The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-07-07 00:00:00

July 7, 1846. Loral anD probintial p.eb3s. Arrangements are making at v&rious towns for cheap trips to Liverpool on the occasion of Prince Albert's visit. Sir Howard Dou2las transacted business on Thursday at the Colonial Office, on the subject of the late disas trous fire at St. John's, Newfoundland. Bartholomew Bretberton, who built, a fdw years back, a Roman Catholic Chapel, near his residence at Rainhill, has been beautifying it at a great outlay. On Tuesday, a decent looking married female, named Janet Cunningham, was committed fur trial charged with picking a lady's pocket at the Zoological Gardens. On Monday and Tuesday about £7O 000 was paid at the Custom-house in this town for duties on corn and flour. _ . . The Rev. Dr. Booth has been presented with a com munion service by the pupils of the Collegiate Institu tion. Mr. Rose, the superintendent of the Manchester fire brigade, has resigned his situation in order to enter into contracts with the corporation of that town for cleansing streets. CORONER'S COURT.—Since Friday week to Saturday last there had been only two inquests ; such a dearth of fatal casualties has not occurred during the last ten years. THE FIRE AT WINDSOR FOUNDRY.—As there are some reasons for supposing that the fire which broke out at - Wirids.,r Foundry lately, vrai the work of an incendiary, a r, ward of £lOO has been offered for such information as may lead to his discovery. SUDDEN DEATH. —Yesterday evening week Mr. Gaw thorpe, of Birkenhead. father of Mr. Gawthorpe, of this town, went out for a walk and returned at seven o'clock, apparently refreshed. At nine he was a corpse. His health had been declining for some time. BIRKENHEAD FAIR.—The July cattle fair was held -on Friday, and was well supplied with horses and cattle of good quality ; the former sold slowly at high rates. The supply of sheep and pigs was nothing to boast of. The attendance was not so numerous as usual. Last week a swarm of bees took possession of a large lamp in the market-place at Warrington, and commenced forming their combs. The following day they, were saftly hived, and placed in the garden of Mr. Jones, the super intendent of police. SMUGGLING.—On Tuesday, James Morrish was fined Xl5, or one month's imprisonment, for smuggling several pounds of tobaw:o, from a vessel in the Bruns wick Dock. On "Wednesday, Richard Harris, cook of the Queen of the West, was fined £lOO, for being con cerned in smuggling 166 pounds of tobacco. A HEAVY DAY AT TIIE Poi ICE-COURT.—On Friday at the Police•court there sere no lesser than one hundred information-. principally against parties for nuisances and offences under the Health Acr, and for allowing dogs to be at large. The fines inflicted amounted to upwards of £6O The mayor was at the public cemetery on Thursday fcr the purpose of entering into the necessary arrangements with its treasurer, Sir Thomas Brancker, previous to Prince Albert's visit on the forthcoming occasion. his worship signified his desire to give the public, more es pecially the children of our local schools, a good oppor tunity of seeing his royal highness. DOUGLAS ;JERROLD Al , llll HIS •NEWSPAPER.—This justly- popular author, having traversed every region of the pen, the dramatic, the literary, the critical, has been long verging to the political, and every friend of m an ki n d, whatever may be his politics, must be erlightt d that this philanthropic writer is about to commence a weekly paper, devoted, as our advertising columns will show, to wit, literature, and earnest politics. The Manchester Guardian last week made a great pa rade about a manufacturer at Preston, who employs from 1000 to 1200 men, having gone amongst them, and an noonced, that in consequence of the passing of the' corn bill, he would ra se their wages. The Preston Chronicle (a free trade paper), however, honestly confesses that they 4 ' cannot ascertain that there is the slightest foundation for such a statement." FINING THE CORPORATION.—Last week, Mr. Rushton fined the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of Liverpool 405., for allowing the back wall of one of their houses to be in such a bad state of repair, that offensive matter ran throuch it. Mr. Rushton also intimated, that the fine would be renewed daily, so long as the nuisance existed. He saw no reason for not treating the Corporation the same as other parties. BIRKENHEAD FERRY.—It is rumoured that Prince Albert will, during his trip on the river, pay a visit to Birkenhead Ferry, for the purpose of inspecting the ex cellent ac3ammodations for landing passengers, &c., pro vided by the corporation upon their property there; and that he will be entertained, for a few minutes, in the spa cious hut at the top of the slip, by Mr. Seymour Wil loughby. . . fete Rev. J. H. Stewart, having been appointed to the incumbency of the Limpstield rectory, in the county of Surrey, is about to resign the ministry of St. Bride's Church, in this town. On Thursday evening a deputation from the congregation of Sr. Bride's presented the rev. gentleman with a silver tea kettle and silver salver, as an affectionate testimonial of their gratitude for his services as their minister. Mr. Stewart preached his farewell ser mon, at St. Bride's, on Sunday evening. DREADFUL COLLIERY ACCIDENT.—On Monday week a dreadful accident occurred at the Millstone Pit, in Chorley, by which four men, named Andrew Derbyshire, Merrick 011erton, James Yates, end Shorrock, lost their lives. They were employed in re-opening the pit, which had been filled up seven Nears since, and while at work under the shaft of the pit the whole mass of the earth with which it had been filled fell upon them, crushing them - and blocking up the passage by which they communicated with the Chorlev Moor Pit. LIVERPOOL CUSTOMS.—It is a source of gratification to us to bear testimone to the z-al and promptitude mani fested by the Customs' officers at this part (more particu larly by the cashiers, computers, and officers employed in the duty-paid slip office) during the late unprecedented pressure of business, arising from the operation of the new tariff. So satisfactorily have the several officers per formed their arduous and onerous duties, that, we have been informed, the comptroller, as well as many of the. merchants, have been pleased publicly to express their approbation and thanks for the great facilities that have been rendered on this particular occasion. C AL L-FLOUR-omETEß.—Amongst the new inventions of the day is a very ingenious instrument of the above name. It is calculated to determine the proportion of tour paste to cotton in a piece of calico; and when the Corn Law is repealed, and the foreign ingredient cheap ened, it is expected to become an instrument of extensive use, and indeed necessity, to merchants and buyers of manfactured cotton goods, as not only enabling them to test the price of the mixed article by the Mark-lane prices of what will shortly become the principal ingre dient, hut guiding them as to the degree of care to be used in handling it. We understand that, in future, the cot ton circulars will contain, along with the rates of Orleans and Boweds, the prices of snperfine flour, best seconds, and middling and ordinary seconds. THE WALLASEY COMMISSIONERS. —The monthly meeting was held at Liscard, on Thursday last, J. C. Ewart, Esq , in the chair, and a numerous meeting in at tendance. It was agreed that the two companies should be amalgamated, forming one, two to retire alphabeti cally every month, and their places to be supplied by other members, so that all might share in the duties and re sponsibilities. A conversation took place relative to the purchase of one or more of the ferries. but the matter was delayed for a further report. The accounts for the year ending 15th ,June were read. The total receipts were £5876 7s. Bd., and there was an amount of expenditure over the income of £1565, but sifter certain deductions Which would be made to the credit of the township, the actual balance against them would be £llOO. After some explanations by the law-clerk, the accounts were passed. Auditors were appointed end thanks voted to the chair who replied in suitable terms. .._SELECT VESTRY.