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ginning of the summer wind dying, Merrily, cheerily, noisily v !I. spins th ghtly, and sweet voice of t reel, while the foot 's stirring at's that nolse that I hear at the wind And sin There's a form a And he whispers Get up on t --- --- ell rove in Merrily, c rq the holly bush , roll be shoving and moving your stool on, wrong that old song of The Coolun'?" casement, the form of her true to ace bent, "I'm waiting ough the lattice step 1 mr you, love; giove the moon 's brightly.;' .ily, noisily whirring, feel, spins the reel, while the foot 's sti and lightly, and airily ringing, Le sweet voice of the young maiden singing, The maid shakes her head, on her lip lays her fingers, Steals up from her seat—longs to go, and yet hng A frightened glance turns to her drowsy grandmc Puts one foot on the stool, spins the wheel with ti Lazily, easily, swings now the wheel round; Slowly, and lowly is heard now the reel's sound; Noiseless and light to the lattice above her The maid steps—then leaps to the arms of her lover Slower—and s!ower—and slower the wheel swings; Lower—and lower—and lower the reel rings; Ere the reel and the wheel stopped their ringing and moy Through the grove the young lovers by moonlight are rovin LITERATURE other, he oche BooKs FOR REVIEW, &c.—Books, New Prints, Music, &c. r review, may be left at Mr. C. Mitchell's, Red- atended lion-court, Fleet-street, London, addressed " to the Editor ey will be forwarded of the LTVERrO3L STANDARD," when t and receive attentior The History of the House of Austria Henry G. Bohn. London The present volume brings this valuable history down from the accession of Francis I. to the Revolution of 1848, being a continuation of the work written by Archdeacon Cose, and recently published by Mr. Bohn in his "Standard Library." To the history is added a translation from the Ger man of a work called " Genesis ; or, Details of the late Austrian Revolution." The 'k which forms the greater part of the volume is a thing quite unique in literature; for while its author, Count Hartig, is a Conservative Austrian statesman, honoured by the confidence of his sovereign, he criticises the course of the Impe rial administration with a freedom unexampled by any public writer of his class and country, who has vet attempted to expound the causes of the revolu tion which lately shook the Empire to its founda tions. The work is marked by great ability, and the authoritative source from which it comes must command the attention and respect of all students of history, both in this age and in coming time. Hoyg's Instructor for August. Number 11. Edin burgh : James Hogg. This shilling monthly has, in its new shape, made a most favourable impression. Its price recommends it as peculiarly the magazine of the humbler classes, while its taste and value render it welcome to the highest in the land : and between the patronage of the two Mr. Hogg's scheme is sure to succeed. In the first paper in the new part some happy remarks are made on the literature of America—the land hitherto of journals and not of great hooks. The writer furnishes a fair and feeling estimate of the works of Edgar Poe—one of the most richly-gifted poets, and yet one of the most self degraded mortals that ever lived—whose utterances are like voices from the land of angels, but whose life was blackened by crimes which make the degraded Chattertons and Savages of the old world models of purity and goodness. He was one of those gifted minds whom dissipation robbed of his true strength, whose genius was the abject slave of sensuality, and whose tasks were alternated with the vilest debauches. "Poe, as a man, will ever be the monster-scandal of the literary pro fession." The remaining contributions, including a beautiful poem entitled " The Contrast "—we believe from the pen of a young Cumberland poet named Biggs—are all well chosen and satisfactorily treated. The Dublin University Magazine, for August. Dublin :M`Glashan. The readers of this Magazine will hail with pleasure the reappearance in its pages, after an absence all too long, of the name of Jonathan Freke Slingeby. The last time we had the pleasure of seeing Mr. Waller was at the opening of the great Exhibition in Dublin, and the occasion would seem to have made a deep impression on his mind ; for here, in a genial paper full of midsummer melodies, he wanders from the country into the town, and takes us through the Fine Art depart ment of the Exposition in Merrion-square. Listen to Slingsby's account of— A REVERIE IN THE FINE ARTS HALL. You have but to enter the Fine Arts Hall at our Great Exhi'ition, and realise, at least to the sight, all that we who are in the country enjoy through every sense and every fibre. Go there now, in the hot noon, and, as it were, Aladdin-like, borne away by the ministrations of the obedient Genie of the lamp, pass in a moment from the dry, dusty, glaring town, to the country. Heed not the statuary grouped before you, nor the gorgeous manu factures on your right ; nor let the sound of loom, or shuttle, or the more distant whirring of multiplex ma chine labour seduce you from your path, nor tarry to gaze at the beautiful offerings which, near you, on the left, Germany, and France, and Belgium, spread out. Leave all these, beautiful and brilliant though they be; leave them for the present, for they tell of art and of the city, and you look only for nature and the country ; but pass on till you reach the walls dedicated to the finest exhibi tion of paintings that have ever been brought together in any city of our empire. Linger and loiter as you will through these courts, and you will feel, as you contemplate thVitftwks of modern painters, as well as those of the great masters of bygone days, how the pencil of the limner can teach the eye to cheat the mind, and as it were transport you spiritually—nay, almost bodily—into the midst of those sylvan scenes which their genius reproduces. Look here upon those glowing skies, burning with the ruddy hues of morning, and the long line of sunlight streaming athwart the surface of the rippling water, as the summits of the tiny waves catch and break the yellow radiance, till you can fancy the waves are bridged over with a causeway of light, or that the angel-trodden ladder of the patriarch's vision has fallen down from heaven, and is floating, with its golden rundles, upon the water. See the fresh life all around— the flocks straying over the sunlit plains—the steers and the horses moving beneath the wains filled with the fra grant hay, or the yellow heads of the early harvest crop. Or, look at that most beautiful Cuyp, where the light of early morning comes more cool and sober over the quiet scenery. Have you ever seen anything so true and life like as that cow which the maid is milking, while the swain, her lover belike, stands beside her ? And there, too, in the river, you see the cattle are standing, patient and contemplative, as they always are when left to them selves. There, again, is another picture by the same master. See with what a subdued warmth the light comes from the clouded sky, all across the expanse of water ; and the cattle—such cattle as that inimitable artist painted !—reposing on the low pasture in the foreground. The shepherd lad is lying in luxurious enjoyment, with his dog beside him ; while upon the hill that rises steeply on the right, two horsemen are plodding their early way to the distant city. * * * Go, my dear Anthony, by all means ; and when you have indulged in the sweet reveries which such sights may well awaken, and thus dream yourself away into the country, forget not to feel grateful to those who had the good taste, as well as the boldness, to introduce the muse of painting amongst the sterner deities who preside over industry and science. In the fifth paper on ancient and mo d ern h eroes, we find aningenious contrast betw een B e li sar i u ; and Marlborough. This is followed by an interest ing resume of that recent romantic biography, Loreiizi Benom ; or, Everyday Life in Italy," which is said to be one of those books from which more is learned than if its materials had been pre sented in a more formal shape. Among the most noteworthy of the remaining papers, is one on the Suir—the "gentle" river, as Spenser calls it in his "Faerie Queen," which makes its way by Clon mel, adorning the county of Waterford ; and a pungent article on the proposed Museum of Irish Industry, about to he established as a memorial of the . public appreciation of the great energy and liberality of William Dargan. History of the Byzantine