The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-05-21 00:00:00

THE PRIESTS-THE PRIESTS.

On Saturday last a young man and woman, who, it appears,
had been guilty of the enormous crime of eloping together
for the purpose of getting themselves married, were com-
pelled to do penance on the altar of St. Mary's Chapel, by
standing for a considerable length of time thereon, while the
congregation had a full view of them from head to foot !
Subsequently they were admitted into the holy state of ma-
trimony ; but his Reverence announced that if any future
elopements took place the parties would not be married by
him or any other priest, and should therefore live in a state
of concubinage !
One of their Reverences (whose name is in our possession)
inflicted a severe beating with a cudgel on some of his flock,
who were fighting iu the streets on Thursday, night last. We
understand that this is not the first occasion on which this
sacerdotal son of the church made men and women fly his
presence by a similar process, and that he displays as much
dexterity in the use of the weapon as any Ribbonman ever
did at a fair. _ _

At a very early hour on yesterday morning a man of the
name of Bulger came from his residence in the parish of
Inniscalthra, county of Galway, to the Roman Catholic
Vicar of Killaloe, for absolution. And what, think you
reader, was the man's offence ? It was this : that he accom-
panied the funeral of a child belonging to Philip Read, Esq.,
of Wood-park, to the church of Mount-Shannon, and there
listened to the funeral service as prescribed by the Church
of England! For so doing the priest would not give him the
' rites of his church,' nor would he relax his hostility towards
him until he made his pilgrimage to Killaloe. We under-
stand that Bulger, previous to his marriage, was a Protestant ;
but now that he has harnessed himself to the chariot-wheels
of Popery, the Rev. Coachman is determined to make him
feel the lash.

Last week seventy priests assembled in St. Michael's cha-
pel, to hold what they call a " month's mind ",for the repose
of the soul of the late Father Pat Hogan. They foolishly
imagine still that Father Pat died in the bosom of the Roman
Catholic Church ; and accordingly they offered no fewer than
seventy masses (a mass each priest) to bring his soul out of
Purgatory on this occasion. What a hard-hearted set of
beings they are !—They let the poor man suffer all the pains
and torments of this horrible region for a full month before
they give themselves the trouble to offer up a single mass for
his release.—Limerick Standard.

MILITARY MOVEMENTS.—The Ordnance department in
the Tower has been particularly busy during the last week in
shipping and forwarding military stores to all parts of Eng-
land and Wales. Bedding and stores of every description
for about 2,000 men have been forwarded to Bristol in
waggons. Two van loads were sent away to the west of
England at a late hour on Wednesday night. Camp equi-
pages, muskets, &c., have been forwarded to the troops in
the north. The troops in the neighbourhood of the manu-
facturing districts are so numerous that there is not sufficient
barrack room for them, and camps are to be formed. Thirty
thousand muskets for the home service have been ordered.
and the furbishers and gunsmiths in the Tower have been,
and are now, actively employed in getting them ready ; in-
deed, the most active measures are noW being adopted to
preserve the peace of the country.—Nerald.

MISCELLANEOUS.

The Rev. F. Ashton is appointed Dean of Chester.

The salmon fishery, all along the east coast of Scotland,
continues exceedingly unproductive.
Preparations are making in Hanover to receive the Queen
Dowager of England.

The Aylesbury railway will be opened, it is expected, on
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she Ist of June.

Lord William Bentinck is ill at Paris.
The marriage of his Grace the Duke of St. Albans to Miss
Gubbins is to take place on the 29th instant.
The Ordnance Survey of Ireland will be completed in 1841.
On the 24th of this monthher Majesty will have completed
her twentieth year.

The experimental lighting of the House of Commons with
the Bude light took place on Thursday evening.
Letters from Florence, of the 2d instant, announce the
accouchement of the Grand Duchess of Tuscany, of a Prince.
Every exertion is making to start the British Queen steam
ship for New York on the Ist of June.
The death of Earl Powis occasions a vacancy for Ludlow.
The whigs talk of starting a candidate. Let them.
The anti-poor law societies pledge themselves to use all
their influence at future elections in opposition to candidates
who favour the poor law.

In Paris, while every body is asked in vain to be a prime
minister, the office of executioner is the subject of a very
keen contest.

Count Munster, who has altogether retired from public
life, is in a very delicate state of health, and intends very
shortly to leave Hanover.
The late political intrigue is confidently attributed at much
to the " poverty" as the " will" of one of the principal actors,
or—should we not rather say ?—actresses.Herald.

We are assured that Rossini is at present selling fish in
Italy, and that he has undertaken to supply with that article
Bologna, Orsini, and Pisa.—Gazette de France.

The apple bud is said to look well, except on those trees
which suffered so much from the worm during the last sum-
mer, and cider is declining in price.
JONATHAN'S LAST.—The people live uncommon long in
-Vermont. There are two men there so old that they have
quite forgotten who they are, and there's nobody alive who
can remember it for them.

