities. The indisposition of Mr. Gladstone to comprehend that the Exchequer Bills are at a discount is, we are assured, extremely painful. Lord John Russell's late attack was entirely indisposition to acknowledge that he was no longer the Leader of the House of Commons. Sir William Molesworth's com plaint is, that unfashionable people will persist in con sidering him a radical ; while the complaint of the Duke of Newcastle is, that he is not Leader of the House of Lords. The Duke of Argyll's indisposition to follow any opinion except his own increases daily ; while the infir mity of Mr. Sidney Herbert consists merely of an indis position to ring his Rs. His uncle, Count Woronzow, the Governor of Odessa, has recommended him to prac tise daily " God save the Emperor of Russia," we hear, with the best eff ec t. L or d Ab er d een ' s l a t e a tt ac k was entire ly Turkey rhubarb 1 l iindigestion ,hisi ors d Lordship iep surfeithrearemedy a e dg oyrfe great Caviare recommendeda vi repugnancea r e; tincture to b i ty t. he e f The Press. JOSEPH SMALES has been convicted of having, on the 13th of March last, at Swillington, near Leeds, cut and wounded his daughter, Isabella Smales, in the most fero cious manner, and sentenced to ten years' transportation. A " SCENE" took place in the Vice-Chancellor's Court, on Monday. A nurse and her husband openly misted an guardian, and f orce h ad to be resorted to. order of his lordship to deliv er up a child to the custody Theof an nurse appn ' i s h n te u d s band was taken into custody. 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 he does not hold himself responsible for the opinions or statements of his correspondents LORD'S DAY DESECRATION. To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,—On going to Church yesterday morning, and again in the afternoon, I had occasion to pass the eastern wing of the Post-office, and was astonished and disgusted to observe the windows wide open, and bricklayers, plasterers, Sze., hard at work, just as any other day of the week. I know not who are the authorities in this matter; but it appears to me to be indecency, to say the least of it, that ought immediately to be checked. I trust you will use your valuable influence for the suppression of such a bold and barefaced desecration of the Sabbath.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, A LOVER OF THE LORD'S DAY. . Liverpool, Monday, July 11, 1853. [This letter did not reach us until Tuesday morning last week.] -.-.,.------ THE BOLD ATTACK ON BRAMLEY-MOORE To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD feel so ashamed of Mr. Bold for his paltry attack on Mr. Bramley-Moore, that I am doubtful whether to believe him serious or no. He must have intended his notice of mo tion about altering the name of the Bramley-Moore Dock merely as food for gossip, for he could hardly persuade himself that the Dock Committee would lend themselves to such a design. I would recommend some member to move, as an amendment, that Mr. Bold be excused from attendance during the next six weeks, in order that he may have time to cool, for the election excitement seems to have driven him above fever heat. I have no Moore-ish predilections, for I voted for Horsfall and Liddell; but, in common with all the Dock Committee, I like to see FAIR PLAY. Toxteth-park, 16th July, 1853 MR. BOLD'S NOTICE OF MOTION. To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD, SlR,—However we may, as a party, censure the conduct of Mr. Bramley-Moore in allowing himself to be nominated at the late election, and throwing disunion into the Conservative camp, now that the election is over, I think you will agree with me that we have no right to persecute him further, for surely the lesson which he had dealt to him, and the merited castigation which he received on that unfortunate occasion, must have been severely felt by that gentleman. How Mr. Thomas Bold could so far commit himself, on Thursday last, at the meeting of the Dock Committee, and evince such per sonal animosity towards Mr. Moore, is indeed astonishing. There is but one feeling amongst all right-thinking men, whatever shade of politics they espouse. and that is a disgust at so violent and uncalled-for a proceeding. It was bad taste in naming a dock after Mr. Moore, but that having been done some years, this is not the moment to trample on a fallen foe. The whole proceeding bears the character of such vindictive ness and bad taste, and so utterly at variance with the acknow ledged fairness of an Englishman,that gentlemen have scarcely patience to name it. Were Mr. Bold's motion carried by the Dock Committee and put