Empire. By George Finlay, Honorary Member of the Royal Society of Literature. Edinburgh and London : Wm• Blackwood and Sons. Four hundred years have passed away since the final fall of the Byzantine Empire, after maintain ing for a lengthened period a precarious existence, endangered by the onslaughts of the fanatic Saracen and the fierce Bulgarian. And now, four centuries after the last of the Ccesars yielded to Mahomet, the autocrat of Russia proposes to re-establish the Byzantine Empire—a proposal which he is urged to make as the nominal head of the Greek or Eastern faith. At such a moment, therefore, Mr. Finlay's work is peculiarly seasonable; and it will, no doubt, be welcomed with pleasure both by the historical student and the politician. The volume comprises two books—the first treating of the Isaurian and Atnorian dynasties, the second of the Basilian dynasty. The three hundred years, from A.D. 717 to 1057, which the history comprehends, is by far the most important period in the annals of the Greek Empire; and instead of being dull, tame, and uninteresting—filled with the intrigues of the court and the chronicles of treachery and erson of a vL nts of g Isan we have Leo tl , orous and enlightened nci; who ascended the - throne of the Casars reign the env. I ruin. .e was threatened with immediate Six emperors had been dethroned w :bin the space of twenty-one years. Four perished, we are told, by the hand of the public executioner ; one died in obscurity after being deprived of sight ; and .. _ the other was only allowed to end his days peace fully in a monastery, because Leo felt the Imperial sceptre firmly fixed in his own grasp. The history udes with the dethronement of Michael VI., i conc the decrepid general and doting senator whom the Empress Theodora had, with her dying breath, named as her successor. Theodora, wlic, at the advanced age of seventy-six, looked forward to a long life, hoped to recover her health, and compelled the new emperor to swear with the most tremen dous imprecations,_ that he would always remain obedient to her orders, but she survivedhis nomi- nation only a few hours ; and with this infatuated woman—whose senators were all eunuchs, and who, to preserve her personal power, presided her .. self in the cabinet, and even heard appeals, as supreme judge, in civil cases—expired the race of Basil, the Sclavonian groom, and the administrative glory of the Byzantine Empire, on the 30th of August, 1057.—Mr. Finlay's style is clear, concise, and eloquent; as a recorder of events he is scru- pulously careful, and every statement he makes is endorsed by a competent authority ; in every page we observe evidence of a ripe and comprehensive scholarship ; and altogether we regard the work as an important addition to the standard historical literature of our country. IRIETIES VEAL is now called " unfinished beef;" lamb, "incipient mutton ;" and sucking pig, " premonitory pork." THE TWO NEIGHBOURS who fell out have got in again. Neither of them are injured. MAN who attempted to whistle a bar of soap has his voice by trying to sing a stave of a sugar-hogs- AN .ANIERICAN PAPER advertises :—" To PERSONS WHO THINK OF DYING.—For sale, several lots in Cypress Hills Cemetery. Apply at the office of the Ewing Mir ror, 40, Ann-street." Iv " Maddock's Chancery Practice," we find the fol lowing beautiful specimen of legal perspicuity :—" When a person is bound to do a thing, and he does what may enable him to do the thing, he is supposed in equity to do it with a view of doing what he is bound to do." ONE of the admirers of Richard Coeur de Lion attempts to portray him as a humorist, quoting the following anec dote—When the Pope Celestine wrote to remonstrate with him for keeping "his son," the Bishop of Beauvais, in prison, Richard returned for answer the bishop's coat of mail, with the text from the Vulgate, " See whether this be thy son's coat, or no.'" - ONE never knows what place to assign to sighs and tears in this world of ours—whether they are to be classi fied as ministers of pleasure or of pain, for we meet them everywhere—the handmaidens of all strong emotioans— even as in external native we continually find light and shade alternating and succeeding one another, administer ing eaoh at times to our enjoyment and our discomfort.— Jonathan Freke Slingsby. HOPE.—Hope is a slender reed for a stout man to lean on, but it's strong enough, I do suppose, for them that's infirm of mind and purpose. The houses hope builds are castles in the air. The houses of the wretched who are altogether without hope are too dismal to live in. A slight infusion of hope may be prescribed in bad cases ; but strong doses weaken the mind, loosen the morals, and destroy the happiness of those who indulge in them. The true rule is, perhaps, not to let hope build a house i for you, or to live with you in t ; but he might come to visit you sometimes, to cheer you up a little by talking pleasant, and getting you to look on the bright side of things when you are in a solemncholy mood. Hope is a pleasant acquaintance, but an unsafe friend. He'll do on a pinch for a travellin' companion, but he is not the man for your banker.—Sava Slick's Wise Saws. AN OBLIGING HOSTESS.—Two young officers were tra velling in the far West, when they stopped to take supper at a small road-side tavern, kept by a very rough Yankee woman. The landlady, in a calico sun bonnet, and bare feet, stood at the head of the table to pour out. She en quired of her guests if " they chose long sweetening or short sweetening in their coffee." The first officer, sup posing that " long sweetening " meant a large part of that article, chose it accordingly. What was his dismay when he saw their hostess dip her finger deep down into an earthen jar of honey that stood near her, and then stir it (the finger) round the coffee. His companion, seeing this, preferred " short sweetening." Upon which the woman picked up a large lump of maple sugar that lay in a brown paper on the floor beside her, and biting off a piece, put it in his cup. Both the gentlemen dispensed with coffee that evening. This anecdote we heard from the sister of one of those officers.—Travels in the United Slates. RECOLLECTIONS OF A SERJEANT AT LAW. THE RETURNED FEE ; OR THE HIGHWAYMAN AND HIS COUNSEL I think it was Preston Assizes, on the Northern circuit, about the year 1814, that I was instructed to defend a no. torious highwayman ; and, as the case was expected to be one of great difficulty, I received a fee of five guineas. When the trial came on, the judge descovered some flaw in the indictment, which was fatal to the whole proceed ings, and the prisoner was in consequence discharged without any of the particulars of the case being entered into. I sat until late after the bar dinner in the evening, and the clock struck twelve as I entered my lodgings which were in a lonely house a short distance from the town. The folk had all retired to rest, and were by this time deeply anchored in the snoring depths of a Lancashire hard sleep. I sat musing over the fire for an hour, visions of future woolsacks figuring to themselves shapes in the burn ing coals, when a loud knock at the door disturbed my meditations. My clerk, of course, was absent; and sup posing some client in a hurry, or some " sublime rascal" of an attorney was impatient, I opened it myself. A tall, gaunt man, wrapped in a loose horseman's coat, with a handkerchief from which the tips of his ears peeped red like " the rosy morn," with a ferocity of whisker, and an obliquity of vision and a deep scar on his cheek, in a gruff voice, thus addressed me :—" Measter, I a'cuin for that £5." " What do you mean, my good fellow ?" said I, feeling rather nervous. " I say I want that five pound note that 'torney Mr. Shark gave you this morning." " Who are you, Sir ?" I inquired, by no means reas sured by his mention of Mr. Shark's name. " I am Harry Hell-Fire, that was imprisoned for high way robbery, and they've just let me our, and so I thought I'd come, have back my money before I was offto London." _ . . " But my good fellow," replied I, beginning to feel ex tremely uncomfortable, "you can't claim the money, your case has been heard, and you are acquitted ; what more could you want ?" __ " Ali," retorted my client, the highwayman, in a voice something between a growl and a grin, " no thanks to you, measter—it was the old codger above in the wig that got me off; Mr. Shark handed you over the £5 to make a speech for me, and you had no speech to make, and you didn't make a speech, so hand me the money,_meast9!.." At this juncture the wind blew aside