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APRIL 3, 1f.V35. tention of the clergy ? From whence was the surp lus to come ? ---otilvhat ground had the assumption of the other side pro ceeded ? If we supposed the case of the population bf I reland becoming all pr o t es t an t, and to have a church establishme n t , the present church establishment would be totally . and ludi truusly inadequate. (Hear.) The wealth of the Iris h church establishment was spoken of frequently as a fact no t t o be dis puted; but taking it that 1,000 p ers ons would be placed under e ach clergyman, and that the income, on an average, was £ 3OO to each benefice,—and it was absurd to say that 1,000 persons to e achbenefic e , w ith on ly £3OO a-year, would be a sufficient pro 'sien—(hear)—if it were so, let it be so said; but he would I Viin say, that the amount of the parochial revenue of the church et Ireland would then be four or five times the amount of in latio.rne demandable now, and six times what it will be . The t1:0" of persons. in this house may have been influenced by lash false rumours, and by the audacity of the enemies of the church, by whose distorted statements m an y minds ma y h . been unconsciously biassed. But let them look at the case a an rty, _ d their mistakes would, then ,disapp ear, and their cott age revive. He (Mr. Gladstone) . thought there would be uo sur plus, as far as the house could judge, under the present cir- Fetestanees of the Irish church: Mr. Senior, in his pamphlet, (lad u remarkable in assage with reference to the parochial re /venue of Ireland, which he threw entirely overboard the no= , 3 1°11 of any considerable surplus arising from the parochial re eque of the church of Ireland, and confined his views of aliena nef church property to the church establishment. He (Mr. Gl adstone) con s idered the proposition of the noble lord as alike ittulirecticable and unjustifiable. It was unjustifiable, because ta : i as not possible that a church establishment could be rightly w i f il ,tulned, except on the principle that it was an establishment dici len taught the truth. (Hear, hear.) . He (Mr. Gladstone) not mean anything offensive to the .feelings of an y hon. i t,Zuer ; but they would allow him to sa y , as a p rotestant, that protestant church contained the largest portion of the ele rhieh, ts of truth, and the smallest mixture of error. 'lt was on principle that the church establishinent 'was built. But t he noble lord invited the house to give up this principle; the iiita).,l)le lord sa id th a t with the truth of the religion the house nothing to do; that a government had no right to operate ou the belief of its subjects; but he hoped few -would assent hat doctrine. (Hear.) It had been refreshing las t ni g ht to the house t o h ave it s a tt e ntion withdrawn from the low range of argument on the other side to the high and elevated princi tee incul ca t e d i n th e hi g hminded speech of the right honourable , 4 „"et, the member for Cumberland. (Hear.) The tone and Oupies o f th a t s peech had elevated the character of the de e.l (Hear.) 'the most important of all the consequences of Ls question, and they were. many, he (Mr. Gladstone)' con ,eleed to be, its tendency first to enfeeble and debase and then :leve w the principle of a chtirch establishMeht. (Hear.) Le Ouble lord invited the house to. invade the property of the Church of Ireland, and abandoned the political reasons for main tit.nßit. The house would observe what had been the course connexion between -religion and the state. At the be ref ailed produced oppression and tyranny, but when the ;formation took place the tyranny was broken, and the fabric "i h °PPression attempted to be raised crumbled into atoms. the principles of our present church establishment were down, combining efficiency and energy with . pure and per 'et Moderation. Would to God that these principles had been tarried as rightly into effect as they had been nobly conc ei v ed. if th ey had been, we should notbe now arguing t he case of Ire where a disproportion in point of religion did exist, be i4ll,,,se he believed (as a protestant, at least, he believed) that Ir eland would nut now have remained catho lic. But the sy stem h „,, ' been abused by the weakness and 'infirmity of mankind; s ad what reme dy did th e no ble lord propose ? What was his re source?t To cure the abuse of a good principl e he p ro p osed to :airrefuge in a had one. (Hear.) But the government were Upon to discuss the principle of a church establishment, as ff r they had no choice, as if it was necessary to recogn ize one elution or another, as if the establishment m e rely e x i sted de ,facto, and not according to rights based upon the purest princi ples,The question now so generally discussed, when first eard of, was in America, where each person contributed a `"&n sum to support the worship of the sect to which he be keged- There was scarcely time for this system to become iv i l .n in this country before it had vanished from the country . 'eh gave it birth. In - America , at the present day, there w " otily a traditionary recollection of it ; and yet we were invited to desert what was definite and intelligible and adopt teat which ( 7 3 indefinite and unintelligible, and involved the destruction LBllpri church establishments. If we lived to see the day when nciple should be acknowledged in the country, it would i'eet the ch ar a c ter both of the government and of public men 0 a degree lamentable beyond all example; religion would tia - 7Se, in time, to attract the noblest aspirations of mankind. If e who administer public affairs were to exclude from their !pu sideration the element of religion, and be indifferent whether n creed of the people were the purest form of truth, or any va tt:etY of error such men, though they might administer the : 61 est functions of society, and wear the badges of power , 0 aid be unfit counsellors to the crown, and their measures ~,,,"6 4 111 end in confusion. If they were to administer public Fairs in that mode, to neglect matters the highest of all, only to eubserve caprice and the absurdest-whims, ho prayed that day not arrive whilst he was here to see it. (Hear.) be remaining speakers ou this night's debate were Mr. F. Connor and the Solicitor-General. Mr. GOCI.BURN moved the adjournment of the debate. , he report of the supply committee was brought up and read. the other orders of the day were then disposed of , and the ''Otite adjourned at twenty , minutes to one o'clock. . .. ri-IHE MARQUIS DE - MUTT PAPAZURRI has the 1 honour to inform the Nobility and Gentry of. Liverpool and its Vicinity that, under the Patronage and Superintend ence of a Committee of Gentlemen, who have kindly offered him their countenance and support, he intends giving ix / TWO CONCERTS, At the WELLINGTON Rooms, the first on TUESDAY next, the 7th of April • ' FRIDA rnhe 10th of A ml The principal Performers will be ame Kyntherland, Miss Hamilton, (who, by. the liberality he ,Managers of the - Liver • Theatre, has been permitted to accept of an engage ment,) Marquis de Muti Papazurri, Signors Deval and Marani, Mr. George Holden, Mr. Caird, Mr. Gillows, Mr. Pemberton, and Mr. Brown. The names of the other Performers will be announced immediately. Books of Subscription are open at Mr. Dassores, and at the Newspaper Offices, where Tickets will be ready for delivery in a few days.' , Subscription for the Two Concerts 14s. Os. Single Ticket . . The second on - GRAND ORATORIO, AT THE ROYAL AMPHITHEATR THE SEVEN TRUMPETS. firIHE Nobility, Gentry, and the Public ar respectfully ba ll formed That THREE SPIRITUAL CON RTS Will take place in PASSION WEEK. whe the Grand Oratorio of THE SEVEN TRUMPETS, corn used by Signor H. J. PANOR24IO, will be performed, and ISCELLANEOUS ACT, selected from the Works of Ha n Handel, and others. The whole will be conducted by Signor H. J. PANORMO. Principal Vocalists, Madame Panormo, Miss Leach, Miss Bruce, Messrs. Dodd, Melvin, Pemberton, Davies, and Bed ford, with a numerous Chorus and an efficient Band. Leader—Mr. G. Eyton. Books of the words, price 6d. each, may be had at the doors. Boxes, 4s.—Body, 3s.—Pit, 2s.—Gallery, ls. Children Half price, except to the Gallery. Places may be taken at the Box-office from Elev.en till Four, on Monday next. Tickets and BillS of particulars may be had of the Music sellers, and at the Hubbard Gallery, 28, Lord-street. Triasferrable Tiekets for the Three Concerts, Boxes. 105.6 d. —Body, Bs.—Pit, ss. HOUSE OF LORDS.