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for a decent funeral extra-mural, the relatives of the de-
ceased go to the parish beadle—whine—father and mother
buried in the same place—glass o 1 gin—fees are paid—the
thing is done in a twinkling. And the plague is not
stayed. PALMERSTON, why so perfunctory ? You were
at Broadlands all last week, airy and free; JOHNNIE
MONDAY MORNING. RUSSELL. you shrimp I you were near Richmond-hill at
the same time. Plenty of fresh air in both places. Now
LORD JOHN RUSSELL appears quite determined that he shall I tell you, through these respected columns, what
shall be not only the leader but the dictator of the House parishioners in populous " citie y' pent" think you both
t e d shouldN sltos n
of Commons. Anything more unpardonable than the tog ;trot
pt
of
uaffneerw? -
mTalcifies.
grave; ay
ne adu
that u you, j
ha
piece of impertinence which he has just perpetrated in his SELL, should sit at the foot in rusty undertaker's cloak
capacity of Minister of the Crown, I believe is not re- and sniff! and sniff! If Sir JOHN SHELLEY, M.P. for
corded in the annals even of Whig placemanship. It Westminster, sctaear,atiintculeinaetas lao teetLin his seat, lide had better not
seems that on Friday night, when Mr. SPOONER secured allow
intended to have " walkedig into the Exeter-hall
the defeat of the vote for the repairs of Maynooth College, May meetings, at least the more important of them, in
five members of Parliament, holding subordinate posi-
order to convey, if that were possible, a living account of
tions in the Coalition-government, were absent from the !?edilLrieiceweadtienrgs4
and to Up I this
i sn
not presentex u exclude from
allt has been
House of Commons. Lord Jonx conceives that on every the great anti-slavery demonstration themomtherleevreZanrgk
occasion those gentlemen should be ripe and ready for all Cant for ever—all cant, and beyond the " cant of criti-
divisions in which Ministers are interested, and, carrying ;,iesmt u' ;1171trtellrye thecant of humanity—religion is the worst.
out that view, he addressed an autograph letter to each gathering. The curtain,Earl and
ShitaAvFeTaßspleieupala. tiathiasfsacomeraselave
of the delinquents, informing them that he was greatly scholar and a gentleman—no one doubts. is,
fancy,° how-
displeased at at their gross dereliction of duty ; that as it ever, that if his lordship's classical education be not better
was their first offence he felt disposed to act leniently ; tac °
ratnerahis(sri;ehrgaiousf—founded on knowledge of Bible cha-
but that in the event of any similar occurrence, the respects is imp r't fecotr ;eiLamt
wplee,il—lehtisthaedt upti?sation i ot
Then nboblhe
Cabinet would expect an immediate resignation of the Earl was in the chair ; all else, with the exception of that
offices they now hold, and would be prepared to enforce droll son of genius, GEORDIE CRUIKSHANK—and, let me
that expectation. One of the recipients of Lord Joit er's cnoanbsai
dd
rera, Ea
aevi ti u Buaarrrk—vyere clodhoppers in society ;
missive read the letter yesterday in the Reform Club, regard to, praefeoanscaer aswraelevE,, naathleir i•ticloanwynenatticalaes.
m uNcl: "ohf
and I need hardly say that it has formed the theme of in- him as Of NOAH WEBSTER, the American lexicographer,
whose dictionary is a " rum on," I shall set down Mr.
dignant conversation in all our political circles.