into force, it would not only damage the Conservatives, but reflect discredit on the town at large. The whole country would cry shame, and very properly so . But it must not be. Should Mr. Bold not relinquish such a puerile yet preposterous proposition, and that immediately, memorials should be forthwith prepared to the Dock Com- mittee, and placed in every news-room in the town for sig nature, calling upon them to squash the matter in the bud, and let us have no more of such nonsense. Surely some kind friend of Mr. Bold's will point out to him the false position in which he is not only placing himself, but his party, and obviate any nece,sity for so painful and humi liating a step. I trust that you may deem the subject of suffi cient importance to insert these hastily-written lines in the Standard of Tuesday ; and for your satisfaction I inclose my card, to convince you, and the readers of the Standard, that, at all events, at the late election 1 was not a follower " through Coventry" of Mr. llloore.—l am, AN OLD FREEMAN, Who voted for Liddell and Horsfall, IEII July, 1853. and a Detester of Foul Play. [At the Exchange News-Room, a memorial to the Dock Com mittee is now in course of signature.] LONDON & NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL ST,IND_IRD, Sta,—liaving occasion to be in Manchester yesterday, I pro ceeded thither on the London and North-western line, engaging a second-class fare ; and taking my seat accordingly in a carriage of that name, I found on this, as on other journey', third-class fares put in the same carriage. From the efforts of your valuable paper in the vindication of principle, you will not, I think, take offence in my asking, did the railway autho rities perpetrate a fraud on me, or have they not sufficient ac commodation for the third-class traffic ?—I remain, Sir, yours, very respectfully, Liverpool, July 18,1853. WRECKS ON THE EAST COAST-LOSS OF A STEAMER. The violent gale of wind and rain on Thursday and Friday mornings has been most destructive to life and property on the east coast. Amongst the vessels wrecked was a new iron screw steam-ship, the Countess of Strath more, J. Nicholson, master, one of the fleet of steam colliers recently put on between London and the Tyne. She took her departure from Shields about 8 30 p.m. on Wednesday for London, and had not proceeded far to the southward before she encountered the commencement of the gale, which is reported to have been E.S.E. She kept her way, however, the sea making breaches over her bow with great fury. At daybreak the wind had con siderably increased, and fears were entertained for her safety. As the „morning advanced, she neared the York shire coast, and it was then discovered that water was fast gaining in her from the tremendous waves which kept now and then dashing over her, to such an extent, indeed, as to put out the fire. To add to the difficulty, the pumps would not work, and the foundering of the ship appeared inevitable, unless some harbour was made, and the order was given to bear away for Hartlepool. There was but little cessation in the violence of the weather, and how the vessel lived in the gale so long is a matter of some surprise. Towards evening a billyboy, called the Sisters, belonging to Boston, observed the distressed steamer, and at once made for her. Prompt efforts were then made to preserve the crew. Their own boat had broken adrift, and it was announced that the ship was fast settling down. The fearful state of the sea rendered their rescue most difficult. Lines were thrown to the poor fellows from the billyboy, by which eight of them were dragged from the wreck, through the sea, to the billyboy, and another lot of four, contrived, by some extraordinary good fortune, to reach their fellow-seamen in one of the boats. The captain had secured a rope round his body, but it broke, and he was drowned. The mate jumped overboard with a ladder in his hand, in the hope of float ing with it to the Sisters, but he perished. A third sailor shared a like fate. By this period the Countess of Strath more bad got low down, and within a short time of the remaining portion of the crew getting clear of her, she went down in deep water, Whitby bearing a few miles distance of her. The Sisters then made for Hartlepool, and landed the exhausted crew. The steamer life-boat was picked up by a vessel which has reached the Tyne. About the time she foundered, a laden brig was seen to disappear with every soul on board, it was thought. Mr. Aimes, the master of the Dolphin, belonging to Rochester, on arriving at Hartlepool on Friday, reported seeing the ill-fated ship go down near