The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-01-01 00:00:00

MEETING OF THE DOCK COMMITTEE

The Dock Committee held their weekly meeting yesterday
There were present Messrs. Benn, Barclay, Middleton, J
Holmes, Hornby, Booth, llorsfall, Mellor, Moon, G. Holt
Evans, Aikin, nod Tobin. In the absence of Mr. Leathoin

the deputy-chairman—Mr. Benn, presided.
The British and North American Association presented a
memorial urging upon the committee the necessity of forth-
with completing the shed round Brunswick dock basin, and
of repairing some of the approaches thereto. The memorial
also represented that ship-owners were sustaining great in-
convenience from the want of graving-dock accommodation,
and strongly recommended that a tire engine should be ap-
propriated to each graving-dock in the port. The memorial
was referred to the Board of Works.
The South Harbour Master and the Head Constable re-
ported the tire which took place in the ship England, the
circumstances of which were narrated in the last number of
the STANDARD.

A letter was read from Mr. Sands, inclosing a memorial
from John Edgar. It appeared that the memorialist had
been a gateman at the Brunswick dock, and whilst in the
discharge of his duty a rope caught his leg and fractured it.
He was taken to the Infirmary, where the limb was ampu-
tated. When he recovered he received an allowance from
the charity fund, and Mr. Hartley appointed him a watch-
man during the completion of the Coburg dock : when that
was done he was discharged, and being without employment•
he now solicited some assistance from the committee, in
whose service he had been eight years.—Referred to the sub-
committee of finance.

. Another memorial was presented from the British and
North, American Association requesting the committee to
furnish a return of all the ships entered in all the docks, the
cargo and tonnage of each, and the amount of dues paid for
each, from the 30th June to the 31st December : and also
the expenses of maintaining each dock in the port during the
same period.
Mr. HORSFALL said it would not be fair to make the re-
turn for the last six months in the year. Let it be for a year.
The CII AIRM AN said no accounts were kept of a kind to
enable the committee to make such a return.

Mr. AIKIN agreed with Mr. Horsfall that it would be quite
unfair to make the return for six months only.

The CHAIRMAN observed that if it commenced with Janu-
ary, that diffieuty would be obviated.

Mr. lYttmLort stated that the sub-committee of finance had
that morning agreed to a resolution which he thought would
meet the wishes of the memorialists.

The SECRETARY read the resolution. It was to the effect
that a record be kept of every ship in each dock, the place
from whence each had sailed, and the time each remained in

Mr. EVANS asked Mr. Middleton [a member of the asso-
ciation, who had been requested to move for the return,]
what was the object of*the memorialists in desiring to have
this information ?.fle.supposed the memorial would not have
been sent if there had not been some reason for it, and cer-
tainly the Dock Committee had a right to know what that
reason was.

Mr. MIDDLETON said he was not at the meeting at which
the memorial was agreed to.

Mr. EVANS said then the memorial was a mere barren, ur
supported enquiry.

Mr. BooTil said it might be necessary to mention, that
when the Sub-committee of Finance passed the resolution
just read, they had no knowledge whatever of the memorial.
Mr. Evans.—This looks like the old leaven of the ware-
house interest.
Mr. MIDDLETON.—Nothing of the kind.

Mr. AIKIN made some observations concerning the dock
rate-payers who paid less rates than £lO per annum, and the
desirableness as we understood of registering them, so as to
ascertain who had and who had not the right of voting.
Mr. EvA NS said that, by this memorial, there was an at-
tempt to distinguish betwee❑ the different trades of the port.
They had all one common interest, yet they all hated each
other, and were jealous of each other's increase. If the me-
morialists thought the committee would legislate in a hostile
or rival way between different trades, they were altogether
mistaken.

The CFIAIRMAN thought, as to the receipts, it would be
much better to render the amount paid upon each article, in-
stead ofdistinguishing the receipts of one dock from another.
The coasting vessels in Salthouse Dock for instance paid
nothing, whilst the expense of maintaining that dock was as
great as the maintainance of any other dock.
Mr. MIDDLETON said there had formerly been lerrisintinn

can Association now wanted was to ascertain to what extent
of accommodation they were entitled.

Mr. EVANS replied-that, however failing they might be in
other branches of commerce, greater accommodation was
given to ships here than in any other port in the kingdom,
Some further discussion followed, at the end of which, the
memorial was referred to the Sub-committee of Finance.
Mr. AIKIN suggested that, as an accumulation of vessels
i a George's Dock might soon be expected, the dredging
m chine be worked in it by night as well as day.
A MEMBER expressed a doubt whether the machine could
be worked by night, as lights were strictly prohibited from
being in any of the docks by the act,of parliament.
The SECRETARY referred to the act, and it was found that
the committee had power to order lights to be used for the
purpose of repairing or cleansing in the night.
A resolution was therefore passed, directing the work to
be forthwith commenced, under the superintendence of Mr.
Hartley.

Mr. -HORSFALL was sorry that Mr. Chapman was not pre-
sent to-day, in consequence of what he had said a few weeks
ago with-regard to this estate. On that occasion Mr. Chap-
man thought it right to bring forward his own views, and he
thought proper to bring certain charges against the surveyor.
He (Mr. Horsfall) hoped that all the members of that com-
mittee went there with the intention of doing their duty. not
only with regard to finding fault with their officers, if there
was occasion for it, but as to the best and most economical
management of the estate. If they did not go there with
that motive, they had no business there at all. No doubt
Mr. Chapman had brought forward his views and charges
from the best of motives, but he (Mr. Horsfall) wished he
had done so with more consideration. The charges he had
made stood so very broad and distinct against Mr. Hartley,
that he (Mr. Horsfall) could not go into company without
the subject being mentioned, and others alleged which af-
fected his reputation as an engineer. Mr. Chapman's alle-
gations went strongly against Mr. Hartley's character, and
he (Mr. Horsfall) was very sorry Mr. Chapman was not pre-
sent to hear the remarks he intended to make. Mr. Chap-
man had charged Mr. Hartley with incapacity in the
management of the estate, and with an extravagance which
amounted to something like a misapplication of half its
funds. Such an impression had been made upon the minds
of the public. Now, in so charging the surveyor of the es-
tate, he also charged to some extent, the committee itself ;
anti he (Mr. Horsfall) hiving been a member of the com-
mittee ever since the change which introduced Mr. Hartley,
now about sixteen years, if Mr. Hartley been wrong, he
(Mr. Horsfall) was a participator in that wrong. A very
able sub-committee, however, had been appointed to inves-
tigate the charges made by Mr. Chapman : he (Mr. Horsfall)
hoped they would go through the whole of them carefully,
and then he should be satisfied. With regard to Mr. Hart-
ley he felt bound to say, that he had never known a more in-
dustrious man : it had been his lot to see him at his occupa-
tion very early in the morning; upon some occasions he
knew he had been engaged between four and five o'clock in
the morning, and very commonly at six. A more industri-
ous man, indeed, could not be found. Upon the question of
his capacity there might be differences of opinion ; but if we
looked at the works, north and south, which he had com-
pleted,they would be found to bear comparison, with any
works in the kingdom. They certainly would with any that
he (Mr. Horsfall) had hitherto seen. The quality of his
masonry was unquestionable, and his iron work was as good, at
the least, as any he had•ever seen. Mr. Hartley, like other
men, was not infallible, and he might have been mistaken ;
but how far that warrrauted such charges as Mr. Chapman
had brought against him, was very questionable. Having
known Mr. Hartley for the last sixteen years, and that a
more industrious servant the Dock-estate could not have, he
(Mr. Horsfall) had thought it right to make these observa-
tions. The sub-committee which had been appointed had a
very arduous duty to perform, and he hoped—he was
sure—they would do it well. The great difficulty which
he (Mr. Horsfall) saw in their way would be that of
making comparisons between work which Mr. Hartley had
done for the estate and that which might have been done by
contract. In entering into this comparison it might, per-
haps, be said that Mr. Hartley had been lavish in his expen-
diture ; but at the same time it ought to be remembered that
the work had been done for the use of posterity, and must,
therefore, necessarily be expensive. On all accounts, he had
to request that the sub-committee would lose no time in mak-
ing their report, for until then injustice was done to Mr.
Hartley, from Mr. Chapman's charges hanging over him.
With regard to the suggestion for the appointment of a con-
sulting superior engineer, Mr. Hartley could not object to
that. Whenever the committee went before parliament that
was always the case, but he (Mr. Horsfall) did not recollect
that the engineer was consulted as to design; it was only, he
believed, as to the mode of execution.

