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ill-digested and not worthy of perusal ; so I sur-
rounded myself with as many books connected
with the subject as I could obtain, and applied
ass:duOuSly to the study, of Italian literature,
which I had neglected for some years." Un-
fortunately, on examining the Archdeacon's
manuscript, Mr. Campbell found, not only that
it was incomplete, stopping short of Petrarch's
death by twelve years, but that it was written in
a diffuse, sprawling style, and with regard to
any spark of poetical sympathy, was a mere
eaput mortuum. Under these circumstances,
having employed some time and trouble in con-
sulting books and preparing notes, he resolved
on writing the life liiinSelf, and the result is the
volumes before us. . These—so far as we can
judge from a hastyperusal—appear to be written
with a careful eye to the best authorities, and
have assuredly the merit of conveying to the
lu:ader a lucid and distinct idea of Petrarch's
character as a man and as an author. A
distinguished poet himself', and specially re-
markable for the polished graces of his
style, Mr. Campbell is admirably qualified
to appreciate these excellences in another.
Accordingly, he gives all possible praise to the
melody and elegance of Petrarch's Italian verses,
speaking of them in terms of heart-felt enthu-
siasm, modified by good taste. " One of the
high charms of his poetical language," he
tells us, "is its pure and melting melody, a
charm untransferable to any more northern
tongue. It is true that no contbrmation of words
will charm the ear, unless they bring silent
thoughts of corresponding sweetness to the mind;
nor could the most sonorous vapid verses be
changed into poetry it' they were set to the
music of the spheres. It is scarcely necessary,
however, to say that Petrarch has intellectual
graces ofthought, and spiritual felicities of diction,
without which his tactics in the mere march of
words would be a worthless skill." Mr. Camp-
bell's estimate of the great Italian, poet's worth
as a man is equally favourable, for he assures .04
that "he was a fifithful friend, and a devote d
lover, and appears to have been one of the most
fascinating beings that ever existed. Even when
his fitilings are admitted, it must still be said
that they leaned to virtue's side." We
may add to this panegyric, that, accord-
ing to the best accounts we have been able to
gather—Petrarch was a sincere patriot; superior,
in many respects, to the superstitious prejudices
of his age, and indefatigable in his endeavours
to diffuse a generous and ennobling taste for an-
cient learning among his countrymen. He was
somewhat vain, it is true—more so than his bio-
grapher seems willing to admit—but this is
scarcely to be wondered at, for he was strikingly
handsome, and a general favourite whenever he
mingled in society. His youth, as he himself
has told us, was marked by some excesses, but
he soon grey tired of dissipation, and, while yet
in the bloom of manhood, devoted himself almost
exclusively to literature, which was his fitvourite
pursuit through life. In detailing the particulars
of his passion for Laura, Mr. Campbell has ju-
diciously followed the authority of De Sade—
Petrarch's most authentic biographer—who took
great pains to collect all the information that
was to be procured on the subject, and has
established beyond dispute that, so far from
being a mere visionary creation of the poet's
fancy, as was for many years supposed,
Laura was a beautiful young married woman,
daughter of a provincial nobleman, who bore
her husband ten children; and'though she ad-
mired the talents of Petrarch, and was not alto-
gether insensible to his passion, never allowed
him to take a liberty unbecoming her character.
We have run over Mr. Campbell's Life of this
illustrious man with great pleasure, for it is
neatly and spiritedly written, and shows tact and
judgment in its condensation of facts. The episo-
dical portion, however, relative to the famous
tribune Rienzi, the poet's personal friend and
contemporary, might have been enlarged, with-
out any detriment to the interest of the tvork.
As the leading events of Petrarch's life are well-
known, we quote, in preference, the particulars
of a tragical occurrence which took place while
he was on his travels in his younger days, and
which, we believe, has not been noticed either
by De Sade or Mrs. Dobson:—
Bishop Colonna and Petrarch had intended to re-
main for some time at Toulouse ; 'but their sojourn was
abridged by their horror at a tragic event in the prin-
cipal monastery of the place. 'There lived in that
monastery a young monk, named Augustinf who was
expert in music, and accompanied the psalmody of the
religious brothers with beautiful touches on the organ.
The superior of the convent, relaxing its discipline, per-
mitted Augustin frequently to mix with the world,- in
order to teach music, and to improve himself in the art.
The young monk was in the habit of familiarly visiting
the house of a respectable citizen : ho was frequently in
the society of his daughter, and, by the express encou-
ragement of her father, undertook to exercise her in the
practise of music. Another young man, who was in
love with the girl, grew jealous of the monk, who was
allowed to converse so familiarly with her, whilst he,
her lay admirer, could only have stolen glimpses of her
as she passed to church or to public spectacles. He set
about the ruin of his supposed rival with cunning
atrocity ; and, finding that the young Wolll£lll was infirm
in health, suborned a physician, as worthless as himself,
to declare that she was pregnant. Her credulous father,
without inquiring whether the intelligence was true or
false, went to the superior of the convent, and accused
Augustin, who, though thunderstruck at the accusation,
denied it firmly, and defended himself intrepidly. But the
superior was deaf to his plea of innocence, and ordered him
to be shut up in his cell, that he might await his punishment.
Thither the poor young man was conducted, and threw
himself on his bed in a state of horror. The superior
and the elders among the friars thought it a meet fate
for the accused that he should be buried alive in a sub-
terranean dungeon, after receiving the terrific sentence
of " Vade in paean." " What !" exclaimed the victim,
with justifiable fury, " am I condemned, innocent and
without a trial, to suffer a hundred times the pain of an
ordinary death ; and you, ye impious butchers ! dare ye
call yourselves the ministers of a merciful God ?" The
horrific sentence was, however, put. into execution. At
the end of several days the victim dashed out his brains
against the walls of his sepulchre. Bishop Colonna,
who, it would appear, had no power to oppose this
hideous transaction, when lie was informed of it, deter-
mined to leave the place immediately ; and Petrarch, in
his indignation exclaimed—" lieu ! fuge crudeles terras,
fuge littus avarum."

THE FAWN OF SPRING VALE. 3 Vols.
Curry, Dublin, 1811.
Some of the tales in these volumes have, it
seems, appeared from time to time in the pages
of the Dr/blitz University Magazine; the princi-
pal one, however, the "Fawn of Spring Vale,"
is original, and may be ranked among Mr.
Carleton's most successful fictions, who wrote it
by way of warning to sentimental boarding-
school Misses, that the indulgence of a first
affection, and the nursing of it into the great
business of their lives, is not only egregious
folly, but frequently a source of calamity, both
to themselves and those interested in their des-
tiny. This useful moral is forcibly and ju-
diciously worked out.

THE TABLES TURNED.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sir,—Your readers are, I suppose, aware, that for a couple
of years this town has had nearly all its public meetings inter-
rupted or upset by a party calling themselves Chartists, and
owning Feargus O'Connor and his Paper, the Northern Star,
for leaders. The Star has repeatedly told its readers to upset
every meeting of every kind, " Anti-Poor-law, Anti-Corn-
law, and every other Anti, and allow no gathering, but for the
Charter." Now, this advice might be safe enough (however
tyrannical and unjust) if they had the power as well as the
will, to " stop the supplies of public opinion," as the Chartist
orator, M'Dowall, calls it. But as only about 350 persons in
Manchester are subscribers to the Star at present, the doctrine
physical force should he in prudence dropped.
The example which the O'Connorites have set has been
lately followed by some other parties of the "fustian jackets
and blistered hands," as the Star calls them. Some of these
fustian-jackets want more bread to line them withal, and the
blistered hands would gladly finger a big loaf, but their Anti-
bread-tat meetings we opposed by the O'Corsnorites,aceordingto
order. 'Were are some other fustian-jackets, who want to "re-
pale the Union,"and they found themselves lately in hostility with
those putters down of all public meetings. An alliance offen-
sive and defensive was entered into between the repalers of
Union and the repcalers of the bread-tax, and they have lat-
terly invaded several of the poor Chartist me, tines, and
turned them out of their own rooms. At the great town
meeting, at HR.. Town-hall on Tuesday, the O'Connorites were
so awed and snubbed by these rcpalers and repcalers, that
their leaders hardly dared show themselves.
I understand that the followers of Feargus have received
notice that they she' not be allowed to hold any more public
meetings. It. would be edifying to see the; physical force
Chartists driven into holes and corners to escape a storm of
their own rasing. I remain, &c.,
Manchester, May 20, 1841. A.

