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_ Ad, or altars new,
tandest alone, with nothing like to thee,
Vorthiest of God. the holy and the true.

Majesty, power, glory,

,w4th, and beauty, all are aisled

In this eternal ark o

)rship undefiled,

And to compare the ancient temple of Janus, the Co-
losseum, the palace of the CEesars, and the Pantheon,
" so simple, erect, severe, austere, sublime," shrine of
all saints, and temple of all gods from Jove to Jesus,
with St. Peter's, St. Paul's, St. John's, and Santa Maria
Maggiore's elegant edifices, so lavishly decorated, is a speak-
ing, eloquent lesson ; and that mind must indeed be insen-
sible that is not imbued with the " pale cast of thought,"
upon reflecting how mutable are all earthly things. Here
were the early Christians hunted by dogs, torn to pieces by

wild beasts ; here, by all sorts of deaths, were the tyrant
emperors assassinated, dragged through the streets, thrown
into the Tyber, strangled by their wrestlers and athletfe,
pi&ced by daggers; cast from the Tarpian rock. And
new, how still, how silent, how like a city mourning its
departed greatness and renown, never, never, to return ;
here and there the sable-clad priests' with their large
cocked hats, so often politely, moved from their heads
to each other, and any layman they may know and meet.
And this quiet scene succeeds to the triumph of Cwsar !
to the forty days festival in celebration of his victories in
Egypt and Africa, seventy-two lictors attend his triumph,
four white horses draw him to the capitol, in a chariot
like that of Jupiter and the Sun ; by torchlight forty ele-
phants, richly caparisoned, attend him ; the Sister of
Cleopatra walks in chains, and the African king Juba ap-
pears as an abject captive ; golden statues represent the
Rhine, Rhone, and ocean, that were the scenes of his ex-
ploits here were then dazzling spectacles gladiatorial
combats, athletic games, players in every language ; and
the children of Asiatic princes dancing the Pyrrhic dances.
In the Circus Maximus (the ruins of which you may still
see) assemoled two hundred and sixty thousand people,
noble youths of Rome, drove their chariots, with four
horses, yoked and unyoked ; for three days wrestlers,
boxers, and racers contested for prizes cn the field of
Mars ; on a lake formed near the Tiber sea-fights with
Trim and Egyptian ships astonished the spectators, and
such immense crowds thronged to the festival, that they
were obliged to sleep under tents. Two consuls and
many of the crowd were trampled to death.
A statue was erected to him, placed opposite to
that of Jupiter, in the Capitol: standing in a chariot,
with a globe under his feet, inscribed to Ciosar—
demi-god ! Divine honours were decreed to him—sacri-
fices, incense, altars, temples, libations,_priests, festivals.
He was styled Julius the Liberator ! They dedicated to
him the temple of Liberty ! His image was erected in all
their cities and temples, the statue adorned with a civic
crown, with another obsidional one, were both placed in
the Tribunal, where the orators delivered their harangues.
In the Temple of Romuius his statue was inscribed as the
" Invincible God." And this extraordinary-man, of whom
Cicero says, "he maintained an elegant, brilliant, grand,
and generous style of speaking ; who more keen and rapid
in his thoughts ? Then, as a soldier, who so brave, pass-
whether on foot or horseback, his soldiers ; in sun-
shine or rain his Lead uncovered ; travelling a hundred
miles a day; swimming rivers; exploring harbours : his
caution only equalled by his daring ; if his soldiers were
flying from the enemy, he laid hold of them by the throats
and turned them round to face the enemy. In preventing
a standurd bearer flying, he left his eagle in the hands of
Caesar. A statue of his favourite horse was erected in the
front of the Temple he dedicated to Venus. And this
man, notwithstanding, falls assassinated at the foot of
Pompey's Pillar, by his once loving friends, headed by
Brutus. Thus, alas, passes away the glory of the world !
The drop of morning dew ; the bubble on the stream ; the
shadow of the aspen leaf ;—such is man. Caesar, Napo.
loon Wellington, ye are but eagles soaring to the sun ! and
ye feel the shaft of time amid your carnage as well as
meaner hinds ! The glories of our mortal state."
" Are shadows not substantial things?
There is no armour against fate.
Death lays his icy hands on kin,—
Sceptre and crown ,-----

