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Terms—Cash. r HE following ADDRESS to 511 t ROBERT PEEL, ex -1 pressive of the feelings of those Parties anxious to uphold the Dignity of the Monarchy—and to preserve inviolate the Sacred and Venerable Institution) of this Country in C rch and State—is now lying for Signature at tho followin aces : Exchange, Athenmum, Union, and Lyceum I ins; Mr. Hand's, Bold-street; Miss Maxwell's, Stanhope reel ; Stan dard-office; Courier-office; Messrs. Mawdsley , Castle-street; Mr. Franceys's, High-street; Mr. Cannell's astle-street ; I'. C. Williams's Pitt-street; George Hui e , Richmond-row ; and Mr. Halliday's, Everton. Livrrpool, 7th April, 1835. To the Right Honourable Sir Robert Peel, Baronet, M.P., First Lord of the Treasury, Chancellor of His Majesty's Exchequer, &c. &c. &c. Stu,—We the undersigned Gentry, Clergy, Merchants, Bankers, awl others, inhabitants of. Liverpool and its Vicinity, beg leave to express our deep regret at the perplexing situation in - which the vote of the House of Commons on Friday morning, the 3d instant, has placed you, sir, and the rest of his Majesty's Ministers. Having in common, as we most truly believe, with the ma jority of the nation, been satisfied with the integrity of your motives, the liberality of your principles, and the salutary but conservative spirit of your contemplated and announced reforms, we anxiously looked forward to the settlement of various ques tions of momentous importance to the empire. It wes, therefore, sir, with unmingled surprise and indigna tion, that we have seen all your measures retarded, if not defeat ed, by a combination of parties who have hardly one sentiment in common, but who have united on this occasion to oppose, by an invidious opposition, the exercise of the just prerogatives of the crown, and condemn the servants of the King without a fair trial, and even before they are formally accused. Had the resolution of the leader of the opposition been an expedient one, or had the principle it recognizes not been at variance with the rights and privileges of the Established Church, still we should have considered it most unjustifiable and unconstitutional, inasmuch as it binds the House of Commons to a measure, the adoption of which must be necessarily remote, and may possibly be objectionable to those who shall sit in some future Parliament as the Representatives of the People. With the assurance of our unfeigned esteem and regard, our confidence in your talents and the purity of your intentions, and approving most heartily of the measures you have originated in the present Parliament, we shall consider it most fortunate for the Country, and a source of great einbarassment to his Majesty, if the proceedings of a small majority of the House of Commons should be the means of inducing you to resign the distinguished situatioe which you hold in the present administration. The Address will be forwarded to London by this night's mail. SURREY ASSIZES, KINGSTON, APRIL 2d. TRIAL OF THE Bissioe OF WINCHESTER FOR ANAsSAI'LT.-- This was au indictment preferred at the sessions and removed into the upper court against the Bishop of Winchester, Henry Goss, a magistrate of the county, the Rev. Mr. Percival, the Rev. Mr. James, and the Rev. Mr. Pollen, William Lumley, an innkeeper, Edward Lipscombe, his waiter, and others, for an assault upon the Rev. Cornelius Griffin. The Rev. Cornelius Griffin.—Had been ordained its a priest by the Archbishop of Canterbury whilst Bishup of _London. Had corresponded with the defendant on many occasions, and knew him, and had been in his house in St. James's-square. Attended the meeting. When he first went there were about twenty ladies and five or six gentlemen. - The number gradu ally increased, and in about half tin hour the bishop came; a number of clergymen followed, and the room was then pretty full. The bishop took his scat and requested the company to join in prayer for the success of the undertaking. The prayer was made by the bishop, all standing. Witness was on the second bench. Thought the bishop must have seen him. Afterwards they heard read by Mr. Percival the report of the proceedings of the society, containing the usual misrepresentations. [His lordship desired the witness to confine himself to matters offact, and not to give opinions.] Archdeacon Hoare moved that the re port be. printed. When he ended there was a cessation. Witness then rose to addressthe meeting but the bishop told him to wait un til the motion was seconded, and a gentleman seconded it. Witness then rose to move an amendment, and begged to say a few words iu explanation. The bishop inquired his name. Witness told him his name, and that he was a clergyman of the Church of England, and added that there was a gentleman there, Mr. James, who knew him very well. The bishop said, " Here is a man who calls himself Cornelius Griffin, and says he is a clergyman of the church of England, of which 1 have some doubt; but be must not be heard, for he is come here to create a riot." Wit ness attempted to speak, asserting his right as a man, as a cler gyman, and as an Englishman, and also as having been in the service of the society, and that he wished to speak something in his own knowledge. Witness considered that he was temperate ana civil, and had not given the least provocation. When he again attempted to address the meeting, the bishop rose and said, " I cannot suffer you to speak, for you are no subscriber. This is a meeting of the subscribers and friends of the society : it is not to be made an arena for public discussion, as it would prove of great inconvenience." The bishop had alluded, in his address to the meeting, to the withdrawing of £16,000 a year. Witness had presented a memorial to parliament, and had given evidence on the subject. Witness persisted in his attempt to address the meeting. The bishop told him it could not be done. He complained that the bishop had represented him to the meet ing as an iinposter and a disorderly person. The.hishop had said that he did not know him. Witness again endeavoured to speak. The bishop called upon the meeting not to hear him, and told two persons to do something. Witness was close to Archdeacon Hoare, who appeared desirous to act friendly, and said, "If you will let me sec the papers, it will enable me to judge if it is proper that they should be placed before the meet ing." Witness did not hand the papers, because the bishop, who was between them, waved his hand to separate them. The defendant Goss came up and laid his hand upon witness, and said that he should turn him out o f th e room, by his authority es a ma g istrate, unless he desisted. The d e f e ndant P o ll e n fi rs t laid hands upon him, and then withdrew them. Mr. Wither force then spoke for a long time. Witness had walked fourteen miles that day. He sat on the edge of the table, not with any view of behaving uncivilly to the bishop, but for the purpose of whispering to Archbishop Hoare, but the bishop jogged the archdeacon by the elbow, and said, " Have nothing to do with him," and other persons cried out "order." Archdeacon Hoard drew back, and that put an end to the conversation. When Mr. Wilberforce sat down. witness again presented himself to afford explanation. Goss came up and laid hold of him the second time, and said, " I will tam you out of the room unless you re main quiet without speaking." liamediately a man approached in a very violent manner, took !fold of his (witness's) collar with both his hands, said he was the landlord, and that witness should nut remain a moment longer in the house. The bishop beckoned to them, and desired them to turn witness out. A person dressed in the bishop's livery also took hold of witness, who was pressed on by several other persons. Witness was re solved to maintain his ground if he could; he made a passive resistance. His trousers were torn in several ',F l ee s . Th e y put him out of the room. Witness then requested them to leave him. " No, no," said the fellows, "we have not done with you yet." Lumley accompanied him all the way, and thrust him into the street. His hat was thrown after him. Lipscomb, the beadle, had an enormous red waistcoat on; he told witness he should never conic there again, he would take came of that. He, with Lumley, had hold of witness when he was thrust out. Cross-examined.—Witness was ordained for the colonies. He had been a missionary of the society , for Nova Scotia and Prince Edward's Island, lie had been deprived of his salary. lie never circulated a handbill (which Mr. Thesiger handed sip to him,) but had given away two or three copies'of it. He saw one' of them in the bishop's hand. The bishop did say " (witness) is come to create a riot. As to his saying he, has been a missionary or a member of the church of England, I very much doubt it, for no man who is a clergyman would put this into a bill;" and the bishop then read a portion of the handbill accusing the society of endeavouring to extract money under false pretences. Witness requested the bishop to read out the whole of the bill, but he would not. The ques tion might have been put more than once to the meeting that witness might speak,. but witness thought it was only put once. Witness did not admit that he was not a member of the society, because he considered that the society had a great sum belong ing to ,him, and therefore that he was a compulsory member. Mr. Goss might have said that has he was no member he had no right to address the society. Witness did not endeavour to iuterrupt Mr. Wilberforce. Ile might at first, but not after be had commenced his speech. He never said he had instituted the prosecution to kick up a bit of a row. They owed him £lOO to this day. Robert:Shirley, the waiter.—The bell was rung violently. Ile went into the room. Defendant Lumley joined him. '('here was a very great disturbance. The servant of the bishop had his hands upon the prosecutor, whose clothes were torn. .Ile was agitated d staggered. Another witness, who was on the outside of the house, saw t hat the prosecutor was forced down a steep landing-place, and heard the defendant Lipscomb, the beadle, call hint a rascal. William Darling, bookseller at Epsom.