—At the meeting on Tuesday, the .wot khom.e Committee report e d th a t Edward Rogers, the oaker had entered the house at ten o'clock at night, the worse for liquor, and as it was his third offence, they re commended his dismissal. The committee decided, by a majority of 11 t 10, that he he continued in his office for three months longer. A letter was read from the Poor law Conrissioners, stating that if Mr. McDougall was not a licentiate of the Apothecaries Company lie was not eligihle for the situation of i ou:e-surgeon. A statement of the respective qualifications of the candidates. Mr. Mc Dougall and Mr. Gilmour, is to be sent to the commis sioners. Another letter was read as to the plans submit ted by the vestry to the commissioners for the proposed of f ices at Liverpool. As far as related to the register of fice, the commissioners said the vestry could charge the cost thereof to the poor rates, but not as respects the re mainder, but the commissioners would sanction the ap plication of the produce of the sale of certain property vested in the vestry to the erection of the offices in goes ' Con. THE HERCULANEUM Dux BILL—The Herculaneum Dunk Bill was before a select committee of the House of Lords on Monday. The opponents were the Liverpool Dock Committee, and the commissioners of Toxteth- park. The 'opposition of the dock committee was founded upon the diversion of Sefton-street. It was held, however, by the committee, that they could not appear upon the petition which they hadpres.ented. For the commissioners of Tox teth, who claimed the right of a marine parade in front of the intendeddock, evidence was given by Mr. J. B. Yates, Dr. Dittman, Dr. Sutherland, and Mr. Alexander Ryan ; and on Tuesday the committee decided that to give any ex tent of parade further than was conceded in the clauses sent Up from the Commons, would be fatal to the great object for which the bill was introduced. They therefore declined to accede to the prayer of the petition. Mr. Sergeant Kinglake then piessed that the promoters should make a parade opposit e M essrs . V ernon ' s wor ks; but this appli cation met with a similar result. The preamble was then declared to be pass'd ; and the same evening the bill was reported, and, on Friday, it received the royal assent. I'RESENTATION OF PLATE.—It will gratify the friends and admirers of the Rev. Mr. Macgrath, formerly the highly esteemed incumbent of St. Mark's, in this town, • to learn that he has been equally successful in securing the affectionate tegard of his own connexions in the West In dies, who have subscribed for a handsome assortment of plate to be presented to him. The whole may be seen • for a few days at the shop of Mr. Flower, of Renshaw street, who has exh'bited great taste in the designs and Manufacture. it consists of a large and massive silver salver, or tray, with a superb foliated and richly-chaced •border ; together with a correspondingly elegant silver tea and coffee service, and tea caddy. The salver bears the following inscription beautifully engraved : " Presented to the Rev. John Macgrath, LL.D., by the mem bers of Sr. Michael's . Church, Kingston, Jamaica, on his de- Parture from thence to assume the duti s of rector of Trelawney, • tis a sm all memento of their affectionate esteem and regard, for the faithful and zealous discharge of his duties while their pas "tor. Kingston, 17th January, 1846." The plate is of the valu e o f £l6O, an d, j u d g i ng f rom it s weight, and superior workmanship, we should say that Mr. Plower, has regarded much more his reputation as a tradesman than any profit that may accrue to him—so economically, yet faithfully, has he executed the order. DOCK COMMITTEE.—At the weekly meeting on Thurs day a letter was read from Mr. C. Grayson, chairman of the Liverpool Ship-builders' Association, calling the at tention of the committee to the plan of the new graving docks at the north end of the town, by which one dock only would be sufficient to admit large steamers. The letter suggested that if the work had not proceeded too far for alteration, two of the docks be set apart for the largest steamers, as, from the rapid increase of such vessels, one dock would be inadeqate for their accommo dation. It was also recommended that one of the large docks be divided by central gates for the use of steamers requiring extensive repairs. The letter was referred to the sub-committee of works. A scale of the proposed rates for the Albert-dock warehouses was submitted, and a special committee appointed for Tuesday to revise them. The Harbour-master's committee submitted new rules for the regulation of the timber trade on the east side of the Brunswick Dock, which were confirmed. the chairman and two members of the committee were appointed to revise the list of dock rate-payers on Wednesday. ELIHU BURRITT, THE LEARNED BLACKSMITH.—This extraordinary man arrived in Liverpool on Sunday morn ing by the Hibernia, from the United States, and reached Manchester on Monday evening last. We understand that he intends spending about a fortnight in Manchester. As the fame of this extraordinary exemplar of "the pursuit of knowledge under difficulties," may not have reached all our readers, we may mention that he was born in Con necticut. in 1811, of humble but respectable parents; at tended the district school for some months yearly, till he was 16; when, his father dying, be was apprenticed to a black-mith; at which trade he worked till he was 23; and after trying, for a year or two, teaching, and other pro fessions, which did not suit his health, he returned to his anvil, at which he still labours when at home, devoting all his leisure hours to literary pursuits. By dint of hard labour, he has become a proficient in the most difficult languages of Asia, and in many of those languages of Europe which are now nearly disused and obsolete; among them are Gaelic, Welsh, Celtic, Saxon, Gothic, Icelandic, Rus-ian, Sclavonic, Armenian. Chaldaic, Syriac, Arabic, Etl,i epic, Sanscrit, and Tamul It was stated, in a public meeting, in 1838, by Governor Everett, that Mr. Burritt by that time, by his unaided industry alone, had made himself acquainted with fifty languages. Mr. Burritt shows no disposition to relax from his labours. He usually devotes eight hours to labour, eight hours to study, and eight hours to physical indulgence and repose and, by pursuing this course, he enjoys the advantages—vainly coveted by ma'y literary men—those connected with ' a sound mind in a healthy body.' Nor does be confine his labours to the mere acqui.,ition of literary wealth,—be also diffuses it with a liberal hand. He has written many valuable articles for periodicals of high standing; he has delivered many lectures which have been replete with interest and valuable information ; and has been repeatedly listened to by large and highly respectable audiences in New York, Philadel phia, and other places, with edification and delight. Mr. Burritt is now only 35 yea, s of age, and he is visiting Eng land partly to recruit his strength, and partly to see the English people with his own eyes, and judge for himself as to their character as developed at home. MASONIC FESTIVAL—INSTALLATION OF THE EARL OF ELLESMERE AS GRAND MASTER OF EAST LANCA.. SH IRE.—On Thursday, tbe town of Bolton-le-Moors pre sented a scene of unusual bustle, from the Freemasons of East. Lancashire there assembling, for the purpose of in stalling Lord Francis Egerton (now Earl Ellesmere) as Grand Master. The Grand Lodge was solemnly opened by the Mayor, who is Deputy Grand Master of the Di vision. The Noble Lord, who had been delayed by at tending the consecration of a new church at Worsley, at length arrived, and was installed with the usual rites of the " brethren of the mystic tie." The brethren, then, to the number of 700, walked in procession to church, decorated with the badges of their respective offices and the usual masonic clothing. The streets were filled with specta. tors, flags and banners were hung from nearly every window along the line of procession, the bells rang a merry peal, and at intervals a discnarge of cannon awoke the sleeping echoes of the place. At the churchyard gates the brethren were met by the Rev. Canon Slade, the vicar, who led the way to the sacred edifice. Prayers were said by the Rev. J. Sheffield, and an excellent ser mon was preached by the Rey. Gilmour Robinson, the grand chaplain of West Lancashire, from the 22d verse of the sth of Thessalonians. At the conclusion, £99 9s. 6d. was collected in aid of the funds of the Bolton Dspen- sary. The brethren then again formed the line of pro cession, and proceeded to St. George's School-room, an excellent brass hand playing " The entered apprentice" as a march. In this spacious apartment a sumptuous enter tainment was prepared, and covers were laid for 400, which was the exact number of the guests. At the principal table were seated the Earl of Ellesmere, Pro vincial Grand Master. as chairman; Stephen Blair, Esq., Deputy Provincial Grand Master; John Driukwater, Esq , Deputy Provincial Grand Master of West Lanca shire•, Thomas Preston, Esq., Past Deputy Provincial