1m b,e-down,

lust
and spadt

Aa I have before observed, their holinesses and cardi-
nals of Rome invariably adapt, use, and blend, as much
as possible, the Pagan temples with the following more
novel and inferior Christian architecture of churches.
For instance, among a vast number that might be named,
there is the Church of St. Prisca, built upon the scite of
the temple of Isis, whose ancient pillars support the more
modern roof. An; early picture of Guido's is here. The
Church also of St. Sabina has twenty-four fluted ancient
columns, besides eiglit more at the portico. This church
was founded by an'lllyrian priest, A.D. 425. The two
---.-bones of St. Sabina were in silver cases, and the
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sexton assured me

they w

toe veritable relics. -
poring over the silver and plate-glass-covered bones of
St. Sabina, I was next shown a large round black stone,
about eight or ten pounds, placed on a small
This was said to have been thrown by the Devil
at some good saint : certes, none but the paw of a demon
could have grasped it. What a melancholy circumstance
it seems, that all these legends, however ridiculous, are
firmly believed in by the credulous multitude there !
Under the altars of many of the churches, when the veil
is withdrawn, you are permitted, as a great favour, 1-
behold the incorrupt bodies in the monks' garb, as they
lived—the beard, the skin of the face and hands, well
preserved ; but the careful observer, and the ladies of the
party accompanying Dr. 8., went pryingly d--

weighing

column

A NEW ZEALAND DAINTY.—The concluding dish at
supper would appear less inviting to a European appetite,
for it consisted of a quantity of fine plump grubs, nicely
browned before the fire ; and repulsive, as such an article
of food might at first appear, they are not only agreeable
in flavour, but resemble in taste the most delicious cream.
Taonui's daughter had procured them from the decayed
timber of the rimu pine in the adjoining forest.—Augaa's
Savage Life.

PREPARING AN AssASSIN.—We take the following from
one of the striking letters just republished by the Rev. H.
111`Neile, in his pamphlet entitled "The State in Danger:"
—" But as perhaps you have not seen or heard the cere-
mony which is observed in preparing an assassin for his
business among the Papists, when he is sent to perform
the holy action of expelling heretics, I shall -
3 1 the Nv-

SUGAR PLANTERS SHOULD NOT BE SUGAR BOILERS.
—There is no doubt that at the present moment the
largest portion of expense of a sugar estate is incurred
after the canes are cut and at the mill door. The pro-
duction of no one estate is anything like sufficient to main-
tain the machinery of a boiling-house in constant opera-
tion. It is this sugar making on an inadequate and de-
fective plan which keeps the planter ever in debt and dif-
ficulty. If he could sell his canes by the acre, as fields of
standing corn are sold at home, or cut it and cart it by the
railroad to a market, as the former disQoses of his oats
and barley, the soil would make him an ample return for
the capital and labour expended upon it. At present he
manufactures, and he loses money. He combines two
processes, neither of which is properly done, and both of
which are expensively performed by the restricted and in-
efficient means applied to each. He turns out a rough
product, upon which the merchant and the broker and
the refiner of the mother-country have each their profit,
but he has none ; while, if he confined himself to his cul-
tivation, he would make money. With a constant, a cer-
tain, and an immediate market for the raw material, his
risk and his expenses would alike cease, when his canes
were upon the railway truck.—Simmonds's Colonial Ma-
gazine.