STOWE as a Professor learned ; but I plead ignorance,
The House of Commons met,you will perceive,on Thurs- like many others, to his " antecedents." Jecoes, the
day ; the house at no time was well attended, though wizard, ANDERSON, ROBERT HOUDIN, and other slight
thousands upon thousands of pounds sterling were voted of hand and amusing vagabonds call themselves professors ;
away, including a good round sum for certain chippings— and
havingprobablyhia
a P:test:dr Professor
aS JO:
.11 NfrOEre will'r,
not
catalogue
offendfed at
noticed in another paragraph—at the Royal Palaces. The clever fellows. Nearly all the peopleg on treueplaotrovremry,
loyal and monarchical people of England.—loyal and with the exceptions mentioned, were not only low born,
monarchical by nature,—don't grudge a penny of the •
abluati,ablleamdaaaftatildes,aloiwa Itbreeidr, half- educe tedd,
tshplaeeneatifc,hyt
r
money, were it but laid out discreetly ; but the dispensers wives ; reasoning powers thrsnpeelkeesrsanappeared to thaeve
of the votes for these and similar purposes, our MOLES. no more than that displayed by the ape. Zero. Provi-
WORTHS and others, were they to set such wits as they ilfeinncetili yip the three or four millions of so-called slaves,
have at work to "spoil the broth," and make public hereditargyrao7 Eanglancdriaccycloyf
ainhtcenittlaonil
sweeeajyths,chccorcur
edifices foolish, if not monstrous, could not have sue- , discontented preachers could be found to come forward
seeded better. There were two or three points in the Ito support the claims to freedom of our happy, plump,
blubber-lipped brothers in America. How the humane
sitting of Thursday worth describing. Prior to the open- , creatures who were" honoured" with resolutions to move
ing of the house, however, let me notice a "little go" jor second lugged in the name of WILBERFORCE ! It was
held in the PAYMASTER- GENERAL'S office, Whitehall, enough to mke a toad. sick. Slavery, my simple, dis-
;vting friends, is not exactly what it was when litttle
Lord JOHN RUSSELL being the chief figure. Half-a-
dozen city people waited on his lordship to ascertain if the musical nER Fvoo^cCeE ,
1 Wwoirttellisw with high and
Isgeac
oh
ti screeching, yettm maoal
Government were to take any step this session to admit CLARKSON, years ago, for its abolition. " Quite
Jewish representatives into the House of Commons. 'tother," as Topsy says, and I know, and most of us
Mr. DILLON, a partner in the house of TODD, Mortetsoer, o gentlemenour
rawn oafeiElse England know, ktrerwe,
isfrom the true
t avouch
and Co., large linen and mercery traders, complained that slavery endured by millions more gland, dI,
Scotland,mes w ar
e
the city of London had been disappointed by the House and Ireland, than all that " Uncle Tom's Cabin " con-
of Lords seven times—an ominous number—as regarded atatiVx.eteTrb-halils' however,.e running away from the meeting
but—
the admission of the Jews. Lord JOHN RUSSELL rather sorry combination, jceriwpatua Scripture
idneglainp
-ttrap
sf speeches
meet.
surprised more than one of his visitors by saying that be ing went off as these meetings usually do, as old, yet young
had not anticipated the Lords would have thrown out the and learned, LYNDHURST said one day of a dinner DYCE
bill ; he feared that there was little hope of any other bill seatingSOMßßE
thatgave I tow a
as !I'?
disgusted
aos ft a u
d sio nlowteilltirlieot
asahtLianrkeafaroamf
on the subject being carried this session. Now, Lord " Uncle Tom's Cabin," come in amidst " hurrahs " after
JOHN, you must be growing obtuse in your old days ; the , tthe business had commenced,—was it for effect ? Then
rejection of the Jew Bill by the Lords did not disappoint It was
islex
thumbug.waa
the i The i l `VICTORIA:-laerleaNda, e .iriis -
even the supporters of the measure in your own House of must needs take her work with her,-1--cro-shay—(cr`oTc°hme-t1
Commons, nor out of it. Weeks before the bill was car- 1 knitting away as if she had been on the bill side tending
sheep instead of listening to the bleatines of the pastors
tied to the Lords, the stereotyped remark, in every one's
mouth, was, that the Upper House would have none of one
s ent.
aMarts .
would ha Cv
ell thought ' s ;Iles ow,
asfroprmaawe ht
o° steh ep al;
estft'ynu e
it. Therefore, why you were disappointed in your expec- mood, she " piped her eye " ever and anon ! Let me not
tation is somewhat marvellous. Again, following the now be considered ungallant. I wish to see honest pity, help,
fashionable style of ennui, the noble lord said, when well-directed sympathy, and away with humbug.
reference was made to Lord LYNDHURST'S little bill to grar
tictehtztricaillimanagers
d laiyaavebnotthe p
been atta cmtivacahatf roublmanye
touching certain apparently trifling alterations in the oath novelties, if I except Mr. Wenseyen, alr()
t the little Adelphi,
of abjuration,—which, if carried, will open the doors for who has mounted and produced the " Merry Wives of
the Jews,—Lord JOHN said it was the first time he had 1 .tyinsdo7trire' A
rna
ma
as ty Thwe o rlt y
colt
ttclr 1 pl a„.ya
a,
aaantdb
et hreanbkeel
heard of the measure. Why, all London and three parts in the catalogue of noveltfesa,yihoughaily; mode of its pro-
Of the United Kingdom, reading newspapers, and in no duction by honest BEN 'WEBSTER may. When we find
way connected with the Government, not only had heard liEchELaErytisatsacdr?iiwadceedv
T ieir"l7t tii.eaws itfleret
illeastsaeremhei mr
assetlhf,eFe lositearffv:
of the measure, but had canvassed its provisions. Lord I yet good-hearted Welsh priest, the latter, as Mrs. Page;--
JOHN, I had forgotten, was quietly enjoying the breezes I LEE MURRAY, as the jealous Ford; the redoubtable
under the treeses at Richmond, and might have skipped teELtruesTBEED
as Mrs.