Mr. EVANS thought that the Only instance of Mr. Hartley
suffering in reputation was from the misapprehension by the
public of the word sill in speaking of the Queen's Graving
Dock.

Mr. HORSPALL admitted that as far as the sill of the
graving dock was concerned, Mr. Chapman had substantiated
his charge against Mr. Hartley. But as to the perpendicu-
larity of the walls it was a choice of evils, whether to make
them as they now stood or to lessen the quay room.
Mr. NI ELLOR, in Mr. Chapman's absence, would state on
his behalf that his objections applied to the system more
than to the individual. Mr. Chapman was convinced, from
the great variety of trades carried on by Mr. Hartley, that
it was impossible for one man effectually to superintend
them ; and he conceived it would be better for the different
kinds of work to be executed by contract.
Mr. HORSFALL had always been of the same opinion ;
nevertheless, that was a subject for the investigation of the
committee. Mr. Hartley certainly could not efficiently super-
intend all the different trades which wore oar. iod ..a that
was the great objection he (Mr. Horsfall) had to his manage-
ment.

Mr. TOBIN objected to the system of contracts, especially
for small articles, on the ground that durability and superior
quality could not be secured.

After a few words from Mr. AIKIN and Mr. EVANS, the
conversation dropped, and the committee separated.

An old soldier; who had fought in the famous battle of
Fontenoy, died near Perigueux, a few days since, aged 117.
His wife, who survives him, is 98.

A man named Evan Jones, who is supposed to have rob-
bed several churches in Wales, has been committed for trial
at the Flint assizes, on the charge of having committed sa-
crilege in the church of Halkin.

NANTWICH.—The notorious housebreaker, Joseph Banks,
late of Over, who made his escape from Knutsford, last Oc-
tober sessions, was re-taken at Nantwich, on Saturday night,
and lodged safely in the lock-ups.
We hear that Sheridan Knowles is again at work for Ellen
Tree, in London. Ile has already produced one new tragedy
this season, and it is reported that he is busily engaged upon
a comedy.

WESLEYAN CONFERENCE.—The next meeting of the
Conference will be held in Manchester next July, and it is
generally expected that the Rev. James Dixon will be elected
to the office of president. This gentleman is well known to
the public as the eloquent and powerful advocate of consti-
tutional and protestant principles, and his election will do
infinite credit to that loyal and respectable sect of religionists.

. ,
E. S. CAYLEY, Esct., M.P.—We had the satisfaction of
stating in our paper a fortnight ago, that the worthy member
for the North Riding •had so far recovered that be would be
able to attend the opening of parliament. Although this is
the case, the state of Mr, Cayley's health will prevent him
from taking that active part in public business which he was
accustomed to take ; but the honourable member will be able
to watch over the interests of his constituents with the same
fidelity he has ever evinced.—Yorkshireman.
THE WILL or TILE LATE EARL OF DUCIE.—The will of
the Right Hon. Thomas, Earl of Ducie, Baron Ducie, late of
Tortworth, in the county of Gloucester, has just been proved
in the Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury,
in Doctors' Commons, by the Right Hon. Henry George
Francis, Earl of Ducie, the son, and James Houghton Lang-
ton, Esq., the executors. The personal property of the de-
ceased earl is sworn under £70,000. The late earl was born
on the 31st August, 1776 ; succeeded his father, the late lord,
the 20th August, 1808 ; married, the sth Dec. 1797, Frances,
only daughter of Henry, first Earl of Carnarvon, and was
advanced to the dignities of Earl Ducie and Baron Moreton,
by patent, the 28th of January, 1837. The Earl of Denbigh,
Master of the Horse to her majesty the queen dowager, is a
son-in-law of the late earl, and has a legacy under the will.—
The Britannia.

~..pressect _pie an
opinion of the spiritin which I write. I have no quarrel with
the Mercury. There are, in my humble opinion, few pro-
vincial papers in the kingdom can lay better claim to talent
when treating upon mere secular matters. From its politics
I deem it no trivial privilege to dissent, and upon many oc-
casions I have noticed with pain and regret its perverted
views of Theology ; but still I would fain hope that its
columns are not dead to conviction, nor its " wound altogether
incurable."

Having said thus much, I shall now introduce to your read-
ers Dr. Philpotts, and leave him to defend himself, after I
have said something in the way of information as to the occa-
sion upon which he recorded the sentiments which I am
now about to transcribe.

Mr. Southey, the poet laureate, published a work called
" The Book of the Church." The late truly amiable, and in
many respects deeply read, Mr. Charles Butler, a Roman
Catholic barrister, replied to this book, in a work which he
called the " Book of the Roman Catholic Church." This
work elicited from Dr. Henry Philpotts, then rector of Stan-
hope, and now, by Divine permission, Bishop of Exeter, a
series of letters, which letters were published by Murray,
Albemarle-street, 1825.