TACTIC'S OF THE CHARTISTS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin,—As the proceedings of the above body have become of
late as notorious as they are inexplicable, it may serve to assist
the public in forming a proper estimate of their character by
recording their doings in every sphere. By a comparison of
their deeds in various circumstances, we may know whether,
as they beast, they are the advocates, or the enemies, of t
liberty.
On Monday last, a meeting was intended of the inhabitants
of the manufacturing and increasing town of Smethwick, to
consider the importance of petitioning the Legislature for the
" Total and immediate repeal of the Corn-law." The meet-
inn was called for half-past seven, at the Talbot Inn, that being
the principal place in the town, and the town itself is three
miles from Birmingham on the Dudley road. Prior to the
above hour the Chartists, who to nearly a man came from Bir-
mingham, assembled in great force, and, with special speakers,
&c., took possession of the room, two-thirds of which they im-
mediately filled. No sooner was this known than the inhabit-
ants, who were collecting, dispersed to their homes, except a
few of bolder courage, deterred by the very name of the men
who on a ,certain memorable occasion performed such unfor-
gotten deeds by "physical force" alone. Thus circumstanced,
the gentlemen who had arranged for the meeting deliberated
on the propriety of proceeding with the business, and some
thought it would be better to give it up altogether, and let the
Chartists have it all their own way. It was, however, all
things considered, best to make an attempt, though certain o:
defeat. They therefore proceeded to propose a Chairman;
the Chartists amended the proposition by proposing one of
their own, and carried the point. The Chairman then called
on the Rev. William Stokes, one of the Anti-Corn-law
speakers, who was allowed to speak at length, was heard with
attention, and fr, quently cheered by the Chartists. Mr.
Smith, of West Bromwich, seconded the resolution in a very
practical speeeh, amidst much Chartist interruption. A
Chartist then rose, and moved an amendmeut condem-
natory of the Anti-Corn-law agitation, denouncing the
whole of the Whiz policy, and recommending the " Char-
ter" as the only cure for our notional ills. He was
followed by a Mr. Taylor, who spoke with force and much
less acrimony than is usual with his party. After him speaker
after speaker rose, pouring ont a torrent of continued venom
against every thing and every body that did not work for the
Charter, until near eleven o clock. Mr. Stokes was then al-
lowed the right to reply, but the people of the place had with-
drawn from the scene of tumult, except about a dozen, and
these remained to escort their personal friends away, more than
from any other cause. The amendment and resolu'ion were
then put from the chair, and the former declared carried,
amidst the yells of a body of men who appeared to hold nothing
sacred on earth, except O'Connor, Frost, and the Charter.
The above will be trumpeted forth by the Northern Star as
the triumph of public sentiment in Smethwick over the Corn-
law repealers. To correct this false impression I send you the
above from which your readers will gather, that the inhabitants
of Smethwick had about as much to do in the matter, as
O'Connor has to do with the wisdom of Solomon, or the poli-
tical integri y of Hampden.
Sir, Yours, &c., AN EYE-WITNESS.
West Bromwich, May 19, 1841.

MASSACRE OF THE CHRISTIAN
INSURGENTS OF BULGARIA BY THE TURKS.
-A writer in the Allgemeine Zeitung writes from Bel-
grade, 2d May :
The combat between the Albanian troops of the Pacha
of Nissa and the Christian inhabitants entrenched by
Alexinezze, which took place the day before yesterday, was
' bloody in the extreme. The Christians fought bravely,
but their soldiers were. too widely scattered to resist the
close columns of the Albanians. The insurgents, although
fighting for their women, their children, and their affed—
for their hearths and moveable property—against: the
ravaging Moslem, were obliged at length to give way.
The conduct of the Albanians after their victory was
horrible. They murdered the children and old people,
who were incapable of resistance, in cold blood, impaled
every prisoner who was taken with arms in his hands •
laid the villages which they stormed in ashes, violated
women and girls, and threw them into the flaming ruins
of their habitations. Between twenty and thirty villages
fell a prey to the flames, but the greater part were set
fire to by the Christians themselves, as they fled from
them on the approach of the Turkish troops, leaving in
them whatever they could not carry oh, even their sick
persons. The conquered Christians near Alexinezze
cut their way through three lines of the enemy, and
effected a retreat into the mountains or into Servia.
Those who took the direction of the Servian frontier
were for the greatest part cut to pieces by-their pursuers,
but a great number found their way into the mountains,
and not only those engaged in the action near Alexinezze,
but the inhabitants of the revolted districts, who took
no part in the affair ; but who, with the othen, to the
amount of several thousands, now wander rootless and
without victuals, and scarcely with the hope of joining '
the Christian inhabitants of other districts. For, fa-
vourably
as the Paella of Nissa endeavours to represent
matters in the European provinces, it is known here, as
I before wrote you, that in Bosnia, as well as in Mace-
donia and Albania, the revolt has broken out. It is re-
ported, for the most part, that this widely-spread move-
ment was arranged by foreign emissaries, mostly from
the north, but then the total want of money amongst
the insurgents is inexplicable, if any great Power favoured
their undertaking. One would be more 'inclined to be-
lieve that Milosch is not altogether strange to the mat-
ter ; it is, however, certain that the intolerable oppres-
sion of the Paellas gave the last impulse to this fearful
catastrophe. The endless illegal demands for ' money by
which the Pacha of Widdin especially distinguished
himself, would appear incredible if told, and the arbi-
trary nature of his Government in every branch was
sure to reap eventually its merited fruits. Reports are
spread of disturbances in Anatolia, but they want con-
firmation. A remarkable consternation is visible in the
family of the Prince ; and Lubitza, the mother of Prince
Michael, is said to betray the greatest anxiety concerning
the recent occurrences. The princely family left to-day
for Kragujewatz. Before their departure a confidential
attendant of the Princess had a long conversation with
the. French Consul.' "

MURDER AND SUICIDE.—The neighbourhood
of Bedale, Yorkshire, has been thrown into a state of great
excitement by a most melancholy act of murder and suicide,
which took place on Thursday last, at five o'clock in the morn-
ing, in the gardens belonging to the Duke of Cleveland, at
Newton flou•e, Lecrtifmg-lane. The murderer, whose name
is Thomas Robinson, was gardener to the Duke of Cleve-
land, and the place where the tragical event occurred
was in the greenhouse, where he had ordered his
son to go, under the pretence of doing something
in it. When the youth arrived there, his inhuman
father struck him a violent blow on the head with
an iron tool which he used fur the purpose of pounding ice,
and called an ice-beater. He then took a knife and
stabbed him in the front of the neck; but this, it would
appear, not having bean sufficient to accomplish his purpose, he
procured a cord, and, tying it tight round his neck,
completed his design by strangulation. The murderer then
went to his home (which is situate about two hundred
yards from the green-house), with the intention, it ap-
pears, of murdering the whole of the family. He told his
wife that be had done for the lad, and he would do for her
too, and commenced a most brutal attack open her by
striking her over the head with the lire-poker. An alarm
was then given by one of the family, and he went into an
adjoining room, where lie took a gun, which he had pre
viothly loaded in the morning, and, putting the muzzle of
it to his mouth, blew out his brains, the greater part of
which stuck to the ceiling of the room. His wife c.;ntintied
in a state insensibility until the following day, and great
doubts were entertained of her recovery ; but on Saturday it
was thought that she was likely to get better. The lad who
was murdered was eighteen years of age, and has been working
in the garden with his father. A satisfactory reason cannot
be assigned for this horrid event. The man was to leave his
situation on Monday, and as he was in embarrassed circum-
stances, it is thought that that has been the cause. He was
natural'y of a vicious, sullen disOn'itinn, and the fact of h:s
attempting to kill one of the workmen, about two years ago,
appears to confirm this opinion. It has been frequently re-
marked by the servants and workmen that. he would do some-
thing very serious before he left the place. Inquests were
held on the body on Friday, when the Jury returned the follow-
ing veal cts, " We find Thomas Robinson, the elder, guilty of
the wilful murder of his son, Thomas, being then in a state of
insanity. We further find him guilty of shooting himself with
a gun in a state of insanity, which insanity, we believe,
arose
from his pecuniary embarrassments.-- Manchester Chronicle
DEPLORABLE DEATH THROUGH EXCESSIVE
DRlNKlNG.—Thursday an inquest was held at the George,
Folly-bridge, Bermondsey, respecting the death of Mr. Wm.
Hurst, the proprietor of a large school in the parish, who was
stated to be but forty-seven years of age, but whose appear-
ance was rather that of seventy or eighty. The deceased had
fo,merly been in the naval service, and had amassed a consi-
derable property, the chief part of whichwas wasted to supply
his inordinate thirst; but through the interference of his friends
phenrscahaas‘aetolfaastlii
which produced abut be/. a year.
On Wednesday fortnight the deceased's wife was delivered of
twins, and since that time he has been in a continued state of
intoxication, arid it seems that he sent the boys of his school
life annuity, to lay
yout his remaining money in the
to obtain the supply.' Since last Friday he was unable to
eat anything, but would occasionally drink' a cop of tea. A
woman of the name of Burnett saw him up to four o'clock en
Tuesday morning, when he appeared asleep. She went again
between seven and eight, and then she found he was dead.
The Coroner inquired of a:r. Slow, the beadle, whether there
was any suspicion of any violence having been used, and he
stated there was not., lie then informed the Coroner that the
deceased's brother had told him on the previous day that for-
merly the deceased was in the habit of drinking fourteen lints
of gin a clay, and he had promised to be pre sent at the inquire.
The Coroner and Jury seemed to doubt whether it was possib'e
for a human being to take so touch, but the beadle said he was
assured of the fact. One of the Jury raid that when the de-
ceased received his dividends he was drunk until all was ex-
pended. The Jury returned averdict that the death of the de-
' ceased was the consequence of excessive drinking. The peer
widow and her family are uric almost dostpute.
FIRST PRINCIPLES.--Ile Editor of the Rich
mond Star calls the clawing 0f a woman; nails in her husbsnd's
face esa resort to first prinarles ."