Avn on their
lee and hands, found

and bones of

MACADAM'S INTRODUCTION TO THE STAGE.—WnI.
Charles Macready was born in London, in the parish of
St. Pancras, March 3, 1793. His father was the maiwer
of a provincial company, and lessee of several theatres ;
but, with a feeling not unusual, desired a different pro-
fession for his son ; whose wishes, as time developed them,
he found perfectly in accordance with his own. The sub-
ject of this notice was sent to school at a very early pe-
riod ; and at ten years of age entered at Rugby, where he
soon acquired considerable reputation by his classical
attainments, and was regarded as giving high promise of
future celebrity at the bar or in the church. To an
actor's life lie felt no vocation ; perhaps it is not too much
to say that he had a strong repugnance. In his seven-
teenth year, while looking forward to speedy matriculation
at Oxford, his father's affairs became deeply embarrassed.
This fact was not necessarily fatal to his prospects, had
those prospects alone 'been consulted. Assistance was not
wanting, by which he might have been extricated from
the household wreck; enabled to win the academical ho-
nours already bending to his grasp ; and set forward on
his prosperous career. With severe self-conquest, and
with prompt devotedness, he took the nobler course, and
applied himself to the task of retrieving the fallen fortunes
of his father. In June, 1810, the juvenile manager made
his first appearance on the boards in the character of Ro-
meo, at the Birmingham theatre. Under his direction,
the disorganised company was rendered efficient. He was
at once recognised as a provincial " Star." Success at-
tended his exertions. His father was saved from ruin, and
his own destiny was fixed. It was an appropriate intro-
duction to some passages of his subsequent history, that
moral feeling and high principle should first have given
the young Macready to the stage.—People's Journal.
MONUMENTAL DECORATIONS IN- OUR CEMETERIES.—
Returning to our subject of rural cemeteries, we marvel
to find so little that is new in monumental decorations ;
old heathen symbols meet the eye in almost every direc-
tion. In the catacombs the Egyptian style of sepulchral
architecture, may be considered in keeping, as it fills .he
imagination with solemn associations, and recalls those
ancient and " silent cities of the dead "; carrying the
mind back to the captivity of Israel--to the wondrous
achievements of Moses—and all those stirring incidents
which once shook the oldest kingdom of the world
Surely the path which Christianity has hewn
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the venerated friars. Upon one of the party saying.,
" Ah, poor Dominick, he looks very dry," the sacristan
replied, " Ah, yes; but he was nearly as dry before he
didd." Next to the gorgeous gilding of the roofs, the
rich altars, the poetical paintings, and the grand statues
of the churches, the immense candles, from 12 to 15 feet
in height, some painted curiously upon the wax, surprise
the stranger.

VARIETIES

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_Jusand dangers, and which, thoiigh so full of peril, her
martyrs fearlessly trod on their way to eternal life, is not
so barren but that it might furnish something better than
those emblems of the old idolaters. How few, saving the
learned, understand the meaning of those mysterious
hieroglyphics : even the tear vessels, quenched torches,
winged hour glasses, and circled serpents, are beyond the
comprehension of thousands ! They would, better under-
stand the descending dove, the full-cheeked angel sound-
ing the last trumpet, the sacred cross, the arched rain-
bow, the ark, the stone rolled from the mouth of the se-
pulchre, and a hundred other old and holy emblems which
abound in our ancient church yards. There seems to be
a want of invention amongst our modern sculptors, not
so much in 0

TOWN OF LIVERPOOL.
MEN AND BRETHREN,—DO not accuse me of unwar-
rantable intrusion—do not stand upon the ordinary usages
and etiquettes of society, well housed, well clothed, well
fed. I value those usages as highly as any of you can do,
and respect them as scrupulously under all ordinary cir-
cumstances. But human life is paramount, and the daily
bread, absolutely necessary for the sustenance of our
fellow-men, may not (pray excuse my urgency when I
add must not) wait for the etiquettes of society.
On every side I heard the inquiry, what is to be done ?
In every circle I witnessed a willingness to give, and a
wish for some general appeal, some satisfactory channel
through which to contribute. To my own congregation,
as a body, I proposed a meeting upon the subject. For
the result so far I humbly and heartily thank God, and
my dear kind friends. I expected other similar move-
ments in the town. Hearing of none as yet, and hearing
daily of deaths from hunger, I am constrained to the
boldness of this address. Let me entreat you to excuse
me, and prove-that you do so, by granting my petition.
It is food for the hungry • it is clothing, however scanty
and however coarse, for the naked ; and I must now add,
medicine for the sick.