The opening of the first letter to Mr. Butler is well worth
transcribing :—" Sir,—l have read your Book of the Ro-
man Catholic Church,' andiu common, I conceive, with all
your readers, have been much gratified with the tone and
temper in which it is written. If, in one or two instances,
your zeal has made you, for a while, forget your charity, yet
your politeness is always unimpaired, and you never appear
to be more in your natural character than in smoothing the
asperities of controversy, and deprecating violence. It has,
indeed, been suggested by some of your critics, that you
have no objection to see your cause supported by others in

language which you NV ()via yourself bc-rals-T;m—ed-tjouseTan-ci
they appeal, for the justice of this suspicion, to your strong
recommendation of a work from which every moderate per-
son of every party turns with disgust; I mean Strictures
on the Poet Laureaes Book,' written, as you tell us, by Dr.
Milner."

This extract will answer as a specimen of the respect with
which Dr. Philpotts regarded his opponent, as well also as
of the spirit with which he approached the controversy. I
did not at first intend transcribing other than the matter of
absolution; but intimately connected as absolution and con-
' . . .

fession are in the Romish Church, it is necessary to a fair
" hearing of both sides,",that I should begin with Dr. Phil-
potts on auricular confession in the Church of Rome.

" We are now" (writes Dr. Philpotts, at page 196) " come
to a part of our subject on which I feel it difficult to write
without exoressinz more warmth of indigo:Aim,

doctrine of your church than it would, perhaps, in address-
ing you, become me to exhibit. I abstain, therefore, and
shall content myself with simply stating, in the first instance,
what that doctrine is. But in order to do this satisfactorily,
it is necessary that I should say something, for the informa-

_
tion of my Protestant readers, of the supposed sacrament to
which CONFESSION and ABSOLUTION belong.
" It is, then, the doctrine of the Church of R
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,me, that mdr-

sacrament of penance; and of this sacrament the form, that
which constitutes it a sacrament, is the speech of the priest,
ego to absolvo, Src., ; that the matter of it, or rather, as
the Council of Trent (seas. xiv.) expresses it, quasi matter,
are the acts of the penitent himself, namely contrition, con-
fession to the priest, and satisfaction, Of these acts, con-
trition is `the inward grief and detestation on account of sin
committed, with a purpose of not sinning in future.' It is
sometimes made perfect with love, and reconciles the sinner
to God before recourse has actually been had to the sacra-
ment of penance ; but then the reconciliation is not to be
ascribed to contrition, without the wish and purpose (sine
sacramenti voto, sess. xiv.) of having recourse to the sacra-
ment, which wish and purpose are included in that perfect
contrition. But imperfect contrition, or attrition, as it is
called, since it commonly arises either from a consideration
of the baseness of sin, or from the fear of hell and punish-
ment, if it exclude the present will of sinning, and be accom-
panied with the hope of pardon, is an impulse of the Holy
Spirit; and, therefore, though by itself without the sacra-
ment of penance, it will not lead the sinner to justification,
yet it disposes him to obtain the grace of God in that sacra-
ment. In short, the Council of Trent has settled (and so it
is stated by Bellarmine, De Penni'. lib. ii. c. 18, ad finem,
and admitted, I believe, universally) that attrition, though
by itself it will not do, yet with ABSOLUTION it is sufficien t.
" It will be observed, that the council has not declared, whe..
ther Attrition includes the love of God in any measure (P
degree. The absence' of any express affirmation would, in
this case, seem to imply the negative. Yet the scandal aris-
ing from such a doctrine, and the arguments raised against it
by protestant writers, have induced many of your divines to
maintain that some degree of the love of God, an initial love
of Him is necessary. But this doctrine is opposed by other
and higher authorities, in particularly one, which is instar
omnium, Clement XI. pronouncing ex cathedra in the well
known bull Unigenitus,' a bull admitted, I believe, after
whatever difficulties, by all your churches in Continental
Europe. [Yes, and in Ireland also. P.] He has therein
condemned the following positions : 47. ' The obedience of
the law ought to flow from its source, that is, love; when
the love of God is its principle within, and the glory of God
its end, then the outer act is pure; without it, it is nothing
but hypocrisy, or false righteousness.' 49. 'As there is no
sin without self. love, so there is no good work without the
love of God.' These propositions, I are condemned ;
and thus authority is given to the Jesuits, in whose especial
favour that bull issued, for maintaining that—' Men are not
obliged to love God in order to be reconciled to Him in the
sacrament of penance, nor to refer all their actions to Him ;
that it is sufficient to serve Him through the fear of hell ;
and those sinners who have no better disposition than a strong
fear of being damned, who repent of their crimes only on this
motive, and who would, by consequence, in the bottom of
their heart, wish that there was no such thing as religion,
are nevertheless in a state to receive absolution, and that they
ought to be admitted to the sacrament.' La constitution
Unigenitus, avec des remarques des notes, p. 20.
" Such, sir, is the doctrine for which the Church of Rome is
answerable; it flows from the principle laid down by the
Council of Trent, and has been virtually set forth (through
condemnation of better principles) by the highest authority
of your church.

The next particular is Confession, which, I need scarcely
add, is not merely, as with us, a humble acknowledgment of
our guilt before God, and a private or open acknowledgment
of our offences against our neighbour (according as the duty
of compensating the injury done to him shall require); but
it is a secret, indeed, but a full and unreserved, disclosure
of every mortal sin, with all the circumstances which may
change the nature of it, to the priest. Of venial sins it is
not necessary, though right and useful, to make a similar
confession : but as for mortal sins, the penitent must explore
every hidden thought, and all the darkest recesses of his
conscience, in order that he may make the confession as full
and complete as possible. Con. Trid., Sess. XIV., c. 5.
" This is enjoined by the great Council of Lateran, to be
done by every one, arrived at the years of discretion, at least
once in every year, at Easter (Con. Labb., tom. xi. p. 174);
and although that provision is not indispensable, yet the
Council of Trent hath decreed that sacramental confession
is absolutely necessary to salvation : an anathema is pro-
nounced against all who presume to say the contrary. Con.
Trid., Sess. XIV., can. 6.

Such is the doctrine of your church on this particular.
On the practical mischiefs to which it leads, the opposite
extremes of extreme scrupulosity and callous indifference,--
still more, on its glaring tendency to rob the tender, un-
hacknied, unseared conscience of youth of that which is at
once its best protection and its most appropriate grace, the
delicacy of ingenuous shame ; on its telling those into whose
young bosoms the first ideas of inipurity never perhaps in-
truded, without exciting a thrill of terror, that they must
dwell on the thought from which their better minds recoil;
that they are to register it faithfully in their memory, and
in due time give utterance to it in the presence of one whose
sex ought to inspire them with dread, even if his character
he as holy as his office,—on these, and consequences scarcely
less mischievous than these, I forbear to enlarge. Let me
only say, that they are not imaginary. I have looked into a
tract, which you inform us is the most popular of all your
books of devotion, ' The Garden of the Soul.' I have read
there (I acknowledge it with pleasure) sentiments of piety as
warm and as just, as the expression often is beautiful ; but I
have also read one page—prescribing a course of self-exami-
nation previous to confession—to which I cannot even allude
without disgust. Nothing, 1 verily believe, more loathsome
or polluting, could be found in the journal of a brothel.
Tell us not that the young penitent is not obliged to confess
these things, such of them at least as fall short of mortal sin:
the Catechism of Trent requires that not only deeds and
words, but even thoughts, be recollected and confessed : the
Council itself recommends the,ccrnfession• even of venial
sins; and if it did not, would you begin thus early to corrupt
and harden their conscience by setting it to work on these
nice distinctions?