.1-vnairn‘ef
;HaOn/ of
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si
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the bill in question. One word about it and Lord LYND- Slender; the subordinate characters being all equally well
HURST being its father. People not in the secret ask why appointed, the praise bestowed is not misapplied. I
Lord LYNDHURST should step,—if not out of his way,— dropped
. into the theatre on Saturday evening, and though
take the trouble, by a side wind, to blow open a door for iTeoforereb'll'aglfhportc,ethezetwuass
not
told
d standing
tilen room, even
our Jewish friends. His lordship is married to the don't draw when fitly represented. Certainly,,iACeSxPpEeAnitsEe
daughter of Mr. GOLDSMID, once a famous Jew in Paris, has been lavished on the production of the drama; the
a clever man not only in finance, but as a litterateur. .Irraessett are especially worthy of note, differing entirely
The noble and learned lord was in the French capital seen over oveercoaanvderanvieorn.altgaluencatuaziepsawdhliiceand we have al
some years ago, and, if I recollect aright, was taken ill ; the ladies is superseded by the undoubted head-gearg ofof
he was staying at Mr. GOLDSMID'S hotel; the daughter the period. And so on in every other regard, sufficient
of the Jewish host showed the noble and learned baron ' tt?iesaAtinaftyi qtahaeriyaeaa
Society o f tla
have mt
seen fiarr
I edhemeFmalle t
e rag
great attention—was " tender and kind"—recovery and within our memory. il`. WEBSTEft dressest and '7fills
marriage followed ! There is no family, but they live net " the character best of them all. His voice, naturally
happily : Lady LYNDHURST is younger than her lord by sharp however, scarcely gives the ear that round and
many years. Thus I have endeavoured to account for wlltinctellolcilso'c'rt this is
ctticealiisualzioclidi.. tellepercircrit!lil:olfl
Lord LYNDHURST 'S kindness to his Jewish relatives. else he is capital. WIGAN, as Dr. Caius, has never been
Mr. SPOONER, also, on the first night, had a nibble ; surpassed. I remember, a few years ago, when this
gentleman made his debut, it was anything but propitious,
bless his " ugly mug," he is a member of the right sort
—giving little promise of future excellence; the germs
notwithstanding. The house having gone into committee i were there, however, and he has well matured them, for
of supply, the hon. member moved the omission of , he is now one of the best actors on the stage; an artist in
£1,235 133. for the repairs of ST. PATRICK'S College, ' all he does. Another individual, who appeared much
Maynooth. Now, Mr. SPOONER, I know, did not move I about the same period, in a drama by CHARLES DICKENS,
so much, for the value of the money, as the principle of at the St. James's Theatre, was JOHN PARRY,—then a
the thing ; he carried the amendment. There was a cu- perfect stick; lie left the stage, threw himself on his own
rious discussion in reference to what the Sir ROBERT I resources, and is now the cleverest fellow, in his line,
PEEL said about repairs when he proposed the vote of we have. WIGAN and PARRY are both prosperous
£30,000 to Maynooth. Some members said the grant 1 gentlemen. With reference to Madame CELESTE having
included every charge for repairs ; other members said a part in such a thoroughly English play, a word or two
nay. Now, I have a tolerably good memory,—and I'll may not be amiss. The foreign accent, as she appears in
bet the " yea" members and the " nay" members, that ' Mrs. Ford, strikes one as very funny—outrie if you will ;
the late Sir ROBERT PEEL, who did many unwise things I the charms of the vivacious actress, however,—her admir-
in his time, for all the " monuments" to the contrary, I able personation, and expressive " by-play," lead the
was too glad to carry the bad vote, to bother himself or audience captive. The scenery is truly artistic and beau-
the house about repairs of any kind in connection there- tiful ; the fairy scene at Herne's oak never has been so
with. However, thanks to Mr. SPOONER, and good luck well done. The whole play, from first to last, is redolent
to him, he defeated Ministers, and sent Lucas in a rage of the Elizabethan period.
