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'77 UA,Rcif :31, 1865. hitherto opposed, and which is fraught with fraud and injustice. The motion, . when divested of its Jesuit's bark and I laid b are to or di nary appre h ens i on , means -thi s . The surplus revenue of the protestant ehnrch, " when not re quired for the. Spiritual wants of the church," is, for the first time. since the revolution in 1688, to be placed at the disposal of parliament, and' be, by parliament, ap plied to 'the7" religious and moral instruction of all classes of the community." Parliament,_ or in other words, the House of. Commons, is to decide' as to the necessities of the church', 'and the "spiritual wants" of its 'members, Lord JOHN RUSSELL, JOSEPH HUME, JOHN. GULLY, Dr. •BOWRING, Shrgeon WAKLEY, and the sainted "tail," are to have the power of determining the ; "Wants" of the protestants of Ireland, of augment-. ing or diminishing the supplies of the church, of sitting in judgment upon its labours, of approving or disap- Proving of its ministrations, ,and of .extending or cur tailing. its powers at their.sovereign will and pleasure ! ! If this sort - of :popisluand• infidel inqUisition is to be established . in England it will inflict upon the people many humiliations, and perhaps lead to bloodshed and confiscation. Birt the 'evil doeS 'not end with the vast', "a0(1 inquisitorial .powers demanded by Lord JOHN Rus -BEI4- He _requires that parliament' shall have the Pou'er.of distributing-thosq l funds, which'parliament may declare to be surplus funds. In- other words, parliament is to determine the Amount of revenue to be subtracted from the income of the church, and have the privilege of distributing it in aid of such religious and _moral _pur poses as it may think fit to direct. For instance, the funds called surplus by an omnipotent and irresponsi ble body may be appropriated to support some arrogant and upstart advocate of infidel or unitarian principles in some deserted but usurped chapel: A portion may be given to a few of O'CoNNEI4.'s priestly impostors in Ire land. A few pounds, in shape of largess, may be given to some political hireliligjvho has denounced. an honest voter from the altar.. The proposition of Lord JOHN RusFELL has no other object than to provide a fund ? de- rived from the church, to destroy the church itself, con-, fcr power upon the enemies of religion, encourage hos tility to the institutions of the. country, And undermine, and ultimately destroy the monarchy. We feel satisfied that the intelligent and respectable portion of the people of England have only to'reflect for a very few moments on the crafty designs of Lord JOHN . RUSSF.LL to see that they, aim at spoliation—that they ar e founded in a malevolent hatred of the church— and that they are framed in a spirit. of deliberate fraud. Can any thing be more monstrous than to assume, as the basis of this plundering proposition, that the church of Ireland has or gan have any " surplus revenue." If by any unforeseen changes her tevenues could be •in (Teased, surely they cannot be increased in the ratio of the *ants of Ireland. .Is no difference to be recognised between popery and protestantism ? Is it of no. cop_ sequence to give to the-Roman Catholics of -that island R spiritual education ?—to disinfect their depraved minds from the thraldom, the helplessness, and the desolation of idolatry ?—to raise them in the scale of humanity, and make them more amenable to law, reason, and the max ?ins of christianity—maxims they have never been tauglit —law they disobey—reason they do not comprehend ? If this moral and spiritual yevolution be not ruled to be. desirable, we give up our case. But we contend - that the first duty of an enlightened christian is to make,all the available ievenne of the Irish church applicable to the extension of protestant principles and Christian duties. The statesman who asserts the contrary may be a block head, but he is also an enemy of peace, charity, moral ity, and real religion. He may simply be a candidate for,place, but still he is a firebrand in a peaceful country. Lord Jortil RussELL is a disappointed man of a very small mind, but yet be is capable of doing much mis chief. He may.not see to what terrible extremities his Principles •lead. But it is no excuse for our apathy that he is destroying the houSe of RUSSELL. The revenues of the church of England were secured to her for the pur Puse of propagating the principles of the reformed faith. The property Of the dukedom of BEDFORD was given to the house of Ri/SSELL, avowedly in recompense of its ser- vices in the cause of the reformed religion. Parliament, therefore, has no mote right to touch the one descrip tion of property than it has to touch the other. The Aids and revenues of the church are the property of the - ehurch. The lands and revenues of Tavistock Abbey and Covent Garden were the grants of royalty ; and the frequent invasions of their charters, for the sake of profit, by the RUSSELLS, particularly in regard to the "seven acres," where the most wretched part of the metropolis now stands, were violations of law. Had.the house of RUSSELL been restricted to the conditions of their origi nal grants, they would not have been worth one hondredth part of their present, income. This, however, by the way. Lord JOHN RUSSELL has not yet reached the dream of restoration. He is only Playing the part of one of the Gadshill robbers in the Present parliament, " Pethee, lend me thy lantern," Rays Lord JOHN. "11l see thee hanged first," answers Sir RonERT PEEL. The noble lord, flattered by very sorry purse-takers, fancies himself qualified to be prime minister and the leader of the House of Commons. Poor poet! He forgets that Lord STANLEY has.bigher claims, and that he is only endured because his ambition, being turned into a'channel of party annoyance, gives no offence, simply because - ft can create no jealousy. He is a respectable faggot;, he is an useful drudge ; but as a star, or as a leader, if there were the slightest hope of change, Lord JOHN would be kicked into the first conve nient horse-pond, and there extinguished and forgotten. But the question comes—what is Sir ROBERT PEEL, to do in the event of his defeat bra majority of the house upon Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S motion ? We do not fear such defeat; but still having, in common with the nation generally, reason to repose the utmost confidence in the Professions, the measures, and the talents of the right honourable baronet, we are most anxious that his fade- Pendence as a minister, and the ultimate success of his conservative and enlightened principles, should not be tliWarted or compromised by any factious vote of the House of Comawns. Sir RointaT.PEEL is the only man in whose hands the interests and institutions of England are safe: He is disposed to make large and liberal con cessions—and to the utmost extent of liberality and con ciliation we are prepared to follow and support him ; but if. on this question,. involving the very existence of the church and the preservation of the supremacy of the pro testant religion, he should succumb to the majority of the 'louse of Commons, led by men who are the ene ' mies of the church, we frankly telli the right honourable baronet that, come what may, we cannot, we must not, We will not support him ! He has with him the hearts of all good Englishmen. He has, in ease of defeat, a-sure, a noble, a glorious re medy in his own hands, The. country is delighted with his yet immattned but initiated measures. His tithe commutation bill—his dissenters' bill—his Irish compul- sory commutation bill—his legal reform bill—have gained Lint the cordial, grateful, and harmonious approbation of the people at large. He must not therefore make any compromise with Lord JOHN. He would sink inealcula ply in public estimation. if he did. The House of Com mons underwent a wholesome purgation at the last elec. tion. Taking all , the whips, quacks, infidels, and unitarians into account, there were at least one hundred and fifty members who were dispossessed. of their seats. That was alarge blessing. Still there are from-fifty. to 'twenty members-=we do not include the " tair—whO hare no pretensions whatever, either on the score ..of talent or respectability, to sit in that house. A new flectinn would rid 'us . of these worthy patriots, and send the - tn back to pursue, it not a more honest, atleast a more useful calling in the.eountry. In carefully looking over the lists we find room for at least forty conservatives that 'night have been returned in January last if they had had the courage to offer themselVes., Lord Joma RUSSELL has most effectually destroyed every remnant of reputa tion which might haVe belonged to the Whig party. Ma coalition with O'CONNELL and HUME has convinced every intelligent man, that his motives are factious, that his views are selfish, that his whole conduct in opposition is base and malignant. There was a time