Robin Hood's Bay. The wind was blowing very heavy, and no thing had been seen of the crew. In the vicinity of Hartlepool the shipping suffered considerably. A vessel was wrecked, which was attended by the most heart rending circumstances. A Sunderland sloop called the Sisters, Mr. Lewis, master, bound to Newcastle, was cast ashore, the breakers completely washing over her. Her crew consisted of only two men and a boy, son of one of the men. As she struck, father and son were swept off, but they were rescued by the other man, and the three clung to the rigging. A boat, manned by a crew of daring fellows, endeavoured to reach them, but the heavy character of the surf defied all their exertions. At length, after a painful delay of some three hours, a rocket line was passed to the wreck, by which she was boarded. The father and son, who was insensible, and had been sup ported in the arms of his parent for some time, were then got ashore, but all efforts were ineffectual to restore the boy, who died from the effects of exhaustion and terror. —A fine brig, named the Alexandria, Captain Sinclair, bound to Gothenburg, in endeavouring to run into the harbour to escape the fury of the gale, was thrown ashore in the bay. Near Seaham several coasters were driven on shore, amongst them the Ida, of Wisbeach, Waive, and Fawn, of London, St. Giles, of Dunkirk, and Jane Sinclair, of Sunderland ; some of them went to pieces. Higher up the coast, towards the Spurn and Yarmouth Roads, there appear to have been many disasters. A brig , named the Rose, of Stockton, bound to London, drove ashore on the Palling, and filled. The London, Hull and London steam-ship, on her passage to the Thames, put back into the North Roadstead, off Lowestoft, and landed her passengers ; and a vessel, reported as the Royal Frederick, bound from Sunderland to Portsmouth, struck upon the Knock Sand, and, being got off, eventually went down. The crew were preserved by a brig bound to Rye. THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The annual exhibition of the Royal Agricultural Society commenced on Wednesday, at Gloucester. The pavilion dinner was, as usual, well attended, nearly one thousand agriculturists having assembled on the occasion. The chair was filled by Lord Ashburton, the president for the year. Amongst the company wero the American Minister, General Ariste, (of Mexico,) and Judge Halliburton. On Thursday the cattle-yard was thrown open, but the weather was exceed ingly unfavourable, torrents of rain having descended until two o'clock in the afternoon. The attendance, however, notwithstanding that every step taken was more than ankle deep in mud, was surprisingly good. The general ex pectations formed of the show have not been realized. The short horns made no great show, the Devons were very good, the Herefords fair, and the Welsh very poor; the Southdowns, Shropshires, and Cotswolds excellent, but the last-named too fat ; the Leicesters did not reach the usual standard of merit, and there was nothing very striking about the horses exhibited ; but the Suffolk car ried away the palm. The display of Welsh ponies was very inferior. On Friday, the concluding day, the wea ther was tolerably fine ; and, though the show-yard had hardly recovered from the effects of the previous rain, there was an immense influx of visitors. Among the prizes for poultry, of which there was a good show, several were awarded to Captain Hornby, of Knowsley Cottage, Pres cot ; Henry Worrall, of Knotty Ash House, near Liver pool ; W. C. Gwynne, of Sandbach, Cheshire, and T. T. Parker, of Aaley-hall, Chorley. I IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.-TUESDAY, JULY 12 Several petitions were presented from Manchester and Salford in favour of the Combination of Workmen Bill. SCOTCH BANKRUPTCY.—Lord BROUGHAM said it was not his intention to press his bill on this subject during the present session. RussrA AND TURKEY.—Some conversation took place on this subject in answer to questions put by Lord Lynd hurst.—Lord CLARENDON said the English and the French fleets are neither in the Turkish waters, nor are they within sight of Constantinople ; and, although that may be asserted in the Russian note, there is certainly no reason for taking precautions on that subject. With respect to the report of the Austrian troops having entered Bosnia, I believe that it has, like many others, arisen from the electric telegraph, which, as I took an oppor tunity of stating some time ago, now transacts, not very correctly, a great portion of the diplomatic business of Europe. (A laugh.) The United Guarantee and Life Assurance Company Bill was thrown out on the motion for the second reading. JUVENILE MEND ICANC Y.