-WEDNESDA r. The Earl OfSHAFTESBURY, inthe absence of the Lord Chan "ll°r, took his seat on the wools a c k a few minutes before five O 'clock. Lord Kirixout presented-a petition from the county of Perth, rO favour of the established church of Scotland. oi-tiered to lie ou the table. Several private bills were read a third time, the purport of Which did not reach us. Lord B ROUG HIM gav e judgment in the appeal of the corpo ration of Dublin, and the Attorney-General, affirming the de cision of the Master of the Ito!ls. l A noble lord presented a petition from some place in Scot ac„d praying for the protection of the established church. The Earl of SHAFTESBUNC moved that their lordships be stlTortioned for Friday next, to take into consideration that, in all caste of appeals in which-orders arc made without specifying th e„, amount, the house should proceed to tax the costs in such a ' 44 , r oner as i s named by the 7th or Bth of George the Fourth. s hips to PLUNKETT was about to call the attention of their lord to.ad observation made by a right rev. prelateoan present ing a petition referring .to opinions delivered by him (Lord tioltett) many years back with respect to the appropriation of church property. If he was irregular in making this statement "en there was no question betore the house, he was not more 5 9 than the right rev. prelate in making his observ ations at the t ,„'rein he had chosen. (Cries of " Hear, hear, hear.") He most decidedly have mis-stated. his opinions, as his de cided opi n io n was that such appropriation was not only juitifi 'Pe, but actually called for,An applying the surplus revenue % the church to the purposes of education.. As the right rev. Iplate, however, was not in his seat, he should dismiss it at ‘ . 4l s tim e , but would give notice of his intention of bringing it . erwa,nl to-morrow. ,Th e house then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WErsnsng v. LONDON UNIVERSITY. hls Hon. Mr. Coital , appeared at the bar of the house with majesty's most gracious answer to the address of his faithful the ch arter his majesty to lay before the house a copy of charter of incorporation of the London University. His 41aieSty assured his faithful 'commons that he would call upon e privy coucil for a report of its proceedings, and order it to le laid &fore n them, so as to carry into effect the object of the resolution of his faithful commons. CHURCH OF 3COTLANV. kieveral petitions were presented, praying for protection to the , unrch of Scotland. LEICESTER ELECTION. Alr. W. E. GLADSTONE moved the order of the day for the r "uinption of the debate on 'this petition. The subject was under discussion when the latest parliainen t4q intelligence left London. A MINSTREL. '(Fr Om Alexander Hume's Scottish Songs.) A.minstrel sang in a garden bower To a maiden fair and sweet, As a smile that speaks in the•loveliest hour, When love's eyes love's eyes meet ; . The maiden look'd like a beauteous flower • In the blooming month of May ; The minstrel saug.with a witching power, " Sweet maiden, come away, • • 0, come awaz, yes, come away, Come, come away ! " The lark, he sings of his love on high, While his fond mate lists below To each clear note from the clear blue sky . With a lover's ardent glow ; The buds, like joys in the youthful breast, . . Burst forth on bush and tree ; But what are they to me, unbless' d Without love's smiles from thee. 0, come away, yes, come away, - • Come, come awayl." . .• • The maiden looked, she a rose espied, To another it bent its head, • Which blushed. asiieep as a new made bride, O'er whom love's power is shed ; • Two linnets wooing her quick eye caught-- As they warbled upon a spray ; She felt 'twas love, and she panted and thought, The sweet minstrel sang away, " 0, come away, yes, come away, Come, come away !" She look'd again, but no rose was there, And the linnets, they were gone, Nor the minstrel's music.filled the air— Did the maiden stand alone ? Ah; no ! she had fled far away front the vale, Close pressed to the minstrel's tide; The gallant chieftain of Teviotdale Had won her for his bride. She fled away like a sunny ray In the month of May ! Lord Eliot left town on Saturday ilfternoou for the continent, ~e 7111 g been charged-by his Majesty's government with a f mission t o Don Carlos, with a view of preventing for the i,:•.re those executions of prisoners which h too :Nttently attended the warfare on both sides. ave His hitherto lordship a etompanied as secretary by Colonel Gurwood, one of the -ns t gallant oOicers of the British army.—Standard. p e xEcurroN.—Ou Friday morning at nine o'clock James lsstield, who was convicted at the assizes for Essex of setting i t i :e to the premises of Mr. Davis, of Topere was executd ' a grront of the convict gaol. He appear p ed tube impressed with. , 4 " sense of his dreadful situation, and after he had ascended 'eaffold was constantly ejaculating prayers for mercy. After e executioner had left the platform it was found that the rope L as too short; it was therefore ; removed from his neck, and a ~,) 1 . 1 1 4er one substituted. The bolt was withdrawn, and the cul r. It died with a slight struggle. - Previous to being led to exectl „i‘on the risoner made the following confession :—" I had been '; work [or Mr. James Piper, try master, and left off about five c't4clack, Went home and had my ,supper, after which 1 went th l . Perry's beer shop, where I found my neighbour, Letch, "hoemaker; I had two pints of beer, and temained iu coin- wild Letch until about ten 'o'clock, when I leftthere w ild went home. While I was undoing my shoes I thonght I ti _ t) t!ld set fire to Mr. Davis's straw stack. I went upstairs for the 4,,,,1aaer-box, and told my wife what I was going to do. She beg trie j would not go--and was sure I should be found out. She atra, a great deal, but I left her, and went and set fire to the Stack as I had determined: It blazed up directly; I went , I T,e,as fast as possible, and stood there till the alarm of fire. b ut u , t-and no one else. Nobody else knew anything about it a,„. i.i _ lll Y - Wife, and she begged me not to go. I had souse malice ,ait Davis—he was a witness against me when I was th7N),efore—but I am now heartily sorry for having committed o rr , :.' r 'nee—not only sorry that I am to he executed, but truly J h tviog committed the trinic.--Che.lmsford Chronicle. FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 3, 1835. By the Parsee, Captain WKELLAR, we have advices from Charleston of the 27th February, but they are without interest. By the Laura, Captain G. E. TOBIN, we have re ceived Demerara papers to the 19th February. We re gret to observe that the colony is in a very feverish and unsettled state. The following is from the Guiana Chro nicle of the 16th February:— Plantation, ra Penitence, the property of J. H. Albany, Esq., was on Satuyday afternoon last, a scene of the most disgrace ful tumult and outrage, of which we now intend to attempt some fhint relation, since to give a true picture of all the occur rences is beiond our power—in fact, the whole affair " beggars description." In the afternoon of Saturday, the whole of the field gang of this estate simultaneously struck work when they had com pleted about two-thirds of their labour, and behaved in the most violent and contumacious manner, declaring that they would do no more that day. By the exertions of the pro prietor, and the manager of the property, a district court was very shortly after assembled for the trial of the offenders, con sisting of George Ross, Esq„ Chairman, Peter Rose, S. A. Holmes, and J .Koert, Esquires,.S.P., supported (such was the violent conduct of the labourers) by a large police force from Georgetown. As soon as the labourers, who were collected on the side lines :and darns, saw the police approaching, they immediately fled, in all directions into the cane fields. Four men were, how ever, secured, and some women subsequently surrendered them selves. The men were immediately tried, convicted, and punished on the spot, to the amount of thirty-nine lashes each, and the women, to the number of forty, were committed to the gaol for trial at a subsequent court. Affairs being in this state, Mr. Albouy represented to the court that be entertained very serious apprehensions for the safety of his property, as all the men, saving the four just punished, had betaken themselves to the covert of the canes, and it was quite impossible to predict what damage they might commit there, or what illegal acts they might during the night ne- guilty of, and concluded by requesting an order from the court for the assistance of the militia. To this Mr:Ross, fhe chairman, immediately objected, declaring that he could not do so without previously consulting the governor. The other mem bers of the court, howeKer, took a different view of the matter, and signed the order, with an understanding that Mr. Ross should likewise do so, when he had learnt the wishes of one whom he dared not disobey! Pitiful l—contemptible ! Thus matters stoird till the following morning, when his ex cellency, thinking with another illustrious personage of ancient history, that " veni, vidi, vici" was all that was required, re paired with his staff to the property. A conversation here occurred between his excellency and Mr. Albouy, which we regret we cannot give sufficiently in detail. The following, however, will give an idea of it; we must, however, first remark that neither his excellency's manner nor tone of voice be tokened much of that suavit o r in m o d o for which he is so espe cially remarkable : Governor.