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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-02-23 00:00:00

whiCh Was dis-
1..' the con-

With the ex-

into the Tiber, this , not estimste the advances to ue ittau ~,, .4414.—..—.
sy..._ _ worthy of imitation.—Vidence of Ed- £8,000,000, which, including the £2,000,000, advanced
Cresy, Esq., before the Health of Towns'
Com_ since August, would amount to £10,000,000. Now, if
, the 16,000,000- proposed by the Noble Lord had been
q 7 advanced to railroads, he did not think it would be possi-
'_
.gtnation, and strong passion for the marvellous, 01T AND HIS GRANDUOTHER.—With his
ble to have secured one farthing of this £10,000,000, and
therefore he was rejoiced to see the majority by which that
not to be altogether wondered at, if Mr. Barham him- i
I appeared a little disposed to give credence to the ex-
ence of things undreamed of in.our philosophy. He
.med at times to endeavour to persuade himself into
adulity, much in the way that some people strive to
evict themselves of a bodily ailment. He loved, as it
Ire, to lull reason to sleep for awhile, and leave an un-
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of the discharge of the retu
stem well

WALTER

measure had been rejected. Under these circumstances,
it was manifest he must go into the market to borrow.
The question was, whether he should borrow the whole or
only a part ; by following the latter course, he would con-
siderably reduce the balance in the Exchequer, from which
source the advances have hitherto been made. This was
enilvar he wac fnr nisinv rpasnnS unwilling to adopt, and

erupted field f
e Door Lady Cor

vagaries 0:

se enjoyment of " her murders"
bly declined, he ne r lost his relish for a " good ghost
I him more than to listen to one
or properly fitted with' the regular
of names, date.' ' by " liy-

he therefore thought it more advisable to borrow the
whole rather than put ,any further pressure on the Bank
of England, or incapacitate the Government from making
advances to the landed proprietors of England and Scot-
land. Besides, the prospects of the next harvest were
-Hitherto we had been living mainly upon
of

" notlm

rue historic

and locale, attest

ag -Witnesses of unblemished reputation," ana neagea in
n all sides by circumstantial evidence of the most incon-
r avertible natu e ; one, in short, of those logical cut de
rzcs ,which afford no exit, but by unceremoniously kick-
?B down the opposing barrier. It was Sir Walter Scott,
re believe, who was thus driven to extricate himself from
similar ilemma, when, on being asked " how he ac-
bunted" for some strange tale he had related, on no less
.uthority than that of his own grandmother, he was
breed to reply, after some deliberation, " Aiblins my
,randmither was an awfu' leear."—Memoir of the Rev.
R. H. Barham (" Thomas Ingoldsby"), in the third se-
ries of the Ingoldsby Legends.
`EXPERIENCE OF THE DEAF.—There is an article in tit(
British Review on an interesting work called "The Ir

the produce of other countries of the larvest,
the year 1845. There had been entered for home con-
sumption of 5,388,000 quarters of foreign corn, and he was
confident that up to the harvest of 1847 we should have an
abundance • but by that time the produce of 1845 and
1846 would exhausted, and we should be dependent
upon the produce of the harvest of 1837. The debt would
not be permanent, because a considerable portion was to
be paid out of the property of Ireland.—(A laugh,) The
next question was, whether the loan ought to be accom-
panied by increased taxation. He was unwilling to add
this amount to the debt without taking means for its
extinction, but be thought that during the present year it
....la he unfortunate to attempt any change in. taxa-

" in which 'the instruction of the deaf and dumb
ssed at considerable length. The author of the
tself is Dr. Kitto, editor of the Pictorial Bible,
;,,a been deaf from the age of twelve years, de-

tion. The present year was an exception to altothers.
If we had a good harvest there would be no necessity for
further advances : if it should be bad, it would be neces-
sary to make a further demand on the country for the
assistance of Ireland ; and therefore he thought it better
. • „•,•

as his own experiences in society. 11.ilitni gm LUG Imo- .
ges quoted are the following :—" It will surprise many 1 to postpone the question of the imposition of additional
taxation. Besides, next year it would be necessary to
aders to know that few persons speak in my presence
eerning whose voice I do not receive a very distinct deal with the income-tax ; and it would be unwise to
apression. That is, I form an idea of that person's voice attempt to prejudge in what manner parliament—a new
7 which it becomes to my mind as distinct from the parliament perhaps—might choose to deal with that tax.
Aces of others as, I suppose, one voice is distinct from He therefore thought it best to leave the whole question
aother to those who can hear. The impression thus open till next session. He calculated on a surplus of
mveyed is produced from a cursory, but probably very £489,000 of ordinary revenue over expenditure. He
curate observation of the person s general physical con- calculated he could borrow the £8,000,000 at 31 per cent.,
titution compared with the action of his mouth and the the interest of which would be £280,900 ; but then he
Lay of his muscles in the act of speaking. I form a calculated he should have to raise the interest of Exche-
milar idea concerning the laugh of one person as dis- quer-bills. The interest at present was lid. a day, and
liguished from that of another; and when I have seen a \ he proposed to raise it to 2d., which would amount to
erson laugh, the idea concerning his voicebecomes in my £142,000, giving an increase of interest of £422,000, ma-
iind a completed and unalterable fact. The impression king the total ordinary expenditure £51,988,000, leaving.
ins realised would seem to be generally correct. I have a surplus of £67,000. From Chinese money the next
ear he should receive £450,000, but against this he must
nnetimes tested it, by describing to another the voices of glace an extending expenditure of £1135,000 to cover the
arsons with whom we were both acquainted ; and I have excess of naval expenditure of the year ending sth April
A known an instance in which the impression described
last. The total of income therefore would be £52,515.000;
--d- been declared to be remarkably accurate.
the total of expenditure 1'52,183,000, leaving a surplus of