—This bill passed through committee on the motion of Lord Shaftesbury, Lord ABERDEEN assenting to its progress on the condition that its provisions should in the first instance be limited to the metropolis. Several other bills were advanced a stage, and their lordships adjourned at twenty minutes before eight o'clock. , THURSDAY JULY 14. CRIMINAL LAW.—Lord Sr. LEONARD'S announced that it was not his intention to press the Criminal Law Amendment Bill during the present session. CHURCH BUILDING.—The Church Building Acts Amendment Bill was withdrawn by Lord Harrowby, for the purpose of procuring further information on the subject. JUVENILE MENDICANCY.—The report of the com mittee on the Juvenile Mendicancy (No. 2) Bill was brought up and agreed to. Several other Bills were advanced a stage, and their lordships adjourned at three-quarters past seven o'clock. FRIDAY, JULY 15. - - LAW OF EVIDENCE.—Lord BROUGHAM complained of the delay which had taken place in the Commons with regard to the bill which had passed their lordships' house, enabling a husband and wife to give evidence in civil cases. Such a bill had passed both houses for Scotland, and we were now in the anomalous state of having one law of evidence for Scotland and another for England.—The LORD CHANCELLOR regretted as much as any one the delay, but having recently seen the Attorney-General, he could state that the bill would be proceeded with else where in the course of a few days. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.--The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH moved for a copy of the oath taken by Directors of the East India Company, and of any byelaws prohibiting directors from deriving pecuniary advantage from patron. age. After a brief discussion the returns were ordered. POLLING AT ELECTIONS.—The Earl of SHAFTES BURY moved the second reading of the Polling at Elections Bill.—The Earl of ABERDEEN hoped the bill would not be pressed, more especially as next session government intended to bring in a large measure of Parliamentary Reform, which would embrace the subject.—After a brief conversation, in which Lord Wharncliffe, Earl Fortescue, and the Marquis of Lansdowne took part, the bill was withdrawn. Several bills were advanced a stage, and their lordships adjourned at a quarter-past eight o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TUESDAY, JULY 12. The house met at noon. A committee was appointed to prepare estimates of the charge for the disembodied militia for the year. MERCHANT SHIPPING.—The committee on the Mer chant Shipping Bill was resumed with the consideration of clause 29. The clause provides for the repeal of the 12th and I3th of Victoria, c. 29, s. 7, which requires every British ship to be navigated by a master who is a British subject, and by a crew, of whom at least three fourths should also be British subjects. —ln the course of the discussion which ensued, Mr. LIDDELL said that this ouestion had been considered under two heads, comprising the national and the commercial interests involved. With regard to the national considerations, many gentlemen had expressed their apprehensions, but he thought that those apprehensions had been satisfactorily answered by Mr. Cardwell. After all, the question was one involved in much speculation. Apprehensions of the nature now indulged in were, he remembered, much greater at the time of the repeal of the navigation laws than they were at this time ; but, having swallowed the camel, he thought it absurd that they should now strain at the gnat. (Hear, hear.) He was bound to say that the apprehensions which he himself, in common with others, had entertained had not been realised. The commercial part of the question appeared to him to lie in a nutshell. He held in his hand a letter from the Shipping Association of the port of Liverpool, and he found that their opinions were contained in a single sentence. They stated that they approved of the 29th clause of the Merchant Shipping Act, and that they considered that, as British ships were exposed to competition with the ships of all nations, so all restric tions upon the employment of foreign sailors ought to be removed. (Hear, hear.) He believed that he was acting in accordance with the views of his constituents, and with a regard to the best interests of the country, by supporting this clause. (Hear, hear.)—After some further discussion, the clause was carried by 144 to 38. Clauses up to 37 were agreed to, and the committee adjourned. THE MALT DUTY.