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SECOND The fa Dunrl.s," Berkeley addres Lord JOHN the Poor Rent degree to f. rr Pieruhrr for Ma the Commit tt e, D any ot no ert-4 Sions wi h r bear.) I g mittee re. eet gill will i.isters TAKES EDITION. Eight o'clock. standard- LAST r""' SE OF COMM° iA 11 13 PARLIAMENT. Government took their iier ; Sir George Grey, Sir J. C. Hobhouie, Loid r Ireland ; attorney gene- Admiral us Hill, and Captain r business *rom Sir J. Graham to Mr T. Din has passed, I think the house what are and I hope it will tend in Some -weir at my Honourable Friend sbury I Ls our fixed intention to , et to the provisions as fiend that it is our - I to the , d and bill without delay. 11 my hon. friend the iistructions to be given to existence in the minds of expediency of the provi- dices of the poor. (Hear, uch to have a general corn.. lecaent, which was such a com- uch. I have a short statement r Maj , sty's ministers having very I.tely accepted uffice, and ItT,t having all of them as sen.bi,ul in consequence or the necessity of vacating their seats and attending on their elections, I do not think it would he wise to a ate the ptirticu'ar measures which we vhst respect we propose to at prese•it hetore the house. (Hear, I will mike a statement on Thurs • to chit period I -h.:- prop..t.e to carty nut, or in v the hil alter Leer, hear dmy with pf ward th propose to bring for o quite aware of the in- commerce generally led, and I will, there- shuuld ihi. qfieslo:b r fore, when 1 fix a day, giv ante cif t notice for a further continu r duties I r a short period, as the mea -1 ce, may meet with very great v moment 1 have no further sures 9 I may onpo•it~nn Statement to make to the 11 ous it . the p BETTING AT TATTERSALL'S.-YESTERDAY. LIVERPOOL CUP. r MI rumicatit. 2 to 1 ag: I 1 to I agst Satyr 15 to I ag , t 15 o I agst R riot 16 to I agar Poli.h. 15 to I agst Plaudit. 10 to I Aga( Y 12 to I Itg-t. Ligt.tniog, 20 to 1 ags• Tor 13,r00 GOODWO H Ob-cure. 9 to l ay., I a 11 to 1 agsr The Hero 15 to 1 apt Jona'haul Wild 25 to 1 aes. Jenny Wrrn. 25 .0 1 apt Giabtr,s (taken) 25 to 1 a4st Footstool. DERBY 30 to l apt Von Tr,tup 40 to 1 agst f 1 ort 50 to 1 ava Halo 511 t 0 I •t Pliitirt turraturr. TAE FXIt.E AT CULLODEN. 'From Mr Ind Minstrelsy There was t • earth. Looming lan,: Shriek'd the Aid the ut peak-- Tomas 4 sturdy hand. I trow y there was darkness on the ains frowned uufriendly ;es, like a sufferer on the rack ken by the stunning thunder their w iy that was needed at the wheel s flew ah ,, ut them, till the mast was hid in Till flay rcach'd a And n I will con, k in the ain'd beneath them, still they bore upon village where the vessel they could y landed on the shore ; crew " Wait here fur me. the sun has left the sea." Ile was yet in manly vigour, though his lips were ashen white, On las brew were earl turrows, ,n his ryes a elonded light Firm hi- step withal nod t wary. thromth the blinding mist so sore, That h f. and lornselt by claw 11• og on a wide and lonesome muir, Mark'd by dyl,s and utwulations, barren both of house and wo d. And he knew the purple ridges—'twas Culloden where he stood He had knows quirt ; Now so peAc, as ono soli And a thought an s, But e usti'd th word ; .. I am here, 0 Iti the misty WI as now, so drear and -- I can be:sr y nr slogan On I Unit I had dird amo, with destruction's riot " There he rod he orphan'd and exiled s , weeping weakly as a child; and hit hand was on his sword— misc, and he spake the bitter PaILO cast o' de who perish'd for your king I see your tartans swing— ) to Saxon never knelt ie fortunes of the Celt! did ye pro et t him. that o'erlook Culloden's plain . _ DAbled w:th the heather ed as lifeArops of the slain Did 3e hide your hunted children trom the vengeance of the foe Did ye rally h ck the flying fir one last despairing blow? No! the kingdom is the S zoo's. a d the humbled clans obey, And our boors must rt,t in e site who disdain usurper's sway. our princely warrior and his features wore the na the First one of his b., ..wn in shame and shade 3 'iTi)r.m - i hi H is sunk in wine's oblivion for whom Highland blood was " shed, _ Whom ►he wretched cateran shelter'd. with a price upon his Beaien rinw like hounds by scourging, crouching from their And I tt cad my [Wive mniin a robber, in the night; Spite or tempt-s , , spire of danger. liosti e man and hostile sea, GOey field of sa Culioden. I have cane to gaze on thee!" he pock' I a tuft of heather that was blooming at hiz foot, That was nourish'd by deaa kinsmen, and their bones were at 'With a sigh ' e trink the Whe'e hi. Danish crew a Brief th- wirtey •wilt his Inssnm, and he strode unto the strand, wa ted µ ith a motley fi , her band; sailine whit the tide, and ne'er ae;ain er or he schooner of the Dane. 84W the Moray Firth the srrat oricES MAGAZINES AND PERIODICALS, _ _ • periodical for the pre -1 j,itere,rin.,: matter. Amongst the New 8,:0t , i,h Plays and Poems" ; Blackwood' gill', fent I. onth is rich b--t. ii.pers are— " Thr Draih .1 Tionohwarreeto," by Li..ut—col. How d n ; and " The 1..,4 !lee sof N , poleon." We may, Ir.wev,r. he injustice by making a se where all 1s exertlrlit The Portu,es of Tarhigh O'Brien increases in inte rest. We i g in our last. The Ilubbn theirerNi , y Magazine for this month con tains ...owe nr•irles. O " Irish Rivers--the Slotitiln," we love three more chapters, full of beauty to the lover of fine Carleton's " Slack st tales; and o dr srriptic gr•.rnrry srnd HI) i(variari our la-it public 4tiun we txtr The Kiiiiht of G or to Li. friend M r B days of nawb mkt us 1 Itent wintry and criticism. In ed largely from this fa- e, hv Lever, in this number old Irish gentleman lecher to e the palm to the Knight 41y. It is a treat, in these d its opposite, downright cites such as these, which id ot our Pilo% -countrymen, even amidst palpable evidences of their 'a lines and weaknesses VA- RI ET I ES " it I am not h. me tr.oo the party to-night at ten k," rain a ho•band to I•is better and bigger half, . B;gioficantly. •• I won't wait. hut come for you. ; ' rt•turinql at ten o'cl •ck precisely. We Irani our virtues from ilk. bos.mn friends who love easily disc enemy wt on which tt of the r fir( ONE OF ur r•-ai rorm :nun a friend; be is a mirror raith of uur•brrath impedes the clearness fired off a double bar r. Maylem, at Rams- 'lad ordered Maium prohibitu you ar resumed per f,cr 1 v c UsEFUI, RECIPES —Make a light p i. Oil; rub on the ivory said Erskine, however," s path Motion in se.' ' -To lolc Stains out of Ivory ' ' le, prepared chalk, and afterwards put a little mole on and leave it to dry, awn brush it off.--To Clean 410 , her of Pearl :—Wa!in )t in whi. in; and water; soap —To ( tl.--tro v % the hithinr ilachie Arlie es: as it 1 , 1 apt to eincli Itit the timid Kali .erechlv rem v A PATTERN FOR WIVES fulv abosrd. Ile iA a Japanned or Papier Warm water should never be used, %arrit‘h. Olive oil applied with • al gs,t scratches. —The spider has been shame mobt wonderful little body for industry, dnrre-itc tv, cirardiness, and economy. Look at film ! liow lie reps at home, always to be found to the middle of his humble circle! How indefati gably he c., ties , very thing hi fire him, running, inces- .er to another, spinning night and ~ almost wearing liims..ll to a thread, with the proud endeavour of making both end:- meet m r o e n tty n spinster, i bow I reverence th e! Alownock of he p Ng .. a Alpo" tic,. In gett i ng l away • A short t me a vessel had considi rible trou b l e with one of his men, who had got , rather 10 0 .. t, avv nn his athatice wage?. After the ves se l had accomplished her v oyag e . on settl ing with thecreiv. it came to this man's turn kr seVl:Anent. "What n ame ?" a-ked the in. rchaot. "Cain. sir.' was the reply. "What!" r j..inerl the merchant. "are you the man who Slew hi s Brother?'' " No, sir," via.: tt e ready and witty reply of -Lick• dying hits . nu...cr.. a h•thch, with a knOwing wink, " I am the wan that was stewed." 