—Was at the meet tag. He thought no more violence was used than was neces sary. Mr. Thesiger rose to reply, but his lordship said, that as to all that passed in the room he was of opinion that the defendants er e justified; it was no more than could be done et every ioeeting, agricultural, or commercial, where a per s,,n insisted upon speaking, contrary to the declared will of the meeting : but that with respect to turning the prosecutor out of the house, he had some doubt whether Lutnicy and Lips ...tribe had not dune more than the law authorized. Mr. Thesiger then add resse d th e jury upon that point, and -contended, that it was clear that it' it had been possible the ,:efendant would have returned to the room and have recom menced his indecent interruptions and conduct so unbecoming his sacred calling. it was the landlord's duty to take care that the disturbance in his house should not be renewed, and he was sure 'the jury would not think there had been any excess of en ce on his part. He regretted the use of the word " rascal" l.y Lipscoinbe, but it appeared that the prosecutor's resistance uontinned until he was actually out of the house, and the last avttness for the prosecution had said that no more violence was used than was necessary. Lord Denman regretted that such a case had been brought before the jury, and hoped that it would not disturb the good .order that so generally prevailed at meetings of this sort. The iolence had been brought upon the prosetaitor by his own im i•roper conduct; he had nu right to go to the meeting to con % ert it to debates of his own raisin g , when the party assembled %, ere not disposed to listen to him, but his lordship thought that iler he had - been removed from the room, the landlord should have said, " You must leave soy house," and then that he ought to have left him free to do it, and not have taken the law into his own hands. The same observation applied to Lipscombe. If, however, the jury thought that the defendant had been so iolen t, that to keep the peace in the room, it was absolutely necessary to turn the prosecutor out of the house, for that otherwise he would again have obtruded into the room, then ' -upon that ground the expulsion from the house might be justi fied, but it appeared to his lordship that when they had got.him out of the room, they had done all that was necessary. The jury deliberated abont two minutes, and then found a verdict for all the defendants. A nevigarnbling-house has been opened in St..Tames's-street, d another in the unfashionable neighbourhood of i street, Tettanhain-court•road. At the latter woteen are admitted ! A HIGHLAND DIRECTION.—A pair of trousers were, oti Thursday, brought by one of the carriers from Paisley to Glasgow, on which was written the following direction.— .4 ' Hear she goes for Mairten Mac Arthur, thrue aback Cloace, up a back Stair, if that Ilqes not find him out the deil %rill no finde him out, Glasgow." imperial Vazlianunt. HOUSE OF COMMONS, WEDNESDA Y, Aram 1. (Continued from theST .Arsp.t RD if Friday.) • ADJOURNED DEBATE ON THE IRISH CHURCH BILL. [The great length of - this and the two subsequent night's de bate on this question precludes us trout giving more than a very•, brief outline et the speeches.] Mr. Serjeant TA I.FOURD supported the motion of Lord-John Russell. Dr. LUSHINGTON followed on the same side. The learned doctor contended that the rejection of the noble lord's motion would be tantamount to a perpetual civil war against the re ligion professed by a large majority of the people of Ireland. Mr. Lismiv THOMPSON, wlthollt being actuated by any politi cal feeling on the subject, declared his intention of voting against the motion. As a protestant, and he hoped not a bigoted pro testant, he respected the feelings and honoured the devotion of his catholic fellow-subjects in endeavouring to promote the te nets of their religion. He had hoped for better things from catho lic emancipation than had come to pass. As a protestant he felt the injustice levelled at the protestant .church in Ireland; his second objection wls that the resolution was an interference with church property which endangers the security of every other species of property; and thirdly because all the arguments he had heard were founded, as in the case of the debates on the emancipation, on the contingency of future benefits to be de rived from it. _ Mr. LITTLETON spoke at great length in support of the mo tion. He contended that the resolution before the house was no more an attack on the establishment than the church tem pot ality act was; and denied that the protestant church of Ire land was a part of the English establishment. . Sir HENit Y HARDINGE replied to the arguments of Mr. Lit tleton, who he thought had advanced farther than any speaker in the debate, in calling not for, an appropriation of church property but for the destruction of the church. Mr. SPRING Rteiz, followed in support of the motion. Lord STANLEY addressed the house in a long and powerful speech. The noble lord said that his opinions on this question were well known; that he had nothing to modify or to qualify; and nothing to retract ; he could' not consent to any other than strictly ecclesiastical purposes. At the close of the noble lord's speech it was suggested that the debate should be adjourned to Friday. Sir R. Peru, hoped it would go on'ana be brought to a close to-morrow; and he would suggest that hon. members who in tended to speak would each make a contribution out of his speech to enable the noble lord (John Russell) to make his re ply early. The other orders of the day were disposed of, and the house adjourned at two.o'clock. ;;." 'A~~v." 1101JSE 01 1 ' LORDS.-THURSDAY. Petitions were presented from various parishes in the coun ties of Sutherland, Banff, Aberdeen, Ayr, Bute, and Argyle, in favour of the established church of Scotland, and for increas ing church accommodation in that country, by the Dukes of Sutherland and Gordon, and the Marquis of Bute. The. Earl of Ross:Bemis presented,a petition from a place in Scotland, againstany parliamentary grant fur increasing church accommodation in that country. The Earl of RIPON, in the absence of his noble friend (the Duke of Richmond,) postpoued until 3loNlay next the third reading of the oaths' abolition bill. Lord PLUNKETT called the attention of the house to some observations made in their lordships' house a few evenings since by the Bishop of Exeter, who, in alluding to a speech delivered by him (Lord Plunkett) some years ago, had . misrepresented what be had then said. He felt satisfied that the right rev. prelate, who had spoken of him as likely to assist his argument, if he were present, did not make that observation ironically or as a sarcasm; but the impression which it seemed calculated to produce was, that he (Lord Plunkett) entertained opinions at present that were rather contrary to those which he had former ly advocated; and on that point he wished to undeceive the right rev. prelate. Now, in the first place, he would say that it was not his intention to go into a discussion on the subject either of the nature of church property, or the applicability of it to any purposes whatever: Ile wished merely to state the opinions 'that he now entertained, and Which, he might be permitted to add, were perfectly consistent with those that he had always held. Whenever, however, that important subject came regu larly before their lordships, he should be ready to give. his opi nion upon it at length. He should not at at) enter into the question now, and lie could not help thinking that his opinion with respect to it was somewhat unnecessarily alluded to on the occasion to which he referred. Without, 'however, raising any argument, he would inform the right rev. prelate what his opinion was. Ile begged leave then distinctly to state, in the first place, with respect to the church of Ireland, that the church of Ireland, properly so called—the spiritual church—was to be maintained as the established religion of the land. No person, he believed, felt stronger. on that point than he himself did. He considered the church of Ireland to be a part of, and to be consolidated with, the church of England—with the pro testant established church of the empire. He was of opinion that an established church was necessary, and, being necessary, he looked upon the protestant church as the established church of England and Ireland. Such was his opinion; and on that head he did not think that it was necessary to say anything more. Then came the question with respect to temporalities. Now the church itself, and the temporalities of the church, rest ed on very different conditions. That proposition he was con vinced would be supported by many members of the church. But if any one supposed that he had ever expressed an opinion that the property of the church was to be considered and might be dealt with as private property, he felt himself imperatively called on to deny that he had on any occasion advanced such a position. He considered the property of the church of Ireland as corporate property, but corporate property of the most sacred I character. le held that the rights of every member of the church ought to be protected, and that an ample provision should be made for the clergy he was quite ready to admit. But he had not the least hesitation in saying, that if, after all the wauts of the church. had been answered, a surplus should re main, that surplus might, with great propriety, be applied to purposes connected with the education of the people of Ireland. He thought that he was justified in saying that the education of the people, protestant and catholic, was a religious object, and one to which auy sur,plus church funds might with propriety be applied. 'Whenever the subject came regularly before their lordships, lie should be ready to state the arguments on which he founded his opinions. At present, he only deemed it neces sary.to show that the opinions which he now held were perfectly consistent with those he had formerly advanced. The Bishop of EXTER explained. The conversation was con tinued for some time, when the Lord Chancellor reminded their lordships that there was no question before the house.