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Y NIORTINIER COLLINS iy faces ment in the sweet eyes of Lie empty hampers round; in shady places hungry throw themselves with ruthless ers, salads; while Champagne, to cheer 'e the brook that murmurs sweetly near 'em n leagues of park and forest lie around ; Wave stately antlers in the glimmering distance; Up from the dusky arches comes a sound That tells the story of old Pan's existence. And now in song the summer wind is drowned ; "Now comes a call that conquers all resistance— A dance upon the turf! up, up, instanter ! Away with quarried pie and stained decanter. Small hands are linked, and dance divinest tresses, And agile feet fly down the pleasant glade in A merry measure; through the deep recesses How gaily trip they, youth and laughing maiden. The shaken turf is swept by silken dresses, The woodland breeze with many a jest is laden, And lips are curled, and haughty heads are tossect, too, As none could picture them but Ariosto. LITERATURE. BOOKS FOR REVIEW, &c.—Books, New Prints, Music, &c. intended for review, may be left at Mr. C. Mitchell's, Red lion-court, Fleet-street, London, addressed " to the Editor of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD," when they will be forwarded and receive attention. The Christian Conflict. By William Pearce, Esq London : Painter. This is the second edition (the author having cancelled the first) of a long poem, in blank verse, intended to picture " the Tractarian heresy" as the spiritual leprosy of the present century. At the end of the volume we perceive a heavy mass of prose notes, which are a great relief to the reader bold enough to attempt a page of the poem. Mr. Pearce is, no doubt, an amiable man, who thinks he has a momentous work in hand. His theme is cer tainly a solemn one ; and for it and the author's sake we shall not seek to glean amusement from the pages of a very absurd book. All we would say is this—let Mr. Pearce do with the second edition of his volume what he did with the first, cancel it, and he will do good service to himself and the public. Manuel Pereira ; or, the Sovereign Rule of South Carolina. London : Clarke, Beeton, and Co. This work is the production of Mr. P. C. Adams, lately a newspaper editor in Charleston, South Carolina,•who has been able to look upon the effects of slavery with an unprejudiced eye, and here reports those observations which have led him to engage in the hazardous task of telling the truth, even at the risk of incurring heavy penalties. Manuel Pereira, a native of Brazil—"an extract of the Indians and Spanish"—was a sailor, who had wisely adopted Old England as his country, re solving that he should never serve under any but the British flag. This determination was, however, overruled ; and, in 1852, his ship, the Janson, of Glasgow, having been driven into Charleston on the route from Jamaica to Britain, poor Pereira was seized by the authorities of the American port, in accordance with the arrogant law of the State of South Carolina—a law setting aside all constitu tional rights, and denying the validity of stipula tions made by the United States in her general commercial laws. The narrative of Pereira's suffer ings in prison will be read with interest and indig ration by every Englishman. We cordially com mend this picture of South American laws, life, and hospitality to our readers. Zone's Dream and other Poems. London: Pickering. In this age of iron machinery and gold nuggets, it might be thought that the art of poetry was lost, were it not that occasionally we have evidence to the contrary in the appearance of some genuine poetry, the freshness of which be tokens its vitality. The author of the volume before us is Miss Jane Emily Herbert, who has already gained for herself a name by "The Bride of Imael, a poem of the times of Richard the Second," which was cordially welcomed in all the three kingdoms. The late Chancellor of the Exchequer, who is no mean authority, said of it :—" A beautiful volume, in which I found grace and fancy, and the healthy interest of a national subject." Irish writers warmly praised it, and hailed Miss Herbert as their best native poetess since the death of Mrs, Hemans, and she now gives to the world another volume, which will still further extend her fame. " lone's Dream" is an Irish romance of pleasing metre, healthy moral tone, and containing many passages of great poetical beauty. The following extract will speak for itself : I love the trace of truth in this poor world— It has no path so rugged or so bleak, But there that banneret of strength unfurled, Stands on the ravine—flutters in the creek— Braves the broad waters where the bold cloud curled Hangs high and threatening; its small voice can break All earthly barriers; the true heart alone, Firm in its purpose, changes fortune's tone. The volume contains several short and pretty poems, of which we gave a specimen last week ; now we subjoin the following stanza as a further specimen of very pleasing metre : Oh ! let us not cling to this earth that is fleeting, Nor long tor its honours, where all must decay; But hope for that world where there's gladness at meeting, And never for ever bright things pass away. " A Dirge for Wellington," which extends over thirty pages, concludes the volume, which will be gladly welcomed by all lovers of• true poetry as an oasis in the desert of our material literature. SERIALS FOR JULY.—Home Thoughts, which has reached its seventh number, contains two chap ters of a London tale by the editor, and other contributions of alight and gossippy character, suited to the taste of the young.—The Ragged School Union Magazine is a repertory of original and se lected papers, with which it is the duty of every Englishman to make himself familiar. The profits are devoted to the promotion of ragged schools.— The Home Companion is a magazine for the million : which we may truly pronounce the cheapest of its class, because its matter is excellent, its typography and engravings handsome, and its price only a penny. Punch, which has now completed its twenty-fourth volume, is as fresh as when it first made its advent a dozen years ago; its wit, though expended somewhat partially at times, being cheer ful and animating, and thoroughly English in its character.—Cocks's Musical Miscellany, for the current month, contains, among the new music, the beautiful song of Jean Paul, entitled " Were I a Star !" which has been wedded to delicious music by his countryman, Joh. Fried. Kittle. This song is, of itself, worth the entire price of the number. —The Protestant Magazine records the progress of Mr. Chambers's Nunneries Bill ; and in the re cent demonstration in Dublin—in the truckling policy of ministers with regard to Roman Catholi cism—as also in the dreadful workings of Popery at the Irish elections, as revealed before the recent parliamentary committees, the editor has not found it a difficult matter to make a num ber of unusual interest and value.—The Scot tish Educational and Literary Journal is chiefly notable this month fcr a continuation of " Vaca tion Recollections," which contain a most affect ing story of the Scottish Moors. The conductor of this serial is a man of tact as well as talent ; and, though designed for a particular class of the community, the 44 Journal " cannot fail to be interesting to all.—The Christian Family Advocate, which has reached its fourteenth number, con tain an interesting account of th e B r i t i s h E nvoys abroad, showing what they have done, or have not done, to promote the cause of Protestant truth. Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe, formerly Sir Strat ford Canning, is pronounced to be the only diplomatic man we have who understands a n d acts aright in the matter of maintaining religious freedom. His noble and persevering labours i n Turkey have been crowned with most . wonderful and complete success. Protestantism now, through his exertions, a reality in that empire, and it is a shield to any one professing it. The Anti podes of Viscount Stratford is pointed out in the person of Lord Westmoreland, the man of taste and the composer of Popish masses. The Bulwark still claims from us the opinion that it is the worthiest and most effective of all the monthly publications issued by the Protestant warriors against the P o pi s h Ch ur ch.—The B ?Wish Jour na l, pu bli s h e d b y J ohn Mort i mer , is a new candidate for popular favour. Angus Reach and Horac e M ay h ew, a couple of north c ountry lights, head th e li st o f contributors ; and in the augTationpart we pe rce i ve papers b y Capt. Mayne Reid, William Dalton, Nicolo Puenni—a Frenchman who writes much that is new and in teresting about the present Emperor of France, Alfred W. Cole, and Paul Preston. Not the least interesting contribution to this part, is the sketch of that singular and useful article, "The Penny a-liner ;" his peculiarities and mode of life are graphically pourtrayed by one who tells us that he is familiar with what he speaks of, from his holding the office of sub-editor on one of the London morning papers. THE SAXON has again cast his pestiferous blight upon one of Ireland's chosen potatoes, having withered the patriot Murphy into an insolvent commissioner !