—The House met again at six o'clock, and five minutes afterwards it was moved that the house be counted. There were at that time only three or four members on the Ministerial side of the House. The Opposition mustered in sufficient numbers, however, to render the attempt to "count out" the house abortive. —Mr. E. BALL then presented a number of petitions for an alteration of the duties on malt, and without obser vation moved " that this House do resolve itself into a committee for the purpose of considering the duties on malt, with a view of making such alteration in those duties that the farmer may be exempt from the malt duty on such quantity of malt as he may require for his own use, made from barley of his own growth.—The CHAN CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER appeared in his usual place, but so unexpectedly that much laughter ensued when he proceeded to address the House against the motion. The House then divided, and the motion was negatived by 75 to 71. POOR LAW MEDICAL RELIEF.—Mr. MILES called attention to the system of Poor Law medical relief, with a view to its revision, and showed the burdens which fell upon the poor rates owing to the refusal of medical relief to the poor in sickness unless they became paupers.—Mr. BAINES promised to adopt any suggestion that could be offered for improving the system, and the subject dropped. . A COUNT-OUT.—Mr. AGLIUNBY made some motion respecting the Woods and Forests, and was speaking when the House was counted out, at three quarters past eight o'clock. WEDNESDAY, JULY 13. . _ Mr. COBBETTpresented a petition from the borough of Oldham, adopted at a public meeting, and signed by the mayor, against opening the Crystal Palace or any other places of public amusement on a Sunday. SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENTS. --- COUNTY RATES.—Mr. GIBSON, on the promise of Lord Palmerston to take up the question next session, withdrew his County Rates and Expenditure Bill. SEAMEN'S SAVINGS BANKS.—A motion for going into committee on this bill was negatived without a division. WILLS.—Mr. HADFIELD withdrew his Probate of Wills and Letters of Administration Bill. SimoNY.—Lord GODERICH, in the absence of Mr. Phillimore, withdrew the Simony Law Amendment Bill. JUVENILE OFFENDERS.—Mr. ADDERLEY obtained leave, and brought in a bill, the object of which was the establishment of reformatory schools throughout England and Wales, to which young children detected in the com mission of offences and vagrant children should be sent. IMPROVEMENT OF IRELAND. — Mr. G. BERKELEY obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend the acts for pro moting the drainage of lands and improvements in con nexion therewith in Ireland. The House rose before two o'clock. THURSDAY, JULY 14. The House met at noon. Mr. SADLEIR took his seat for Sligo. THE MANCHESTER AND SALFORD EDUCATION' BILL, which stood for a second reading, was withdrawn, Mr. W. PATTEN stating that it had been left in his hands to exercise his own discretion with regard to it, and that the promoters were ready to allow it to remain in abey ance until they saw the effect of the general measure to be introduced by Lord John Russell, in the course, as he understood, of the present session. CLITHEROE ELECTION.—The committee to try this election was sworn, and the sitting fixed to commence on Friday. SCOTCH UNIVERSITIES.—The motion for the second reading of the Universities (Scotland) Bill was opposed by Sir R. H. INGLIS, on the ground that it was a measure to dissolve a solemn contract between the Parlia ment of Scotland and that of England ; and that the abrogation of a national compact, guaranteed by a fanda mental article of the Act of Union, could only be sanc tioned by the consent of both the parties ; whereas, he insisted, and appealed to evidence to show, that Scotland was as inimical to this change now as the kingdom would have been in 170 G.—After some discussion, the second reading was carried by 108 to 19. SAVINGS BANKS.—Mr. CROOK presented a petition from the trustees and managers of the savings -bank at Bolton, against the Saving-banks Bill, and in favour of a select committee to receive evidence on the subject.--in answer to a question, the CHANCELLOR of the Ex- CHEQAER said, that he intended to proceed with the committee on the Savings-banks Bill on Thursday next, and he should now move that the order of the day stand ing for Monday next be postponed with a view of fixing it for Thursday accordingly. CHARITABLE TRUSTS.--lii answer to Lord H. Vane, Lord J. RUSSELL said, he proposed to proceed with the Charitable Trusts Bill on Thursday next. RUSSIA AND TURKEY.