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trench, which has been cu
d action of the stream

ie bed of the river here is

:revved ore

edge of the precipice., The waters, which expand at
the Falls, where they are divided by the island, are con-
tracted again, after their union, into a stream not more than
160 yards broad. It is remarkable that the water of the pool
into which the cataract is precipitated, and that of the nar-
row channel immediately h.'

perpenutcul
;t

id the ravine

state of tremendous

gitation, i

I even to approach within
the reach of the spray, without experiencing any un-
usual motion. Various explanations have been offered of
this phenomenon. According to Mr. Gibson, the vast body
of sea-green water, instead of plunging deep as a solid column
would do into the sheet below, is drawn out in its descent of
160 feet into white rolls of attenuated foam. He conceives;
therefore, that most of the water falls lightly in the form of
spray, and the force of the rest is broken by the debris which
lie immediate:y at the foot of the fall. When the Falls were
visited in 1829 bv Mr. R. Bakewell, jun., he ascertained
had lived 40 years in that part of the
ttler there, that during that
le had receded 40 or 50

instead of being in a
;o tranquil as to allow a

,oat to cross with ease

from a person

country, and had been the first
period the Falls on the Canada
yards, in consequence of the co
and undermining of the lime

loyal of the shale,
hove described. It
late on the future rate of recession of

the Falls, for as they retreat the height of the precipice
may be reduced or augmented by the varying hardness of
the rocks, the division of the stream by islands, and other
modifying circumstances. if in the course of many thou-
sand years the Falls should reach Lake Erie, 25 miles dis-
tant, that lake might be effectually drained, inasmuch as the
present height of the Falls far exceeds the greatest depth
of the lake. It has been supposed that iu this case the
sudden escape of the water might occasion a deluge on the
low lands bordering Ontario ; but in reply, M. De la Beche
has objected, that as the bottom of Lake Erie shelves very
gently from the shore, the discharge, even after the cataract
had receded to the lake, would take place gradually, and it
would require time before the river channel was cut back to
where the water is deepest. It may also be questioned whe-
ther the entire area of Lake Erie may not be converted into
dry land before the Falls recede to its shores, so shallow is
this lake, its average depth being only 10 or 12 fathoms, and
and so fast is it filling up with sediment.

ECCLESIASTICAL A
INTELLIGE

JD UNIVERSITY
CE.

(From the Oxford Herald.)
lam lamented death of Mrs. Wilberforce,
ill be delivered in the

we believe that no Barnpton 1
tv Pulpit this year.

PROMOTIONS

J. Symons, 8.D., Rector of Radnage, Bucks, and
'..and, Herefordshire, to be Chaplain to R.
Lane, Esq., High Sheriff for the county of Bucks.
Joseph Harris, 8.A., of Pembroke College, Cambridge, to
the Second Mathematical Mastership in the city of London
School, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. T. Cock, M.A.
Rev. Aaron Rogers, M.A., islicensed by the Lord Bishop
of the Diocese, to the Perpetual Curacy of the church of the
district parish of the Holy Trinity, Bristol, vacant by the
cession of the Rev. Thom as Fryer Jennings, on the nomina-
tion of John Scandrett Harford, Esq., A. G. H. Battersby,
Esq., and others.
Rev. C. Carpenter, 8.A., to be Domestic Chaplain to Lord

Vicar of Mo:

Beaumont.
Rev. W. H. Brookfield, Curate of St. James's Piccadilly,
to be Morning Preacher at Archbishop Tenison's Chapel,
Regent-street, London.