0117itIV, from one et da TOWN EDITION. ARRIVAL OF THE CALEDONIA. FIVE DAYS LATER FROM NEW YORK. By the arrival of the Halifax mail steamer, we have news from New York up to the 30th ult. The news from Mexico are important. Gen. Arista, who at the date of the last arrival was at Monterey, at the head of 15,000 Mexican troops, had been removed from his command, and Gen. Mejia placed in his stead. Yutacan had de clared its independauce, and severance from the Republic. The State of Taumaulipos remainel in Jean I of insurrection,_ and a number of citizens of this state, of Mexican Chilmuzua, anc one or two of er provinces bad subunit- . • tion of hostilities, ci tot protection, until th themselves into a republic, with a view ul imately to an- nex themselves to the United States. This movement is slid to be the result of the misrule caused by the military dictators of Mexico. An expedition from the States is organising - to Califor- 'row the of the middle and eastern States, end will go in the capa city of soldier and emigrant. selected mechanics and labourers Thev are to be fully officered and equ'pped, and receive the full pay of U. S. volunteers, so long as their services may be required by the general government in their war with Mexico; at the close of which they are discharged, each receiviNg three hundred and twenty acres of land in California, on which they are bound to settle. This movement of the administration is said to meet the ap probation of all interests ; and its popularity among the class of men required, is evident from the fact that a large number, even betore the preliminary arrangements ate made, have signified their desire to join this political It is stated that the U. S. ship of the line of Pennsyl vania, 120 guns, and the North Carolina and Ohio, rated as 74's, but each carrying 100 guns, are ordered to be fitted immediately for sea; but what is to be their desti nation is as yet a secret of the administration. , Great activity i 3 apparent in the navy yard; but for what purpose is unknown. The usual bluster as to the President's intentions towards Europe, of course, we do not listen to. Gen. Taylor is expected to be - on his march to Mon terey, at the bead of an army of 12,000 men, and is said will meet with no resiatance until he arrives at the gates of Mexico. Col. Kearney is pushing for Santa Fe, which is being strongly fortified by the Mexicans. The force concen trated there will number 8,000 to 10,000 men, under the command of Gen. Wood, who, after overrunning New Mexico, will join his forces with those under Gen. Taylor, and march for the capital. Nothing, the Americans think, can save Mexico. The Ratification, by America, of the Oregon treaty ap pears to have given great satisfaction. The new tariff is in a very doubtful position. It is said, however. that no material alteration will take place in the present year, the expenses of the war affrighting the statesmen of Ame rica. _ The Mormons, preparing to depart from Nauvoo for more western settlements, are threatened with attack, for which it is said they have prepared themselves, rather than be driven out without an opportunity of parting with th it propertif.s. _ _ A new bill was presented to the House of Representa tives by Mr. Campbell on the 17th ultimo, for the revi sion of the consular system of the United States. The system of compensation by fees is discouraged, though not absolutely ab lished by this bill, being henceforth to be levied on vessels, according to their size, instead of upon each invoice. A fixed tariff of fees is to be fixed for vessels ' • and the bill provides fixed salaries, in accordance with the duties of each consul. The consuls atiLiverpool and London are to receive four thousand dollars; at Halite, three thousand ; and so on, down to fifteen hundred dollars, which is the lowest salary paid in any instance. The same section which provides for the salaries of consuls, also requires that no consul shall engage, directly or indi rectly, in commercial or mercantile pursuits, under a penalty of two thousand dollars. The fourth, fifth, and sixth sections of the bill require that a consul shall not be permitted to absent himself frnm his consulate Inner than thirty elnue months, without having obtained permiss'on fiona the government FO to do, and that even then his leave of ab sence is not to extend beyond ninety days, and that dur ing that time his salary shill be discontinued. The con sul is required to execute a bond for the faithful perform ance of nts duties, and is required to correspond regularly with the department of State once in .thiee months, and more frequently if occasion requi , es. PARALYSIS.—We regret to learn that Mr. Rice, the ce lebrated " Jiro Crow," has been deprived of speech and the use of his limbs by a stroke of paralysis.—New York Mirror, Monday. WRECK AND DISTRESSING Loss OFILIFE.—The Halifax Morning Post informs us of the: wreck of thr: Sutledge, a Pietou vessel, which went on shore on the 26th ultimo, off Norfolk. N.S.,_ and was wrecked, with a loss of 30 lives. Part of her pas,engers, 28 In num ber, were saved by a schooner. She was bound from Pictou to Fall River. Amongst the list of the saved we find Margaret Bowie and her son Robert Bowie; and six children of the same lady in the list of the lost.— Eight of the name of Oliver were saved; none lost. Three Howats were saved, and two Howats, females. lost, Two Fatkins saved; Eiti - d - three lost. Jane Love and David Love, daughter and father, saved ; and Jane Love, mother, and Alexander Love and Jesse Love, lost. Robert M'Millen and Margaret M'Millen, saved ; Margaret M'Millen (mother), Eiizibe'.l M`Millen, Ann M'Millen, Hugh M'Millen, W►liiarn M'Millen, Janet M`Millen, Robert M'Millen, lost. Hugh Denoon, saved ; Margaret Denoon, Marion Denoon, Mary De noon, lost. Margaret Fsvzier, saved; William Frazier, Sarah Frazier, and Ann_Patiatrk7talie riot bereaved the aurvtvors. A more awful case we bad never to record. Accounts from Canada West state that the crops are looking particularly well. MARKET INTELLIGENCE CORN TRADE JUNE 30.—Since our last, per G.eat Western, there continued up to last evening a fair demand for flJur, both for export and home use, and heavy sales have been made, although at a decline of 61 cents on previous quotations. The market on Saturday was rather inactive, and we heard of no sales during the day beyond the ordinary transactions. Genessee cannot be quoted over 4 121, with any degree of accuracy ; Michigan 4 to 4 61, at the former figure—a large lot of mixed brands changed hands for export, and some sales were made as low as 3 93i. Sales of New Orleans were made at 3 621; Southern generally is very dull ; Georgetown and Howard-street, 4to 4 121. Rye Flour, common, 2 5010 2 621. Wheat continues good, both for export and milling, with aales to some extent, in prime Genessee, at 98 to 100 cents, and Illinois at 85 to 86 cents, principally lot export; gan, 911. Prices are lower at New Orleans. - COTTON TRADE.—We give the following New York prices from the circular of Messrs. Maunsel and Co. The closing quotations in the market rule as follows : LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATION New Orleans. Florida. Al/ob.ly Teaas. Inferior. Ordinary 7 to 78 .... 78 to 74 ..... 78 to 71 7.4 to •• • • 70 to 74 •• • • 7$ to 7i Good Middling 7ll. to 74 .... 78 to 8 .... 88 to 138 Middling Fair Fair Bs to 81 .... Si to 84 .... 84 to y 8 Fully Fair . Si to 85 .... bi to 9 .... 94 to 9i Good Fair B9 to 9 .... 94 to 94 .... totoi Fine none. none. .... 11 tole In Tobacco, the market has been without materiol alte ration. Uplands June 30.—The damand for exchanges was heavy this morning, and the closing rates for stet ling bills were 71 a stocks generally dekeciarin LIST OF PASSENGERS From Boston.