—In reply to Mr. Disraeli, Lord J, RUSSELL explained, and corrected the statement he had made on a preceding day with reference to the circular despatch of Count Nessalrode, and assured Mr. Disraeli that he was under a mistake in supposing that the negotiations on the subject of the Russo-Turkish question had come to a deadlock. On the contrary, the English and French Governments had made propositions which might be acceded to by those of Russia and Turkey, and might be the means of peacefully terminating this unfortunate difference. Some time must elapse before a reply could be received from St. Petersburgh, and while the matter c-es in a state of negotiation be thought it would not be desirable to make it a subject of discussion in Parliament. DUTY mitteeon O t N he S S u uc c c c e E s s si s o i r 13 ' a Rpo wa e sb rt of roughttheupC,oamnd s.—tyTßhiell the House proceeded to consider the amendments. Se veral alterations were proposed, and some of them agreed to; and finally the bill was ordered to be read a third time on Monday. INDIA BILL—The adjourned committee on this bill was resumed with the consideration of clause s.—On the 9th clause, enacting that six of the directors not ap pointed by the Crown shall be persons who have served the Crown or the company in India for ten years,— s!r. BRIGHT suggested that the choice should , not be confined to the services, but be extended to merchants and others who have resided in India for the period specified.—Sir C. WOOD was ready to adopt this suggersion, and the clause was altered accordingly.—On reaching the 10th clauser the Chairman was ordered to report progress. The Encumbered Estates (Ireland) Act Continuance Bill was read a second time. The Courts of Common Law (Ireland) Bill was read a Board Health OF third time, but the motion that the bill do pass was Vst. poned for the addition of some new clauses. Bo briefly debated, and negatived in succession. NEWSPAPERS.—The ATTORNEY-GENERAL , in tneviP.gt HEA (N L•r o x . .3n Bill,t the report m onendtmbeen Generalts Bar were the second reading of the Newspaper Stamp Duties BIY stated its object, namely, to uphold the principles of the decision of the Court of Exchequer, and to establ ish the law, making it uniform with regard to all newspaPe r9 ! whether large or small.—After a conversation be tween Mr. GrEtsoN and the CHANCELLOR of the ExcnEauslt' the bill was read a second time. NEW BILLS.—Mr. FITZROY obtained leave to brio; in five new bills, most of them relating to turnpikes. The house rose at two o'clock. FRTDAY, JULY 15 The house met at noon. On the third reading of the Eastern Union Rai llll/ Bill, an amendment for the rejection of the bill was t bir d te jetted by 82 to 26. After which, the motion for the reading was withdrawn, and the bill ordered to be re' committed. into MERCHANT SHIPPING.—The house again wen' 1 g committee or the Mercantile Shipping Bill, comme nc;n o with clause 37.—Mr. INGHAM moved an amendment' Abe effect of which would be, to take away all claim up a ,, n , t j, part of the navy to salvage for services rendered. -01 0 , GRAHAM, on the other hand, consented to the in tr i. duction of a proviso, which stated that, where 13 ' vage services had been rendered, claims should made for the loss of tackle or stores, leaving th e ward for personal risk as at present, but under 0", ditions to be judged of by the Admiralty ; so tha t ri d reward should he paid except when life had been ri ske , , —Mr. HORSPALL repudiated the notion that the skirici owners of this country desired to deprive the officers a . ° o men of Her Majesty's navy of the right to retnuneratto_, which they possessed for salvage in common with of other man. We had a right to claim the services of the navy in defending us against a foreign enemy, but we It ;t , no right to demand their services for individual berr, i , He was convinced that he spoke the sentiments 01 1 0 constituents, and of the shipowners generally, when asked the committe to suppart this clause. ( Hear, be a '' .he —Mr. LIDDELL also supported the clause, a nd quoted '", t opinion of the Liverpool Shipping Association i n supP°' of the proposition that it would be detrimental to the tae terests of the shipowners not to allow salvage to the ea British navy.-03 a division, the amendment was defea t ed by 133 to 22, and the clause was agreed to.—Claus e S o t empowering a consular officer or judge to fix the art 3 ,0 6 ,0 for which a bond is to be given by the owners of a ship le respect of salvage, was also agreed to, as were the w", 116 of the remaining clauses.—The house resumed, and 1 ' bill was ordered to be reported. NEW BILL.