to Gehenna ! There was a mistake as regards the return Mr. CHARLES KEAN, at the Princess's Theatre, appears,
of the vote : it was given as in favour of Ministers ; from all I can learn, not to be increasing his stock of
straightway the telegraph was manipulated ; the wires amiable qualities with his years and his wealth ; he is,
told the tale in all parts of the kingdom ; it was a small they say, growing jealous,—don't like to hear any body
matter, and could be accomplished at a small account of applauded but himself—and sometimes Mrs. KEAN.
time or money ; the intelligence reached the Scotch and I WRIGHT, the comedian, with whom Mr. KEAN had
Irish capitals before it was discovered that the result of closed for a three years' engagement at an enormous figure,
the division was vice versa,—against Ministers, instead of leaves the establishment shortly by mutual die-agreement.
for them. It was very laughable, and the whole affair Old T. P. COOKE, of Black-eyed Susan popularity, is
had to be re-telegraphed. engaged, and takes his £5O a week for sustaining charac-
I have been " hand in glove" with the cabmen of Lon- ters requiring no study. Mr. COOKE'S name is scarcely
don ever since they were called into being, at least the Put forward. Is the manager jealous here also. WIGAN,
better groomed portion of them. Once or twice I have whose name I have already mentioned, I understand goes
found them drive furiously without any cause explainable ; to the Olympic as lessee, vice Mr. 17 ...ARREN. Poor old
at other times they would creep when you wanted to get Drury is again in possession of the rats and spiders, and
on ; beyond this I really never found much cause of likely to remain so until after the summer solstice.
complaint. Be sober and civil yourself, Mr. Fare, and The Royal Italian Opera is, as usual, crowded to suffo-
you will be most commonly treated in the same fashion. cation every night. On Saturday evening VERDI'S
Of course there are black sheep in all professions ; the " Rigoletto" was not given ; ROSSINI'S " Tell" was en-
act last but one of the Police Commissioners has pretty flounced, but a double contreternp—RONCONl hoarse,
well purified the race of cabmen. The act I refer to was and FORMES laid up by a slight accident,—caused the
carried quietly into operation just before the renewal of substitution of " Masaniello," which went of brilliantly,
plates ; all cabbies suspected of drunken habits, or being barring an " unrehearsed stage effect"—a portion of the
connected with loose houses, were smelt out unknown to ducal palace was left to beautify the " set" scene of the
themselves, and, to their utter stupefaction, they were market-place; the gorgeous drapery had a curious effect
refused a renewal to the amount of two or three hundred. among the market people. I have been trying my bino-
The cabmen have been in great dudgeon for some time cular, without effect, to fine out H.B.—Lord BROUGH.
past, because they were neither to smoke baccay, read a HAM. I am afraid he is not so constant a visitor as he
newspaper, nor polish their cabs on the stand. " What was at the American Serenaders : when these sable musi-
next, JOE ?" said one old JEHU to another ; " I 'spore cians were at the St. James's, the noble and learned lord
the 'oss must only have a nose-bag at night ?" Lord almost always paid his two shillings for the pit, and en-
DUDLEY Seuaser took the cab proprietors and others joyed the thing amazingly—if one can judge of enjoyment
of the same genus under his protective wing ; Mr. by lots of laughter, which his lordship certainly had.
Ftrzaoy's bill, however, passed through committee un-
scathed.

FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT.

It is good that the MAJESTY of England has two or
three palaces to go to, for the workmen are ever outside
or inside of one or other of them. They are now chip-
ping away at the front of Buckingham Palace—would that
they chipped it away altogether, if they could raise another
and a better structure in a night, as did the eastern
Schneider. The building which forms the facade (Oh !)
of Buckingham Palace is much inferior to a railway
station ; the design is common-place, model-lodging-
house-like,—neither style or taste elevated. Here is it
that Her MAJESTY'S foreign visitors are housed. No
building I know of has been altered so frequently as
Buckingham Palace : the outside is vulgar, and appa-
rently inconvenient ; not so, however, the interior, which
unquestionably is the most magnificent in England, as
indeed it ought to be : splendid staircase, and a wide
margin for a " wilderness of sweets" in the form of floral
beauty. Would that some virtuous man whispered to the
architect,

WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—On Wednesday, at the
weekly meeting, Mr. Heyes presided. The salary of the
Rev. Mr. Moore, chaplain to the workhouse, was raised
unanimously from £lBO to £2OO a-year. Mr. James
Smith (late clerk in the Glasgow prison) was appointed
bookkeeper in the workhouse at £4O a-year and rations.
This was the whole of the business of any interest.