" But I turn to the remaining actof the penitent,
SATISFACTION. Satisfaction in general is defined by
the Catechism of the Council of Trent, perfect payment of
a debt ; and in the present case, the word is used to express
the compensation made when a man pays to God something
in full on account of sins committed. Cat. Rom. p. 2. Sa-
cramental satisfaction is the discharging such penances as
shall be enjoined by the priest after confession. But it is
not necessary to his obtaining the end and benefit of the
sacrament, reconciliation with God, that he should complete
this satisfaction. He may, if he choose, neglect all the pe-
nances enjoined him ; and yet the grace of the sacrament,
add the consequent right and title to admission into Heaven,
will remain unimpaired, so long as he does not fall again into
mortal sin. Meanwhile, the unfulfilled satisfaction (if also
unremitted) will stand in account against him, and will re-
main to be discharged in Purgatory ; unless some of the
various expedients for his release, of which we have already
seen and heard enough, be happily adopted. On this article,
therefore, I shall not dwell ; but shall proceed to absolu-
tion."

Seeing, sir, that I have already carried out this letter to
an extent farther than may be convenient to your space, I
shall here leave off, and, as proposed above, in my next
" proceed to absolution."
I am, sir, yours faithfully,
St. Helens, 30th Dec., 1840. PACIANUS.

HER MAJESTY AND THE PRINCESS ROYAL.--The care
and attention bestowed upon the infant Princess Royal by its
nurse and various attendants are only to be equalled by the
great anxiety manifested by its royal parents, her Majesty
and Prince Albert, for its health and welfare. Immediately
her Majesty has risen in the morning, and entered the break-
fast-room, intelligence of the state of health of the infant
Princess is communicated to the Queen by the Baroness
Lehzen ; and as soon as breakfast is concluded, h.sr Majesty
(who is generally accompanied by Prince Albert) proceeds
to the nursery, and there remains, usually for about half -an
hour. in consequence of the extreme severity of the weather
since the arrival of the Court at Windsor, the royal infant
(who is in most excellent health, not having experienced the
slightest indisposition since she has been at the Castle) has
not been taken beyond the nursery and the other rooms con-
nected with that department of the royal household appropri-
ated to the use of her Royal Highness and her several at-
tendants. It is the invariable cnstom of her Majesty, upon
leaving the drawmg-room at night, and previously to retiring
to rest, to visit the nursery for the purpose of ascertaining
the state of health, and taking leave, of the infant Princess.
The Barcelona papers mention that a few weeks since a
young French actress of great beauty, named Augustine Joly,
who had not long been on the boards of the theatre in that
capital, committed suicide by stifling herself with charcoal.

CATHOLIC & POPISH FORMS OF ABSOLUTION.
SECOND EDITION.
LETTER 111.

Standard Office, Three o' Clock

THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
—The public are much indebted to your contemporary
rcury tor having, in the first place, mooted the sub-
" Priestly Absolution," and; in the second place, for
connecting the name and authority of Dr. Philpotts with
the same. And, although I am inclined to be of opinion
)
that the writer of the article, when engaged in discharging (From Messrs. R. MAKIN 3. SONS' Circular.
this important service, was, to all intents and purposes, un- By the official return of the averages received here this
conscious of what the result might be ; yet, now that he has morning, the duty on foreign Wheat is raised to 275. Bd., on
rendered such essential good to the cause of truth generally,
as well as to our much libelled church specially, I would, Barley and Indian Corn to 13s. 10d. per quarter, on Flour to
therefore, respectfully invite him and others who may think 16s 7id per barrel, remaining upon all other foreign produce
with him to approach the examination of the matter under the same as last week.
consideration in honest candour, not permitting for a single In consequence of this being the first day in the new year,
moment the intrusion of pre .conceived fancies to prejudice
or warp the judgment. Let this be but done in the way now our Corn Exchange was nearly deserted by both town and
recommended, and I cannot help hoping but that a " leader" country buyers this morning ; and the —in the Mercury will ere long ingenuously admit that there is attendance, still waiting the result of future imports, were so
indeed a wide—a very wide, difference between the con-
*trained confession and judicial absolution of modern Rome completely on the reserve as to preclude even the appearance
as exhibited in her formularies, and the voluntary confession of more than a few retail transactions in any branch of the
and declarative absolution cited from the office of the " trade : as, however, the canals will shortly be clear of ice,
tation of the Sick" as set forth by the Church of England in holders seemed to look forward to a renewed intercourse
her Book of Common Prayer. lam thankful to the Editor
[I suppose lam correct] of the Mercury for having, in his with the markets of the interior ; and- firmly adhering to 0-
" Notice to Correspondents," favourab'

LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE,--THIS DAY

mall number in

. .
general currency of Tuesday last, our quotations invariably
remained unaltered.

Upon a change of wind the frost has disappeared, and many
vessels, previously detained at sea, having entered this port,
we have to note a fair supply of Grain, Flour, and Oatmeal
already in, with the prospect of further arrivals daily; anti-
cipating which, the millers and dealers have been rather in-
active between the close of Tuesday's market and to-day,
but without producing any material effect in the value of any
article of the Corn Trade during that period.

ICOTTON MARKET, HALF-PAST Two o'CLocx, P.M

New Year's day being usually considered a half holiday,
we have not had much business doing, notwithstanding from
2,500 to 3,000 bales have been sold at the full prices of Wed-
nesday, and the market closes steadily.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE,

FRIDAY. JANUARY I

Wind N.W

ARRIVED.—WiIIiam Rathbone, Davis, from Bonny, sailed 27th
September, in company with the Commerce fur this port—Diadem,
from Jamaica—Carthaginian, from Quebec

Oporto, Spears, from Nassau ; Margaret Henderson, Ewing, from
Monte Video; and Leopard, from New Orleans, off Cove
Acadia, (steamer,) hence for Halifax, was spoken gth December,
at noon, in lat 50, long 21
Robert Watson, from Quebec for this port, was spoken 24th Dec.,

25th December, and supplied will

in rat 51, long 16
Vitula, from Quebec off' Cor
provisions by the Shenandoah
Magnet, (packet,) from Rio Janeiro off Falmouth
William and Mary, from Quebec at Genoa
Lady Brougham, Downes, sailed from Messina
Mary Anne. Giles, 11th Dec., both for this port
CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. B.—Three English vessels, and a great
number of Greek, Austrian, Sardinian, and Neapolitan vessels are
reported to have been lost in the Black Sea, during a dreadful gale
on the night of the Ist instant
CROOKIIAvEN, Dec. 26.-

45, long

The 011ava was

7th Dec., and

token 23d Nov., in lat

5, with the crew of a water)

MALTA, Dec. 27.—8 y accounts from Marmora Bay of the 14th
instant H.M.S. Zebra, 16, had been driven on shore and totaily
wrecked : three of the crew drowned. H.M.S. Pique, 36, had her
masts carried away
Cove, Dec. 30.—A ship of about 400 tons, with the lower masts
standing, had poop and topgallant forecastle linoQ

capstan, at:
inaltogaity doors, with tents on the top, and apparently but recent
abandoned, was passed 16th instant, in lat 54, long 23

THE NIGER EXPEDITION

At the ur

bent request of several respected friends we insert

the following appeal on the subject of the iu

led expedition

ugh we do not see any

reason for changing our opinion respecting the policy of the
proposed expedition, we cannot avoid wishing success to this
fresh effort on behalf of the poor Africans. We trust that
the ends contemplated by the originators of this humane en-
terprise may be, under the Divine blessing, accomplished.