—Punch. EXTREMELY PARTICULAR. — Nye know a Stupid oli teetotaller who is so true to his principles he won't even in society ! ORRESI Letters addressed to the Editor real name and address of the writer, not for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith ; this is indispensably requisite in any statement of facts. The Editor wishes it to be understood that he does not hold himself responsible for the opinions or statements of his correspondents To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD, SlR,—One word more, and that chiefly in reply to Mr. Hodson's letter in the Albion of to-day, upon the question be tween myself and the friends or adherents of Mr. Moore. I, myself, never pretended to know the truth or falsehood of the facts ; I simply restated what had been communicated to me, under no seal of secrecy, and I gave up my authority. If I have been in error, the error was not of my own creating; others alone are responsible. I asserted only what Mr. Big horn had related to me in the omnibus, in the bearing of his friend, Mr. Godfrey; and Mr. Godfrey, in the presence of my friend, Mr. Robert Horsfall, has admitted, without any reser vation, that what I stated was correct, and, moreover, that I was at liberty, though he himself had an objection to appear ing in print, to make use of his confirmation. In regard to Mr. Bighorn's second letter, I do not think it necessary to enter farther, except to declare that the remark which he says I made, as to our conversation being strictly private, had no relation whatever to the point at issue, but simply to the information I had given him of the meetings held antecedent to the election, and which, as I purposed re peating the facts at the ensuing meeting of the Dock Commit tee, I did not desire to see anticipated by their insertion pre viously in the public papers. What I required was, that nothing should appear in print before the following Thursday. That being passed, Mr. Bighorn is at perfect liberty to publish each and everything I mentioned. As Mr. Mellor denies his being present at the interview with Mr. Moore, I am hound to admit his denial, though whatever may now be Mr. Godfrey's doubts as to having spoken of Mr. Mellor, Mr. R. Horsfall will corroborate me in asserting that during another interview with Mr. Godfrey, in the earlier part of the week, that gentleman unequivocally referred to Mr. Mellor by name. Throughout the whole of this transaction, I repeat I have violated no private confidence, nor attacked any one beyond what was forced upon me for the vindication of my own honour, and I feel satisfied that the public should now decide where the misstatement, misrepresentation, or falsehood lies. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, Water-street, 25th July, 1553. THOMAS BOLD. \_)Tl HE LTVEBP FIRST INIPML, senzers (FBOM THE TIMES.) qsIONS OF VICTORIA. The first exclamation of the traveller who for the first time sees the southern shores of Australia is one of disap pointment, for the length of the voyage and consequent longing for the land naturally invest it with a beauty it does not possess, and for days before it is sighted he pic tures to himself, if not a land flowing with milk and honey, at any rate a finely-wooded country, " with verdure clad," and with hold scenery and a vast expanse of water ; and it is amusing to listen to the different pictures drawn, by people from all parts of the world, of the land they expect to find, each one, of course, depicting scenery with which he is familiar. The Londoner, for instance, expects to meet an exaggeration of Bushy-park, or of the view from the hill at Richmond or Windsor-park, minus the Castle ; while the Welchman and Highlander look for bold crags and lofty mountains ; and yet one and all, the most ex citing as well as the most moderate in their expectations, cannot help saying, as the land comes In sight, " Is this, then, Australia ?" and, indeed, well they may, for it is unlike any other country in the world, perhaps. To any one who has seen the coast of America, or even the dear shores of Old England, the coast of Australia—at least in the neighbourhood of Port Philip—appears sadly insigni ficant, and on nearer approach one looks in vain for the " bush," of which one has heard so much, and which, to one accustomed to Canada, conveys the idea of a dense forest. here it consists only of trees far apart, and, like all that is Australian, different from anything else of its kind. On still nearer approach, and when objects on shore can be distinguished with the naked eye, every man is taken for a savage and every animal for a kangaroo ; and many were the exclamations of disappointment on finding that the men seen from the deck were white, and the animals with them were nothing more or less than unromantic dogs. _ But the land has been sighted since daylight, and we are now running with a fine breeze up to the "Heads," as they are called, and which, again, to the lovers of fine scenery cause some disappointment from their being in fact no heads at all, but only two necks of land as flat as flat can be, between which an opening of a mile and a half gives admittance into Port Philip. The sea between the Heads is more like a caldron than anything else, and although the passage across this caldron is made in a short time, everything is secured, as the rolling and pitching are as bad as in the heaviest sea, and a nasty passage it is to make—a ledge of rocks on both sides, with a strong cur rent running, and the pleasing certainty that, if the wind fails, ashore you must go ; and to add to our anxiety no pilot is to be had—he has gone on board a fine American ship a-head of us, and sends a boat to tell us that we can not do better than follow him. We see a bark, lying-to waiting for turn of tide—appa rently, and as we pass close by her we see a dense crowd of men on her decks—some in blue frocks, some in red, all unshaved and very dirty, and with the most forbidding expression. These we are told by old " squatters," who came out with us, are Vandiemonians, which being inter preted means men from Van Diemen's Land, though their appearance would justify one's giving a very different sense to the term. The caldron between the Heads is passed at last, to the no small relief of the captain evidently, and for the first time since we left Channel we are again in green water, when overboard go dog kennels, old slippers, tin pans, and other " fixings," much prized while at sea, but dis carded when within a few miles only of our journey's end. The sail up the bay shows first the quarantine station, where two ships are at anchor, having already lost up wards of 200 passengers since they arrived—emigrant ships , too closely packed and badly ventilated,—what more need be said ? Further up we see to the left, the arm of the sea stretching up to Geelong, and at last, after a few hours' sail, we anchor outside the lighthouse on the point which forms Hobson's Bay—the captain prudently keeping as far off the shore as he can so as not to lose his men. And here I may mention a rather ingenious stratagem by which they manage to get ashore and desert ; it is simply this :—in the middle of the night the cry is raised, of "A man overboard !" which may or may not be true, as sometimes a man is fool enough to drop overboard for the purpose ; the men then rush aft, lower the boat, pick up their comrade, and pull ashore. This answers very well at II rld, but the trick gets known at last, and we were prepared, should it have been tried, to man the boats with officers and pas- Next morning the steamers from Melbourne came alongside to take people ashore ; and, to show that time was precious, they no sooner got alongside than they per formed a most odious solo on a bell as a signal for starting. Baggage, beds, trunks, chests—all are bun dled over the side, and off goes the little steamer to per form the same operation at another ship, and finally to take the passengers up the Yarra-Yarra to the long sought El Dorado. In a straight line Melbourne is not more than two miles from the bay, but the windings of the Yarra-Yarra stretch the distance to nine miles. It is a narrow river, and yet very deep, even to its banks, as large vessels of 400 and 500 tons lie close to the shore, and make fast to the brushwood. The water is as dark as the Ottawa water in Canada, and its :effects on new corners pretty much the same, generally causing dysentery. A little below Melbourne we pass some of the most offensive