The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-21 00:00:00

THE COLLIERS' STRIKE.

From a number of communications sent to us from
the colliery districts, we have selected the following,
to show that the human mind, even in the lowest
drudgery, and in the most dismal of employments,
still exhibits the "spirit divine." The verses, we
admit, are not above mediocrity, but they are hig►hly
creditable to a man doomed to the , sufferings of a
miner :

TIIE MINER'S DOOM.
Composed by Henderson Fawcett, Miner, South Wingate.
Tune—" Misletoe Bough."
Aroused by the Caller's well-known voice
Near midnight, calling, " 'tis time, my boys !"
The ohl and the young at the sound arise,
And each to his dreary toil quick hies ' •
But little they thought in descending the mine,
No more they'd see the bright sunshine.
Chorus—Oh ! the slaves of the mine,
The slaves of the mine.
Now, down the deep shaft, far out of sight,
They toil with a dimly burning light ;
Far, far, from meadows and rivers clear,
They're breathing a noxious atmosphere ;
The dangers they brave, the world seeth not,—
It sighs o'er their doom, but soon 'tis forgot.
0, sudden and sad is the miner's doom ;
See the clouds which up yon shaft now come !
The alarm is given—" She's fired !" they cry :
To the shaft, to the shaft, all quickly fly ;
The mother exclaims, in anguish wild,
" My son ! my son ! my darling child!"
Oh, mother !" yon little mourner cloth cry,
Will not father come to me by-and-bye ?"
" No more he'll return, my only joy !
Thy father is gone, thou'rt an orphan boy :
No more he'll list to thy prattling tongue,
(Jr lull thce to sleep with the soothing song.
The aged father, he tore his hair,—
No words he spoke—he looked despair :
Ilis son was slain ; like the mighty oak,
When shattered by the lightning's stroke,
Cut off in the flower of youthful bloom,
The deep drear mine was his early tomb.
Sec yonder maid, in silent grief,
No tears do come to her relief ;
She'd fixed the day to form for ever,
That bond which only death can sever :
No more his active limbs now move—
No more he'll smile upon his love
Now struggles the miner to better his state ;
May he triumph in a cause so great !
Though yet he may toil in the darksome mine,—
Away, away, from the bright sunshine ;
Yet kind, and just, and equal laws,
Shall happiness bring to the miner's cause.

BALLOON ASCENT.—On Monday, Mr. Hampton
gratified the sight-seers of the metropolis by making an
ascent, from W hite Conduit Gardens, in his newly-con-
structed " monster balloon." The period which has
elapsed since an ascent has been made in or near Lon-
don naturally attached to the exhibition an air of no-
velty, and a vast concourse of persons assembled. The
gardens were thrown open as early as eleven o'clock,
and shortly after the process of inflation commenced, and
continued until near six o'clock, when the balloon was
pronounced to be sufficiently full for ascent, and which
was clearly indicated by the extraordinary buoyancy of
the ponderous machine. Shortly after six o'clock Mr.
Hampton made his appearance in the circle, and was
loudly and enthusiastically greeted by the assembled
thousands. The usual paraphernalia haying been ar-
ranged, at half-past six o'clock Mr. Hampton stepped
into the car, and the signal being given, at twenty-five
minutes to seven o'clock the balloon rose in a slow but
majestic manner, amidst the deafening shouts of the
multitude, which crowded not only the interior but the
exterior of the gardens and their immediate vicinity.
The balloon, for a few minutes, took its course in a
south-westerly direction, but, on attaining a greater al-
titude, it bore in the direction of the south .east, passed
over the easter' portion of the metropolis, crossed the
river near Deptford, and bore in the direction of Plum-
stead, about which spot it was expected the descent
would be made. _