(From the Cambridge Chronicle.)
The Rer. S. Edmund Walker, M. A., late scholar of Tri-
nity college, in this university, and late university theological
crosse scholar, has been instituted by the right rev. the Lord
Bishop of Exeter to the rectory of Columh Maor, in th
county of Cornwall, void by the d eath of the Rev j John Tre-
e
fusis, M.A. Patron Edmund Walker, Esq.
Alfred Wrigley, Esq., 8.A., of St. John's college, in this
university, has been appointed by the directors of the East
India Company, mathematical master of the Artillery and
Engineers' Seminary, at Addiscombe, Surrey.
,Thomas Evans, Esq.. 8.A., of St. John's college, in this
university, has been appointed classical master of Shrews-

bury Grammar School.
The Rev. G. Newnham, of Trinity college, in this univer-
sity, has been appointed curate of Shaw Melksham, in the
county of Wilts.
The Rev. T. Reynolds, of Pembroke College, in this uni-
versity, has been appointed curate of Stanford, in Essex.
The Rev. J. Kitton, of Queen's College, in this university,
has been appointed to the incumbency of the District Church
of Houghton, near Carlisle.
The Rev. T. Holdich, M.A., of Clare Hall, in this univer-
sity, and rector of Maidwell, Northamptonshire, has been
preferred to the rectory of Draughton, in the same county,
vacant by the death of the Rev. E. Griffin. Patron, H. H•
Hungerford, Esq.—Value, £343.
Rev. C. H. Bromley, of St. John's College, in this
y, has been appointed to the head mastership of the
Proprietary School.

DOCTOR COOKE AND REV. T. D. GREG(

The following document has been published by the deputa-
tion which waited on these reverend gentlemen. Three of
the members are Presbyterians, four Episcopalians, and one

" We, the undersigned, having been appointed a deputation
to communicate to the Rev. Dr.. Cooke and the Rev. T. D.
Gregg, the resolution unanimously adopted by a most influ-
ential public meeting, held here on the Ist instant, strongly
disapproving of the proposed discussion between those gen-
tlemen, earnestly desiring that it should be abandoned, can
not but deeply regret, that Mr. Gregg should havedecr

at the same

yielding to the wishes of that meeting. And,
time, we feel called on to express the satisfaction we expe-
rienced from the manner in which Dr. Cooke received the
Deputation, and the desire he manifested to sacrifice his
own feelings in deference to them. And he having placed

the matter entirely in our hands, we beg to state it as our
decided opinion, that (notwithstanding the steps since taken
by Mr. Gregg), for the sake of Protestant peace and union,
Dr. Cooke should not.enter on this discussion.
" JOHN CHAINE, Deane of Connor.
"A. C. MAcAraNty, Vicar of Belfast.
" DANIEL M'AFEE, Wesleyan Minister.
"DAVID HAMILTON, Presbyterian Minister.

" JOHN M

NEIL!

NDRILIV MUL H OLL AND

` Belfa

"JAMES GODDARD
" JAMES BLAnt.
March 3, 1841.''

MAYNOOT

COLLEGE

Mr. Daniel O'Connell, denies that the teaching at May-
nooth goes to impugn the 'sanctity of an oath, and with that
Jesuitical denial of cherished opinions, which even Maho-
medanism would repudiate, he proceeds to apostrophize upon
the misrepresentation of the meek Abbes, perpetrated by
Sergeant Jackson. Now, what is the testimony of one of
the class books of Maynooth ? By the Priests' Directory of
1835, Den's Theology is declared to be " the best book ever
published on that subject," and this work is proved, beyond
a question, to be a class book of the Irish Popish college.
'What will our readers say, then, to find, that so daring in in-
iquity was Peter Dens that he has devoted a whole chapter
of his work to illustrations " De Juramento simula ,
to,"
yne, " of
Co
pretended swearing." (Dens, vol. IV., p. 190
Dublin.) In this portion of what the Roman Catholic
bishops declared in council-to be " the best theological work
ever PUBLISHED," we have the following :--
"Q. An juramentum si- " Question. Whether an
mulatum factum per verba oath, apparently made by
exterius serio probato, sed words seriously spoken, but
cum intentione interiori non with the inward intention of
jurandi est verum juramen- not swearing, is a true and
mentum et obligatiorum ? bindini, obligation ?
"R. Negative, en quod ju- " Answer. We ans
ramentum movet testimo- gatively, because