the skirts of his coat, and the moonlight fell upon the brass mounting of a horse pistol ; my knees knocked under me, but I sum moned my courage, and screwing up a bold face, I replied, " But it is not professional, my good friend, to return money, for you see that if we were at once to do so—" " Oh," I don't understand your trade, measter coun sellor ; but I know that you have had my money, and done nothing for it ; so hand it back,—come I can't stop." With this he gently insinuated his left hand and foot within the door, and tapped his fingers persuasively on a large blackthorn club in his right hand. I looked back. ward upon the darkness and loneliness of my room, for ward to the solitary house and unfrequented lane, and putting my hand into my waistcoat pocket, I took out the five pound note and handed it to him. He wished me good night, with a knowing leer, and I heard no more of him. I never was so taken in but once, when myself and two other barristers having exerted ourselves for a handsome fee, succeeded in getting the two W—s off for forgery. They were acquitted—and by the time they were a hundred miles at least from the assize town, we found out that all of us, counsel, attorneys, and all, had been liberally paid in forged notes. THE BUILDINGS IN PARIS. We read in the Moniteur :—" There is just a year, day by day, since the laying of the first stone of the monu mental constructions, commenced by order of the Em peror, to realise the grand idea of the union of the Louvre to the Tuileries. It was on Sunday, the 26th of July, at 9 o'clock in the morning, the cure of St. Germain l'Auexerois, in presence of M. de Casabianca, at that time Minister of State, approached the first stone, placed at the angle of the facade opening on the Rue de Rivoli, and called for the blessing of Heaven on the undertaking at once Royal and popular, the termination of which has been the desire and the ambition of several centuries ; then a box containing coin was sealed up, and the stone was laid with the usual solemnity and ceremonial. To effect the junction of the two palaces, difficulties, which appeared to be insurmountable, had to be vanquished. The greatest difficulty was, without contradiction, the difference of the level which exists between one half of the gallery by the side of the water, which was built in the time of Henri 11., and the parallel wing of the Rue de Rivoli. This street is much higher, so that, without shocking common sense, and the view, two symmetrical and parallel facades could not be placed in presence ; one of them, in fact, w ould er has T •e he h s a e d its basement disappear, thanks higher than the oth • th Gic anksetohteltie Atig two lines and the R of constructions de Roh i n, and stopnswhilc a w t iiltin the are connected with the two great galleries by the buildings pollefeaeceande extent on in the Place o proportion twn Car r ousel. witht h To o g ran preserve deer o t o f this the monumthene effect tswhicolfi the e rr l o o u vs n e d r it; tolevel thet, wpattrhtoouft in juring the southern gallery, the nearest to the Louvre ; to c om p lete the Museum by va st sal o ons destined for the exhi bition portions of i of modern paintings and sculpture ; to provide for the reception of three ministries, the telegraph and the National Printing-office; to disguise the inconvenience caused by the Pavilion de l'Horloge and that opposite to it not being in the same line; and, finally, to place the new buildings in harmony with the architecture of the Louvre and with that of the Tuileries, and to borrow from the two palaces what is most elegant and most exquisite in them, and what at all times has caused the BAI e problem happily v fulfille L • ..ptect. Never has programme been more d, never have promises been more faithfully :tivity displayed in these immense works s been prodigious. When one reflects that formerly in the same Louvre and in the same Tuileries, under powerful monarchs, in times of prosperity and calm, the foundations often lay open for a quarter of a century, and the constructions were more often suspended ; that it required years to clear a court, repair afacade, discuss a plan a hundred times resumed and abandoned—one can not too much admire the . firmness and the promptitude iew worxs are conducted, Not a day :ept. The ac with which the 11 the administration to which is confided the directinn of the works of the Louvre does not confer AL Visconti, either to discuss the conditions of a ation, or to settle some difficulty of detail, or to examine the cc passes in new adju, ants of the numerous contractors in accordance with the recommendation of the Commis sion of Control, immediately receive payment for the works executed. Under this energetic direction, the enlightened zeal, the experience, and the talent of the architect, and the ardour of the workmen, frequently encouraged by the presence and the gracious marks of interest of the Emperor, triumph over all obstacles. Let people judge from a rapid glance at the state of the con structions. Immense excavations have had to be made, foundations to be laid, and cellars to be constructed ; and yet already the cing the Rue de Rivoli is on the average six yards above the soil, while the arcades facing the Rue de Rohan are covered. 2,000 workmen are employed, and in a short time the first guichet can be delivered to the public and facilitate the circulation which at present is often embarrased. The excavations of the left wing, which is to face the Place du Carrousel and the Place Napoleon 111., are equally terminated. The same is the case with the foundations and basements of the Place Napoleon III„ and of the buildings parallel to the gallery of the Louvre. Orders are made for all the ironwork that will he required, and everything causes it to be believed that, at the end of the first season, the buildings in the Rue de Rivoli will be raised above the first story, and the part which faces the Rue de Rohan will be raised to the roof. The right wing will be level with the ground, and the left wing with the basement of the Place Napoleon 111. To give an idea of the importance of the works accomplished in the first year, it may suffice to say that there have been employed 20,030 yards of concrete, 30,5-10 cubic yards of stone of all kinds, and that the number of the days of the workmen is 187,812. The total expense up to this moment does not reach 4,000,000 f. There are anniversaries which cannot be forgotten with out ingratitude. Such is that of the laying of the first stone of the works of the Louvre ; it marks a new date of prosperity and glory in the life of a great people." T T JL_LJL. THE IRISH EXODUS. JOURNAL DES DEBATS.) 'EOM THE " While all looks are fixed on the East. while the `ed and feverish populations of old Europe are pre paring to dispute the finest country under the sun, there is on the other side a profound current, silent and ... irre sistible, , which carries millions of men—a whole nation —towards the west, and towards the unoccupied and unlimited soil of the New World. When thrones fall, when royal families wrest the sceptre from each other, when dynasties emigrate, we call such changes revolu tions. By what name should we then call this emigration en masse of a whole nation, this simultaneous transpor tation of an entire race, this sudden disappearance of a whole society, which shifts all at once like the scene of a theatre ? A neeee for this mysterious and providential movement has been sought for in the Bible—it is called the Exodus.' It is now customary to say ' the Irish Exodus,' or the Celtic Exodus'—the going forth of the Irish and the Celts, as the Old Testament says the going forth of the Jews. And it is, in fact, a migration like that of the Hebrew people, with women, children, and chariots ; it is a journey in pursuit of the promised land, of the land of abundance and plenty; it is one of those impalses which seize the popular mind, and which nothing can chec':. In a few years the Irishman will have disappeared from the land of Ireland ; and yet that land is not to 'Arlo what Egypt formerly was to the Israelite; it is the country, the native soil, the paternal inheritance. It was a country as beautiful and as fertile as any in the world ; gifted with all natural riches, with the most beautiful waters, the finest ports, and the greenest mountains ;it was the island called the Green Isle,' a brilliant emerald which God let fall from his celestial diadem, and which poets lovingly called ' the first flower of the earth, the first gem of the sea.' And on this privileged soil there was a people as happily