—Perhaps you work these people too hard. [This was said before the whole gang, who had now •emerged from their hiding holes, to greet his excellency. Mr. Albouy.—These people are by no means overworked. Governor.—You don't pay them, then, for their extra labour. Mr. Albouy.—Every one that knows ine knows that I pay every man for what he does for me. • Governor.—How much do you give them? Mr. Albouy —Some of them can earn two guilders per day by their extra labour. Governor.—Two guilders a week you mean. Mr. Albouy.—Two guilders a day. Governor.—Show me one that earns two guilders, a day. Mr. AlbOuy (calling to one of the negroes, who immediately stepped forward.)—You, sir, come here. What can you earn by your extra labour? Negro.—Toder day me make only five bit; but some day me make two guilder. Mr. AlCouy.—And do you get the two guilders paid to you Negro.—Yes, massa. The farce--rfor such his excellency's proceedings made it— concluded by his excellency declaring that it was the police that had frightened the negroes into the cane-fields, and that they had no intention of running away. We pause here for one moment to admire the philanthropy of his excellency, and to pay a passing tribute to that acute faculty of discernment which he evidently possesses, that enables him to divine, by intuition, the intentions and caprices of the negro mind. In this transaction, his excellency highly disapproves of the conduct of the court in proceeding in so summary a manner to flog the offenders. They might have been tried on Monday, or Tuesday, or any day, he teemed to think; but they certainly ought not to have been punished in no off-band a way. Had no punisiurent been inflicted' that evening on the estate, we venture to 'predict that, by this time,'La Penitence would•have been a larren waste, and the proprietor minus a magnificent property. Such a scene is any thing but calculated to uphold the dignity or increase the usefulness of Governor SMYTIIE. Even the negro must look upon him as . being more passionate than wise. The colonists generally are dis- . satisfied with his conduct, and what he has since done must tend considerably to increase their dissatisfaction. On the day after the scene aboVe described his excel lency went the..'extreme length of depriving of their commission, as justices of the peace, three of the most able and upright prOptietors in the settlement, namely, Mr. ALBOUY, Mr. PETER ROSE, and Mr. I. H. HOLMES. This, we fear, will lead to further mischief. It amounts to little less than encouraging insubordination in the co lony. Mr. ALBOUY, who was thus insulted and harshly treated, we are assured, is a gentlemen of the most honourable principles; and the most generous disposition. He is universally respected in Demerara by all classes. But we trust that the immediate recal of the governor wilt 'put an end to such undignified.and mischievous pro- ceedings. t • The American question is set down for discussion in the French Chamber of Deputies for the 7th instant, and a long and stormy debate is expected. Twenty navies have already been entered of intended speakers favoura ble to tie claims, and 'thirteen against them. By this time Mr. DvINGs-rOiv's . correspondence, as it appeared in the New York papers, and the comments thereon, must have reached Paris; and as it no doiibt would create a sensationove are anxious to learn the effect of it. We should be incliued•to think that the sentiments uttered by the envoy, and the curious disclosures be' has made, would have a teddericy to induce many of the deputies to reject the claims. If so, war must follow; but whe ther a paper war, like that of Lord PALMERSTON, or a ~r .._ •--,~~c-~.. TO CORRESPONDENTS. The letter of lorA should be addressed to the reverend gentle man whose doctrines are the subject of it. I'..G. can ,Icdew very little of the state of parties, or he would know that there is a club of the nature to which he alludes already established in Liverpool. We regret that we cannot take any notice of the magazines before next week—if then. I Ebt kiberpool *tattllarti. t ~h.~-' ~'~~: THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. gunpowder one, remains to be seen. The French are placed in an awkward dilemma. They are menaced by the government of America, and we cannot see how they can legislate upon the question, and at the same time satisfy themselves that they are not doing so under the influence t,f a threat. On the other hand congress has declared that it would be inconsistent with the honour of the _United States to negociate any further with France in regard to the claims. This itself is tan tamount to u declaration of hostilities. The hostile feeling is openly avowed 'and clearly proved. France must feel this; and yet under the agony of wounded pride the deputies are called upon to vote 25 millions of francs in order to avoid a rupture. It amounts to this— " Monsieur, deliver your money, or be shot!" This is very ga,ling, and we mistake mush if it will be endured. At the time we write this we are unable to speculate upon the result of the momentous contest in the House of Commons. But whatever the result may be, enough has been said and done to prove that all the argument, rea. son, justice, and expediency, is in favour of his majesty's ministers and the protestant church in Ireland. The speech of Sir JAMES GRAHAM alone has settled the question. In his hands Lord JOHN RUSSELL is what a barber's apprentice, professing the art of phlebotomy, would be in the hands of a first-rate surgeon. We have sometimes spoken rather disparagingly of Sir JAMES GRAHAM, and we considered ourselves fairly entitled to do so, inasmuch as his connexion with Lord GREY'S ad ministration had the effect of swamping his avowed sen timents in relation to important monetary measures. We always regretted to see a . man of superior ta lents, as the honourable baronet undoubtedly is, silenced by the fetters. of office from doing his duty to his mum 'try; Had the whigs had any respect for the serviceable abilities of .Sir JAMES : GRAHAM, they would have plaCed him in'an office where he would have been eminently uSeful;and-where he would have bad full scope .for-the de velopment of his conservative views on the subject of the circulating medium. ,They, however, although they could not dispense with his services, contrived that he should preside over a department the least suited to his experi ence and his abilities, and where, to use a homely expres sion, he was "quite at sea." The honourable baronet was consequently of little use to the Whigs; and he da maged his character, and his consistency, and the regard in which he had been held, by. filling an appointment alien to all his habits and prepossessions. But we sink these unhappy circumstances as a free will offering of admiration and gratitude on the present occasion. Sir JAMES GRAHAM is now separated from the factious whigs for ever. His speech on Monday night in the House of Commons is a masterpiece of eloquence. Nothing approaching to it in force or argument has been heard for many years. It was a manly ebullition of the feelings of his heart. It breathed in every line a deep sense of religion. It-was a protest, under the most so lemn forms, against popery and idolatry, and against concession in any shape to the arrogant claims of the priests and demagogues of Ireland. It was such a speech vVould have done honour to the prime minister of .WILLIAM 111., or