On Thursday morning fresh herrings were caught in Gare
Loch, several of them weighing thirty ounces each. The
oldest fishers on the coast have no recollection of having seen
such herrings.—Glasgow Courier.
A new candidate for hfstrionic honours, a Mr. Moore, in-

troduced to the Edinburgh stage by Sheidan Knowles, has
produced a great sensation among the play-goers, in the cha-
racter of Virginius.
At the late dinner given to her Majesty at Lansdowne
House, out of a small number of guests, including the royal
cortege, there were five noblemen who had been engaged in
actions at law involving a breach of the marriage vow.
The enthusiasm in Vienna for Mdlle. Taglioni has reached

to such a pitch, that on her return from the theatre at her
last appearance, a crowd of her admirers unyoked the horses
from her carriage and drew her in triumph to her hotel.
The army in Ireland is now reduced to four regiments of
cavalry, and only eight of infantry, viz. :—Scots Greys, Ennis-
killen Dragoons, Bth Hussars, and 17th Lancers ; 7th, 19th,
22d, 38th, 42d 88th, 97th, and 99th Regiments—not including
Depots.

We regret to announce the death of the wife of Sir Edward
Parry, and daughter of Lord Stanley of Alderley. Her lady-
ship had recently become the mother of twins, and died in
consequence of the peculiar circumstances of her confinement.
Several distinguished families will be placed in mourning by
this lamentable bereavement.—Standard.

There have been more potatoes planted in Cheshire, which
supplies principally the great markets of Manchester and Li-
verpool, this spring, than has been the case for many years,
caused, no doubt, by the present scarcity of that indis-
pensable article of food, and the unusual length of time
afforded by the dry season in getting the land into suitable
condition to receive the sets.

" Did thoo ivver see oor coal?" said a South Durham pit-
man the other day, to one of the apostles of sedition, who
had visited a colliery for the purpose of persuading the men
that they were miserable. " No," was the answer. "Then,"
returned the sturdy querist, pointing significantly down the
shaft, " thoo'd better talc thyself off, or else thoo sune will!"
—Suuderland Herald.
HATTON-GARDEN POLICE-OFFICE.--OH Wednesday last,
Mr. Hall, a stipendiary magistrate, of Liverpool, came to
this office, and stated that he had been appointed a magis-
trate of this office, and produced his appointment, after which
he quitted the office. On Thursday morning he took his
seat on the bench with Messrs. Burrell and Benett, in the
chair lately occupied by Mr. Laing. He did not interfere,
but listened attentively to the proceedings of the day.—Morn-
ing Herald.
THE CROPS.—We are happy to say that accounts from
various parts of the county, as to the appearance of the grow-
ing crops, all concur in stating that the young wheats are
looking strong and healthy, and affording the prospect of
an abundant harvest, should the weather continue favourable.
—Staffordshire Gazette.
NITRE AS A MANURE.—Within the last eighteen months
the agriculturists near Arundel haves been using nitre as a
dressing to their land, and which is found to suit the soil
well.. It is sown in the proportion of a cwt. to the acre, and
is bought at from £2O to £3O per ton.
The editor of the Northampton Courier says—" Just be-
fore our putting our paper to press, we met with an accident,
which knocked three columns of abolition, temperance, foreign
news, patent medicines, coal mines, s g news, beef cattle,
beautiful ladies, mulberry trees, and sous other articles,
into pie."
We understand that the Lords of the Treasury have taken
directions to the master of the mint to coin one thousand
pounds worth of copper, exclusively for the Isle of Man. It
is to have an impression of her Majesty's head on one side,
and on the reverse the three legs ; and there are to be only
twelve pence to the Oiilling.—Manks Advertiser.
LORD R. GROSVENOR.—We understand that our es-
teemed.representative is an his return from the Continent
in renovated health. He was in Paris last week, during the
disturbances. He is expected to be able to resume his par-
liamentary duties, after the expiration of the adjournment,—
Chester Chronicle.
On Monday last, a run was made on the Saving's Bank of
Stockport by a -.lumber of the working -classes who were de-
positors : and the same afternoon numerous applications were
made at the ironmongers' shops for pistols and other fire
arms.—Stockport Advertiser. -
There are not less than 150 new churches and chapels of
ease connected with the established religion now building in
various parts of England and Wales, and numberless schools
are in the course of erection and enlargemet, by the friends
and supporters of the church.
We are authorised in stating that George Darby, Esq., and
A. E. Fuller, Esq., will be candidates for the representation
'of East Sussex.—Brighton Gazette. ,
We can confidently state, that in the event of a dissolution
of parliament, two staunch Conservatives and we need
hardly name the Hon. Henry. Fitzroy as one —will be put in
nomination for this borough. Brighton Gazette.
QUAlLS.—Numerous quails or landrails made their ap-
pearance this season in the neighbourhood of Pwlllieli, about
the end of the past month, and several were shot at the com-
mencement of the present month.—Caernarvon Herald.
MILITARY MOVEMENTS.—A troop of artillery of the
rocket brigade, about thirty in number, passed through
Leicester on Wednesday. Iley came from Lutterworth,
and were to rest at Mountsorrel, to be stationed, we are in-
formed, in Loughborough, or the neighbourhood, for some
time.--Leicester Chronicle.
SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.—A cow belonging to Geo.
Richardson, of Hackthorp, near Lowther, gave birth to two
-calves on the-25th of April, 1838, and the same cow gave
birth to two calves again on the lith of April, 1839, thus
producing four calves within a year, all which are doing well.
—Carlisle Patriot.
LINCOLN CONSERVATIVE SOCIETY.—One of the most
numerous and enthusiastic meetings ever held in Lincoln,
took place at the Lord Nelson Inn, on Monday evening last,
when an address to her majesty, praying her to call to her
councils a conservative administration, was unanimously
agreed to.