CORRESPONDENCE ON CERTAIN
POINTS OF THE BISHOP OF LONDON'S
PUBLIC CONDUCT:

TO THE EDITOI? OF THE SUX
Feniton, May 17, 1841.
M'Neile, in one of his eloquent addresses,
recently mentioned two classes of persons—Church Ex-
tensionists, and Popish Extensionists. But for the sake
of the health of the Church of England, it is to be hoped
there is a third class of persons, who deem that Church
relbrmation ought to go before Church extension—which
Mr. M'Neile himself seemed inclined to admit in his
London lectures last year.,

I enelot.;9: for insetion a correspondence which cer.
tainly concerns the public. _

I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
11. E. HEAD.

Athenaeum Club, London, April 28, 1841.
Sin,—l have read in The Sun, Evening Paper, a
letter bearing your name and address, and on these
grounds I presume to address you.
When writers appeal to the public through the news-
papers there is, I apprehend, no discourtesy in ansWering
them, especially if they are misleading public opinion.
My acquaintance with the Bishop of London is of
so limited a kind, that it would be a great mark of :dire=
sumpti9n were I to undertake to defend one so esbecially
able to defend himself. But I have not 'the stuite.geli7
eau as to the principal matter of your letter ; aid must
hope that I am rendering you a useful service, in,seygling
you the form, and its authority, by which converts from'
the Church of Rome have been received during the last
century in the diocese of London.

Whi't steps you may now think it requisite to take, in
ustice to the Bishop and to your own character, it Mitst
.est with yourself to deterimne.
I am, Sir, your obedient Servant, . -
G. G..STONESTBEET,,
Preby. of Lincoln.

The Rev. H. E. Head.

Feniton, 30th April, 1 S4l.
Sin,--I have the honour of acknowledging the receipt of
your letter and of its enclosure, and of thanking you for
both.

With regard to the existence of the form which you
have courteously done me the hontrir to send me,--that
circumstance dues not call upon me for any •concesiion to
the Bishop of. London. For I never asserted, not- did I
at all intend to convey the idea that the Bishop had
composed that form. His Lordship makes it his own by
adopthr- it—so that it may be fairly called " the Bishop
of London's form of prayer" in contradistinction to the
authorized forms in the Prayer-book.
The name or names of the Prelates who had previoUsly
composed or adopted it, together with the circumstances
of it;; composition—arc 'questions which do not in the
least concern the public in a legal point of view—hOw-
ever interesting the information may be as a matter of
fact or history. And I beg to renew my thanks for the
information which you have afforded me on this point.
With regard to the authority of the form, it is not ne -
cessary to say much, as in the preface you fairly concede
the point that it never obtained the Royal sanction, and
that it is, in an ecclesiastical point of view, therefore, of
no authority at all.
With regard to the merits or demeritS of the form,
they are chiefly relative, therefore the more pernicious,'
as being less obvious to undiscerning minds. My mean-
ing is this. While error continues to lurk in our
rituals, this form is liable to the strongest objections.
For it denounces, with no small parade, the errors of
the clergy of Rome, while at the same time it calls
apon the Almighty covertly and indirectly to sanction
the errors of the clergy of England.
I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant,
HENRY ERSKINE BEAD.
The Rev. Prebendary Stonestreet.

P.S. Are these Ronian Catholic clergymen now com-
petent to preach in our pulpits without further ordina-
tion ? I rather think they are—according to current
opinion.

Athenaeum Club, London, May 3, 1841.
Sin,—l beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter
of the 30th ult., which I confess I read with regret.
Upon considering your observations I find it difficult
to conceive any course whatever which the Bishop of
London could haye adopted, which would have given you
satisfaction. Three priests of the Roman Church present
themselves to that prelate, upon whose conduct you ani•
madvert, for resolution of doubts and for spiritual coun-
sel ; they believe themselves to be in error ; they desire
to renounce publicly a doctrine contrary to God's word,
and, upon examination, had to be admitted, by the
Bishop so addressed, into communion with our Church.
Is the Bishop to reject or to receive them, if satisfied of
the sincerity of the profession ?
If he were to reject them; upon the simple ground of
not knowing in what manner, and by what formality to
comply, would not this be a very great hardship upon the
seceders; is any such reluctance to receive converts
exhibited in any other Church, however numerous or
scanty its proselytes ? were they to be treated as mere
recusants who might, by only going to church, protect
themselves under the statute against penalties, or take
some oath, to remove certain disqualifications ? How
would such a rejection have comported with the Episcopal
oath in the Examen of Consecration, when the question is
put " are you ready with all faithful diligence to banish
and drive away all erroneous doctrines, &c., &c.," would
not a Bishop who should so treat an applicant, and that
applicant a clergyman. at the present day be considered
as not very effectively fulfilling his high pastoral duties ?
On the other hand, supposing the Bishop to consent to
receive these converts publicly, then he must either corn-
pose or select some formulary of merely private charac-

ter, or he must use that of his predecessor in office, ac-
credited by the sanction of the State and the co-opera-
tion of the Houses of Convocation in the exercise of
their legitimate function. To the first of these courses
your printed letter takes objection your written letter
to me repudiates his right to the other alternative. What
is he to do ? If you will not allow him, upon individual
responsibility, to construct or adopt a special form—
nor t I avail himself of an order of prayer, accredited
at least amongst ecclesiastics by its very constitution, and
supported by the usage of the diocese (as Archdeacon Pott
informed me) and probably by more general custom—
you drive him back to the necessity, under supposed legal
scruple, of rejecting those unfortunate candidates, hence-
forth to belong to neither fold ; a strange way, indeed,
of discharging his conscience or his duty. If my in-
ference be wrong, Sir, it is more than reasonable that I
should inquire which of these several courses ought to
be pursued, and by what possible election the Bishop
could hare escaped the infliction of your reproaches ?
When you say that the preface to my edition of Te-
nison's Formula " concedes that, in an ecclesiastical point
of view, it is of no real authority," you have not cor-
rectly stated its purport. Why then should I print it ?
I had felt the want of such an authority, and so stated it.
. .