—Mr. and Mrs. Gibson, Mr. and Miss Anna Lee, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Young, Rev. C. Fox, _ - Rogerson, Rev. Anson Greene, Mr. W. Furbes and lady, Miss Sims, Mr. Cornwall, Mr. LaMbert Gratings, beare of despatches to London ; Mr. A. Carriere, Mr. R. Red mond, Mr. John Fisken, Mr. C. W. Scblator, Mr. Bar ton, Mr. Robert Owen, Mr. Lewis Voly, Mr. A. Den nison, Mr A. W. Morris, Capt. John Nevin, Mr. J. L. Clare, Capt. Pocklington, Mr. Tnomas Holland, Mr. R. Reinken, Mr. F. Peres, Mr. Wm. ltattersby, Air. G. A. Locke, Mr. De Arguil de Maigies, Mr. Thomas Ro gers, jun., Mr. Thomas Dixon, Mr. S. W. Curostrok, Mr. M. Arott, Mr. Fairrnan, Colonel J. S. Preston, Mr. Wade Frampton, jun., Mr. W. Liescheugh, Mr, Stephen . _ Thompson. Mr. P. Mai sendet, Mr. Benja'min,'Mr. Jos. Braithwaite, Mr. Thomas Jackson, Mr. L. Hyman, Mr. Peter M'Gill, Mr. J. Mice, Mr. G. W. Houghton, Mr. John Thomson, Mr. Thomason. jun., Mr. Walter M'Nee, Mr. John Framish, Mr. James Slot ks, Mr. John Fraser, Mr. H. B. Herst, jun., Mr. Geo. Benson, Mr. John King, Mr. Chas. Robertson, Mr. A. Easton, Mr. M. Stapley, Mr. N. J. Cartoiich, Dr. Berchen and lady, Mr. Tnumas Frew, Mr. Samuel Whitmarsh, Mr. James Dowie,.Hon. W. Cayley, Mr.,Jos. Mackay, Mr. M. Cu rillier, Mr. H. Bellow, Mr. E. Grou guerean From Halifax.—Mr. J. B. Uniacke, lady, and four boys, Miss Murphy, Dr. Evans, lady, and infant, Maste r Medley, Master T. Medley, Mr. Saunders, Mrs. Bailie and female servant, Mr. Odell, Mr. Tuos. Kenny Reid, Mr. C. H. Mimacke, Mr. Juhn Jardine, Mr. John Fo thersby King, Mr. Wm. Turner Blake. MRS. TODGERS AND HER FIGHTING SON'.—There was a lady, livit.g at Heidelberg, a kind of Mrs. Totigers, who kept a lodging and eating house, and had a table d'hote, where many of the students used to dine. Her cookery, which at first was tolerably - good, by degrees be gan to degenerate, and at last grew so intolerable, that al though her dinners were the cheapest in the city, her cus tomers, one by one, deserted her, at.cl at length she was formally put under the ban by the chore %ht.) used to fre quent her establishment. But the Frau Heximar fortu nately possessed a strapping son, who happened to be a remarkably good swordsman, and he very significantly gave several members of the chore to understand, that unless they returned to his mother's banquets, he would be under the disagreeable necessity of taking compulsory measures. This threat bad the desired effect; fur a few of the junior members who had not had time to become very cunning of fence, grew frightened—they returned. The cook, anxious to retrieve her credit, put forth all her skill; a favourable report was brought back to the kneipe, and Madame Hezimar's table was as much crowded as ever.—Dublin University Magazine. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SUDDEN DEATH OF LORD CHIEF JUSTICE •I TINDAL. It is with feelings of the most unmitigated regret we have to announce the melancholy fact of the sudden de mise of that excellent and universally-cweerned lawyer, Sir Nicholas Conyng,ham Tindal, Knt., many years Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, which event took place at Folkstone, on Tuesday night, at half-past seven o'clock, in the presence of his son, Captain Tindal, seve ral members of his family, and his medical attendant, Dr. Pennington. By this event the new Whig government have had placed at their chsposal an important piece of patronage ; and Sir Thomas Wilde has, on the very eve of his seeking to be re-elected for the borough of Worcester, been placed in the vacant Chief-Jaw iceship. The following particu lars of the career of the deceased may interest our Sir Nicholas Conyngbam Tindal was in the 70th year of his age, having been born in 1776. It is also generally supposed that he was a native of Buckinghamshire; but of this there can be no doubt, that he is descended from an old Essex family, and that his father, Robert Tindal, who was a solicitor, resided for many years, if not the whole of his life, at Chelmsford, in Essex. Ater the usual course of school education, he entered at Trinity College, Cam. bridge, in the year 1795, and within four years of that pe riod—in 1799—he took the degree of A.B , and that of A.M. in 1802. In the former year he was eighth wran gl-r and senior Chancellor's medal-liet. In the month of October, 1801, he was elected a fellow of his college, and held the fellowship for eight years. Immediately after taking his master's degree, he became a student of Lin coln's-inn, by which society he was eventually called to the bar. His connexion with Lincoln's-inn probably gave rise to the common error that he nad been a Chancery barrister; - but,onthe contrary, his practice was limited to the common law courts. Shortly after his admission to Lincoln's-inn, he entered upon practice with very consi derable success as a special pleader. and Lord Brougham was among the number of his pupils. There can be no question that a young law student could hardly have cho sen a aster guide, for a man more thoronAhly learned than Mr. Tindal even then was, in every department of the law, could scarcely be found within the range of the profession ; and he was especially celebrated for what is called " black letter learning." His high re putation brought him so many clients that at a very early age he thought it safe to go to the bar, and accord ingly we find that he was called in Trinity Term, 1809. In the same year he married the youngest daughter of the late Captain Thomas Symonds, R.N., and, of course, re signed his fellowship. A numerous family were the issue of this marriage, bat the wife of Sir Nicholas died many years ago. In the Court of King's Bench, and on the Northern Circuit, every year brought Mr. Tindal addi tional reputation as a lawyer, but very little fame as an advocate. He was never at a loss for a case; he could always expound a principle ; he could give the history of any statute, and with great perspicuity set birth its pro visions ; he could argue any point, however apparently hopeless, and impeach the validity of any legal document, however apparently sound ' • but a knavish winess could elude his examination, and an apathetic jury were never warmed by his eloquence : yet be had what the profession calls a " capital business ;" and a large income rewarded his learning, his industry, and his high reasoning faculties. The natural process by which lawyers seek advancement in their profession is to get into parliament. Mr. Tindal, however, enjoyed a distinguished opportunity of appearing before one house of parliament long before his election as a member of the other. A bill of pains and penalties was preferred against the Queen and George IV., and in one of the most extraordinary proceedings that our history records Mr. Tindal was called upon to bear his part. He, conjointly with several others, was counsel for the Queen. How far his astuteness and knowledge ren dered him an efficient assistant to Her Majesty's Attorney- General was a matter not very apparent at that period. That he was capable of giving valuable hints to his more showy brethren, Lords Brougham and Denman, there can be no doubt; but his oratory was not of the order to neutralize the dazzling ingenuity of Copley. or to cope with the wily manoeuvres of a cloud of Italian witnesses, Hence, though he enjoyed the honour of being a Queen's advocate, he obtained with the public little adiiiiional re. putation from his share in this extraordinary inquiry. We now follow him to the House of Commons, to which as sembly, in the year 1824, he was returned by the Wigton district of burghs; and here also we can say but little for his qualifications as a public speaker. His manner was cold, dry, and unimpressive; his political and hi-torical knowledge displayed itself to small advantage ; it bore upon few questions, and not even upon tho , e with much power. One would have expected that his talents and learning as a lawyer roust have often entitled him to enlighten the House on legal difficulties, yet he had not a popular mode of discussing even questions of law. Nevertheless, a better man for the office of Solicitor-General could not be found amongst the Tory lawyers in the month of Septembea, 1846, when Sir C. Wetherell became Attorney-General, in consequence of the elevation of Sir John Copley, after wards Lord Lyndhurst, to the Mastership of the Rolls. At that time Mr. Tindal became Sir Nicholas, but be still remained without any eery material increase of profes sional fame, nor was he called upon during the tenure of office to assist in any important prosecution on behalf of the Crown. Sir