to that gracious monarch himself, after the battle of the Boyne. - He was ready to go all lengths, like an honest Whig of the olden time, in favour of libe- rality and toleration. He was willing that popery should have its representatives in parliament. But, standing upon the elevated mound of the constitution, Sir JAMES _ _ . GRAHAM contended that it would be a perjured violation of our trust if we, the protestants of England, were to allow one single penny of the revenues of the church to be diverted from the purpose originally marked out by our forefathers. They gave us, said the honourable ba ronet, in words more eloquent than we can command, a certain income in trust to be applied by us for the put poses of our reformed religion—in support of that faith for which the martyrs perished—in support of that which our ancestors hailed as the dearest of all earthly bless inzs, and without which life would be misery ; for a compulsory faith, besides being an insult to the AL MIGHTY, would be a curse. Sir JAMES GRAHAM ended his most admirable and heart-stirring appeal in these words . He-thought that the property-which had been set apt I,y our ancestors to maintain and propagate the protestant religion was sacred, and ought to be applied to sacred uses. More than that—he said that those who ministered to the altar ought to live by the altar. (Cheers.) THAT PRINCIPLE IS HIGH AS HEAVEN, AND* YOU CANNOT OVERTURN IT—IT IS STRONG AS THE ALMIGHTY, AND YOU CANNOT REACH IT—IT IS FAST A,S THE ETERNAL; AND YOU CANNOT UNFIX IT. (Cheers.) It is "binding on you as a legislature composed of Christian men, and acting upon christian principles and christian considerations; A NO, AS FAR AS HE FOR ONE WAS. CONCERNED, THERE WAS NO CON SIDERATION UPON EARTH WHICH WOULD LEAD HIM TO COM PROMISE AND DESTROY IT !" This leads us at once to the principle which we corn: bated on Tuesday.. Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S proposition is, in downright defiance and contempt of all his former principles, and the avowed principles of his family, to make the surplus revenues of the protestant church of England and Ireland subservient to the cause of popery, unitarianism, and infidelity. Disguise it, as he may, this .is the real object of his motion. On this ground alone ,is he supported by O'CONNELL as. a papist, by MARK PHILIPS as an- unitarian, and by at least a dozen mem bers who, if not avowed infidels, are freethinkers of the 'most unequivocal order. Sir EDWARD KNATCHBULL, who spoke after Lord JOHN RUSSELL, let in a blaze of light upon the connexion of his lordship with O'CONNELL. The member, by present sufferance, that is to say the corrupt and illegal member for Dublin, has kindly taken under his foster protectiOn a notion which aims at the integrity of our national cre dit, and which, under the pretext of relief, is a scheme of fraud, bearing most ruthlessly upon the far.rdholder. In order to relieve the country O'CONNELL proposes that a half per cent. should be deducted from the interest of the national 'debt. He assumes that whatever can be plundered from the widow and the orphan would be a po sitive gain to. the nation. , If we understand the treaty at all, it amounts to this—O'CoNNELL is to support Lord JOHN RUSSELL in robbing the church, on condition that Lord JOHN supports O'CONNELL in pillaging the national creditor. Some softheaded people will stare at this unprincipled compromise; and, assuming airs beyond their station, and not reponcileable with their intellect, will perhaps go ,the length of questioning its truth. .It is the misfortune of the country that we have too many people of this, class. The dishonesty of one section, and the foolish ness of another, are, however, perfectly reconciteable. Whatever destroys pratestantism is an auxiliary in fit your of the papists—whatever embarrasies the. crown, Or. tends to produce a change, gratifies the factious Whigs.' If parliament, or rather the House of Commons, can in terfere with church property, and apply the revenues of the establishment to purposes_never contemplated by the founders of the church, - what is to prevent parliament from interfering with other descriptions of property in a similar way ? From St. Paul's to the Bank of England the way is tolerably clear, and the distance conveniently short. Surely it is not more sinful or less expedient to rob the fundholder than the minister of the gospel. If it be disagreeable or inconvenient to pay tithes, it must be equally so to pay the interest of an enormous debt, con tracted for by a corrupt parliament, which. has, to the delight of the whole nation, been reformed. To pay £500,000 per annum for the support of the Irish clergy may be a grievance ; but to pay £27,000,000 per annum to dowagers and soldiers' widows, to silly children and useless Old people, is a much more grievous one. We do not say that this-is what Lord JOHN RUSSELL aims at, .or that he meditates the robbery of the fundholder to any Serious extent ; but that such would be the consequences of his present measures, if carried into force, we have no doubt whatever. As to the faction represented by O'CoNNELL and SUM, their designs are as clear as day. They seek the destruction of the church and the extir pation of. the protestant religion in Ireland ; and we may imagine the extremities .to which they are willing to go when we call to mind that theyseek to obtain the pre sent limited concessions by conduct whiCh is an open and profligate violation of their oath. SHELL and the Ro— man Catholic members have sworn as follows:—" 1 will defend to the utmost of my power the settlenient of property within this realm as established by the laws; and I do solemnly swear that 1 will never exercise any privflege to which I am or may become entitled to DIS TUR B or WEAKEN the protestant religion, or the protesiantgovernMent in this kingdom. And Ido solemnly, in the pres-encc of God, profen, testi . fyi.and declare, that I do make the declaration, and every part thereof, in the plain and ordinary sense of the words of this oath, without any evasion, equivocation, or mental reservation whatever." Mr. Snit;, we say, has sworn the above awful oath on the canons of the living GOD, declaring in the most so lemn manner that he will " never exercise any privi lege," as a member of parliament of course, or otherwise, to " disturb or weaken the protestant religion or the protestant government in this kingdom." Mr. SHIEL has called Heaven to witness that he will do none of these things; and yet, look at his speech in the House of Conr moils on Tuesday evening, and reported by himself in theilforning Post of Wednesday last. He does not yet openly go the length of avowing that his object is to ut terly destroy the church, but he admits that he is desirous of lessening•her revenues, and impairing her outworks and power. He says : "That you.should persevere in sustaining with abstract prin ciples those ideal buttresses, the tottering and crumbling pile of antiquated abuse, and declare that you will listen to "no ar gument, attend to no expostulation—this course offends and irritates, and mikes us demand more than if you were reasonable we should be disposed to do ! !" - - - - - - - This is a plain confession of his wishes and intentions. This is the seal to deliberate perjury. In flagrant viola tion of his solemn oath Mr. SHELL says, we " DEMAND more than if you were reasonable we should be disposed to do." Demand what? To cut down the revenues of the ,protestant church to the lowest sum cn which its ministers could subsist, and apply the residue of its in come to secular purposes. And who makes this demand? A man who has sworn that he will never exercise any privilege to "disturb or weaken" the religious system which he assails. • Alas for our country when such men are found in the high places of trust, sitting among the representatives -of L4e- people. W.4ere such counsels prevail, and such con duct is endured ; -without exciting a loud burst_of indigna tion, there must be much to suspect and everything to fear. Error is excusable, ignorance is pardonable ; but this bold contempt for deeenCy and the most sacred obli-. sations must excite horror and inspire disgust in every well-regulated mind. a'lle priest may apply a salve to the conscience of weak and wicked men, and Mr. SIIEIL is welcome to the benefit of it ; but we do not envy the license which popery gives, nor the remedy it provides. As neither Lord STANLEY nor Sir ROBERT PEEL have spoken in the debate it is hard to say when it will ter. .minate. 