Burn, certainly a judge of eccleAastictit authority, does
not hold it so cheap. In fact it wanted nothing but the sign
manual of the minister of the day (as that of Bute in 1761
to the four occasional prayers), to make it a constituent
part of the Book of Common Prayer. Many of the
Canons wanted the final Royal sanction ; the results of
the Hampton Court conference were I believe similarly
circumstanced : the same exception is applied to one of
the versions of the Psalter. But there is a case so ex-
actly similar as to authority and date, detailed at large
in Burn, that I cannot forbear to refer to it, as mate-

ly affecting the question which you have raised. It
s that of the "Form for the Consecration of Churches."
the mincidences are in all respects complete ; each form

had Royal origination, each pa;sed both Houses of Con-
vocation, each was stopped in the Council Chamber by no
other difficulty whatever than the Royal demise. But will
any clergyman or jurist at the present hour admit your
inference, that not one of 1,000 churches which have
since been built, is consecrate, and that the ceremony

(if you will permit me to repeat your words as to the
contemporaneous formula), is, in an " ecclesiastical
point of View, of no real authority at all, and that the

names of the Prelates who have composed it, and the cir-
cumstances of the composition, are questions which do
nut in the least concern the public in a legal point of
view ? " Is this really to give its due weight to. the
Royal initiative and the deliberate judgment of the
Church in her assembly, upon the adaptation of a
specific ceremony, of which the Church had need ?
You inquire in your postscript, "whether these three
Roman Catholic clergymen are competent to preach in air
pulpits without further ordination ?" I have never heard
that any Protestan Bishop has impeached the validity of
the Roman priest orders, properly attested. The ques-
tion of jurisdiction is distinct from orders; often nn-
hooded,but distinct. Certainly no title to any jurisdiction,
domestic or colonial, I conceive would issue to a convert
priest, the Bishop being cognisant of the secession, until
he had been subjected to the same or even more strict ex-
amination [than that which is] required from our own
candidates, always at ordination, sometimes upon appli-
cation for license, and generally in cases of plurality at
Lambeth. Under what degree of caution this may pro-
ceed lam unable to judge. I can only suppose that, as
in cases of suspected heterodox opinion; proper securities
would be taken.

I am, Sir. your most obedient servant,
G. G. STONESTREET.
The Rev. H. E. Head, &e. &c., Feniton

Feniton, May 5, 1841.
have the honour to acknowledge your letter of
the 3d instant, and to thank you for the, intbrthation it
contains. The point on which I have the misfertttee t,,
differ from you is this. Yon view the proceeding .of tLc
Bishop of London abstracedly and c,:clusivelylvith re
ferenee to the matter of the three Roman Catholic cler-

Sn., • •••., u•••-• .•••
gymen. I, on the contrary, have all along considered it
connexion with other parts of his Lordship's - public
Conduct. Hence my r_Tly to your very reasonable
question—" by what possible course conk! the Bishop of
London have exempted himself from the appliCatlon of
my strictures"—will be this :
Had the Bishop of London favoured those moderate:
proposals of Church Reform which were broughvbefore
Parliament last year—had his Lordship even -contented
himself with forbearing to oppose them, his. Lordship
would have escaped my bitter reproaches oirlinl.l, 11: n o
present
i
occasion. For he then would not so clearly
the Church of England in the doubly pharisaic guilt
binding heavy burthens upon the commences of men by
over stringent subscription, and, at the same time, (:)fpub-
licly thanking God that she is not like that publican the
Church.of Rothe.
I Eq. your pardon if I have misstated the substance
of your preface ; but really I could not perceive that it
amounted to anything more than thfs-,-that, Tenison's
Formula is of great authority—to those who chose to 'de-
fer to it.
I do not think lightly of the Royal wish, or of the
assembly of the Church, or of any of those initiative
proceedings on which you lay so much stress. I should
agree with you, as to the conventional, authority of the
form, and indeed perhaps as to, the form itself—if the
Church of England were perfect. But it really ought
not tl hr used any Church Minister :Is long- as the
pretst corruptiOus prevail in our-Estalnisi
ment-- least
of all by a Prelate who opposes himself to the reforma-

tion of those corruptions. You argue that Tenison's
.for,m, is
._to be compared as to its authority, to the
form for the Consecration of ChurcheS. Your argu-
ment is just ; but it does not exculpate the Bishop of
London. On the contrary, it eriminates his Lordship,
and indeed all the Blshops) if they have used that
form in its present state), still more extensively. That
form is not free from error, and therefore those who use
it in its present state are not free from bhsme. The fol-
lowing extract from that form—" Grant, 0 Lord, that
they who in this place shall in their own persons renew
the promises and vows made by their sureties for them at
their -baptism, and thereupon be confirmed by the Bishop,
may receive such a measure of thy Holy Spirit that they
may be enabled faithfully to fulfil the same "—if it be
according to law, is not according to the gospel, which
recognises nowhere vows made by proxy and episcopal
ministrations, " interposed as media between the souls of
men " and that regenerating and eternal life in Christ,
the second Adam, which is the gift of God bestowed on
the r children of promise as freely as the rain that falls
from heaven,

With the exception of this sentence, I know of nothing
to object, either positively or relatively, to the form of
consecration. On the contrary, it is very decent and
or:161y, though it exalts the Bishop rather too much. I
(lota very much like (I mean as a mere matter of taste)
those rubrics which describe the Bishop sitting in his
chair ;" fur I know but of one Bishop who deserves to
be .enthroned and exalted in the minds of men.
But the passage which I have quoted is very seriously
.aliNtiortable. It is nothing less than an appeal to the
'Althghtv, to confirm our prejudices and sanction our
,
Mors. .

Trideed their Lordships the Bishops (the Bishop of
London pre-eminently), deal with the faults of the Church
as Pharaoh's magicians dealt with the plagues 'of Egypt
—they exert their zeal and power, not to remove, but to
increase them.—l have the honour to he, Sir, your most
obedient humble servant,
HENRY ERSKINE HEAD.
The Rev. Prcbeniary Stonestrect.

:_::.SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
• . TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. • .
IV° do not recollect' any occasion upon which the
sniU,l,lness of the room was so much felt as it was yester,.
dak; the crowd was so great, until long after seven
o'clock, that, although a great deal was gone into in the
way of comparing and squaaing books, many parties
were unable, from the mere want of space, to transact
any business at all. This being the case, we cannot be
expected to guarantee that the subjoined statement con-
taini all. that was done ; we can only recommend it.as
being substantially correct. The Derby engrossed nearly
all the betting, but did not exhibit such important fluc-
tuations as usually occur at this period., Balph was a
worse favourite than on Monday, 11 to 2 having been laid
several times, and curr'ntly offered up to the • close.
Scott's two favourites.Were in nearly the 'Same.- position
as before, Van Amburgh having the call. ,3 to 1 was
repeatedly offered against them jointly. Coronation It-as
a little on the decline at first, but rallied, was backed
for a large amount at 10 to 1, and Closed fourth fivorite.
Galaor was supported at an improvement, but Belgrade,
after standing a long time at 10 to 1, fell a couple of
points and closed with a very feeble party. Ermen-
gardis was backed at 25 to 1, and Sir Hatis repeatedly at
30 and 33 to 1 without making any advance, and although
the odds were taken frequently about several outsiders,
Mustapha, Muley, Monsieur le Sage and Hereford were all
that leftoff in any force. 100 to 1 each was offered against
each of Scott's three outsiders—Satirist, Duke of Wel,
lington, and Knight of the Whistle. It is generally ex-
pected that there will be a very large field, the numbers
guessed at ranging from 22 to 27 ; upon this point, how-
ever, it will be impossible to speak with any confidence
until Monday or Tuesday ; and to say who will ride (if
riders can be found for all that are thought likely to run)
is quite out of the question. The Oaks—Scarcely any-
thing was done on this race, and the only alteration was
in Lampoon, who was backed at 4to .1 in fifties. We
did not hear Gbuznee mentioned, Latest prices :

THE DERBY.
11 to 10 on the field agst four—taken •
11 to 4 agst Scott's lot—taken
1000 to 15 agst M. Rush's lot—taken
1000 to 15 agst-Sir G. Heathcote's lot—taken
11 to 2 agst Ralph—taken
7 to 1 agst Van Amburgh
8 to 1 agst Marshal Soult—taken
10 to 1 agst Coronation—taken
11 to 1 agst Gala Or—taken
12 to 1 agst Belgrade—taken
25 to 1 agst Ermengardis
28 to 1 agst Prince Caradoc
30 to 1 agst Sir Hans
40 to 1 agst Joachim
40 to 1 agst Mustapha Mulcy
1000 to 15 agst Hereford—taken
1000 to 15- agst Monsieur le Sage—taken
2000 to 25 apt St. Cross—taken
2000 to 25 agst c. by Plenipo, out of Bangtail—taken
1000 to 10 agst Satirist
100 to 1 agst Duke of Wellington
3000 to 50 agst Eringo—taken
2000 to 15 agst Finchle.y—taken • . ,
3000 to 25 agst Metternich—taken
2000 to 10 agst Portsokentaken
1000 to 500 on Sir Hans agst Satirist—taken
500 to 400 on Sir Hans agst Joachim—taken
500 to 40 on Eringo agst Cameleon—taken
1000 even between Knightsbridge and Pahernon
1000 even between Knightsbridge and Eringo
2COO even between Mustapha and Eringo
THE OAKS.