of slaughterhouses, then some wool-washing establishments, then shipping discharging cargoes on the grass, and finally the steamer stops at the wharf, and ashore we go into the town, and cannot help repeating our remarks that town as well as country is unlike any thing else of its kind. The wharf, which extends about half a mile on one side of the river, does not seem to have grown with the commerce of the place ' as vessels are now crowded on either side of the river far beyond it. The first object that catches the eye Is a noble stone bridge across the Yarra-Yarra, which would do credit to any city, young or old, but it appears to be the only public work worth noticing, and one cannot but be struck with the diminutiveness of all the buildings in Melbourne. There can he but one opinion as to the site of Mel. bourne—that it can be made one of the finest cities of England's colonial empire; and, much as is yet to be done to the town, one cannot look at it without surprise when one reflects that sixteen years ago it was a wilder ness. Yet, strange to say, there has been scarcely any enterprise in Melbourne since the positive glut of gold. Had " Brother Jonathan" been here he would ere this have cut a canal to the bay and converted the large swamp to the eastward of the town into docks. That such will be done eventually I have no doubt, but one cannot but regret its not having been done, or, at any rate, begun already, for, as I said before, the vessels now stretch, on both sides of the river, far beyond the limits of the wharf, the bay is full of hipping, and the con stantly increasing tide of commerce which is setting towards Melbourne will soon render some other arrange. meta necessary. Rents are enormous, and even ridiculously so, £4OO a year being paid for houses which scarcely cost that sum to build a few years ago. Wooden houses are being im ported from Van Diemen's Land in great numbers, but not fast enough to meet the daily influx of population. On the south side of the Yarra-Yarra has sprung up a town the material of which is explained in its name, " Canvas Town," and which is almost as large as Mel bourne itself, and many are the people who lived in affluence at home whom one can see under this frail cover ing performing the drudgeries of household duties. When the commonest labour is 10s. a-day, it may be supposed that all produce is extravagant. Butter is 3s. Gd. a pound, and everything equally expensive. I cannot help mentioning this, as in England one is assured that " living" in Australia is a mere nothing. Servants' wages are enormous—in fact, the working classes have it all their own way. Nothing in the shape of a man-servant is to be got under £6O a-year, and fre quently two guineas a-week. Female servants get from £3O to £45 a-year. All mechanics flourish here. Com mon carpenters get from 20s. to 30s. a-day ; cabinet makers get more ; and a paperhanger who came out in the Anglesea told me he was getting 50s. a-day. Draymen get is. a load for the shortest distance, and the policemen in the streets all get _los. a-day. The price of land has of course risen in proportion, and at a government land sale a few days since some lots at the outskirts of the town—and which, to quote one of the papers here, " can never become a centre of business, but must always remain a mere suburb at best"—sold at the rate of 2,000 guineas an acre. The distance from the bay is about nine miles by the river, and yet it costs almost as much to get one's baggage from the bay as it does from England, the freight in the latter case being only £3 or £4 per ton, while in the former it is £2 5a., and trouble some to get it at that even. When our baggage arrived I procured a dray, the driver of which I saw, malgre" his blue frock and hobnail boots, was not at any rate born a drayman, and on get ting into conversation with him I found he was a gentle man, the son of a clergyman, and had come out some months before, and having found all attempts at getting gentlemanlike employment unsuccessful, he had pur chased a horse and dray, and boldly put his shoulder to the wheel in more senses than one, and was then saving at the rate of £lO a week. I was rather struck with this at first, but now I am quite accustomed to similar recon tres, as one often meets men hard at work, and whose rough costume cannot destroy the stamp which nature will sometimes put on one of gentle birth. One fre quently meets successful diggers —men dressed up in a most extraordinary style, who insist upon buying every thing, cost what it may, and press everyone they meet to have a "nobbler"—the colonial term for brandy and water. I saw one the other day ask a whole gang of masons, overseer and all, to go and have " a nobbler," and on their hesitating he pulled out a handful of sovereigns to show that he was in earnest and could afford it. Then, again, for the band, the other day, some in convenience was felt from there being no boys to hold the hooks for the men, a service for which most of the ragged juveniles of Melbourne have hitherto volunteered ; but it was not to be wondered at that for this once they were off duty, as a drunken digger was throwing about handsful of sovereigns for them to scramble for. These men often marry on their return from the diggings, dress up their brides in a most extravagant style, and drive about the town with them, stopping en passant at most of the publichouses to have " a nobbler. " They spend all their money in a short time, and either die of drink or return to try their luck again at the diggings. But this must not be taken as the standard of diggers, as many, nay, most of them, are steady, hard-working people, who know that it is to their own interest to keep quiet; and the crime—of which there is, unfortunately, an alarming extent—must not be attributed to the diggers. It is the men who do not dig who are the pest of the country. The local government have passed an act for the prevention of convict immigration from Van Diemen's Land, for hitherto every vessel from Launceston or Hobart Town brought over a cargo of ruffians, but now every passenger from Van Viemen's Land who cannot prove himself " free" is sent to work in ehains on the roads, and every captain of a vessel bringing such a man is fined £lOO. The measure seems a severe one, but it is really neces sary, as the trials and police reports but too clearly show. To prevent, in some measure, the frequent murders and attacks in and near the town, any person seen with fire arms at night is liable to be taken up ; and yet it would be folly to go out beyond the town without them, and I never cross the " common" after dark without carrying a pistol on full cock in my band, with my finger on the trigger all the way, preferring, if needs be, to be taken to the police-o ffi ce and give an acc ount o f myself to b e i ng " stuck up," as it is termed here. The murders, committed, however—and their• name is 'A_NDARD, TUESDAY, _L \ legion —are mostly on diggers, who for days previous have been " shepherded ;" that is, the poor fellow known to have gold about him is closely watched, for days perhaps, until he is caught alone, when he is brutally murdered. There is a refinement of cruelty displayed in many of the murders in the bush. One poor wretch was rubbed over with turpentine, which was set on fire; another poor fellow was rescued the other day, having been tied to a tree by the throat in such a manner that the point of his toes could just touch the ground. Sometimes it is proved that a man is tied to a tree and shot in cold blood. The district coroner told me a few days ago, that for the last week he had held an inquest every day, and sometimes two, and that independently of the city coroner, whose office is no sinecure. Most of these murders are traced to men who either are or have been convicts, and one cannot but feel that the local Legislature is justified in adopting the most severe measures to prevent a further influx of these " Pandernonians," as they might well be called, instead of Vandiemonians. Of the climate of Port Philip it would be impossible to give an account. In fact, in the 24 hours we often have"an ircharatillon of almost all the climates in the known world, and a great many more that one never dreamt of ; such a roasting sun with a " London damp November" kind of cutting wind ; then again that will in half an hour, perhaps, change into a sirrocco laden with scorching dust as the deserts of Arabia might be proud of, which in its turn will be succeeded by a thorough " real old Jamaica" shower. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.-TUESDAY, JULY 19 BANKRUPTCY.—The house went into committee on the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Bill, the object of which was con tained in its details. It was for the purpose of making several improvements in the present state of the bank ruptcy law in Scotland, which at present is in a most un satisfactory condition.