—Ad journed. HOUSE OF COMMONS, THURSDAY. This day being fixed for the ballot for the Drogheda election committee, the gallery was not opened till twenty minutes past four. CANADA. Mr. G. F. YOUNG rose to present a petition from certain Bri tish residents of Beauharnots, in Lower Canada, complaining of the conduct of the House of Assembly there, and of the oppression and injustice to which the petitioners were subjected, and expressive of their entire disapprobation of the 92 resolu tions passed by the House of Assembly in February ; 1834. As a measure had been announced by goyernment—namely, the sending out of a commission for the purpose of healing the lamentable dissensions which prevailed in that province, he would refrain from entering at large into the subject of the petition. He was afraid, however, that from the discussions that had taken place in that house durine• the last two years, parliament had been led to believe that the fault of such dissen sions was in a great degree attributable to the British residents in Canada. and that the French population, which he admitted formed three fourths of the population of the country, were per fectly free from the guilt of causing such dissensions. Now, he begged to say, that upon inquiry he had satisfied himself that such was not the fact. These petitioners, British subjects, stated that they had great cause of complaint from the manner in which they were excluded from their common rights as British subjects, by the mode in which legislation was carried on in Canada, which gave the French population a preponderating weight, which they used to oppress and deprive the petitioners of the rights to which they were entitled. The hon. gentleman, after referring to the violent proceedings of the House of Assem bly, and reading some extremely violent passages fi orn speeches made by their speaker, M. Papineau, brought up the petition. Petitions were presented praying for a diminution of the duty on spirit licenses, by Mr. 'roie, from the licensed victuallers of London; by Mr. Pryme, front Cambridge (we believe) ,• by Lord Bruce, from Marlborough; by Si r E. Knatchbull, from Sittingbourne, in Kent; and by Colonel Lygon, from some place of which we did not catch the name. Mr. BAl.Foclt presented a petition from two places in Scot land, praying fur increased accommodation for the members of the established church of Scotland. Petitions with a similar payer were also presented by Mr. Pringle; and by Sir G. Clerk, from several parishes in the county of Edinburgh. Several other petitions to the same effect were presented from various places in Scotland. IR tsil CHURCH—ADJOURNED DEBATE. The order of the day for the resumption of the adjourned de bate having been read, Sir J. CAMPBELL said that he would, for his part, cheerfully abide by the contract into which the house had entered at the adjournment of the debate last night, that hon. members should make a contribution out of their speeches, in older that this great and important discussion might to-might be brought to a close, and be should have been disposed altogether to dispense with his right of addressing the house on that occasion, but fur the circumstance, that no member from that part of the united kingdom which he (Sir - J. Campbell) represented had as vet taken a part in the debate. The learned gentleman concluded by recommending Sir R. Peel to make a sacrifice of some of his views for the public good. Mr. IM enAnus had lived much in Ireland, he had partaken of the hospitality of both catholics and protestants, and from his knowledge of them he could testify to the force and depth of their religious feelings. - Hon. members, theh, should take along with them the existence of such feelings, should make due allowance for them, should take care that no legislative pro ceeding received th e i r sanction that was calculated to wound those feelings, or in any way inflame the passions of so excitable a people. Ile sh ou ld n ow come to consider the scheme of the noble lord the member for Devonshire, by which he proposed to settle the question; that scheme amounted to this: he proposed to take a part of the revenues of the church for the purpose of applying them t o th e e d ucat i on o f t h e peo pl e w ithout distinction of sect or creed. He could not help complaining that the terms of the motion were disingenuoui. No surplus revenue was as vet ascertained, and it was an actual deduction that the noble lord proposed from the revenue as it stood, for the purposes set forth in this resolution. Ile (Mr. Richards) objected to this,. as a taking of the p roper t y o f t h e pro t estan t s t o g ive it to the catholic religion. Mr. R. conc l u d e d hi s s p eec h by saying that he cordially joined in meeting the motion with a direct negative. M r. Sergeant WiLDE said that notwithstanding its importance considerable misrepresentations bud already been made as to the nature and objects of this motion. Objections were made to it on the ground of the form, the time, and the circumstances under which it was brought forward. He knew nothing of the inten tions of the noble lurd (John Russell) who brought it forward but what he learned fr om th e proceedings in that house, but he owned that he did rejoice that the motion was brought forward at the present time and in its present form ; and when it was said that it was a question o f con fid ence o r no con fid ence i n ministers, he did hone that in the sense i n w hi c h b e v i ewe d i t, it would not be decided without reference to that question, and in that respect he thought it was wisely, judiciously, and fairly presented to their notice. Mr. Goulburn, M r. F. Buxton, M r. H. Twigs, Lord Clements, Mr. Borthwick, and Mr. O'Connell then addressed the house. Sir ROBERT PELL, then proceeded to take a general review of the arguments of all the speakers who had pro cee d e d hi m. Af ter some prefatory remarks , the right hon. baro ne t sa id t h a t h e had no scraps of speeches to read in order to prove that hon. members had held different opinions in the last from what they expressed in- the present session. In continuation he said:— There are four courses which areopenlintouslnjoimray adhere e;atle to least, only four suggest themselves to my nd : u the' existing law, and determine to maintain the established church in Ireland in the possession of its property. That is one course. You may assert that the property of the c h u r c h i n Ireland is excessive, and practically settle the question by de termiuing the amount of the excess; you may discourage all false expectations by saying that is the amount which you have determined to take from the church, and that all the rest shall remain in its undisturbed possession. - That is the second course. The third course you, may take is to say— " We have ' no preference for, one religion over another—we will mete out that full measure of justice which the hon. and learned member fur the Tower Hamlets did not in direct terms call for, but to ' which the whole of his argument was directed—we will destroy , the predominance of any one favoured religion, either by with holding establiAnnents from, all, or, by granting them to all." That is the third course. What is the fourth? • The course which the noble lord tb , .: member for DevonSliire proposes to, take,—to add to religious disSentions a pecuniary interest (cheers,) to leave nothing settled—to establish twilling with respect to the surplus—to lay down no principle by which the applieation of the surplus can be determined, but to content yourselves (and this you call a permanent settlement of the question!) with asserting an unprofitable right to apply an im aginary surplus to an unexplai ne d purpose. - (Much cheering.) I do not know what more could be devised for adding to the esnfusion which prevails in Ireland. You may by argument support the third course to which I have adverted, hut which tends to thedestruetion of the protestant establishment in Ire land; but you May shrink from acting on your own principle, and forgetting your own arguments, you invite us to take up a position which all those arguments prove to be untenable. (Hear, hear.) These are, induced, new elements introduced into a question, the position of which is bad enough already. But you will tell the people of Ireland, not only that you will not determine the amount of the excess of the revenues of the protestant establishment in Ireland, but that you ,cannot indi-, cute by what test it shall be decided. (Hear, hear.) You leave it dependent on the will of any' government—you leave it de pendent on the discretion or judgment of any man ; all you say is, that if there be a surplus, then you will applyit to certain definite objects. If p r ot es t an ti sm increases, it is now said that addition is to be made to the protestant establishment—that is to say, you tell the Roman Catholics " von have a direct interest in preventing the increase of that sect," which has (in the words of hon. members opposite) exercised tyranny over you.. You . have now an opportunity of revenging, yourselves for Your part wrongs by preventing the increase of that sect by whose increase your interest in these funds. will be di ininished." (Cheers.) Surely, as I said before, Ireland is con vulsed enough already— " There hot and cold, moist and dry, "Contend alike for mastery." Sir Robert was not disposed to deny the tight, the abstract right of the legislature to violate a national compact, if decidedly of opinion that the public interest required it, but before doing so they should be convinced by arguments demonstrating the ex isting necessity for such an interference. The act of union guaranteed to the Irish the existence of their pr o testant church as the established c hur c h of England and Ireland. In that compact an express . provision is made which, if anything can have, has an obligation more binding than that of