4 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Lampoon—taken
6 to 1 agst Cob Crawford's Ermengardis •
7 to 1 agst Mr. Batson's•Potentia—taken
14 to 1 agst Mr. Treen's Una

16 to 1 aiiSt Mr. T. 0. Powell's MysteryTilley—.tak.
The Betting-rooms will be -opened as usual at the
Grand Hotel, King-street, Covent-garden, to-morrow
evening, and continue during the races to subscribers
only.

INTELLIGENCE EXTRA.
GOODWOOD.—TirunsDny.

LAST DAY.—Nominations ibr the Orleans Cup :
Ihts, 5 yrs; Little Wonder, 4 yrs • Apatria, 3 yrs ;
Wardan, 4 yrs ; Palmyra, 3 yrs ; dustaphß, 3 yrs ;
Oakley, 3 yrs ; Marshal Soult, 3 yrs ; Caution, 4 yrs ;
and Mus, aged.

THE MONOPOLISTS' MAJORITY

OF THIRTY-SIX.

_ Is it to be believed for one moment that the great
manufacturing county of Lancashire will continue to be
misrepresented by
Lord Stanley, Lord F. Egerton, •
Mr. Wilson Patten, and Mr. Bootle Wilbraham ; The
Metropolitan Boroughs of
Marylebone, by Lord Teignmouth,
The Tower Hamlets, by Dr. Lushington?
Green'tvich and Deptford, by Mr. Wolverly Attwood ;
The great Sea Ports of
Liverpool. by Lord Sandon, and Mr. Cresswell,
Bristol, by Mr. Miles and Mr. Berkeley,
Hull, by Sir W. James,

Newcastle, by Mr. Hodgson Hinde,
Belfast, by Mr. Emerson Tennent and Mr. Dunbar ?
And the smaller Sea Ports (many of which are lare-elJ‘,
engaged in ship-building) of
Boston, by Mr. Brownrigg,
Dover, by Sir J. E. Reid,
Grimsby. by Mr. Heneage,
Harwich, by Mr. Herries,
Hastings, by Mr. Planta,
Ipswich, by Mr. Kelly and Sir T. J. Cochrane,.
Lynn, by Lord G. Bentinck, and Sir S. Canning,
Pembroke, by Sir J. Graham,
Penryn and Falmouth, by Mr. Freshfield,
Scarborough, by Sir N. W. Trench and Sir C. Style,
Southampton, by Mr. Dottin,
South Shields, by Mr. Ingham,
Simderland, by Alderman Thompson,
Weymouth, by Viscount Villiers and Mr. G.W. Hope,
Whitby, by Mr. Chapman,
Whitehaven, by Mr. Matthias Attwood ?
The great Cities and• Towns of
Bath, by Lord Powerscourt and Mr. Bruges,
Brighton, by Sir A. Dalrymple,
Durham, by Lorca Dungannon and Mr. Harland,
Exeter, by Sir William Follett,
Gloucester, by Mr. H. T. Hope,
Lincoln, by Colonel Sibthorp,
Winchester, by Mr. J. B. East,
York, by Mr. J. 11. Lowther ?
The Manufacturing Towns of
Blackburn, by Mr. Fielden,
Bolton, by Mr. Bolling,
Dudley, by Mr. Hawkes,
Frome, by Mr. Sheppard,
Kidderminster, by Mr. Godson,
Lancaster, by Mr: Green and Mr. Marton,
Macclesfield, by Mr. Grimsditch,
Newcastle (Staffordshire), by Mr. Miller
.and Mr.
Horsey,
Norwich, by Marquis of Douro,
Nottingham, by Walter,
Stafford, by Mr. Chetsvynd and Mr. Farrend,
Stockport, by Mr. T. Marsland,
.Stoke-upon-Trent, by Mr. Davenport and Alderman
Copeland,
• :Walsall, by Mr. Gladstone,
.Warrington, by Mr. Blackburne, •
Warwick, by Sir C. Douglas,
Worcester, by Mr. Bailey ?
And the Boroughs and Towns of
Berwick, Evesham,
, •• Beverley, • Hereford, •
Bridgewater, Leominster,
Bridgnorth, Maidstone,
Colchester, Pontefract,
Droitwich, IVenloek,
by the men who voted on Tuesday night's majority ?
—Orotticle.

GRETA BRIDGE, SATURDAYS—AWFUL OC•
CITIIRENCE.—On • Thursday evening, between the hours
of five and siN..o'clock, the village, of Londonderry, near
Bedale, was thrown into the utmost state of alarm by
a female running out of the house of one Robinson, a
gardener, 'covered with blood,- and ' fainted on the road,
who- turned out to be the gardener's wifeeavhom her
husband had nearly killed. On some , persous going
up to the house, a most shoAing spectacle presented
itself. The son 'Or the unfortunate man lying dead,
murdered by the hands of his father—the father himself
pacing the room with a gun in his hands, no one daring
to approach the house • but in a few minutes the re-
port of a gun Was heard, and on entering the house " the
maniac," for what else can we call him, was weltering in
his blood, with his head nearly blown off. But faint
hopes are entertained of the recovery of his wifi, whom
he had mutilated to a shocking degree. The two ecrpses
of the father and son were interred on Saturday last.
The rumour is, that the cause of the melancholy affair was
the loss of his place, combined with ft series of misfor-
tunes that have reduced him, or waq likely to do, to a
state of poverty.— Tpic Mercury.
• ' •

VENIN G EDI+ION.

THE SANDWICH. ISLANDS. -
A file of the Myles/ern, issued at Honolulu, to the. loth
of October has beer. received et New Bedford, in the•
United States. •
A sum of between eleven and twelve hundred dollars
has been raised for the benefit of the Oahu Charity School,
by the sale.at auction of donations received front Ear*
and the United States.
The Polynesian of July 4 says :—Since the arriyal of
the King and his suite at this place we have been grati-
fied to learn that his Majesty and must of the chiefs of
the island have spent considerable time in consultation,
for the purpose of forming,new laws, and effeeting:a revi-
sion of the laws enacted about a year previous. The new
coda is intended in some degree to limit the poWer atxl
define the ditties of the King, governors, and Al other •
chiefs. The form of trial by jury, which heretofore ha,:
been adopted in capital offences, we understand is to 1)4
extended to all high crimes and to some civil action.,.
There are be different classes of court:, thoncdt it is
said the nigher court is to have no jurisdietien except iti
oases of appeal.
The art of engraving appears to be practi:;ed with; sue-,IT
eess at the high school of Mr. Andrews at sLabaiartiana.
Several views of Hawaiian scenery, executed on. .coppeti t
plate by pupils of the seminary, are spoken .614 s mani-
festing strong native talent for the art • .

