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in favour of her heir apparent, insanity. This legiti-
mate successor completes the work of ruin. Instances
of this deplorable revolution of the mind are painfully
frequent. They are confined to no class or profession.
The gay and the grave, the laical and the clerical, are,
in turns, unwarily seduced by the glittering retinue
of reason's acknowledged rival. Folly, by her
attractive conceits, intoxicates mankind. But,
of all those who drink deeply from her cup,
none commit such fearful extravagances as mem-
bers of the clergy. A clerical mountebank
is a sickening spectacle. Buffoonery in a parson is
insupportable. So intensely does the mind nauseate
at the idea of a clergyman having suffered his intel-
lect to become prostrate, by a false and craving appe-
tite after vulgar fame, that it becomes difficult, at
times, to assign the excesses of his conduct to their
just cause. Precisely such a problem, in its full
perplexity, is presented to our view in the career of
the Rev. BRYAN KING, in connexion with the pr( of
he has recently afforded of his utter incompetency to
discharge, in a becoming spirit, the duties appertain-
ing to the sacred office of a Christian minister.
The unenviable distinction which this unfortunate '
and obdurate gentleman, as rector of St. George's-in-
the-East, has acquired, may be summarily disposed of
in a few sentences. He once presided over a large, in-
telligent, and influential congregation, who became
completely alienated in their feelings towards him,
by reason of the extensive innovations he introduced
into'the Church service. The parishioners memoria- '
lized the Bishop of LONDON. The Bishop replied,
that he could not interfere, regard being had to the
strict letter of the rubric, but that he had nevertheless
written to the minister, recommending him not to
persevere in matters of form, where the sentiments f
his parishioners, as a body, were strongly opposed to
the ceremonial alterations. The advice of the Bishop
produced no effect. The parishioners then refused to
sanction the payment of the rates, which they had
usually granted for the necessary repairs of the
church. The dissensions increased—the congregation
dispersed to attend other places of worship. The Rev,
BRYAN ICING remained almost "alone in his glory,"
and continued " playing fantastic tricks before
high heaven " in his desolate temple, where the bt 11
threatened to cease to peal, the clock to strike, and
the organ to sound. Such, in brief, have been the
disastrous effects of wilful obstinacy and deficiency
of comprehension. Time passed on, and the Reverend
Gentleman deservedly sunk into oblivion, which was
death to the presiding principle of his mind; the love of
spurious fame seized upon the earliest opportunity of
gratifying his all-devouring passion.
An inquest was held upon the body of the sister-
in-law of Mr. HAGGERTY, furniture dealer, in Rose-
mary-lane, Whitechapel, which was discovered in the
London Dock basin. The jury, according to the version
given by Mr. HAGGERTY before Mr. YARDLEY, the
magistrate at Thames -street, was " found drownek;"
according to the statement subsequently made by the
Rev. BRYAN KING, before the same authority, it was
couched in these terms :—" Threw herself into the
waters of the London Dock communication, and was
drowned therein ; but in what state of mind un-
known." Mr. HAGGERTY complained to the magis-
trate that, having paid the customary fees, and the
remains of the unhappy woman having been conveyed
to the churchyard, the minister refused to read the
burial service ; and that, though he had applied to
have the fees returned, they had been retained.
Mr. YARDLEY informed the. applicant he had
no jurisdiction in the matter.