DEPARTURE OF ROBERT OWEN FOR AMERICA.—
On Sunday afternoon, Mr. Owen left London by the
.
Southampton Railway on way to Portsmouth, from
whence he proceeds to America on a visit to his family,
resident in New Harmony, Indiana. His friends and
disciples assembled in St. James's Park, anxious to tes-
tify their respect and affection, and to bid him " fare-
well." Mr. Owen, accompanied by his friends, passed
through Pimlico and along the Vauxhall-road on his
way to the railway station. Previous to crossing the
bridge, the assemblage, numbering at the least five thou-
sand, were addressed in a short appropriate speech by
Mr. Fleming, editor of the New Moral World, who ex-
pressed his extreme gratification with the quiet and
orderly demeanour of so vast an assemblage, who, with-
out flags, banners, or public notice, had met to bid fare-
well to their venerable father and friend. It was Mr.
Owen's intention to return to England the following
year. " Meantime our blessings follow him wherever he
may go, and warm: shall be the welcome which shall
greet his return." This sentiment having been enthusi•
astically responded to, Mr. Owen (who appeared in ex-
cellent health and spirits) then bade his friends " fare-
well," wishing them every happiness, and hoping that,
on his return, he should find them in the possession of
the means to secure sound practical education, and bene-
ficial employment for themselves and families. Mr.
Owen then proceetled across the bridge to the railway
station, still followed by great numbers.
A HOPEFUL FAMILY._ At the last Wells Assizes
a most notorious character, named George Culliford, of
Ilchester, was tried on four indictments, three for bur-
glary and one for sacrilege, and transported for the term
of his natural life, having only been liberated from gaol
about five days, during which period he committed all
these offences. The judge, in passing sentence, told him
if the law had not been altered, he would most assuredly
have left him for execution, which would have been car-
ried into effect. This makes seven of this family in a
short period that have been sent out at Government ex-
pense.— Western Plying Post.
ANTWERP, AUGUST 18.—This city still continues
to be the principal point of attraction to the numerous
travellers who are hastening to the German autumnal
rendezvous. The occupants of the magnificent salons of
the Hotel St. Antoine are very numerous. The follow-
ing are amongst the most recent arrivals :—Viscount
Ebrington, Sir Charles Forbes, Bart., Sir John Wal-
sham, Bart., the Hon. J. Stuart Wortley, M.P., and
family, the Hon. 11. Devereux, Count de Yoe, Mr. Sar-
Loris, Captain Domett, Major Clarke, Mr. Auldjo, &c.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT ItICIIMOND.-011 Tuesday
morning, about two o'clock, as constable 206 V was
perambulating Richmond-green, he perceived sparks
issue from one of the chimneys of the Cricketers public-
house, opposite the Theatre. The lower part of the
house was enveloped in flames, and the family escaped,
but with some difficulty, from the upper part and over
the hacks of the neighbouring premises. Shortly after
the flames burst forth from the windows. The engines
were soon on the spot. The fire communicated to the
house 26, Richmomd-green and to No. 27 ; the first
being wholly and the next partially destroyed, with a
great portion of property that was not burnt being ma•
terially injured by water and removal. The houses on
tlieo.ptahrettiasiiidye
doefsttrheeyedCricketers Nos. 23 and 24, were
also destroyed,
ndaweieby
the furniture was also injured by removal, in which
respect the whole of the inhabitants of the row of houses
togtehtehe wr,
a viteir,th while
their
furniture, considerably damaged
(in number about thirty) have suffered. The total loss,
e rliellipalyblenearly 4,0001. The houses and
insured in the Sun and Royal
itisExchange.contentsa r expected,

FORCE OF CONSCIENCE.--A few days ago a mer-
chant of Perth, retired from business some years, was
waited upon by one of his old apprentices. The youngman was received with marked kindness, and, on taking
leave, seemed greatly embarrassed, but, plucking up
courage, he said, " Mr, I do not know well what
to say—l am in your debt." "In my debt," was the
answer ; " I do not know how that can be, I am not
i aware of t." " I know you are not," resumed the young
man ; " but the fact is, when in your employ, I was, like
many other young men, foolish, and appropriated what
was not mine to myself. My chief object to-day in
calling was to confess, and make what restitution I was
able. My conscience has often accused me since."
Saying which he laid clown before the astonished gentle-
man several pounds, adding, " Thsit is all I am able to
give at present, but I will soon repay you the whole."
He then took his leave, saying, " that he felt much
easier in being so much of an honest man."—Glasgow
Courier.

GAMEKEEPERS AND THE GAME-LAWS.—A bulky
return of all inquests held by the coroners of England
and Wales, since
and the
ehe number
yea
year 1833,
3, upon the bodies pf
gamekeepers,
of persons convicted
of offences against the game-laws during the year 1843,
&c., has been printed by order of the Rouse of Commons
l
—having been moved for by Mr. Mainwaring and Mr.
Bright. A summary being given of the latter branch
of the return, we are enabled to state, for the informa-
tion of our readers, that the gross total number of
culprits convicted of such offences in the various coun-
ties of England during the year 1843 amounted to
4,402, of whom 144 were convicted at the assizes, and
4,258 at petty and quarter sessions. In Wales 127 were
convicted—namely,.B at the assizes, and 119 at quarter
and petty sessions.
It follows, therefore, that the grand
total number of convictionsboth in England and Wales,
during the past year, amounted to 4,529, of whom as
many as 4,377 were convicted at courts of quarter and
petty sessions.
EASTERN UNION RAILWAY.--At the magistrates'
meeting, held at the new County llall, on Tuesday last,
a certificate of the directors of the company was signed,
to the effect, that the whole of the capital requisite for
bringing the line to Ipswich had been subscribed.--
IVO7 Mk Chronicle.
-