—Lord BROUGHAM said he should propose some amendments at a future stage. Several bills were forwarded a stage. The Succession Bill was brought up from the Commons and read a first time. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE brought in a bill to regulate the relations between landlord and tenant in Ireland. Their lordships adjourned at ten minutes past seven o'clock. THURSDAY, JULY 21. COPYIIOLDS.—Tho LORD bIIANCPT.LOR introduced certain amendments in the Copyholds' Bill, which was then read a third time and passed. The Estates' (Scotland) Bill was read a second time. The Transportation Bill, the Battersea Park Bill, and the Westminster-bridge Bill were read a third time and passed. COLONIAL CHURCH.—The House went into Committee on the Colonial Church Regulation Bill after some discus sion, in which several lords took part. On clause 1 being proposed, the Earl of HARROWBY objected to several portions of it, especially those parts which conferred cer tain powers on the Colonial bishops, among which was the power to compel the clergy of Canada to meet in synod at the seat of the metropolitan diocese. The difficulty which the clergy in the provinces would experience in attending the synod would give the metropolitan diocese an undue advantage. lie also objected to the power given to the synod, to be decided by a majority of voices, consisting of clergy and laity, with the assent, in the case of any diocese, of the bishop, to make regulations for the management of the affairs of the church within the diocese.—The BrsHOP of Orroun defended the clause, and the Earl of HAR ROWBY having withdrawn his objection, it was agreed to, as were also the remaining clauses, and the bill was re ported with amendments. Their lordships then adjourned. FRIDAY, 22nd JULY. THE STATUTE LAW.—The LORD CHANCELLOR laid upon the table the instructions which had been given to the commission appointed to inquire into the consolidation of the statute law, and stated that he hoped to receive the report of that commission some time next week. VARIETIES. DID you ever know a person to believe you when you explained how you got a black eye ? AN UNDERTAKER'S LIVE JOB.—A cabman who does not approve of sixpenny fares, wishes to know if the law will bury him now that ithas screwed himdown?—Punch. A WESTERN EDITOR, in answer to a complaint of a patron that he did not give news enough, advised him, when news were scarce, to read the Bible, which he had no doubt would be news to him. How TO BECOME A FAVOURITE.--If you wish to make yourself a favourite with your neighbour, buy a dog and tie him up in the garden at night. They wont sleep any all night for thinking of you. ONE of the latest fashions for gentlemen, is the "barber pole" pattern for trousers ; the stripes ascend spirally round the leg, giving the wearer the appearance of a double-barrelled corkscrew. Mr GERMAN FRIEND, how long have you been married " Vel, dat is a ting vat I seldom don't like to tank about, but ven I does, it seems to be so long as it never vas." FIRST IMPRESSIONS.—A child upon whom it would seem the examples made amongst the animal p ro d uc ti ons bad not been lost, upon being taken to vi s it an aun t, recently confined with twins, raised the heartless inquiry of " Which does dear aunty mean to keep I" STRENGTH APPARENTLY ACCOUNTED FOR.—Not withstandinT the small site of the Aztec child ren , th ey are exceedingly strong. doubtlessly derived this strength from Gymn-aztecs, from. whom it probably descended in a sttaight line. "MOTHER, mother, here's Freddy teazing the baby." " Make him cry again, Freddy, and then mother will give him some sugar, and I'll take it away from hi m , th en he'll squall, and mother will give him some more, and you can take that, and we'll both have some." Cumostrics.—The chair on which the sun sets. A garment for the naked eye. The hammer which broke up the meeting. Buckle to fasten a laughing stock. The animal that drew the inference. Eggs from a nest of thieves. A bucket of water from " All's Well." NOTHING is easier, nor more delightful to most women, than to pay away money. To see the energy that pervades all their movements, the light that dances in their eyes when bound on a shopping excursion, one would think that the mere act of passing the filthy lucre from hand to hand has something exhilarating and restorative in it. A RELIABLE TIMEKEEPER.--" Paddy, honey, will ye buy my watch now ?" " And its about selling your watch ye are, Mike ?" " Troth it is darlin'l" " What's the price ?" " Ten shillings, and a mutchkin of the creature." "Is the watch a decent one ?" " Sure and I've had it twenty years, and it never once desaved me!" " Well, here's your tin ; now tell me does it go well ?" " Bedad an' it goes faster than any watch in Connaught, Munster, Ulster, or Leinster, not barring Dublin !" "Bad look to ye, Mike, you have taken me in ! Didn't you say it never desaved you ?" " An' I did—nor did it—for I never de. pended ow it." A LIKRLY JOKE. According to the Liverpool Standard, the Irish have been quarrelling amongst them selves at Liverpool ; but from our contemporary's version of the affair, we are inclined to doubt this intrinsically very improbable circumstance. That narrative states that the row apparently originated as follows :—" pn Orangeman complained that a Papist boy had thrown some dirt at him." Oranzemen never complain ground lessly of Papists boys, and Papists boys never throw dirt— either literally or figuratively. Dirt !—how are they to come by it? Whoever saw or smelt any such thing as dirt in any the most remote connexion with a " Papist boy ?"—Punch. A MODERN BELLE.—" Love in a cottage, indeed ?" said Lauretta one day to one of her admirers, a senti mental swain. "I do not fancy the picture. A cottage always reminds me of pigs, and poultry, and dirty children, and sluttish women, and coats oat at elbows, and broken windows patched with paper, or stopped with old hats—things that I hold in utter abomination. Give me an elegant sufficiency—a handsome house in town, splendidly furnished, in the most fashionable style —a dashing equipage—a well-filled casket of jewels —a mag nificent wardrobe—a circle of gay and fashionable ac quaintances—a wealthy and indulgent husband—and then, perhaps—l might think of love." LANCASHIRE WITCHES.—" How strange it is, Sophy, that you couldn't recollect me ! Maybe it's witchery, for that has a prodigious effect upon the memory. Do you believe in witches ?" said I, leaning on my elbow in the grass, and looking up in her pretty face. " How can I believe, who never saw one ? Did you ?" " Just come from a county in England," said I, " that's chockful of 'em." "Do tell me," said she, " what sort of looking people they are. Little, cross, spiteful, crooked old women, ain't they ?" " The most splendid galls," sais I, " mortal man ever beheld—half-angel, half-women, with a touch of cherubim musical tongues, tele graph eyes, and cheeks made of red and white roses. They'd bewitch old Scratch himself, if he was only to look on 'em. They call 'em Lancashire witches." " Did they ever bewitch you ?" she said, laughin'. " Well, they would, that's a fact ; only I had been bewitched afore."—Sam Slick. EXTRAORDINARY NIDIFICATION.—At many railway stations large balls are run by pulleys and cords, to intimate, by their being lowered or elevated, when the way is or is not clear. One of these balls, on the Ardrossan line, nearKilwinning,lately attracted the notice of a couple of starlings on matrimonial thoughts inteht. With much labour they forced their way into the centre, and proceeded, despite all interruptions, to construct a nest. The ball has to be lowered and elevated fourteen times a-day, but this did not interfere with the proceed ings of the happy pair, and in due time four eggs were deposited in the moveable nest. Tho female is still sitting closely, quite undisturbed by the frequent process of being let down within a very few feet of the ground, and raised again, and there is every probability of her hatching her young.—Dumfries Courier. LADIES IN AMERICA.—How difficult it is to admire and appreciate without comparing ! Comparisons are odious ; but avoid them you cannot, when contrast be tween the American and the Creole lady is so strongly presented to the stranger's observation, as on his intro duction to New Orleans society. The poor American lady is like an exotic plant. In the first place the climate disagrees with her : she is languid from the heat, and her good looks rapidly fade. Then she dresses badly, though expensively : her choice of colours is extensive, but not good ; and when she is dressed her clothes cling about her much as you could fancy they would had sho fallen into the river and had been drawn out again. If she dances, she does so awkwardly, and a quadrille or two (for she seldom ventures on a higher flight) soon fatigues her. The Creole, on the contrary, combines the naivete of the Spanish girl with the polished elegance of the French lady, whose toilet she scrupulously imitates ; though not expensively dressed, her beautifully rounded figure is attired with an exquisite neatness that makes her at once the ornament of the opera, and the light and life of the ball-room. She is passionately fond of dancing, in the enjoyment of which she is as grace f ul as she is indefa- ' tigable.