when Lord J ° ll N -RUSSELL was held in high estimation by a large t'ofly of dissenters ? but he bas most deservedl, lost their confidence. - Sir RonEnT PEEL has done more for - the dissenters during the few 'days he "has been in office than Lord JonN did iu the four years of . the Whig. adminis tration. Now, then, is the tiriie to strike another blow. The nation is tired of faction, of political and party squab bling, of personal invectives,of angry taunts, of " vulgar insolence," of nightly exhibitions of bravado and men dacity If the vote of last night, therefore, or of to-night, or of to-morrow night, be against ministers, we sincerely hope that such measures will be adopted as shall expedite i a second appeal .to the people at large. There can be no mistake now as to the intentions or the policy of Sir ROBERT PEEL. Whoever doubted or suspected him a few weeks ago can do so no. longer. He is supported by the country. He has no majority to contend against except in the House of Commons ; and if the people will it, as we believe they are inclined to do, that majo rity would very speedily be reduced to an insignificant. minority. If, the people, contrary to our conviction,l should not so act, then to revolution we must come—a i• sweeping, a terrible revolution—an upturning of the ridges, a removal of the, landmarks, a sifting of the debt, a confiscation of:the crown, church, and abbey lands— i a robbery of tbe.national creditor, the lay imrropriator, the. pensimier, the sinecurist, and last of all, THE POOR, in the total abolition of the poor laws. If we are to have revolution THE SOONER IT COMES THE BETTER. I Our attention has been called to a bill introduced into the House of Commons, for the purpose of "regu lating the carriage of passengers in merchant vessels . frOm the united kingdom to the British possessions on the continent, and islands of, North America." It has already been printed by order of the house. As we are inclined to, believe that the bill has originated in mis take, we'are unwilling to speak of it as its enactments demand, until we are favoured with some additional information, Tile trade of carrying emigrants to Ame rica has b e en runclOtbused, and the poor people sub jected to cruelties and .oppressions beyond belief. But the evil which requireS the speediest remedy has little or no connexion with emigration directly to the North American colonies. The law does not regulate the car riage of passengers to the United States. Thousands of these persons go first to New York en route to Canada, and tliere is no law by which they can be pro tected from extortion and fraud, from starvation or dreadful sufferings during the passage: The same may be said of the emigrant trade to New South %Vales, the Cape of Good Hope, and other settlements. We throw out these hints for the present, proinising to recur to the subject. ••••••INI It is with great reluctance that we bring the conduct of the Reverend - EDWARD HULL once more before the public. But he has himself solely to blame. He has chosen to cast reflections upon ,several if not all of: the gentlemen who . form the committee of management of the Asylum fog the Blind, and it is bard to expect that they.should submit to undeserved censure, and coarse attacks, in silenCe. It is a pity that the reverend gentle. man has no sensible advisers, or that having them he should scorn their counsel, thereby showing the world . that a vain man is generally his own detractor; and that Mr. HULL is Mr. HuLL's'worst enemy. HiS conduct before the committee alluded to .has alrAdy been the-subject of public remark, and it is now a matter of notoriety anything but favourable to Mr. HULL - or the interests of the charitable institution out of whose funds be is so amply and, as we think, extrava gantly provided for. Not content with attacking these gentlemen at the committee board and through the me dium of the newspapers, the reverend gentleman has printed what is called a report of his speech, which he' has, in rather a sinister way, circulated among his friends and acquaintanee. This we take leave to say is not only a disingennous.but even a dishonourable mode of attack ing private gentlemen equally if not fully as respectable as . himself. . Mr. HULL states that he has been "grossly misrepre sented by a member of the body," meaning thereby a member of the committee of management.. In another place he . says The resolution having been _rejected by the committee; I requested that my name might be withdrawn froth . the committee, as I considered that an imputation had been cast upon my honour, and that I had been trtossrx INSULTED'- " • These are hard words indeed. Those who do not know Mr. Hum: as well as we do will very naturally imagine that he has been an extremely ill-used man— that he has received some deep affront—that he has suf fered sonic grievous wrong. All this is a mere phantOm conjured up by thereverend gentleman himself ; for the gross insult is like Puffs story of a broken leg and seven motherless - children; upon which he had subsisted for nearly half a year. Ail the injury which Mr. HULL has sustained is the revocation of a 'very impertinent resolu tion entered upon the waste book of the instittition at his request. When this was done—and it was done unanimously —not a single remark was offered by any of the gentlemen present. It was Proper that such a reso lution should not be suffered to remain even in the ob scure corner where he had placed it. It was,-therefore, blotted out, and hence the gross insult ! After this the public will be able to appreciate the Serious complaints of Mr. HULL. We would advise him to - - take some soothing syrup and remain quiet for the next three months. This fretting, fuming, and making mountains out . Of erums is not calculated to minister to his serenity or usefulness- It only makes him ridiculous, and gives occasion to those to laugh who would other wise pity, him. Our friendly advice, he may depend upon it, is the best after all. . . . LIOri.XJ) ON LATEST NEWS. • #. City, Irql-peat Seven o'clock, Saturday Evening., We understand that Lord Eliot has been dispatched by our government to Don uartos, with propositions for the evacuation of Spain, and also with a►► expression of the determination of the English cabinet, in conjunction with France, to put an end to the unnatural contest prevailing in the peninsula, a contest ;n which the sanguinary massacres perpetrated speak far. more of the character of the savage than of that of civilized man. We also learn, this. afternoon, that intelligence has reached Paris entirely contradicting the reported illness of Mina. This man of blood, it a ppears, ►s so far from ill, that he was preparing a grand blow of slaughter, and hrd formed plans for carrying on his war of extermination-upon a larger scale than heretofore. A notice hasbeen issued by our Postoffice this afternoon, to the effect thattnewspapers to and fro►n Colombia, including La Guayra, CaracCas, Cttrthagena, Bogota, &c, may. be forwarded by the Jamaica packet free of any charge of postage. Accounts fratn St. Lucia state, th:►t ►n consequence of the docaplaintiirom Guadaloupe and Martinique, as well as the consequent inconvenience to the island, the governor had issued a proclamation stating, that any slave escaping From any foreign colony to St. Lucia, would, upon conviction, .he subject to no, prisonmeut and hard labour fur _a period of not more than six mouths, nor less than two. . . Within the last day or two money has been scarcer than during the last week, and the proceedings of " the faction" have not been calculated to inspire the capitalist with confidence. The nVional securities have accordingly been flat, the price of Consols for money having touched upon 911 sellers. and for the account upon 91g. The market ,has however been firmer to day, and the closing price was 914. Our foreign market has been similarly affected, but has also rallied, and the' of the various securities arc given in the (Alicia' lists as follows: Bank Stock shut 3 per Cont. Reduced - .... shut 3 per Cent. Consols.... 911 3% per Cent. Gonsols .. shut per Cent. Reduced New 3 34 per; Cents...,:. 99.1 India Bonds 22 Exchequer Bills 37 39 Long Annuities shut Consuls for Act. .. 911 92 94 7 Belgian 1(0.1 - 4 Brazilian Chilian Columbian 391 pi- 40 Danish shut Dutch 5 per Cents 102 i 31 I Do. 21 per Cents .....551 1 Mexican 4- • Portuguese 9lf t Spanish .... ... 641 51 s , Il ' Russian Scrip, 7 4. 8 1 ti Tho Rev. Richard 'Williams, M. 'A of Liverpool, and late Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, has been appointed head master of the Watomar School at - Wigan, by the trustees of that ancient institution. SOMETHING MYSTERIOUS.