gifted by nature—brilliant, amiable, witty, full of ima gination and eloquence—a people of artists. But with all these presents, all these largesses of Providence, Ireland has only succeeded in representing in modern history the most complete type of human misery. For cen turies she has been an object of pity, of scandal, and of terror for the whole world •, she has floated on her ocean as a wrecked vessel, with the black flag hoisted. When ever it is desired to signalize popular misery, Ireland is named ; even out of his own country the Irishman car ries with him this fatal inheritance; and in the great towns of England there is always a separate quarter, called Little Ireland,' which is the chosen kingdom of poverty, famine, and death. But nevertheless, however abandoned, famished, and wretched they were, the Irish man and Ireland always adored each ocher. A veritable love existed between the man and the soil ; they so strongly resembled each other—they were so well adap ted for one another ! Both of them were, so to speak, lying fallow—both lived from hand to mouth , and warmed themselves in the sun, doing nothing, and without care for the morrow ! But now this old alliance is broken ; and what specially characterizes the great movement of which we speak is the sort of enthusiasm with which the emi grant bids an eternal adieu to his country. Formerly the Irishman only tore himself with tears from his native soil ; and now he flies from it as if it were poisoned, and shakes its dust from his feet. How has this change been accomplished? How has this great divorce been effected ? To understand it, it is necessary to know that within the last five or six years a veritable agrarian revolution and a new division of territorial property, almost as complete as that effected in France by the Revolution, have been slowly and silently accomplished in Ireland. We will not go back to the time of the Celtic Kings, nor even of Cromwell ; we will content ourselves with going back to the year of the famine and of typhus—that is to say, 1817. This date is one of the most sinister for Ireland ; about 2,000,000 of persons died of famine and pestilence. We re member having visited Dublin at that time—it was only a great hospital and a great cemetery. And even these ex pressions are somewhat ambiguous, for the people died in the street and in the gutter, and at the doors of the crowded hospitals ; and the survivors buried them when and how they could. The siege of Jerusalem must be called to mind to give an idea of the ravages which famine made among that wretched population. The English, who, as is known, are great amateurs of statistics, calculated that 2,000,000 persons, in two months, gave 5,479 a day, 228 an hour, and rather more than four a minute. Thus, in the midst of the 19th century, in the midst of established society, and in full European equilibrium, there was a country in which four persons per mi nute died of hunger—literally of hunger. It would have been difficult to long preserve this state of civilisation, and besides England ruined herself in maintaining it. After every crisis of this nature, Eng land regularly found herself with some millions of Irish on her hands, and she could not abandon them, for they were of her family. The Irishman was always for Eng land a poor relation ; and Balzac might have found in him the subject of one of his most painful novels. The great mendicant, the man eternally famished, came con stantly to knock at the door of the rich. Millions were riven, but the thine had always to be recommenced. Thus, in 1847, the English government caused soup to be distributed in Ireland every day to upwards of 3,000,000 of persons, and employed nearly 600,000 men in the profit able occupation of breaking stones on the highway. But with the Irish alms had only one effect—that of keeping up and perpetuating pauperism. The greater the quan tity of soup distributed, the more were the poor multi plied—nay more; seeing that soup was given to them at home, the Irish remained there. instead of going, as before, to seek work in England. They had little social ambition—soup was sufficient for them. Content with their pittance, the workmen seated themselves by the roadside with their arms folded : the fishermen abandoned their nets and their boats, and lay down on the shore like true lazzaroni. A man who knows the country well, the Archbishop of Dublin, said on this subject—' The Irishman is always on the brink /of ruin, and contents himself purely and simply with the quantity necessary to live on. Give that to him, and he will not work at all.' The same Arch bishop offered to fishermen to equip them and give them provisions, but he was obliged to abandon his de sign. ' If,' said he, provisions be given to them, they would eat them on shore ; even if they were sent to sea with their boats stored, they would return ashore the first night, would bring back their provisions to their families, and, counting on public charity, would remain with their arms folded. One cannot confide a piece of bread to such people.' In reading this portrait of the Irishman drawn by Archbishop Whately, would not one believe that he was talking of Neapolitans ? Another writer said, also, in speaking of his countrymen (Letters from Ireland, by Aubrey de Vere)—" What can be done with a people who are so savage and so devout that, if you were to give them a pipe to smoke, they would have they imprudence to con sider themselves . unhappy, and would digest the easier from not having the stomach laden—who, at the same time, have a perfectly Oriental belief that what must happen will happen, and who to all that join a sort of Epicurean Platonism, mixed with a little cynicism, which makes them find comfort in the damp straw on which they spread themselves in the sun, abandoning themselves to visions of a future world, which resembles neither England nor Ireland. and which floats before their half-closed eyes !' Here, again, we find the true lazzaroni. We have seen that Irishman on the port and quays of Naples, lying at full length in the sun, living on a halfpenny a day, without caring for the morrow, and leaving providence to act with thorough Mussulman indifference. We should find him again, without any doubt, on the quays of Constantinople, looking, half asleep, at the ascending smoke of his pipe, and dreaming. The Neapolitan and the Turk, however, have always sunshine, and never require spirituous drinks, while the Irishman is often cold and hungry, and when imagination dees not feed him England must do so. The reader sees, then, that England turned in a vicious circle. The more money she gave, the more de mand increased. It was the cask of the Danaides, the from law the for themselves of ; mythology.thelrish had poorhneoEne ; ngl s i o sh th h a a t d in a Ireland the indigent, instead of being at the charge of parishes and of landowners, were at the charge of the public Treasury. The English h d a a tax on incomes. the Irish were exempt from it, and y et they cot the State £1,000,000 a month ; and after a year of labour and com mercial prosperity, in which she energetically restored her finances, England found herself obliged to make a loan of £8,000,000 to feed, clothe, and lodge three or four millions of Irish gapi ng i n the air ! The excess of evil caused the repression of it, and England felt that at any cost she must violently shake off the ever-increasing burden which became accumulated on her, and which would have ended by crushing her. It was then that the British Parliament voted measures which legis latively and peaceably effected a radical revolution in the territorial property of Ireland, and changed the situation of the country from top to bottom. LI \ to many -47 Ti CORRE _DEN of for pt th ; this in any statement of The Editor wishes it to he no himself responsibl for the opinion correspond THE GREEK CHURCH. To the EDITOR of re LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,—As the all-prevailing topic of con the present time to turn upon the probability of Russia, and as there seem to be events about transpiring which cast their shadows before, some information upon the ersatio pture witl rise, pro; ss, and tenets urch may be not unacceptable to many readers of your widely-circulated pape In the year 324, Constantine the Great founded the new capital of his dominions; and the rise of that city invested the bishops of Constantinople with an independent, and, ultimately, a superior influence. The five cities which were the strongholds of Christianity were Jerusalem, Antioch, Alexandria, Rome, and Constantinople, the