'The best speeches of the second night were those of Mr. W. GLADSTONE and the SOLICITOR-GENE RAL. The Times has pasSed a well-deserved compli ment upon . the talents of these gentlemen, which we subjoin. The forcible argument of Mr. W. GLADSTONE, that the principles of an established church ought to be those of the majority of the representatives of the nation, is unanswerable, and We have infinite pleastire in ac knovvledgipg that by his splendid effort on Tuesday last Mr. W. GLADSTONE has. established his reputation, and realized the hopes which his very early promise had raised in his friends. " Mr. W. Gladstone, inAspeech of considerable eloquence and force, opposed the resolution. Agreeing that the distribu tion of church property was, under the control of parliament, he denied that the state had the power altogether to alienate that property, and said that as in dealing with pr . ivate property there was-recognized a sacredness of persons, so in dealing with trust property of every description there was recognized a sacredness of purpose. It was proposed that they should give up the pro testant church in Ireland because the catholics did not like it; but were they prepared to act in a similar way with regard to civil matters, and dismember the empire because the Irish Ca tholics disliked the union? The whole of Mr. Gladstone's speech deserves an attentive perusal, but particularly that part ofit in which he demonstrated how grossly the supporters of the resolution had exaggerated the revenues of the. Irish church. " The speech of the Solicitor-General made nearly as great an impression upon the house as that of Sir James Graham on the preceding night. The learned gentleman showed that Lord John Russell bad said what was tantamount to an exhor tation to the Irish to clamour for the repeal of the union, and to an assurance to the population of Ireland that they could gain nothing from the legislature but by working upon their fears. Alluding to the argument that the church property had been given for the support of the church of Rouse, be asked the gentlemen who admitted that argument whether they were pre pared to concede its legitimate consequence, namely, that the protestant church in this country should be put down and a ca tholic church established in its stead ? He contended that the property was left in trust for the support of the established reli gion, the authority of the state being that which should decide what the religion should be. The Solicitor-General concluded his speech by an eloquent description of the miscarriages of the whigs, and a fervent warning to the house of Use consequences I - Which would result from entering on the eourse to which Lord John Russell had invited them, which must infallibly end in 'the triumph of the destructives." In another part, of our paper will be found under the head of " Chester Trades Unionists," an important de cision as to the right of workmen to combine against their employers, or,—which is still more important — to combine against each other. To this case we take leave to direct the particular attention of such of our readers as are either masters or journeymen. .The third section of 6 George IV, chap. 125, is very ample in its provisions against any. and every species of intimidation, whether arising from threats or acts of direct personal violence. The arbitary custom of some trades as to the number of apprentices employed at par ticular workshops has virtually taken from the master the exercise of his own discretion ; on this subject he has not been permitted to consult either his own profit or convenience. This assumed right on the part of the tnen•bas been so long insisted upon and so tamely or ignorantly submitted to by the masters aS, ; to have given to the custom almost the force of a positive law. But it will be seen by a reference to the case of the Ches ter Unionists, that •" if any person shall by violence tO the person or property of another, or by threats or intimidation, or by molesting or in any way obstructing another, force or endeaYour to force any manufacturer, .or person carrying on any trade or business, to make any alteration in his mode of regulating, managing, conducting, or carrying on such manufacture, trade, or business, or to limit the number of his apprentices, or the number or description of his journeymen, workmen or servants; every person so offending, &c., &c., shall on conviction tl.ereof be imprisoned for three calendar Months with or without hard labour." From this it appears that the law against illegal com binations only requires to be put in force. LONDON LATEST NEWS. City, Half-past Seven o'clock, Wednesday Evening. It is not expected that the division upon Lord John Russell's motion will take place before Thursday • and whatever the result may be' there will be no resignation of the administration, and that before the King and country are given up to the blight 'of faction, au appeal will once again be made to the people, witn'a view of 'ascertaining whether the " reform".representa tires,.as they style themselves, are really acting in consonance with the wishes and the interests of their constituents.. In consequence of this our Money Market has, as regards English securities, been very firm, while most of the Foreign Stocks have been on the advance. Consols for Money to-day nave been at 92, and for the Account at 92k, closing at per cent. below that quotation. In the Foreign Market the settlement of the account took place yesterday, and it passed over without any defalcation. There was a scarcity of Portuguese Bonds in the market, as many of the parties purchasing for the account took the stock. Among these may be noticed that Mr. Thornton, a previous hOlder of no less than £555,000, who on the settling day took an additional £45,000, thus making himself a holder of £600,000 of-stock. These securities have advanced, and closed at 95i ; and Spanish Bonds left off at 65X, the Scrip closing at 83 N. There has been a great improvement in the bonds of the trans atlantic republics. Chilian have risen to 47 Columbian, 421, and Mexican to 44i. The dividends on Brazilian, Danish, and Dutch (5 per Cents.) are now in course of payment, and the prices given in our list are with the dividend deducted. A notification has been issued by the Postoffice this afternoon of the detention of the American and West Indian packet, and that letters will be in time for these mails on Saturday. , 'There has been confirmation of tbe intelligence we communi cated in our last of the departure of Lord Eliott to negotiate fur the termination of the civil war in the Peninsula. We have a file of the Gibrdliar Chronicle to the 22d ult. The only article of interest they contain is an account from Seville of the arrest of no less than nineteen persons in the convent of St. Paul in that city, accused, it was understood, of political offences. These arrests had excited considerable interest. CLOSING PRICES. 3 per Cents 92 lii . Danish 77 New 31 per Cents 99",', Dutch 5 per Cents WI India Bonds - 19 21 Dutch 21 per Cents 55 Eichequer Bills 38 40 Mexican 44 Consols for Account.... 92i 2 Portuguese • 9st Belgian 10232 3 Russian 108 t Brazilian Bli 85 Spanish Chilian 471 Scrip Bl i Columbian • 421 DEATH OF MAct.xeri OF MACLEOD.—We are sorry to an nounce the death of this much respected gentleman, which mournful event took place on the night of Wednesday the 25th inst., at Altyre, the seat of Sir William G. G. Cumming, of GOrdonstown, &c. Baronet.—Elgin Courant. - What has become of Lord Durham's threat at the Glasgow dinner, to meet Lord Brougham in the House of Lords on the charges brought against him ? And what of Mr. Silk Bucking ham's promise, on the same occasion, to bring some tempeyauce measure before parliament, specially quoting the excesses of the Glasgow festival, as evitlence of its necessity ?