—The Dublin correspondent of the Morning Herald communicates the following, which he says is likely to give employment to the gentlemen of the long I.i - die: " A few months ago, an eminent merchant in this city, who, together with his lady, was remarkable for the profuse lavishing of his money towards 'Oman Catholic charities, has, much to the surprise and consternation of the mercantile woi Id, stopped' payment. Oaa meeting of the credifors it was discovered, in addition to the vexation of the assets being much less than what might have been reasonably expected, that a very large sum of money—alleged to be the properly of the lady—had been so vested in a religious Society of ladies, that to lay a finger on it seemed wholly out of the question. However, cane of the cre ditors, an attorney, thought otherwise, and forthwith prepared to take such measures as would be most likely to recover th cash from the pious sisters ; and as a foretaste of his intentions ; he laid a detainer on the body corporate of one of the highest functionaries of the lloraish church, who, it appears, had medi= toted a continental trip pending the disclosures likely to he rep veuled by this singular transacte.n, as his reverence's evidence is considered to be of the utmost importance," THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.. GLEANINaS iTROM THE NEW YORK PAPERS . . The gentlemen of the press in America are favoured with a richuvss of language and a redundancy ,of ...meta phor, 'which, to say.theleast of them, are highly amus ing. It is true that the flowers so used are not selected with much taste, and do not grow under the advantages of superior cultivation; but we have no 'right to com plain: ' Grapes do not grow on thistles. The New York Journal of Commerce, of 23d February (we like to be particular about dates), contains the foli lowing " affair of honour," which it professes to extract from, a, Mississippi paper. The standard of manners must be exquisite and refined to a very high degree, wiieie two black rascals, not quite so respectable, and not one hundredth part SO intelligent as a London costermonger, appeal to the duOlo. But hereare :the important parti culars. It will be seen that the,character and reputaticn of a portion of the newspaper press were very nearly compromised by the rencontre. " An apology is due to our patrons in town for the nondelivery of our paper on the last publication day. Our carrier, Alfred, a coloured man, had an unfortunate inisundetatanding with another servant, which terminated in an " affair of honour" between the parties. " They met with pistols at five paces, loaded with three balls, and both tired nearly at 'the same instant. Alfred received a severe wound in the ri-glit arm, after which both parties express ing their entire satisfaction, the affair terminated." The state of travelling by the - mails is thus described by the same journal. 'We can understand why a mail should be delayed, but how the last should come in before thei first is a puzzler. What is meant by " the black pony" we regret we are unable to tell. " The mails are iu a very disordered state. We get a dozen from New Orleans, half a dozen from Mobile, and nearly as many from Savannah and Charleston,—THOSE WHICH sin . OUT LAST OFTEN ARRIVE FIRST. We do not believe that since the Wretched administration of Mr. Barry commenced, the mails througheut the country have at any time been in a worse con dition than they are now. The black pony is loudly called for." During a storm, alias a " blow," in a town called Liberty, a man of the name of Hall is killed. On a serious matter of this kind modest and homely language would, according to our taste, be most befitting. The Americans however think differently, and they cannot allow an accident to pass over without indulging in a piece of genuine pathos. Mr. Hall is described as " having fallen a victim to the wind." A Dr. Samuel S. Pool, while skating on Little river, was suddenly precipita.tedinto a hole and drowned. The moral from this is, that Pools should avoid Holes— if pos sible! The Americans have menaced France with war. By what follows it would appear that hostilities have already begun, but this sort of warfare is certainly the safest, if not the most natural. We copy from the journal of 24th February;— "We cannot forbear mentioning, though with very deep morti ficatinn, an incident of Saturday, which reflects great discredit upon a portion of our population. It was this :—On the land ing of the French officers from the ship at Castle Garden, be tween one and two o'clock, a mob assembled at the foot of the bridge to oppose their coming on shore. It was a baSe raga muffin- crew of buys anti universal suPage voters, who threw them selves in the way of the officers, nod assailed them with insult ing exclamations, crying,." Down with the Frenchmen," "don't let-them come," " drown them! !" &c. &c. The officers were on, their way to the consul general, who resides at the Battery, and the mob accompanied them thither, to the amount of 7 or 800. " M. Le Forest was at the office of the consulate at the time, to which place a part of the mob continued their course. Their rude and ruffian cries were continued at his house for a time, and M. Le Forest represented the case to the Mayor, whose deportment on the occasion was such as might have been ex pected from that officer, who is alike a gentleman in his feelings and conduct. . . • "The feelings of these strangers,—gentlemen themselves, and attached to a most honourable service,,---were of course deeply injured from such a reception from the old friends and allies of their own country. They knew not what to make of such a popular outbreaking in as time of peace, and in a country boast ing so much of its intelligence and orderly character. But the Most satisfactory representations have been made to them, and the subject is now, as we have reason to believe, understood in its true light." How anxious the writer is to represent that this dis graceful proceeding was the work of boys and "universal suffrage voters." Are we to infer from this that these sort of voters are ruffians. But .where were the men— the genuine repnblicans—the molitt and correct eitizenS, when the boys, and the " universal suffrage voters" were insulting the French officers? About this the less that is asked or told the better. But let ns,.take a leap from New York to New Orleans, and see how men and manners progress in that locality. We at once light upon,a rich scene in the assembly of the state. In our own beautiful Rouse of Commons members occasionally accuse each • other •of uttering falsehoods, which certainly is very indecorous; but our honourable representatives do not yet carry horse pistols with them to assist at their 'deliberations. The scene is thus described by a native : NEW ORLEANS, FEB. s.—On the 3d inst., about the hour that the House of Representatives were to be called to order, the speaker, Mr. Alcee Labranche, entered the hall, when he was assailed by John R. Grymes, Esq., who raised his cane to strike him. Mr. Labranche, to defend himself, drew a small pocket pistol, which he discharged at his assailant without effect. Mr. Gryrces thereupon drew - from his bosom a horse pistol, which he levelled at Mr. Labranche, and fired. The pistol proved to hate been loaded with a ball and buckshot. l'he ball Passed between two members, grazed the forehead of Mr. C. Lavergne, a member, and entered the wall of the hall. Two of the buckshot took effect, and were lodged in the arm and hand of Mr. Labranche. These are all the details of the affair necessary to make it perfectly understood. It is, in itself, an outrage the most un pardonable; for whatever may have been Mr. Grymes' cause of grievance, he cannot, by any argument or pretext, excuse himself in having entered the legislative hall to.attack one of its members, the. speaker, with pistolOhns showing a disre spect to that whole body—to the state—and, indeed, endanger ing thedives of other persons disconnected with the affair. In the house, yesterday, the committee on the affray pre sented a report and resolutions to the effect that the speaker deliver to the sergeant-at-arms his mandate for the appearance before the house of John R. Grymes, that he might be heard in his defence, and the judgment of the house be passed upon his conduct. We take the following from the Joicrnal of Commerce, or the 11th February : RIOT IN CINCINNATI.—We regret lo learn by the Cincinnati -Journal that a serious riot occurred in that city a short time since, on the occasion of the consecration of the catholic chapel. It appears that Dr. Alexander Duncan, (a member of the Ohio senate,) happened to be standing in the street through which the procession passed, and not aware that the rules of their church require every person to uncover his head in the pre sence of the bishop on such occasions, he neglected to take off his hat. On the arrival of the procession opposite to where he stood, he was requested to uncover his head immediately. He replied that he was in a public street, and that how mush soever be respected the forms and ceremonies of the catholic religion, it ill comported with his dignity as an American citizen to do homage to au man. On saying this he was immediately sur rounded by a large number of those in the procession, his hat forcibly torn from his head, his clothes torn, and himself beaten in a most shocking manner. Several other persons who had the hardihood to stand in the presence of a foreign bishop with their hats on, shared the same fate with Dr. Duncan. By the counts in the papers there was a good deal of excitement on the subject, and fears were entertained that another Charlestown scrape would he the result." Such is popery in the land of liberty . 