The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth rn
James v

In a very interesting and able address published by the
Rev. James Haldane Stewart, inviting the Christian commu-
nity to united prayer on the Ist of January, 1841, a promi-
nent place is given to the subject of the great enterprise which
has lately been undertaken for the extinction of the slave
trade, and for the civilisation of Africa.
The whole of that address must meet with the warmest
concurreice of every Christian ; but though several impres-
sive appeals have been made on the subject, and extensively
responded to, yet there is still space for further attempts to
explain the views of those who originated the projected un-
dertaking, and to arouse the feelings of the public.
We have heard of the horrors of the slave trade from our
infancy, and have, perhaps, been ready to turn from the sub-
ject in disgust and despair. This would, however, be un-
worthy of the philanthropist, and still more of the Christian.
Realise for a moment, to your own mind, the condition of
Africa—her state of insecurity, alarm, and des:olution. Pic-
ture to yourself the systematic capture and sale of her inha-
bitants, to the awful daily average of one thousand human
beings. Imagine the untold horrors of the middle passage—
the shelves of human beings, with their heads pressed be-
tween their knees for want of space either to sit upright or to
lie at length—the stench—the thirst—the groans of the dying
—the weak cries of the tortured children—the scene of al-
most unmingled misery and despair ! Examine the facts,—
the bare dry statistics of this case,—all that is•asked is a
cold, calculating, criticizing investigation. Alas ! not one
tittle of the awful catalogue of wrongs and
disprosed !

fferings can be

The Niger Expedition is an effort—another noble effort—
made by the government of our country for the cure of this
evil. It is the fixed conviction of men of the greatest know-
ledge and experience on this subject, that having hitherto
failed in our efforts to put down the slave trade by force, we
must try another method ; and as we cannot coerce the
Europeans, who are the gainers by the dreadful traffi., we
must seek to influence the Africans, who are the losers by it
to its abandonment. The Niger Expedition is, therefor
sent forth to form treaties with the native princes—
lighten their minds upon the impolicy, as well as the vc,eKeu-
miss, of their present course, arid thus to pave the way for the
introduction of agriculture, commerce, and above all—far
above all—of Christianity into those desolate regions.
The expedition is to consist of three iron steam-vessels:
the Albert, the Wilberforce, and the Soudan. They carry
with them surgeons and men of science, botanists, survey-
ors, geographers, geologists, and agriculturists. They are
provided with seeds, implements, medicines, and presents
furnished from private as well as public sources.
One of the main objects of the expedition, in the minds of
its principal promoters, will be to prepare the way for the
entrance of Christian teachers, who will, it is trusted, be
poured into Africa from many sections of the Church of
Christ; above all, from that people so providently preparing
for this work,—the emancipated negroes of our West India
Colonies

The expedition is appointed to sail in January next
who will not be ready to use the almost prophetic 1,
of the poet—

Soft airs and gentle heavings of the wave
Impel the fleet—whose errand is to save,
To succour wasted regions, and to place •
The smile of opulence on sorrow's face !
May nothing adverse, nothing unforeseen,
Impede the bark, that ploughs the deep serene;
That flies, like Gabriel, on his Lord's commands
A herald of God's love, to Pagan lands !

But let not our interest expend itself in mere good wishe
Let us fervently supplicate the Divine Majesty for a blessi;
on this noble enterprise. Let part of the Ist of January
dedicated to this purpose. On that day may the heartfi
prayers of hundreds and thousands of Christians ascend
the throne of grace for the success of this undertaking-- 1
the guidance and preservation of its agents—for the outpou
ing of the Holy Spirit of God upon them and upon t
wretched millions of Africa—and for the uplifting of the iu
of the Most High ; to the support and deliverance of t
captives traversing the desert, or
slave ships.

Mark the promises on behalf of the needy and thy.
have no helper—" For the oppression of the poor, k.
sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord."—A,
xii, 5. . " Let the sighing of the prisoner come before Thee
according to the greatness of Thy power preserve Thou
those that are appointed to die."—Ps. lxxix, 11. "n'
us glad according to the days wherein Thou hast a.
and the years wherein we have seen evil."—Ps. xc,
again—" I, the Lord, build the ruined places and pi
that was desolate; I, the Lord, have spoken it, and 1 a,.
it."—Ezek. xxxvi, 36. But, " Thus saith the Lord God, a
will yet for this be inquired of by the house of Israel to do it
for them."—Ezek. xxxvi, 37.
In obedience to this command, and resting on the assu-
rance that " If two of you shall agree together touching
anything that ye shall ask, it shall be done for them of my
Father which is in heaven," let us unite with our fellow-
Christians in making the Niger expedition'a special object of
remembrance before God on Friday, the Ist of January.
Throughout the period of its absence may we continually
lift up our hearts to God for His favour, protection, and
blessing on this effort, that under His, guidance "
well and solidly lay the foundation of measures which ma,
issue in the utter extinction of the slave-trade, and the full
participation by Africa in the gospel of Christ."—" Never
was there a case which more required the divine blessing ;
the novelty of the attempt—the perils which attend it—and
the mighty consequences, both temporal and spiritual, which
may flow from it,—all seem to say, you are lost unless you
are guided through your difficulties by divine skill, and en-
counter the obstacles and enemies who will oppose you, by
the help of the Lord." Let British Christians, then, re-
member Africa and this momentous undertaking before
" the throne of grace," and that in connection with the sure
promise of the Lord Jesus to his disciples—" Whatsoever
ye shall ask the Father, in my name, He will give it you."

The clerks in the Bank of England are about 700 in num-
ber.

THE FROST.—The river Ouse is covered with a fine sheet
of ice, some parts of which are of first-rate quality for ska-
ting. On Wednesday some excellent sport was afforded by
a match at cricket, all the players being in skates, and we
believe another match will be played on Monday, with a race
for a heavy wager between a skater and a runner, for 100
yards, the former giving the latter half the distance.—Bed-
ford Reformer.