During the last quarter 13 vessels of war have
been put out of commission, whose united crews amount
to 5,170 men, namely :—The Queen, 110, 960 men ;
Indus, 78, 750 men ;
Malabar, 72, 750 men ; Camper-
down, 104, 750 men ; Vindictive, 50, 500 men ; Vernon,
50, 500 men ; Pearl, 20, 140 men ; Childers, 16, 130
men ; Wanderer, 16, 150 men ; Spy, 3, 70 men ; Panta-
loon, 10, 70 men ; Arrow (ketch), Go men—being
four
line-of-battle ships, three faigates, and six sloops-of-
war. The number of ships that have been commissioned
during the same period are three—two line-of-battle-
ships, and a sloop-of-war,
110, .
whose united crews amount to
1,570 men ; the Queen, I 50 men ; Collingwood, 80,
750 men; and the Cygnet, 6, 70 men. Hence it appears
that there are 3,600 men discharged from the service
within the last three months, which number will, be in-
creased to 4,400 upon the paying off of the Cornwallis,
72, and the Clio, 16, both of which are on their passage
home from the East Indies, and will be put out of com-
mission on their arrival.—Naval and Military Gazette.

BRITISH NORTH AMERICAN
BANKS.
Account, showing the whole Amount of the Debts and Assets
of the Bank of British North America, at the Closeof the
Year 1843; showing, also, the Amount of its Notes pay-
able on Demand, which had been in Circulation during
every Month of that Tear; together with the Amount
of Specie and other Assets, distinguishing each Kind,
immediately available in every such Month, fur the Dis-
charge of such Notes.
(Published pursuant to Royal Charter of Incorporation.)
DEnTs. Sterling. Assns. Sterling.
Circulation X117,379 18 2 Specie..... £121,005 5 G
Other Liabili- Other Assets 1,593,675 6 1
ties 565,877 15 51

Total ....£683,257 13 7

1843. Notes in Cir-
culation.
Halifax Cur-
rency.
£ s. d.
January 145,615 15 0
February 135.552 15 0
March 127,126 10 0
April 130,905 5 0
May 135,781 15 0
June
July
August
September 143,132 0 0
October
November 157,201 10 0
December. 154,636 5 0

T0ta1...£1,714,680 11 7

Specie. Notes of other
Banks.

Halifax Cur- Halifax Cur-
rency. rency.
X s. d. X s. d.
142,928 12 11 I 27.787 3 9
147,656 12 10 28,392 1 3
172,612 7 2 32,037 1 5
153.150 16 10 32,118 9 3
123,228 3 8 30,476 1 2
146,502 10 3 34,965 11 8
157,596 11 2 28,564 12 6
153,204 4 8 21,603 19 11
162,839 1 5 26,415 3 5
136,862 18 0 28,281 511
129,887 2 6 25,781 11 10
136,567 18 4 37,094 9 9

By Order of the Court,
G. DE B. ATFWOOD, Secretary.

lIAMBURGH, AUG. short time back the pro-
prietors of the steamers plying on the River Elbe, be-
tween Hamburgh and .Nlagdeburgh, in order to offer an
inducement to the pleasure-seeking folks of the German
inland towns, chartered the General Steam Navigation
Company's large steam-ship Monarch, for an excursion
from Magdeburgh to London and back, and as the fares
charged were exceedingly moderate, a considerable num-
ber took the advantage of the opportunity to visit the
" great metropolis." The last mail from Hamburgh
brought over a splendid silver tankard, cover, and stand,
to be presented to Captain Morris, who commanded the
Monarch on that occasion. This elegant token of the
acknowledgment of his services by the United Hamburgh
and Magdeburgh Steam-packet Company was presented
to Captain Morris on board of the Trident, of which ship
he has now the command, on the Edinburgh and London
station.

The Hon. Mrs. Le Poer Trench, relict of the late
Archbishop of Tuana, died at Gresham-terrace, Kings-
town, on Thursday. She was Anne, daughter of W.
Taylor, Esq., and married 29th January, 1795, the Hon.
and Most Rev. Peer Lord Archbishop of Tuam, second
son of Richard first Earl of Clancarty, by whom she has
left issue a numerous family.
Prince Liegenstein and suite arrived on Monday
from Ostend by the General Steam Navigation Com-
pany's favourite steam-ship Rainbow, and immediately
proceeded to Mivart's Hotel.
'We hear that an order has been issued from the
Admiralty by which a number of able seamen will be
secured to the service, by entering them on board the
ordinary guardships, in lieu of the oldest and least qua-
lified pensioners, who will go on shore on their. super-
annuations.