.er TIC-

is to that
Dei, qui internam in- the oath Invokes the testi-
picit et ita sine mony of God, who beholds
li nunquam the inward intention, so with-
ont the intention of swearing
it is never sworn."
Now, here is an open advocany of mental reservation and
perjury, and that inculcated in a class book of Maytiooth.
But this is not, by any means, the worst portion of the work.
There are laid down in it THIRTY-THREE DIFFERENT
MODES OF VOIDING LAWS, PROMISES, AND
p. 363,) promises in five modes,
iOnAelle'vHeSn!moßdyest,h(evroull.el propounded laws may be made void
i
(Vol. 111., p. 297,) vows in seven modes, (Vol. IV., p. 129,)
and OATHS IN TEN MODES, (VOl. IV., p. 214.)
So much for the morality of Maynooth, and the veracity
of Mr. Daniel O'Connell.

tentione a

1 intentione jur

juratur

Romances are a dangerous recreation. 'Tis like dining
every day on sweetmeats ; it palls your appetite for whole-
some food, and at length makes you hate the sweetmeats too.

MISCELLANEOUS

Arthur Henry, son of Mr. W. Brown, of Brentwood,
a youth little more than ten years of age, but of great musi-
cal promise. has been appointed organist to the new church,
at Brentwood.

The value of the plate, paintings, furniture, and other pro-
rty saved from the fire at Wynyard Park, is said to be
10,000. The total loss is estimated at £70,000, and there
,w seems to be no doubt of the distressing fact that the

and the re
way for gc

Since the opening of the Hartlepool and Stockton railway,
nt opening of the Great North of England rail-
is and merchandize, great quantities of fish are
v daily sent from Hartlepool to Darlington, and forwarded
the latter railway for York, Leeds, Sheffield, Derby,
xnchester, and Birmingham.

of timber imported into the port of Sun
for the year ending on the sth of last January was
loads. The quantity imported last year into the Unite
dom of Great Britain and Ireland was 818,299 loads ;
the quantity imported at this port exceeded a twer,
that of the whole kingdom.

FATAL

—lt is

intimate the untimely fate of the Rev

:ere regret we have to
Thomas Win:chic,

late minister of the parish of Clunie, in this county
be recollected that he voluntarily demitted his

charge, between two and three years ago, for the purpose of
going abroad. He was drowned on the Ist July last, in con-
sequence of the upsetting of a boat in the Kiapara River, on
the west coast of New Zealand,-while the ship Anna Watson,
with which he was a passenger, lay wind-bound on her voy-
age from Sydney to the day of Islands. Mr. M`Ritchie was
in the thirty-sixth year of his age.—Perth Constitutional.

A French paper called the Audience contains a letter from
a private correspondent, dated Gibralter, the 28th ult., which
states that an opulent British merchant, named James Box-
well, long resident there, had been tried and convicted of the
murder of his daughter, on circumstantial evidence, and that
on the way to execution the convict saw in the crowd ano-
ther Englishman named John Keats, who bad been active in
collecting evidence against him. The convict expressed a
desire to die in peace with all mankind, and to pardon this
person, whom he considered his greatest enemy. When the
convict reached the scaffold, the executioner was preparing
to execute the sentence of the law, when a voice was heard
in the crowd exclaiming—" It is I that am guilty, and not
the convict." This exclamation was made by John Keats.
He confessed that it was he who had carried off James Box-
well's daughter ; that he had cut off her hair duaing her
sleep, and stolen one of her dresses, which lie had steeped in
blood ; and that the generous pardon granted 'to him by this
victim bad caused. him to reflect on the enormity of his
crime. The executioner immediately withdrew the rope
from the convict's neck, and the cap from his face,
-when it

was discovered that he was dead from the effects of terror.
The atrocious John Keats was ,conducted to prison amidst
the execrations of the populace, who wished to tear him to