—Dundee Guar dian. CONFLAGRATION AT BUTE HOUSE. We lament to have the painful task of stating that all the magnificent productions of the pencil of Cipriani and 'tither Italian artists, who flourished seventy years since in this coun try are destroyed by the accidental fire which we announced in our paper of yesterday to have taken place at this spacious mansion, built by the great Earl of Bute during the period of Rockingham administration. These gems of art decorated five spacious saloons—we mean the walls and architraves of the doorways—the style wholly Etruscan. In addition to the loss of most valuable furniture may be mentioned the massive ruirrers from the ceilings to the floor, occupying every vacant place. The fire was first discovered at nine o'clock on Saturday even ing, when smoke issued from the staircase and entered the great hall. The porter ascended, and on opening the drawing-room the flames burst out, when, with great presence of mind, he closed the door and ran out for assistance. Fourteen engines speedilyarrived and were brought into play without opening a single window, and by this precaution the mansion was saved, but the entire destruction of the invaluable hangings, has been the consequence. We have seen the interior; the great com municating beams of oak which supported the brick walls are reduced to charcoal. The flooring and joists on the north side are in the same state, and the ceiling having fallen in, the joists there are also burnt to a cinder. The pipes were introduced up the staircase into the grand saloon, for therein what we have above described took place. The cause of the fire was as follows: —During the autumn of the last year workpeople were em ployed to erect a flue in the nursery of the Earl of Cawdor's house, and they, cutting into the wall, brought the flue directly under a large horizontal beam in Bute house, which evidently had been in a smouldering state for ,plany days. An express was sent down to Kinnoul Park, St. Asaph, on Sunday morn ing. Bute House. in South Audley street, forms a promident feature when viewed from Hyde Park, with its four bow-fronts of a beautiful red brick and inimitable workmanship.—Morning Post. MEETIEG OF HOUSE-OWNERS ON THE EFFECT OF THE POOR LAW BILL. On Monday evening a meeting of owners of houses in the 'rower Hamlets was held at the Earl Grey tavern, Mile-end road, for the purpose of petitioning parliament to amend the laws relating to landlords and tenants. Thomas Single, Esq., having been called to the chair, stated the objects for which the meeting had been called, to petition the legislature for a less expensive and more summary mode of ejecting bad tenants, who would not or could not pay rent for the premises they oceupied. He cited many instances which had come to his knowledge, and in some of which be himself had experienced Much loss and vexation, of tenants keeping possession of premises for a long term, until the landlord was compelled, to avoid the more expensive process of law, to com pound with the person who had defrauded him of his rent, and pay a considerable sum to regain possession of his premises. (Hear.) He then went largely. into the. general grievances of which landlords have so much to complain, and re/narked that the new poor law bill would add to the burdens under which they already suffered. Ile stated that at Duriinow twenty seven parishes had already been united, and much extra ex pense incurred, and although a public meeting of the inhabi tants had remonstrated with the poor law commissioners, it was found toavail nothing, for they were told them they had nothing whatever to do with the matter, the whole power resting with the Commissioners and the Board of Guardians, who would make all contracts, appoint four relieving officers at a salary of £ B O each, a clerk at £lO, and auditors with a salary also. (Cri es o f "Shame, shame.") He mentioned this fact, because the same scene was soon to be enacted in the 'rower Hamlets, and h e was sure that it would be found to act most injuriously to honse-owners. He knew it had been stated that the poor rate would be reduced, but this was a mere cheat; for much of this increased expenditure would be defrhyed from the county-rate, Which would be most enormously increased. (Hear. hear.) He thought it was therefore necessary that landlords should exert themselves at the present crisis to keep up the value of house property, and to this end they could not do better than procure amore summary mode of ejecting bad tenants. (Cheers.) A petition to the House of Commons, setting forth the losses and injuries sustained by landlords in consequence of fraudu lent tenants being enabled to keep possession of houses, and praying fur a summary mode of ejectment, was read and agreed ' to. Several gentlemen addressed the meeting in favour of the pe tition, and, a deputation having been appointed to wait on Dr. Lushington to request him to present it, and on the other me tropolitan members to support it, the meeting adjourned. Several meetings in various parts of the metropolis were an nounced to take placeshortly on the same subject, and an asso ciation of landlords to protect their mutual interests was entered into. EMIGRATION FROM LIVERPOOL. General return of emigrants who have left the port of Liver pool for his Majesty's colonies, and the United States of America, from the 7th May, 1833, to the 31st March, 1835: — To New South Wales and Van Diemcu's Land 1,133 To British settlements in North America 2,0'24 Total to British settlements 3,457 To the United States Grand total of emigrants In explanation of the above it must be borne in mina that although these 30,533 emigrants have proceeded in the first in stance to the United States, by far the greater portion of them have settled in Upper Canada. LEICESTER ELECTION PETITION.—The adjourned debate in the House of Commons on this petition was resumed on Wed nesday, and after some discussion the order for taking its merits into consideration was discharged by a majority.of 16. By this decision of the house Mr. Thomas Gladstone and Mr. Serjeant Goulburn are declared to be the sitting members for the borough of Leicester. laantaan.ColleEßTS, AT . THE W .ki ELLINpTON .koos.—The, first of these concerts Willta - ke place ofiTtiesdaynext, and, that the high expectations formed of them may be fully realised, no pains will be spared to render them effective.' On the first night th Marquis de Muti Papazurri—for whose benefit both concerts wilrbe givia—will sing, lead in a quarfett. and play a duet on the pianoforte with Mr. George Holden. Tee marquis will also, if requested to do so by any lady or gentleman pre sent, play from memory any piece selected from one of fifty Italian operas. Those concerts will combine, with that of the foreign artistes now in this place, the best musical native talent in Liverpool; talent, requiring only the nurture of public pa tronage to mature its varied excellence. We have seen the scheme of the first,concert. The first part will commence at eight, and the second at ten o'clock. \\re can promise those who may be prevented by other engagements fromhearing the first part, that they will find a rich treat in the second, which will amply repay them fur their attendance even at that late hour. Liveateoon PUTILIC CHARACTERS, No. very good and well-executed portrait of Mr. Alderman Peter Bourne. We congratulate Mr. Tovey on his success. EXTENSIVE FORGERY AND CAPTURE OF THE FORGERS —Considerable excitement has prevailed in London within the 'last few days in consequence of the discovery that a gentleman well known on Change had absconded, after having committed forgeries to a very great extent, carrying with him a considerable sum of money which he had raised by means of fictitious bills, and for whose apprehension a reward of £250 was offered. We are happy to state that the delinquent, with his principal coad jutor, an attorney, is now in custody. We understand that In spector Busain, of the G Division of the Metropolitan Police, • having obtained souse clue as to the direction in which tht; • fugi tives had gone, left London last night week in pursuit, an - T ar rived at Belfast by way of this town and Dublin ou Saturday morn ing, and on Monday morning succeeded in apprehending Fos ter, the principal, and Jonas Murphy, his accomplice, on board the Josephine, then on the point of sailing for New York, in spector liusain arrived here yesterday morning with bis prison ers, accompanied by a brother of Koster, by the Corsair and proceeded to London in the evening. The prisoners had gone to Ireland by the way of Holyhead.—Gore's paper. EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE or A GIRL.