spiritual government of which was invested in five bishops. Not content with the pure precepts taught by our Lord, worldly ambition and the promptings of a self- aggrandising spirit marked their actions. Questions of prece dence were hotly conte,ted, Alexandria yielded her claim to the primacy of the East, and Constantinople, the youngest of the patriarchites, ranked second only to Rome. Space will not allow to enter into the various disputes which considerably widened the breach between the Eastern and Roman churches. A long interval of time frequently occurred ; and, at one time, 68 years elapsed without any communion between the two churches. Another separation occurred in the year 451, after the Council of Chalcedon, which was convened for the condem nation of those who held unsound opinions concerning the per son of Christ. In the seventh and eighth centuries the question of image worship arose, and, during the agitation of this point, another controversy was raised, concerning the procession of the Holy Spirit. In the ninth century the deposition of Igna tius, and the elevation of Photus, a layman, to the episcopal dignity, through the influence of Michael 111, produced another quarrel between the Roman See and that of Constanti nople; but the most important dispute —a dispute that entirely separated the Greek Church from that of Ram as that of Romanists (1953) making use of unleavened bread in the cele bration of the Eucharist. The negotiations from Rome failing in producing a reconciliation, the Roman legates placed on the great altar of Sophia the written deed of anathema cutting off Michael and alt his adherents from fellowship with Rome. This act of excommunication proved a lasting separation of the Eastern from the Roman Church. Frequent attempts were made for a reconciliation between the two churches during the space of SOO years which have since elapsed, but all attempts have been perfectly useless. In the fifteenth century the fearful inroads of the Turks induced John Palm°logos, on account of the imminent danger of his empire, to endeavour to form a re-alliance with the Latins, but the Greeks, indignant at the concessions made by their brethren to the Romans, returned with increased pertinacity to their own faith. At the close of the following century a more prolonged union was established. The annexation of Lithuania to Foland in the year 1366 introduced into the latter a considerable leaven of Popish influence ;—a jesuit college was established at Wilna, and renewed efforts were put forth to bring the Polish Greeks Under the sway of Rome. In the year 1596, under the auspices of Sigismund 3rd, and headed by their hierarch, the metropo litan of Kieff, great numbers of the Greeks in Galicia, Hungary. Poland, and Little or Red Russia, agreed to all the terms pro posed by the Council of Florence, excepting that which referred to the " Filiogue." The Romanists are still desirous to win over the Greeks, and leave nothing undone to effect that object ; and though they have gained a few, still they are repulsed by the many. The last official communication on record between the Eastern and Western Churches took place soon atter the accession of Pio Nino, who, in January, 184 S, forwarded a letter to the Christians of the East, in :which he exhorted them to return to the unity of the Church, repeating the usual argu ments in favour of the Papal system. The Greek Church answered the above epistle from Pio Nino, and brought forward their reasons for protesting against the Western doctrine of the double precession and the Western innovations respecting baptism, holy orders, and the communion of the laity in one kind only. At the present time the rancour and un abated antagonism of the Greek Church against the Romish still exists. The Greeks have a firm belief in the present day of the ultimate overthrow and downfall of Papal power,—and now the struggle appears to be, on the part of Russia, religious domination and the extension of their faith. How this may be accomplished is known only to Him who has the disposal of all things. Turkey may be conquered . by the grasping power of Russia or their internal dissensions. Already it appears that the fanatical zeal of the Mussulman has been .the means c/ raising a conspiracy against the Sultan. There are, certainly' political events about taking place in the horizon which are well worthy the attention of the thoughtful and serious, and it may be that the crescent of the Turk may ultimately give place G.B.H. to the cross Birkenhead, July 28th, 1853. P.S.—I purpose next week to give the tenets of the Greek Church ANT IRELAND. THE GREAT EXHIBITION,—The number of visitors on Friday exceeded 10,000. The host of strangers is daily becoming larger. The hotels of Dublin ire crowded to suffocation. At one popular cafe dinners for 600 guests are prepared every day. HER MAJESTY'S Vlstr.—Her Majesty, it is under stood was to leave Osborne on Monday or Tuesday, pro ceeding by rail to Holyhead, thence to Dublin. As at present arranged, the Queen is to review the Channel fleet on Monday, the 15th instant. EXPORTATION OF CORN.—As an instance of the vast extent of the transactions in corn by merchants of Lime rick, a local paper mentions that one commercial house in that city has contracted for the supply of breadstuffs to the French government to the amount of £250,000, the commissio❑ upon which was £2,000. ADVANCE IN WAGES.—Upwards of 200 labourers from the neighbourhood of Portarlington, who were offered em ployment on the branch line of railway that has just been opened to Tullamore, refused to work on Thursday for less than 10s. a week. They were offered Bs. REPRESENTATION OF CORK.—Colonel Chatterton has issued a circular, in which he announces his intention of again offering himself for the representation of the city of Cork, in the event of a vacancy. The Cork Constitution states that Mr. F. B. Beamish has been solicited to offer himself as a Radical candidate, but as yet no decision has been come to in the matter. A GENTLEMAN SHOPLIFTER.—WiIiiam Thorn, a young man of gent'emanlike appearance, and very respectably connected, was tried at Cork assizes for stealing two pistols, sic powder-horns, and several other articles, from a shopkeeper in that city. There were five other indictments against him for thefts in shops, and it is stated that 100 cases of shoplifting might be sustained. He was found guilty, and sentenced to ten years' transportation. THE DUBLIN EXHIBITION.—Strangers are pouring in from all directions to visit the exhibition, and at no time have the Dublin hotels been so crowded. One of the last steamers from Holyhead brought over 300 visitors, and all the boats arriving at Kingstown are crowded with passengers. It is said that some thousands of French people purpose availing themselves of an excursion trip on a large scale during the time of her Majesty's visit to Ireland. CRIME AND OUTRAGE IN IRELAND.—TIsere was re cently printed a return to the House of Commons of the baronies in each of the several counties in Ireland in which proclamations are now in force under the provisions of the Crime and Outrage Act, and also the number of licenses to keep arms that have been withdrawn by the lord-lieu tenant under that act since the Ist of January, 1850. There are 34 places—sometimes whole counties—where proclamations are now in force. The lord-lieutenant has, ,since the Ist of January, 1850, withdrawn 792 licenses to keep arms. WANTED A I\TIRACLE.-A heart-rending affliction has befallen the Pope of Rome. Two crowns destined for two images have been stolen ! All Christendom will grieve for such a calamity. The graceless thief must have been a thief without compunction ; but if his Holi ness's priests had discovered the knack of making images speak, as well as wink and weep, he would soon have reason to repent him of his temerity. We commend this suggestion to the jugglers of Rimini. — Cork Con stitution. GOLD IN BUNDORAN.—At the mines lately discovered near Bundoran, a piece of solid gold, weighing three and a half ounces, was dug up this week. It has been sent off to the mining company in London. If this continues, we will have a Bundoran California, and, instead of the Fer managh, Tyrone, Cavan. and Leitrim folk coming to " drink the sea," they will come " to the diggings." The Ballyshannon mines are doing well; we have not heard of any gold being found yet, but there is no question that plenty of silver has been raised. The copper, lead, and zinc are of the richest description, and in great abundance. —Ballyshannon Herald. - - - THE IRISH EDUCATION BOARD.