Read the following extracts from a letter this day re-
ceived from an old friend of mine, now rector of a parish
in the south of Ireland

• Very grateful do I feel for your kind remembrance of
us in deep distress. Much required is, not only the sym-
pathy, but the active benevolence of our friends. If they
aid me not, I must soon close my hands and bar my
doors. Our existence is one continuous, unbroken scene
of misery. A bright and peaceful moment has long been
a stranger to me and mine. Yea ! and verily the mirth
of the land is gone. No laugh is ever heard—no smile
ever seen. In the beautiful worcts of the author of " The
Sabbath," though introduced on a far different occasion,
" Mute is the plough-boy's whistle, and the milkmaid's
song." All is deep settled gloom and despondency. The
haggard eye, and sunk cheek, and ghastly hue, meet you
in every passer by, indicating but too mournfully the
fearful advances of famine.

" I was on horseback this morning, lung before day, with
medicines in my pocket to arrest, if possible, the fright-

ful ailments induced by starvationandunwholesome fc7od :
and when it was known that I had my box of pills and
my phial of laudanum with me, many were the hands
stretched out, and my remedies were swallowed by some
greedily on the instant, while by others they were carried
home to a sick husband, wife, or child, perhaps in the
last agonies of dissolution. Upwards of fifty persons
have died around us from absolute starvation (for to all it
is utterly beyond our power to administer relief); and our
medical man states that there are hundreds, if not thou-
sands, so reduced, that neither food nor medicine can
restore them.

" I have a population of 18,000 in my parish, and when
I inform you that of those 5,000 are utterly bereft of sus-

ucuanuv, knave wuai use nano of charity supplies, whilst
almost all besides are totally dependant on casual em-
ployment,) you may form some idea of our boundless
and indescribable wretchedness. Could you have seen
the pale, emaciated crowds that gathered round me this
morning, leaning on their spades ere they commenced
their work, to which I will venture to say, not a man
among them could give half his former strength, it would
have wrung you to the heart. Nor did I forget to seize
the occasion to speak to them of their endangered souls ;
and with deep attention did they listen to the words of
life. I preached various sermons to various groups. Oh !
that the seed may have fallen on ground prepared by the
Redeemer's hand, for how gladly would I be to them
the minister of peace, and whisper comfort to their dying

OF EPSOM SALTS.—
', in a lecture delivered
fore the Duke of Rich-
s of the Royal Agricul-
e elementary principles
,ia lime-stone contains
,‘,r cent. of carbonate of
;s were procured by ap-
if Westminster Bridge,
ith water and sulphuric
ed into Epsom salts.
• -- of the late Sir Charles
tending a Parliamentary
i election, as counsel for
k to a fact which his