•
DESPERATE OUTRAGE DY AN ARMED PARTY.—On the
night of Monday, between the hours of eight and nine
o'clock, a large body of armed men surrounded the house of
Patrick Ryan, of Ballywilliam. Five of them having en-
tered, the first thing they did was to demand of Ryan what
decrees he had in the house ; not having immediately com-
plied with the demand, one of the ruffians snapt a gtun at his
head, which fortunately missed fire ; two others of the party
also attempted to shoot him, but their pistols burned
priming. They then assaulted him with the butt ends of
their tire-arms, and having knocked him down, they asked
him if he would give up the decrees he had obtained at the
last quarter sessions against the Boyles, Gormans, Ryans,
and others. Having given them the decrees, they placed him
on his knees, and swore him as to the fact of his having any
more of them. They also swore hiui to give up an acre of
land, which he had rented for the last twelve months from
Caleb Powel, of Castleotway, and threatened him with cer-
tain death if he put them to the necessity of a second visit.
Before they departed they beat a weaver who was sleeping in
the house, in a most unmerciful manner, and broke several
of his teeth. His name is Thomas M`Mahon, and his of-
fence was being entered in one or two of the decrees as a
specialty. Several shots were heard after the gang had left
the house.—Limerick Standard.

COLLISION AND SINKING OF A PASSENGER STEAM-BOAT.
—An accident of an extraordinary and alarming nature oc-
curred oit Tuesday mornin, at Kilpinpike, near Howden.

'he facts

__re briefly these:--bout eight o'clock the iron
steamer Hirondelle, Captain Wilson, from Hull to Selby,
came in contact with a vessel lying at anchor in the river, and
so dreadful was the collision, that the steamer's starboard
bow was completely stove in, and her machinery so dread-
fully shattered, that in less than five minutes she filled with
water and disappeared. She had on board about 50 passen-
gers and 93 sheep. We are happy to state that all the pas-
sengers saved their lives by jumping on board the vessel with
which the steamer came in collision •, but nearly half of the
sheep were drowned : 25 dead ones have been picked up at
Booth Ferry. A Jew lost a valuable box of jewellery, valued
at £3OO. The screams of the people on board the packet
were heart-rending, and they certainly were in imminent
danger, as the interval which elapsed between the shock and
sinking was scarcely five minutes, and had the vessel on board
which they escaped been in the least damaged by the colli-
sion, they would inevitably have perished. The weather was
calm, but a dense fog prevailed at the time of the accident.
This is the account given by the persons who were on the
deck of the steamer when the collision took place.—Eastern
Counties' Herald.
FATAL AFFRAY BETWEEN A " GIANTESS" AND HER

HUSBAND.—On Saturday night, after the performance in a
booth at the foot of Saltmarket-street had closed, the woman
who exhibited herself as a giantess quarrelled with her
hus-
band, on account, it is said, of his excessively dissipated ha-
bits, and in the course of the struggle which ensued, the lat-
ter received,a severe blow on the forehead with some weapon.
The unfortunate man soon after became seriously ill, and on
Sabbath afternoon, about five o'clock, he expired. Prepara-
tions were made for the interment of the body on Tuesday,
but on the circumstances of the death being made known to
the police, the obsequies were postponed, the body taken to
the police-,-,ofiice, and submitted to medical inspection. The
female was, at the same time, taken into custody for exami-
nation. It.-appeared that the weapon used was part of a bed-
post ; but we understand that the medical gentlemen are of
opinion. that, from the morbid state of the brain, death might
have ensued although there had been no external violence.
The deceased's name was Moir. The, accused is a woman
about five feet nine inches in height, and of a masculine
figure. She.denies having used deadly violence tirs
husband, and frequently asks for what she is confine.
the above was wrote the prisoner has been discharg
fiscal, subseqUent to the report of the medical g
having been received.—Scottish Guardian.
SUICIDE.—On Monday evening a man and a w;
gaged lodgings in a house in Bell-street, and remained during
that night. In the morning the man went out after break-
fast, and did not return. On Tuesday evening the former
-ordered some coffee, into which the landlady observed she
put -a white powder, but supposing it to be some medicine,
took no suspicibn of the matter. During the night the woman
was heard to vomit excessively, and in the morning she was