J. Copley, who had represented the University of Cambridge, became Lord Chancellor in the year 1827, during the Canning Administration ; thereupon a vacancy occurred in the represewation of that constitu ency, and Sir Nicholas Tindal solicited its suffrages. Mr. William John Bankes, though also a Tory, went down to Cambridge to oppose him ; the result of the polling was ~479Y0r qtr Ntctrulas Ttndat, arra - 1781M Mr.tiaTIRTIV:IIT had been chosen for Harwich at the general election in 1826, but of course readily withdrew from that borough to enjoy the honour of representing his alma muter. Eventually, however, he became perfectly satisfied with two years' possession of this much envied disonction. Gout, irritability, and Sir Thomas Wilde, combined their united virulence to drive poor Lord Wynford almost be side ;kid `lfjWile" - wit - hin the g7asp of the Solicitor-General. Sir Robert Peel represented Oxford, Sir Nicholas Tindal, Cambridge; the one was leading Minister in the lower house, and the other second law officer of the Crown; the one proposed Catholic emanci pation, the other supported it; the one retained his place in the Cabinet and lost his seat for Oxford ; the member for Cambridge gave up his seat for that university, but obtained a seat upon the bench ; and in the month of June, 1829, became Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, which position he occupied during the long period of 17 years; although, under the 6th of George IV., cap. 83, he might, at the end of 15 years, have claimed exoneration from the toils of that high station. Death, however, has at length deprived him of its honours and relieved him of its labours. GENERAL MISCELLANY. Mr. Waghorn is in Vienna making arrangements for the conveyance of the Indian Mail by Trieste. The Penny Magazine has closed its career, after an ex istence of fourteen years. The amount of the Cobden testimonial has now reached upwards of X 33,000. Eng coal is to be had in every part of the civilised world ; there are de; ers at. Rio Janeiro, at Odessa, at Archangel, and at Constantinople. The Town Connell of Oxford have appointee a com mittee to provide suitable public bathing places free of charge. The preservation of ancient footpaths for the enjoyment of the public is awakening general attention in the cities of the South and We,t. of England. SIR ROBERT PEEL IN LEEDS.—On Sunday week Mr. Abraham Peel, of Shet•pscrir, Leeds, had an infant son baptised at the parish church, " Sir R4ert." A pupil , of the vttermary school of Alfort died a few days ago, after three weeks' intense suffering. from havir.g in dissection caugt,t the glanders from a horse. A watchmaker of Card , ff is said to have invented a .p in mo- tion tor an indefinite number of (say 1,000) years. Barnard Gregory, formerly of the. Satirist newspaper, has taken the Newcastle Theatre.—NorM British Adver tiser. At the West Kent quarter sescions three young men and two women were trird for robbing the dead body of V 4 icks, the fratricide, but escaped, owing to au error in the indictment. QUACK ADVERTISEMENTS.—The Gazette Medicate de 1 1 ,,1is elates that Morrison expended, br.tween the years 1830 and 1844, the enormous sum of £lOB,OOO sterling in advertising Isis nostrum. A mine of antimony has been discovered in New Can nock (Scotland). It , a the only one of the kind in Bri tain, and contains a great mixture of arsenic and cop- peras. V acipEOF LAND.—The Ford Abbey estate, consisting of about 1.200 acres, with the park, situ4e in the Vale of the Aye Dursetshire, was l as t week sold b y auct i on for 1:52,0001 During the hearing of a case at the M ans i on -house, the Lord Mayor of London stated that i n F rance the extra ordinary system had been adopted of sendiog overrdim to this the country any lunatics found about the stre e t s . At an inquest held last week, at Leicester, on two infants poisoned by overdoses of "Godfrey's t o coroner threatened in the next case of the kind to direct the jury to return a verdict of manslaughter. The western coast of Africa can grow cotton enough for all the world. In America the average crop is 4001bs. per acre; while experience has proved that in At t i cs BJolbs. and even 1000 lbs. per acre may easily be produced. At a recent auction for sheep, held in Nottinghamshire, and attend, d by agriculturists from every part of the kingdom, forty-two guineas was bid for a sheep, and yet this did not effect the purchase. COLLISIONS AT SEA.— It appears from an official docu ment just presented to Parliament, that there were last year 454 collisions of vessels at sea. and in the present year, to the 12th of May last, the number was 150. FFRCTS OF A MRRDEROUS ATTACK ON MR. LUDLOW BRUGES' KEEPERS AT SANDRIDOs. — POiuting , the ass , stant, died about two months since ; and. Bell has . become insane, and the inmate of an asylum, supposed to ati-e from blows he had on the head. OFFICE OF PROMPTER ABOLISH ED.—We suppose that after this date we shall hear no more of persons being " prompted" at public mer tims or upon the stage. The manager of the Swansea theatre now desciibes that funct ionary as "Repelileur." SNOW oN xinnaw.—On Tuesday week, notwith standing the excessive heat which had been experienced at Keswick for some weeks past, the summit of Skiddaw was densely covered with snow or hail, and retained its wintry garb for several hours. SH'PC-OF-WAR NOW BUILDING. — It appears, from the official list published by the admiralty, that there are now bui!ding in the various dockyards, 27 ships of the line, 18 frigates, 18 sloops and brigs, six steam guard. ships, 12 steam frigates, eight steam sloops, and 13 steam gun-vessels.._ Ibrahim Pasha has offered to place a steam boat at the disposal of Mr. Cobden, to convey him up the Nile, shnuld Mr. Cobden determine to winter in Thebes. Mr. Bright has ria intention of spending some months in visit ing the United States. THE FIRE AT NEWFOUNDLAND.—The losses sustained by the principal London assurance offices, particularly the Phoenix, London, Imperial, !loyal Exchange, and Sun, by the recent fearful conflagration at Newfoundland, exceed, it is stated, £lo3,ooo.—Morning Post. . . . . A vessel called the Friden, which has arrived in the London Docks from Odessa, in addition to a cargo of Russian tallow, had 1,250 bomb-shells on board. The importation of so singular an article of warfare is some what remarkable. The floods in Perthshire last week did considerable damage. The rivers were much swollen; bridges , cattle, and timber were carried away, and the roads broken up. In Atboll the damage done is estimated at'several thou sand pounds. • The late Mr. Chubb, the celebrated lock and key ma nufacturer, who di d on the 18th of May, has left personal property to the amount of £16,000. Of the ten thou sand locks made by this most ingenious inventor, there are not two to be found that will take the same key. On Wednesday and Thursday nearly 4000 children, connected with the Birmingham Sunday School Union, enjoyed a pleasure trip from Birmingham to Cheltenham, under the guidance of their teachers. The charge was 6d. each for the children. It is in contemplation to reduce the postage to India, to afford greater accommodation to passengers, to shorten the quarantine at Marseilles, and not to stop at Malta ; the passage at Alexandria and Marseilles is to be effected in seven or eight days. THE IRON TaAuti.—At a meeting of the iron masters, adjourned from Wolverhampton, held in Birmingham, on Thursday evening, it was understood that the prices of last quarter-day—namely £lO per ton for bar iron, £l2 for hoop, and from £4 10s. to £4 15s. for pig iron were to he maintained. GREENLAND SEAL FISHING.-The Mary, Captain Dring, arrived at Aberdeen from the Greenland seal fishing on Monday, with 1,,300 seals, about 12 tuna of oil, and gives account of twenty two other vessels being at the fishery, between April 28th and June 7th, with upwards of 25,000 seals. On Tuesday, Mr. Norris, gamekeeper of L'rd Ward, in Staffordshire, was deliberately shot by an under-keeper named Hull, who bad been blamed by the former for taking dogs into the preserves. Hull immediately gave himself up and confessed the crime. The victim lies in a hopeless state. AN EXTRAORDINARY CHARACTER.