,ne mere outline of monuments, (their corms
are numerous enough), but a want of something that
would at once speak to the imagination. It is yet left
for some man of mind to illustrate death from the history
of our holy religion—to sculpture that sleep after life's
long storm, and call from the marble such forms as we
believe we shall meet with in heaven.—Pictures of a
Country Life, by Thos. Miller.
A GLANCE AT THE FUTURE.—As we write, the tolling
changes into the chiming bell, and the old steeple of Time
rings out its joyous welcome to 1847. The threatre of the
world is stilled with expectation : and the boldest heart
might flutter at the rising of the curtain. What pageants
of literature and art, what revelations of science, what ap- i
paratus of civilization, what swelling grandeur of corn- souls.
merce, what splendour of religious hoiness, lie behind it ! ~ I was out for about six hours, and returned home
Mysterious masses awaiting the life-giving finger of Him, jaded in body and oressed in mind. M dear
by whom the solemn drama of. human history is being
begs her kindest remembrance to you—hery father inartner the
conducted to its tremendous catastrophe. Perhaps, in the hope of the gospel. Hours daily does she spend upon
coming year the keel of enterprise will cut its way along her feet ministering to the famishing crowds around her,
the quiet of' strange waters, and the wonderful economy with her own hands distributing soup, meal, flour, rice,
of Japan be unfolded to the longing gaze of the philoso- t bread, biscuit, medicine, and money, as severally re-
pher. And may we not hope, that the darkest of all dark quired, inasmuch that' I sometimes fear she will be
places on the earth will likewise be lighted up by a purer seriously injured by her exertions. For the two last days
flame than Mammon kindles ? Before the thoughtful eye, . she has been in her bed. We dreaded lest our door
-the star rises over Africa. There is a touching promise in I should have given way with the pressure, and we are
.the Evangelical narrative, that the Cross of the Sufferer now about to get a half-door made, which we can protect
was carried by a native of Cyrene. The organ-note is by a strong bar, for verily the crowds are frightful.
rolling over the metropolis of India.—Truth already pre-• " Such, my ear sir, is a brief narrative of our situation.
valls. Each step increases the momentum of its spring, Details might be multiplied without end ; but my heart
It will go on with bolder strides ; not indeed always tri-
umphant, or always seen, but ever reappearing with a sickens among them, and lam glad to bring my descrip-
brighter countenance. Railroads to Benares and the tion of our miseries to a close. Any aid you can afford
'
electric telegraph in the desert, are prophecies of theus will be gratefully received, and shall b
anefadsit, if I had them,hfully applied;
ea ! and not hundreds only, but thous
future ; England, at once the centre of light and heat to could I easily dispense."
the nations, seems to occupy the site of the ancient Roman
empire ; a mighty tree, flourishing in the midst of the Read the following statement this day received from
the Dean of Cork : " Skibbereen Poor-home.
field, not yet beginning to decline • her great boughs,
blown in many a hurricane, but unshattered, her leaves " 'Visited on Wednesday, the 30th December, 1846, by
unfaded, and her trunk more pleasing to the eye, from the ' the Dean of Cork, and Rev. Messrs. R. B. Townsend and
! e. moss and ivy that grow about it. May centuries pass by Caulfi
136
" In ld
fever
before her root is shaken, or the rabble of barbarous na-
tions rush into the field and cut her down ! A story of " " Ditto, convalescent
Fuller, the witty and the good, supplies an appropriate Infirmary cases, chiefly dysentery and swelledlimbs
conclusion to our meditations. Learned Master Camden, " Other individuals 671
he informs us, treating in an astrological way, beneath
what planet Britain is fixed, mentions only one author
who places our island under Saturn, while three assign it
a position under the moon. Should our changefulness
and inconstancy seem to lend a support to the majority,
it is a patriotic consolation to remember, with our English
Worthy, that if we be under the moon, the moon is under
God, and that nothing can happen to us as a pebple or
individuals, but what shall be for His glory and our good.
The finger of the Past and the Present writes this assurance
upon the portal of the Coming.—Frazer.
YIELD Olr THE SUGAR CANE.—In Barbadoes, British
Guiana, and other of our colonies, the average yield of
sugar from the cane is but five per cent.—certainly six
per cent: may be set down as the maximum ; two-thirds
therefore of the saccharine matter is lost in the process of
extraction. And how can this be wondered at when we
remember that the process of sugar-making in the British
West India Colonies has undergone but little change for
two centuries or more, except in the improvement of the
machinery for crushing the ripe canes and extracting the
juice ? The tempering with lime, clarifying by heat, and
quick evaporation in a series of open pans, still remain.
The poverty of the proprietors, we must admit, has hi-
therto been a serious bar to the introduction of many ac-
knowledged improvements.—,S'immonds's Colonial Ma-
gazine.