1 When we call to mind that the Roman catholics of the United States are chiefly Irish, or of Irish descent, we see what these persons would do in England if they had the power. In America ti free citizen is ordered to nncover his head, in the open streets, to a vular priest who is called a "bishop." This is certainly "going the whole hog." Englishmen would be compelled to undergo the same humiliations if they were to give further power to the bigots of the Romish church in Ireland. It is a comical kind of freedom in a free republic whiCh insists upon a senator taking off his hat to a walking juggler; and it is a particular sort of liberty which kicks and bruises the said senator for refusing to obey the insolent order. : If these tricks are to be tolerated, America is even a worse country than we suspected, and will be the most enslaved and degraded one on the face of the earth. • LIVERPOOL POLICE REPORT. FEUD tY.Lßefore the MAYou and Alderman P. BourtNE Roeaens FROM A SHOP.—A young man of respectable ap pearance, named 'Wolf Rees, was charged with stealing a quan tity of pencil cases, the property of Messrs. Keudatl, fancy ware dealers in Lord-street. W. H. Brocksop stated that he was- in the employ of. Mr. Kendall. He had on Thursday been cicauing some silver pen cil.clses, and, having. done so, put theta aside into one of the glass cases in the shop. Prisoner came in and purchased some steel pens. Witness went to the cash-clerk for some change tar hint; leaving him standing by the counter.. .The moment prisoner quitted the shop witness missed the pencil-cases, and gave the alarm. The police were set "on the look-out", for prisoner; and, while they were looking for him, he, instead of snaking himself scarce, returned to the shop; he was kept in chat while a policernAn was sontfor, who apprehended him there and then, much to his surprise. On his person were found the duplicates for six pencil-cases, which he had pledged for six shillings. The selling value of each case was .2s. 9d. _ Elliot, the constable who apprehended the. prisoner,. stated that he denied the theft, saying that he had purchased the pen cil-cases last Tuesday, _ _ The prisoner said he had dealt at Mr. Kendall's for eighteen months, and purchased pens and pencils from hint at various times. It was true that he had stolen the pencil-caseit in ques tion, but he pledged his veracity that it was the tirst accident of the sort which had ever befallen him.—Coutinitted fOr trial. Biicrrn ruffianly - teams, named Peter Disley, was brought up on a warrant charging him withas.saelting Wm. Henry Woods, the .son of a marine: storekeeper in Tithebarn street. "The complainant's father said that ho had desired ,his son, when persons brought anything fur sate to the shop in wit.• ness's absence, strictly to interrogate th m, and if necessary to detain them.. :Witness was out on the. previous day, and the prisoner came to offer a brass stand for sale, and on tieing asked by the lad how he became possessed of it, the prisoner lilted the stand, and struck him severely on the head. The Complainakt corroborated his father's statement, .and the Prisoner was fined Is. and costs Alderman Bourne informing 'Urn, that. had he not understood him to have a wife and six children he would have fined him £5. . . _•. _ _ SAWURD A Y.—Before the MAyoa and Alderman p. Bova NR SCARCITY JF ROGUES.—The magistrates to-day had little business to transact, owing to an unusual scarcity of rogues in the bridewells. The charges were fewer in number than has been the ease for some time back, and not a single prisoner was sent to Bridewell. _ YisTiens.v.-L(Refore the MAYOR and Sir THOS.BRANCKER.) ROBBERY IN MANCHESTER.—A cadaverous looking foreigner, said to be a Spaniard, respectably attired, calling himself Jusias de San Martin Suche, was brought before Sir Thomas Braucker in the private room, charged on suspicion of having committed a serious robbery at the Royal lintel, in Manchester. From the evidence of James Sorley, one of the Manchester police officers it appeared that the prisoner and another foreigner were stayink at the above hotel on Saturday night last, where they slept... On 'the- Sunday morning: a gentleman, named Taylor, of London, who slept in an adjoining room to the prisoner's, dis covered that in the course of the night some person 11:01 entered his bed-room, opened his portmanteau, and stole therefrom sixty three sovereigns.. The prisoner and his friend having left the hotel suddenly for Liverpool,' suspicion tell upon him, and Soi , . ley;the officer, was dispatched in pursuit. After a search through the principal inns, the prisoner was found at the Angel:llin, in Dale-street. When taken into custody he pretended- to have no knowledge of the English. language; but it was stated that during his sojourn at the Royal Hotel, Manchester, he spoke English very well. These circumstances having been stated, the officer applied for leave to take the prisoner before the Man chester magistrates, which was granted. The police are on the look-out for the prisoner's :friend, and there is every reason to suppose, from a clue-they have received, that he will be appre hended. The prisoner, on arriving at the hotel here, said that he was direct from London. . . • aAI •-••••4•,.. A hungry looking ,• thief, • -well-known to .the police, named James Carney, was charged with stealing a fine piece.of beef, the property of a butcher, in Pitt-street. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner was anxious to treat himself to a sub= stantial " tuck-out "on the Sunday, and not having the need ful to obtain one legitimately, he sneaked up to the complainant's shop, grappled with the beef, and succeeded in taking It. Whilst bearing off- the prize, as the prisoner thought in triumph, a young-lad observed his movements, and called out "Butcher, take stock of your beef.' , The prisoner, who bad proceeded about twenty yards from the shop, on hearicg this returned and placed the beef on the - counter again, saying that he had only taken it in a lark. • The butcher could not comprehend the lark, and gave the prisoner into custody: The prisoner, in his de fence, persisted in urging that the whale affair was a joke, and said that had he stole a _piece of beef he could never have looked a caw in the face. .Unfortunately he was recognized by the police as an old offender, and the magistrates committed hint for trial. _ _ JUVUNLI.R DELINQUENTS.—Four disorderly girls, not more than 13 or 14 years old each, and two lads about the same age, who live by robbery, were remanded on a charge of house rob bery, and of picking a gentleman's pocket of his watch. THE LIVERPOOL MEDICAL INSTITUTION. To those who have watched the increase of literary and scien tific institutions in this town it must be a matter of snrprisethat we do not possess one devoted to the sciences connected with the various branches ,of the medical ,profes.sion , Au attempt, however, is now making to supply this deficiency, which we hope will be successful. In order to further the views of the Liverpool medical prac titioners the Corporation has, with its accustomed liberality and anxiety for the promotion of all objects of a beneficial tendency, granted a piece of land in,Duke-street for the site of a building to be erected .for the purpose of forming a " 111edical ,The objects contemplated by its founders are thus de scribed in a circular signed by Dr. Rutter, the treasurer pro tem. . For the reception and preservation of the medical library, which has existed for upwards of ball a century, and has now increased to such a magnitude as to be of very great value to the profession. During the period Above mentioned it has been requisite several Ones to remove the library front one place to another, and the committee of the library have sometimes en countered considerable difficulty in finding ,a proper place for, itts reception... 2. For holding general meetings of professional men, for meetings of medical societies , and for the occasional delivery of lectures. 