— Saturday evening an inquest was held at the Royal Standard, Seymour-place, Bry auston-square, on view of the body of Sarah Wilkinson, a find girl, aged 13 years. Mr. John M'Lean, a chemist, of Seymour place, deposed, that on Thursday evening he was requested to ! attend at No. 36, Seymour-place, and on proceeding there he found the deceased suspended to a brass hook at the back of the door in the front room first floor. lie iunnetliately cut her down ; life appeared quite extinct. lie had recourse to the usual means to restore animation, but without effect. The cold washere pro duced for the inspection of the jury. Mr. Thomas Wilkinson, coach-trimmer, at Nu, 36, Seymour-place deposed, that the de ceased was his sister, and he had charge of her since the death of their mother about two years since. She was a very good girl, and all witness required of her was to prepare the meals. On Thursday witness and his wife scolded the deceased fur some trifling omission ; and, in the afternoon of the same day, during' the absence of Witness and his wife, the unfortunate child coin mitted the rash act. A number of witnesses were examined; but it did not appear that the child:had been ill-treated—on the contrary..,. but she was of a stubborn and violent temper. Ver diet...-``Temporary derangement." CAIRO, DEc.26.—The Saint Simunianists, of whom there are many here, made a proposal to the viceroy last year to erect a bridge over the Nile at the point of the Delta, a truly great work. Mehemet Ali, who likes all gigantic projects, acceded to the proposal, and the work was commenced some months ago. '1 tree hundred barques laden with stone and iron were constantly engaged on the Nile, and thousands of hands were employed in erecting the stupendous work. But about twenty days ag - o orders unexpectedly Came to stop the work. The most able of the persons employed were removed to other places, and the remainder discharged. It is reported that this sudden change originated with the English, who have convinced Me hemet Ali that the execution of the work is impracticable in the mariner in which it has been begun.—Allyemeine Zeitung. CoNvicTs.—Two reports from Mr. Capper, up to the 29th of January, 1533, are just printed, relative to the convicts con fined in the Hulks at Portsmouth, Gosport. Chatham, and Woolwich, and working at Bermuda, in which we-find the fol lowing statements:—The convicts have been generally healthy; since the transportation of the elder boys considerable improve ment has taken place amongst the younger ones, .and the con victs at Bermuda continue orderly and healthy. On the Ist of January, 18.31, there were 3,060 prisoners on board the Hulks in England, since which there have been received 4,374; of these 4,032 have been transportedlo New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, 702 have been discharged, 142 have died, two have escaped, and 2,556 remained in the Hulks on the Ist of January last. The total expenses of the Hulks in England last year amounted to £44,257, and time value of the convicts' labour to £33.123. I2s. 6d,; and at Bermuda their expense amonnted to £2.3 929. 188.8 d. and the value of their work to £30,160 4s. HIS MAJESTY'S STATE COACH.—This splendid work of art was designed by . Sir William Chambers, and executed under his direction. The carving was the work of Wilton; the paint ing by Cipriani; the chasing by Coit ; the coach-work by Butler; the embroidery by Barrett ; the gilding (triple through out) by Itujolas; the varnishing by Ansell; and the harness by Ringstead. The whole cost was as follows : Coachmaker (including the wheelwright and smith )11,673 15 6 Carver 2,504 0 0 Gilder Painter Laceman 737 10 7 Chaser 665 0 0, Harnessmaker. Mercer 202 5 10 Bitinaker 99 6 0 Milliner 3O 4 0 Saddler ...... 107 13 0 Woollendraper. • 4 3 6 Covermaker . Total £7,661 17 5 Such was the original cost of the state coach; but we- shall scarcely be expected to detail the sums that have been from tune to time expended in keeping this vehicle in repair, and preserv ing its splendour untarnished. Drawn by eight noble horses, superbly caparisoned, it forms the most magnificent equipage n Europe.--Domistie Life in Engraild, quoted in the Mirror. ASSIZE IN7'ELLIGENCE. NORTH WALES C -- !111 -Z- r .--ARNEAVONSIURS. AN EX I'l AIVE. HOUSEKEI'.I4I7:St: LEWIS v. LLorn.—This was an action brought by Ann Lewis against the defendant (Admiral Lloyd) to recover com pensation for her services as housekeeper. The . defendant pleaded that he hail not hired, or, if he had, that he hail paid her; and he pleaded also the statute of limitations in bar of par to f the claim. The plaintiff, the daughter ofa small farmer in Anglesea,bad engaged in 1825 as housekeeper of the defendant, who was an oflicer of rank in the navy, residing at Treganan, in Anglesea. Soon after she went to reside' with the defendant, a connexion was formed between the parties which resulted in the plaintiff's giving birth to a female child; and she was installed in the man sion more in the character of its mistress than as a housekeeper; she had the use of the carriage and a saddle hone, and was at- • tended by a man-servant whenever she went out; she also en gaged and discharged the servants at pleasure, and was called and treated as the mistress of the mansion. This continued until February, 1831, when, through some cause or other, she left thebouse, and had brought the present action to recover the sum of I:400, being eight years' salary, at £5O per annum, To establish this claim, two witnesses were called to prove that the defendant had stated to them that as the plaintiff's conduct was . so good, and as she was economical in the management of his household affairs, saving him some hundreds of pounds, he would allow her £5O a-year beside's presents; and as those would be considerable she would have no occasion to touch her salary, which he would keep for her as the best banker she could have. For the defence, statements were made to the effect that the ! plaintiff did not engage as a housekeeper, but undera knowledge 1 and understanding that she was to cohabit with the defendant; andthat, having considerable influence over him, she had in duced him to allow her to assume his name, and to use his equi. , pages and his house as their mistress. She had, before living with the defendant, been a servant in various capacities--at a pot-house, and a scullery-maid in a respectable family. Whilst living with the defendant, however, she was elevated to the poJ sition which it is already stated she had held in his house, and received many valuable presents from the defendant , and also considerable sums of money. So far from her being house keeper, it was stated that the establishment was complete as.*re spects domestics when she was introduced into the house, conti nued the same after she was introduced, and also up to the time that she left. She had not been discharged or repudiated by the defendant, but it appeared that she had left him with a dis charged coachman, in May, 1833. and had lived some time at Holyhead, from whence she had sent letters to the defendant stating that she was comfortable. She was at that time pos sessed of considerable sums of money, and had a deposit of £lOO in the Carnarvon bunk. She had made various applica tions to the defendant since then, in terms which showed that she did not consider any money was due to her. Several witnesses were called, whose evidence went to sus tain the connexion in more decisive terms than above stated; and, whilst the defence was proceeding, the plaintiff consented to be non-suited. CORK CITY CRIMINAL COURT, MARCH 30. Mr. Sergeant Green took his seat in this Court at ten o'clock and rem Lined till two. The only trial of any interest was for THROWING VITRIOL. Joseph M'Carthy was indicted for throwing vitriol at John Hennessy. There were four counts in the indictment, one of them charging him with an intent to take away life, capital. The first witness was John Hennessy—He stated that he was acabinet-maker, and that the prisoner went into his master's shop about eight o'clock one morning, and asked'him to buy a child's chair for tenpence. Witness replied that that wus too dear; the prisoner had his right hand in his pocket, and took out a tin cannister, and taking off the cover with his left hand, dashed the cout.ents in his face, saying, " take that." Witness was a Cashel man, and his Master was before obliged to put away a man named Barry, Constable Johnson produced the coat worn by Hennessy at the time. One sleeve was completely burnt. George Howe, Esq., M.D., stated that he attended Hennessy, and thought his life in danger. Julius vans, Esq., M. D., wbo saw Hennessy a month after the occurrence, described the dreadful state of his breast. One witness was examined for the defence. The jury retired, and and aftersonie hours returned a verdict of guilty on all the counts but the capital one. Not sentenced. There was another case of the same atrocious crime for trial, but it was postponed till the next assizes, on the affid av it o f th e prisoner Herlihy, of want of witness. He is, however, to-re ' main in custody. When the case was expected to be called. on, Carrot, the prosecutor, was brought into court by a constable. He sudden ly disappeared, but was in the evening retaken by F. Percy, Esq., C.C.P., in a public house at Blackpool. THE ART OF KEEPING A SECRET. (From Despatches of the Duke of Wellington, ) Major-General the Hon. A. Wellesley to Lieut.