Mr. Beckford has determined to dismantle Lansdowne
Tower, and sell by auction all the articles of vertu it con-
tains. The reason assigned for this circumstance is, that the
tower has been several times attempted to be brokenl open
by expert thieves, whom he fears will mutilate what they
cannot take away.—Bath Herald.
MELANCHOLY CIRCUMSTANCE.—A person of the name
of Campbell, who was for some time shepherd on the farm
of Liaran, and lived with his wife and family in a very remote
place on the hill called Corribbachdidh-nam-Fiadb, being an
expert angler, and close to Lecherrechd-sid., he very fre-
quently, when his pastoral avocations permitted him, em-
ployed his time in fishing on this lake ; and having one day
caught a large trout, he received (no unusual tiling) a slight
scratch from its teeth, when he was in the nor of extricating,
the hook from its mouth. Of this he took little notice at,
first, but as it bled very profusely, and his hand began rapidly,
to swell, he hastened home to his wife, and they Loth
every means in their power to stop the blood, but to nu
Baffled and alarmed, the wife proposed, as a forlorn hope,.
that she would go to the Strati for the assistance a others,,
and having received his concurrence,
l she started in, t4l? mid-
dle of the night, and travelled tel miles through, a. dark ands
dreary hill, ere she arrived atsaonuyothridmiatlnh:bd.ai,intlie,, ohaniadv.,inGsghrceeo,a.mtiltLy..:
fatiguedtesdh
alarm,ehcearine
tohe and
I:10;41 411 g, flew back to her be
returning, outran individuals who set out for her assist-.
ante, and, with the speed of
be-
loved But, alas k what must have been
her feel-
ings when she cast h
bar arrival, presen
eyes upon the sad spectacle which, on
lying pale in the arms of death, an her
husband.
aDed itself—the ljigelle: dearest to her ort,
leetisrst he
children crying around him„—perth Coterie
r..
young ng father-

•..

iirinces

ottrp.

NPANT PRINCESS

•
Unhonoured of the earth ;
The vaulted roof and marble floor

•ee from error

's fate,

•om passion, prejudice, and hate—
Sweet child, how frail thou art !

omp can bring;
foot should fall

, thy infant weal,
qho proudly kneel

eaner thing
itrh FA

'tis tru,

joy by which 'tis fed

subdue

lead's fond sympathies

the finest ties

repressed ;
3som thou shalt turn,

ionarchs is too stern

Nature is despised

.nd yet, when
I would that

The lig

mine th,

with a r

ho wear a crown

iood's term is full,

It the beaut

hich grandeur brings,

of things,

mch ne'er be illy fate ;
lom, which the world reveres
11 the brood that folly rears

for the great

pool Standard.)

that the flower

.t hath.withstood the gal,

s with the int

I have not
Of beauty

Might se

sunniest hour

tintless

iromis

rtnd pale

)u that my love for thee

dversity

;.6 will b;

s smiles to fail?

I deepest sorrow

aghtest it from me
of that sacred tear

dried I

Iship's bier,

11 is fa: more dear,

A thee ever,

3y path may shine,

beams twine

l's thoughtless crowd,

lee and at the feast,

ul laugh are loud,

in sooth,

early youth
wrest—best I

NZA

S TO A STAR OF THE EAST

Liverpool Standard.)

clime farewell to thee !

'e shall meet no more,

amp ; the reveille

in thrilling strains shall pour
om kneeling to adore,

-roan -ew feelings (as of yore)

xdour are retained,

pw, where erst she proudly reigned

thee, nor stri‘e to gain
ess of thine esteem !

art so cold as to refrain

an one as fanc

—lovel

s dream,

as oft will deem

piquant, proud ;

ugh thy blue eyes' silken shroud,
N tint that decks the sunset cloud,

n thee in the pride and power
r the pallor of thy cheek,

We Isava

tiptil dower,

If the young rose of health with one so meek
' neliness should seek ;

To blend
And

art thou now,
_ _ dream-like spell to break,
wed charm upon thy brow,
nile, bends graceful as her bow

as Dian'

soon thy fairy feet
ly press upon the wished for strand ;
eful cadence will no longer greet
ng; sense, which yields to its command ;
The thrilling pressure of thy small hand,
May send the blood like light'ning through mine own,
The while a kiss, warm, ardent, yet so bland,
On its fair fingers, blendeth with the tone
farewell to one too lately known.

the hou

with I

Their tun,
My liAt'ni

Of my heart

Too late
Or meet

Oh that we bad met before !
❑ow, had not been doonfd to part

No gentle sister trencheth on the store
Of pure, warm, fervent feelings, which my heart
Holds in its depths, yet longeth to impart
To some fair being like thee, whose polish'd mind

Wed" the eastern pestiot

their worth, and soothe the smart
___L which the worthless of mankind,
e the soul that braves their scorn, and hate

rid we have, at all events, called into ac-

tion in the bosoms of the French people feelings of
hostility towards England which will assuredly make
themselx

freely admit th
blamed—unl es

Could estimate
Of wounds wi.
Would

combin'd

Farewell! Farewell ! I may not now aspire
44e.ndship ; but if fame should fling

ing with

To claim t

the En,

y Lena a

sortable conduct of France thr
While '

de, however, N
"our good ally,"

however, we

out the transaction

Mme to bk

dealt with our

In after years a wreath around my lyre,
And waft its strains to thee, let memory bring
Fresh to thine heart, the youth who lov'd to sing
When thou wert near him : and who deem'd thy smile
The sweetest recompense, the roving wing
Of fertile fancy, ere could win ; to wile
Joy to his heart, and care's dull promptings to beguile.
W. K. JOHNSON

more dangerous rival, Russia ? 'We have strengthened
the poWer of Russia, by overthrowing the power of
Mehemet Ali. Throughout the Turkish dominions
the only power really
Russia, was that of
have subdued for t

an taaonistic

CONTEMPORARY

PRESS

SETTLEMENT" OF THE EASTERN
QUESTION.
(From the Morning Herald) _

By the publication of the correspondence which ap-
peared in a second and third edition of yesterday's
Herald, the public is again assured that the Eastern
Question is "settled." The preliminary to this last
however, the disavowal of Commo-
ier's convention with Mehemet Ali. The
" settlement" was brought about by the
nition which is now repudiated !
This method of conducting the diplomatic relations
of a great nation is, to say the least of it, indecent

of the power of
yptian M
C especial ben

ettlement" is,

dore IN

we

preceoing
very cone

it bears the semblance of trickery and fraud. If Eng-
land would retain her character for fair dealing, the
English public must insist on a plain answer to this
question—Did Commodore Napier really exceed the
limit of his instructions If he did, he ought to be
called to account for his violation of duty. If he did
-land ought to disavow the policy of Lord Pal-
-rdship now disavows the convention