The'. bark Ilera sailed from Honolulu, .Aug. 3-, for New
York, with a cargo of upwards of '2OO tons of siu,-ar and
molasses of Sandwich Island produce ; some of which
was raised by and shipped on account of the• natives;
.16,000 goat skins, and the first shipment of raw silk, from
the plantation of Peck and Co., Koloa, were also freighted
in the same vessel. •
A plantation had been commenced by Pikoi, William
Harebottle, and some other young Hawaiians: • The plan-
tation includes, at the smallest calculation, two thousand
acres, including mountain land, and is secured for them
for fifty-fire years., They first planted sugar cane, but
the soil pro-.-ing too dry and not rich enough, they have
now turned their .attention to raising corn, beans, &e.,
and live stock. Coffee also thrives well.
The Pidynesian of Oct. 3 contains an account of the
trial of Kamanawa and Lone, captain of the...schooner
Kooikaika, for the murder of Kawakuiki, wife of the for-
mer, by poisoning.
Gov. Kekuanoa was the presiding Judge, the King
and high chiefs being present. The accused were al-
lowed to challenge the jury, which consisted of- twelve
of the most intelligent Hawaiians, all of high rank. They
-were also alloWed to select counsel. - • •
Kamatiawa, and, his accomplice confessed their crime.
Lono alss • confessed a previous murder, that cf the
former commander of the Kooikaika, whom he poisoned
in a similar manner, a few years since, at Hawaii. Be-
sides their own confessions, the testimony of the wit-
nesses was full and ample. The jury brought in their
verdict against the two, guilty of wilful murder,'
and they will soon undergo the penalties of the law.
Such deeds are said to have been quite common in
the clays of heathenism ; but,- since the introduction of
Christianity, this, we believe, is the first Case of convic-
tion. Kamanawa is one of very high rank by blofid, and
his trial and condemnation by his Peers show in them a
commendable. determination to assert the supremacy of
tle•ir laws, however high the rank of the offender. The
trial throughout was conducted in a very respectable and
dignified manner, and made a favourable impression
upon the minds of the strangers present.
TRANSLATIOn—SCritenCO of the Chiefs sent in writ-
ing to Kamanawa and Lonopuakau, published for the in-
formation of all people.
To Kamanawa and Lonopuakau.
In accordance with the sentence of death, passed upon
you on the 30th of September, we hereafter notify you
that. the clay of your- eNecution will be on the 20th day of
the present month, at 11 o'clock, A.M.
Happy indeed will you be should you improve the:
present few dads by repentance, that your. heihons sins
may be forgiven, through Jesus Christ.
KAMEHAMEHA.• 111.
KEKAULUOIII.

Honolulu, Oahu, Oct. 5, 1840.
[TRANSLATION.]
Law prohibiting the manufacture and use of intoxicating

drink.

In our inquiries after the best means of promoting the
interests of thUkingdom, it has appeared to us that an
increase. in the Production of
'food is of great importance.
Scarcity of fOod is, Of course,' a great evil to the country.
It is said that the present is a time of scarcity, and we
therefore have been searching for the cause of it. One
reason we ascertained to be the following,
,Articles of
food, potatoes, • sugar cane, melons, and other things,
are taken and transformed into intoxicating drink ; the
people remain in idleness, without labour, in consequence
of their lying drunk; wherefore the land is grown over
with weeds and is impoverished. •
In consequence of our desire to promote th., order and
welfare of the kingdom, we have assembled to re-
flect on the subject, and now enact this law,
1. If any man take potatoes, sugar cane, melons, or
any other article of food, and transform it to an intoxi-
cating liquor, and drink it, he shall be fined one dollar,
and if he do the like again, the fine shall be two dollars,
and thus the fine shall be doubled for every offence, even
to the utmost extent.

2. If any one make an intoxicating liquor such as is
Mentioned above, and give it to another to drink, he too
shall bo fined, according to the first section of this law.
3. Whosoever shall drink that which another has pro-
pared in order to produce intoxication, as mentioned
above, he too has violated this law, and shall be fined in
the same manner as he who prepared the drink.
4. If a man be fined according to the above require.
ment, and have no money, he may then pay his tine in
produce, or, if he have no produce, he may pay it Li la-
bour, the labour being proportioned to the amount of
the fine, or, if he do not labour according to the require-
ment, the punishment may be increased, or 'he may be
confined in irons.

4. When this law is proclaimed by a crier .in any vil-
lage, the day of the proclamation shall be the day that it
take's effect at that place. But if it be not 'proclaimed, it
shall take effect on the last day of November. at all the
places at these Hawaiian Islands.
Enacted by the Government of these HaWaiian Llands
at Honolulu, Oahu, this Ist day of October, in the
year of our Lord 1840.
(Signed) KA MEHAMBHA
1(1:KA ULLTOK.
. .
—New York Conzniercial Advertiser.

LOSS Olt
.TIIE DIARY SCOTT.
CAPTAIN RICHARDSON'S STATEMENT OF
THIS MELANCHOLY CATASTROPHE.
Orr-the 9th instant, at six A.m., the ship Brooklyn,
under my command, proceeded, with the assistance of a
steamer, from the river Mersey to sea. At two P.M.,
being seven miles outside the Bell Buoy, discharged the
steamer, and made sail, wind light from S.E. At 830
ray., saw. Point Lynas Light S.W., about eight miles dis-
tant, wind brisk from S.S.W. At nine P.M, brisk breezes
from S.W. by S., took in the studding-sails. At near
ten nat., beingon deck myself, and having a gcod look-
out kept by myself 'and men, we observed: a sail on our
larboard bow. 1 immediately saw her, and,' seeing she
was steering in an opposite direction, (that is, ,
and ourselves about W.N.W.,) and she to 'windward
of usc the wind Having just headed us one point, and thus
favoured the strange sail, I was induced to keep my ship
Off, by putting helm aport, which was done, and my ship
immediately swang oil' two points ; but on looking to the
strange sail again, to my astonishment I observed her
keeping off, which caused me to believe, that as we were
so near each other we should soon come together, bow to
bow, which would have destroyed us both almost in-
stantly. I, fearing so frightful a collision, thought at
the moment, that if my helm was put down, my ship
might come to
.quick enough to clear her ; conse-
quently I had my helm put to starboard, and my ship
began to come to quickly, and had there been one
or two minutes' more time, the strange sail would hare
been- sufficiently ahead to have cleared us, as we
struck her about the mainmast. I saw her in one'
minute after she was seen by the look-out. I (lid
nut see any lights on board of her, neither have I learnt
that any one on beard my ship saw any. My ship lost
her bowsprit, cutwater,. stein badly split, bows muelt in-
jured, and' at the time of the collision, and. for two hours
afterwards, I had strong fears of my ship springing a
lar:A•e Itak sudtltniy, as, in ;tdditi,.ll to the injury just suss
tabled, her bowsprit was thiashi!!g her bows sufficiently
to cause great anxiety for: the sway of 195 souls on •
board ; also, the foremast was much endang(Ted from
the want of head-stays. AS the ':strang-,‘ sail passed from
us after the collision, I heard dreadful shrieks and cries.
I had no doubt they were cries of distress, and I feared
the strange sail was sinking. thought of the drown-
ing crew, but I had not the power of affording any re-
lief; as my ship was under full sail, and in an unmanage-
able and extremely dangerous state ; however, in a few
minutes I let my sails tly, backed my
upped the ship's way, but did nut, at that time4n. after-
wards, hear or see anything of the • strange sail, _
boats, or men, until I heard of the arrival of some of
them at this place. and

P.S. UnderstanLge°t4lll:4l3amErdeLeprolroStfr.ltißlaiesiCbsetlilii•PnApci:l7r7'tklNalyt'end
vory pre.;ndicial to my character for humanity, to till?'
(.4.!,,•t. that immediately on the collision' taking place I
caused the hatchways to be covered, for the purpose of-
Pteventing the passengers from coming upon dc.ck, .f beg
most distinctly to deny it, no such order having 'beck
given by me, or by any officer on Loard my ship ; on
the contrary, to my own certain knowledge, I state, that
the hatchway::: were open, and that several of my .passen.
~-ers were On deck at the time of the accident.."