the ordinary law. Speaking of the emancipation act Sir Robert said, we were led to believe that no privilege which the act confers Would be exercised to disturb or weaketthe protestant religion or the protestant government within these realms; we were told that the removal of the civil disabilities of the catholics would give new security to the church of Ireland—(cheers)--we were told that the removal of those civil disabilities would redress the in justice of which the hon. and learned member for Dublin has just been complaining; but we little thought that within live years from the passing of that act the power which it conferred would be exercised to subvert the church establishment, as far as regards the property of the church. (Vehement cheering.) We passed another act two years since for the reform of the church of Ireland, by which we cut off, much to the offence of the protestants of that country, ten bishoprics. You determined, and in my opinion wisely, to review the state of the Irish church, and to remove every imperfection and abuse. You said, and in my opinion wisely, that ecclesiastical sinecures in Ireland should follow the fate of civil sinecures—that measures should be adopted to cut off a certain number of superfluous livings, and to apply their revenues to the enriching of small livings. Some of those who introduced that act contended that, according to one of its clauses, part of the fund. obtained by the suppression of superfluous livings might be applied to secular purposes, but the subsequent abandonment of that clause, and the whole tenor of the act, clearly show that the principle of reserving ecclesi astical property fur strictly ecclesiastical purposes was rigidly adhered to. Two years only have elapsed since the date of that act, and now, notwithstanding the act of union—notwithstand; standing the removal of the, civil disabilities of the catholics— notwithstanding the reform of the Irish church, and the ex tinction of ten bishoprics, the hon. and learned member for Dublin tells you that it is necessary that the proclamation which - he described should go to Ireland as the indication of a new system, and the assurance of the commencement of a new era. The hon. baronet, atter replying to the arguments advanced by Mr. Ward, asked why they should- discuss the principle of ap propriating the surplus revenue, in the absence of all proof that there was or would be any surplus to appropriate. After speak ing of the removal of the supposed causes why protestantisin had not increased in Ireland, he said:—You are nut now going to determine whether it be expedient to found a new establish ment in Ireland—you are not about to determine how you will divide among that establishment the sum of E 450,000; the ques tion 1 want to ask is, what will you do with the churtihes that now exist? You have already 1,100 churches for Protestant worship. Is it part of the noble lord's plan to abandon them? (Cheers.) You have 1,100 glebe-houses: under the temporali ties bill you have made provision for the increase of small livings and the building of churches. What do you mean to uo with the existing state of things? (Cheers.) You say your inten tion is to encourage the protestant landlord to come and reside on his estate, and the very first spectacle you will place before his eyes is the dilapidation and ruin of that church which should afford a sanctuary for himself and family. (Cheers.) i do cull upon the hon. member fur Weymouth (Mr. Buxton) to lend me his attention for a moment to this part of the case—l mean to the last report made by the commissioners acting under the church temporalities bill, who were appointed by the late go vernment, and some of whom now preside over the board of ,education. To that report I entreat the attention of the hon. .member, and of every hon. gentleman who does not consider this a party question (loud cheers)—whose mind is not yet wade up—who is willing to pause (interruption )—Oh yes! you, who made that exclamation, know that there are many who are dis satisfied with the progress of this debate. (Cheers.) I under stand you-=there are but too many ‘N ho aro dissatisfied w.th the progress of this debate. (" Nu, nu," and cheers.) 1 call, then, on those whose minds are not yet tirade up, and who have a doubt—not whether they will decide to-night on the principle, but whether they will wait ti.) see the practical plan or which that principle shall be enforced. (Loud cheers, and 1301110 in terruption from the hon. Member for St. Alban's.) Oh ! I am not addressing myself to you; I have no hope of your con formity. (Cheers.) I ain addressing myself to those who have not taken up quite so prominent and conspicuous a part, and from whose position I infer that their minds may be less deter mined than yours. (Cheers.) I call their attention to this last report, which was made to the government by the board, not of education, but specifically on the subject of the demand for pro testant worship. Its answer to Mr. P. Buxton, who proposed to increase protestantism in Ireland by sending through that country a number of protestant clergymen, whose zeal should supply the place ottwealth, and who, by tue exercise of disinter esteduess and poverty, should conciliate towards them those feelings of kindness and respect which had been hindered and prevented;, by the more imposing exhibitions of worldly wealth and independence, Sir Robert said, when I look at the course of education which must be pursued by a clergymain—when I look at, the situation which he sustains,—when 1 consider the means he possesses of influencing thoSe who stand in as much need of his ministrations as the humbler members of his flock—those, I mean, iu a corresponding station iu life to his own,-1 should deprecate above all things the encOuragemeut of au extravagant zeal, and trusting to poverty cod its dependent exhibitions as the means of recommending not this or that man, but the whole of a ministry, as part of a system, to the confidence and good feeling of the Roman catholics of • Ireland. (Loud cheers.) Then, if you admit that principle—if you, looking to the educa tion that must be had, and the acquirements that must be made —Woking to the - life which a clergyman must lead, the dangers to which he and his family may perhaps, be exposed, mho absence in many parts of Ireland of all society which can be gratifying to the feelings and habits of an educated and intellec tual man—l ask you what is the sum which you think it would be fair and sufficient to allot for the maintenance in such cir cumstances of a clergyman and his family ? (Cheers.) You have now 1,40 U beuences in Ireland, 1,100 churches, 1 , 4 u 0 der g) men, and 600 curates, to whom no reteience has been m ade —how many of these do you propose to reduce ? (Cheer s. ) Do you think you can propose, without shocking the feelings of the protestant population in Ireland, to remove '2OO or 3(X) ciergy men from the beuetices which they now hold in that country (Renewed cheems.) After making any reductions which you may propose, what sum, I again ash, will you give as sufficient to'provide for a protestant clergyman and his family? I should object to divisions of any sum, mu order to the equalization of incomes; but if the sum you were to allot dues not exceed £3OO a-year for the whole, does the hon. gentleman think that we are claiming too much, if in the prescut state of things we demand the application of the church revenues, which, taken altogether, will not be able to yield so much to strictly ecclesiastical pur poses? Our space precludes the possibility of giving a detail of the answers of Sir Relit. Peel to time Speakers who had supported the motion. We must, therefore, content ourselves with giving his concluding obseivations in an entire form :—There is a dii fereuee of £2.50,000 between the noble lord and my self. He positively asserts that the amount of revenue is £79l,e(X), and I as positively declare that I do believe it to be under £450,000. I say, then, that it would be but justice to the church to ascer tain, beyond all possibility of disiette, which of us is correct in his calculation. (Hear, hear.) By moving your resolutions in committee, as 1 have intimated, you will have the advantage.of the report of the commissioners, to which great importance is attributed by the hon. members opposite. (Hear.) last you, then, to concur with me in relieving the noble - lord himself from the great practical difficulty in winch he is placed. (Hear.) No man will more rejoice than the noble loi d if you will be but good enough to obey may . voice and come to the rescue. (" Hem," and laughter.) I most sincerely believe that he has been brougnt into his present unfortunate situation by the advice of inuis erect friends. (Cheers and laughter.) Ile did nut give notice of this motion. (Hear, hear.) The hon. member ter St. Al ban's had stood sponsor to it. (Hear, hear.) The nobl e l or d was obliged to take it out of his hands, and then first he asked and gave notice that he wanted the whole report, and afterwards he moved for a partial report of the labours of the commissioners. (Hear, hear.) He courted - delay, but time pressed; he was I obliged to go on. (Cheers and laughter.) The eoble lord saw the expediency and the good policy of waiting fur information, but he - was compelled to yield to the pressure from behind. (" Hear, hear,' and laughter.) I am convinced that you will ; be confet ring a favour upon the noble lord in allowing hint to be induced to withdraw his motion. I have no objection that he should withdraw it (" hear, hear," and laughter)—te, w ee.. draw it untildie can produce some practical plait for our consi deration, sonic plan in which you can concur. .