Grand Master ; the Rev. Gilmour Robinson, Grand Chaplain ; R. D dev, Esq., Past Deputy Provincial Grand Treasurer; Thomas Ridgway Bridson, Esq., De puty Provincial Grand Treasurer, &c., &c. The galleries were filled with an immense assemblage of the rank, beauty, anti fashion of the town and neighbourhood, and a more admirable sample of the far-famed Lancashire witches never graced any meeting or any event. A first rate party of glee singers and band were in attendance, and nothing was omitted which could add to the comfort and enjoyment of the brethren and the fair spectators of the scene, who, by the special wish of the noble grand, it was arranged, should be permitted to witness the pro ceedings for a very much longer period than is usual. The ludge.was closed and the brethren separated about eleven o'clock. TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. On Wednesday, the usual monthly meeting of the Town Council was held, at the Town-hall. . . The proceedings oP the Finance Committee comprised recommendations to appoint John Robinson as assistant surveyor, in the room of Mr. Holt, deceased, and ofJohn Bunbory, ar temporary assistant surveyor, in the room of John Robinson. In reply to a communication, the committee stated that they would not be responsible for any damage which might happen to the roof of the Custom-house, if persons were permitted to stand upon it during the time the foundation stone of the " Sailor's Home" was being laid by bis Royal Highness Prince Albert. The proceedings were confirmed. It appeared from the proceedings of the Dock Com mittee that, at a special meeting, the surveyor was directed to construct the walls round the new north docks, of sufficient strength to support warehouses, where required. The proceedings were confirmed, it being un derstood some inquiry is to take place as to one of the appointment.; at the Albert Dock warehouses, Mr. G. H. Lawrence stating that he had a most serious charge against one party, but, although of the same name, he did not know whether it was the same party. In reply to Mr. Robinson, Mr. M ANN said the whole of the rates for porterage, cooperage, and warehousing, were nearly ready, and, after being submitted to the Magistrates and Council, would be duly published. Mr. EARLE said there was an intimation on the notice piper that the proceedings of the Courts of Law and St. George's Hall Committee would comprise a consideration of the model, and an estimate for sculpture, for the south pediment of the Assize Courts. This was put on the notice paper, it being expected that the model would have been down on Saturday ; but, in consequence of the ereat press of business at the railway, Messrs. Pickford did not send it off till Monday, and it was only put up that morning. There were, therefore, no proceedings of the Committee, but the Mayor had the estimate. The model is a very beautiful piece of workmanship. In the middle sits Britannia enthroned. On her left she holds out the olive branch to the four quarters of the globe. On her right she points the spear, as protecting her own agriculture and arts. At her feet is Neptune. To the left of Britannia, Ceres and Apollo are in a ear, the horses controlled by Discretion. Domestic Hominess is represented by a labourer holding a plough, and his wife a distaff, with a child at her feet. The Manufactures, especially metallurgy, are figured by labourers at the anvil, who have been employed in the fabrication of arms, &c. To the right stands Peace. Mercury presents Europe, America, and Asia, and lastly, Africa on her be nd d knee, and with a young negro, acknowledges the liberty she owes to Britannia. There are other devices which fill up the frontispiece. the number of figures being tbir y-two in all. The model is designed by Mr. C. R. Cockerill. The MAyon read a letter sating that the execution of the figures would cost £3500, in addition to which, the stone and sheds for the execution of the work, and the raising them to their several places, would have to be provided by the Council. It was proposed that the letter should take the ordinary course, and be referred to the committee. Mr. BIRKETT objected to incurring the great expense, and also to referring the letter to the committee. Great addition had been made to the ordinary expenses of the Corporation this year, and even now they would go far beyond their surplus revenue for the ye ir. First, they were told St. George's Hall would cost X 85,000. Already it had exceeded double that sum, and " the Lord knows where it will stop." As to the model itself, be was not a good j u d g .., an d did not wish to say anything against it ; but it appeared to him more fit for an academical building. He concluded by moving that it was illegal to expend the sum of £3500 in ornamenting St. George's Hall when so much remains to be accomplished for the benefit of the inhabitants. Mr. RATHBONE seconded the motion. He said, it would be in the recollection of the Council that, at the time the design was first mentioned, he expressed a hope that nothing would be done to place the Council in an improper situatio n with M;: - .eocicerdl, for then, as now, be objected to the expenditure of money in ornamental work, and he thought the committee had gone out of their way to place the Council in an improper situation. He admitted the model to be a very handsome one, but they had no right to ornament th e i r pu bli c b u ildi ngs , un til the town was in a very different st a t e , i n a san i tary po i n t o f view, to what it was at present. All their f un d s wo uld be required to put the town in a proper state, and until that was done, they could neither be liberal nor ornamental. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE stated that if the motion were pushed to a vote he should support it, because the surplus income was already exhausted, and he bad no right to pledge any subsequent Council to expend its surplus in ornamenting the hall. Mr. H. HORNBY moved, and Mr. TURNER seconded, an amendment, that Mr. Cockereli s letter be referred to Courts of Law Committee to report to the Council. The Council divided, when there appeared for Mr. Horuby's amendment, 3) ; against i t, 6; namely—For, Messrs. Atherton, Shaw, Thornhill, C halmer , Preston, Hill, Middleton, Aikin, H. Hornby, Tinne, Henderson, Stewart, Robinson, G. G. Hornby, Royden, Reade, Kilshaw, Higgins, Earle, Booker, Plumpton, Glaze brook, Jones, Mann, Lloyd, Houghton, Turner, Crook, Molyneux. and the Mayor. Against, Messrs. Ratbbone, Holmes, Birkett, Lawrence, Brancker, and Swainson. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. The letter is therefore referred to the committee. The proceedings of the Health Committee contained reports, of which the following are extracts :—. CELLAR OCCUPATIONS. On the 31st March, 1841, there were 7325 cellars separately occupied in streets in the borough, containing a population of 24,072 souls; and, of these cellars, 488 were conformable to the provisions of the Health Act, and contained 1706 souls, leaving at that time about 23,364 persons living in cellars in streets not in con formity with this act. There were also at that time 1252 cellars in courts, separately occupied, containing about 5008 souls. That portion of the Health Act relating to cellars in courts, came into operation on the loth of No vember, 1842, and shortly after nearly all the cellars in cousts were cleared of inmates, and attention being lately called to the subject, very few cellars were found re• occupied in courts. The clause relating to cellars in streets, came into operation on the Ist of July, 1844, and shortly afterwards a special survey of cellars which were separately occupied was made, and it was found that the total number of cellars inhabi ' ed in streets, both con formable and not conformable to the Health Act, was 6630—namely, cellars not conformable to the act, 6011 ; cellars conformable to the act, and altered, 619. And, assuming the same amount of population as was exhibited in 1841. when the ascertained number of inmates ran about 31 to each cellar, the total number of persons then living in cellars in streets, would be about 23.205, and the total number living in cellars not conformable to the Health Act, remaining separately occupied in streets, with a population of about 12,670 persons. In clearing cellars, hitherto, the worst and most unhealthy ones, in the closest streets and lowest neighbourhoods have been taken first. The report added that 372 informations had been laid against parties who have allowed cellars to be re-occupied, and the whole of the streets cleared are now under the notice of the police, to whom lists have been furnished. Mr. and Mrs. Clarke were appointed superintendent and matron of the baths in Paul -street, which, it appears, will cost £6500. The salary of Mr. and Mrs. Clarke. who are removed from the baths in Frederick-street, will be increased from £9O to £l2O, with house, coal. candles, &c. Mr. TINNE moved the confirmation of the proceedings, and in doing so said that, during the past year, the baths had been used Tay 20,567 persons, being an increase of 6763 over the preceding year. During the last four weeks the number of bathers have averaged about 100 per week. The receipts for the year had been £383. being an increase of £lO3. He gave notice that he should move at the next, or one of the following councils, that acHitional baths be erected in other parts of the town, on the same principle as those in Paul-street. Mr. EARLE sail he had a question to ask; rather an affecting one to some of the gentlemen present. He wished to know whether the Highway Board was defunct. The MAYOR said he believed it still existed. Mr. EARLE.