,overnment, of important
to by its servants, are, we repeat, most
y are most injurious, too, for they never
of premeditated treachery, and
[ings of on the part of
s of that never disap-
timately embodying themselves in ac-
assured that the " blunder" of
ill produce no bad effects, since
hand, will not recede from
n which he entered into with
, and since the Sultan, on the
) prove tractable to the wishes of
md her aHies. These things may, by
3e. Mehemet Ali may be too weak to
re at being trifled with and betrayed !
lay not be exactly in a position to en-
,c! England by insisting on the deposi-
Ilious Pacha. But the policy of a'
e England requires to be %indicated
_
on higher principles than any which such happy acci-
dents supply; and every occurrence that tends to im-
part a character of trickery to her diplomatic inter-
must bring with it, ultimate-
. r which no fortuitously lucky
results can compensate. The history of the recent
th Mehemet Ali is disgraceful to Great

nce fee

'eeling

'e are

im to bray'

tion of the reb

our northern

the on

course with

"ally !" We have, therefore, rendered Russian influ-
ence supreme at Constantinople, while we have in-
creased the jealousy with which Russia has long re-
garded all the movements of England. The latest ac-
counts from St. Petersburg describe the feelings of an-
ger which are openly expressed in the military
plomatic circles there, that England should
" settled" the eastern question without the military
co-operation of Russia! It is openly stated, moreover,
that our " settlement" of the disputes between thf
Sultan and the Pacha of Egypt has led to the p
of an intimate alliance between Russia and France

an alliance directed avowedly aga

England !

negotiatio:
Britain.

and di-

xoiect

have at length settled the eastern ques-
is the cry of those who look at late events

" But

through rose-

Have we

influence of

.oloured spectacles

' the eastern question?

The only true " settlement" of the eastern question
is such a settlement as shall maintain the balance of
power in Europe ; and the balance of power is to be
maintained only by strengthening the barriers against
the encroachments of Russian influence
_in the east.

The eastern question took its rise in the intestine
divisions of the Turkish Empire. Have the causes
which led to those divisions been removed ? Assuredly
not. The vigour of our military demonstrations on

Instead of strengthening these barriers, we have thrown
them down ; and having done so, we are gravely re-
quired to rejoice at the success which has crowned our
military and diplomatic efforts

CURIOUS OFFER OF MARRIAGE

ria has imparted no new moral vigour
to the executive government at Constantinople. Our
very measures have, on the contrary, tended? in truth,
o lower the Sultan in the eyes of " the faithful," by
'enting him to the imagination of his subjects as a
potentate °cm, ying the seat of the Prophet, by the
)gs of Christendom." He is no longer
the genius of Mohammedism. Heis a
"•ranee of the heads of the great Euro-

We extract the subjoined matrimonial notification from the
Munich Journal:— _ _

t of S

iid of " the dc

apported, b

pean monarchic

" I am the hereditary possessor of a domain and newly-
built castle, situate in a beautiful part of the Bavarian forests.

The castle, which has many fine spacious apartments, is sur-
rounded with mountains, lovely meadows, and fields, through
which rivulets wind, woods for the hunt, and streams for
angling; it stands in a charming valley, wherein the town of
Cham, with its old towers, castles of ancient knights, and
ruins of the remotest ages, inspires the soul with poetical

feelings. But, however delightful the spot may be to
who judge of rural life by the fables of Virgil, Horace

Delilleti I think it very melancholy to behold none but myself
in my fine rooms, and to see but my own person reflected in
my looking-glass. I have, therefore resolved to marry like
other simpletons ; and since it is affirmed that marriages are
made in heaven, and are but a lottery, to see what heaven
may have in store for me, and what fair creature the wheel of
fortune may allot me,—with this view I submit my wishes to
all young ladies through the medium of the newspapers.
The one I wish to marry must be between 10 and 20 years of
hair. fine teeth, ane beautiful little
1 good p

feet. She nit

born of bone-'
her fame must be spotl

nts, and
Lily, but

.her sill: or velvet, t

3ut no other mate-rids: Sh

or any other such
silly ornaments of that description; neither must she wear
slippers, caps, ribands, false hair, &c., nor have her dresses
made after existing fashions, nothing being so foolish as to
follow other human beings, as cows follow one another. She
must have her clothes made, and wear them according to her
own taste and fancy, heedless of what the herd of fashionable
women may say about it. She must know or learn how to ride
and drive. She must never knit, that being a mere manual oc-
cupation to conceal stupidity. She shall be allowed music only
if she be perfect in that art, it being tiresome to listen to tl
bad performers who annoy visiters in so many houses- Si

most not wear ear-

ings, chain

shall be mistress of th

use in all dome

myself, shall be happy to yield to her reasonable whims, being
a great enemy to slavish obedience and submission, whence,

tlianks to the church, all quarrels and discintent derive their
origin ; but she must accompany me in all my journeys and
excursions, because it is in my opinion a shame that a man
should go about day and night, living in splendour at hotels,
whilst his wife is left at home alone, a prey to ennui. She
must not, as is the case with most married couples, forget
what becomes female dignity, and condescend to be the first
to coax her husband, as many a high-minded lady is com-
pelled to do in order to humour her uncouth lord. What-
ever I have expressed by the word must is not slavery, but
a contract and convention entered into for her real welfare.
On the day of her marriage she shall receive 30,000 florins
in Russian and Prussian state bonds, the interest upon which
she will, however, be obliged to spend as may suit her plea-
sure, no vice being more abominable than avarice. By the
convention she will never be allowed to dance, because I will

not see my wife frisk about like an idiot. If she have pro-
perty of her own, I Will not take it from her on marrying her.
She shall dispose of it' as may suit her, as well as the inter-
est on her jointure ; but those interests shall not be capital-
ised on the principle of the avaricious, nothing •in this world
being more stupid than to save for other folks. My principle
and wisdom consist in the enjoyment of the pleasures of life
in continual good humour. _

"-I must now sax something about myself. lam 70 years
old, according to the almanac, but only 25, judging by my
health and strength. lam always cheerful. I seek for plea-
sure wherever the strictest honour admits of it. If therefore,
there exist anywhere a handsome young girl, willing t 9 bus-
tle about on horseback, in travelling, or at home, with an old
man, still hale, hearty, and active, she may write to me, and
I will go and meet her, to see her, and let her see me, at any
place within a hundred leagues of Munich, but not further,
engaging on my word of honour, that her name shall never
be uttered.
" THEODORE, BARON VON HALLBERG OF BROECH,
" Commander of the Order of St. Michael, Knight of the
Order of St. Ann, and Captain Colonel of the Rhine and

INlaese.
Munich, at the Black Eagle, 15th Nov., 1840."

HIGHLAND MARY'S BIBLES

(From the Glasgow Herald.