THE VOLUNTARY SYSTEM.—A clergyman writing from
Kingston, Upper Canada, in speaking of the 160 rebels im-
prisoned there, says, " about one hundred never belonged
to any church, and about sixty were never baptised." So
much for voluntary religious support."
It has been decided in the Court of Queen's Bench that
where the payment of rates is necessary to confer a franchise,
they must be paid by the parties themselves, and not 'by
others on their behalf. The decision, no doubt, is well
meant, but appears to imply a distinction without a differ-
ence.—Morning Herald.
The advowson of the Church of St. Nicholas, Warwick,
the vicarage of which is'now in the possession of the noto-
rious Dr. Wade, has, we are happy to say, been purchased
by the Countess of Warwick ; for the future, therefore, the
inhabitants of Warwick may confidently look for a ministry
of somewhat different character and attainments than the
revolutionary divine now inflicted upon that town.—Cam-
bridge Advertiser.
WIGAN.—The gloomy prospects we have formerly noticed,
begin to be realized. Several factories, from working short
time, have proceeded to the stoppage of their works alto-
gether, at present; others have begun to work short time;
and we have the melancholy apprehension before usrthat un-
less things take a turn business, so far as cotton-spinning is
concerned, will be totally at a stand, both in this town and
the neighbourhood.—Wigan Gazette.
REPRESENTATION, OF WIGAN.—A paragraph having ap-
peared in the London Standard newspaper, stating that Mr.
Kearsley does not intend to become a candidate for the re-
presentation of this borough in parliament, in the event of a
dissolution taking place, we are authorised by Mr. Kearsley
to say, that he did not direct, nor had any person authority
from him to direct, the editor of the above paper to make
such statement, which must have been an invention of the
enemy.—Wigan Gazette.
DEATH OF LORD Powis.—The venerable Earl of Powis
died on Thursday morning, at his residence in Berkeley-
square, London, in his 86th year. His lordship was Earl of
Powis, Viscount and Baron Clive, in the imperial.peerage,
and Baron Clive of Plassy .in the Irish. He was a privy
councillor, Lord-Lieutenant of Shropshire, recorder of
Shrewsbury and Ludlow, D.C.L. and F.H.S. He married,
in 1784, Lady Henrietta Antonia Herbert, daughter of the
first Earl Powis ; his lordship has left a large family of chil-
dren and grandsons. His eldest son Viscount Clive, now
Earl of Powis, by his elevation to the peerage, vacates his
seat for Ludlow. The present Earl Powis is in his 55th year,
and married to Lady Lucy Graham, sister to the Duke of
Montrose, by whom he has a large family ; the eldest son,
now Viscount Clive, will be of age in November next.
As an instance of the depraved and infatuated thirst for
" drink," and the means employed to obtain it, we may
mention a circumstance which occurred on Tuesday. A
painter engaged in a " job" for a citizen, feeling the usual
cravings of the appetite, and having no money to indulge
them, told the person for whom he was working that he had
a child dead, and he wanted to raise a few shillings to bury
it. A shilling was in consequence given him ; from another
person he received eighteen-pence, and he went away. In
the eveningc, he returned, stating that he still wanted Is. 6d.
to pay for digging. the grave. The story was doubted ; his
employer proceeded to his house, and found his family all
well. The money obtained by the falsehood had been spent
in a public house.—Cork Constitution.
MANUFACTURE OF DRAINING TILES AND BRICKS BY
MACHINERY.—A patent for the above purpose has just been
taken out, which holds out great advantages to the brick-
layer and the agriculturist. It is certainly an event of no
ordinary importance to have witnessed the invention of a
machine for the manufacture of bricks and tiles, far superior
to those of the olden method of moulding by hand. Where
the latter completed 7000 bricks a-day of sixeen hours, the
machine works off 20,000 in a day of ten hours' length ; and
of draining tiles, 10,000 where only 700 could be heretofore
worked under similar circumstances, namely, the difference
of time and by hand. The productions of the machine, the
secret of which is " mouse cloth," to prevent the clay stick-
ing to the rollers, a cloth with a nap like cut velvet, are far
superior to those of the common method, especially with
regard to solidity and absorption of moisture. We recom•
mend this important subject to the consideration of the au.
raerNs parties in Staffordshire who are occupied in the ma-
nufaceara of bricks and tiks.—Staibrdyhire Gazette.