-1 fear some people's necks will be broken between the operation of the act and the death of these gentlemen. (Laughter.) The MAYOR read a letter from the King of the French, acknowledging the address of congratulation lately fur warded by the Council to him. A letter from the Highway Board, calling the attention of the Council to the desi,ability of providing tanks for supplying cattle with water, and fountains for the use of the public, was referred to the special committee on the Sanitary Bill. The MAYOR read a portion of a letter received from Mr. T. B. Horsfall, thanking the Council for the vote of condolence on the death of his father. GENERAL MISCELLANY The import duty on wheat is now ss. A testimonial of £3,000 has been subscribed for Mr. Waghorn, the discoverer of the overland route. 'I he Rambler steamer, which struck on the Maiden Rocks, Ireland. will prove a complete wreck. On Saturday week, a flock of 7-1 sheep were killed by lightning near Priddy, in Somerset - shire. In London, there were lately 996.000 females to 878,000 males, or an excess of 118.000 ladies. The personal estate of the late Col the Hon, F. G. Howard has been valued for probate duty at £120,000. On Thursday, Ibrahim Pacha paid a visit to Woolwich, and was much interested with everything he saw. The abandonment of the proxy system in the House of Lords is now considered a necessary act of reform. The Duke of Sutherland has subscribed £2OO to the fund for the family of Mr. Haydon. Upwards of 78:000 quarters of wheat and 4000 of oats were liberated at Hull last week. At Preston, upwards of 30,000 quarters of wheat were also taken out. On Thursday, a boy, named Joseph Wood, aged 14, whilst sculling a boat in the river Feryd, Flintshire, fell overboard and was drowned. A handle of the coffin that contained the unfortunate Mary, Queen of Scots, was sold at the sale of the curiosi ties of W. Upcott, Esq., for two guineas. The father of Major-General Littler kept a grocer's shop at Nantwich, in which town the late Lord Kenyon served his articles to an attorney. Three men were killed in the most shocking manner, on Saturday week, on the Lancaster and Carlisle Rail way, by the train of waggons getting off the rails. Mr. Marsh, the celebrated chemist of Woolwich, and inventor of the test for arsenic now generally used in me dical jurisprudence, died on bunday week. Fresh herrings are now plentiful in Douglas market, and of prime quality. The puce in retail for-the last few days has been from 14 to 20 for a shilling. A worthy contemporary records, under the head of do mestic intelligence, nothing but births, deaths, and mar- A man of the world, that editor ! _ _ Mr. R. Greig, recently appointed midshipman on board the Dido, at Sheerness, committed suicide with a pistol on Thursday. A bull, and a pigeon which, at the moment, happened to be flying over it, were both killed by the electric fluid, on the farm of Mr. John Proud, at Car [louse, near Dur ham, during the thunder-storm of Thursday week. Lieutenant William Peel, the son of Sir Robert Peel, has been promoted to the rank of commander in the royal navy. His lieutenant's commission was dated on the 13th of May, 1844. In the year 1844, the number of public-houses and beer-shops in England and Wales was 93,606, and in that year alone no less than 117 publidthouses and 272 beer shops were added to the previous number. John Edwards, who is upwards of 107 years of age, and lives in a cottage on the Wilton-road, near Salisbury, was, on Thursday week, observed at work in a hay-field near his residence. Forty new bishoprics were created during the Pontifi cate of Gregory XVI. In England, the deceased Pontiff erected four new apostolic vicariates, committed to bishops in parlibus. On Saturday week, a woman in Abbey Close, Glasgow, fell into a sleep, and up to the following Thursday she only once opened her eyes, but closed them again to sleep on. The disease is called dumb palsy. Parliament-stpeet was crowded with persons on Monday afternoon, and the Duke of Wellington and Fir Robert Peel were both greeted with the most enthusiastic cheer ing on their respective arrival at the Houses of Parliament. BATHING IN THE SERYENTINE. — The number of bathers in the week ending on Sunday last, was 226,183. Two persons were drowned, and eighteen were rescued. The highest point of the thermometer was at noon, on the 22nd ult., when it reached 81. In the Town Corincl of Leeds, on Wednesday week, by a majority of 25 ro 2, a motion was carried for em powering the Street Committer to carry out an efficient system of sewersge, and for placing a sum of not more than £30.000 at its disposal for that purpose. SOWING HALFPENCE FOR CORN.—Last evening, a more than moderately eccentric citizen of Salisbury evinced his enthusiasm on the passing of the Corn Bill by parading the streets, and scattering halfpence broad cast amongst the mob, who of course accompanied him in large numbers.—Salisbury Herald. Between one and two o'clock on Thursday morning, a ball, about the size of au orange, apparently fire, was noticed at Woodbridge, moving through the air from the west to the southeast, with a long train cf light after it. It greatly illumined the atmosphere during its transit, but disappeared in a few seconds.—Bury /'oat. The prospects of the grouse season in Perthshire are represented to be of the most flattering kind. The young birds a fortnight since were strong enough to find their vvny to the burrne r me4l....r.tha saliJanca.....of_the parent bird. and cocks of 8 to 12 each were started every thirty or forty yards. Thirteen houses were destroyed by fire, at Sobam, Cambridgeshire, on Friday. Among them is the old Globe public•house. The loss is said to be £5,000. The fire is said to have broken out in various places at the same time, from which it is thought that it has originated in incendiarism. The London Peace Society have forwarded an address to the Earl of Aberdeen, on the settlement of the Oregon question, in which they express their satisfaction that the long pending negotiation between the government of this country and that of the United Status, respecting the Oregon territory, has been amicably adjusted. MANSLAUGHTER.— A man named George Hocker has been committed for trial at the next Stafford Assizes, charged with the manslaughter of Joseph Mac duff, a butty collier, who met with his death in consequence of alleged inattention by Hecker to his duties as. under engineer at a coal pit at Howley Reis. Messrs. Bunn and Oxbury of Wicklarn Market, coach builders, undertook for a trifling wager, to go to London, a distance of eighty-three miles, on velocipedes, during the hours of daylight. They started at three in the morn ing, rested six hours on the way, and arrived at eight in the evening. _ _ . _ _ On Saturday, a live toad was found by some of the workmen employed in making the tunnel through the mountain in the neighbourhood of Bangor, in a solid rock, eighty yards from the surface, and about the middle of the mountain. It is very large, and was living two hours after it was found. Onl'hursday week, a boy, named Stewart, son of Capt. Stewart, R.N., went out to shoot, at Croydon, with ano ther young gentleman. Going under a shed, to take off his boot, he laid his gun on his shoulder, the muzzle pOi n ted towards him. He accidentally touched the trigger with his foot, and his head was blown to pieces. a shower of frogs fell from one A SHOWER or Fnocs!—During the heavy thund er over the Humber, several dropped sotto the rm su rc h arged yesterday clouds o w u e L k, on the decks of vessels navigating the river, and a portion of the coast near Killingholme Lights was for a time covered by myriads of the strange arrivals.