We were waited upon last night by Mr. Robert Weir, sta-
tioner, Queen-street, who temporarily placed in our posses-
sion a relic which will be considered of rare value by every
lover of Scottish poesy and song—viz., the identical pair of
Bibles which were presented by Robert Burns to Mary
Campbell, the object of by far the deepest passion which the
bard ever knew, and which he has immortalised in the noblest
of his elegiacs. It will be remembered, from a statement
which went the round of the journals a few months ago, that
the Bible was found in the possession of a family in Montreal,
who were anxious to dispose of it from straitened circum-
stances. The manner in which this valuable memento of the
poet's affection came into the family alluded to was satisfac-
torily explained, and the volumes accordingly purchased by a
few Scotchmen in Montreal, with the intention of transmit-
ting them to the Provost of Ayr, to be by him deposited in
the monument on the banks of the Doon, as the offering of
men, who, though far away, have not forgotten the songs,
and music, and endearing associations of their fatherland.
They have accordingly been transmitted by Mr. Robert Weir,
jun., of Montreal, to his father in Glasgow, to be by him for-
warded to Ayr. Mr. Weir in his letter states—" By the
Mohawk I will send to your care the identical Bibles pre-
sented by Burns to his Highland Mary, along with a lock of
her hair, to be by you safely transmitted to the Provost of
Ayr, for the purpose of being deposited in Burns's monu-
ment, on the banks of the ' bonnie Doon.' " The volumes
are accompanied by two packets addressed to the authorities
in Ayr, which, from their bulk, apparently contain enclo-
sures that in ail likelihood will be conclusive of the authen-
ticity of the present, if, indeed, this could be in the slightest
degree doubted. The Bible is the 24m0 size, printed in 1782,
by the " assigns of Alexander Kincaid." The volumes
have been plainly bound in calf, have been gilt, and though
apparently much worn, are still in a state of good preserva-
tion. From the figures, " ss. 6d." being marked on the
corner of the blank leaf of the first volume, this has, in all
likelihood, been the original price of a relic which would
now be gladly purchased for hundreds. On the same blank
leaf there is written in the handwriting of the bard :—" And
ye shall not swear by my name falsely—l am the Lord.
Levit., 19th chap., 12th verse." On the opposite blank leaf
the mason mark of the poet is drawn, but the name of
" Robert Burns, Mossgiel," which was known to have been
inscribed on it, has been much obliterated : and the page is
ruffled and torn at the corner and sides, as if it had been fre-
quently fingered. The blank leaf at the end of the same vo-
lume contains a relic of singular and even affecting interest—
viz., a lock of the hair of Highland Mary, which is of auburn
colour, and of usual length for a female. The lock is attached
to the leaf by a tiny pin, and two little bits of paper which
are rather clumsily wafered over it- The blank leaf of the
second volume contains—" Thou shalt not forswear thyself,
but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oath.—Math., 5 ch.,
33d verse." The opposite page contains " Robert Burns,
Mossgiel," much more distinctly than in the first volume,
but still somewhat imperfect, and both leaves have been de-
tached from their binding. To any one who has seen the
poet's hand-writing, as we frequently have in poems, letters,
and excise permits, there cannot be a doubt of. the perfect
authenticity of the Scriptural passages quoted above. The
connection of Robert Burns with Mary Campbell is one of
the most affecting and romantic in his fitful life. Lockhart,
in detailing this passion, observes—" In introducing to Mr.
Thomson's notice the song—
Will ye go to the Indies, my Mary ?'
Burns says—' In my early years, when I was thinking of
going to the West Indies, I took this farewell of a dear girl;',

and afterwards in a note on—
' Ye banks and braes and streams around
The Castle o' Montgomerie ;
Green be your woods, and fair your flowers,
Your waters never drumlie:
Here summer first unfaulds her robes,
And there they laogest tarry,
For there I took the last farewell
Of my sweet Highland Mary'—
he adds—' After a pretty long trial of the most ardent reci-
procal affection, we met by appointment on the second Sun-
day of May, in a sequestered spot by the banks of Ayr,
where we spent a day in taking a farewell.before she should
embark for the West Highlands, to arrange matters among
her friends for our projected change in life. At the close of
the autumn following, she crossed the sea to meet me at
Greenock, where she had scarce landed when she was seized
with a malignant fever, which hurried my dear girl to her
grave in a few days, before I could even hear of her illness ;'
,and Mr. Cromek, speaking of the same day of parting love,'
gives, though without mentioning his authority, some farther
particulars, which to one would willingly believe to be apo-
cryphal. This adieu,' . says that zealous inquirer into the
details of Burns' story, was performed with all those sim-
ple and striking ceremonials which rustic sentiment has de-
vised to prolong tender emotions, and to impose awe. The
lovers stood on each side of a small purling brook—they
laved their hands in the limpid stream—and, holding a Bible
between them, pronounced their vows to be faithful to each
other. They parted never to meet again.' "
At the time Mr. Lockhart wrote,. Cromek's story received
the strongest confirmation, by the accidental discovery of a
Bible, presented by Burns to Mary Campbell, in the pos-
session of her then surviving sister at Ardrossan. This is,
therefore,, the same copy, which, after making a voyage across
the Atlantic, has now been returned to a locality which has
long been immortalised by the genius of the peasant•bard.

w.ngland has done nothing towards seen-
-;ty of the Turkish empire," what has
1-erself in the way of advantage to
:IN ? 'We found the Sultan
' qssistance against his for-
he Sultan grateful for
lave been rendered to him ? Is Her majesty the Queen has forwarded, through Sir Henry
Wheatley, the sura of £3O towards the erection of Poulton
is not more mortified at. being
church, Lancaster.
I.lg his vengeance on Mehemet
CENSUS of 1811.—We understand that Mr. Thomas
by the overthrow of the power Henry Lister, the Hon. Edmund Phipps, and Mr. Thomas
personage ? We found the Vardon, are the commissioners for taking account of the
9rey, of the Egyptian Paella! population of Great Britain in July next, pursuant to the act
. ....." n independent of the Em
of 3 and 4 Victoria, c. 99. The first named gentleman, in
_
his capacity of registrar general, is specially constituted a
.
We found Mehemet Ali under the
commissioner by the terms of the act; the others have been
friendly feelings towards Eng.. subsequently associated with him by her Majesty under a
mockery to ask, whether we have power thereby given for the purpose. The appointment of
_thi.nened our interest in that quarter ! secretary to the commissioners has been conferred by Lord
Nornumby upon Mr. Mann, of the General Register Office,
But our allies ! ere have surely aucrinented and
tivetted those feelings of kindness in which this . quip- where the business of the census will,
coed,—Standard.
it is understood, be
tuple alliance took place !

midable vassal !

Do we leave t

it quite clear, that

prevented from exer
Ali, than he is gratii

at very troublesome

Sultan apparently at the
Have we rendered the

peror of Russia

of the most

iniluenc
land. It were a

MOUNT ARARAT

ao, Nov. Io.—The. following account of

the earthquake which caused so much damage in Armenia
during the last summer is
.derived from a perfectly authentic