Four mechanics, three of them English and the,
other Irish, arrived at Lewiston last Saturday, from
Bermuda, in an open boat, after fourteen days of peril
and suffering. They went to Bermuda in search of
employment, but being disappointed, left there in the
boat, for want of means to obtain a passage in any other
manner.—New York Paper of July 26.
A dinner was given by the Junior United Service
Club, at their house in Charles-street, St. James's, on
Monday, to the hero of Jellalabad, Sir Robert Sale. Sir
William Nott was also invited, but we regret to say was
unable to attend from indisposition.
CITY AND BOROUGH REGISTRATION.—Those per-
sons who have been omitted from the list of voters, and
objectors, are informed, that by the new Registration
Act (6 Vic., cap. 18, sec. 16), any person whose name is
on the list, or who has claimed to be on the list of
voters, has a right to inspect the rate-book, and make
extracts therefrom, without the payment of any fee,
between the hours of ten in the forenoon and four in
the afternoon, from the 10th to the last day of August.
It is only. necessary that a request be made to the
overseer, or the person having the custody of the rate-
book for the time being, during the period and within
the times specified above. The list of voters can no
longer be seen on the church and chapel doors, nor need
the overseers allow an inspection of them at their own
houses ; copies of them may, however, be seen on appli-
cation to any Reform or Registration Society within the
respective city or borough. Claims must be served on
the overseers, and objections served both on the over-
seer, and on or at the lace of abode of the party ob-
jected to, on or before Saturday next.
SUNDAY TRADING TRIPE. DEALERS.—Messrs.
Robert and Peter Ilaslam, tripe-dealers, Deausgate,
were summoned to appear at the Borough Court, on
Thursday last, for following their worldly calling cn
Sunday last by seining tripe. Mr. John Gaskell said he
was of opinion that this would come within the meaning
of one of the exceptions named in the Act, tripe being
cooked meat. The magistrates were of the same opinion,
and dismissed the case.—Bolton Free Press.

TUE VACANT SEATS.—The inhabitants of Hey-
wood, Middleton, and Tonge, comprising 20,000 persons,
are in the field for the representation vaunt by the dis-
franchisement of Sudbury.—[Will Chorley not be stir-
ring in this matter ?) —Bolton Free Press.
LATE COACH ACCIDENT.—A gentleman, on whose
accuracy we can rely, has favoured us with the particu-
lars of the accident to the Prince of Wales coach; they
are briefly as follow:—Friday last, on the Colchester
side of Cobdock-hill, near to Mr. Josselyn's, the fore
axle of this coach snapped close to the nut, causing the
wheel immediately to come off. The coach, however,
proceeded on three wheels for upwards of 300 yards, the
coachman and front passengers being ignorant of the
circumstance. Suddenly a loud scream was uttered by
a lady who was endeavouring to jump off the coach, and
which she at last effected, although a young gentleman
who accompanied her did all he could to prevent it. The
coachman pulled up as quickly as possible, and while
doing so the coach dropped down upon the arm of the
axle, causing several passengers to fall off. We are
glad to state that no injury whatever was sustained by
those who thus fell. Of the lady who threw herself
off we are sorry to report that he sustained a severe
contusion of the right hip and elbow, with fracture
of the leg. Her medical attendant (G. G. Sampson,
Esq.) informs us that her case is going on favourably.
The painful nature of the accident is added to, from the
fact that the lady (Mrs. Roper) with her husband and
son, were then on their way to Bungay, to visit the
father of the sufferer, who is seriously ill. Ipswich
Express.
AN EXECUTION IN SAVOY.—An execution took
place recently at Thonon, a small town'of Savoy, situate
on the banks of the River Rhone. No such fearful a
scene as a public execution had ever been witnessed in
this calm and quiet little town within the memory
of man, and consequently it would be difficult to
describe the horror which the fatal preparations for
punishment excited amongst the inhabitants at
large. Nobody would supply the executioner with the
necessary articles. The various marchands positively
refused to furnish this unfortunate Jack Ketch with the
wood, the iron, and the cords which he wanted, in order
to erect the gibbet. They only yielded at length to the
stern demands of the law ; and even then they refused
to take the price of blood, as it were, by making
the authorities a present of the necessary instruments
and apparatus, for which no money whatever was
allowed to be accepted. A woman, who kept a grocer's
shop, being required to supply a certain length of
rope, shut her eyes, and cried out—" Take what you
want, but do not bring anything back, or pay any
money." All the journeymen carpenters had refused to
labour in the erection of the fatal gibbet, and when com-
pelled to lend their tools by the legal authorities, they
gave up all their hatchets and saws, in order that they
might not in future be able to distinguish those which had
been soiled by the hand of the executioner. The
ladder and the gibbet were constructed by the execu-
tioner himself and his assistant. The condemned cri-
minal luckily desired to walk to the scene of his punish-
ment, as the owner of the cart, which would have other-
wise been enlisted in the service, would assuredly
have killed his horse and burnt the vehicle after
the execution had taken place. The culprit was con-
demned to death for the murder of a child nine
years of age, after having mutilated it in a grievous man-
ner. A report even went abroad, that being a pro-
fessor of the " black art," lie was in want of a child's
heart for his magical purposes, and that he had conse-
quently committed the murder in order to tear the
heart out of the infant's body. The details of the exe-
cution are not given. The criminal was put to death
by suspension.
AN OLD APRICOT TREE.--A remarkable instance
of the great age to which this tree attains is evident irr
the garden of J. J. Deighton, Esq., at Harston, where a
fine specimen is growing on an east wall, which was
planted in the year 1714, bearing an abundance of fine-
flavoured fruit, with a stem three feet in circumferenoen
—Cambridge Chronicle.
SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.—About three mouths
ago Mr. John Wearing, of the Fleece Inn, Kirby Lons-
dale, was strolling out with his gun, when he fired at a
throstle, whose leg he shot off, the bird escaping other-
wise uninjured. On Thursday he shot the identical bird,
which he had previously dismembered.—Westmoreland
Gazette.