(" Hear, hear," and laughter.) Let us, then, unite in endeavouring to rescue the noble lord from the situation in which he is placed, and re frain from interrupting that happiness which his opponents wish him us cordially as his friends. (" Hear, hear," and laughter.) The hon. member for Weymouth, in the course of his speech, told you that where there were differences of opinion there should be inquiry. Are you then prepared, in defiance of his authority, to proceed without inquiry ? Will you nut wait until vou receive that information which you are led to believe will enable vou to act consistently with your present views, and to act without the shadow of an imputation on your conduct ? (Hear.) Let us not, then, enter into any hasty decision which may preclude us from the possibility of cunning into a satisfac tlry lied settlement, which we think may be accomplished. I on may insist on your 'present resolution, you may succeed in freting it upon us, ; but supposing that you no, I shall not have to wish you joy of your triumph. It may probably enable you to embarrass the future progress of the administra tion ; it may be an indication that your principle will ultimately triumph, still do hot be too confident. ( Loud cheers.) Let time, in the moment of your pride, the buoyhncy of your exultatiou„ itsuip the functions of an office which, in former times, was held by r: slave, but which may now be held by a freeman without derogation from his character. You may . boast that you exer cise the supreme power and control over the executive gyve! n mr•nt of the country, but let me whisper in your ear, that though triumphant here, although enabled. to drive the engine of state after whatsoever fashion you may please, the power that you exercise does not extend without the walls with that intensity with which it operates within. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Yes, it is unpalatable even in the function that 1 for the moment have voluntarily assumed to place before a triumphant con queror the Vanity of human wishes, the instability of mortal triumph, but yet I must not shrink from it, and I tell you, that notwithstanding your vaunted unjorities here, yen do not con trol public opinion. (Loud cheers.) We may he weak here, but this I tell you, and I beg again to say I. do so most respect fully, but also most firmly, and with a most perfect conviction of the truth, that there is a public opinion alto,gether independent of majoriti es , an d w hi c h i s n o t t o b e controlled by votes (great cheering,) but which is essential to the peace andthe prosperity of the country, which must be always hereafter au essential element in'every executive government. I 'never was more con vinced of anything than I ain of - the truth of what I have said. I never was more confident of anything than that the people will not sanction a motion to enibarass the government. You may have their silence, but you will not have their approbation. (Loud cheers.) The people of England will not sanction attempts to throw unusual obstacles in the way of the executive government. (Continued cheering.) It would sanction a vote of want of confidence ; that would be an usual course of pro ceeding. 'Why have you not the manliness to pursue it ? Why do you, instead o f it, ask me to undertake this question ? (Hear, hear.) Why do you not say at once that you want to turn out the government by the introduction of this measure ? If you are confident in your strength, which you so fondly boast, let me ask you, are you competent to undertake the o-_ _ g vernment yourselves ? (" Hear, hear," and laughter.) You have great majorities; do you possess the means of carrying on, the executive government ? If you do, your way is free before you. Strong in the confidence of the house, strong iu the con fidence of the people, you can have no difficulty in deciding this question. Why then do you throw it upon me? Why do you not take the responsibility on yourselves ? , Why do you not displace us, and then carry on the measure triumphantly ? (Cheers.) 1 f e el th a t I . cannot undertake to enforce your reso lution.. I give you notice of the course that I mean to pursue. I shall oppose lyour motion for a committee. I shall oppose your resolution in committee, and above all things, and most strenuously, I shall oppose your communication of that resolu tion to his Majesty. (Loud cheers.) I shall adhere to the principles of my own measure. I feel that such is the necessity for the settlement of the tithe question that it will admit of no further delay. I shall press it forward, and if you signify an intention of continuous opposition—if your determination to throw unusual impediments in the way of the government be plainly indicated, and if 1 find I shall not be able to proceed with the settlement of this question if you determine on obstruct ing it in principle and detail, I shall then see that the time has arrived when it will not be possible for me, consistently with my sense of duty, to remain in the situation which I have at present the honour to hold. (The right hon., gentleman resumed his seat amidst the loudest cheering.) Lord JOHN II ussxt.i, then spoke in reply. On a division the numbers were For the motion Against it Majority On our re-admission we found the house in committee. The question being put by the Chairman, that he report pro gress, and ask leave to sit again this day, Sir ROBERT PEEL objected to bringing up the report this day, on the ground that the debate on the resolution itself in the house having been unusally protracted, having been con tinued for four days,_ it was only reasonable to postpone furth e r proceedings until Monday. On that day no obstacle would be interposed to proceeding to the final settlement of the question. Lord J. RUSSELL said that the observation of the right hon. baronet was rather a reason in favour of proceeding this day than of postponing th e se ttl em ent of the questi o n till Monday. The great length of the debate which had just terminated gave every reason to anticipate that the house would not desire to discuss the question much longer, and therefore he could not consent to any postponement. Mr. FINCH was understood to say that many hon. members had been prevented from delivering their sentiments in some instances by the friends of the noble lord opposite • it was there fore hardly; fair to oppos e a postponement. He did not himself entertain the least doubt that there would be three nights more of debate. • Lord EnaiNGToN said that that afforded an additional reason for proceeding without delay. If, as the hon. member opposite said, there, yet remained so many members to deliver their opinions, the sooner they proceeded to the final settlement of the question the better; anti he therefore hoped that his noble friend would persevere in his resistance to postponement. Mr. IticHsans said, that as he had moved an amendment. (Cries of " Oh, oh,") The honourable member endeavoured to address the house, but the uproar which prevailed reude►ed him inaudible. Mr. HONE earnestly desired that they should proceed with as little delay as possible. Sir R. PEEL said that to himself personally it was a matter of perfect indifference whether they proceeded this day or on Monday; he only pr o p ose d th e l a tt er d ay f rom co n s ideration towards the house. A great many gentlemen had been disap pointed of an opportunity to deliver their sentiments; it, there fore, appeared to him that, if there were to be an adjournment of the debate from this day to Monday —as there must neces sarily be, if they resolved upon proceeding without delay, they had much better at once postpone the brin g ing up tle report to Monday. The prop os it ion lie had made did not appear to him unreasonable, for he thought that if they were to have debate upon the question they would come to it more fresh on M onday. Lorcl J. RussaLL was still of the same opinion. Lord SANDON observed, that it was hard to have the wishes of so large a minority controlled, and their convenieuce so little consulted by hon. members opposite. The question was then put and agreed to without a division. The house resumed, the chairman reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again this day. 'rhe.house then adjourned at half-past three o'clock. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY. Viscount Canterbury took the oaths and his seat. His lord ship was introduced, with the usual forms, by Viscounts Sidmouth and. Sydney. A considerable number of petitions were presented to the house, praying for further c hu rc h a ccommo d a t ion i n S cot l an d . The Earl of - SHAFTESBUriv moved that the following be added to the standing orders of the house :—" That in all cases in which this house shall make any order for payment of costs by any party or parties in any appeal of writ of error, without, specifying the amount, the clerk of the parliaments or clerk assistant shall, upon the application of either party, proceed for the taxation of such costs m such manner as is directed by an act passed in the 7th and Bth year of the reign of his late 'Ma jesty King George IV., entitled An act to establish a taxation of costs on private bills in the House of Lords,' and shall give a certificate thereof expressing the amount of such costs : and it is further ordered, that the same fees shall be demanded from and paid by the party applying for such taxation f o r and in respect thereof as a re no w or shall be fixed by any resolution of this house concerning fees made or passed in pursuance of the said act and in relation thereto; and the said clerk of the par liaments or clerk-assistant may, if he thinks fit, either add or deduct the whole or a part of such fees at the foot of his certifi cate; and the amount in money certified by him after such addition or deduction (if any) shall be the sum to be demanded and paid under or by virtue of such order as aforesaid for pay ment of costs." Lord Bo oto AM expressed his approbation of the order in troduced by the noble earl. illation &greed to, and the proposed addition made to the orders accordingly. The Agra go'vernment bill was read a third time, and passed. —Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY. Among the petitions presented to the house, Sir Richard Vyvyan presented one from Bristol signed by about 5000 persons, praying for protection to the established church of Ireland. NAVY ESTIMATES. Sir B. PEEL said that he should not oppose the house going into committee upon the