On Saturday, the rector, in a very excited state, ap-
peared before the magistrate, denied that he had been
requested to refund the fees, and added, that " it any
person had received such fees on his behalf, it wat
v►ithout his knowledge and against his wishes, for
that, under the circumstances, he would not have
allowed any burial fees to be taken." His Reverence
avowed that, from the character of the verdict, he
had declined to bury the corpse, and wound up with
a violent philippic against ➢lr. YARDLEY, charging
him with having " expressly countenanced the publi-
city of an ex parte statement in the Times," and with
having " prostituted his so-called court of justice to
one of the worst and most nefarious purposes." What
a compound of bombast, ignorance, and inhumanity
is here disclosed ! Besides all this, we have a little bit of
special pleading, in the shape of an unclerical hypothe-
sis. Quern Deus vult perdere prius dementat. Did not
his Reverence really know, before he went to the
magistrate, whether fees had been actually received

If he did not, he might easily have ascertained the fact
by inquiring of his clerk, or some other subordinate;
and this is what a high-minded man would havf
dune at once, and, if true, have ordered them to be
returned, instead of dealing in "ifs " before Mr.
YARDLEY.

IVith respect to his absurd notions of the duties
of a magistrate, and his insane notions of jus-
tice, the rector was in so complete and dignified a
manner laid on his back by Mr. YARDLEY, that,
out of very pity, we would not aggravate his
plight by any remarks of our own. But, in regard
to his avowal that his duty as a minister of the Gospel
prohibited him from reading the burial service under
the circumstances in question, the public are deep])
interested in doing all in their power to prevent the
repetition of such shameful antics. Taking the terms
of the verdict to be as represented by the rector, the
woman might have been sane or insane when she
precipitated herself into the water. The legal pre-
sumption, founded upon the verdict of twelve men,
who solemnly and judicially investigated the cause o.
death, is, that she was not in her right senses. Shall
it be said that religion is outstripped by law in
the principles of enlarged charity ? Assuredly no•.
The truly religious presumption is identical with the
legal, in the present instance; and it is loathsome to
find any egotistical minister attempting to establish
a distinction between them, leading to a practical
denial of the last offices of religion to an unfor-
tunate deceased, and to the needless laceration of the
feelings of the survivors. We protest against am
hair-brained clergyman setting up his individual
judgment against that of twelve jurymen. 11'ere the
Rev. BRYAN KING to cast himself into the Thames
to-morrow, we are quite certain that a jury would
have no difficulty in taking a merciful view of hi.
act, and that his relatives would be spared the same
trial to their feelings which those of the connexions
of poor SUSAN WHELAN were heartlessly condemned
to suffer.

An example has been afforded to the members of
the Royal Agricultural Society of Ireland exhibiting
the great benefit they might have conferred on their
country had they not suffered themselves to be fettered
and restricted by their 14th General Rule, and thus
prevented from examining into the details of the
measures either pending before, or sanctioned by, the
Legislature, and with which the agricultural pros-
perity in all parts of that kingdom is most intimately
connected. Such societies are chiefly useful in bring-
ing prominently before the public, particularly that
part of it interested in an improved cultivation of the
soil, all means by which the greatest amount of pro-
duce can be obtained therefrom, and its capabilities
fully tested and developed. It would naturally be
pp osed
by p m
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sanctionedS
objectby any
increase in the productigveness and value of
landu
any means whatsoever, the employment of
labour and the general healthtwiothf thebe
obtained,
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provisions-
thereof would be practicable, ahndatwrabeigtthhhete.r
were likely to effect the desired ameliorations; and, if
adoption of
so, to make them public, that all who were not p,
sessed of full information might learn what :-
within their power, and that if any defects really
existed, they might be fully explained, the gocd sepa.
rated from the bad, the wheat winnowed from the
chaff, and suggestions offered by which the Govern-
ment may be enabled to judge how far they could
obviate the difficulties and give additional effect to the
advantages. If such would come within the sphere
of duty of such a society in ordiaary times, how much
more so would it have done in a season of such deep
and dire distress as that which unhappily now pre-
vails, when every opportunity; should be seised hold
of for providing the employment unfortunately so
necessary for the support and maintenance of the
destitute labourers. But a rule prevails that the
Irish Agricultural Society are not to meddle in any
manner with the law. A mutual jealousy and dis-
trust exists amongst_ all classes, and they appear to
fear that if there was a possibility of any such Clis-
rll,-;-^. ti;^ p•-,yer r.lii•-•,•4 • •

of the society would be perverted from those for
which it was originally called into existence. A
resolution for a partial suspension of the rule was
therefore received with the most determined hos-
tility, and its adoption led to so many re-
signations and withdrawals from the society
of its most influential members, that the op-
portunity afforded by the suspension was
never acted on, and the rule was speedily restored to
its original stringency. Such has not been the course
of " The Highland and Agricultural Society," and
their behaviour presents an advantageous contrast to
that of their Hibernian brethren.