THE ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS.—Some curious
statistical details descriptive of the present state of this
extensive fraternity were laid before the metropolitan
lodges, at the late anniversary meeting. It appears that
on the Ist of April last (when the returns were made
up) that there were, in England and Wales, 3,840
lodges, and 325,000 members, being an increase of 450
lodges and 23,000 members over the preceding annual
return. The subscriptions for the year amounted to
352,583/ ; the expenditure to 300,0001. ; leaving
a balance of 52,583/ in favour of the associa-
tion. The whole amount of property belonging
to the order (including pictures, banners, flags,
official apparel, and other insignia) was estimated
at 700,000/ Amongst the names on the books
are 130 Members of Parliament, 629 ministers of,
various denominations, and 9,000 honorary members
who make no demand on the funds. If the members
were to contribute only one halfpenny per week, it
would amount to 34,126/ per annum ; and were they to
walk in procession, two and two, one yard asunder, they
would extend 92 miles and 580 yards. If they walked
three miles per hour, they would take 30 hours
14 minutes to pass any given spot, 10,214 passing every
hour. The chief item of expenditure consists of the
charge for medical aid afforded to indigent brethren of
the order. •

• PUBLIC WORKS AT AND NEAR
LIVERPOOL.
(From the Manchester Guardian.)
Probably there are no places in the kingdom, not
even excepting the metropolis, where a larger amount
of money is in process of expenditure in the con-
struction of public works than there is at this
moment in Liverpool and Birkenhead. Almost in
every direction on both banks of the Mersey, huge
preparations meet the eye; and without entering into
d!tails, which would necessarily occupy much space,
some idea of their extent may be gathered from an
outline of the expenditure. In some of the follow-
ing items the estimates include the cost of land. In
Liverpool there are the following works now in pro-
gress :—Assize Courts (corporation), cost 800,000/. ;
New Gaol (corporation), cost 100,000/. ; Albert
Dock and Warehouses (dock committee), 600,0001.;
New North Dock Works, including land and
junction with Leeds Canal (dock committee),
1,500,0001.; reservoirs, Green-lane, and correspond-
ing works (highway commissioners), 50,0001.; Indus
trial Schools at Kirkdale (select vestry), x 0.0001.; Gas
Extension (New Gas Company),l4o,ooo/. ; Shaw-street
Park (private shareholders), 2,500/. ; making a gross
total of:2,500,000/. All this is, of course, independent of
many other works, some in progress and others in
contemplation, with prospects of almost immediate
commencement. Amongst those in progress may be
reckoned Prince's Park, now forming by Mr. Richard
Vaughan Yates, at the south end of the town ; the
new Presbyterian Church in Myrtle-street ; the
Female Orphan Asylum; the Catholic Female Orphan
Asylum; the New Northern Hospital (towards
which Mr. Brown recently contributed 1,0000 ;
St. Martin's Schools, the Catholic Magdalen
Asylum at Much Woolton, and St. Mary's Catholic
Church, in Edmund-street. Besides other works
in contemplation, we may mention the Daily Courts,
on the site of Islington market (now discontinued);
the intended additional railway tunnel to the north
end of the town, by the Liverpool and Manchester
Railway Company ; an additional merchandise station
for the Grand Junction Railway Company ; the
enlargement of the Lime-street terminus ; and some
improvements on the Bridgewater property. These
various works altogether will probably absorb not less
than another million. So that, in the whole, between
three and four millions of money will have to
be raised and expended before the various present
designs for the promotion of charity, the convenience
of commerce, and the improvement of the town, are
completed. But, if much is going on in Liverpool
in this way, more, in proportion to population and
means, is doing on the Cheshire side of the water,
at Birkenhead. Here, indeed, a town is rapidly
rising, which will not be excelled in useful or
ornamental elements by any place in the kingdom; and
the progress of which, in buildings, as well as inhabi-