3. For a pathological museum, 4. For the residence of a librarian. These are, and have been from the first, the only objects and purposes intended by the erection of such a building, and it is pot now, nor ever has been. the' intention of those who proposed this plan to establish anything resembling a College of Medi cine in Liverpool. The funds of the Medical Library Soci:•ty applicable to the purposes of the propesed institution amount, we understand, to about £BOO. They have recently been further increased by a munificent donation of £3OO from Dr. Rutter, who has inti mated his readiness to add another, of considerable amount, provided his efforts, and those of his professional brethren in furtherance of this object, be seconded by the gentlemen of the town who are Usually foremost in the support of works of general or local utility.. The sum required over and above what has already been subsCribed will not, exceed 1::1 0 0 0 .. The advantages.of an institution calculated to promote the successful study of the healing art are too obvious to require any t very lengthened argument in its support. In the establishment of a succession of well educated medical practitioners the whole community, without reference to sect in religion or party in po litics,, is deeply, interes'ed. We have. therefore, great pleasure in recommending the Liverpool Misclleal instiitttiott to the at tention dont teadetsi ACCIDENT TO TWO STEAM vnsms.—LOSS OF LIFE. On Friday last - an inquisition was taken before Mr. Pow nail, one of the bailiffs and coroner for the borough, on view of the body of James Bourne, a boy of fifteen years of age, who met With his'dcath by two steam vessels unfortunately coming in contact..--'-It appears that on Wednesday night, about "ten o'clock,- the Queen of the Isle, steamer, outward bound for the Isle of Man, came in contact with the Irishman, steamer, in ward bound from Drogheda. The accident took place about two miles from the Rock-perch Lighthouse. Both vessels had lights up at the time, and the people on board of both state, that they . took the usual precautions to prevent them from coin ing in contact. The precautions failed, howeser. A dreadful concussion ensued. The Queen of the Isle struck the Irishman just before the paddle-box, carried away the houses on the deck, the paddle-beam, and engine, and caused much damage on board the vessel. The cook-house, which is immediately be fore the paddle-box was smashed to pieces, and the cook, James Bourne, killed on the spot, and the leg and the thigh of a pas senger,were beoken. The Irishman, though seriously damaged in her upper works, did not make any water. The Queen of the Isle took her in tow and brought her into port in safety. Captain HeaneV, of the Irishman, and several 'of the crew were examined otiching the deceased's death, and the cause which unfortunately produced it. They were also cross-ex amined on the part of Captain Quayle, of the Queen of the Isle, for the purpose of eliciting that the fatal accident had not been caused by, any culpable neglect on his part. Whilst the wit nesses maintained, that every thing had been done to keep the Irishman clear of the Queen of the Isle, they seemed to think that, the same exertion had not been made to keep the. Queen of the Isle clear of the Irishman. Captain Heaney said that, having starboarded his helm, and finding that his vessel did net get much out of the way of the one of which he had seen the light, he ordered it to. be put hard a-starboard, and immediately stopped his engines. Witnesses *ere then examined on behalf of Captain Quayle. Their evidence went to show, that, as soon as the light of the Irishman had been seen, the• usual precautions were taken to keep the two vessels clear of each other, the engines having been stopped, and the helm put hard a-starboard, in which state it was, when the Queen of the Isle struck the Irishman. The witnesses,seemed to think, that if the Irishman had held on her course as when they first saw het, she would have passed a quarter of a mile on the larboard' how of the Queen of the Isle. Six minutes might have elapsed from the time the light was descried until the rwo vessels struck. When first seen, the Irishman was, according to the steersman of the Queen of the Isle, about a point on the latter's larboard cat-head. As she neared Captain Quayle ordered linn to port his helm a little; and two or three minutes must have elapsed from the time he ported the helm and the striking of the steamers. The engi neer deposed, that, seeing the Irishman alter her course, and apprehending danger, he went below, and immediately after wards received orders to stop the engine, which he had effected about a minute and a half before the vessels .struck. lie was then ordered to reverse the Queen of the Isle, but the vessel would not reverse in consequence of his having stopped her so instantaneously. Fle was sure the paddle-wheels were not go ing when the vessels struck. Mr. M`Bride, the Master of the Clarence Dock, bore evidence to the sobriety of Captain Quayle on leaving the dock and to his skill as a commander. The jury retired, and, after consulting about ten minuies, re turned a verdict of Accidental Death, and laying a deudand of £lO on the Queen of the Isle. We feel an extraordinary degree of pleasure in giving in sertion to the following document, s►gne.i by the pr►ncipal passenoers , on board, _when the' accident occurred : `Mona's at Sea, March 26, 1835.. We, the undersigned, who were cabin passengers on board - the Queen of the Isle, do certify., that the accident which happened between the Queen of the Isle and the steamer Irishman,' near the Rock Light, at the entrance of the river Mersey, on the evening of the 25th instant, did not occur in consequence - of any neglect or mis management of Captain Quayle, of the Queen of the Isle, but was occasioned by the steamer Irishman altering her course, and running across the bows of the Queen of the Isle, when there was neither room nor time for the Queen of the Isle to clear the Irishman.—Peter Tessier, master mariner, London; B. 8.. Jones, Castletown : James Lewin ; H. N. Carrington; M. H. Quay - le;' William Brown,:Troon; John Moore; G. H. Edwards, (I hate affix my name as my opinion only;) Richard Hammond; John Rees; George Mann; Arthur Johnston; Edward Gelling; and It. Gelling:"—From the Mona's Herald ry . Friday, : THE POPE'S VISIT TO IRELAND. TO THR EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD Stn,—Having seen the truth of a . paragraph with which I some. time since furnished you, respecting the pope's visit to Ireland, questioned in a Dublin iicwspaper,the Evening Post, I think, and in anotherpaper, the Freeman's lbernal, flatly denied, 1 beg distinctly to state to you that the onus of the untruth does not rest on me; and I again repeat that I, no matter how, got a peep at a letter from " James Tuam," addressed to a friend of his in Liverpool, and extracted fruits it, word for word, the pa ra.graph as published by you. Had the letter been a sufficient time in my possession i should have copied the whole of it, but this not being the case I extract ed only that part which I conceived to be the roost important. But, now that the Dublin papers have had the effrontery to con tradict the truth of my communication, I beg leave to furnish you with the seNtance of what Mr. M'llale also wrote to his " friend,". which was to the effect—that the said visit was earnestly solicited by a leading member oOthe late adininistra tion,.and that, although a change had taken place in his majes ty's councils, yet his holiness did not see that that circumstance should cause him to depart from his first resolution, which was, to accept the inVitatiou... At the same time, Dr.' M`Hale ventured his own modest opinion on the-matter. He nearly, so far as my recollection serves me, expressed himself in words its follows : " I feel convinced that ere his holiness sets foot on our shores the good cause .will be triumphant, that the protestant usurpers (USURPERS was his word) will be replaced by men who know the true interests of the country, and amongst whom must be the ever-glorious O'Connell." Let Mr. M•Hale deny this if he can. He may jesuitically say it is untrue, but can lie say he did nut write a letter such as I have stated he did? If untrue, pray who is the authOr of the untruth? Why, the doctor himself!-1 am, sir, one Who, though not of your polities, vet A CONST l ANT EADER OF YOUR PAPER. Tile LAW OP LIBEL.—In our assize reports the reader will discover annther specimen of the liberality of the radical school; Mr. Edmund Grundy—the - disciple of Cobbett and friend of the people—availing himself of the cruel poster at present conceded against the. press by the libel law, having been assailed in a squib, which Was perfectly innocuous and fair as an electioneer ing weapon, has Commenced his action against-'—not the author, though he was generally known—but the unfortunate printer, a man (Ave presume) in }lmbic life and small means, whiise only offence *As that he printed and published the offensive docu ment. Fortunately, Lowever, the merits, of the case were' ad judicated by twelve men who knew the value of an unshackled Press, and it is very probable that instead of gaining, Mr. Grund, may be "out of pocke " by his motion. We hope that the kimni may &It bd thrown away.