During the past session an Act directly bearing on
the interests of all the agricultural classes, from the
proprietor to the labourer, was sanctioned by Parlia-
ment. It applied to all parts of the United King-
dom, to Great Britain as well as Ireland. It pro-
vided for an advance from the Consolidated Fund of
a large sum of money : two millions for Great Bri-
tain and one million for Ireland—to be issued in loans
for the purpose of drainage. This Act undoubtedly
contained several serious defect;, which prevented it
from being taken advantage of as fully as would
otherwise have been the case ; but, at the
,awe time, it presented many useful features, which
alight be made available by some slight alterations,
and several of its provisions will be acted on by the
Government, and have been used in the New Trea-
jury Minutes. In Ireland there was no general
body competent to discuss its details, or to give it
their consideration for the purpose of seeing how far
it could be carried into execution. Every difficulty
was loudly complained of, but no means were taken
by which these difficulties could be obviated. Because
it was not perfect it was cast aside as utterly value-
less, and those who saw ruin staring them in the
face from the operation of the Labour-rate Act, and
the application of the large sums of money expended
under its provisions in works of a useless and un-
productive character, did not exert themselves to take
advantage of the facilities actually offered to them.
Because some few were debarred by the Act from
,btaining loans thereunder, a cry went forth
that it was wholly impracticable. This was not the
ease in Scotland. The directors of the Highland and
Agricultural Society considered it to be their duty
to give the measure their best consideration, so as to
_ . .

enable them to express to the society their opinion,
in regard of the advantages it offers ; that opinion
they have now published in the report to which we

have alluded, and it will
.be seen, therefore, that al•
though there are many points in which it may be im-
proved, that it is still considered deserving of their
Approbation, and may be brought into operation with
good effect. In the report they point out the man-
ner in which parties desirous of obtaining a loan are
to act, how, and to whom the application is to be made,
and what steps are rendered necessary before
it can be obtained, and then they discuss the
questions which will naturally arise. The first and
most important of these questions appears to be how
far the Act will prove financially advantageous, and
on this they express their decided opinion that the
terms offered are favourable to the borrower, and
they show how the necessity of the applicant expend-
ing the amount, in the first instance, before he ob-
tains the advance (looked on as a fatal obstacle in
Ireland), may be obviated, via.—by lodging the pro-
visional certificate with a bank as a security for an
interim advance, which can easily be obtained thereon,
if the applicant is a man of good. character. They
then meet the next question by declaring that " Not
inly is the procedure indicated by the Act simple and
economical, but also that the Commissioners are dis-
posed to give effect to it in such a manner as to sub-
ject applicants to the least possible expenses." And
they cite the observations which Mr. BLAMIRE
(one of the Commissioners) has recently cir-
culated throughout the country. They then offer
a few simple suggestions, the adoption of which,
without in any manner departing from the principle
of the Act, would be very beneficial to the borrowers ;
and also powers which it would be desirable to have
introduced into any new Act. We venture to say
:hat this conduct on the part of the society will in-
t duce many to avail themselves of the provisions of the
statute with benefit to themselves and advantage to
the country ; and we are convinced, that had the Agri-
,:ultural Society of Ireland acted in like manner,
ruinous evils would have been avoided. Unhappily
or Ireland the habit has been to look exclusively to
he Legislature or the Executive to utter loud com-
plaints, but use no active exertions ; while, on the
ether hand, the Scotch meet their difficulties fully
,nd fairly, and carefully examine the resources within
heir power, and do not refuse to avail themselvet.
hereof, because they might possibly be made still
nore beneficial. We trust that the Irish will take
sample by the precedent thus afforded, and use every
neans within their power before they give themselves
alp to despair.