.nole form. The person designed for this WorlCis
,c.retly introduced into the Mediotry or Oratory, where
a knife wrapped up in linen is taken out of an ivory case,
marked all round with diverse and various characters, to-
gether with an Agnus Dei. After this they draw it out of
the sheath, and sprinkle holy water upon' it, and hang
consecrated beads upon the haft, granting an indulgence

of delivering, as many souls out of purgatory as be shall
give wounds to the prince or person who is appointed for
destruction.' Then they put the knife into the hand of
the murdeiyr, with this recommendation Elect Son of
God, take this sword of Jepthah, the sword of Sampson,
the sword of David with which he cut off Goliah's head,
the sword of Gideon, the sword of Judah, the sword of
the Pope, by which he has delivered himself from the
hands of princes, having spilt very much blood in their
dominions. Go, and be prudently courageous ; may God
strengthen thy arm.' When this is done, they all fall
down upon their knees, and the chief pronounces the ex-
orcism : ' Be present ye Cherubim, be present ye Sera-
phim, ye thrones, ye powers, be present ye holy angels,
and fill this blessed vessel with perpetual glory ;' and they
even offer him the crown of the blessed Virgin Mary, of
the holy patriarchs and martyrs : he is no longer a mem-
ber of our communion, but of yours ; and thou, 0 God,
who art terrible and invincible, and who, in the mediotry,
has put into his heart to destroy a tyrant and a heretic,
and confer his crown on a Catholic king, strengthen, we
beseech e- hand '

his and increase his courage, that he
may accomplish his will. Give him an omnipotent mail,
whereby he may escape the hands of those who would ap-
prehend him; give him wings by which his holy members
may escape the endeavours of barbarous betrayers ; pour
into his soul thy cheering rays, by which his body, with-
out fear in the midst of dangers and terrors, may be ani-
mated with joy and exultation.' After this exorcism is
finished, the parricide is brought before the altar, over
which is painted the history of Jaques Clement, a Domi-
nican monk, with the image of angels protecting him and
carrying him to heaven. When this is shown him, they
present him with a crown, and repeat these words : Re-
gard, 0 Lord, this thine arm, and the executor of thy
justice ; let all the saints arise and give place to him.'
When these ceremonies are ended, some priests are ap-
pointed to converse with him, alone, in private, who per-
suade him that there appears a divine brightness in him,
by the radiancy of which they are moved to kiss his hands
and his feet ; and that he no longei seems to be a man,
but a heavenly saint. They also pretend to envy the
great glory and blessedness to which he is advanced, sigh-
ing and saying— Would to God I had been chosen in
thy room ; that, being delivered from the punishment of
purgatory, I might have gone directly to paradise.' This
all will appear to you, perhaps, exceedingly strange, but
it is all very true, and confirmed by Papist writers."

" Total

" Deaths in Noiember and December, 1845, only

t,
19 1846. 218
Many of the above came from Skull, Crookhaven, Agha-
down, Tullagh, Cahara, as all these parishes are in the
Skibbereen Workhouse union.

" On Taursday, the 31st, I attended a meeting of clergy-
men at Ballydehob village, in the parish of Skull. Mr.
Triphook, perpetual curate of Ballydehob, said he had
visited thirteen Protestant families in dysentery. In one
house (where there was a large family) not one was able
to get out of bed to open the door. Dr. Trail said that
the deaths had so much increased, they were obliged to
take an additional half acre of ground to add to Skull
churchyard, and to keep two men at work to make graves:
also, that the greater number was buried without coffins,
to save expense. _ _

" Major Parlor and Captain Reid (on the part of govern-
ment) spent the greater part of last Wednesday examining
the houses of the destitute and sick, near Skull village,
and they declared to Dr. Trail they had before heard of
the great misery in that district, but now they saw it with
their eyes, and believed it : and they added, the people
must be fed, and in most instances (from the spread of
dysentery and sickness) gratuitously; also, that seed must
be supplied to sow in their land.
" Indian meal can now be had on the spot for about £lB
or £2O per ton.