—Maiichester INTERESTING AND MELANCHOLY N-AttroafvE The following Melancholy narrative • of the priyatiOns and sufferings of Lieutenant Harmer, and a boat's crew of his majesty's ship Sparrowhawk, Captain Pearson, wilt be read with much interest : " Whilst the Sparrowhawk was lying in August last at Port Louis, one of the Falkland Isles, an account was brought that part of the crew of the brig Mars, Of London, from Van Die man's Land,.hoine•vard bosud, were in a boat idthe neighbour- hood, unable to make •any farther exertion to teach the port, and had left four of their comrades on a distant islar2d, being prevented taking them on board he the mad size of the boat. Lieutenant •Harmer (the senior lieutenant), with Mr. Haves, midshipman, - and four seamen, Volunteered to go in. search of these suffering people in this dreadrid and severe climate, and accordingly they left the Sparrowbawk in Pert Louis, Berke ley sound. on the Grim of Septemberlast, in a small scaling boat. • In fifteen days, after enduring . great hardships' from the storms and' cold weather, they reached *pot cm the mainland,. whence tne - y imagined they might discover the position of the island they were in search of; and accordingly Lieutenant Har mer, Mr. Hayes, andlWo seamen, landed with a spy-glass and compass to reconnoitre and survey, leaving two men to take care of the boat. But horrible to relate, froM the, nattention of one - of these men, the boat was allowed to get adrift to sea with only one man in her. In a short time the poor fellow in the boat was observed to be doing his best to bring her back under sail; but lie upset her, and was shortly after seen to be swept firer the wreck. Who grail represent. the feelings of those on shore, without the means of sustaining life, and cut off from every.resoUrce; not having any Means . of making fire, and provided with nothing bat three knivea, every thing having been - left in the boat! However, nit the 21st of September, they pushed on Co. the settlement, at Hertz:trey Sound, distant, as they luprosed shunt 011"tfundred miles—the country moun tainous and swampy, and the cold intense, so much so that their clothes adhered to each other when huddled together for the night, On 'the 2d of October one man' could go no farther, and Lieutenant Harmer remained with him. Mr: Hayes and three others went on; hut in a short time one of thein:rethrned, not having power to go any farther. They had - nothing to support life, but occasionally dead birds which they:tpund, andanpels; Once they caught a calf and another time they foUnd tr gooie's nest with - five eggs. On the 15th of October, Lieutenant Harmer and his two comrades reached Salvador Bay, Where the Sparrowhawk boat was discovered, she having been despateheji on the arrival of Mr. Haves and one man at the settlement after almost unheard of priyhtion— their lives having beenpreserved at the expense of one of their companions, who, unable to keep with them from being utterly reduced, was sacrificed for the support of the others:" But for this dreadful alternative they would never have reaches! Port Louis . to givelhe tidings of the dreadful plight in which Lieut. Harmer and the two men were left. " When Mr. Hayes was taken on hoard the Sparrowhawk, his weight was only seventy patinas, arid Lieutenant Harmer was found very nearly as much rkinced. - Mr: Hayes was shock ingly frost-kitten; but when the accounts left the SparroWliawk at , 4io Janeiro, on the 15thbor - Novembei; all the sutferets Were doing well. It is also gratifying to know, that the Purr remain ing of the crew of the Mars, for whose relief this unfortunate ex pedition under Limit: Harmer was undertaken.. - were Miracu lously rescued by •an American sealing •schoonei, - nail put on board the Sparrowhawk." There can be no doulft but the Lords of the Admiralty will immediatelY perform the agreeable duty of ressrdinir these un fortunate of licers and crew for the Manner in which" they per formed their duty under such peculiar circumstances. MURDERS BY POISONING. The town of Burnham Market, in Norfolk, and the Vicinity,. for some miles round, have for (tie last week been in the most dreaUfel state of .excitetneet, caused .by the discovery of three diabolical murders which have already * been committed, _and a plan laid for taking.away the lives of several others. The:cir cumstance that led to the discovery was as follows:A woman named Mary Taylor, the wife of P. - Taylor, a • journeyman shoemaker, was taken with a violent retching after. dinner on Thursday the 12th initant, and though medical assistance was procured, she died at five the same .afternoon. , Mr. °tenser, the surgeon, as soon as he saw' her, pronounced her to have been poisoned. An inquest W3B held on the bo- y on the fol lowing Saturday, when the jury, after silting till eleven at night, adjourned the inquest till Monday, and awls having no evidence as to bow the deceased came by the arsenic which had been Nand in the stomach, returned a verdict to the effect that she _died by taking arsenic, but that it was unknown by what means , it was alininistered. - There were certain rumours that the husband Of the deceased had beets connected with a 'married, woman named Fanny.,Billing, who lived at the next door, and this connection seemed to have been a great cause, of uneasi-, ness between Taylor, and his wife, and a week or tivo before the deceased had, it seems, taxed Billing with it. and they had bad a quarrel. It was also discovered that Billing hail a short time before bought three pennyworth of arsenic, eta druggist. Some flour that was in Taylor's house was also found to contain a quantity of arsenic, and from this the deceased had made some dumplings on the day she died. These facts coming out, the Magistrates thought proper to hold , a special meeting on the Wednesday, for' the further investigation of the matter, add Taylor and Billing were brought before them, examined, and remanded for further examination. As Billing, however, was going away, a woman living next door, named Frary,' who was frequently in and out of Mrs. Taylor's, was heard to say to her, "Maw, hold your own, and they can't hurt us." This led to further suspicion, and Friary was apprehended. It was then recollected that Frary's husband, and a child they kept, died about a fortnight before very suddenly. Orders were then given to have them disinterred; their stomachs were sent to Norwich to be analysed, and they also were found to contain arsenic. On Tress ay Billing was fully committed to take her trial for the murder at the forthcoming assizes. She is nearly 51) years old, has had fourteen children, and nine are alive. • She has confessed the whole,. but says that Fray> , gave the poison to Mrs. Taylor. She has also confessed to other acts of the same kind with Frary, and that there were several other persons that they had marked out as their victims. She had made an attempt to poison her husband about the same time, •but he did not take sufficient quantity, and recovered. Taylor is still remanded, and Frary has been taken speechless since Tuesday, and can notsbe recovered. Tne , wife of her brother, who liVed at Burn ham Overy, died about the same time suddenly, but has not yet been up. Taylor says he was taken sick on the Thursday with his wife, but that he threw up and got better. Mrs. Frary was seat for to attend on Mrs. 'Taylor. and a witness by the name of Rowley says, when he was in at Taylor's to be shaved, he saw Frary, in making her some gruel, put something iuto it from a paper on the point of e i knife, white, almost like fiowdr, so that in all probability, to snake assurance doubly sure, she poi soned also her gruel. It was too the merest wonder in the world the poisoned flour (for it had not then been found to be poisoned) was not taken to provide for the funeral—indeed this seems to have been anticipated by the wretches, and then the whole family would have been their ,victims; but the management was fortu nately taken out of Frary's hands, and the flour providentially unused. Taylor has borne a good character for many years until he got connected with this woman. . His wife was a very • industrious person, and although they hal no family they had lived very comfortably together. She was 47 of age, and he is about the same. THE EXTENSIVE FORGERY IN THE CITY. The name of the principal engaged in the late extensive for gery in the city is Christopher Charles Foster, and the extent to which he' ha; succeeded in defrauding his friends, and those who had reposed confidence in his integrity, is, it is said, far beyond that at which it had been stated—namely, £2t1,0(.10: Ills uncle, whose business, as well as,the greater portion of his prd perm he would, in all human probability, in a few years have succeeded to, and a diStinguished capitalist in the city, will he the principal sufferers; but there are others to whom he (Foster) was personally known, from whom he had borrowed various sums of money, and who will,-in the event of his not being - takeri into custody, be the