In the ensuing general election it is said that part of the
plot is to contest the elections under the watchword of some
new and " enormous lie." It is to be represented that Sir
Robert Peel offered harsh and insulting terms to the queen—

that he proposed to deprive her of every female friend and
confidant—to make her a stranger amongst strangers in her
own palace—to surround ter with haughty and unbending
tones, with old dames in hoops and pink powder, and with
a household guard of sour fanatics and religious bigots.
TRAFFIC OF THE METROPOLIS.—A statement has just
been published by the Marylebone vestry, in connection with
the experimental paving of Oxford-street, which will give the
reader some idea of the immense traffic in the streets of Lon-

don. The following is a copy of the statement alluded to
On Wednesday, the 16th of January, from six in the morning
until twelve at night.—By the Pantheon, 347 gentlemen's
two-wheel carriages, 935 four-wheel, 890 omnibuses, 621 two-
wheel and 752 four-wheel hackney carriages, 91 stage coaches,
372 waggons and drays, 1,507 light carts and sundries. To-
tal, 5,515.—8 y Stafford-place, on Friday, the 18th of Janua-
ry, the total is 4,753, out of which 1,213 were omnibuses ;
on Tuesday, the 22d of the same month, by Newman-street,
the total was 6,992 ; and on Saturday, by Stafford-place, the
total is stated to be 5,943.
BLOWING HOT AND `COLD.—Lord Melbourne is quite
grave in the announcement of his objection to a removal of
the ladies about " her Majesty on every change of adminis-
tration." Why did not Lord Melbourne, who had in his
power the sole arrangement of the young Queen's household,
form it of such persons as would be equally unconnected
with, and equally unbiassed towards, his own administration
as to any by which it might be succeeded? No, that would
not do. He first fills the palace, for his own selfish pur-
poses' with his own hot partisans, and then, when he thinks
about quitting office himself, he has the effrontery to dis-
suade the Queen from suffering any other minister to enjoy
the same advantage which he has himself abused so grossly ;
but, on the plea of studying the " personal comfort of her
Majesty," puts on record a minute of council, recommend-
ing that a garrison of his own appointment shall. still hold
the citadel of the fortress, and let him in again by a postern
the first convenient opportunity.
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PUBLIC PLAY-GROUNDS.—We are glad to see the follow-
ing report in the supplement to the votes and proceedings of
the house of commons on Tuesday last.—" Mr. Yorke re-
ported from the committee on the Rampton (Cambridge)
Enclosure Bill, that it appeared to the committee, upon
evidence, that there is already an open space in the centre of
the village of Rampton, containing not less than one acre and
a half, hitherto used and enjoyed by the inhabitants of the
said village for the purpose of recreation ; and that it also
appeared to the committee, that the said space is sufficient
for sunh purpose, and most likely to be appropriated thereto ;
and doubts have arisen as to the propriety of enclosing the
same within boundary fences, the committee have determined
to leave a discretionary power with the commissioners to act
as shall seem fit, in this behalf, for the benefit and advantage
of the said inhabitants, and have agreed to report this devia-
tion from the provisions required in enclosure bills, in com-
pliance with the resolution of the house."

A MELANCHOLY SPECTACLE.—Few spectables can be
imagined more melancholy than that exhibited at this mo-
ment by the Queen's prime minister. He stands convicted,
in the eyes of the country, of the grossest duplicity and
meanness ' • and he is about to throw upon the empire the
penalty of his self-abasement, in the form of fresh experi-
ments upon the empire's institutions. He has, at length,
formed a " compact alliance" with the English radicals, as
he formerly did with the Irish agitators. In regard to the
ultimate consequences of his new bargain, Lord Melbourne
is utterly careless ; and that he should be careless as to those
consequences, is, perhaps, a necessity of his moral being.
The whig premier has seen .much of the worst portions of
human nature. He is utterly devoid of enthusiasm. He is
a sceptic as to the existence of disinterested impulses. He
believes that for beings so depraved as men seem to him to
be, one set of political institutions is nearly as good as ano-
ther; and, therefore, that a minister would prove himself
a fool, who should sacrifice place and patronage to scruples
in favour of any pre-existing social arrangements. Lord
Melbourne cares nothing for any system of opinions ; but he
does care much for patronage, and salary, and flattery, and
the consciousness of power. To secure these things, in per-
petuity, his lordship would be conservative to-day—whig
to-morrow---a household sufferage man on the day following
—and chartist whenever a seeming necessity for professing
the " whole-hog" faith should arise.
FATAL ACCIDENT.—An accident took place on Wednes-
day last, in the theatre, Market Drayton, now open under
the management of Mr. Ridyard, which has created a great
sensation in the neighbourhood. Mr. H. Betty (son of the
celebrated Mr. Henry West Betty, so well known as " The
Young Roscius") having entered into a short engagement at
Drayton, made his second appearance on that evening al
" Norval;" to a crowded house. During the afterpiece, " The
Pilot," a percussion gun, used by one of the performers in
the piece, wss accidentally dropped, when it went off ; and
the muzzle, at the time of its exploding, being only a few
inches from the breast of a boy, named John Merrill, he was
shot to theleart by the wadding, and instantly expired. Mr.
Betty was leaning over the boy at the time of the fatal occur-
rence. The shrieks of the mother, on learning the fact, were
heartrending. An inquest was held on the body next day,
before Joseph Dicken, Esq. when the coroner and jury ex-
pressed their conviction that no blame whatever attached to
the manager or any of the company, but that the occurence
was purely accidental. The wadding was found in the left
ventricle of the heart. The manager and his company, in
conjunction with Mr. Betty, performed gratuitously for the
benefit of the bereaved parents.