—Mr. William Mansfield, of liainton, Bucks, farmer, died on Saturday week, in the 82d year of his ate; and it is bdieved was worth at the time of his death from .Z 40,000 to £50,000, but the whole of his personal expenses have not exceeded £5O per year. In accordance with his wish, he was taken to the grave in one of his own waggons. _ In consequence of an impnstig who is going about Ross-shire predicting a horrible storm, with a dreadful loss of life, which, he says, will take place at Wick, during the ensuing fishing season, none of the Ross-shire fishermen can be induced, " for love or money," to proceed towards Wick, and they are all consequently going southward. AN OPPORTUNE REQUEST.—During the discussion at the Monmouthshire Sessions on the proposed new Luna tic Asylum, eighteen genjletnen were speaking at one time, and M r. W. A. Williams at the same period politely intimated to the reporters "the ne:essity of taking a cor rect account of the proceedings, and hoped they would do so." A Portuguese slave dealer, named Gil Thomas Dos Santos, on the occasion of a mutiny of slaves on board his ship lately, threw down a quantity of unslacked lime on the turbulent negroes, and then closed the hatches on them. This " capital plan of quieting savages," as he boastingly termed it, had the desired effect, though it was attended with the loss of a few slaves. On the 26 h ult. the commodore commanding the expe rimental squadron made a signal for a boat from each ship, and a memorandum was issued to the captains, directing them to inform their oic•ers that a gertleman who had communicated to the Tinos newspaper certain 2ccounts of the list cruize had been removed from the service, by order of the Admiralty ; such proceeding being contrary to an article of the printed instructions. The next annual Conference of the Wesleyan Ministry will be holden in Bristol, on Wednesday, the 29,h inst., on which day the business of the assembly will commence by appointing a President and Secretary. It is reported that the Rev. Thomas Jackson, D D , Theological Tutor of the Southern branch of the Wesleyan Institution at Richmond, Surrey, will be elected to the office of Pre sident. EXTRAORDINARY LEAP OF A CAT.—A short time since, while a cat, belonging to a per , on residing in Salter gale, Chesterfield, was sitting in an oven window three stories high, puss observed a sparrow flying into its nest, u , der the eaves of the roof. The mouser suddenly made a spring from the window, caught the bird, dropped upon her legs on the pavement of the street uninjured, and im mediately ran off with the prize.—Derby Mercury. On Friday week, a pan, employed in the manufacture of salt at Droltwich salt-works. burst with such terrific force. tb.t_one-nalf of.. it of the building ; and a horse and cart standing near were precipitated into the river Salvvarpe. Two men loading the cart, and also the driver, were dreadfully scalded, and one of the former, named James Carter, sub6equeraly died. In the viein:ty of Wrexham a gentleman has annually, on his natal day, for sever al hppn in th, , wanting me noundaries o bis native parish ; and, on Wednesday week, (the completion of his sixtieth year,) he accomplished this no small task within seven hours, passing en route through 27 townships. 7 parishes, 3 counties, 3 hundreds, 2 provinces, 2 dioceses, and a part of England and %Vales. _ _ NEW CURRY-POWDER JOKE.—Perhaps the following joke may have sprung up simultaneously, in a thousand • • *-- "nm.ind quarters, hut we warrant it as ori ginal in the case o f the mi •L 3 •-- h c rn it came to us. Mr. B. C. being told that the Duke of orlolk was ...u. Master of the Horse, in the new ministry, observed at once, "I do not know whether his grace knows much of horses, but he will, at all events, understand how to curry them." AFFECTING ACCIDENT.—On Sunday week John White labourer, aged 15, was looking down a new pit sinking in the neighbourhood of Armhy Moor Side, near Leeds, about 20 yards deep, .and whilst thus engaged his hat fl , w off. In stretching fo►ward to catch it his foot slipped, and he fell into the pit. A man named Stevenson,' who saws the accident, having got assistance, descended the pit, which being unfortunately filed at the time with " black damp." he was suffocated. CLAIMING A HUSBAND.—At Brighton, the other day, a young woman named Denning claimed Captain Mercer, a half-pay naval officer, sixty years of age, for her hus band. She asserted that he had married her on the Ist of October, and annoying him by her intrusions, the case was brought before the magistrates, when the captain was able satisfactorily to prove an alibi, and the counsel for the girl admitted that she must have been mistaken as to his identity. We direct the attention of our readers to en advertise ment in another column, announcing the publication of the fourth volume of Messrs. Oliver and Boyd's cheap edition of D'Aubigne's History of the Reformat'on. This edition possess a merit peculiar to itself, and is highly deserving public attention. It has been carefully revised by the author, who himself in the preface declares it to be " the only fai'hful expression of his thoughts in the English language." The Times printing-office was honoured on Monday last by a visit from Ibrahim Pacha. His highness arrived at about four o'clock, and minutely inspected the various departments. His highness manifested extreme intelli gence and a ready appreeirvion of the ingenious and pow erful machinery by which The Times is printed, and was particularly struck at the extr me rapidity of the process, upwards of a hundred eop:es in a minute being struck off. After spending nearly an hour in Printing-housequare, his highness departed expressing extreme satisfaction at all he had seen. A REMARKABLE CHARACTER.—On the 30th of June died, at the age of 88 ) ears, Mr. John Cheetham, of Hole bottom, Conyston, farmer and weaver. He had used the same set of looms for nearly eighty years, to such a degree as to impress the lathe with the marks of the constant ap pl'eation of the arm to one particular part of it. He was remarkable for bring the f a ther of s.x sons and seven daughters, and grandfather and grea large num Sunday lr.st at Holy Trinity Chapel. Shaw, and the funeral was attended by a procession of 107 relatives and others. . . IGNITION Mr THE HEAT OF THE SUN.—On Sunday morning last, about In or 11 o'clock, a tarpnuline was lying spread abroad in a meadow at Willsley, in the occupation of Mr. John Wt ston, in readiness for covering a bay-rick should it be wanted, when it was observed to have caught fire, from the heat of the sun, in several places. Incredible as this may appear, it Is a fact. The tarpauline is rendered utterly useless, being burnt nearly all over. It was thrown into a pond, and the fire thus put cut. It is supposed the ignition was caused by something in the oil with which the tarpauline had been dressed.—Maidstone Jou• nal. SIMPLE FILTERING VESSEL.—On a small scale, an efficient filtering vessel may be formed of a common gar denqot, well burnt, and with holes in the bottom ; the lower part to be filled with round pebbles, then some smaller pebbles, then some coarse sand, and finally a stratum of pounded charcoal, three or four inches thick; the use, in large filters of broken shells interspersed be tween the gravel and sand, is a great improvement, inas much as the fragments being flat overlap each other, and counteract the tendency of the sand to settle amongst the gravel, thus preserving a free percolation through the loser strata. DEPLORABLE CONDITION OF LODGING-HOUSES.—At an inquest in Bolton, last week, on the body of an infant, the mother, in the course of her statement as ►o the cause NOVEL QUALIFICATION FOR A SCHOOLMASTER.