tants, during the last four or five years, has been un-
precedented. The magnitude of the public works in pro-
gress at Birkenhead may be inferred from the follow-
ing abstract, which is taken from the estimates :
New Market (commissioners), 20,000/. ; Town-hall
(commi.,sioners), 10,000/. ; Park (commissioners),
25,000/. ; Docks in Wallasea Pool (commissioners, as
trustees), 400,000/. ; Dock Warehouses on the mar-
gin of Wallasea Pool (private company), 600,000/. ;
Tunnel from Monk's Ferry to Grange-lane (Chester
and Birkenhead Railway), 20,000/. ; making a gross
total of 1,075,000/. ; and, further, a proposal has been
made, which is now under the consideration
of the Finance Committee of the Liverpool cor-
poration, to buy the freehold of all their Wal-
lasea estate, and pay for it in ready money !.
Besides the works named as being in pro-
gress, a cemetery and infirmary are contemplated, to
which may be added a design for the erection of one
or more churches. On the two former, we believe,
it is intended to expend about 15,000/. In these
items we have said nothing about the sums being ex-
pended in sewerage and laying mains for water and
gas ; they are very large, and in this present year
they will exceed any of the past. After these state-
ments, it will be admitted, we think, that there are
very few, if any, places where the progression in
works of a public nature is greater than in Liverpool
and Birkenhead ; and that, if there is any rivalry be
tween them, it should only be as to which shall best
accommodate the public.

ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSION.
The following circular has been issued to the
several bishops by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners
for England:—
" Resolved—That, until further public notice, the
Published resolutions of the Commissioners, relating
to grants out of their funds, be suspended ; except in
the case of local claims upon tithes, &c., and except
also as hereinafter mentioned.

" That application for grants in augmentation of
income be entertained in the case of new churches
already built, or in course of building, or the whole
means of building which shall have been provided on
or before the Ist day of August instant, in expecta-
tion of aid from the Commissioners ; and that all such
applications, if made before the Ist of October next,
be respectively taken into consideration as early as
the state of the funds will allow.
" That a copy of these resolutions be transmitted to
each bishop, with a request for the earliest informa-
tion in his power as to the probable number of such
applications in his diocese."
The reason for this is apparent by the latter part of
the following paper, recently laid before the House of
Lords by the Commissioners, in compliance with an
order, on the motion of Lord Clanricarde, for a return
of all sums in their hands not appropriated to any par-
ticular purpose :
" The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England
are unable, for the following reasons, to return any
sums now under their control, as not appropriated to
any particular purpose, in respect either of the epis-
copal fund, or of the fund applicable to the augmenta-
tiom of small livings :
" 1. The episcopal fund is formed by fixed contri-
butions from the larger bishoprics, out of which fixed
annual payments are made, in augmentation of the
incomes of the smaller.

" An annual surplus of about 6,0001., which, ac-
cording to the calculation made at the date of the
Episcopal Act in 1836, is estimated as likely to
arise, when the debtor and creditor sides of the ac-
count shall both be in full operation, by vacancies
having occurred in all the paying and all the re-
ceiving sees, is liable to be varied in amount, either
by increase or diminution, upon septennial revision
of the episcopal payments and receipts ; the first of
which revisions is now about to take plate, upon new
returns of income made this year.
" The contribution from larger sees already vacated
having hitherto exceeded in amount the augmenta-
tions required for smaller sees, there has been, and
still is, an annual surplus, amounting, at present, to
about the same sum of 6,000/.