—Hull Adver- liser. SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—A married lady, named Bur tenshawe, was waiting, on yesterday week, at a station on the London and Brighton Kailway. The train was in sight, and as she was crossing the rails, the whistle of the engine produced such an effect upon her that she fell down. The station-clerk attempted to drag her away, but, in the attempt, the buffer of the engine struck him on the head , almost severing it from the body. The lady was also killed upon the spot. A - woman murdered her own child,-six months of age, in the Brighton Workhouse, on Tuesday last, by cutting its throat, and then committed suicide by cutting her own. The name' of the murderer was Norman, and she was about thirty years of age, and WRs the wife of a man named Norman, who is tow in the House of Correction, undergoing a sentence for felony. FISHING EiVRAORDINARV. - A few members of the celebrated Wakefield Ang' flying their art in - one of the reservoirs o Water Works, when one of them days ago some full-sized wheelbarrow ! Had we been present we should have advised the gentleman to have baited his hook with the wheelbarrow in the hope of catching a railway carriage ! THE LATE MR. HAYDON. — The subscriptions in aid of the proposed fund for the relief of the widow and chil dren of the late Benjamin Robert Haydon, the historical painter, now amount, together with the donations re ceived, to nearly £700: This sum is exclusive of the res pective pensions of £5O from the Queen, and £25 from Lady Peel, already settled upon Mrs. Hayden. There died, throughout England and Wales. between the Ist of July, 1839, and 30th of June, 1840, 5247 females aged 85 and upwards ; whereas, of the same age, there died only 3954 gentlemen, leaving, what is called in the city, a •• balance" in favour of the old ladies of 1293. Among the females who died, 71 had passed the age of 100, but only 40 males. SAGACITY OF A LAMB. —Mr. Thomas, of Gilvach, having sold at Carmarthen Fair a number of lambs, went into the Three Compa.ses for refreshment. He was sit ting at the window when the lambs were driven past ; one of them recognised his late master, sprang through the window, breaking two panes, and fell at his feet. The little creature was removed, but not without casting many a pitiful look at Mr. Thomas.—Hereford Journal. UNUSUAL CHARGE.—On Friday, Leman Cohen, a jobber in furriery, was committed for trial at Guildhall; London, upon the unusual charge of being an accessory before the fact to a felony, which was committed in his absence, but which he abetted, as it was alleged, by seek ing out aforetiand a buyer for the stolen goods, to pur chaSe them immediately upon their being stolen, so that the thief might more easily escape justice. A ROBIN'S NEST IN AN ORGAN.—On Sunday, during divine service in St. Michael's Church, in this town, the organist found some obstruction in the organ that pre vented him playing, and, on searching for the cause, after the congregation were dismissed, discovered, to his no small astonishment, a rob i n's nest, with three young ones in it. They were not disturbed in their singular retreat.— Skiopshire Conservative.: _ . _ It is proposed to erect, ;n St. Giles's, London, on a site recently otvained from the Woodland Forests, a lodging house for one hundred labouring men, in which, at the lowest rate ever paid for lodgings, they may have accom modation of a perfectly clean character. The whole cost is estimated at .£5OOO. Among the subscribers are Prince Albert, the Bishop of Lo(idon, Duke of Sutherland, Earl Harrowbe, OLD ALE.—At the celebration of the coming of age of Lord Burghley, at Stamford, last week, the tapping of the " Great Lord Burghley Vat" excited much interest. This immense vessel of ale, which was tapped at twelve o'clock by Lord Burghley, contained 1200 gallons; it was brewed in October 1825 Each of the GOO tenants a dined had placed before him, besides wines, a quart of old " John." The setting in of the wool-season is again effecting a change in the nature of the cargoes of the Hamburg steamers. The Queen of , Scotland, last week, had only room for two cows on deck, and the Helen Macgregor, which arrived on Sunday last, was piled up with as much wool as her tsrpau ings would secure from the sea—hav ing no less than eight hundred bales on board. Since writing the above, the Victoria has arrived with a full deck cargo of wool.—Hull paper. CONSISTENCY.—There was great rejoicing in Hasling den on Friday night last, on the arrival of the news that the new corn bill had passed. The bells rang, and a mob I;onnmercia nn, an requested !) gave three cheers for Sir R. Peel. It was ob- served that there were amongst the mob many persons who not more than five years ago assisted to burn Sir Robt rf it Standard NEW WAY OF RECOVERING DEIITS.—On Friday, a mob assembled near the Archbishop of Canterbury's palace, at Lambeth, in consequence of a man walking backward and forward opposite a house by the water sid with the fo :owing in:,crig ion pnntec am waiting here t; be paid the sum of £1 13s. 6d. for one dozen of wine, or else to hive the bottles returned." On the board was al.‘o mentioned the name of the party oppo site whose house the men was parading. The debt was understood to have been paid, and the mob dispersed. ERRORS OF THE PIiESS.-Our contemporary, the Silurian, has the following :—" Owing to a column having been accidentally laid on the press uncorrected, several errors passed in a few copies of s impression before they were noticed. Among others. our devil,' with his head, we suppose. full of Irish matters, had stated that refreshing showers' had given an impulse to ' agita tion,' instead of ' vegetation and, worse still, t.le same m a e horse's colu m head. n, r . i . 0 . 0 ; ne . tf , h , . 1;811, h i n the • • a ter, ast wee TIIE VICTORIA Docic —The contracts for the excava tion and construction of this dock—by far the largest which has hitherto been made at Hull, and which will have its own independant entrances, both from the Hum ber and the Old Harbour or river of Hull, and be accessi bl 1, -.nt Le at a lower state of the tide than any of our pr.._ docks—has been taken by Messrs. Bowers and Murray, who have just completed the Albert Dock, at Liverpool, and are on the eve of finishing the Railway Dock at this port. —Hull Packet. A CANINE MESSENGER.—At the present time a little black bull-headed terrier, belonging to Mr. Powell, car pet-manufacturer, of the Cross, comes to Deightun's li brary every evening of publication for the Journal, with out an attendant, and fetches the paper, which it duly conveys, with all punctuality and dispatch, to i s master. If the publication has not commenced, it will leave the premises and return ; and on one or two occasions it has dropped the paper in the street, when it immediately started back to the shop, and would not go without a se cond copy.—Worcester Journal. MELANCHOLY RESULF OF UNDROTHERLY CONDUCT. —Two boys. sons of T. Williams, residing at Tyddyn Celargan, Anglesey, quarrelled, as brothers often do, and in his passion, one kicked the other in the eye. The complaints of the injured child induced some severe threats from the mother, which caused the offender to de camp. No more was heard of him, and all search seemed fruitless, until the d3vening cf Friday, the 19th, when be was found dead, and in a putritied state, in the parish of Llanfairmathafarneithaf. There was grass in his hands, and he had obviously fallen over the cliffs in the dark. The poor lad had reached his twelfth year. THE NEW CORN DUTIES.—The following is the rate of duties now in operation :—When the six weeks average is under 485. the duty i 5....... Above 53 Below this it never recedes. This scale remains in operation until the Ist of February, 1949, after which a nominal duty of 1 per quarter is to be levied. THE Pore.—Dr. Wolff, in a letter to a friend, says -" It is curious that the present Pope, when only Conte Ferretti, was my fellow pupil in the Collegio Romano, at Rome, from the year 1816 to 1817, when I went over to the Propaganda. He is an amiable, zealous, talented, shrewd, pious, and liberal gent:emar, and it is therefore to be hoped that he has transferred these qualities from the simple Conte Ferretti to the throne of Benedict IX." Thus goes the world ; one of two students, on almost equal ground, becomes a " Sovereign Pontiff," the other, though filling the world with his name, is the humble vicar of the small parish of Isle Brewers, in a retired part of the county of Somerset; where, however, he has the sweeter reward of ministering to the spiritual wants of an attached congregation, anxious to be taught. RELIGIOUS PEACE.