SIR JAMES ANDERSON'S STEAM DRAG.—The steam car-
riage, or drag, invented by Sir James Anderson, is entirely
built of iron, except the wheels, which m e of great strength
and durability. The frame is perfectly unpliable, though
very light, and the axletree springs so arranged, that any in-
equality or ruts in the road, can have no injurious effect. It
is lower and shorter than the stage coaches, but br.oader, in
order to prevent any possibility of upset ; and, although made
of iron, the weight leaves no greater track on the road than
other carriages—and the face of the wheels being six inches
broad, it is expected that they will act as rollers, harden the
surface, and not cut into it, as is the case with narrow w!,:::c1s.
The cylinders or engines which drive the carriage are twelve
inches in dimeter ; the stroke 12 inches ; and the heating
surface of the boiler is above 500 feet. The power at all
times available is fully equal to 63 horses'; and the consump-
tion of fuel is so small, that about twopence per mile will
cover the expense. The engine, when at work, burns about
1 cwt. weight of coke per hour. The passengers carriage is
to be attached to the drag, and contains room for 30 to 40
persons ; it had been built in Dublin by Mr Dawson, and
will he forwarded to London with the drag, after a public
trial has been made of both in Dublin. It will be requisite
to working steam carriages on common roads, that stations
for fuel be piovided every 10 or 15 miles, at which a delay of
about two min s will be sufficient, by proper arrangement,
and but for this 'it James would have steamed the carriage
to Dublin. T ' arriage is guided by a very simple contri-
vance, acting upthithe four wheels, and which gives a perfect
command, in making the most acute turns, and all the parts
are fully covered, so that no motion is perceptable, except
that of the wheels on the road. This is very desirable, as
well to prevent fright to horses, as to guard the coachman
from injury, by dust or mud. it had been built entirely at
Buttevant Castle, and the engineer and workmen are all
Irish.—Limerick Chronicle.

A SIGN OF THE TIMES.—We have much pleasure in re-
printing the following recantation of error from the Sheffield
Patriot of Tuesday last :—The Patriot of this day appeals to
its supporters under new, and we -doubt not, better auspices.
In saying this we cast no imputation upon the views, motives,
or management of its orignators. We are aware that many
arguments may be adduced to show the superiority, over-all',
merely party papers, of a journal conducted on independelit
principles, which leans to no faction, and submits to no dic-
tation ; but, with the constitution for its beacon, steers in the
middle course—avoiding the Scylla of radicalism on the one
hand, and the Charybdis of ultra-toryism on the other. But
such arguments are plausible rather than sound ; and we can
not help thinking that a newspaper so conducted, is likely to
be a fitter medium for the disguise or concealment of opinion
than for its fair open and legitimate expression. A fear of
giving offence to people who may fancy you belong to them,
of exhibiting a bias where r bias will lose a customer, of seem-
ing to be partial where partiality though conscientious, might
betray—is apt to dilute every remark, whether of praise or
censure. The reader finds no opposition taken, no principle
'asserted. The whole is milk and water, which is as insipid
in politics as in poetry. Convinced of the truth of these ob-
servations, the new proprietory of the Patriot have resolved
on taking decided ground in the future management of their
paper. Seeing the restlessness of democracy abroad, and its
revolutionary violence at home—seeing the queen's late min-
isters were retaining office by the sufferance of its leaders in.
the House of Commons—and seeing that these same minis-
ters were ever ready for the sake of place, to inflict heavy
blows and great di.couragments on every institution which
Englishmen have been taught to revere—they feel that the.
time has come when they cannot any longer hold an equivol.
cal position. They cannot stand neuter in the exciting
struggle now going on. They believe it to be the duty 'of
every lover of his country to take part in the conflict, by
joining the noble band of patriots united for the safety of all
that is dear. With respect to themselves, at any rate, they
have resolved that henceforth there shall be no mistake. They
will not fight under doubtful colours. Their trumpet shall
not give an " uncertain sound." They have this day raised
the standard of conseryatism ; and in their name and our own,
we invite all the good and true to rally round it, and assist
us!