" This surplus has, from time to time, been nearly
exhausted in providing episcopal houses of residence ;
and the present actual balance consists of a sum in
Exchequer-bills, and certain moneys due from one of
the contributing bishops, amounting together to about
12,0001.

"But neither this balance, not the existing surplus
annual income, can be said to be unappropriated, be.
cause, by further vacancies among the receiving sees
occurring before other contributing sees fall vacant,
not only may the annual surplus at any time be ab-
sorbed, but the whole annual receipts may become
insufficient to meet the increased claims thus arising
upon the fund ; and this contingency alone renders it
impossible yet to consider any sum in hand as unap-
propriated.
"As to the common fund, applicable to the aug-
mentation of poor livings, the circumstances of this
being his primary object would, in the present condi-
tion of the church, prevent the Commissioners from
feeling themselves at liberty to return any sum as un-
appropriated ; even had the whole revenues prospec-
tively placed at their disposal by the Cathedral Acts,
become already available.
" But these revenues being dependent upon the
falling in of cathedral preferments, &c., the annual
income increases only gradually ; and it has been the
invariable policy of the Commissioners to afford the
greatest amount of relief in their power to the exist-
ing spiritual destitution, by pledging this growing
income, in perpetuity, from time to time as it accrues.
"The extent to which this principle has becar-
car-
ried appears from the list of 562 benefices and churcheshas
already augmented by the Commissior3rms, which
their
recently been printed ; and it resultst willr arise in the
hav-
ing done so much that a necessity
current year for supplying the other demands up on
the fund, including the augmentations of archdeacon-
ries out of their stock ; the remainder of which may
be considered as pledged to meet benefactions towards
providing houses of residence for the poor clergy.
" The Commissioners are, therefore, also unable to
return any unappropriated surplus in respect of this
fund. By order of the Board,
"CHARLES KNIGHT MURRAY,
" Treasurer and Secretary.
" Whitehall-place, July 30, 1844."

SOUTHEND.—Notwithstanding the late rain, this
place has been all gaiety and bustle, being well filled
with visitors, whom the beauty of the scenery, the
healthiness of the site, and the excellence of the accom•
modation, has attracted hitherward ; most of the houses
on the pier are let, the Grove Terrace is full, and the
town well occupied. The convenience of the new church
is fully appreciated by the visitors ; and the spirit of im-
provement continues marching onwards. The extension
of the pier proceeds rapidly ; and the ground in front of
the Ship and the Hope, and General Strutt's house, has
been erected with a neat wood and iron fence, we be-
lieve by the general himself, at an expense of 2501. The
steamers afford great accommodation with the metro-
polis, and when the pier is completed, we venture to be-
lieve this town may challenge the attractions of many
of its larger rivals.
Last week Mr. Whadley, of Stoke-upon-Tern, in
this cotinty, took a sparrow s nest (built in a swallow's
shell) with three young ones. Two are now alive, and are
milkwhite.—Shropshire Consercatgre.

MEHEMET ALI.
The Journal des Debats gives the following inte-
' resting particulars connected with the abdication of
Mehemet Ali :