—The CHANCELLOR of the Excuea t i brought in a bill for the remission of the consolid ste e annuities charged upon districts in Ireland, which °l` read a first time. The Pilotage Bill was appointed for Friday next, atn oos ' SUNDAY LETTER CARRYING.—In answer to Mr. g ild ' Mr. WILSON stated, that in consequence of the real; to inquire into the Sunday postal arrangements, mendation of the commissioners, who had been appoi nted tions had been given that in every case where the superisco reported that the nature of the duties imposed upon letter-carriers was such as to prevent their attendinge'ea vine service, a substitute should be paid to perform ruy' duties at least upon every alternate Sunday. l e to ADMISSION OF JEWS.—Lord J. RUSSELL, in rep., 0 . Sir G. Grey. said he certainly should think it his dal the submit to the house, in the next session, a measure for 1 55 . alteration of oaths to be taken by members of that hol l er on taking their scats. He did not at present know wherlf he should introduce it as a separate measure, or as Par t i o the bill for amending the representation of the Pet e r It would not, however, be for the special relief of the Je",` but probably be in a form to do away with religious W eb ' ference and practical absurdity. f r ota PRIESTLY INTIMIDATION.—Mr. MILES inquired to Government whether it was their intention to prose ol , o the :two Itomish priests who had been reported 11 rt election committee to have excited the people to take ll bo in the riot in July last, at Six-mile Bridge, during : o f Clare election. As chairman of the committee, he Ward opinion that these priests ought to be prosecuted. -- ;, PALMERSTON thought it was time to put an end 1- it question which had been so often before the house, s s o f was well known that it was originally the intentioll,„t instru'ee . Government to proceed against the parties mentioned, 7/ that intention had been abandoned for reasons air!! i ll stated. He admitted that many of the Romish pri ests Ireland had acted in an improper manner, but there welr. palliating circumstances in existence at the time. ' der MALINS said sooner than let the people remain noLiremainof this influence, he would consent to the introdue,, ri no the ballot.—After some observations from 3 f r- ' and others, the subject dropped. mrnittee INDIA BILL.—The house again went into 0„e, clause on the Government of India Bill, commenci vr"" 10, which empowers the directors appointed by the Cro 90 as ble to sit in Parliament.—Lord JOCELYN moved, amendment, that every director should be reel:kayo. upon an address from either House of Parliament, Nit! —Sir CHARLES W OOD oppose the view of securing the independence of the G overnment considerable discussion it was rejected by 92 to 45. eee BRIGHT moved the rejection of the clause, b eca use he not think that the nominees of the crown could be de sv rable members of the house, seeing that they were al?: pointed for so short a time that they had the dispensati" of so much patronage here under such direct influence' Sir C. WOOD opposed the motion, and contended tiler there were fewer placemen in the house at this momen t than at any former time. They used to be sufficient t make a house of themselves, but they could die no Oct thing now. The number of East India directors in the house had also been considerably diminishsd. He CI: tended that there was no danger from the propose d ad .10 tion on the ground of these people being placement f 0 this every respect they would be entirely independent 0= l, government, and he objected to the choice of the co n s ' ', tuencies being , limited.—The amendment was negates: by 139 to 79, and the clause agreed to.—Mr. 011 : moved an amendment to clause 12, proposing affirmS instead of oath, but it was negaatived by 138 to 99. -- COBDEN then moved that it should be left optional to 1 4 5 directors to take an oath or make a declaration, but tP also was negatived by 124 to 85. The clause was teesee agreed to. Clause 13 was struck out, and clause 14 agr ee to, after which the house resumed. ~ Jai EXPENSES OF ELECTIONS.—On the order of for considering the amendments to this bill, Mr. ilue'e. said that he wished to propose several additional nea e ibe ments, and he hoped the further consideration of air measure would be postponed to some day on which a for e cwsion could take place.