—The following, from the Tablet Roman Catholic newspaper, contains more truth than our contemporary find it convenient always to disclose. "There are worse things in the world than religious ani mosities—bad and uncomfortable as these are—and what is equally certain is, that the road to a better state of llsinoslls.s-ila.rouah at course of cunduct_which enders re ligious animosities certain. When a lii-ice — pir - O - r - the world is unjust, and only a small minority so much as struggling towards justice—when piety is the exception and demoralisation is the rule—when the faith is broken into a thousand pieces, and the enemies of truth are la bouring to suppress it altosether —when some of the profes sors of that woich is true are its bitterest enemies—how can religious animosities be avoided ?—unless, indeed, all the guardians of faith and justice are asleep at their costs, and there be none to lift up his voice or to wield a battle axe in behalf of the oppressed cause of God." SHOCKING TRAGEDv.-011 Wednesday morning last, the bodies of two young men, brothers, of the name of Collyer, jliners, the neck, under the shec hanging at 'Nottingham, were founC suspended to a beam by a brace, and the other mi , h a cord, which had been found in the rope-walk. Their residence was adjacent, and search being immediately made there, it was found that their father was absent, and strange sus picions were induced. Search was made in every direc tion for him, but no tidings could be heard. He was last seen walking in a direction towards Beeston, which is three miles from Nottingham. The last information from Nottingham was that old Collyer had been found at Len ton, two miles from the town, in the lock of the canal, with both his hands tied behind him. The circumstance points to the belief that he has been murdered by his sons, end they have afterwards committed suicide. The family lived in a secluded way, and were possessed of some building property, but bad for many years been detested by their neighbours for ill-treatment inflicted upon a female member of their family, who was insane. On Saturday week, a numerous and highly respectable meeting was held in the hall of King's College, London , for the purpose of raising a fund for the enlargement of the hospital attached to the institution. The Archbishop of Canterbury presided, and there were also present the Duke of Cambridge, the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Oxford, Viscount Sandon, M.P., the Bishop of Litch field, Lord Ashley, the Bishop of Llandaff, Sir R. H. Inglis, Bart., M.P.,' the Hen. Beresford Hope, M.P., Atchdeacon Manning, Mr. Alderman Copeland, M.P., h there amounting were the Archdeacon Robinson , the mas ter of the Tem p le. It was stated that since 1 840 the num ber of out- p atients had t ox increasedoofrom were handed s4 ' o Subscriptions33a.mong whwhich following :—Miss Burdett Cou tt s , £500 ; the Archbi s ho p of Canterbury, £ 100 ; the Executor of Viscount Sid mouth, £206 ; the Duke of Cam brid g e, £lOO ; the Bisho p 6to i 5 in, ,9 of London, £lOO ; Mr. Alderman Copeland, £lOO ; the Bishop of Lichfield, £5O; Dr. Bright, £5O; Viscount Sandon. £5O ; Lord Ashley, ; Lord Radatock, £4O ; B. Bond Cabbell, Esq., £2l ; the Bishop of Llandaff, Sir B. Inglis, Bart . , £loloa., &c. gerous The - Robes circuit honour THE LEAGUE' IN ABEYANCE.—Tbe Council of the League have agreed that a!thougb they will not at once dissolve, their operations and functions shall cease, unless in case of future emergency the League should be recalled into exist"nce. Mr. Cobden is stated to have been in fa vour of immediate dissolution, but it was considered by the majority that it would be impolitic to break up the association so long as the object for which it was orga- postponed, to be rendered coeval, perhaps: with the ex p'ry of the Corn Laws in 1819. Mr. Cobden has inti mated to his- friends that he shall altogether retire from said, requires- much, recruiting, and he is anxious, also, to devote some additional attention to the management of his large print works. .SAFETY . IN A THUNDER-STORM. - The following n3axims as to places of greate,t safety during thuntler- storms may be useful to many :-1. All metals and most fluids attract and conduct lightning—therefore contact with them is to be avoided. 2. It is infinitely more dart- .0 gown remain out in wring a thunder-storm,than to also been killed when sheltered under the eaves of ' a house, or by the side of a brick kiln. By the same rule corn and hay stacks are to be avoided. 3. A large room is safer than a smallone, and it is always better to keep in the centre of it. Since a current of air will, in some measure, conduct Fghtning, a position between a door and ::wind - - if open, or . a window:and chimney, should be avoided . . Persons whose clothes are wet are more free from danger than those whose garments are dry. Travellers inside of with ihon outsid EXTENtION OF FREE. TRADE PRINCIPLES- 70 THE NORTH OF EUROPE.—We stated some, months ago, on the authority of the Hull Packet, that a disposition was evinced by Russia to reciprocate the principles of free trade. The announcement' of' our contemporary took most persons by agreeable surprise in that locality. The same paper (.• • • s twat:nation) now furnishes an of f icial document, issued at S.. Pett rsburgh on: the 20th nd transmitted to the Packet for publication. By this it appears that the duties in Russia on exports are reduced on tallow (per ton) about £1 2s. 6d. steiling; on hemp lls. 3d. ; and on flour 16s 101 d. On imports, red dyewoods, reduction, (per ton.) £1 ss. 2d. ; fustic and yellow woods 12s. 7d.; indigo 21d. per lb; coffee (per cwt..) £1 ss. 6d. ; earthenware, according to quality, from 2s. 7d. and 12s. to £1 Ils. Other reductions have also ben made, the example of Sir R. Peel having been fol lowed so far by the Emperor of Russia. A DVENTUREA OF CAT.—A fine large gray tomcat was, in November last, brought in from Inner'e then per eirrier, packed up in a basket to a family residing in Leith Walk. It remained there about three months, and had become thoroughly do-nest:cited and reconciled to its new abode. At the end of that time, namely, early in February, it was t ransfet red to a family in Scotland-street, but with whom it remained only two days, when it found an oppor tunity of escape. No more was heard of Tom till about three weeks ago, when to the utter astonishment of his or.ginal owner, he made his appearance at Innerleithen, identity. How he managed to subsist through the inter val of four months, or what guide he had through the 30 miles of country between Edinburgh and Innerleithen, over hills and streams, and cultivated fields, and barren moors, which he bad never traversed before, save in the covered basket, must, we suppose remain for ever among the mysteries of natural history.—Caledonian Mercury. THE GLOBE NEWSPAPER —ln our columns of this day, it will be perceived that Mr. George Robins has an nounced the sale of the G.obe journal ; that is, the influ ential and important share which has given the whole con cern of this ponderous machine, for good and for evil, to a single individual. The proprietor whose shares are the subject of the following remarks, has arrived at the Pa ag I triarci--' --- - 1 eie'-' lel age oL .ghty-two ; and, as Mr. Robins fitly says, a time when be becomes justly entitled to a few years of peaceable enjoyment and repose, unalloyed by literature, turmoil. and the fgtienw of oettino rich. ThA It is one of the oldest, and certainly mo , t respectable, prints that adorn our daily journals, and is an extraordi nary instance of self-devotion to its party and principles. In looking over this unpretending recital of facts. nothing is extenuated, nor is anything set down in malice. nor in the slightest manner exaggerated. 