motion of the noble lord the member for Devonshire, but it was necessary for him to remind the house that it was of great importance there should be no great delay in taking a vote on the navy estimates, and also in for warding the mutiny bill a stage. Provided, therefore, the debate of to-night became an adjourned debate, as he anticipated it would, it would ho his duty to move the house to go into a committee of supply on Monday night, for the purpose of voting the u:tvy estimates; and he should be bound also to bring for ward the mutiny bill again on that night. Mr. HUME wished to ask the right hon. baronet, if in case the debate of to-night was adjourned over till Monday, he meant to take a single vote on the navy estimates, or any particular number ? Sir R. PEEL said he should propose to take those votes only the delay in taking which would occasion public inconvenience. He should propose that at five o'clock the mutiny hill should be moved; then that the totes on the navy estimates should be taken till perhaps eight or nine o'clock; and afterwards that tbe adjourned debate should be resumed. DISSENTERS' AIARRIAGE BILL. Mr. WILES wished to know if, notwithstanding the arrange ment just mentioned, it was the intention of the right bon. baronet to move the second reading of the dissenters' marriage bill on Monday, which stood for that day ? Sir R. PEEL said, that supposing there should be an adjourned debate, he should not propose the second leading of that bill in competition with the resumption of the adjourned debate ; but if there should be no adjourned debate, and the mutiny bill and navy estimates were disposed of by about ten o'clock, probably there would be no objection to the second reading of the dissen ters' marriage bill, but he would suit the convenience of the house as to that. CHURCH OF IRELAND. On tie motion of Lord. Jon?: RUSSELL the house went into committee on his resolution. Mr. BElislar. having taken the chair, and out the question; another debate ensued, in which Mr. Finch, Mr. A. Johnstone, Conolly, Mr. S. Craford, Sir Robert Bateson, Lord Castle reagh, - Mr. Wyse, and Mr. Shaw addressed the chairman. Lord SANDON said that during the five day's debate he had heard much abuse of the protestant church, much said about the wretched condition of the Irish peasantry, but not one word to explain how the noble lord's resolution was to recon cile them to the payment of tithes. (Hear, hear.) Had a single petition been presented to the house calling for an appro priation of a portion of church property to the purposes of education, as a means of reconciling them to the payment of tithes? The noble lord now called upon the house to sanction a measure which was opposed to the principles of the late go vernment, of which he was a member. (Hear.) What reason was there to suppose that it would satisfy the people of Ireland? He did not feel himself called on to discuss the question, whether or not the state hail the right to appropriate to Ether but ecclesiastical purposes the property of the church. But supposing that the state had such right, yet it ought to be recol lected, that the rights of ail king's of property were mingled together, and that it was likely, if the House of Commons should divert to secti!ar purposes the property of the church, which ever since the reformation the people S had been accus tomed to regard as sacred, that a notion would be spread through the country that all other property was equally in secure. ((fear, hear.) The house surely would not forget the dilemma in which the noble lord opposite had been placed by the right hon. gentleman the Chancellor of .the Exchequer. The noble lord estimated the revenue of the Irish church at £BOO,OOO a-year. Now, supposing that the sum of £200,000 was appropriated to the purpose of general educW ion, the amount remaining fur the Irish clergy would be £600,000, which per haps the noble lord did nut think too much. But if the noble lord did not think £600,000 too much for the Irish church, would he recommend any alienation of church property, when it was proved that the property did . not exceed in amount £400,(X)0? (Hear, hear.) That was a dilemma from which the noble lord could not escape, and yet the house was now called on to leeislate on the supposition of a surplus which the noble mover of the proposition would consider to be no surplus whatever. Ile should have been surprised to see even on inexperienced member of that house make such an appropria tion, but to timid that it had been brought forward b y one who was acquainted with th e respons ibili t i es o f office did truly astonish him. Would the noble lord who presided over the late government have concurred iu that resolution ? The house had been told that the great grievance of Ireland was the establishment of a church the tenets of which were not professed by the great majority of the people, and yet the noble lord, who had declared his object to be to give satisfaction to Ireland, moved a resolution which did not in the slightest degree go to remove that pretended grievance. For these reasons it was his determination to oppose the resolution before the committee. (Hear, hen r.) Eventually tha debate on the resolution in committee was adjourned. - , The house adjourned at a quarter past one o'clock, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, The betting upon the Chester Trades' Cup has undergone no important change since our. last ; three to one was taken several times .en Saturday about Abbas Mirza; shortly afterwards £7O to £2O was also laid, which •is the highest odds now offering. Birdlime, Manchester, Lambkin, and Giovanni have beau oc casionally supported, without any alteration in the price.— Coriolanus has again'advanced for the Derby, and promises fair to be first favourite until the day of running. Ibrahim and Lu minary have also gained ground ; scarcely anything has been transacted upon any of the others.—The Liverpool July Cup has already attracted considerable attention, and from the number of excellent horses in the field, 12 to 1 is freely offered against any of the favourites. The present quotations are CriksTna TaanEs' Cur, p.p.-7 tot agst Abbas Mirza (tk;) 7 to 2 agst Birdlime (tk ;) 8 to 1 agst Manchester; 8 to 1 agst , Lambin ; 10 to 1 agst Red Rover; 12 to 1 agst Giovanni; 14 to 1 agst Lucinda; 14 to.l agst Buccaneer; 16 to 1 agst Fearn hurst ; 18 to 1 agst Nell Gwynne ; '2O to 1 agst Ratcatcher. LivEttrool. JULY Cur, p.p.-13 to 1 against General Chasse (tk;) 13 to 1 agst Chancellor; 14 to 1 agst Warlaby Baylock ; 15 to 1 agst Touchstone ; 15 to 1 agst Louden (tk;) 15 to 1 agst Jupiter; 16'to 1 agst Abbas Mirza; 20 to 1 agst Whitefoot. Tun Danny.-7 to 1 agst Coriolanus (off ;) 9to 1 agst Silenus (off ;) 13 t o 1 a gst Pucelle (tk ; ) 14 to 1 ag s t A sco t; 15 to agst •Leopoldine ; 15 to I agst Ibrahim; 18 to 1 agst Luminary; 20 to 1 agst Darioletta; '2O to 1 agst Luck's All; 30 to 1 against Mundig (off;) 30 to 1 agst Knobstick (off;) 33 to 1 agst Eli zanne 33 to I agst Philosopher; 50 to 1 agst Pettit's Ibrahim; 7 to 2 agst Mr. Ridsdale's lot; 5 to 1 agst Lord Jei soy's lot. THE OAKS.-7 to 2 agst Preserve ;Bto 1 agst Hester. FASHIONS FOR APRIL. MORNING DnEss.—Those eleganeredingodes which became such favourites last autumn will soon be the prevalent style for promenade dresses. Slight silks are particularly intended for them. They will be very simply ornamented with silk bands or folds (some trenchant colour.) The chief refinement on this costume consists in the recherche material, and embroidery worn underneath, and the deep cape or collar. For carriage dresses a very beautiful new material, called satin cashmere, is much in vogue : the surface is brilliant and the texture warm. As a contrast to this may be cited the favourite French peignoirs, embodying the true idea of comfort and neglige elegance. Imagine a wrapping dress of the finest white flannel, resembling a white Cashmere, bound all round with light blue riband a cot deliere and tassel of the same colour, confining the plaits round the waist with a similar one attached to the collar or cape. These negliges are made likewise in merinos, and lined with bright-coloured sarsenet. The sleeves are very large, allowing the under-sleeve of cambric to appear at the wrist. A cambric skirt, embroidered round the hem, or edged with Valenciennes, is worn underneath. The pelerines and capes of morning dresses are worn very deep; some trimmed with lace, others with a riband ruche. HATS AND CAPOTBS.—NO decided change has yet appeared in the shape of morning hats; they.are worn very much evase in front, and tied closely under the chin. In negliO ceps silk and black velvet are most worn. Rose-colour satin, white silk and satin, with white feathers, are the most fashionable car riage bonnets; the crowns round, and very small; a veil of black blond, and a black velvet flower is frequently seen with a bright rose-colour hat. Demi veils are again worn. EVENING DRESS,—A white satin robe of extreme fulness corsage plaited en gerbe, and edged with a blond ruche, and three small green bows down the centre. Sabot sleeves, divided into three parts, the lower reaching almost to the elbow : a green bow and demi wreath of white roses with foliage appear on each shoulder. Green silk sash, fastened in a little rosette at the point of the waist, whence hang, en eventail, the long ends. nese are confined to the robe with large bows and sprigs of white roses: Turkish turban of green and gold seraphine gauze ; on the left side an end fringed. with gold, rows of pearl across the forehead, earringi en suite; neck chain of gold enamel and pearls; white gloves, trimmed with a green ruche, black satin slippers. BA LL Dasss.—A dress of white crape, over white satin. The front adorned en tablier with botiffants of rose-colour silk, di vided 'by gold agraffes and boitquets of the " forget-me-not;" from each agraffe depend two ends of the silk, increasing in length towards the hem of the skirt ; light corsage rose-colour rosettes mark the centre, from the upper bow rises a bouquet of flowers, double sabot sleeves, ornamented en suite; coiffure en cheveux—the front hair parted, one braid hanging, low on the cheek, the rest arranged like a coronet at the back of the head, and ornamented with small crimson flowers.