—Pallis , r's Solitary Rambles. STEAM-BOAT RACING.—I must tell you a good story which is very apropos here. An old lady in Cincinnati had a quantity of bacon to ship to New Orleans, where s h e was going herself to buy supplies. She stipulated with the captain of a steamer that he should have her ' freight, provided he would not race d uring the trip. The captain consented and the old lady came on board. After the second day out another steamer was seen close astern, w hich the captain had been racing all the time, and whi t would every now and then ogas fa t l d l tai b iye a capklamsasgooasnitngs.ei side passengers, as by t h h ig e h t e w s o t excitement side. At latstsetrnctoleinenttoinlpculreeldavdafyiole,rdpnaaermatraolkying of the excitement, , y letcalled that a t the l d captain boa t p andass u said, s , are ` 3, Captain ou..,,, s , you y a ' , n i t s_ again'halshall hav to e But, t We ni ll a , d y a o m u , ca t n o to do, madam, as I agreed not to race.': , just try it a little, that wont hurt." , _ it tell you the truth, I did." " Gracious ! butd with i t try u s, a little more; see, the old boat is almost even and a loud cheer arose from the passengers on the "old boat." " I can 't ra i se any more s t ea m, madam, as all th e tar and pine knots are burnt up." " Good gracious ; what shall we do ? See, the old boat is passing us. Is there nothing else on board that will make steam? " Nothing, madam,—eh, eh, [as if a new idea struck him,j except your bacon." " Throw in the bacon," shrieked the old lady, " throw in the bacon, captain, and beat the old boat l"--American paper. DUTY ON SUCCESSIONS, The Earl of ABERDEEN moved the second reading of the Succession Bill—a measure which had been passed in the lower house by a large majority, and which, while it permitted the government to relieve the inequalities which had been complained of on the imposition of the income tax, would ultimately enable them to dispense with that tax altocether. He entered into a sketch of the details of the bill, and concluded by observing, that the course which it was understood would be adopted by the oppo sition—namely, to accept the principle of the bill, but to , defeat it in committee on a question of detail—was a , piece of tactics rarely pursued in their lordships' house. The Earl of DERBY said, that Lord Aberdeen had favoured the house with a vary meagre sketch of the measure, while he commented in a tone of extreme self- laudation upon the triumphant success of his government in finance. For his own part, he was ready to admit the ability of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, upon whom the burden of the session in the lower house had mainly fallen ; but he thought it was too much to insist on the unparalleled successof Mr. Gladstone's financial measures, when his attempted conversion of the three per cents. had proved a signal and melancholy failure. It was, indeed, proposed to compensate for the inequalities of the income-tax, but it must be remembered that those inequalities could not be redressed without the aid of this tax on succession—a measure most obnoxious in many of its details. He then enumerated his objections to the bill, which he stigmatized as most unjust to the owners of real or settled property, and which, in its operation, would open the door to innumerable frauds, and involve the owners of land in interminable litigation. In conclusion he said :—" My lords, I have now stated to your lordships what appears to me to be the prin cipal objections to the bill before your lordships, , not merely as to its details, but such as are inseparably connected with the principle of the measure. I have endeavoured to show your lordsbips, first, upon the ground of justice, that there is no reason for im , posing this additional, this obnoxious tax upon the owners of real and settled property. I have shown you, , with regard to settled property more especially, that its exaction will lead to an amount of fraud and evasion which will either deprive you of a great portion of th© pecuniary results expected, or it will drive the country from one end to another into an inextricable net of liti gation (cheers). I have shown you that with regard to settled property you are, in the first instance, introducing the abrogated distinction between devised and settled property; and that in so doing you are retrospectively subjecting the owners of all property to an amount of grievous oppression and grievous injustice, which will not be compensated for by any amount of pecuniary benefit to be derived by the measure (loud cheers). I have shown you that in order to carry your measure into effect you must subject, not once, but during the whole conti nuance of the life of the landed proprietor—from the commencement of his entering into possession, down to the close of his existence—you are subjecting him to a constant succession of inquisitorial proceedings—leading to the exposure of all his family hopes, of his family settlements, and to every secret disposition of his property—to a manifestation of all his ernbarrasments (great cheering). I have shown that from time to time he will never be free from being in that most odious and painful position—namely, that of a public accountant perpetually indebted, but never discharged—a position from which your bill affords him no means of extricating himself (renewed cheering). I have shown you, too, that the bill will press most heavily and most seriously upon the humbler classes, who are at present ignorant of the measure, and who have not therefore, as the noble earl opposite says, loaded your lordships' table with petitions against it ; for they have been led to believe that the tax is a tax upon the great landed proprietors of the country, and that all other classes would be compara tively quite free. (Loud cheers.) But, my lords, Ido not hesitate to say that five years will not have elapsed before you will have no reason to complain of the want of applications for redress against this impost. And yet, my lords, such is the bill that is to be the crowning triumph of finance on the part of her Majesty's ministers. This is the basis on which the fame of the noble earl opposite is to rest ! (Great cheers.) Yes, my lords, this, too, is , the bill which is to place Mr. Gladstone upon a pinnacle of eminence far higher than that attained by such a cha racter as William Pitt. This bill, my lords—this finan cial structure—is to be no temporary edifice to be tolerated for a time, for it is laid down emphatically and distinctly in its preamble as being a permanent system under which the financial affairs of this country are to be for the future ' administered. But I tell the noble earl opposite boldly, that as the permanent system under which the financial affairs of the country are to be directed—that the country will not bear it—that the country ought not to bear it. (Cheers.) So far from it, my lords, even if the noble earl should succeed in passing the bill in its present shape, I undertake to say that it will be repealed within a very short time by the almost unanimous demand of all those connected with the property of the country—by the unanimous demand of all, with the exception of the attor neys and solicitors who will derive such a rich harvest from the litigation to which the act will give rise. (Cheers.) My lords, the noble earl concluded his observations by saying that he did not understand how any one assenting to the general principle of the measure could refuse to accept all the details of the measure. My lords, beg to say, in the first place, I cannot assent, either on behalf of my noble friends who act with me, or for myself, to either the principle or the details of the measure; and if we abstain from taking the sense of the house upon its second reading, we only take that course because we do not desire unnecessarily to embar rass the financial affairs of the country. (Loud cries of "Hear, hear.") But having carried our submission so far — if your lordships are to bow to every injustice which the House of Commons thinks fit to impose upon your lord ships—if you are to submit to see the rights of the people infringed upon—then I say you had better abandon at once your functions, and you had better not go through the farce of having the tax sent up to you for your consi deration at all. (Great cheers.) Although, therefore, I will not ask your lordships to reject the second reading, I will not abstain from introducing such amendments as may tend, in my judgment, to mitigate the grosser evils of the bill. And my first amendment will arise on its second clause. I propose to make this bill entirely pro spective in its operation and to protect from it all settle ments and rights constituted under a different state of the law. But, my lords, Ido not mean to say that lam thus , precluded from offering any other amendments, but desiring, moreover, that the bill should have the fullest and fairest consideration. And, my lords, I shall, above all, ask you—are you prepared to adopt this measure, not I only as the means of meeting a temporary difficulty, but as the permanent system upon which the finances of this country are to be administered ? (Cheers.)