'I he statement of pro fit is to accompany the full particulars that are in prera ra,ion. THUNDER STORM TN LINCOLNSHIRE. A thunder storm appears, from the Stamford Mercury, to have vi sited the greater part of Lincolnshire, on Thursday week. ham, the e At Laughton, near Falking ,ectric fluid struck the buildings of Mr. T. Everatt, and did considerable damage to the roof of a granary ; it also entered a stable, and knocked down three men and two horseG • all, how ever, recovered atter a short time. A littl e girl, the daughter of a cottager, residing at a short distance, was so affected that she lost the power of speech for some time. At Great Steeping, near Spilshy, the electric fluid struck the roof of an outbuilding on the farm of Mr. An thony Baker, and in a very short space of time the whole building was burnt to the ground. About the same time, two ewes and one lamb, of the same place, were killed, as were also some sheep at Boothby, the property of the Rev. J. Walls. At Langton, near Gainsbro', two men, who were at work in a barn were struck down by the lightning, hut not very seriously hurt. Mr. Toynbee, of Howell, near Heckington, had abeast killed by lightning, in a close in that parish ; and Mr. Sardison, of the same place, had four sheep killed. A farmstead belonging to Mr. Benton, of Frampton, was struck by lightning, and the waggon-hovel and crew-yard fencing, with a long ladder, sheep-troughs, and many other articles, which could not be got our, were totally consumed. Luke Tay lor, a labourer, of Moorby, took shelter under an ash tree during a storm. when the electric fluid pas ed down the tree, doing it much damage. Taylor was sanding with his back to the tree, and the lightning burnt the whole length of his back, took away the use of his right hand, singed is legs and feet, and quite destroyed one of h;s great toes. The same storm - also visitedthe neighbourhood of Alford. Mr. Hardy, of Beesby, had a valuable mare killed ; and Mr. Budibent and his wife, of Dangham, had a narrow escape ; the latter was knocked down by the lightning, and Mr. Budibent, who was smoking his pipe, had it dashed from his mouth. The house was injured. THE NEW MINISTRY On Thursday a numerous meeting of the Liberal party was held at Lord John Russell's residence, at which the New Cabinet was arranged as follows Lord Chancellor - .. ~ Lord Cottenhim. President of the Council Marquis of Lansdowne Lord Privy Seal .. ... . Earl of Minto. 11 ome-office. .. Foreign-office. . Colonial- othce First Lord of the Treasury Chancellor of the Exchequer Mr. Charles Wood. Ch casterancellor of Duchy of Lan- I Lord Campbell. •.•. Mr. Macaulay. Viscount Morpeth. Pavn, aster• Genera l. Woods and Forests Postmaster-General. Marquis Clan - ricarde. Board of Trade Earl of Clarendon. Board of Control ..... Sir John Hobbouse. Secretary for Ireland.. Admiralty Earl of Auckland. The following noblemen are to be members of the new government, but without seats in the Cabinet : Lord-Lieu•enant of Ireland.... Earl of Besborough. Commander-in-Chief .. Duke of Wellington. Master-General of the Ordnance Marquis of Anglesey On Friday the following additional appointments were announced in the Morning Chronicle: Master of the Mint.... Secretary of the Board of Ad miralty... Attorney-General G. H. Ward, Esq., Sir T. Wilde One of the Lords of the Treasury Lord Ebrington Under-Secretary for the Home} Sir Wm. Somerville. Department Under-Secretary for Foreign The hon. E.J.Stanley Affairs.. Lord Advocate.. .. Secretary at War. Solleito-General for Scotland A. Rutherford, E'q. Rt. Hon. Fox Maule Mr. Maitland. Juuchesa of Sutherland will be Mistress We understand that either Mr. C. Buller or Mr. Ilaw es will be Under-Secretary for the colonies. The following have been named as Lords of the Admi ralty :—Admiral .1. W. Deans Dundas. M.P. for Green wich ; Rear-Admiral Elliott ; and Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Adam. A difficulty, not yet surmounted, has arisen with reference to the appointment of the office of Solicitor•Generel. It is said that both Mr. Jervis, M.P. for Chester, and Mr. David Dundas, M.P. for Sutber landshire, have declined the office, on.tlae ground of the personal pecuniary sacrifice which the surrender of their practice, conEiitent upon the acce earned uch is he ono and rumour next vents to Mr. Romilly, the men.ber for Bridport, who, being a member of the Chancery bar, would not incur such a forfiture as that which deters his able brethren, Messrs. Jervis and Dund:is. The Daily News says that Mr. Rowland 11ill will re ceive official appointment. The • Times relates the following facts, which throw light on the construction of the cabinet as it now stands:— " We may say that Lord John Russell has spared no pains to increase the strength of the cabinet, by the ad dition of new elements. On receiving her Majesty's commands to form a ministry, he sought an interview with Sir Robert Peel. The ex-Premier received him with every sign of cordiality, gave him a general promise of assistance, and undertook that he would not oppose any mea-ures Lord John might bring forward, simply because they proceeded from that quarter. To this he added expressions, the force of which may have been overrated, but which implied the absence of all wish for return to power. On this, it is said, Lord John ventured to ask for what be considered a fair pledge of Sir Robert 's sincerity. He requested that the ex•minister would ac- quiesce'ir! three of his late colleagues, whose names our readers will probably anticipate—Lord Dalhousie , Lord Lincoln, and Mr. Sidney Herbert —accepting scats in the new cabinet. To this Sir Rubert is said to have replied, that he felt unwilling to interfere in so delicate a matter. that he would o ff er no onposition, but co uld certainly not recommend a step which would be liable to unfavourable comment, as indicating a too gre at tenacity of offiee on the part of those youthful statesmen. As pre viously intimated, Lord John Russell returned on Wednesday, from Osborne House, charged with an ex pression of ,her Majesty's wishes that the Duke of Wel lington would still continue in command of the army. To this request his gra ce y ielded a dutiful compliance, in conformity with his views under somewhat similar cir cumstances in 1827. At the same time, he said t h at be considered his politimilliftnow ended, andibat he•should now never open his lips-in. Parliament, except on subject* saesnitii:olpaiteesc to I e g ui:boven connected•wbh his offfuz. Lord-John•Russell hereupon felt himself encouraged to make the same request he had previously made with imperfect success to Sir Robert; Peel. The Duke at firstrettrned much the same answer above - motion; in duced.io give his consent ni a-letter, of which Lord Jolnk nreeuetim7enthobreer:eorf ....pc vi 11 CI r assistance as members of his government— for the present at least. The question of offering: a sea t° , Mr. Cobden received, we are - informed, long and repeated discussion. Of course the admission of a great and tri— ..gitator to the counoils-of h.. ..-.7 •he eat,... to present s NI i nistP- utice government of the nation was a proposal likely some unfavourable aspects to persons such as ...Less, Whig or Conservative, usually are. We have reason to believe that no unbecoming jealousy was dis— played. There are circumstanc e s,, however, which will - ‘or readers as ofrering at least a temporary 'he way of that gentleman's acceptance of well known, is one peculiar de _ea much so that impediment in t office. His hasines, lent on personal: superin endence Mr. Cobden himself considers a period' of political re tirement necessary to make arnendt for the loss be has sufr-red by his generous devotion to a public cause ; and on the same ground• a magnificent subscription haabeent set on foot by his friends and admirers. However, a com 'munication has, we believe. been made by Lord John ; Russell. with the acquiescence of his intended colleagues. expressing his deep sense of Mr. Cobden's services and consequent claims, and conveying also the prospective of fer of a seat in the Cabinet. contingeat on Mr. Cobden to discharge the greet responsibility without danger to his life or foi tune. Proposals have also, we have reason to believe, been made to two oilier prominent members or the League; and,. although in one cave they were, also from private reasons, unsuccessful, it is not brprohablet that at least one gentleman who has distinguished himself by his public ad,vocacy of Corn Law Repeal will enter Lord .Idin Russell's Government." REV. HUGH CHUR IWNEILR'S NEW WORK-' CR AND THE CHURCHES." THE We gladly transfer to our columns the following well— merited notice of the above work and its learned author. from our respected contemporary, the Dublin Evening , Malt of Wednesday last " We feel that we have been, to some extent, guilty of injustice to our readers in withholding from them so long ournotice of this most valuable and seasonable rub►ics_ lion ; nor are we without some misgivings at this moment that we are about to commit an act of equal in justice to wards the reverend (would we could write him right reve.. rend) author himself, in attempting, within cur necessarily brief limits, and amidst the imperative colic tationa of other engrossing topics, to notice now the important, com prehensive, and erudite work, whose title we have prefixed. At all e.veats, ourselves are, in one respect. gainers by the delay, so far, at least, as to have the path of criticism made easy, and our judgment amply confirmed by that most satisfactory of all verdicts — the rapid disappearance of the first issue of 1,500 copies, and the loue:temancrs of the public and the publishers, before the expiration of three months, for a second edition. A work upon the subject of ' the Church,' from any hand, in the present state of the public mind, is likely to command some—and a work on any subject from Mr. M'Neile's hand is sure of much—attention. We accordinely anticipated a very marked, though, we confess, not such rapid and such un— precedented success for the work now before us. It is not our intention to attempt an outline, much less an analysia of its varied and edifying details, but to commend it to the patient perusal of such of our readers as have that gratification )et in reserve, from most of whom we antici pate a concurrence in the principles it contains, ard by none of whom it can be studied without interest, delight, and advantage. Dealing with a subject, a•id with details, upon which the public mind h: :s ded, and about which so much has been written grlppling been divi- I views should win an universal assent : n o twith s t an di ng , we are bold to repeat. that his work cannot be read by any otherwise than with advantage. Its disinguishing feature and chief excellence, to our mind at bast, consist in this, the constant appeal, expressed and implied, to y Scripture, as the only supreme, paramount arbiter __ _he matters at issue, and the use he makes of antiquity, including the writings of our own early divines, no less than of the Greek a , ,d Latin fathers of the early church, is exactly what it ought to be, testing it by, comparing it with, and subordinating it unto the dictates of that Word , wtG g t rorauooydeut, rea whiled e re a der—namely, s a m c e o l u y r , s ethat 'flows k f e a e s p t i n b g y him tiie on oraclesfamiliar o and showing him also the real value, as well as the place of the testimony of antiquity (in which, by the I:;e'd u author proves himself to be more deeply cnnver sant than his urgent and responsible occupations for the last twenty years might have led us to expect)—its place being as the handmaid of revelation, and its value coo sisting in its conformity, for the most part, with inspired " The title of the book, ' The Church of God in Christ, and the Nut ehes of Christ Militant here on Earth,' in timates not merely its subject matter, but also the order of it. in the two main divisions of which it ii composed. 64) he states, ' The aggregate of the elect, from the first, and to the last inclusive, is the Church of Gud in Christ;' and again (p. 70), ' These all, viewed in the aggregate, constitute the catholicity of the Church of God, extend— ing over all the ages of the world's history, and all the countries of the world's geography. This is the only true and genuine catholicity. ' The sense in which Mr. 'Neile uses the phrase, ' the Churches of Christ Mili!ant here on Earth,' will appear also from the following (p. 71), ' Thus, Bishop Pearson says, " the most obvious and most general notion of this Ca , holicisrn consisted in the diffusiveness of the church." In this sense, it includes all who in every place call upon the n- tion Greeks, and oAridoerra of Christ "u r, Under r r t hLeofrodr,,:beOrth , a ,f rid i . ours . v di e s xu cus m s in th in e g no it t s es ca o f ia a n . s i , iic : v a h l e de f n o s i e lo s w , s L c ut a h r e d r i a n n a s i , B i i i a n r g m lia in n e s. t f holicity, unity, holi ness, S c ots and Americans, as well as Roman s and An glicans.' Same subject, a n i ou r author therefore Jesus the ct i l i u s rc On the eriumera , apostolicity. Under the latter bead, the ordinances ness Of i s s ep le a d ra t te o 1 the Christian church come under inquiry, viz., baptism. the Lord's supper, the ministry, and its relation to, and connection with, the civil ruler. From a work engaged upon such materials, and in such hands, much will neces sarily be expected ; and when the reader has carefully gone through it, and to no other reader do we recommend it, he will find his expectations bare been in nowise dis. appointe_d. " The style is natural and easy, and the author's drift and meaning obvious throughout. His is not the style so happily described by the acute Bishop of Ossory in his primary charge, a style which has been brought to great perfection by the writers of this (the Tractarian) school, in which they are able to say all thatthey want to say, and at the same time make provision to shelter themselves from its full responsibility.' What Mr. M'Neile believes fully, he enunciates fearlessly, argues scripturally, and maintains firmly ; and this, too, without a single ex pression tinged with the bitterness of party controversy, but characterized throughout with all the moderation and modesty, the sure indications of a mind at once c inueious and cultivated—that generously concedes to others the same freedom of thought, Expression, and action. which it has the courage boldly to vindicate for itself. Mr. MlNeile's reputation as a divine, a churchman, and a scholar, rests now upon this his latest publication, of which it is no ordinary commendation to pronounce it worthy of the growing weight it has to sustain. " In putting together these last comments upon our author and his work, we could not help regretting, for his sake, that the same rule has not always regulated the course of church preferment, which Sir E. Sugden* alleges to obtain invariably in the legal profession, where ' rink is obtained not by entreaty, or through powerful con nexions, or by so.bserviency to political opinions, but it is freely cffered to the men who best distinguish themselves by learning, talent, and professional conduct.' Had it been so, Mr. M'Neile had certainly long since worn the honours, as well as sustained the burdens, of the church ; and, as a faithful servant, had met with some reward even in this life. before he is called " to a crown of righteousness resurrection of the just." _ _ * Letter to Wm. S. O'Brien, Esq., January 26,1846, TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF A WHALER AND A FRENCH EAST INDIAMAN BY I,IRE. Letters, have, during the last two or three days. been received, communicating: the total destruction of the whaling-ship Helvetia, MO tons burden, and the French East Indianan, Nouveau Tambour, both of which, we regret to say, are supposed to have been fired by incendi- As of the Helvetia, which was commanded by W. Porter, occurred on the night of, the 25th of of sperm oil, she had 1500 of seal and other commodities on board, and preparations were completed fcr the home ward passage when the discovery was made. It appears to have commenced in the forepart of the vessel, between decks, and every attempt on the part of the crew to get at it proved abortive. The alarm was given to the autbori otiuets,aasnhdo rdei,rewciticodi every nstan instantly satuasnecde they tlm werei itary i n t oapsbo boarded e . r e u s r s n i o e n d of to save the vessel. Lon.; before the vessel was sha in the mainhold, and burst n t - s a . tlre do m n a e d d e . Tfs t sot h hurr e aabnnt t l sedes , l aige m irduel ye, inwsn t wo w i sisl a io,xiA : i g if a u ln il e y a n. ftoiornth. which,ina t terrific o ri n fi wi c nhg b o l lt n eo z se dais, hat fi eyo r s i wiv i i i i g annd t d l .s e llti r ena i s g ss g tsr i o r u i , f enk n ooon e o v sa e o r rm y e ee d fd direc tion, tmoassctustftatellihnegr,obvtert sheth e i feetn the o c f o s w v u te a ' r is s t i le fle r o l° , e f as w t t h se h id e d :t e r iii . g n s h d h A t vt h : c e : o t r m n h c ep t a i b n l u e e s d we to re ,b c u u ra t. and the ship drifted clown the channel with . the tide; the guns on the fort opened fire on the burning vessel in order to sink her; several shots pierced her bows, but had DO effect; and about three o clock entirely consumed. file the commander and offi cers have not the leas" ' • the diabolical act, believing it to have been committed by a native who was employed on board, and had made his escape immediately after the outbreak of the fire. The captain and officers are sufferers to a considerable extent. The ship was insured fur £12,000. The burning of the Nouveau Tambour took place s um the evening of the 18th of last month. June, r_ seines, a few hours after her arrival. The fire or i f natßd in the after part of the ship, under very sl c is t p o ic a us cir of the cumstances. and te.rninated in the perished in the flames . vessel. Unfortunately, one c i the confusion he was a son of the captain, and a midst w as in one body of backwards into the main hold, allll win power. Tha fire, and his rescue was beyonA ... nu ship's loss is estimated et £7 Ouv person ,pierst ptance of the