" It is not astonishing that, in presence of the dis-
organisation which was extending itself more end
more in the provinces under his domination, Mehe-
met Ali should have felt his usual courage and perse-
verance giving way. At his age, and after the active
life that he had led, lassitude became natural, and the
circumstances which accompanied the still problema-
tical act of his abdication, prove that the weight of
affairs had begun to become too heavy for him. Some
time previously to the late events the Pacha had been
ill, and his return to health was marked by a measure,
the prudence of which was not perhaps equal to its
clemency. He had opeeed the doors of all the prisons
of Egypt, and in one day 2,000 prisoners, thieves,
assassins, and innocent men, were, without distinction,
restored to liberty. It was not by such measures
that the deplorable abuses of the Government, and the
unhappy state of the country could be reformed. The
evil had become so great, that the most faithful coun-
sellors of the Pacha felt themselves called upon to en •
lighten his mind at any price. It appears that Ibrahim
Paella himself laid aside the extreme reserve which
he had until then maintained. The Pacha, con-
stantly habituated to find in his way only docile in-
struments, was at first surprised, and appeared to be
fur au instant vanquished by a contradiction which
was so unusual. lle manifested equal astonishment
and grief at what was told him, and announced his
intention of applying a remedy. But this moderation
did not last long, and in a new access of passion the
old Paella went so far as to threaten to send Ibra-
him Pacha bound hand and foot to Cairo, and to
keep him there a prisoner. Two or three days
passed in irresolution. On the 25th, the day fixed
for sending his children to France, the Pacha held a
council at which a report was made to him of the state
of the provinces. It appears that the facts as stab- d
in this report were exposed with so much plainness,
that none of the Ministers had dared to communicate
it to the Pacha. Mehemet Ali, however, had it read
to him, listened to it in silence, and left the room
without making any observation. On the following
day, however, he gave sudden orders for his departure,
and, as there was no steamer in readiness, he shut
himself up in a kiosque of the garden of Moharem Bey,
placed two sentinels at the door, and ordered that no
person should be admitted to him. It was in vain that
Ibrahim Pacha and 30 or 40 persons of the Court pre-
sented themselves at the door : they remained there se-
veral hours without being able to obtain admittance.
The Pacha's physician, Gaetani Bey,and Kosreffßey,bis
first dragoman, could alone reach his presence. It was
to them that he declared his intention of proceeding to
Mecca, adding that they might remain in Alexandria
to be of use to Egypt, but that, for his part, lie re-
nounced it for ever. Then, as they remonstrated
with him, he begged them, with tears in his eves, to
withdraw. Ibrahim and Said Pacha, his two sons,
and his principal officers, addressed a letter to him, in
which they assured him of their devotedness to his
person ; but the Pacha replied that he was resolved to
retire into the Hedjaz, and that he renounced Egypt
for ever. No other reply could be obtained from
him. In the night he asked for a sum of 125,000 f.,
and on the following day it was known that he had em-
barked, again declaring that he renounced everything,
and was going to reside at Mecca, where he would take
the name of Hadji (pilgrim). As soon as the depar-
ture of the Pacha was generally known in Alex-
andria the agitation became extreme. The evil dis-
positions of the Mussulman population, and the
presence in the city of a crowd of malefactors, whom
the opening of the prisons had let loose on society,
were ofa nature to inspire the Europeans with great
uneasiness. The consuls held a meeting, and ad-
dressed a collective note to Ibrahim Pacha, request-
ing him to inform them if he had taken the necessary
measures to maintain order. When the last news
left, Ibrahim Pacha had not sent his answer, but so
long as he remained in the city, no disorders were
apprehended. The Marquis de Lavalette had written
to the commander of the Levant station to send him a
ship of the line."
The following letter, addressed to Mr. Court, the
Secretary to the Underwriters' Association of this
town (Liverpool), from the agent of the association
at Alexandria, gives the best and most detailed ac-
count we have yet seen of the movements of Mo-
hamed Ali, the Pacha of Egypt :
" Alexandria, July 17, 1844.
"Sir,—Since closing my letter, per French mail, I
find the steamer is detained till the evening in conse-
quence of the excitement prevailing in this city
from the sudden and unpremeditated departure
of Mohamed Ali for Cairo, for which a variety
of reasons are assigned. I can only give the pre-
vailing rumours, as, at the present moment, it is im-
possible to ascertain the truth. One report is that Mo-
hamed Ali, yesterday, abdicated in favour of his son,
Ibrahim Pacha; who, however, refuses to set during
his father's lifetime. Another, that, in a fit of religi-
ous enthusiasm, Mohamed Ali set off on a pilgrimage
to Mecca; that he was induced to this step by the
reproaches of his harem, in consequence of his having
recently sent his son to France for education. From
another quarter we hear that there has been some-
thing like a revolt in consequence of a meeting held
at Cairo, Mchamed Ali's grandson (Abas Pacha),
Sheriff' Pacha, and others presided, and that it was
agreed that Mohamed Ali was now too old, and ought
to give up the reins of government; that, on this in-
telligence reaching Mohamed Ali, he was greatly
enraged, and set off to restore order by his presence,
giving out the report of a pilgrimage to Mecca to lull
suspicion.
" Whatever may be the true state of the case, it is
certain that Mohamed Ali's departure was most
precipitate, and induced by some extraordinary
cause,
as he left Alexandria without any intimation to the
Government authorities or instructions for their future
guidance. It is also certain he is seriously unwell.
Her Britannic Majesty's steamer Geyser, Captain
Carpenter, is in port ; but the British authorities have
been inquiring for a fast-sailing British vessel, to take
dispatches to Beyrout ; it is supposed to order down
to Alexandria her Majesty's ship Tyne, or any other
man-of-war on the station, as it is apprehended some
crisis is approaching. Mohamed Ali's son, Admiral
Said Pacha, has requested a steamer from the P. and
0. Company, to follow his father, and endeavour to
learn the cause of his extraordinary departure; it is
said the French Consul-General will accompany him."
—Liverpool Albion.