- - The Guardians of the Bedminster Union adver ibe in the Bristol Gazette of Wednesday. for an instructor of youth, and state that preference will be given, not to a person ac customed to tuition, but to a tailor! The succebsful can didate for the office must, it seems, know how to turn his cane into a yard ; be equally learned in breeches and books; able to mend pens and pinafores ; rectify rents in grammar and garments ; and patch up, at the same time, coats and copybooks. That the tutor tailor may never be out at elbows, the guardians proffer him, as a reward for the manifold services above-mentioned, the munificent sum of £2O a-year. SUSPECTED , M URDER I t SIINDERLAND. — On Sunday morning last, the body of a young woman named Cather ine Hindmarsh, was found near the tunnel on the Lambton coal railway. She had left her home on an errand about twelve o'clock on Saturday night. How she had got in such a lonely place as that in which she was discovered, is unknown ; but it is supposed, from a variety of circum 'Stances which have been ascertained, that she had been drawn there by a worthless seducer, who, after destroy ing her virtue, had, to escape detection and punishment, thrown her over the bank and destroyed her life. The most diligent inquiries are being made into the affair. She was alive when found, but unable to speak, and died the same afternoon. The inquest terminated on Saturday with a verdict of " Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown." _ LONGEVITY EXTRAORDINARY.—There is now residing in the parish of Beguildy, adjoining to the borough of Knucklas, Radnorshire, a person of the name of William Matthews, whose lengthened age seldom finds a parallel. He is now in his 118th year, and retains the full power of his natural faculties, being competent to recount, with the most scrupulous exactness, transactions which otherwise the lone space of a century would have buried in oblivion. His bodily strength, considering his many years, is almost incredible. He walks at the rate of three miles an hour, and commonly performs journies of 20 miles in the day. He is strongly tinctured with the enthusiasm and folly of the times of the junior days —a strong and prejudiced belief in wizardism and witchcraft.—Hereford Journal. PR.ENCH OPINION OF ENGLISH ARTISTS.—Le Obser valeur Francais says:—" Toe death of Robert Haydon is naturally drawing attention to the precarious position of artists in England. Isolated, for the most part, one from the other, neglected by a public, who, in general, can but little judge of or appreciate their efforts, aban doned to themselves by a government which does not pro tect or encourage the ornamental arts, the English artists have no other exercise fur their talent than the patronage of some great lords, patronage but often slight, and which almost always, does injury to the art which it re duc,?s to its own level. Those who, Hite Robert liaydon, despise to bend their pencil to the caprices of fashion, and aspire to the more sublime flights of fancy, may termi nate, as he did, their hard career in misery, despair, and sometimes even by suicide." A CHINESE %V ITN ESS.—In a divorce case in the House of Loids on Friday, a female Chinese, whose name is Kowhan, was called in, and Lord Brougham desired the interpreter to tell her " that now she had been sworn," (this was done the day before with the formality of breaking the saucer,) " if she does not speak the truth, her gods will punish her." The interpreter then made her ac quainted with the Noble and Learned Lord's remark.— Lord Brougham : now ask her " who are her gods ?" In reply she said, through the interpreter, that the chef was Buddha —Lord Brougham : tell her that Buddha will punish her most severely if she does not speak the truth ; and that she will also be punished in this world if she does not speak the truth. This being explained, she replied in Chinese. " I will speak the truth." The inquiry into the origin of the incendiary fires at Soham has resulted in the apprehension of Cornelius Har vey, a man of independent property. and his nephew, James Harvey, a grocer and draper. The premises of the younger Harvey were burned, the charge preferred against them was, the ignition of the house of Mr. Peachy, with a view to consume that of the younger prisoner. The stock and premises of young Harvey were, it is alleged, over-insured, and he was indebted to his uncle £3OO. The prisoners were examined before the magistrates, and it appeared that, although nearly the whole of the younger Prisoner's stock was saved, he had claimed from the office for its total loss. Such evidence was adduced as warranted the remanding the prisoners, and they were conveyed to the county gaol at Cambridge. The Heroine, 6, Commander Edmunds, arrived at As cension in 13 days from the Bight of Benin, with tidings of the Flying Fish, 12, having, aft r a long chase Spanish slave felucca ashore; and that on Lieutenant Robins (who was in command of her) proceeding to board her, the boat in which he was, capsized, and unhappily, he and four of the crew were dr,wned in the surf. Mr. Simpson, midshipman, together with another man, suc ceeded in reaching the shore, but were knocked down by some of the slaves whose release from bondage they were endeavouring to effect, and Mr. Simpson had one of his fingers cut off by them for the purpose of obtaining a ring which he wore. The Wasp, 16, Commander S. H. Usher, had taken three slavers, one a schooner. after a hard fight, in which 13 men of the schooner were killed. The prizes were taken to St. Helena by Lieutenant Elliott, of the Wasp. AN EXPENSIVE PAUPER.—About a week since a fe male pauper, named Piecraft, died in our union -house, at the advanced age of 97. Thrre are some very singular circumstances in connexion with this old lady's history. She was found in the churchwarden's garden, and as no clue could be obtained of her parents, she was taken to the workhouse, and she has remained, with the exception of three months, an inmate of the parish workhouse from L.Z..tl. . months of independence was, however, a very eventful one ; she married a soldier, who deserted by turns both his wife and his regiment, for we hear he was absent on that description of furlough known as " French leave " when he won her affections, which he was very soon glad to rid himself of. She then returned to the wog khouse, where she lived until her decease. She has cost this parish something like £9oo.—Local paper. . _ _ • . F L IGHT OF CARRIER PIGEONS. - About one hundred persons assembled near the H umber Dock gates, on Si doy uunuing, at seven o'clock, to witness the ascent, from the deck of the Monarch steam-ship, of eighty-seven choice carrier pigeons, selected by the members of a society of amateur pigeon fanciers at Antwerp, and sent over in the above vessel. in the care of a trustworthy keeper, in order to decide a bet or bets made concerning them. Every bird bore on one of its wings its own pecu liar mark. They arrived here, on Thursday, in four hampers, and all appeared in excellent condition. They rose simultaneously and almost perpendicularly into the air, and immediately took a course south-eastward. They were expected to reach A n t werp, d istant 200 m il es , at half-past two o'clock that afternoon. If so, they would travel, under a blazing hot sun, at the rate of about 33 miles an hour. The steamer left this port for Antwerp in the evening.—Hull Herald. M URDER IN NOTTINGHAMSHIRE.—On Saturday night week, a carrier, named Robinson, was murdered on the road be ween Nottingham and Mansfield. He was ac companied by a man named Shepherd, whom he requested to drive his waggon for a short time while he stopped at a putdic-house. Shepherd did so; but arrived at Mans field without having been overtaken by Robinson, and immediately communicated the fact to the latter's family, when a search was instituted, and deceased's body was found at a short dis'ance from the road with several wounds upon the head and trunk. Some money was found in his pockets, but it is supposed that he must have been possessed of a larger sum when murdered. No clue has been found by %%Erich the murderers can be traced ; though at the inquest, spots of blood had been found on Shepherd's jacket and smockfrnck, a circum stance for which he accounted by saving that he had fought a fellow-servant on Thursday. He entered into recogiii zances to appeat when called upon, and the inqu ry was then adjourned. A REAL DU EL.