—The Dublin Evening Mail of 'Wednesday announces that the Archbishop of Dublin, ex-Chancellor Blackburne,andMr. Baron Greene, have resigned their seats at the Education Board, which is now composed of Romanists and pro-Romanists. Upon this John Bull remarks :—" The control of £140,000 of the public money for educational purposes has thus fallen into the hands of Dr. Cullen, the Pope's alter ego in Ireland. And what, thereupon, does the Government do ? Does it put a stop to a system of Popish usurpation which even that " Liberal" Divine, the Archbishop of Dublin, found he could not stand any longer ? Nothing of the kind. The Government tamely submits to the decrees of the Popish Synod, and supplies the vacant places at the Popish Board by two Protestant dummies. Dr. Knox. the Bishop of Down, and Mr. Brewster, the Irish Attorney- General ! " PROSECUTION OF A CLARE PRIEST.—TLe Lord Lieu tenant of Ireland has instructed the crown proctor of Clare to proceed against Father Comyn, a Romish priest of Kilkee, for instigating the mob to violence, and for an assault upon Mr. Studdart, justice of the peace, during the late election in Clare. His excellency must believe the conduct of Father Comyn to have been bad indeed when he has directed him to be prosecuted. Father Comyn has a cross-charge against Mr. Studdart for as sault, and another more serious still—for that he the said Studdart did moat unconstitutionally interpose his ma gisterial authority at the close of the aforesaid Clare election, to prevent—and actually did prevent—the sup porters and sympathisers of the successful candidates from lighting bonfires and firing a feu -de-joie on the happy occasion. Such innocent recreations, even though they were denied in the neighbourhood of Six-mile-bridge, should not, according to Father Coniyn, have been in terfered with by Studdart and his constables. UL 1.7 3 1 T`~'yl ation, but 2, 1853. J 1 IAL PA' CIAA.III._hIN I . thA FT e question vc use up t TUESDAY, JULY 26. the second reading of the Parish Vestries (No. 2) Bill HORSFALL s.Aid that there existeu by a majority of 21 to 20.—The Public Houses some apprehension that at that period of th e s e ssion Go the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Bill were vernment would withdraw that excellent measure, the a third time and passed.—The C our t s o f Common Customs Bill, and be should be glad to hear whether or Law (Ireland) Bill was read a second time on the motion not they had any such intention.—Mr. WILSON said he of Lord BROUGHAM, and ordered to be committed.—The was glad to have the opportunity of stating that the Go- Customs Duties Bill was read a second time on the vernment had no intention of withdrawing it, and it was motion of Lord STANLEY, of Alderley.—The Missionary almost impossible, from the state of the arrano.ements Bishops Bill passed through committee, made at the custom-house with reference to the Bill, that Their lordships adjourned at a quarter to eight o'clock. it could be postponed till another year. He proposed to THURSDAY, JULY 28. commit the bill pro forma' that night, with the view of COUNTY COURTS.—Lord BROUGHAM laid on the table inserting a great many alterations which had been agreed a bill for the further extension of the jurisdiction of on, after which the bill would be reprinted, and he hoped County Courts. He stated that it was not his intention early nextweel: toobtain a morning sittingfor its discussion. to proceed with th e o th er s t ares o f th e bill unt il fleet TT . . _ was curie [I) Bill at session, when he should he pr;pared with another mea sure for improving. and amending the law of arbitration. SUCCESSION DUTY.--The Earl Of ABERDEEN moved the third reading of the Succession Duty Bill.—Lord Sr. LEONARDS entered his protest against the passing of the bill, and moved certain amendments.—Lord BEAUMONT expressed his satisfaction at finding that hereafter there would be no distinction drawn between real and personal property, but he thought that it would have been better to have abolished the legacy duty and place successions of all sorts on the same footing.—Lord BERNERS said this bill would be unjust, because the land had to bear burdens from which personal property was entirely exempt.—Earl GRANVILLE defended the measure, and insisted that there was nothing in the position of the landed interest to justify its claim to exemption in this case.—After some further discussion, the bill was read a third time and the F , )rd of the )Jr. tJ ORSFALL inquired whether Admiralty had received any corn- ion complaining of great irregularity in the deli- very of letters by the African mail contract steamers, and whether any measures were being taken to prevent a re currence of the same. Probably, the right hon. gentle man was aware that the last steamer neglected to call at two principal trading ports, as it should have done accord ing to contract.—Sir J. Gr.Arram had not heard at the Board of Admiralty of any special complaint of failure in respect to time on the part of these particular steamers, but the Board of Admiralty had given general notice to ail parties under contract that they would enforce the spe cial contract in reeard to the observance of time with more rigoer than hitherto. No representation had been forwarded to the Admiralty that the last African mail steamer had not touched at all the proper places. INDIA BILL.—OD the report upon the Government of India Bill, Sir J. PAKINGTON moved the insertion of a clause in the bill, enacting that the salt monopoly should cast, and that the manufacture and sale of salt in India shall he absolutely free, subject only to excise or other duty. He could hardly believe, he said, that he was ap pealing to the advocates of commercial freedom to put an end to a monopoly which was fatal to the welfare, the health, nay, the lives, of the population of India, and highly injurious to the shipping interest of this country.— S'r C. WOOD, in resisting the motion, observed, that the salt monopoly, as it was termed, which was no longer a monopoly of sale, was only a mode of collecting a revenue which could not be commuted for any other tax.—The motion was supported by Mr. J. Prirem- MORE, and opposed by Sir J. HOGG, who entered into many details respecting the production of the native salt, and the revenue derived from this source.— Lord J. RUSSELL said he hoped, that in acting upon this proposition the House would consider whether it would not be better not to set the example of regulating the taxation of India, but leave it in the hands of the In dian Government.—Mr. DISRAELI said that Parliament was now-called upon to consider what should be the Govern ment of India for a considerable period, and if it was true that the salt monopoly did produce consequences injurious to the great body of the people of India, how could the evil be dealt with except by the British Parliament ? and what better opportunity could present itself. Upon a di vision, the motion was carried by 117 to 107 (leaving the Government in a minority of 10), and the clause was or dered to be added to the bill.—Sir C. WOOD moved two clauses,—one reducing the qualification for directors from £2,0C,0 to £l,OOO stock, all the directors, elected and ap pointed, to have the same qualification; the other clause fixing the salaries of the directors, which he proposed should be £l,OOO, those of the chairman and deputy chairman 1,500. The House having gone into comm!tt.--.3 upon this clause, the opposition was renewed, and in fte end the chairman reported progress, it being understood that the question should be resumed at the third rearing of the bill. r;I" CARRIAGES.—In committee on the Hackney Carriage Bill, a clause was moved by Mr. LOWE, to allow cabmen 6d. for each additional passenger over two. After a lengthened discussion, the clause was carried by 90 to 11. A clause was then moved and agreed to legalising a charge of Is. for every mile or part of a mile beyond the distance of four miles from Charing-cross. Several other bills were advanced a stage, and the House adjourned at five minutes past three o'clock. HACKN FRIDAY, 29th JULY. The house met at noon. CONINInTATioN or STOCK.—In committee on South Sea Stocks, &c. Commutation Act, the CH ANCELLOR of the Ex- CHEQUER. replied to the si eeclies of Mr. Disraeli and Sir F. Kelly on thepreviousday,denying that there wasany inten tion to offer to the holders of South Sea Stock any better terms than those which they had already declared, or that he desired to have granted to him an unlimited time to negociate with them. The whole scope of the resolution was nothing more than now offering to those holders of South Sea Stock who were by law disqualified from accepting the option held out to other holders by the act of this session, the identical terms which those others had thought proper to decline.