" Bread stuff can be supplied on the spot."
These are not. exceptions, I grieve to say, but rather
specimens, of what it has pleased God, in his mysterious

vi.o.ation to mmct upon our unhappy country. Be not
impatient under the distressing reiteration of Ireland's
miseries. Do not look upon her as a stranger,—yet even
as a stranger, a troublesome stranger if you will,—you
cannot as Christians listen to the history of her wretched-
ness with unmoved apathy ; but rather receive her as a
_ _

sympathies of her brethren, and whose wants should ani-
mate their self-denying efforts to procure for her without
delay the needful measure of relief.

Say not the government st'lciuld'do sorriethitig 'Mote:- I
know it, but men are starring to death !
Say not the landlords should interfere, each for his own
tenants. I know it, but many, very many of them have
not the means, and in the meantime men are starving to
death !

Say not the clergy should do it. They are doing to
their power; yea, and above their power—still, men are
starving to death!

Say not you are feeding the poor Irish in your own
streets, and must pay the enormously increased poor-rates
incurred thereby. I know it; but men, women, and chil-
dren,are starving to death !

This is a fact before which an army of excuses must
take to flight. They are perishing of hunger; and you
have enough, and to spare. Look around your tables;
see your precious little ones in all the rosy brilliancy of
health and strength ; hear them asking papa for more
bread; take up loaf upon loaf. n..ll_l_

duo neip them with a ready
nature is fully satisfied ;• and when you lay down your
hand and happy heart. Help yourself also, till craving
knife and fork, remember men, women, and children are
starving to death !

Men and brethren ! meet together and form a committee
of competent men of business, to send food or money, or
both ; or, if you deem one committee in the town suffi-
cient, send your contributions, promptly and liberally to
our treasurer, Mr. H. J. Webster
On inquiry, we find in many districts local agencies at
work, such as that described in the above-cited letter.
Our plan is to enable such men to continue and increase
their supplies ; to keep their barrel of meal from wasting,
and their cruse of oil from being empty, till the season of
famine shall be mercifully overpast.
I need not add, that all our friends so occupied on the
spot, and so aided by us, feed men, as men, without refer-
ence to creed or party. There is a time for everything;
a time for fair and earnest agumentation between truth
and falsehood, when men are all well fed ; and a time for
feeding without any argument when men areiri want. Again entretiting you to allow the dire necessities of the
case to excuse the unprecedented boldness of my intrusion
upon you, I have the honour to be, men and brethren,
your faithful servant in the Gospel of our Lord and Saviour
Jesus Christ, HUGH WNEILE.
iligburth, January 5, 1847.

A LONG SPEECH.—It
Wetherell that when he IN
committee on a contested (
the sitting memb(

a witnc

client's safety, required to be proved was called for by the
ehalrinaii n but in vain. Sir Charles, in a whisper with the
6°"citor, ascertained that the witness was at home, and
that it 'would take three days to send for him and bring
him up to town. " Then send off a post-chaise and four
at once, and I will argue the oint whether he is a neces-
sary witness or not in the meantime." The argument
was far from concluded, when, towards the close of the
third day the witness' arrived ; and it is said that the
learned counsel was annoyed at being interrupted so ab-
ruptly.—Times.