A FALLEN TEETOTALLER.—At the Police-court, yes-
terday, Michael Ennis and James Richards were charged
with assaulting police-officer 690, on Saturday, at mid-
night, and with liberating a female prisoner, a prostitute,
whom the constable was conveying to gaol. Both of the
prisoners pleaded guilty to the charge, while Ennis begged
for a lenient sentence in consequence of the fact that he
had for nine months, and up to Saturday night, been a
staunch teetotaller, when he unfortunately took a little
drop of ale, which infused into him the spirit of gallantry,
which led to the defence of the fair nymph, and the ren-
contre with the police. He added, that he was the sole
support of a mother and four children, and for their sakes,
if not for his own, he asked forgiveness. Each of the
two prisoners were fined 10s. and costs ; in default of
payment, to be imprisoned for seven days.
LIVERPOOL CHURCH SCHOOLMASTERS' ASSOCIATION.
—On Saturday last, a very excellent paper was read by
the Rev. F. Barker, A.AL, to the Liverpool Church
Schoolmasters' Association, " On the importance of per-
sonal religion in the teacher." After some prefatory
observations in connexion with the subject, the rev. gen-
tleman proceeded to define the right end of education,
viz., the formation of the character for the business of
this. life, and preparation for the next. Sincerity and
faith were strongly inculcated as absolutely necessary in
every person aspiring to the office of a teacher ; also,
example, its influence upon those around us, and the last-
ing impressions these were likely to produce by the reli-
gious teacher, more luminously stated, and dwelt upon
with. great fervour. A vote of thanks was unanimously
given to Mr. Barker for his valuable lecture, and for the
kind manner in which he had so promptly responded to
the wishes of the teachers.

" into have a taste,"
and remove the obscene heraldic pair between which her
august MAJESTY and family must be driven each time
they leave end re-enter the palace precincts. Public men
must be mad surely at times, or blind. Why the abomi-
nations to which I dare only vaguely refer were allowed
to be placed there, and still more exceedingly wonderful,
allowed to remain, passeth all understanding. The
monsters in attitude and grim expression must have been
studied from certain lewd automata from France and the
Low Countries, which are sometimes obtruded on the
observation of the most careful. The only ,logy is
that they stand on the top of the archway beyond the
line of vision to those who enter or pass out, all of whom
do so in carriages. The marble which cost so much is
giving way ; the Carers of the famous archway, originally
Placed here by GEORGE THE FOURTH, is now resplendent
far up Hyde-park, goodly to look at, but a well-thumbed
mason may crush it like knobs of lump sugar ; it is 5°
soft and ill-adapted to this climate.
The worthlessness of a Prince's word is happily now
only a matter of the past. During many periods of the
world's history it was proverbial No one ever beard of
the first Prince in the land..forgeiting his promise. Would
that the Ministers of his illustrious consort would recol-
lect theirs. "Curses not loud •
but deep " follow their
non-performance in more than one locality in the ever-
swelling monster wen of the metropolis• PALMERSTON,
the once, long time ago, smart, clever, instinctively awake,
acute, suspicious, jealous of honour, has grown stale
He gave his lordly word, the other day, out of parliament
and in it, over and over, that the dead should not be
buried among the living. Young men of Liverpool, a
word with you ;—be torn piecemeal by red hot pincers,
rather than break your words' The effete, the used.up
Cupid has not kept his, and he could have done it.
There's the rub. They are still burying in the heart of
London, within less than six inches of the pestilent sur.
face, body over body ; though Lord PALMERSTON said
that, after the 18th of last month, it should not be.
People die, the rate of mortality has been higher than
usual during the last ten days, and I am afraid will be yet
higher. To save twenty or 'thirty shillings laid out extra

ADDRESS TO CAPTAIN GREIG.--on Thursday, the
inspectors in the police force presented totece, tpt. Greig,
Liverpoolhe the Chief Constable, at the Central Police-
of
fol-
lowing address :—" We, the inspectors of the
constabulary force, feeling the warm interest you have
always taken in our welfare since you took your present
office, and being impressed with the active part you have
recently taken in having our pay advanced, cannot allow
the present occasion to pass without expressing our heart-
felt gratitude to you ; and we trust, by strict and unre-
mitting attention to the duties of our office as inspectors,
we will continue at all times to merit your approbation,
which will be our highest aim. And our sincere prayer is
that you may be long spared at the head of the establish-
ment over which you so ably preside, as your conduct as a
strict disciplinarian, united with gentlemanly and courte-
ous demeanour to all, has gained the approbation of every
well-disposed man in the service." This address was
signed by the whole of the inspectors, 15 in number, and
was beautifully engrossed on vellum by Mr. Phipps.
Captain Greig made a feeling and appropriaW reply