-Col. Wallace, commanding the subsidiary force with the I'eishwah. Camp at Niggeree, Jane 28, 1804. My dear Wallace,—' believe that in my public despatches I have alluded to every point to which 1 should wish to draw your attention, excepting one, which I will mention to you—that is the secrecy of your proceedings. There is nothing more certain than that, of one hundred affairs, ninety-nine might be posted up at the market-cross without injury to the public interests; but the misfortune is, that where the public business is the subj ect of general conver sation, and is not kept secret, as a matter of course, upon every occasion, it is very difficult to keep it secret upon that occasion lon which it is necessary. There is an awkwardness in a secret which enables observing men (of which description there are always plenty in an army) invariably to find it cut; and it may be depended upon that, whenever the public business ought to be kept secret, i 1 always suffers when it is exposed to public view. For this reason secrecy is always best, and those who have been long trusted with the conduct of public affairs are in the habit.of never snaking public any business of any description that it is not necessary that the public should know. The con sequence is, that secresy becomes natural to theM, and as much a habit as it is to others to talk orpUblic matters; acid they have it in their power to keep things secret or not, as they may think proper. • I mention this subject to you because, in fact, I haie been the means of throwing the public affairs into your hand's, and I am anxious that you should conduct them as you ought. This is a matter which would never occur to you, but it is essentially necessary. Remember that what I recommend, to you is far removed from mystery: in fact, I recommend Silence upon the public business upon all occasions, in order to avoid the necessity of mystery upon any. • Believe, me &c. ARTHUR LLk Y.a.l SLtY.. Lieutenant-Colonel Wallace. SIR ROBERT PEEL. The shocking spirit of the following paragraph furnishes to our minds a proof that the editor of the Courier cannot have seen it before its insertion: he is, we believe, quite incapable of such malignity : "A friend of ours, who is a judicious observer, and on whose statements in point of fact we place great reliance, but who is now at some d►stance from the metropolis, writes us--' fhe ministry will undOubtedly fall. If not, Sir Robert Peel will go mad, or die of nervous fever. I recollect his constitution. Ile is suffering more at this moment than tongue can tell. A small cause would lay him on his back, never to rise again. I do not mean that he is physically feeble, but mentally sensi tive, and he has much to saw his nerves at present.' " In.refutation of this statement we can say, on the authority of those who saw Sir R. Peel closely last night, that he never was in better health, and that his spirits are equally' free from dejection and excitement. In fact, his present proud position, as the champion of constitutional order against the reckless violence of faction, is calculated to till the mind with the most pure and cheerful satisfaction. — Times of Tuesday. • THE Jaws ANn THE POPE.—The Jews residing at Rome have just presented to his holiness the Pope a volume of He brew scripture. It is most beautifully written, and is superbly bound; as a specimen of caligraphy it must be without a rival. It consists of .. a harmonious piece of Hebrew composition in honour of the Pope; the prayer for the sovereign used by the Jews in svitagognes, and translation of these pieces in verse, the one in Latin and the other iu Italian. Every page is written in a different manner, and the whole is ornamented with pictures and designs, Serving as a border to the page; they are executed with the pen in a most beautiful manner by a V en etian artist named Paoletti, residing at Rome. Among these p i c tures is a portrait greatly resembling the Pope, another of Solotnon being proclaimed king, a third of Solomon sitting Upon the throne, and a 'fourth painting is of the arms of the I'ope. The covers are overlaid with rich white satin with gold b or d e rs. It is said that the Jews of Ghetto have expended on this splendid present nearly 10,M° francs; it will replace, no doubt, the roll of the Jewish laws, which were presented to the Pope on his accession to the Holy See, and which his holiness rec eived from their hands deploring t heir blindness. • DivisioNs OF THE HOUSE.—The select eornmittec , have pre sented their report. After recommending the building e an additional lobby to the house, which, according to Sir 1t Smirke's estimate may be done in a mouth for Li0; : l. they propose the following plan for taking the divisions I. That upon every division the house be entirely cleared; the ayes and the noes being sent forth into two separate lobbies. 2. That four tellers and four clerks be appointed, two of each to be Stationed at the entrance of the respective.. lobbies. 3. That Alio doors being opened simultaneously by the speaker's order, the names of the members be taken by the clerks, on ruled paper, with numbered lines, as they re-enter the house by the opposite door, the tellers counting andannouncing the result at the table as at present. 4. That the lists of the division be then brought up to the table by the tellers, and deposited ther for insertion ia alphabetical order in the votes.' EARLY APPLICATION OF GALVANISM TO MEDICINE.—The following grotesque prescription occurs in Scribonius Largos. (Dc Comp. Medicament., c. 1.): Pain ip the head, however inveterate and intolerable, is immediately removed and perma nently cured by the a pplication of a live black torpedo to the part, till the pain ceases and the part is benumbed ; when this - is perceived to be th e ease, the application must be discontinued, lest the sensation of the part should be lost. Several torpedos 01 - this kind should be had in readiness, because torpor, which indi cotes the Success of the remedy, sometimes does not occur till two'" or three have been used." The author recommends the applica tion of these potent fish to the feet in gout. Op. Cit. c. 41. There are instances of the employment of galvaniim in me dicine long before the existence of that great agent was recog nized in science.—R yan' s Journal. ROBBERY OF THE GREYHOUND BIRMINGHAM COACH OF A BANKER'S PARCEL.—On Thursday last a parcel, containing '3IX) sovereigns, and a bill of exchange for £l'2o, was stolen out of the boot of the Greyhound Birmingham coach by four dex- - terous•thieves, who did the work in what is ealied , a regular workmanlike manner. Two inside places had been booked at the Swan-with-two-Necks, in Lad-lane, and the two remaining insides had been booked at the Angel, Islington. The four passengers were persons of respectable appearance. 'fwo of them got out at (Mitre, and the •other two left th e. coach at Stoney Stratford. Amongst the parcels deposited in the boot was one directed to the banking-house of Beck and Co., Coven try. It had been put in by one of the clerks of Esdaile's bank ing-house in Lombard-street. • Upon the arrival of the coach at Coventry, the guard, upon feeling about inside, found .that one of the parcels at the back was not quite so firm as the other, and on his leaning against it away it went into the boot. The boot was then searched, and evervanug was found right except what was wellworth carrying away. The plan was,. no doubt, de liberately. laid, and the whole of the movements of the persons employed about the coach previously.to its departui;e•from Lad lane must have been watched. The exact place, .too, in which the parcel was deposited must have been .ascertained by the thieves, who were no doubt of the ." London family" Applica, tints was made immediately upon the arrival., of messengers at Esdaile's banking-house, to John and Daniel Forrester, the officers. We understand that it will be a difficult matter to pro cure the assistance of officers in cases ef relibery henceforward. —Observer. -