THE YEAR OF GRACE.—In any compact which may be
formed between the followers of Lord Melbourne and the
radicals it is easy to anticipate the sacrifices which will be
demanded and expected from the former. For one year (one
little year) it is understood that no organic changes will be
insisted on ; in other -words, these beggars are allowed to
mount .the horse, and get firm on the saddle, ere they set
their hoofs upon our ancient institutions in church and state.
But during this year let us consider what they will probably
attempt previous to undertaking. their organic changes. The
new scheme of education is the tub which is to be thrown
out to the whale ; a sort of preparatory school for bringing
up papists, infidels, and apostate dissenters. To gratify the
papists, their version of the scriptures is to be, for the first
time, introduced and sanctioned by the government. To de-
light the infidel, religious and secular education will be con-
sidered as perfectly distinct, and the former regarded as a
matter of task rather than moral obligation. To meet the
wishes of the political dissenters, the clergy are to be pub-
licly degraded from the rank of the teachers of the people,
and the church-rates to be abolished. Such is to be the
business of the first year. A hopeful beginning truly—or, as
the radical would say, " Well began, half ended." Let the
people well consider where this must end. They are now
heaving the anchor of the monarchy and the church, and
then we shall plunge into the vasty deep of anarchy, revolu-
tion, rapine, and civil war. Such are the blessings we shall
bequeath to our children ! —Standard .
REFORM OF THE REFORM CLUB.—We have heard that
the committees of this club are now putting their heads to-
gether to make new regulations for the reform of the reform
members, both on the ground of private economy and public
decorum, in consequence of the following ludicrous occur-
rence, at the head of which is, of course, one of the tail mem-
bers of the Home of Commons. This lion. gentleman lately
entered the club house in a queer state and at an early hour
in the morning—an hour, however, which, it seems, lie con-
sidered only late at night. The chandeliers had burned out,
and the waiters thought they had seen the last man out. The
Irish gentleman ordered the newspapers, coffee, and potatoes.
The waiter lighted the candles that the member might have
light to read—or to sleep, as the case might be—while the
coffee and the potatoes were cooking. The coffee was first
up. " Where's the potatoes ?" says the member. " They're
in the kitchen, sir,', says the waiter. " Then bring them up
stairs at once, sir," said the member • " would you have me
burn myself alive," says he, " by drinking hot coffee without
anything to eat with it ? and make haste, sir," says he, " for
I'm in a hurry." " Yes, sir," says the waiter. Don't say
' yes, sir,' but go, sir," says the member. The waiter ac-
cordingly went, and returned with the potatoes. " What's
them ?" said the member, in astonishment. " Potatoes, sir,"
says the waiter. " And where's the potato skins ?" says the
member. " Below stairs, sir." says the waiter. " Then go
down stairs, sir," says the member, " and put the skins on
again—would you have me eat potatoes without the skins,
you villain of the world, you ?" The waiter was going in a
state of distraction—" Come back, sir," says the member.
" Yes, sir," says the waiter. " What's these I see before
me ?" says the member. " Candles, sir," says the waiter.
" Then," says the member, " if you don't light all these cats-
diners over my head, I'll smash your skull smaller than these
potatoes !" The waiter trembled for his head, and lighted
the chandeliers, and left the hon. member aslaep in the midst
of more candles than will be seen at his own wake. The
committee now propose to prevent similar costly'vag ries, by
repolving that the like shan't be done &gam. 'ng
Herald.

A COLD CON.-Why is the House of Commons like a
cold in the head? Because sometimes the ayes have it, axed

sometimes the noes.

We understand that Lord Albert Conyngham does not
appear on the hustings of Canterbury in the event of a disso-
lution of parliament.—Kentish Gazette.
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The total amount of money in the savings' banks of Great
Britaiu now reaches the sum of £22,699,722 3s 7d.
The enthusiasm in Vienna for Madlle. Taglioni has reached
such a pitch, that on her return from the theatre at her last
appearance, a crowd of her admirers unyoked the horses from
her carriage and drew her in triumph to her hotel.
A reward of £lOO each has been advertised by the Mont-
gomery magistrates for the capture of six chartists.—Wor-
cester Journal.

ONE OF THE LAST PITCHFORKED.—One of the new peers

boasts that his ancestors came over to Ireland with Earl

Strongbow. What a degradation, then, to his successor to
owe his coronet to Dan Long-bow !—Morning Herald.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam-
bridge contemplate leaving this country in the course of Au-
gust, to visit his Majesty the King of Hanover. It is under-
stood their royal highnesses purpose sojourning in Germany
until the spring of next year.

IMMENSE CACTUS SENT TO THE DUKE OF BEDFORD.—
Mr. Parkinson, our consul at Mexico, has recently despatched
to the Duke of Bedford. a yellow flowering Cactus, sup-
posed to weigh upwards of 2 cwt. It was borne on the
shoulders of eight Indians for a considerable distance before
it was placed on the waggon which conveyed it from the in-
terior to Mr. Parkinson. This large plant is used in Mexico
as a sweetmeat, being cut into pieces, like a gourd or citron,
and preserved with sugar. It had flower buds upon it when
packed up to send to Europe.—Staffordshire Gazette.

COAL PIT ACCIDENT.—A young man of the name of Yates,
son of George Yates, late servant to the Earl of Balcarres,
was• unfortunately killed on Tuesday last, at a coal pit, in
Whelley, near Wigan. It appears that he was endeavouring
to put a piece of timber into the basket, when he lost his
equilibrium, and was precipitated to the bottom.
NURSING IN RUSSIA.—The traveller seldom sees infants

in a Russian village. In no part of the country did we ever
meet a woman with a child in her arms ; bnt there may be
seen near all the houses a small hand carriage, in which the
youngest of the family is dragged about. It is not unusual
to meet a woman returning from the distant field pulling one
of these behind her, with a brat perched in it, swaddled up
like a mummied cat.—Bremmer's Russia.