The Augsburg Gazette has the following from
Rome, 21st ult.:—
" A secret conaistory was held this morning at the
4uirinal Palace. The Pope, after a short allocution,
,nnounced to the assembly that he had thought fit to
,ppoint to the office of cardinals Mgr. Balad, the Arch-
iishop of Tavola, and Mgr. I'. Marini, Governor of
'tome. The following nominations have been also re-
ently made:—Cardinal Elmat, to be Legate of Bologna;
Ferrette, to be Legate of Urbin and Pesaro ;
tnd Mgr. Grasselini, to be Governor of Rome."
In consequence of the unsettled state of affairs in
Switzerland, a cordon of Austrian troops is to be
established along the frontier of
,Upper Italy.

The Nuremberg Correspondent of the 29th ult. has
the following :
" The Danish Government has receil ed a note from
the Russian Cabinet, signifying that the indivisibility
kt• the Danish monarchy can only be maintained by
:pgal means, and the more so as the Court of Co-
wnhagen seemed to be itself convinced that the
eight of the Agnates to the succession of Holstein
)uld not bo disputed.
gdther-in-law, and it is to be this opinion to the Duke
We can affirm, from a source
orthy of faith, that the Ring of Denmark has
mr candidly
expres
tleulg us t e rg, his b
inferred from the letter patent. This attitude of the
Russian Government is the more worthy of notice as it
'urnishes an evident proof that the relations between the
three northern Bowers have not experienced any change
From the question'of Schleswig-Holstein. It is certain
that the Calo!nets of Vienna and Berlin have addressed
,trong representations to the Court of Copenhagen re-
,:onimending it to abandon a policy which disturbs and
undermines peace and order in the states of Denmark,
And keeps up a fermentation in Germany, in which are
,nixed, in addition to the national tendencies, other
elements of discontent." _

Madrid papers to the 27th ult. have arrived. The
Ministry
a
is again on the point of breaking up. The
Esperanol says—
" The Ministerial crisis has re-commenced. Mon and
Isturitz will remain at their posts. Bravo Murillo is to
be Minister of Justice, and Arleva, Minister of the In-
terior. Pidal will be elected President of the Cortes."
In commenting on these appointments, the
Espanol says that the Ministerial crisis has not been
put an end to by the junction of Senorsl3Ravo Mu-
RILLO and AILsvA to. the Cabinet, in lieti of PIDAL
and CANEJA, as Senor Mort will not consent to Senor
PIDAL'S resignation. The Clamor Publico declares
that six of the Ministers have resigned, and that this
resignation has been accepted. The same journal
says that the state of the finances is not at all satis-
factory to the Ministers. Considerable uneasiness
prevails on account of the designs attributed to the
Count of MONTEMOLIN.

There is a Carlist rising in Catalonia, for the
Fomelya, of Barcelona, of the 25th announces that
the Captain-General had marched against the in-
surgents.
The Progressistas, on the opening of the Cortes,
intend to demand the suppression of CHRISTINA'S
dowry.