—Colonel SIBTHORP had be bbf said that he looked upon this as a mean, dirty. sh 3 ,o bill, and he still entertained the same opinion. He 5 1 '% . , only have expected such a bill from one who had 11°51. shilling in his pocket. He moved that the further C 0 deration be postponed till that day three montheosi, Mr. W. Coween thought that this bill had been, o c lowed to pass through its previous stages wir'titel due deliberation. One clause exposed a memberbro. the loss of his seat if it were proved that he was i ns e` mental in causing other persons to play on instrunael:4, while another clause provided that if a person, totally' 'or connected with the candidate, blew on a French 1 1 ° 11 10 beat a drum, or the like, he should be taken before t oe justices, and heavily fined. He thought the house s l . l° lot rather endeavour to improve the taste of the public" eo t music than try to stop it in this way.—The a mendre was negatived by 68 to 62, but, owing to the late houof the bill was ordered to be recommitted on the 3rd August. se Several other bills were advanced a stage, and the I) adjourned at ten minutes past two o'clock. AUSTRALIAN INVETMENTS• The following is an extract from a letter received by P gentleman of Liverpool from a friend in Australia Sydney, 28th March, 1553•0, DEAR. T.—Seeing, by last accounts received per C 105 3 01,1 overland, that there is a considerable excitement to companies going on with you, and transactions of al l je t travagant nature entered into with various parties, vcilin we on the spot look upon as outrageous, I cannot reJ i sf ie from dropping these few lines lest you should fall into r temptation consequent upon such a reckless series of sPo ; culations. As you are still, I presume, connected j the Stock Exchange, you must have been somewhat ° l b e witness of the mania. I am afraid the upshot wile e' nothing short of the railway panic of '46 and '47. 1 "" eo t I may be mistaken ; but still I cannot aee in the pr e y t I (certainly undeveloped) state of the gold fields, any b. prospects for the variou. , 7 companies. bte d V • The Australian Gold Company's territory is un3 o leor•Y, auriferous, and I have no doubt they will reap hanu', -. lan,.'' by their scheme, but those, I fear, who purchase w ith from them, will be victimiser!, or any one conceroe' n or' the company to be formed. No doubt it is a fine 01 1!; o p0 tunity for you gentlemen on 'Change, and 1 onll 7 you may have profited by it, only keep none of the re The on your hands ; sell out and pocket the profits. uitie Great Nugget Vein Company, I find, are not sang r o; from the results they have been making on the (1'13,511' they have not yet found any rich enough to pay for crlo, ing. I have not information of the doings of our betnt companies, the Golden Ridge, or Wentworth s, b ola suppose they are in a very quiescent state, or we soon hear if anything favourable turned up. r th e Our railway has sprung considerably into faconci for, last few weeks, all the shares remaining unaPP lie c oo 6,000 or 8.000. have been taken, and some the e- r iga more applied for; within a few weeks they har e pro: from 25 per cent. discount to par. They are n e " ,, oo tb' reeding with the works vigorously, and 'ere many rc lost' I hope to witness their opening a portion et Oar Money is now apparently becoming plentiful.. lo on labourers earn large sums. I saw, yesterday, aC ° e fo r bush labourer who had irretrievably lost a chetl e t e ilo o e s, cu e l: t . e _.. o ;o; £4ll ISs. 106. I certainly was surprised to see the o aa take it to coolly. The wife la joiced over him tha,t n o not her doing. He merely remarked that if he ba t t he had it to lose he could not have lust it ! They, eP e ,j no t remainder of their money as freely as though it, Stop happened. The fellow did proceed to the ban'. t' payment, but was only ten minutes too late. Fi re Rents have advanced prodigiously in SydnaY.,, 0 0 0- roomed houses I know of, that were 12s. a ice es ,'d for are let freely at 255. and 30s. ;in fact, cannot be a nd lure or money. Every one here seems doing Self oesq universal prosperity seems to reign. My humble s e _ Xt3 o ' enjoys £2OO a year; salary eighteen months ago sc r ''' t ica° but I hare much lee-way to make up for, and 11 0 P. e , If y ( o i t: n r o f ll ri rn end brT a nd,, i ) s i b n r c a li n n d e y d , t g o in sp , will reveal that I have not come to Australia in vain ant, market, by shipping liquors, say ale and porter, the y ore c a a large per centage, from 50 to 100. c • t 1 315 it easily for him in brandYs Mare brands don via yar market are,—Hennesey's, tel's, United wood, Company's. Gin, in eases, the JKDZ. Ales' ',aearo' Bass, A!lsopp's, mand high prices and quick sales, I don'to_r_oti7otio market will recede much for a long time, our ,e cons a ship ; is so large and rapidly increasing. By the cf the meat would arrive it would. be the very best year also. Cobb's,Taylor's porter; any of th,_ e r e , oar o andreaPl realizing bottle,