—The Duke of ARGYLL defended the bill, and was followed by the Earl of MALMESBURY, who said it was nothing but a revival of the old Norman law of escheators—an act most cowardly and unjust, full of pains and penalties, and only , to be excused by the sternest necessity.—The bill was read a second time. Some other bills were advanced a stage, and their lord ships adjourned at twenty minutes before ten o clock. 1853. present mode of taking divisions, which was very injurious to all who suffered under the least infirmity. It was im possible that a man could reach the House of Commons from the library, even if he were perfectly sound in wind and limb, under two minutes. Last night the bell rang for not more than a minute and a-half, and he was one of those who had been excluded. Several members started, and ran at a very severe rate, but they " choked at the pace, and fell off at the corner." (A laugh.) There ought to be a defined time, and then members could regu late their pace and training to it.—The SPEAKER said it depended upon the time occupied in clearing the gallery. EDINBURGH ANNUITY TAY.—The LORD ADVOCATE moved the second reading of the Edinburgh and Canon gate Annuity Tax Abolition Bill, which he said had been introduced for the settlement of a very troublesome local question, which had been a subject of inquiry, not only on the part of the government, but of a select committee of that house.—The discussion was prolonged until four o'clock, when the Speaker left the chair, and the house adjourned.—The house resumed at six o'clock, but there being only 27 members present the house broke up. WEDNESDAY, JULY 20. - - - - ISLE OF MAN.—A petition 'was presented, signed by 659 of the inhabitants of Douglas, Isle of Man, ex pressing their apprehension and alarm at the proposed increased taxation, and being placed under the Consolida tion Customs Act of Great Britain. They submit that they pay all the expenses of their own government, and have contributed £634,000 to the Imperial Exchequer, as shown by Parliamentary returns. They believe this drain has been the means of impoverishing the island, by pre venting those improvements which would otherwise have taken place ; that, being totally unrepresented in the Imperial Parliament, it would be unjust to increase their taxation without their consent ; and that such an act would be contrary to their own constitution. And they pray the House to refuse its sanction to the proposed measure. VACCINATION.—Sir J. PAKINGTON, in moving the second reading of the Vaccination Extension Bill (which had been sent from the House of Lords), stated its object, which was to render vaccination compulsory, under pecuniary penalties, and showed the unsatisfactory results of the voluntary system.—Lord PALMERSTON said he was prepared to assent to the principle of the bill, agreeing with Sir J. Pakington that its machinery required considerable alterations.—After some further discussion, the bill was read a second time. ATTORNEYS' CERTIFICATE DUTY.—On the order for the second reading of the Attorneys and Solicitors' Cer tificate Duty (No. 2) Bill, some discussion took place, as to the necessity of withdrawing the Bill, and it was thrown out by 188 to 104. INSPECTION OF NUNNEITES.—On the next order, for resuming the debate on the second reading of the Reco very of Personal Liberty Bill, adjourned on the 22d of June, the SPEAKER explained the state of the question before the house—namely, that the original question was " that the bill be now read a second time ;" and that upon an amendment being moved by Mr. PHINN to leave out all the words after " that," in order to insert other words, the house had decided that the words proposed to be left out should not stand part of the question ; so the only part of the original question which remained was the word " that ;' and the question now was, whether the words proposed by Mr. Phinn--" that it be referred to a select committee to consider whether any and what regu lations are necessary for the better protection of the in mates of establishments of a conventual nature, and for the prevention of the exercise of undue influence in pro curing the alienation of their propertv"—or any other words, should be added thereto.—ln the course of the discussion which ensued, Mr. DRUMMOND said it had been his good fortune and happiness to number Romanists among his private friends,—all his sympathies were, therefore, in their favour ; but he took his stand upon the fact that the secular power assumed by the Romish clergy was never abandoned, never mitigated or molli fied ' • they had declared their dete rm ination t o carr y ou t, and he was equally determined to expose, the object they aimed at, and the means by which they meant to accom plish it. He acknowledged the charitable labours of Romanists, which put those of Protestants to shame ; but this was not the question ; the question was, " whether the inmates of convents required protection." The legis lature had found it necessary to protect children against the cruelty of their parents, which took different forms in different classes of society. The opponents of the inquiry talked of the liberty of these persons ; but what liberty could there be where priests laid down the doctrine, that the very perfection of Christianity was to believe that black was white and white black if Holy Church said so ? —The debate was adjourned (at the instance of Mr. Newdegate), on the motion of Lord PALMERSTON, until the 10th of August. At six o'clock the house adjourned. THURSDAY, JULY 21. The House met at noon. MORE SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENTS. EDINBURGH ANNUITY TAX.—Lord acts° announced that it was not the intention of Government to proceed with the Edinburgh and Canongate Annuity Tax .Aboli tion Bill in the present session. SAVINGS BANKS.—On the order for going into com mittee upon the Savings Bank Bill,—The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in postponing the measure until the next session, observed, that the great evil with respect to the present condition of savings -banks was not so much glaring abuse as the want of perfect security. Hav ing entered into an explanation of the several points in the proposed measure, he said that he feared, at this late period of the session, there would not be time to pass the bill, and he moved that it be committed that day , three months. The motion was agreed to, and the bill I accordingly withdrawn. IRISH LAND TENURE.—The House went again into committee upon the Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) Bill, and the remaining clauses having been agreed to, resolved itself again into committee upon the Tenants' Compensa tion (Ireland) Bill, and clauses up to 9 were agreed to when the House resumed. NAVIGATION OF THE DANUBE.—In answer to a ques tion, Lord J. RUSSELL said, although the Russian Go vernment had not taken proper precautions respecting the navigation of the Danube—which we had a right to expect from it—yet natural causes had very much tended to ob struct the navigation of the river. An accumulation of mud had accrued at the mouth of the river, which had caused the waters to overflow the banks and inundate the country for several miles round. According to the latest accounts, it appeared that the obstruction had been to some extent removed, and there were now several feet more water at the mouth of the river. THE COLLIERY ACCIDENT AT OLDHAM.—In reply to Alr. Hutchins, Lord PALMERSTON stated that the case with reference to the late accident at Bent Gauge Colliery had been referred to the law officers of the Crown. PETERBOROUGH ELECTION.—Mr. BRIGHT moved an instruction to the General Committee of Elections to select a chairman and six other members to be the Select Committee on the Petitions from Peterborough, the question involving a matter of privilege. The debate which ensued turned chiefly upon points of practice in connexion with the rules and orders of the House. The motion was agreed to. INDIA BILL.