found in her bed dead. Under: the pillow was a letter, ad-
dressed to " Wm. Barton," of whom we have learned nothing
but the name. The writer, however, was known as a per-
former in the booths at the foot of Saltmarket-street, and
had been married to a showman named Scott, some years
dead. She addresses Barton in affectionate terms, informing
him that this letter was the last her poor bands would write
in this vale of tears ; that his departure from her was the
last blow to her proud and bursting heart. She prays for
forgiveness to all who have spoke reproachfully of her ; and
concludes—" her eyes becoming dim"—with a last request
to her sister to attend her funeral. We learn that the de-
ceased was respectably connected. She was about thirty-six
years of age, and had been good looking, but from her course
of life her countenance had assumed rather a haggard ap-
pearance.—Scottish Guardian.

the age—
Scripture—

FATAL ACCIDENT.—TWO LIVES LOST.—On Thursday
morning, between 11 and 12 o'clock, the following lamenta-
ble occurrence took place :—lt appears that two nursery-
maids, attached to the establishment of Major Macfarlane,
of 16, Raymond-terrace, Regent's Park, went out with three
of the children for the purpose of walking round the park.
On arriving at the bridge over the canal, one of the servants
incautiously placed the youngest child on the parapet of the
bridge, and was in the act of tying the strings of its hat
when the child fell backward over the bridge. The servant
succeeded in grasping its leg before it disappeared, and, in
her endeavours to save the child, she overbalanced herself,
and both were precipitated into the canal. The screams of
the other servant quickly drew a number of persons to the
spot, and several rushed down to the water side, but the child
and its nurse had disappeared beneath the surface. Two
gentlemen, divesting themselves of their coats, immediately
plunged into the water, and, after repeatedly diving, at length
succeeded in bringing out the bodies of the nurse and child.
The poor infant was found closely clasped in the arms of the
unfortunate young woman, who, it is supposed, had never
lost her hold of the child. The bodies were conveyed to the
residence of Richards, Esq., close to the spot, and every
exertion was used to restore animation, but without effect,
life being quite extinct.—Morning Herald.

WARLIKE PREPARATIONS:--SHEERNESS, MARCH 10.—
The greatest bustle and activity prevail in the royal dock-
yard here in getting her Majesty's ships Monarch and Ver-
non fitted cut. When completed, they proceed to Spithead
for orders. No doubt is entertained here but that their des-
tination is a visit to our braggart brother " Jonathan" and
the rest of the Van Buren faction. A letter received here
(Sheerness) this morning states, that at Plymouth and Ports-
mouth the utmost activity prevails in the naval departments,
and our position in China is now talked about as if it were a
secondary consideration.

'NORTH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.—We understand that it is
not Lord Maidstone's intention again to offer himself as a
candidate for the representation of North Northamptonshire.
Although, in conjunction with his constituents, we sincerely
regret to lose the services of a nobleman whose spirit, energy,
and talents have so thoroughly commended him to our good
opinion, yet we rejoice to know that the consewvativt arrange-
ments are quite completed, and that Augustus O'Brien, Esq„
is fully prepared to take the field, in connexion with Mr.
Maunsell, that well-tried and unflinching upholder of his
country's weal, whenever a dissolution takes place.—North-
anzpion Herald.