of recent elopement which.
has the following :—•` We
selist,ion in the French capital,
has
the autlio-'ties of Natuur that the.S'..
the,
Comte, G 'l.• lthe Infantaun-
urows,,t anc
bells have d.:clared t.? .
~
Aver., ma rrie.l•by a pries:, before leaving Paris. Until this
arra..r s1,„11 have been further settled the Princess has '
• 'tted the Hotel d'Ar..whattip, and is gone to reside at
die :el;.r' 11
Os: e real' (lit
in:Idol: tiehgt '!sri (t1::::11 thFicir Csilki ,
gal , ,
• the house of the Burgomaster of :canntr." ' It is stated
that the Comte is the individual who selkitcd the hand
of Madge. Rachel .some time back, and met with percinp7 ,?,
to
therfhrantsli.The Emanc.;pation,
Princess Isabella was brOUght to Britsseld
another Wlgian journal,
a
fr:ln Namur on Friday las riday l . ,
and lodged at (lie of the
priir:ip:q I otels.
"I'l 1 E , 04. N OF TIVE WILLIAM BROWN,—
s7s
limiltß,. NAY It .-_.'l surviving pa-s,•ngers of the William
Brown, brcught to this port by the ship Crescent, reel:lest that
their names may be inserted our the .atisfaction of thew friends
at home. Subscriptions are in progress here for the purpose
of getting them alt sent out to N. w Yo.k with the rextpacket.
The folloWing are the names of those saved, many of them
b''ing witnesses to the aw:ul, heart-reeding scene of their
brothers. sistersand other relatires being launched
~ cousins,
into a watery grave :—INIrs. Margaret Edgar, Isabella Edgar,
.usannala Edgar, illa.rgaret Edgar. and Jane`Johnstone
Edgar,
all from LochMaben; James Nadi and wire, from Thiblit, ;
James Patrick, and Matilda Patrick, and child, from Cole-
raine ; Bridget Macree. Drogheda ; Bridget Nugent, West- • .
rnrwh ; Ann Bradley. Sarah Corr, Mary
Corr, and Anthonv
Corr, all from Colerane; Julia M'Atlani, from Dublin. It fs'
not correct that the hands were cut off from those Who (long to
side sat* the twat

,NING EDITION

MEETING IN MARYLEBONE.

COMMODORE NAPIER.

A meeting of the electors of the borough of Marylebone was
held yesterday at the Yorkshire Stings, Paddington, to take
measures for securing the electioh of the " Hero of Acre" to
represent this borough in Parliament. Long before two
o'clock, the hour appointed for commencing proceedings, the
son, which is calculated to hold 1,500 persons, was completely
`filled; and when the time for taking the Chair arrived the greatest
impatience was manifested. The call of" Chair, chair, time,
tune," having become in a few minutes exceedingly loud and
erngry, the Committee appeared upon the platform, and one
of them,
Ivisriset, came forward, and said, that by some unac-
,eountable accident, Mr. Raikes Currie, who was to have taken
the chair, had not arrived, and on that account Mr. Hume—
( Vehement cheering)—would take the chair.—( Renewed and
long continued cheering. )
Mr. HUME, M.P., then came forward, and when the cheer-
ing with which the Hon. Gentleman was received had sub-
sided, said, that as the time of every person there present was
valuable, the Committee had thought fit not to wait for the
arrival of the gentleman who had agreed to take the Chair on
the present occasion ; they were anxious to proceed to business.
He (Mr. Hume) had come there as a parishioner, not intend-
ing in any way to interfere in the proceedings of the meeting,
further than by offering his most zealous support to Commo-
dore Napier, in the hope that they would have him as their
representative in Parliament.—( Cheers, and cries of " No, no,"
and much confusion, which lasted for some time.) At length
Mr. Hume proceeded—He was in hopes that those who came
there would allow the meeting to proceed orderly. They were
anxious to hear the opinions of every individual in the assembly
who might think fit to present himself on the present occasion.
It w as not to be supposed that they could all be of one opinion ;
but it was right and, fair that they should hear the parties who •
addressed the meeting, and not by clamour unnecessarily inter-
rupt its proceedings.--( Here some disorder was again occa-
sioned by an individual, who was assailed on all sides by cries of
" Turn him out, turn him out.") Mr. Hume went on to say
that those who wished to prevent open discussion, would not be
the friends of freediim, or the best individuals to be represented
in Parliament. He would not make any further observations
than as chairman express a hope that they would support him
while in the chair an his endeavours to preserve order. It
etas impossible that they could obtain credit for their proceed-
ings, useless they observed order and decorum. In his capa-
city of chairman, he would take care that every individual pre-
senting himself to the meeting should be heard. Commodore
Napierhad offered himself as candidate to represent the borough
of Marylebone in Parliament-Hear, hear, and cheers)—
and it was unnecessary for himr. Hume) to say more than
that the gallant Commodore's public acts and conduct had
made bins as well known to the inhabitants of that borough as
any one who was long resident in it. He (Commodore Na-
pier) had not yet had an opportunity of addressing the inhabitants
of Marylebone, and he (Mr. Hume) trusted that they would
allow him to introduce the gallant officer to them.—(Cheers. )
Commodore NAME here came forward, and was received
with enthusiastic and long-continued cheers; when order
was somewhat restored, the gallant Commodore said—
Gentlemen, I can assure you I never experienced
greater pleasure than I do at the present moment in address-
ing so large a portion of the constituency of the borough of
Marylebone. I hope you will make some allowance, on ac-
count of my long absence from England, and my consequent
want of acquaintance with passing events, in my address to
you on the present occasion.—( Hear, hear.) I wish to see the
33a110t the law of the land.--(Cheers.) I was not the friend
of the Ballot ; but I stood three contested elections, and I saw
it was impossible for Englishmen, under the present system,
to come forward to the poll and do their duty openly as elec-
tors.—(Loud cheers.) I have, then, thought it high
time to change my mind. Gentlemen, relative to the
extension of suffrage, I will merely observe, that I find
there are thirty-five thousand householders paying a
10/. rate in this borough, and only 11,500 of those are regis-
tered, and but 8,000 come forward to give their votes ; and
why is this ? not from any unwillingness to assert their rights
as electors, but because they are certain that if they vote
against certain parties, they may ruin their families.
The next article I come to Is short Parliaments.
On that topic it is not necessary to say much. When
I see hew persons change every day from right to left,
I think seven years too long a period to trust any body at all.
Therefore, I will always vote for short Parliaments, whether
they be of three, four, or five years' duration.—(" Oh," and
cries of " One year.") Now we come to the greatly agitated
questions of the last week in the House of Commons. The
hrst is the Corn-laws.—( Hear, hear.) I need not tell you. he-
rause I have done so frequently before, that I am decidedly
opposed to the Corn. laws. I think they are the most on-
statesmanlike laws that were invented they are bad
for the people because they starve the people, and
they are bad for the merchants. I will tell you an anec-
ote which took place in Egypt about a man who in this coun-
hry is called a great monopoliser, but he is far from it. When
:I urged him to put down his monopolies he said, " Yen your-
selves are monopolisers. I monopolise for the good of my people
—to pay my army and my navy for their protection ;
but you do so to put money into the
_pockets
of the landowner, and to starve the pnor people. You are
therefore worse monopolists than I am." It is unnecessary to
go intokthe question of anger duties. Lord Palmerston has
well answered the arguments brought forward by the other party
with respect to the support derivable to slavery from the mea-
sures now proposed. Lord Palmerston told you in his excellent
speech Oat he had treaties with every Power in Europe, many
'of which were &ready ratified; and that he expected every day
tithe ratification of treaties with America to establish the right
sit search in any vessel employed in the slave trade. That
titers is a complete answer to the question that arose about
encouraging slavery and the slave trade, and it is unne-
ceraary to say more on the subject. Now we come to
the question of timber duties, which perhaps all of you
eh. not sufficiently understand. I understand in London ,1
essi are obliged to rase Canadian timber in building houses,
and that they are all filled with bugs.—( Loud laughter. )
(Candi= timber produces bugs in a most extraordinary de-
gree, and that accounts for whit I had never known before.
But you have not only bugs in the houses, but they are intro-
,'.need into every ship in the navy. Formerly I never saw
such a thing as a bug in a man-of-war, but now there is
scarcely a ship without them, and that on account of the Ca-
nadian umber. I think that INlioisters were wrong, so far as
not taking off more than ss. from the duty on Baltic
timber. Ail our ships' spars, instead of being Riga sticks, are now
este& of Canadian timber ; and when a ship is on a lee-shore,
instead of having a fire Riga stick, which he can depend upon,
she has a Canada stick carried away, which can be no very plea-
sant thing, either for the officers or her men. The Poor-
laws are, I understand, extremely well administered in
the parish of Marylebone, therefore I do not see why these
Poor-laws ought to be altered.—( C'heers, mingled with hisses
surf cries f " Explain, explain," with considerable confusion.
which was increased by the falling of a table, amidst cries of
Canada timber," and much laughter.) On the restoration of
order the Gallant Commodore said, I believe I am misunderstood
by some gentlemen. When I was alluding to the Poor-laws,
I'meant those of the parish of Marylebone, which I under-
stand are very well aoministered, and therefore I suppose no
change in them to be necessary. I will support all
local laws in Marylebone, as they are well admi-
nistered. Relative to the Poor-law generally, being
absent from England two years, I have not had time to exa-
mine into them, so that I cannot give you any positive opinion
as to their justice. Before I went abroad, I was a guardian in a
district in Hampshire, where the Poor-laws were very well ad-
-I=inistered ; and I think, that were they not well administered the
fault lies with the Poor-law guardians, who do not carry out
the law. In the district to which I have alluded, all the old
persons above sixty years of age—husband and wife—were
allowed out-door relief to the amount of 6s. per week.
—( Hear, and cheers.) Whether we were right or wrong in
carrying this out in our district, we, at all events, provided for the
comfort of the posr, and I think the same system ought to be
brought into operation in every union—(AVoiee—" Are you
for every parish administering to its own poor—answer that.")
H.re great disorder arose, mingled with cries of " Turn 'em
nut." As the confusion continued increasing every moment,
Mr. G. A. YOUNG, who was the former candidate in the
Anti-Poor-law interest for the Borough, came forward to the
trout of the platform, and by words, which were inaudible, and
signs and gestures, endeavoured to prevail on the assembly to
abate the tumult, and give a hearing to the gentleman ad-
dressing them.
On Mr. Young's retiring from the front of the platform,
the uproar was renewed, with cries of " Ge on Commodore ;"
" He won't answer the question ;" " Turn the fellows out"—
mingled with hisses, roars, and cries of " Shame, shame."
Lieutenant Ackerley stood in the doorway, and contributed not
a little to swell the tumult, by occasionally calling out, in a
stentorian voice, distributed through thej hall by the aid of his
hollow palm applied to his lips—" Agents of the devil—they
stepport the Poor-laws—answer the question."
3lr. THOMAS, the barrister, as a friend of Mr. G. A.
Young, entreated the supporters of that gentleman, to preserve
order, and to give every one a fair hearing.
A GENTLEMAN on the Platform.—Why, it is only those
you brought here who have refused to hear any one. —Renew ed
uproar. )
Commodore NAIIEE again presented himself; and, after a
renewed uproar amongst the Youngites for some minutes, which,
through the influence of Mr. Young exerted chiefly by ges-
tures (for his vocal appeals were utterly inaudible) a partial
silence enabled us to catch the following :—Gentlemen, the
oialy other observation which I have to make to you is,
that if the public service should rehuire my ab-
sente abroad, I shall leave to the electors to decide whether
or uot Ishould resign my seat.—( Cheers, and a repetition of the
peevions tumult, diversified by numerous personal contests,
reseal and fistic, in several parts of the room—in some instances
cards were fiercely exchanged. )
Mr. You we (Sir C. Napier having withdrawn) offered him-
self to the meeting, and in spite of the deafening din of cheers,
hhshh and hooting, which almost split the roof, persisted for
some minutes in vainly endeavouring to make himself heard.
The CHaia*All thought that the best way to compose the
meeting, and to restore order, was to put it to the meeting
to decide by a show of hands whether Mr. Young should be
heard or not.—( Cheers.) If it were the wish of the majo-
rity to give that gentleman a hearing, the rest would be
bound to accede.---(Cheers. )
A show of hands was taken accordingly, when
Mr. HUME said that the numbers were so nearly equal
that he could not undertake to decide, and he thought there-
fore that Mr. Young ought to be heard.—( Cheers and alaugh. )
Mr. YouNG—( who throughout his address was almost
inaudible, more from the boisterous altercations of the
two parties in the meeting amongst themselves than
fom any:interruption positively directed against the speaker)—
was understood to say, that he had thought it his duty to at-
tend this meeling in consequence of the decisions of two
societies of electors in his favour ; and as, at the present
meeting, convened by those whom he regretted to call his
opponents, nearly one half of the electors present were his
etteporters, he did not think that he was bound to retire from
the approaching contest. He was as anxious for the suc-
cess of the liberal measures of commercial policy proposed j
by the Government as_
fairly
man could be ; and if time
people had been fully represented in the House of
and
Commons, those measures could not have been rejected or de-
layed. Sir C. Napier had expressed himself favourable to the
centralizing principle of the New Poor-law --(Cheers and
cries of " No, no," and " yes, yes.") The Gallant. Officer had
certainly said that it was the fault of the guardians that the law
was net well administered. [The uproar became so great that
we could not hear the slightest soundfrom the Hon. Gentleman
although he seemed to make no ordinary efforts ]
Sir C. NAPIER., after considerable exertion on the part of
the chairman to still the uproar and obtain a hearing fur the
Gallant Officer, was understood to explain that the statement
made by Mr. Young as to his opinion of the
totally incorrect. He supposed he had not been heardwr- rightly.
After After some further confusion, a resolution to the effect that.
Sir C. Napier was a fit and proper person to represent the
borough, and should have the support of the electors present,
was preposed by Mr. Horsey.
M. DANIELL came forward and seconded the resolution. I
Tie was received with loud cheers. "