ms faculty must be based upon experiences acquired
firing the days of my hearing, and cannot be realised by
born deaf, seeing that it is impossible for them to have
idea of sounds produced by the action of the vocal
and still less of the peculiarities by which one

LEFT SPEAKING

TATTERSAL L:S—YESTERDAY.
LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CHASE.
S to 1 agst. Mr. Preston's Brunette (taken freely
12 to 1 agst Mr. Rowland's Red Lancer.
AIETROPOLITAN HANDICAP.
20 to 1 agst Mr. Stephenson's Sheraton.
2000 GUINEAS STAKES.
as" 6 to 1 agst Sir R. Pigot's Conynghar-

organs,

~ is distinguished from another."
FRE THEOLOGY OF ROME.—What, we ask, is the
heology of Rome, stripped of its accidents and unimport-
ait accessories ? Is it not this ?—SALVATION BY MEANS OF
iAGRAMENTS, MADE EFFECTUAL BY PRIESTS, WHO ARF
N THE PLACE OF ODD TO THE PEOPLE. This --- - "

dly is the substance, the very essence of Romanism ;
mi.iTC TOO. IS THE SUBSTANCE, THE ESSENCE OF

CHESTER CUP.
22 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Mendicant
arpen'a The Lt

XFORD TEACHING

k.bsolute

means of the Priest—pardon for sin at the
means of bread and wine transformed to Di-

25 to t agst Mr. D. Drirccia
25 to 1 agst Hon. S. Herbert's'Antler
25 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Camera 01
q 4-1 nffat'Afr irwin's Mickey Free

ne iunianity, by the magic of a rriest—Lu... --
ntial faith of ROME—this is the faith of OXFORD, ex-
mnded, without reproof, in the earliest Tracts for the
and now passionately affirmed and perseveringly
by hundreds of the younger Clergy, and diffused

5.5 to 1
agsL
. ba wan c
40 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwicke's The Flitch
50 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's Bedlam
1000 to 15 agst Mr. Ma
DERBYngle's Golden Bee.

rough the land by incredible activity in every aepart-
ea, of literature. If it be so, and who will venture to
:ny it ?—may not. Rome well hope exultingly in the
Lought of fully subjugating England to her authority ?
bt,lii these essential doctrines

10-1
12 - 1
20-1

's Epirn.

Mr. Mostyn's Plana.
Mr. Mostyn's Glentilt

's Horn of (

.nave not the remotest Lt.:a b
minaunity, is perfectly true; they have fine distinctions
between the essential doctrines of Rome and some of the
copular opinions and practices in Catholic countries.

tome, who

35 --1

Lord Caledon's Wanota.
A. W. Hill's Will-o'-the-Wisp
OAKS.

50 - 1

;on's Nerissa

They enlarge, too, on the undue autnority: usurt
Bishop of Rome ; they enlarge, too, as might a Turk or
a Jew, on the duty of remaining in the Church in which
they were born, and plead the duty of enforcing Catholic
doctrine and Catholic practices within the Church. Thus
we find Dr. Hook, venturing to tell his Bishop, that
though he fully admits " the extreme of High Church
doctrine and practice is Popery ; he will at the same
time maintain that this is no reason why that doctrine time. The instrumentality by which this grc
and practice should be renounced." The audacity rather now sought to be- gained, is, indeed, as different as is the
than the logic of this declaration might be admired, and sixteenth from the nineteenth century. Spain is decrepit,
Rome would see little to depress her hopes in the excuses —worn out by wealth, popery, and France. A vast navy
of those who would be Romanists outside of Rome, and and infallible artillery cannot now be brought i,n aid of
so be preparing the unsuspecting people to receiv.e " all the Infallible Church. Apostolic Rome may fat now.
Ain cy aceomphshing that which ten " Prove her doctrine orthodox

HOPES OF THE ROMANISTS OF SUBDUING ENGLAND
To THE ROMAN SEE.—Never since Pope Sixtus V. blessed
the " Invincible" Spanish Armada, and, in the name of
Heaven, denounced certain ruin on heretical England, has
Rome entertained such high hopes of subduing this coun-
try to the obedience of the Roman See as at the present
• . •

thousand of Rome's acu
jug.— Oxforc

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