—A contemporary thus describes what he calls "an affair of honour, " and which he states came c.ff near this city last week:—" Some altercation took place between two gentlemen at Plt mouth, on 11onday, - - the 15th of June. - The rumour which has reached our ears is to this effect :—That over a glass of wine some al lusion was made by one of the p trties, which was taken as a personal affront, and resented on the instant by a glass of wine being thrown in the face of the offender. This led should take place at Exeter on the succeeding (last) Tues: day. Accordingly, the parties met, each attended by his friend. Being placed on the ground, the first fire was de cited by a toss, and won by the party giving the offence, who had previously offered to apologise. The party who had thrown the wine having received his opponent's fi e. discharged his pistol into the air. The business was ulti mately amicably settled at a dinner wh;ch followed this hazardous affair. We know the partiea, but decline sta ting any names." [No doubt the murder will out.]— II:oolmer'a Exeter Gazelle. MURDER AT KINETON, WARWICKSHTRE,—AD atro urder has bren committed near Kinrton, a market town half-way between Banbury and Stratford-upon- Avon. The deceased, William Chater, was a blacksmith aid machine-maker, living at a village called Comhrooke, and doing well in the world, being possessed of bbout a dozen cottages, all tenanted. lie is represented, how ever, to have been a man of very quarrelsome and litig /ten engages in aisrotea oerore the local magistrates with his workmen and others, some of whom have been known to threaten him, and it has been con.. lectured that to some such cause his death may be attri buted. I t appears that on Wednesday se nnight he went to the town of Kineton, about two miles from which he resided, and that he left in the evening for the purpose of in, being h re o t w u e r . n cei f hisbo om dy s was ewht in fonandbylitgbueorr. Aboutoadbide,wmitihdriight, seve ral desperate wounds on his head, and the traces of a sposition, naru st. uggiu avvue "lc rr), where he lay. An inquest has been held, and the jury have found a verdict of WiPul murner against some person or persons un• known•" EAST INDIA TRADE. lished by !he London E —From the statements just pub ast India and China Association le outwa THE DUKE IN A WHIG CABINET.—It is said that the very queer position of the Duke of Wellington, as mem• ber of the Whig administration, is attributable to a be nevolent wish, on the part of her Majesty, not to interfere with the private hobbies of her distinguished subject. Out of office, the Duke would be unable to complete the admirable series of letters, of which so many are now its the hands of autograph hunters, stating that "the Duke of Wellington is Commander-in-Chief of the Army. The Duke makes it a point never to interfere in matters over which he has no control." Besides, deprived of the office of Commander-in Chief, or of office altogether, and the stereotyped excuse for non-interference, who can say what knotty points the well known sagacity of the con queror of Napoleon might have been called upon to solve. PRESENTATION OF A PRINTING MACHINE.—Of Monday last, the ceremony of presenting a steam printing press to Mr. Joseph Barker, a well-known Unitarian lecturer, took place at New Wortley. The press was valued at £4OO, and bad been raised by the subscriptions of those who admired the principles which he advocated in the several periodical publications which he had issued, from a hand press, which had been given to him by his religious friends some years ago. The sheet for the first impression of the new press was laid on by Dr. Bowring, M.P., and was taken off by Dr. Bateman, of the Excise Office, London, in the presence of a large number of friends; after which about 200 ladies and gentlemen sat down to luncheon, under the presidency of Dr. F. R. Lees, a teetotal lecturer. In the evening of the same day, about 500 persons, of both sexes, took tea together ; in the saloon of the Music-hall, in Leeds, at which Dr. Bow ring, M.P., Dr. Batsmen, and other gentlemen attended. A PRETENDER EXPOSED.—A most extraordinary scene occurred on Thursday evening at the City of Lon don Literary and Scientific Institution. A gentleman (Mr. O'G,) who styled himself " B.A. M.D. ' was en-. gaged by the managers to deliver t wo l ec t ures on t h e " Use and Study of History." lie delivered the first of these lectures on Wednesday the 24th ult., and as many of the members discovered " a marvellous coincidence " between that and the introductory lectures of Mr. Me Cul:agh on the same subject, two of the committee, with the secretary of the institution were induced to bring down Mr. McCullagh's work last evening, to ascertain the correctness of their surmises. They then found that the lecture he was delivering was a literal transcript from one contained in the work before mentioned. At its . con. elusion he was charged by the secretary with the servile plagiarism he had endeavoured to impose on the mem bers, This he faintly denied, and immediately made his exit, pursued by forty or fifty of his audience, till be was lost in the precincts of Islington. He bad been highly recommended by the committee of Sussex Hall, where he had delivered the same lecture some time previously. The officers of the institution can verify these facts. MURDER OF A POLICEMAN.—George Clarke, one of the metropolitan police, a division of which has lately been extended into the royal districts of Ess -a, was mur dered on the morning of Tuesday week, while on his beat —a desolute and unfrequented road near Dagenham. He was met by the inspector at one o'clock that morning, but was reported absent at three, and his continued dis appearance excited considerable alarm. search was made, and late on Friday evening his body was found ly ing in a ditch about a quarter of a mile from the road, in a potato field, where be could have no business except in the pursuit of some person. A policeman's staff was first found, and then his cutlass sticking in the hedge. His throat was cut in several places, and there was a deep cut at the back of his neck, extending t) the spine. The forefinger of his left hand was also cut through. The struggle with the deceased must have been of a desperate nature, the corn being trodden down ten or twelve yards round where the body lay, and v.* en it was discovered a large quantity of wheat was found grasped in the right hand. The deceased had not been robbed, and his money and watch were sate. He is said to have been a quiet and inoffensive man, and had not long been in the neighbour hood. An inquest was held upon the body on Saturday afternoon, when such evidence was offered as is expected to lead to the apprehension of the murderers, but the par ticulars are not published lest the ends of justice might be frustrated. It is supposed that he was mistaken for another officer, who had made himself obnoxious, by his vigilance, to the low characters of the neighbourhood. On Saturday, another of the officers of the same division was killed as be was returning on horseback from Fairlop fair. TEE WAGES Or AGITATION.