iii7K;;;;;;; theni;sentedhimself, amidst loud cries of
"Adjourn, adjourn," and great uproar, which rendered the
greater part of his speech inaudible. He said that
nn 'oPerraa could be more impolitic with reference to
theeasiesent situation of the borough, than when they had
alr two reform candidates in the field to come forward with
a thir .—(Cheers said uproar.) Whatever might be the de..
vision of that day, Mr. y
oung— ( Great uproar and confusion
which drowned the conclusion of the sentence. ) Public meet-
hags were not always decisive of elections.—( Great uproar. )
The best course to pursue ores for all to unite and consider
AD had the best right to be their representative Cries of

" Napier, Napier," and great confusion.) The course then
pursued appeared to him to be most inconsideree.—(Great
uproar, and cries of " No, no.") They ought to have waited
to settle their present unhappy differences. It was owing
to those that they were suffering the degradation
of being represented, or rather of being misrepresented,
by a Tory.—( Loud cheers.) This was one effect of the pre-
sent unhappy differences, and it was due to the Reformers to
say that they had been in the course of bringing them to a
satisfactory conclusion.—(Cheers, and uproar. ) The Ra-
dicals ought to have the representation.—( Cheers and uproar. )
It was unwise to bring forward a third when two were already
in the field.—(Great uproar.) If you decide that Commodore
Napier shall be the man—( Cries of " Yes, yes ; Napier for
ever; we will have him," mingled with cries of " No, no,"
from the-partizans of Mr. Young.) Amidst the din and con-
fusion Mr. Kensett retired.
The CHAIRMAN then pot the resolution, but from the up-
roar it was impossible to hear what he said. A placard, bearing
the inscription, " Napier for Marylebone," was held up amidst
the most deafening applause. At that moment Mr. G. A.
Young pressed forward to the front of the platform. A scene
of the greatest uproar ensued, his supporters applauding ve-
hemently ; but their plaudits were drowned by the cries of
" Off, off !" raised by the supporters of Commodore Napier.,
The ChandsAIRMAN then put the question, and a forest of hands
being held up in its favour, it was declared to be carried amidst
the loudest acclamation.
Commodore NAPIER then came forward and was received.,
with the most vociferous applause. He briefly returned thanks,
and retired amidst the loud cheers of the meeting.
Mr. Porren proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. Hnme for
his conduct in the Chair, which was carried by acclamation,
and the meeting separated.
After the platform had been cleared some person in the body
of the hall called for three cheers for Mr. Young. The cheers
were, however, completely drowned by the hisses of his oppo-
nents, much to the chagrin of Mr. Ackerley, who stood by the
door in a most excited state, and gave audible utterance to his
feelings of disappointment.
The rush to the door, on the breaking up of the meeting,
was so great that it was some time before the room was cleared.