losers. Lea, the . ofilcer employed by the sufferers, has been most in defaticrable in his exertion s t o t race ou t s o m e clue to the retreat of the delinquent, hie brother, and a third person (a laWyer's clerk) who went with him; hut as yet he has not been able to ascertain much, beyond his leaving his residence at Woodford bridge, in Essex, on the morning of Sunday week, taking with him a quantity of luggage; sinOe which time he has not been seen there, or at any of his usual haunts in town. A few days afterwards, a young female, with whom he lived for upwards of two years past, though he had a wife and four children, Moved away the furniture, &c. to a house in Islington, and claims it, as well as a quantity of plate, &c. as her own. This property, it is said, as well as a large sum of money, he settled on her and her child, though he has left his wife and children destitute. A reportwascurrent yesterday, that he had been apprehended in Ireland; but this appears extremely doubtful, as it is gener , ally believed that his object was to get to America, and that he had sailed by the Ontario packet, which left the London DoCk,. on Sam rda y-week, and sailed from 'Portsmouth about the middle of last week. On the night of Saturday week he placed £I3,(XX) in cash and bank notes in the hands of a respectable publican in the city, to keep for him until the following morning, when he called for it, and took the whole away. In the printed hand-bills which are circulated, and is wlrith a reward of £250 is offered for the apprehension of the parties,' it is stated that a man named Hndsol, who was grOorn to Foster, had absconded with his master. Tais, however, is not the case, nor does he appear to have the slightest participation in - the Oka his employer. - THE RICHES OF THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH. 1. Only about two-thirds of the land in England and Wales are titheable.-2. Laymen have one-third of the whole. of the tithes.-3. The whole tithe paid to the clergy when wheat was £3 18s. 211. per quarter—(far higher than it is now )—amounted to £1,426,527 ISs., or less than a million and a half.---4. If the • tithes were equally divided, each parish clergyman would have, according to the present price Of wheat, .Cl5O a-year.-5. There arc in England . and Wales 176 living. under E3O a-year, 7:36 under £5O 'ttyear, 1315 under £BO a-year, 1063 under £lOO a-year—i. e., 4190 under 1:1(I0 a-year ; and not 3.) worth £2OOO a-year.-6. There are -1809 where there is no house for the clergyman, and of these 3080 are under £l5O a-year.---Can the clergyman build a house when he dues not receive £l5O a-year from the liVing?" All the houses are kept in repair by the e'er . - gymen. At this very time £220,000 have been borrowed by etergymen to build or 'rebuild parsonage-houses.-7, Th e fees to the clergy in country parishes vary from £3 to £7 on every 1(1)0 persons of population. Most of the fees do not go to the clergy, but are g►ven to clerks and other officers.--8. Only 11 bishoprics pay their expenses ! and from three of these the sub scriptions they are obliged to pay are £3OOO a-year each.-9. if the income of the parochial clergy, and of the bishops, and the cathedral property were equally divided among the parochial clergy, it would barely give £2OO to each, and out.• of this they would have to pay curates in large parishes. These facts, it should be remembered, are taken from docu ments l a id before parliament by the enemies, by those who complain of being heavily taxed to support a rich and idle church. The money annually paid into the exchequer op account of the snuff and tobacco duties exceeds the wnoi.a REVENUE of the church establishment !—From a few Facts addressed Wall honest ref ureters. Frnc.—Last night, about eleven o'clock, a fire broke out, on the premises of a furnittire-dealer, in Park-lane.' A smoke was seen issuing from the premises by a watchman, who iromediately gave the alarm, and the Fire Police and West of England engines were speedily on th e spot w i t h t h e respect i ve f orces , And by their endeavours aided by the effective direction of Messrs. Whiny, Levla.nd, and Davis, the flames, which threatened destruction Co the adjoining premises of M ess rs. Murray and Callender, the ship store dealers, Were soon got under. The damage is inconsiderable. Dr. 10:rOnts: A PLAY-stTon!—On Monday last, Dr. John Ritchie of Edinburgh, delivered a lecture on the Voluntary principles, garnished w ith more t h an hi s usua l buffoonery cud low humour. About the beginning of the lecture, an old . lady, came in and seated herself in serious mood, to hear what in a chapel had been wont to sound in her ears. After listening f or some time, she rose in an indignant and dignified style, and exclaimed, ," I cane here to hear a_minister, but that's a play 'actor," and pushed herself out of the pea where she was seated. `Whisht, whislit,"st“s the beadle, "that's, Dr. Ritchie free Edinbttrgh." " A weel, he'l no doctor me—theman's Mad." So saying she walked out.— Edinba rgb Pat. CANADA - . The legislature of New Brunswick met on the 20th of January. All the interests of the province, with the exception of the coast fisheries,.are represented in the governor's speech us being in a flourishing condition. The Assembly of Nova Scotia has decided against adopting his excellency's proposal for a more beneficial method of appro. priating road-money. '1 population of New Brunswick, according to the last census, amounts 118,90'2. The casual revenue of New Brunswick, for the year 1831, amoun tm.t o Eltr,boo, one-third of the whole having been pro duced by the sales pf crown lands. There were Sold altogether 40,000 acres, so that the average puce per acre Must haye been about 3s. 2d. The number of purchasers was 234, so that each individual, on an average, must have had rattier. more than 173 acres. liad the legislature purchased the casual revenue on the terms proposed last, year by the Secretary State, the pro vince.would have netted ./.."5000 during the past year by the transaction. The gOvernmeni, it is said, will not again repeat its offer. . . . . The man, Lawrence, who atternyted to assassinate General Jackson, has been declared to be insane by two physicians. We state the fact briefly; fur, if the virtual murderer. of the president, can be liberated on bail according to the law of the United States, we do not see why foreigners shOnld give them selves any concern alma the affair. Any, gentleman or lady, who can afford to forfeit the matter of 15(1) dollars ' nay hence forward enjoy, the amusement of snapping .loaded . pistols at presideuts.—Montreo/ Herold. . CONCERTS AT TITS WELLINGTON NOOKIS.—We observe with plea Sure that the Marquis de Muti Papazurri purposes, under the auspices of several gentlemen, who have in the most liberal manner come forward to offer their patronage on this occasion, g iving two concerts, the first on Tuesday next, and the second on Friday, the 10th April, to be held at the 'Wellington Rooms. We have already heard something of the arrangements which Are in preparation, and we feel satisfied that they, are such as will afford an unusually rich - musical treat. In addition to the Italian Performers, we are gratified to find that mach local talent, which, for want of proper encouragement, has laid long comparatively concealed, will be brought forward ut these concerts. CHARACTERS OP . LIVERPOOL, No. 2.—The subject of the second number of this series of sketches is Mr. Alderman Nichobis Robinson. hHE Seat N .--The recent change in the weather from stormy winds to cheering sunshine has given a wonderful spring to. vegetation. We are assured by an this observer• of nature, that the country never at this season looked more beantiful, and that the ruddy faces of the farmers are beaming with joy at the prospects before them of abundant crops. THE SEVEN THEM VETS,—The new oratorio under this title, which has excited so •mach interest among the admiremof thig species of musical compositions, will be performed at the Royal Amphitheatre in the course of the ensuing week. Messrs. ti iii, Caird, Dodd. Pemberton, DaVies, and Redford; Madame . Panoririo, Miss Leach, Miss BUIICC, Miss Gould, and some other. vocalist's are engaged, together with a numerous chorus and orchestral band. We have heard the symphony 'arranged for seven trumpets spoken of as a very tine and effective cam, position. • Stn How Ann Dourir,As.—Major-General Sir H. Douglas,.. Lord High:Commn)siuner of the lonian Islands, left town on Friday morning fur Dovr,.on his way (by route of Ancona) to the lonian Islands. Lieutenant-Colonel Dawkins accompanied Sir Howard DotiglaS. Captain Douglas, Aid- e-Camp to his father, also left town yesterday afternoon for ie lonian Islands,. —Morning Post. Anv - RirrisitmENT.