We have received the Paris papers of Friday and
Saturday.
The KING on New Year's-day received, and re-
plied to, the usual addresses of the corps diplomatique,
the Chamber of Pee'rs, the Chamber of Deputies and
the clergy of Paris. His MAJESTY did not appear to
be suffering at all from ill health. The rumours
which were circulated on this subject on Wednesday
were, therefore, without foundation.
The following are the addresses and the answers
APOSTOLIC NUNCIO IN THE NAME OF THE DIPLOMATIC

BODY.
" Sire,—The diplomatic body always awaits with the
same hope the return of the solemn epoch of the new
year, because it loves to offer to you, in the name of the
Sovereigns it has the honour to represent, the most
sincere wishes for the perfect prosperity of your
Majesty', of your royal family, and of France. It is
0,„ ~,,ti-facti,,n that it conziAtubt,tcs

ycu, Sire, on the maintenance of general peace, the
admirable result of the wisdom of your Majesty, and of
the other Sovereigns and their Cabinets. It is the finest
title to the gratitude of the people, whose glory and
happiness are promoted by this happy harmony. Proud
of the general felicity, your Majesty has seen renewed
at the same time the joys of your royal family, which
has caused, and will always cause, the sweetest consola-
tions to your paternal heart. Your Majesty will still
many times witness this auspicious day, which will find
you as glorious on the throne, as happy by the side of
your royal and virtuous companion, in the bosom of your
numerous and brilliant family. Deign, Sire, with the
wishes and congratulations of the dipomatic body, to
accept the homage of its profound respect."
His MAJESTY replied :
" I am deeply touched by the sentiments you have just
expressed for France, for my family, and for myself,
in the name of the diplomatic body, and of the Sove-
reigns whom you represent at my Court. I feel with
you the confidence that Heaven will continue to bless
our common efforts to secure the maintenance of ge-
neral peace, that fruitful source of the prosperity of
states and of the happiness of their people. It is as
much in my own name, as in that of the Queen and of
dl my family, that I thank you for the interest that you
reel in the renewal of the family joys which Providence
had reserved for us, and which are, as you express it.
one of the sweetest consolations that could be accorded
to us. You know how agreeable it is to me to receive.
through your organ, the expression of the wishes of the
diplomatic body."
SPEECH OF DUKE PASQUIER, CHANCELLOR OF FRANCF,

GuzzoT and Lord PALMERSTON on the Montpensier
marriage, gives the following account of the designs
of the son of Don CARLos,and of the means which he
possesses for their accomplishment :

" When Don Carlos's son arrived in that capital, he
communicated to Lord Palmerston his anxious desire to
have an interview with him. It was enough to make
Lord Palmerston eagerly pay a visit to the Pretender.
To the Count de Montemolin, who asked how the Eng-
lish Government would view his stay in England, the
Whig Minister replied that he might remain there in
peefect freedom and safety. Some days after the Count
de Montemolin returned Lord Palmerston's visit, and
this other interview lasted above two hours. We
cannot pretend to know what passed on the occa-
sion, but that long conference excited great attention,
and the strange overtures said to have been made
by the Whig Minister to the Pretender were soon
talked of in the diplomatic world. Is it true that Lord
Palmerston advised the Count de Montemolin to acknow
ledge Queen Isabella, to return to Madrid, and resume
his rank there as an Infante of Spain, and member of
the Royal Family ? According to Lord Palmerston's
design, Don Carlos's son would have thus promptly be-
come the centre and leader of a considerable party ; he
, would have exercised great influence over the Cortes,
and perhaps prepared the restoration of the Salic
law. This proposal did not please the Pretender—he
declined it, telling Lord Palmerston that he had
already refused more. There was, indeed, a time
when, by submitting to a certain person, the Count
de Montemolin might have married the Queen. This is
what the Pretender alluded to in telling Lord Palmers-
ton that he could not accede to the proposal. Don
Carlos's son will not be treated as an Infante of Spain,
for he considers himself the king of that country. He
will therefore continue in England until further orders,
and there, with Lord Palmerston's approbation, he will
intrigue, raise a loan, buy arms, and prepare to kindle a
civil war in his country. The Pretender is said to hare
projects on the Balearic islands. According to what is
. alleged, he will attempt to take possession of Minorca,
and establish himself at Mahon, which will be his capital
until he can enter Madrid. Such a design cannot dis-
please the English, who will gladly advance money to
Don Carlos's son, when mortgaged on the Balearic
islands."