A LEARNED CLERK.—The clerk of a church not many
miles from Rochdale, to show how deeply he was versed in
classic lore, called his dog Ino. One day an acquaintance
called on him, and, amongst other matters, asked him the
name of his dog. " Ino,' said the clerk. " / know !" re-
peated the weaver (for such he was) ; " I know ut theaw
knows, or elze I shudno' ha' axed thee." Clerk : " Well,
I tell thee it's Ino." Weaver : " Dang it, mon, I know
theaw knows, and theaw meet as weel let sumbody elze know
too, an' mak"em as hee larnt as thysel' ; it 's surely sum
varra queer neame of theaw'rt so fyert o' tellin'." Clerk :
" Why, I tell thee, the dog 's coad Ino, afther one o' th'
yethen goddissus." Weaver : " Yethen devil ! theaw'st olis
moor whims nor ony body elze ; why cud to no' ha' gin th'
dog a gradely Christian neame at wonst ?"
A WARNING FACT FOR THE CHARTISTS, AND THE OTHER
DISTURBERS OF THE PUBLIC PEACE —lt is not perhaps
generally known, and it may therefore be desirable to com-
municate to the deluded persons who are making outcry for
disturbance and commotion, that there are at the present
time in the northern district full twelve thousand troops,
ready to be called out at a moment's notice, on any emer-
gency or outbreak. In addition to this large and formidable
available force, arms and ammunition requisite for military
operations on a very large scale, are in readiness, in different
towns, to be brought out, should any active measures of re-
pression be deemed necessary. We sincerely and fervently
hope, that no event may arise to render needful the applica-
tion of military operations, and for the sake of the working
classes, who, in any contingency like that to which we allude,
would be by far the greatest sufferers, we earnestly trust they
will listen to the admonitions of those who are pacifically dis-
posed, and shun the advice of those who would recommend
them to bare their breasts to muskets and bayonets.—Pres-
ton Chronicle.