—We are requested correct a tnis-state, rnent that appeared in the Albion of M nday, the 23d instant, in the evidence of Mr. T. W. •llavies, • rgeon, on a late trial at the Lancaster assizes r in which he is epresen l ed to have said "I am surgeon to the c oroners +) verpool"—instead of the words spoken "I WAS surgemi to coroners of Liverpool"— in answer to the question " Why e had appeared so often at the Lancaster assizes during the last ten years ?" The anxiety for this correction of the report is increased in consequence of an equivocril paragraph which appeared in the Albion of Mon day, the 30th instant. In our obituary of thiS day is recorded the death of Miss Birkett, of this town, who fell a victim after lingering suffering to the English disease, a confirmed phthisis. The deceased young lady possessed a strong and clear understanding, which enabled her, though . 'almoSt.Self-taught, to master any subject to which her reading was directed. She was the authoress of the original sketch of the Iron Shreudi which appeared in Black woort some Years ago, and of several other popular papers in other periodicals. She had prepared sonic time ago, for publi cation, a work, which may, perhaps, he published.—Liverpool Journal. 'ECONOMY OF THR TURTll.—"ls't here," said an old withered beldam, leading the man of her choice, with his knowledge-box swung in a belt of flannel, "where ye tak' out the teeth ? " thrusting her head in at the door of a surgeon's shop in H street, Glasgow.—" Yes; " answered the jaw -breaker. "Will ye just tak' your screw, then, and tak' a teeth out o' his mouth here, that has been fashin' him this fortnight? lam sure he hasna bowed an e'e this twa nights wi't."— l'he operation was quickly performed; and, said the gudewife—" See. I'm thinking there's anither ane there that's nearly as .ill. John, just bide still neaits just anee and awa."—The second was as speedily extracted.—" Well, Doctor, ye ha'e really done that ane cleverly —your han's getting better o't. See yoursel' gin there's ony mae that's likely to fish him soon."—John winced, and said, "be had eneucli for a'e day."—" Tout, man, hand your tongue; just let your month be made ticht when the doctor is at it at ony rate."—Another faulty tooth was discovered ou inspection, and as speedily taken out.—" Your nearly perfited in your trade, doctor; and l'in sure, if nor John had been f any ither body's ban's he never could ha'e stood it, hat ye see he scarcely ever says peu til't. Whan him and I ha'e come a' this length—and its hard to say gin he would fa' intil such easy hands again— look, doctor, gin they're a' sound that ye left."—Jahn could stand no longer, and took to his heels.—" What ha'e we to pay then, doctor ? "—" Two-and,-sixpeuce."—Twa-and-saxpence ! you're surely mista'cn; they wer'na ta'en out at different times, but at ance. No, no, ye manna come o'er us that way—there's aughteen-pence; its easy won sitter atweel. The giuieraan, ye see, has ta'en leg-bail. but NI gar him come back when he has twa-three mae ready'.' MILITARY Govt allonsturs.—The Military governorship of Guernsey, vacant by the death of General Sir William Kep pel; Charlemont, vacant by the death of General Sir John Doyle; Portland, vacant by the death of John Penn, Esq ; Portsmouth, vacant by the death of his. Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester; and Limerick, vacant by the death of General Knotlys, have been all abolished. The recent gover norship of Plymouth is also discontinued ; hut Major-General Sir Willoughby Cotton is to remain there as general command ing the western district. The appointment of deputy judge ad vocate at Gibraltar is also discontinued, and the commandant• ship of the Hibernian school, held by Colonel Harris, has been also abolished; and likewise the assistant military secretaryship to the general commanding-in chief, lately held by Colonel Disbrowe. A thcaarsurne. .JOKY.-- 7 -At the Derby assizes last week, a man was tried for stealing a tub, which was found in his pos session, and which he said he had picked up on the road. The jury, when called for their vit diet, said they were in doubt whe ther he stole it or not; they were then directed to reconsider the question, and decided that the prisoner was guilty, but recommended hint tomkrcv. When asked on what ground their recommendation n founded, the foreman said they left that to the judge. His lordshtp, however, said the ground of recommendation must he stated by the jury, whereupon the 12 . worthies reconsidered, and came to the opinion that their re commendation was grounded on the want of evidence to con vict the prisoner of theft. The judge, however, was - not satis fied to take a verdict of guilty with a qualificatiOn of want of proof, and desired the jury to lay their heads together, and the result of t..eir final ielilierations was that the prisoner was " quit of the crime." • He was according discharged. At the Cardigan assizes, there was not one prisoner for trial, a circumstance most honourable to the county. SATS AoTti.---The Hebrew word sabaoth signifies hosts; and is sometimes used to denote the sun, moon, and stars, and also the angels. The Lord of Sabanth, therefore, as one of the titl es o f the Deity, marks his supreme dominion over the universe; and particularly over the different orders of angels, who, on account of their multitude and serving under the command of God, are named hosts, 1 Kings xxii.• 19. Ainsworth on Exod. iii. 13. tells us, that the rabbins teach when God judgeth his creatures, be is called Elohim; when he sheweth them mercy, he is called Jehovah; and when he warreth against the wicked, he is tailed Sabaoth.—Macknight on the Epistles. AN Ot,n PENstosEn.—An old man, named John Shipley; whose hair was completely blanched with age, applied to Mr. - White, at Queen-square, , a few dap since, for permissioa to swear an affidavit relative to, a pension, of which he was in the receipt. In .answer to some questions from the magistrate, he Staltid he Was a native of Wurtemburg, 'ain't was in his 96th Year. Ile had served with the late Duke of York in Flanders and Holland, and had the hondur of being frequently in com pany With his present majesty when a midshipman, and sta tioned on the American coast. , At present he was a pensioner on the 4th regiment of foot, but only reeeivedBld. per day, the other moiety of his pension having been applied for the main teuance of ins• wife, who is upwards of 80 years of age, but so addicted to drink that he has long since setcarated from her. He had frequently been employed by the duke as an interpreter. Mr. White—nave you ever applied, to the parish forrelief ? Shipley—No, your honour, I shouldn't like to do that.' Whets the Duke'cif York was alive I never wanted; he, always assisted an old soldier. I've known hundreds (if instances of it. Mr. White—Well, my friend, as it is not likely that I shall meet a soldier'aged 96 for some time to come, accept this. The ma gistrate having placed a half-crown in the veteran's halid, swore him to the truth of his affidavit, and he left the office. At Carmarthen, four men were indicted for the wilful murder of David Jonathan, near• Landiio, in _November last. The particulars of this horrid atrocity (where a poor inoffensive nicl man was murdered by these miscreants for the sake of his wearing apparel) appeared in the papers at the time. .The evider.e was conclusive as to the guilt of the prisoners, vet the jury, to the astonishment of the court, returned a verdict or not guilty. The Cambrian attribute! this strang e resu l t to t h e de fectilay trig; ve knowledge of. the Eng:lsh language possessed by the jurymen. robbel; guilty, found prisii and nc ern rswe s re t i c ies e t ' e odeath was recorded. CAtatiatA .JoNgs.—Nirc know not hoW •it originated, hut by sonic means a mimosa has been circulated of the death of this highly-gifted individual... By way of contradicting it we need only, say, that Cambria Jones called upon us last week„ with the f o ll ow ing piece, which he cotoposed during a walk ou his way to Snowdon: — MAN LIKENET) Ti) A STREAM. A stream came from a mountain's sid e , A babbling stream, a thing of play, And it leap',l like a child, as the nuiruing sroil'd Upon-its joyous way. ' - It was a clear and gentle stream, It clainfd the sunshine as a brother, And l A i n k n d e o t i t i v:tl 7 h u c t s h s o e t f r sestici:itenuaedmLd.isutiairtgennesitriaistttherlee‘r.ti,figott,d, And the train did play, in a childish:way, And the sunshine's heat. was watritig great, That on s The i i n t That once a b a bbli ng s b u O r r f n ar s e up g o k ri " a ''d ti . cer, • stream did play; As a thing of th ou ght , w ith pass i o h wro ught, That river takes its way. Upon the sun a cloud is IS , ing, Upon the river twilight closes, The night is hieing, the day is day is dying,— That river nc'er reposes. And whether it sink in its mother earth, Or whether it melt in the boundlesS sea, Or whether it mount where the clouds 'have birth , It cannot cease to be. And So the child of man conies forth, And so he's seen a few brief years, • And so in the doom of a closing tomb He disappear; ! - 7 -Chester Courant: <afa.Zw:w.: < n