The Bey of TUNIS embarked from Toulon on
Christmas-day, on board the Labrador steamer, for

Tunis.

The Presse and the Debats , still continue their po-
lemic on the subject of the English alliance.
It was reported on Thursday that M. MARTIN (du
Nord) had had an apoplectic attack. The Presse of
Saturday contradicts this rumour, and mentions that
M. MARTIN was one of the Ministers present on Fri-
day, at the Tuileries, at the reception of the KING.
The same journal says--

"There is much talk in the political world of the
schism which, on the occasion of the Spanish marriages,
is said to have taken place in the ranks of that part of
the Opposition known by the name of the Left Centre.
Faithful to the policy of the Constitutionnel, M. Thiers,
it is said, persists in wishing to attack with vehemence
the marriages, responsible in his eyes both for the rup-
ture of the English alliance, and for the annexation of
Cracow, the consequence of which two events is the
isolation of France. Messrs. Billault and Dufaure are,
on the contrary, it is said, favourable to this act of eman-
cipation of France with respect to Great Britain ; they
thus withdraw from the opinion of the Constitutionnel, to
come nearer that of the Sikle, which only wants—in
order to be entirely worthy of eulogium—to be less
timidly expressed."
According to the Ga:ette de Berri, 1,200 pieces of'
cannon and howitzers, destined for the fortifications of
Paris, are now ready. -
COURS AUTHENTIQUE.—PARIS, JAN. 2.—French Five per
Cents., 118 f. 20c. 25c. 30e.; Four per Cents., 105 f.; Three
per Cnts., 80f. 30c: 25c. 20c. ; Treasury Bonds, 3% 3 m.,;
Bank of France Shares, 3,400 f. ; Romans, 100%; Bel-
gian Five per Cents. (1842), 102 f. Exchange on London—
one month,paper, 25f. 321/2c. ; money, 25f. 321/2c. ; three
months, paper, 25f.-22%c.; money, 25f. 22%c.
RAILWATS.—For cash—Strasburg and Bale, 217 f. 50c.;
Northern, 641 f. 25c.; Bordeaux, 560 f. ; Paris and Lyons,
508 f. 75c.; Paris and Strasburg, 482 f. 50e. ; Nantes, 487 f.
50c.; Cette,4sof. _
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JANUARY 2.
Demerara, 33/—East Indian, 5/B—Great Indian Peninsular,
Xi—Namur and Liege, 34—Northern of. France Consti-
tuted, I3%—Paris and Lyons Constituted, 81/—Paris and
Rouen, 36—Paris and Strasburg Constituted, 26%—Sambre
and Meuse, 4/B—West Flanders, 2%.

AWFUL DESTITUTION IN THE HIGHLANDS OF SCOT-
LAND.—The accounts from the Highlands and Islands
of Scotland are truly awful. The labouring population
of Sutherlandshire, Ross shire, Inverness-shire, Argyle-
shire, and of the Hebrides and the Zetland Islands, are
at this moment threatened with starvation in conse-
quence of the total failure of the potato crop. Already
have many of these poor people perished from cold and
hunger, and, horrible as are the sufferings of the desti-
tute Irish, we believe they are quite equalled by those
of the poor inhabitants of the Highands arid Islands cf
Scotland; but, as there are to coroner's inquests in Scot-
land, and but few local newspapers, deaths from starvation
take place, and the public are uninformed of the occurrence
Under these circumstances, the Edinburgh Committee
for the Relief of Destitution in the Highlands have
determined to appoint a deputation to proceed to London
for the purpose of holding a public meeting and laying
the claims of the suffering population of the Highlands
before the people of England. We highly applaud thi,
resolution—the sufferings of the people have been great
indeed, and we are sure that the English public will not
be the less ready to come forward generously for their
relief because they have been borne with an uncom-
plaining fortitude which reflects honour upon the Scotch
character.

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