—After some discussion the resolution was carried by 119 to 69.—The third reso lution was then agreed to.—The house resumed, and the report was ordered to be brought up on Monday. ASSESSED TAXES.—This bill missed through commit tee, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER having inj: mated his intention to consent to almost all the ao er3 ments proposed by different members. , time The Stamp Duties (No. 2) Bill was rea d a tilr : l•‘-‘ and passed. Cr ITHEROE ELECTION.— M r . H AMILTON brought up a report from the Clith eroe El ec ti on Committee, tat a w wpra i e t r o vra e ar s ni s tca n fto a ir m ont e h. d . Thomas ce.sttpa Fo el aok is fe l tr e had b the ewwasit.deiesresencttoegduNilett,yoyiso.if w stesu7.ielftl:l nisu t to T y r f that d ap the read e , s a l ‘ y d i s r t a e . glu p au l e A sset ot I n : t E. th . h — aet T teh h f re i e s cbt b i: i Uponhd time. mo T v l ed th e al I NDIA letting land he altered, with the view of encouraging small pro prietors. The clause was negatived after a short discus sion. Several other amendments met a similar fate. — Sir C. Wool) then moved the following clause :—" In stead of the yearly sums allowed under the bye-laws of the said company to the chairman, deputy chairman, and other directors, for their attendance upon the business of the said company, there shall be allowed to the chairman, the deputy chairman, and directors, under this tic', the yearly sums following : that is to say, to the chairman, £l5OO a year ; to the deputy chairman, £l5OO a year ; and to every other director, £lOOO a year."—The house having gone into committee on the clause, Mr. HAD' FIELD moved as an amendment that the salaries of the chairman and deputy chairman should be £lOOO each -The discussion of toe previous evening upon this subject was renewed, and the same arguments enforced on either side.—The committee divided, and the amendment was carried by a majority of 101 to 85.—Sir C. WooD then said that he would adopt £lOOO each for the chairman and deputy ohairman, and £5OO each for the other directors. This was agreed to, the house resumed, and the bill passed. RELIGIOUS TEST.—The House went into committee on the Universities (Scotland) Bill. Mr. F. SCOTT moved, as an amendment, to the second clause, that the words " upon the true faith of a Christian" be inserted. The object was to secure that the professors should be Chris tians. The committee divided, and the amendment was negatived by 81 to 37. The bill then passed through committee. The Transportation Bill was read a second time. The Exployment of Children in Factories Bill passed through committee. The Encumbered Estates (Ireland) Act Continuanc e Bill was read a third time and passed. WRIT FOR CANTERBURY.-111r. J. SETMER move d the issue of a new writ for Canterbury.—Lord J. RUSEEL I ! moved as an amendment that no new wr it b e i s sued until next session. The debate w a s adjour n ed. LIFE ASSURANCE.—Mr. WILSON obtained leave to de fine the insurance offices, whose policies of insurance on lives would entitle the party insured to have reduction of income tax, and stated that next year go vernment in tended to bring in a bill t o regu l a t e a l l i nsurance offices. The House adjourned at 35 m i nutes past two. ECCLESIASTICAL. DIOCESE OF CHEER. PREFERMENT.—The Rev. Peter Jones to the Perpetual Curacy of llindley, in the parish of Wigan, in the county of Lancaster, void by the death of the Rev. Edward lii Patron : Rev. H. J. Gunning, Rector of Wigan. Value, £I4S, with a house. ViCANCY.—The Perpetual Curacy of S. Mary's Church, Kirkdale, in the parish of Walton-on-the-Hill, in the county of Lancaster, by 'resignation of the Rev. David James. Patrons : Trustees. Value, £l5O. The Bishop has granted a license of non-residence to the Rev. H. H. Sherlock, rector of Holy Trinity Church' Ashton-in-Mackerfield, in the county of Chester, WI account of ill health. ST. CEIRYSOSTOM'S CHURCH, EvEnToN.--This church has been licensed by the. Bishop for Divine services, until consecration. PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS. Rev. G. Brown, 8.A., to the Incumbency of the newly-con secrated Church of St. John, Darlington. Rev. J. Fleming, 8.A., to the Vicarage of Wiggenhall St. Mary the Virgin, Norfolk. Rev. K. Gale, M.A., to the Incumbency of St. Andrew's Church, North Horton, Yorkshire. Rev. W. Godferv, M.A., to the Rectory of Martin-Hussing tree, Worcestershire. Rev. G. Hales, to the Perpetual Curacy of Birch, in the parish of Middleton. Lancashire. Ch ß es e t v e . r J . . Harris, to the Head Mastership of the King's School, Rev. H. Holden, M.A., Head Master of Uppingham School, to be Head Master of Durham Grammar School. Rev. W. 0. F, Jenkyn, M.A., to the Rectory of Ingatestone , with the Incumbency of Buttsbury annexed, near Chelmsford. Rev. H. Jones, of Carnarvon, to the Incumbency of Blaen pennal, Cardiganshire. _ _ - Rev.'P. Jones, 8.A., to the Incumbency of Hindley, Lanca , shire. Rev. J. D. Kelly, 8.A., to the Curacy of St. John's Church, Blackburn. Rev. G. T. Kingdon, M.A., to the Rectory of PyworthYt Devon. Rev. J. Langdon, Curate of Barwich, and Head Master of Yeovil Grammar School, to the Vicarage of Mulford. Rev. F. B. 3laclean, 8.A., to the Curacy of Kirk Leatbattir near Guisborough. Rev. T. W. Norwood, to the Stipendiary Curacy of North Rode, in the parish of Prestbury; Cheshire. Rev. E. J. liipps, Rector of Devizes, t o th e R ec tory of Stansfield, Suffolk. Rev. J. Royds, M.A., to the Curacy of Heysham, Lancashir e. Rev. R. Smith, M.A., Curate of Doddleston, to a Mino r Canonry in Chester Cathedral. ' v Rev. it. P. Smith, M.A., of i'embroke College, Oxford, to b e Head Master of the Proprietary Grammar School, Kensington' Rev. F. Taunton, to the Curacy of Upwell, Norfolk. Rev. F. Thorpe, M.A., to the P er p e t ua l C uracy o f St. Pete' a, Charlotte-street, Pimlioo. Rev. J. W. NViason, 14 . . A., late Minister of Beresford ,Epis copal Chapel, Walworth, t o b e Ch ap l a i n of the Eng li s h Church at Thun, Switzerland. f R D e e r;. i z P o . s ivLii.tsW:ood, of Littleton, Middlesex, to the Rectory The Rev. John W. Lester, Curate of St. Andrew's, in this town, has be en a p po i n t e d t o t h e Tncurnbeney of Ashton Hayes, near Chester. CUSTOMS PROMOTION.—The Lords of the Treasury have been pleased, on the recommendation of the Hcncur able Bo ar d of Cu ' stoms, to promote Mr. Robert GandY, Cheesman, clerk at the port of Exeter, to the office og comptroller and landing surveyor at Hartlepool. passed EDUCATION IN IRELAND.—SeveraI bills were forr7arded a stage, after which Lord CLANCARTY called attention to the fact that certain returns connected with national edu cation in Ireland, which had been ordered to be laid before the house in April last, had not - " ducA.—The E ,r 1 of ABERDEEN promised that inquir should be made into the matter, and contradiction to Lords Wicklow and Donoughmore, that the national system of education was the greatest blessing ever conferred upon Ireland. yet been pro- The Bishop of SALISBURY moved for returns connected with the revenue of his see, and made a statement to meet the charges that had bccn made agaiast him of receiving a larger income than the legislature had intended. In reply to Lord Waldegrave, Lord CLARENDON stated that the fleet on the coast of Africa had been maintained in full efficiency, and that no exertions would be spared to suppress the slave trade. Their lordships adjourned at a quarter before ten o'clock. FRIDAY, JULY 29. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH presented a petition from a place in Cheshire, on the subject of the salt dut India, praying the admission of It as con factures into that country. He expressed his dissent f the prayer of the petition. BANKRUPTCY.—In reply to a question, the Lord CHANCELLOR. said that it was the intention, in a fow days, to appoint a commission to '..7.ri.Yre into the law of bank- ruptcy ' SCOTCH SCHOOLMASTERS.