GALILEO.—The ceremony of Galileo's abjuration was one
of exciting interest, and of awful formality. Clothed in the
sackcloth ofd repentant criminal, the venerable sage fell
upon his knees before the assembled cardinals ; and laying
his hands upon the Holy Evangelists, he invoked the Divine
aid in abjuring and detesting, and vowing again never to teach,
the doctrine of the earth's motion and of the sun's stability.
He pledged himself that he would never again, either in
words or in writing, propagate such heresies ; and he swore
that he would fulfil and observe the penances which had
been inflicted upon him. At the conclusion of this ceremony,
in which he recited his abjuration word for word, and then
signed it, he was conveyed, in conformity with his sentence,
to the prison of the Inquisition. The account which we have
given of the trial and the sentence of Galileo, is pregnant
with the deepest instruction. Human nature is here drawn
in its darkest colouring; and in surveying the melancholy
picture, it is difficult to decide whether religion or philoso-
phy has been most degraded. While we witness the pre-
sumptuous priest pronouncing infallible decrees of his own
erring judgment, we see the highminded philosopher abjuring
the eternal and immutable truths which he had himself the
glory of establishing. In the ignorances and prejudices of
in a too literal interpretration of the language of

---rn a mistaken respect for the errors that had be-
come venerable from their antiquity—and in the peculiar
position which Galileo had taken among the avowed enemies
of the church, we find the elements of an apology, poor
though it be, for the conduct of the Inquisition. But
what excuse can we devise for the humiliating confession
and abjuration of Galileo ? Why did this master-spirit
of the age—this high priest of the stars—this representa-
tive of science—this hoary sage, whose career of glory
was near its consummation—why did he reject the crown of
martyrdom which he had himself coveted, and which, plaited
with immortal laurels, was about to descend upon his heid?
If, in place of disavowing the laws of nature, and surrender-
ing in his own person the intellectual dignity of his species,
he had boldly asserted the truth of his opinions, and confided,
his character to posterity, and his cause to an all-ruling Pro-
vidence, he would have strung up the hair-suspended sabre,
and disarmed for ever the hostility which threatened to over-
whelm him. The philosopher, however, was supported.only
by philosophy ; and in the love of truth he found a miserable
substitute for the hopes of the martyr. Galileo cowered un-
der the fear of man, and his submission was the salvation of
the church. The sword of the inquisition descended on his
prostrate neck, and though its stroke was not physical, yet
it fell with a moral influence fatal to the character of -its vic-
tim, and to the dignity of science.—The Martyrs of Science.
By Sir David Brewster.

MECHANICS' INSTITUTION.

r[lo-MORROW, (Wednesday,) at Half-past Seven P.M.,
Mr. A. J. MASON, of London, will commence a
Course of FOUR LECTURES on 'WOOD ENGRAVING,
&c., to be continued on the following SATURDAY, at the
same hour.
To be succeeded by EIGHT LECTURES on ASTRO-
NOMY, by Professor WALLIS, and FOUR LECTURES
on ELOCUTION, by the Rev. B. T. STANNUS.
Admission to Single Lectures, is.
A Donation of Ten Guineas constitutes the Contributor a
Life Member of the Institution. Annual Subscription, (en-
titling to Library, Lectures, and Evening Schools,) One
Guinea ; Lady's Ditto, (entitling to Library and Lectures,)
10s. 6d. ; Apprentices of Non-Members, 10s. 6d. ; Sons or
Apprentices of Members, ss.
W. B. HODGSON, Secretary.

TO CORRESPONDENTS

The lines by B. will not suit the columns of the STANDAUD.
We shall not forget the suggestion offered by " Pat," but he
will easily imagine our reason for not inserting his letter :
we have a great objection to be brought unnecessarily into
contact with a contemporary.
The publication to which " A Staunch Protestant" alludes is
too obscure for notice, and it would be unjust to insert his
communication apart from such notice.
Any parcel left at Messrs. Whittaker and Co.'s, Ave Maria-
, lane, addressed "To the Editor of the STANDARD,
Liverpool," will duly reach our office.
We have again to complain of the non-arrival of the Dublin
Statesman. Unless we receive it more regularly, we must
cease exchanging with our contemporary. _

We have received 10s. from Mrs. Priestley, Lord-street, in
aid of the fund now raising on behalf of the widow men-
tioned in our last.