— World of Fashion. NAVIGATION OF THE SHANNON .AND ITS TRIBUTARY STREAMS. • On Saturday, the 29th ult., a county meeting was held at the Court House:Clare, to take into consideration the neglected state of the navigation of the Shannon, Lucius O'Brien, Esq., in the chair. _ The High Sheriff having given an exposition of the general object of the meeting : Mr. Steele spoke at great length in entering on the details of the contemplated improvements on the Shannon. He said that the primary object was to establish 'at Clare a fine port in deep water, and with safe mooring, in place of the present wretched and dangerous one; his object is to make Clare a point of great commercial attraction to merchants, instead of being, as at present, the execration of every captain who is anxious for the security of his vessel and her cargo. A petition to parliament was read and agreed to. The following resolutions were also passed unanimously : Resolved—That those. merchants of Liverpool connected with the trade of Ireland, who last summer sent a numerously signed memorial to the parliamentary committee in favour of those improvements prayed for by our petition, are entitled to the warmest expression of the gratitude of the county of Clare, and of all Ireland; we not only know how to estimate the mighty value of that memorial in relation to its immediate ob ject, but we hail it joyfully as an auspicious and truly . noble exemplification of that enlightened and benignant spirit to wards this country, which is so rapidly pervading the great body of our English brethren. Resolved—That our respected chairman be requested to communicate this vote to our English friends; and most respectfully to solicit a continuance of their support and co operation. PACKET COMMUNICATION WITH THE WEST INDIES. The following is the plan proposed by the Lords Commis sioners of the Admiralty for establishing a regular communica tion between England and her West India Colonies, and betwen Jamaica and the Leeward Islands, so as to ensure a fortnightly intercourse between them 'and this country, instead of a monthly one as at present. On the first and fifteenth of every month, a sailing packet will be despatched from England, which, as appears from an average of twelve packets that sailed front England in twelve consecutive months, may be expected to reach Barbadoes in 31 days; this packet proceeding along the islands, delivering the respective mails at each, and waiting at St. Thomas, is now occupied on this service 18 days, and her return from thence to Falmouth is 31 days; making in the whole 80 days out and home. But as the iletention at St. Thomas has been chiefly occasioned by waiting for the La Guayra mail boat, 6,8, or even 10 days, which will no longer be the case, eight days may, therefore, be deducted from the above mentioned time. The out and home voyage will then be performed in about 72 days. But as the proposed plan is meant to embrace Jamaica, where the steamer is to wait four days, the out and home voyage will stand thus, Packet to Barbadoes 3l days. Steam Vessel from Jamaica to Barbadoes 6 Remain at Jamaica Jamaica to St. Thomas St. Thomas to Falmouth 3l 77 days. To despatch two mails from the Leeward Islands in each month, and receive two returns, will require 6 sailing packets and 2 steamers ; and this number will be sufficient to allow time for both to put themselves into a complete state of repair and refit. For as the first of 5 packets despatched at intervals of 15 days, may be expected to return to F a lm o uth in 75 or 76 days, the sixth after the return of the fifth will have 15 days to refit before she be required to sail again. An extra steamer will be kept ready to sail, in case of acci dent to the machinery of either of the others. The Sheldrake packet arrived at Barbadoes on the 25th Feb. in exactly 21 days from Falmouth. . FATHER TOM IN THE COUNTRY; A PENCIL SKETCH. Sermon, s.—A discourse of instruction, pronounced by a di• vine for the edification of the people !—Walker'4 Pronouncing Dictionary. " Well, you miserable lookin' set o' sinners—here you come flockin' to me as thick as pays on a threncher! Soivkins! but you're never so full of alacrity at payin the dues—Tim Rogan, how dar' you spit on the chapel flure?—where's yerreligion, yolk baste? OA ! but its meself that's parsecuted wid you and your likes!—Well, boys, the holy and the thrue church is thrivin' in spite of the .orangemen and their heretic clan—th' illitherate• set o' hostlioprns—mockin' I didn't sack * the best o' them whin I was iu Dublin—where wor they a thousand years ago? — answer me that Gogsty ! but they ,wor silent enough whin I gev thim that poser! B u t, boys, there's no use in talkin' to yours about couthroversy—this is the only church to be saved in ! this is the only edince of salvation !--Thread lighter, Phil Dunn, you heavy-heeled,miscrayaut, to obligate me to spako from the althar." _ . - "I was only ctonlin', yer reverince, wid the ould account ail the regard ov the chliskenin' an the like." "Phil Dunn, you've thq raal feelin' of religion—out o' the way, you set o' brutes, an letshim cons near me up to the railin'i Phil, I'm proud o' ye, my boy*.giv' the bag to Corney here, and wait till the sarmen's over, till I give you me blessin'. See there, you villanous sinners, is an example to folly —see the home 0' grace about Phil ! Well the holy vargiu lief!) me! but I've the heavy handful' o' yez all! you're ready enough at )er, dancin' an yer fightin, an yer sportiu'—(whew ! Corney," to his assistant, looking throu g h the window, "there's a brace o r dogs—out, you divil, quick, an see whose they are!) —ready enough, say I, at yer sportin' an' yer amusement an' yer dhrinkin'—(Barney Davis, the pottheen's out, vou neglectful varmint you I)—bud you don't come so aigerly to the house of worship !—lts well for ye's that has me for yer inthercessor, or you'd be all in the lowest pit of perdition afore now—(a gene ral thrill of fear.)—Aint 1 prayiu' night, noon, an' mornin' for yer poor deluded souls?—an', antler all, whin yez die', you grudge the price ov the masses—but, for the future, yer spefets may howl in purgathory for me av you don't `post the coal.' Boys, jewels, isn't it a crule thing to say that yer past hor must. be dhi iven to this pass whin yez hand out the tithes readily Och, but you ought to resist thins vi et armis—which manes wid spades an' pitchforks ! Oh ! the sin an' the wickedness o' the world—bud ye'll all pay lanty for it in the flames hereafter, au' that's some comfort. Don't dar to think that I'll inthercede wid the divil fur yez!—Mary Flynn, yer poor husband's soul is sufferin' hell's torments now, an' you gigglin' wid Pat Maher! —Pay for masses, you deludher you, or I'll excommunicate you fur all yer wickedness. Pat Maller,whin war yon at confession —answer me that, you dog ? It' s a f ear d y ou are , o f axis' the Easther money!—Oh ! the sufferin's an' the tormint , an' the tortures hereafter of those who don't act here accordin' to the church's holy rules! Pat, the vargin help you!" " It's Squire Fagan's dogs, sir, an' he's ss aitin' for you to have a course "—from the assistant, just returned, sotto voce. " Dogs—Squire Fagan! .Oh ! all right--well you poor uu- . fortunate misguided sinners, TOVve soy blessin' any how. Bar ney, don't forget the pottheen—Mary Flynn, think on yer poor husband's cowl—Pat Maher, I'll confess you to-morrow ! Bone • dicite—Deus—donabeste—fisticum— Bono—there's the lain in' that cost me my goolden guineas ! " Exit amid general stares of admiration.—The Warder. • The victory obtained by one hedge schoolmaster over another if termed sa,king. A healthy old gentleman was once asked by the King what physician and apothecary he made use of to look so well at his. time of life ? " Sire," replied the gentleman, "my physician has always been a horse, and my apothecary an ass." It is a curious fact, that the most carnivorous quadrupeds are more averse from devouring women than men. The bears of Kamschatka, Dillow the women when gathering wild fruits into. the woods, and, though most rapacious animals, seldom do fur ther harm than robbing them of their fruit. His Serene Highness the hereditary Prince Aloys ,of Liech tenstein and suite arrived at the Clarendon Hotel on Sunday week on a specialtnission from his Majesty the Emperor Fer dinand of Austria. The prince visited their Majesties on Thurs day last at the palace, and also the other members of the royal' family, accompanied by Prince Esterhazy, cousin to the prince, who gives a grand entertainment in honour of the arrival of the envoy. PUNISHMENT OF A MURDERER.—On entering the house where I lodged, I found an old woman chained to a man who had killed her brother. A little after they let the woman go. and chained the murderer to a young boy, a relation of the per son who had been killed. The.mtuderer is from Walcait. The man whom he had killed had been a priest ,• but he renounced his vocation in order t o li ve more freely in licentiousn ess . This man, having a deadly enmity against him, a n d fi n di ng hi m on e' day alone in the fields, killed him. ' There was no witness, but the relations of the deceased seized the murderer, knowing the enmity which there was between them. They wished at first to kill him, according to the custom of the country, for the law of retaliation exists in all its force throughout Abyssinia; but the murderer found means to escape,•and fled to Oubea to relate to hint the whole story. Oubea sent for the relations of him who was killed, and exhorted them to be satisfied, by making the murderer pay whatever they might demand. He has been con deemed to pay twenty okiets, or two hundred dollars an d now . he takes his station in the market, asking charity till he has wherewith to pay. From morning to night he is heard crying , " Yanafsi! yanafsi !" (" For my life for my life !") When a murderer is brought before a governor, the governor cannot pronounce judgment, but always exhorts the relations of the slain persons to be reconciled, and to commute the life of the murderer for a certain sum of money : he never can compek them to it. if the murderer is a thief, the governor himsef, condemns him to death.