—The House again went into Committee on the India Bill, and clauses 23 to 32 were agreed to. In the course of the discussion, Mr. BRIGHT having mentioned a transaction connected with the disposal of the directors' patronage, the debate took a personal turn. —Mr. T. BARING, with some degree of warmth, con demned the animus evinced by Mr. Bright in his attacks upon the directors.—Sir J. HOGG called upon Mr. Bright, as he hoped in future that his statements should command credit in that house, to state the names of the parties to whom Le had referred, the appointment, and the name of the director, telling him that, if he shrank from this act of justice, all he had insinuated aaainst the directors would fall upon hiniself.—Mr. BRIGHT said, the facts by a memberdeclined ( o t h f t u h g a h t called ahouse, e u e p n uound tioen communicatedhaeievtie,ed member. h o e m hi . m CHARITABLETRUSTS.—Upon the motion of Lord JOHN RUSSELL the Charitable Trusts Bill was read a second time. ADVERTISEMENT DUTY.—On the question of the con sideration of the Stamp Duties (No. 2) Bill, the CHAN CELLOR of the EXCAEQUER said the government had resolved to defer to the opinion of what was undoubtedly a real majority of that house with regard to the advertise ment duty. He proposed, therefore, when the other , orders of the day were disposed of, to take the considera tion of the report on the stamp duties, and to insert certain amendments bearing upon the point to which be had referred. He would not enter into the reasons which had led the government to adopt the course which they had, because he considered that a man who, at that late period of the session, made a long speech unnecessarily, was an enemy to his country. (I-Isar, hear, and laughter.) In answer to a question, he said the duty now to be re pealed varied from the general class of customs' duties ; the repeal of a duty such as the advertisement duty did not follow, according to precedent, immediately upon the vote of the house. A bill would be introduced, and lie hoped that there was no reason why it should not become law at the conclusion of next week, or, at the latest, at the beginning of the following week. HORSE LICENSES.—In committee, on the Customs' Acts, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved reso lutions respecting the post-horse duty and the licenses of hackney carriages. WHOLESALE LEGISLATION.—The Patronage Exchange Bill, the Colonial Bishops Act Extension Bill, the Land tax Redemption Bill, the Newspaper Stamp Duties Bill, the Highway Rates Bill, the Turnpike Trusts Arrange ment Bill, the Turnpike Acts Continuance, &c., Bill, the Consolidated Annuities (Ireland) Bill, and the Sheep, tkc., Contagious Diseases Prevention Bill, passed through committee. The Public Works Acts Amendment (Ire land) Bill, the Burials (beyond the metropolis) Bill, the Drainage of Lands (Ireland) Act Amendment Bill, and the Employment of Children in Factories Bill, were read a second time. The Dublin Parliamentary Registration Bill, and the Public Libraries (Ireland) Bill, were read a third time and passed. Sir J. YOUNG obtained leave to bring in a bill to con tinue the act 15 and 16 Vic., c. 66 (the Crime and Out rage Prevention Act, Ireland), until the 31st day of Aug., 1854. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL obtained leave to bring in a bill for the amendment of the procedure and practice in Crown suits in the Court of Exchequer, and for the pay ment of costs in proceedings instituted on behalf of the crown. Lord PALMERSTON obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend the Truck Act. Leave was given to bring in a bill to amend the laws relating to friendly societies ; also a bill to repeal certain laws relating to Customs' duties, &c. The house adjourned at half-past 2 o'clock. FRIDAY, JULY 22. The House met at noon. IRISH TENURE.—The House went again into commit tee on the Tenants' Compensation (Ireland) Bill, and all the remaining clauses were agreed to. PILOTAGE BILL.—The House went into committee on the Pilotage Bill, and Mr. CARDWELL proceeded to state the nature of the provision which he proposed with respect to the pensioning of the Cinque Port pilots. Clauses Ito 8 were agreed to, and the committee adjourned. SALT IN INDIA.—In answer to Sir J. PAKINGTON,— Sir C. Woon said that a reduction of the price of salt in India was about to be made, in conformity with a minute of the Governor-General in Council. Ltesarags.—ln reply to a question.—The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he did not intend to make any of those related toth proposals re which werep adjustmentrin o te f printed thepina originally, oa ie er 8 that nee which , though he di anomaly that m TJBLIC BUSIN-ESS.- —ln answer to an enquiry by DISRAELI, as to the intentions of the government in respect to the public business, Lord J. RUSSELL stated that he did not intend to move a second reading of the Education Bill, and that he hoped on the Ist of August to go into the committee of supply, with the view of taking the remaining votes. He proposed that, after that date, orders of the day should take precedence of motions on Tuesdays. In reply to Mr. H. DRUMMOND whether the public accounts could not in future be made up at Christmas instead of Easter, so that the house might sit in winter instead of summer, Lord J. RLTSSLLE said—l shall not now discuss the question as to our sitting in winter and having our holiday in summer. lam one of those who, in some respects agree with the hon. member. 1 have, however, observed that whenever the house met at an early period, the session was not found to be a short one. I believe that in another year—l will not say next year may be able to finish the session in June or July. RUSSIA AND TURKEY.—In answer to Mr. Layer& aS to the negotiations pending between Russia and Turkey. and to the production of papers connected therewith, Lord J. RUSSELL said that the sending of the British fleet to the Turkish waters was:a proof of the interest which het Majesty felt in the maintenance of the integrity of Turkey , He thought no Ministry were justified in plunging into war until every means for the preservation of peace had been exhausted. In trying to preserve peace he thought it more likely to be accomplished by communication of Government with Government rather than by submitting the whole of the papers to a popular assembly. He knew he was making a large demand upon the forbearance of the house; but, in the present state of the negotiations, which had scarcely commenced at St. Petersburgh, he could not consent to lay the papers on the table. THE INDIA BILL.—The house went again into com mittee on the India Bill, commencing with the 32nd clause.—Sir C. Woon stated that they intended to open Haileybury College to competition, but to leave Addis combo under the nomination system, as at present. In the course of the discussion allusion was made to the statement by Mr. Bright of the abuse of the patronage" of a director.—Mr. BRIGHT said, his authority for the statement was the member for Lambeth.—Mr. WILKIN SON acknowledged the substantial accuracy of it. The party who had been communicated with was his own brother, who, having given his word of honour, did not feel himself at liberty to disclose the name of the person• who made the corrupt proposal.—A long and somewhat angry discussion followed, in the course of which some sharp censures were cast upon Mr. Bright, who, con fessing that he ought to have obtained the consent of Mr. Wilkinson before he made the statement, denied that in other respects he was open to animadversion.—The whole of the clauses in the bill having been gone through, the consideration of the new clauses was deferred until Mon day, and the Chairman reported progress. ENCUMBERED ESTATES.—A discussion of some length took place on the motion for the House resolving itself into a committee on the Encumbered Estates (Ireland) Act Continuance Bill : and the House ultimately resolved itself into the proposed committee pro forma. The Patronage Exchange Bill, the Colonial Bishops Act Extension Bill, and the Turupike Trusts Arrange ments Bill were each read a third time and passed. At half-past two o'clock the House was counted out, on a motion of Mr. Macartney's, for certain papers con nected with the proceedings of a yacht club. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TUESDAY, JULY 19. The house met at noon. Petitions in favour of the inspection of nunneries were presented by Mr. HOASFALL, from the presbytery of Lan cashire, in connexion with the synod of the Presbyterian Church in England, and from the ministers, wardens, and members of St. John's Church, Liverpool. Dwisiol.s.