—In reply to the Duke of Buccleuch, the Earl of ABERDEEN said it had been in tended to bring in a bill on the subject, but subsequently it was thought better to incorporate the bill with Lord J. Russell's general education measure, which had unfortu nately fallen through for the session. The schoolmasters, however, might rely upon receiving their s?l..lries up to June, 1854. The Resident Magistrates (Ireland) Bill, the Turnpike Trusts Arrangements Bill, the Sheep, &c., Contagious Diseases Prevention Bill, the Public Libraries (Ireland and Scotland) Bill, the Burgh Harbours (Scotland) Bill, the Elections Bill, and the Sheriffs Courts (Scotland) Bill were read a second time. The Registrar of .Ileetings Bill went through com mittee. The Customs' Duties Bill and the Dublin Parliarnen rary Registration Bill were read a third time and passed. The Stamp Duties Bill was passed through committee. Their Lordships adjourned at a quarter to seven o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TUESDAY, JULY 2G. Mr. LIDDELL presented a petition from the medical profession in Liverpool, praying the house to consider the case of the naval medical officers. GOVERNMENT or INDIA.—The house went again into committee upon the Government of India Bill.—Mr. J. PHILLIMOSE moved to insert a clause, the object of which was to constitute a tribunal to take cognizance of disputes between the Government of British India and native princes, giving an appeal from such tribunal to the Privy Council.—ln the debate which ensued, the case of the Rajah of Sattara, the Rajah of Coorg, and the Ameers of Scinde were commented upon.—The motion was ne gatived.—Mr. V. SMITH moved a clause, enacting that the fixed salary of the President of the Board of Control shall in no case be less than the salary paid to one of her Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, and that only one of the Secretaries to the Board shall be capable of being elected to a seat in Parliament.—Lord PALMERSTON said, there were very good reasons why it was impossible that a President of the Board of Control should, in the ex isting state of things, he a Secretary of State, whose pro vince it was to signify the commands of her Majesty ; but he agreed with Mr. Smith that it was desirable that the President of the Board should be placed, in position and salary, upon the footing of a Secretary of State.--Upon a division the clause was carried by 118 to 31.—Mr. M. MILNES, as a person deeply interested in this measure, be gg ed to tender his thanks to the government for havin g allowed this " one" amendment to pass. (Cheers and laughter.)—Another amendment,respecting theadmission to Addiscombe, was rejected by 103 to 31, and the Chair man reported progress.—Upon resuming the sitting at six o'clock the house was counted out. WEDNESDAY, JULY 27. Mr. ADDERLEY presented a petition from the visiting justices of Preston, and the Committee of Management of Stretton-on.Dunsmore Reformatory School, in favour of the Juvenile Offenders' Bill, and requiring immediate legislation on the subject. THE LONDON CAB STRIKE.—SiT R. K. INGLIS drew attention to the cab strike, and asked the Under-Secretary for the Home Department if he was ready to refer the question to a select committee, with a view to an amend ment of the new Cab Act.—Mr. WALPOLE said the great ground of complaint was the abolition of the back fares. —Mr. Frrzao . v declared that, on the whole, the new Cab Act was worked exceedingly well, and the proprietors were generally satisfied with sixpence a mile ; but cab drivers were sometimes unjustly treated by the public, in being taken long distances beyond the Metropolitan districts, and then discharged, with only the common fare. It was, therefore, proposed to amend the law, so that a cabman should not be compelled to go beyond a distance of five miles, when lie should be entitled to an additional fare, to be fixed by the House, in the event of his being taken out of a certain radius. LUNACY.—The house went into committee on the Lunacy Regulation Bill, and the 154 clauses were agreed to with some verbal amendments. The house next went into committee on the Lunatic Asylums Bill, and the clauses—above a hundred—were agreed to with some verbal amendments. FACTORIES BILL.—On the order for the second reading of this bill, it was suggested that as there was no chance of the bill passing this year, the order should be dis charged.—Mr. COBBETT, who had charge of the bill, said he had consulted the order-book - , and found that there was no open day this session, when the next start could be made, if the bill was read a second time ; he, there fore, thought it best to postpone the bill until next session. The order for the second reading was consequently dis charged. be r finallye reported r p t a e s d s e n d e xt through committee,day. The The Government Duties n was i T o o f o r r l s d e n e s d r e a L d eStto for ill Hire Bill and the Hackney Carriage Duties Bill were read a second time. The house adjourned at a few minutes before 6 o'clock. THURSDAY. JULY 28 The House met at noon. — T so h Tu e itih C e or Hs r eoa a u n se d Atr ß ieo n il d tvi o ee n sd 2) w ß h i e l n l w t a h s e readcHaA CHANCELLOR E r third o time ß a o n f d th e passed. itself SEXCHE QUER Rail way Dis sinetnot committeeNunTtosx.: SEA A uponN Nu T t u e s moved resolutions to the following effect :- 1. That provision be made out of the Consolidated Fund for paying off the stocks of the South Sea Company in respect of which assents to commute shall not have been signified, and for paying to the com pany the amount of their capital not commuted under the act of the present session. 2. That the company be permitted to commute, within, a limited time, the in terest on their stock in respect of shares standing in the names of the Accountant-General of the Courts of Chan cery, of the Accountant in Bankruptcy, and of trustees and others disabled from voting in the General Court of Proprietors, into any of the stocks or securities autho rised to be created by the act of the present session, am'. the Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents (1844), upon such terms as the Lords of the Treasury may see fit to offer, provided the assent of the company be signified within a certain time. 3. That the company be permitted to commute, upon the same terms, the interest in respect of such further amount of their stock as may be required to be invested as a guarantee fund for their administration of private trusts. He explained the reasons why he pro posed to extend this option to stock held in trustees' or joint names, which amounted to the largest portion, whereas, these parties being disabled from voting, the decision of the company was carried by a minority of the property, and he had been informed that a large propor tion of these parties were desirous of the commutation, from which they were precluded by the law. The object of the third resolution was this :—The South Sea Com pany had long entertained a project of undertaking the office of voluntary trustees in private trusts, and a bill was being passed for that object, which required as a condition the establishment of a guarantee fund. The effect of the second and third resolutions was to prevent the necessity of launching upon the money market next year £2,500,000, to be immediately absorbed again. He thought the best course was to enable the Treasury to offer to the parties either the power of accepting the option given by the statute of this session, or the Three-. and-a-Quarter per Cents, created in 1844, which would shortly become a Three per Cent stock. It might, perhaps, be thought that parties who had commuted under the act of this year should be placed upon a similar footing ; but he thought it would lie better to await the result of expe rience, to intrust the Treasury with a discretion, and to deal with this part of the question next session.—Mr. DISRAELI observed, that these resolutions involved very serious considerations. The Chancellor of the Exchequer had expected from his scheme of commutation not less than £lOO,OOO, whereas his plan had entirely failed, the calculations upon which it was framed having proved illu sory. The first resolution merely fulfilled an obligation with creditors, and to that he did not object ; but with respect to the second, he objected to adopting a new scheme to prop up one that had failed. The Chancellor of the Exchequer proposed that a power should be granted to the Government very unusual, if not unprecedented, framing the terms of a financial proposition. In the first place he thought it most unwise to confer upon any mi nister power to enter into a financial bargain of any kind ; and, secondly. the antecedents of the present ministry were not such as to make it an exception to the rule. The wisest course, in his opinion, was to conclude the arrangements as soon as possible, and let it be understood what the loss would be ; and he thought it would be most unwise, at the end of a session, to be patching up a scheme,