—Gobat's Notes on Abyssinia. DISGRACEFUL EXHIBITION.—On Friday last, the people as sembled at St. Austell market were surprised by the appearance of a man of advanced age leading a woman about thirty by a halter which was tied round her waist. The fellow is named George Trethewey, a labourer residing in the parish of St. Stephens, in Brouwell, and having become tired of his wife, he adopted this mode of leadin her to market, in order to dispose of her to the best bidder. Having loudly signified his intention, a crowd was speedily collected to witness a scene happily so novel in this country; amongst those assembled were two itlnc-. rant tinkers, who travel in company; one of them offered two pence for the woman, and after some time his companion doubled. the sum, stating that they were acting in partnership. The hus band agreed to accept the last offer, when four-pence was handed' to him, and the woman delievered ever to her purchasers, with whom she proceeded to a neighbouring pot-house, where they regaled themselves with a jug of ale. Meantime the collector of the market-tolls applied to the husband for a penny, the sum usually demanded for selling a pig, &c., this was at once paid , . and incredible as it may appear, it is a fact that in 18.35, toll was paid in St. Austell market for the sale of a wife ! ! But Mr. George Trethewey having become dispossessed of. one partner, would not long remain without another to share with him "for better for worse," and a damsel about 40 years of age stepped forward to supply his loss; she appeared to be in the state which" all ladies wish to be who love their lords." But"the course of true love never did run smooth," and this lady (N 62.) was doomed to exper k ience the truth of it, for immediately on her approach a third - candidate for the high honour of becoming the partner of Mr. George Trethewey appeared; Nos. 2. and 3. at once had recourse to the pugilistic prowess to decide the mat ter; No. 2. was soon pronounced the victor, and being deco rated with a cockade, as a trophy of triumph, paraded off, in high glee, with Trethewey. We understand he is summoned to appear at the next petty sessions at St. Austell, to answer the charge, and we trust lie will receive that punishment which his disgraceful and disgusting conduct so highly merits.—Cor nubian. ----: - • GOOD ADVICE FOR A DINNER.—A gentleman, humbly clad in a curacy-coat, one day entered Wood's Hotel, Clare Markel. and ordered a sort of dinner lunch in the shape of unlimited mutton-chops, and potatoes to correspond ; not forgetting • suitable fluids, porter, brandy, &c. All th ese thi ngs disposed of, the gentleman called the waiter, and thu s add resse d him " My friend, I have fared sumptuously ! good house, this-- capital chops—porter admirable—brandy exquisite! Slight difficulty, however—haven't a shilling aVout me ! Awkward , rather, 'tis true: perhaps not of much consequence till to morrow ?" " Why sir," quoth the waiter, with the " much more easily_ W conceived than expressed" exaltatio n of the eve brows, " Why, sir, I'll call master." Master was accordini;lY called. He came—bowed—remonstrated—complained—but never threatened. The gentleman, moved by such forbearance , said, " I think that) I may be of service to you. I could tell you of a plan which, if priiperly pursued, would be productive of the happiest results to you, not only in the way of g eneral business but also as regards your personal comfort. Pray 1 . 0 seated; I can't bear to see you stand : indeed if I were not so, embarrassingly situated, I should insist on your taking a glass of wine with me. However, perhaps you'll agree with the proverb -- ' In for a penny, in fur a pound ; so pray bring a bottle of your best port, and a wine-glass for yourself, and we'll talk over this matter. I don't think you'll see cause to regret making eIY acquaintance." The obliging landlord similed and complied; and after following the course given to the conversation by . the stranger for some half-hour, all the while awaiting the promise d development of the plan, he perceived that the said stranoer, was, to ,ise a familiar expression, " buttoning up f u r a hort,:, and making_ the best of his way for the door. " But sir, , exclaimed Wood, " you promised to let me into a secret, 01 consequence, and you have not said a word about it." " Bless me !" said the gentleman, with his hand on the door, " that's very true—so I did. Very glad you mentioned it ! The fact is, we are all liable to misfortune ; and if ever you are sent to the treadmill, take the step nearest the wail: you'll find i! by far the easiest part of the wheel. Good evening. you'll hear from me in a day or so."—Strange to say, the dinner be 6 not been heard of since.—From Easer' Magazine for April. Brougham's attack on the dissenters' marriage bill by means. of a petition from the socinians at Hull, w h o b u ild th e i r infidel shops with jaw-bones and blubber from Greenland, is one among millions of the proofs of what he wou ld d o if h e cou ld, a nd ot . what hypocrisy, meanness, and malignity, all soc i n i ans are made. With bated breath and humblei attitude they prayed to be re" lieved from their own stated grievances; and no sooner was their prayer granted to the full extent than those Christ-denying' those Christ-degrading, those bolderdash-mongering philoso phers, who believe only whut they understand and who contrive to understand nothing to believe—no sooner was this gang, wi th Brougham at their head or tail—which you like—relieved, b:/,' the mistakes of a too tolerant government, th an th e y turned round upon their benefactors, and convinced all but the wilful l Y blind that it was not allowing them to divest marriage if all re' ligious obligations which they wanted, hut it was a compulsion 0 0 us to burn our liturgy—insult our ministers—rase our temples t. and hand over to them the property consecrated to God, whicr they sought to accomplish. Think of all this, Sir Robert Peet, and put an extinguisher on your church commission; and wben, churchmen, after agreeing among themselves about the exten t and quality of reform, shall pray for it, then grant their prayer i but think no more of the present commission—for God's sake • Aye. As; Intsti DUEL.—A meeting took place at five o'clock 00 Saturday morning, below Dollymount, at the North Bull, be tween Mr. J. rvlaccabe, of Rutland-square, and Mr. Pomroi, of Cork. The preliminary arrangements having taken place, 0 ° the signal being given, Mr. M.'s ball struck the pistol of Alr; I'., carrying away part of the ramrod near the top; Mr. r•.' pistol missed fire. Mr. Gyles, Mr. P.'s friend, immediatelY • came forward to demand a second shot on the part of Mr. P 1 which being acceded to by Mr. M., the signal being change': and again given, Mr. P. fired without effect. Mr. M. di sc harger l his pistol in the air, and, having expressed himself satisfied with Mr. P. signified his intention to exchange shots with AU'. Gyles before quitting the field. This being agreed to by 311. ; G., and the parties placed in their relative positions, on tall,_ word being given, Mr. G. fired without effect; Mr. M.'s '1,, , deeply grazed the glutmus maximus muscle of Mr. G., harP-, however, not inflicting more than a flesh wound. It appear 4 bre explanation, that Mr. G. was not aware that a snap or miss should be reckoned as a shot. The parties then left the groe u perfectly reconciled.—Freeman's Journal. LA DVERTISEMENTI—PERSIAN HILDUISNIIA.—We are p,r,t d to announce that our worthy and talented townsman, Mr. 1 - ll ec i m a s Atkinson, lianelagh-street, has been specially appoo t pharmaceutical chemisl. at Liverpool o'their Royal Highneig: i the Duchess of Kent and the Prin9 . s Victoria; and we glu l f, join in the general voice of prat e which his incompara lw Persian Heduisinia " has elicited, having seen many 01 ,!, e „ numerous and flattering testimonials which have been_gra a ' ro fully sent to him from various parts-of the kingdom. NV e e t quite satisfied that it is the must delightful perfume ever I offered to the public. MY NATIVE LAND. [Tho following stanzas are from the pen of Mr. Robert Storey of Gargrave Craven, in Yorkshire, the author of the univer sally admired lines " The Isles are awake."l Didst thou quail, my native land, When from Gallia's hostile strand Menace proud and haughty vaunt Sought thy free-born soul to daunt? No! Though Europe's yielded wreath Blenched the tyrant's foot beneath; Though a traitorous few—thine own— Would have meanly licked his throne ;• Yet the tidings as, in flame, O'er thy beaconed hills they came, Roused a bold, determined band For thy guard, my native land. Proudly wept the high-souled wife, Sending forth her lord to strife— Softer fell the sister's tear, Bringing out her brother's spear— Noble was the maiden's manner, As she spread her lover's banner, Bidding him, as that was borne, Win her love, or win her scorn! Struck with shame to see one soul, One high purpose, fire the whole, E'eu the traitors—grasping brand— Rushed to save their native laud Needs the tale be further told? Who not knows the issue bold? Who that knows it would despond? Though a peril far beyond That of an invasion threat, Claims heroic struggle yet. Hear it, prelate, prince, and peer— All that's high and holy, hear ! Hear it, sons of trade and toil— All that love your native soil! Deadly peril, nigh at hand, Menaces our common land! By your fathers! proved of old Men of loyal hearts and bold— By your fathers! doomed to death, Martyrs of a purer faith— By each drop of blood that 'lowed For their KING, and for their GOD! Make their noble path your own, Round the altar and the throne Bally ! GOD shall aid the right. TRAITORS, shrinking at the sight, Once again, shame-struck, shall'stand, And thou be saved, my native laud! R. .S ,- APRIL 7, 1533. .__•-