THE NEW HIGHWAY ACT.—The bill now before parlia-
ment for amending the various acts relating to the repair of
the highways has received several additional clauses in com-
mittee, by which the management of the highways, &c., is
to be laced in the hands of the Boards of Waywardens, not •
elected, as now, for each parish, but to be for unions, where
formed under the Poor Law Amendment Act, and for single
parishes, where acting under the orders of the Poor Law
Commissioners. Parishes with a population of 1000 are to
return one waywarden ; under 3000 two under 5000 three ;
under 10,000 four ; and exceeding 10,000 five. Any person
rated above £3O to be eligible as a waywarden. Waywardens
are not to be chosen annually, as surveyors are at prissent,
but the elections are to be triennial, and are to be upon the
principle of those for guardians under the New Poor Law:
Inhabitants rated under £2OO to have one vote ; under £4OO
two votes ; and above that amount three votes : while owners
of• property in the respective parishes, whose property is
assessed under £5O are to have one vote ; under £75 two.
votes ; under £lOO three • under £125 four ; under £l5O
five ; and at or upwards of £250 six. Thus the rate-payer
who contributes .his quota towards the maintenance of the
roads, if rated under £2OO, is only to have one vote, while
the owner of the property, who perhaps lives 300 miles from
the spot, and contributes nothing towards the repairs, is to
have five votes.
ELECTION PROSPECTS.—The " straw" is moved. Mr.
H. D. Goring, the whig representative of Shoreham, is already
frightened from the field, and one of the same name (Mr. C.
Goring), but of widely different principles, will take his
place ; for Mr. Salamons' interference will end, as it ended
before, in smoke. One seat will also certainly be gained to
the cause of conservatism in the western division ; and there
are even rumours of an intention to bring forward a conser-
vative opponent to Lord Arthur Lennox, so much dissatis-
faction have the recent votes of his lordship given at Chi-
chester. In East Sussex, Mr. Cavendish will, it is expected,
decline standing again ; if he does stand, he is sure to be
beaten, as is Mr. Curteis, should a report which has reached
us of such, an intention prove true. The conservative
strength in East Sussex is abundantly sufficient to return
two conservatives; and it is also expected that Sir Charles
Blunt will make his bow at Lewes. Whether he does Or
does not, the return of two conservatives maybe confidently
relied on.' Of the other boroughs, we have not at present
much information, although we know that hopes are enter-
tained of removing Messrs. Hurst and Hollond from the
representation of Horsham and Hastings ; and it is far from
improbable that Midhurst will, in the next parliament, be
represented by a conservative instead of a whig. At Rye
some intrigues have been going on, but Captain Money-
penny is perfectly secure. At Brighton Sir Adolphus Dal-
rymple will no doubt be returned at the head of the poll, as
he would have been at the last election but for the disgraceful
and barefaced interference of the goVernment subordinates ;
and the struggle, according to present appearances, will be
between Pechel and Wigney, one of whom, it is certain,
must go to the wall. We have reason, indeed, to belieVe
that a very pretty",jealousy has sprung up between these
rival kings of Brentford, who have at length discovered, '
what every one but themselves saw long ago, that two. whigs
will never again be returned for Brighton. —Bri hton Gat et le.
A GHOST. —Several of the credulous inhabitants 'of
Maidstone have been hoaxed with a story of a ghost having
been seen in a hop ground on the London road. A young
man named Jupe, a bricklayer's labourer, on Monday
se'nnight, at about dusk, started from his lodgings with a
young woman, to fetch some hop-cuttings from a hop ground
on the London road, near Maidstone. He loitered by the
way, and called in at a public-house. When he had reached
the place, he states that he saw nothing of the woman who
,;had left him—hut met with what he believed to be another
woman, and was passing on without noticing her, when she
ordered him to stop, and he then saw that she had much
blood on her face, with her bonnet tied with a pink riband,
hanging behind her head. He asked her what made her face
all over blood—whern.according to his account, she replied
that she was a murdered woman—that she had been mur-
dered about eighteen months by a person whom she named—
that he would find the murderer in London—and that it lie
(Jupe) came on the next night, she would show him her
wound, and the spot which she named, where her bones
were buried. He came home, fainted, and told several per-
sons of the occurrence. On Tuesday night many persons
accompanied him, and after digging for about an hour, he
screamed out that he saw the ghost ! and fell into the pit
which had been dug, exclaiming that the ghost had given
him a tremendous push on one of his shoulders. On Wed
nesday the digging was resumed, and hundreds of credulous
persons went up to see the ghost, or
,ghost's ghost. Both
diggers and ghosrhunters were, however, disappointed ; for
although Jupe went up as usual about eight o'clock in the
evening, the apparition was sulky, and would not show. It
is stated that the young woman who was to help Jupe fetch
the hop-cuttings, had been in the habit of " playing the
ghost,' on some previous occasions,—Canterbury Journal.
RAILWAY TRAVELLING.—The following information re-
specting the rates of carriage by various railways, is extracted
from The Railway Times :—The inside fares of the Grand
Junction Railway from Birmingham to Liverpool and Man-
chester, by the mail, is 235. for 98 miles, or something above
2d. per mile per passenger, the travelling being at the rate
of 22 miles an hour ; on the London and Birmingham Rail-
, way, the fair is 325. 6d. for 112 miles, or rather under 3d.
per mile, and the travelling is 11 miles an hour; on the Li-
verpool and Manchester Railway the fare is 6s. 6d. for 31
miles, or about 20. per mile, the travelling being 24 miles
an hour; and the fare on the North Union Railway (to Pres-
ton) at the same rate, or a trifle lower. To this we add the
rate of charge, &c., on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway :
per passenger trains in the Company's best carriages, tra-
velling at the rate of 20 miles an hour, (including stoppages,)
a fraction more than 2d. per passenger per mile ; second-class
carriages by the same train, a fraction above 1-id. per mile ;
and by the train conveying goods and passengers, travelling
at the rate of 15 miles an hour, (including numerous stop-
, pages in the populous district through which the line passes,)
in the Company's best carriages, 2d. per passenger per mile ;
in the second-class carriages, by the same train, lid. per
' passenger per mile. The charge for the conveyance of goods
OR this line compared with the charge made on other railways,
is considerably lower in proportion. It is highly creditable
to the shareholders in this line of railway, that at their an-
' nual meeting held in March last, they unanimously confirmed
these moderate rates, which were recommended to them by
the 'directors, and we are glad to learn that the public are
promptly responding to this liberal conduct, as it appears
thatthe revenue is largely on the increase.—Newcastle paper.
LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S PRECEDENTS.—One can hardly
be surprised at any mode of argument or illustration which
'Lord John Russell may have recourse to after his gravity re-
ferring to the case of the daughters of the Duke of Marl-
borough as a precedent in his favour—it benig, in fact, a pre-
-cedent completely against him. It must be admitted, how-
ever,- that it was anything but complimentary to Her Majesty
'' fOr'sme holding the opinions that Lord John Russell has ex-
pressed of. Queen Anne to attempt to justify Queen Victoria
on the household question by . reference to anything Queen
Anne might have done with regard to the same question.
What Lord John Russell thought of that Queen will be seen
in the following very remarkable passage from his Essay on
the History of the English Government and Constitution:—
" The whigs held their power by a precarious tenure. The
Queen; originally adverse to them, was rendered implacable
'by their haughty invasion of the Cabinet; and she was daily
excited to little acts of hostility by Mrs. Masham, who had
sacceeded the Duchess of Marlborough in the friendship and
government of her weak head and ignoble heart. There
needed only a popular or plausible occasion for discarding the
General who, rendered the name of England illustrious by his
victories; iand the statesman whose reputation was founded
equally on his wisdom and his love of liberty. Marlborough
and Somers. fell: Harley and St. John appeared: it is thus
that when the statues of gods and heroes are thrown down,
snakes arid reptiles are obtruded into light." We repeat,
that it was anything but complimentary to the Queen he
serves, for:Lord John Russell to quote in her justification
the example of a " weak-headed" and " ignoble-hearted"
princeSs. We will not waste our own and our readers' time
in examining how. far Queen Anne deserved the abusive
epithets`.Lord John Russell bestows upon her; but we think
the passage' we have quoted may be• pondered on with advan-
tage at. the present moment. For weak heads and ignoble
hearts are not the only heads and hearts over which female
political intriguers may obtain government ; and recent events
have fully demonstrated that the race of Mistresses Mashams
is by no means extinct. There:is in this age, too, a General
not inferior to Marlborough to discard on " only a popular
or plausible occasion :" there are men as accomplished, as
wise, and as deeply attached to constitutional- liberty as
Somers was, to share the fate of Somers; and among the
candidates for admission to the highest offices- of the state
candidates with every prospect of success---there are far worse
"snakes and reptiles" than Harley. and St. John.—Dmes.