—M.r. H. )311RICELET complained of the MILITARY RESOURCES OF TURKEY. The Turkish army, as at present organized and equip ped, has never yet been brought face to face with a Euro pean force. Tn the last Russian war the Nizam, or regu lars, were a few raw, ill-organized conscripts, and the greater part of the army was composed of a hasty levy of irregulars. At present the regular force that Turkey can bring into the field consists of seven ordous, or camps, each of 35,000 men, and each of them has a redif, or re serve force, of those who, having served five years in the regular army, have still seven years to serve as militia on extraordinary occasions. Besides the regular army, Tur key contains a vast irregular force of great variety, which might be made most useful during a campaign. In Eu ropean Turkey the Bosnians are a warlike race, and under their feudal system—which was crushed though not est tinguished by Omer Pasha—could furnish a large popula tion of fighting men, both foot end cavalry. The horses are small and thickset, but active beasts, and well adapted for their mountainous country ; their riders are armed with a long gun, gaily ornamented with mother-of-pearl and silken tassels, besides a yatagan, or long knife, and pistols. The foot are armed in the same manner. This race of Slavonians are remarkable for their large robust frame and warlike spirit. They were bound under the ancient feudal system to furnish a la r ge f orc e of arras' . men for the service of the empire, and in the late war with Russia this force marched towards the Balkan, but wer e not permitted to pass through Serbia, since Milosh, the Serbian Prince, was in the interest of Russia and checked them with the Serbian troops. The Bosnians are the most fanatical Mussulmans, and are distinguished f, r e 7 their fellow- Christians by wearing the turban ; the f ens of their costume is like that of almost all the Slov en of Asia Minor. The Albanians, a kilted people, costuroet w ho re semble the ancient Scottish Highlanders even in , are entirely composed of foot, and are as hardy, dirty, an d savage as any mountain warriors in the world. Th e y are excellent riflemen, and are Mussulmans or Christians , much as their interest suits them. They are employed i n garrison work in every remote corner of the empire, and are everywhere the terror of the peasant. The Grand Vizier is an Albanian ; indeed, they have furnished many remarkable men. In Asia Minor, the stronghold of the Turks and the citadel of Islam, the whole Muss u l man po pulation would, in case of war, rise almost to a man . The Osmanlis compose the agricultural and town pop u l a tions, and the use of arms is very common among th em , though they cannot be called an armed race, since the towns ge nerally contain garrisons of regular soldiers, so that the merely dons his arms when undertaking a journae- The nearest Mussulman neighbours to Russia are the Lagi, a small but savage people, inhabiting the ancient Colchis, and, until lately, serving feudally under Dere beys ; which custom still maintains to a certain extent ,. but nothing like what it was formerly, when a small arm"' could be raised in a few days under the heads of then' chiefs ready for active service. These Lagi have a distinct language of the Indo-Germanic family, and are a bard) , aboriginal race of red-bearded mountaineers, quite dis tinct from the Turks but joined by the powerful sympathy of religion. They are all footmen, and are armed will a short heavy rifle, a calm 6 or large broad dagger, Mau pistols. About thirty years ago an army of 500 of them besieged Trebizond, but were negotiated with and induced to retire. They are agriculturists and fishermen, and in habit villages which are thinly scattered in the dense pine forests covering that mountainous tract lying south of the' river Phisis. From the coast of the Black Sea to the Taurus chain of mountains a great part of the population is nomad, and, besides the Turks or Osmanlis (and the Armenian and Greek Christians, who are non-combatants) , consists of two distinct races—the Turcomans. who pos sessed themselves of the land before the advent of the Osmanlis, and who wander with their black tents u p to the shores of the Bosphorus •, and the Kurds on the east , the ancient Carduchi, who harassed the 10,000 Greekee and who, in the middle ages, gave the great Saladin for the defence of Islam. These letter people are partly no mad, most of them leaving their huts in the mountains to wander with their tents and flocks in the rich valley's during the summer months. These people are found from Ararat to the sonthsrn mountains of Persia, and conse quently dwell in every variety of climate, and lead from childhood a sort of military life. The northern Kurclg about Ararat are still the very models of medireval Eastern warriors, such as Saladin led against the Western Knights of Christendom. The adventurous tourist may a t the present day, while traversing some broad valley in these regions, suddenly come upon a troop of these Kurds , mounted on active, spare, and high-bred looking horses , and clothed head and trunk with chain mail armour , and armed with the long tapering lance, the mace, the scimitar, or battle-axe, their chiefs being distinguishe d by the richness of th e i r arms , th e i r super i or h orse s, and the white plume of the egret in front of the polished casque. In the highest mountains the Carduchi are still found among the crags of Bohtan and Julamerk , but are not horsemen. Their arms are the rifle and. dagger, both of home manufacture. Their enormous and ,ny.coloured and their brilliant costume give - remarkable apl,, , arance, and their fierce melancholy -c is but an index of that stern fanaticism which - -ht years ago sacrificed many thousands of 'sties' mountaineers. Further south we eople, with the same habits, but first eo have within the last thirty or forty years substituted guns for bows and arrows, and who.sio. combat, quickly wheeling round their horses and fbot charging their guns while fleeing, are, like the au,Vuers, Scythia.ns, more terrible in retreat than onset. The are comans, who are sp re ad over the whole of Asia Miner' also a most wa r like people. Clans numbering many thou sands acknowledee the Sultan as the representative of the i Caliphs and the Sovereign Lord of Islam, from whom alb the Frank Kings receive their crowns ; but they are Prac tically independent of him, and pay no taxes but to their own chiefs. In the neighbourhood of Cmsarea, Kasen o g ni o n, a Tureoman chief, numbers 20,000 armed horse men, rules despotically over a largo district, and has often successfully resisted the Sultan's arms. These people lead a nomad life, are always engaged in petty warfare, are well mounted, and armed with pistol, scimitar, spear' or gun, and would always be useful as irregular troops. South of the Taurus we still find numerous Kurds and Turcomans, but the Arab element begins and prevails, as we travel southward, to the exclusion of every other. Th e citizens and villagers of Arabistan are not unaccustom ed to the call to arms, but the Bedouins, as is well known , are incomparable in all that relates to long marches, sod's s den onslaughts, plundering convoys, and the harassing of retreating armies. These swarthy savages—poor, z Al armed, and almost naked—are yet far better moun ted than any other nomads, and, for anything but actua l fighting, would be superior to either Kurd or Turconesue The Arab is essentially brave, and battle is the breath of his nostrils ; but as he loves his mare better than hit:Tose'', he dislikes too close combat lest his four-footed frie d" and companion should be injured. The Bedouin is seldom armed with any other weapon than a long lance and' rude sabre, though the Arabs about Syria have frequently guns. Many great Sheikhs could, on an extraordina r y occasion, bring 20,000 or 30,000 men into the fi e lee mounted on animals incomparable for speed and endu rance, whose riders are endowed with extraordinary ill stincts for living in and ranging wildernesses, where 02: other creature would die of hunger and thirst. Add reS these the Druses of the Lebanon, the Yezidees, and mho: arm ed non-Mussulmans, who would probably fight whete most plunder was to be gained, and we have a rude sketch of the irregulars of Turkey. ,torian Chri AN ESTABLISHMENT FOE GENTLEWOMEN during i ll ' ness has for some time existed in London, t h oug h hitherto but little known, an d restricted in utility ' by the narrow limits of a sm a ll h ouse an d i n suffi c ient income. Eff o l t ' have, howev er , b een ma d e t o ex tend the sphere of 2 19 operations ; and on Wednesday a meeting of the patron! and supporters of the establishment was held in a ne_ house in llarley-street, where the society h ave take' . larger premises, and hope to render their exertions bene, ficial among a wide circle of recipients. The Bishop. 01 London presided at the meeting, and resolutions declartp! the usefulness and advocating the cause of th e establish went were unanimously adopted. countenan the stil rate horsemen,