--WillilM Wilberforce began life as a country gentleman, with an income of £12,000 a year. He toiled through more than thirty years of Parliamentary strife, payi'#p largely, year by year, the expenses of his warfare with slavery; and died at last, having just wi'nessed the triumph of the cause to which he had sacrificed his life and fortune, and having just sold his last acre! An offer was made to him, at the close of his career, to purchase for him, by a private sub scription. a new estate, as the gift of the grateful British people. The offer was thankfully bat firmly declined; though he who refused it had to take shelter under the roof of his son's parsonage. John Howard spent his life and fortune in endeavouring to improve the condition of the most degraded portion cif Europe's denizens—the inhabitants of prisons. John Owen gave up the best portion of his days in forming and establishing uunn a u b r it o to d Foreign y f uaßn, Bible t h e t r i o o .s u nf o z c o h i e L t y s ` o : c a i g e j e t o y ' s o i a f: l a ° P e s e r e benefits sa't't— spent t will British iis l life t andaen°d d his strength in rearing an institution which has caused, and will c ,use to a far greater extent, " the wilderness to blossom as the rose," and the heathen to " stretch forth their hands unto God"—the highly successful Church gaged, liiga - 1 8 ire' iP s t v v rork, la in i" tre lL - ca T ut ‘mb e of the S " oppressed factory operatives, and spent his life and strength in en deavouring to obtain, and in some degree did obtain, relaxation in the slavish system of toil by which they were ground down ; and to turn to the Elishas on whom the mantle of this Elijqh has fallen—Lord Ashley, and " Honest John Fielder)," are carrying on, con amore, that work of true benevolence. These all toiled, or are toiling, without fee or reward of a pecuniary character, and without expectation of any return for their labours, beyond that glorious and indestructible satisfaction which must inevitably result from doing good. flow different is it with the agitation of the Leaguers! They have toiled for the benefit of their own class—the millocrats and moneyed capitalists —a class who are able to NIP largely for success ; and now, as a specimen of the wages of agitation, Mr. George Wilson is to receive, as a "testi monial," ten thousand pounds, and Mr. Richard Cobden one hundred thousand 1 !—Herald. LAW INTELLIGENCE, The assizes commenced at York on Friday The London Gazette of Tuesday aronou j nces the ap pointment of T. J, Knowles, Etq., as a Deputy Lieu tenant for the county palatine of Lancaster . In consequence of illness Mr. Justice Coleridge will not be able to take the Midland circuit, and Mr. Serjeant Gasp-lee has been appointed to take his place. WINCHESTER, JULY 6.—Notice his been given that Captain Hawkey will surrender to take his trial at these assizes, for killing in a duel Lieutenant Seaton, at Stoke Bay, Gosport, ahout 14 months ago.—Globe. The late Chief Justice of the Common Pleas was to have pronounced judgment in the case of the crown jewels of Hanover on Monday, a case that has now been several years pending, and that probably his death will postpone the arrangement of for an indifinite vitae. 3den alone Ir. Cobden had devqed a large vor: here wr ,• beds in the room where she slept, two a them being occu pied by men, and she, in the absence of her husband, sleeping in the same room. The coroner seemed some what startled on hearing this, and no less so, when Mr. Finnegan, the police officer, assured him it was a mere trifle, for he knew one lodging-house in which there were fourteen beds in one room ! men and women sleeping in them as circumstances might justify. FALL OF LAIN.—The following is stated in The Buitatr to t e ti.. annual fall of rain at different places in Great Britain aid elsewhere : Inches.lnches. Bombay B2 ' Liverpool Cal . I.ltfil .. Vera Crn3 . 63 8 Edinburgh 24-5 Plymouth ... . ....44 London.. Lancaster Rome Dover..., Dumfries . .. 36-919 I Uleaborg ..... ... 13.5 - Manchester 36 . 140 I July 14, 1846. TESTIMONIAL TO MR. COBDEN h w u a r s s d h a e y l d , for in the ri e C p o u t r t p o u n s e S u a f l e p s r - o r o m o o m r n o: subsc'iptions to the te s ti mon i al to be presented to Mr. Cobden. The attend ance i nc l uded rept esentatiyes from many of the fist firm s o f t h e town, theAepxuebhlifng meeting was W. BROWN, Esq., the candidate for South Lancashire, was called to the chair. Having stated the objects or the meeting, and eulogised the character of Mr. C. - .bden, he said it might appear that Mr. Bright, Mr. Villiers, and Mr. Wilson, should bare been inc:uded in the testimo nial ; but the committee at Manche sier h a d dermed it yisable (although the others were highly de.erying) to make it more worthy of his acceptance. by con fi n i ng it to _ _ M r. Co . - tion of the mest valuable portion of his life to a c complish that great and mighty measure, from whivh they might expect unbounded brnrfit to flow. Had he shewn less zeal or devotion in the cause, in all probalylity the coun try would not now have been in the position of setting a glorious example to the world of freedom of trade (aps planes). He ought to state the fact that the public. all of whom were more or less indebted, were not called upott to contribute towards the testimonial to Mr. Cobden by any particular party or sect, but by gentlemen of all pan fitiresst; s a u n b d s.m it ipt w io as ris gr p at la if e y e i d ng u t p o 3 s n ee th th e a l t ig a t t each of t.o houses which h a d no t contr ib uted to tne free trade trade movement ; and he trusted that there would be handsome subscripti.ens in Liverpool, even front parties who could not cons. ientiously•connect themselves with the League. Mr. Cobden had made pecuniary sac. ifices to the amount of £50,000, and he should not be a ,ufferer . 1r , ferred hue (At avtng con. . ou._ Oenrfit. _rplanSe ) THOS. THORNELY. Eq. M.P., said it afforded him the highest satisfaction to meet s , many of the friends of tree trade in Liverpool, on the occasion of the termination of their labours for the repeal of the Corn-laws. Alter Stat ing that Mr. Cobden deserved the gratitude of the nation• he highly c tromended the low a Mr g and uersever xertiOnS Villiers, his distinguished colleague, L. wilo ireol 1825 had appropriated to himself the question of the Corn.- laws, and brought forward in the House of Commons sq turn. repeat or consideration., al pushed it forward und er . i n many i nstances. the grOites discouragernents and apathy. He highly eulogised M r ' Cobden, lahti, he said, was candid and corn teous—a man , indeed, of the most benevolent and g , as noted for his liberality in private life as in most sincerely did he (Mr. T.) - t enerous dis; m ytion tublie ; an i corresponding the first six motituOlgt; "l"'"' L" u"" '''.- ---:.-- the t resent --/ '''''''' " - year, as compared with t h e meeting. He ir oved—" That this meeting, period of 1845, we find that the outward fully concurring in the opinion that the di-linguislied ser tonnage has increased 9,015 tons, being the difference be.- vices of Richard Cobden, Esq., M.P., in connection with tween 184,371 tons in 1845 and 203 386 tons in 1846. The the cause of free-trade, entitle him to a nation's gratitude , outward entries from London in 1845 were 104.216 tons, hereby pledges itself to the earnest support of that no' against 119,291 t ons i n 1846; from Liverpool, 57.586 tons tonal testimoni-.1 which has been already commenced, as in 1845, against 60.219 i nns i n 1846; and from all the a filting tribute to the untiring self-sacrifice, and the "- other ports, 32 5C9 tons in 1845, against 33,876 in 1846. iivatled wisdom with which that great man has conducted The inward tonnage has increased this year 6.952 tons, the struggle for commercial independence. bring the difference between 202.032 tons in 1815, and J. C. EWART, E , q., seconded the motion. He truster! 218.984 tons in 1846. Of these amounts London absorbs the testimonial would be made worthy alike of those nearly thr , e-fourths, her entries inwards in 186 amount- who gave and of the distinguished ind.vidual who re in to 147,663 tons, again.t 148.926 tons in 1846; the ctived it. eotrir sin Liverpool were 47,417 tons in 1845. and The resolution was carried unanimously. 50 338 tons in 1846 ; and in all the other ports-were 6,952 Mr. J. MAXWELL moved the appointment of a cow.. tons in 1845, against 9,720 tons in 1846. The following mittee for receiving subscriptions, &c., which was se are the ports and places comprised in the returns: namely, conded by Mr. J. MATHER, and agreed to. Calcutta, Madras, Bombay, China, Ceylon, Singapore, Subscriptions am o u n ti og t o £2,200 were then entered t Penang, Phillipine Islands, Siam, Java, Sustra, A t abia, into in the room ; £3,050 h a d born already subscribed I l New South Wales, N.- w Zealand, Mauriti us , Cape of Good Manchester by Liverpool gentlemen, and there is no don e . b Hope, and the South Seas. : that the sum will yet be considerably incteased.