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

s• _
THE STARVING IRISH. COMMERCIAL REVIEW. us the most inconsistent nation under heaven • for while,
APPEAL FROM THE REV. HUGH M`NEILE. on the one hand, we made our monarch declaL Rome to
We gave in our last several extracts from the circulars be an idolatrous church, on the other we caused her to
f some of our leading brokers, and we have now the sign an act of parliament to endow the idolatrous church
YWe noticed last week the noble effort made b °
satisfaction of giving the following valuable remarks and the forsworn. He trusted that when the day of trial
the Rev, Canon M'Neile and his congregation to from the excellent annual circular of Messrs. Littledale did come that the spirit of the seven bishops would re-
relieve the destitution existing in Inland and and Co. : animate the bench of bishops of Ireland and her clergy,
that notice, the same rev, gentleman has added to
amongst the Highlands of Scotland; and since "At the close of the commercial year it is usual to take and they would repudiate the idea ofconnection state
as
one a short retrospect of the principal incidents which have pensioners with the church of Rome. There was
his claims upon the
marked its course ,• and it is well we do so, that we may point of the parallel, he confessed with sorrow, would not
gratitude of his poor fellow-
see how evils which threatenedr its commencement have hold good, and that was the determined Protestant spirit
countrymen, by the publication of a letter, ad- been dispelled, and how anticipations of good have exhibited ; but this he hoped would be exhibited when
dressed to "the merchants, bankers, gentry, and proved correct or fallacious, and thus be enabled to arrive requisite.
trading classes of the town of Liverpool," revealing at more just estimates for the future. Few years have
further evidence of the necessity of exertion by the exhibited greater changes than the one just past ; and enttral illitutilanp.
hilst 't cement presents a lesson on the effects •
benevolent, to preserve a people from starvation, whilst its commencement presents a lesson on the' effects ' flttrtll 11fIieiIanp. -
benevolent, to preserve a people from starvation, of overi-s camlm9l
sfnescpuitieoonnnfiedveenreetlnbe forgotten, its close should ---;--
and
Lord Carew, it is stated, will second the Address in the
and appealing, in a strain of fervent eloquence, certainly the energy and resources of for increased exertion. '['his admirable letter this great commercial nation. The amount required for
He
Aappeared
child,
eleven
e hearty,vencyears)m having
aaa nlni dno:loda hasndrt,
ht
aruoatanekeEie. sonaat
besB:oou t
othyoeie
"Thereida years
esfEp
aoso fsriestpintxtn•
that
age.
oda otti
House of Lords.
Above £9OO has been raised in Halifax for the relief of
we give below ; and we wish sincerely that it were railway deposits by a fixed day in February was so gigantic
as to be
supply.hbed the limits of the circulating the Irish.
~ Thel Earl of Jersey is alarmingly ill, at Frankfort-on-
in our power to say anything calculated to add
medium to ul All parties dreaded the storm, but
to the effect which it ought to produce upon every
the-Maine.
treliristol Council-house, an old man, who gave
none could devise the means to escape.
toTaliffe
feeling heart. We can only urge upon the apa- pressed, and unable, however willing, obradnrkesliewfetroe
his age as 111 years, was last week complainant in a case.
thetic in this good work the duty which they owe their constituents ; the bill discounters, seeing the pressure
as Christians, grateful for the good things with coming on the market, scarce knew what rates to ask,
fe died
gin
which Providence has blessed them, to be prompt and the Bank of England herself, compelled to act on the
fyow days since
—to come forward with the open hand, and to defensive, was most chary of her funds, so that for a time
fosund.
reflect that, to use the stirring language of Mr. every channel of accommodation appeared closed ; trade I
and commerce sepmed paralysed ; produce was depressed ; r Lmada Duff Gordonn tlia
yestcafmo uandaatißon for any assertion of the kind."
M'Neile, whilst they are hesitating and counting many bankruptcies occurred, and still more were antici-
shliagdhtbe
the cost, men, women, and children, are starving to gated, till the stoutest heart began to tremble for the
death :
issue. Yet, after about • three months of difficulties, ' The amazing average number of 28,840 sheep and 3550
TO THE MERCHANTS BANKERS, confidence began gradually to revive • money became cattle are driven to Smithfield market every Monday
GENTRY, AND TRADING CLASSES OF THE more plentiful, transactions increased, and the dread storm morning.
A poor woman, at Gloucester, died last week of star-
TOWN OF LIVERPOOL.
which for a time threatened destruction speedily passed
away. And why so ? The money panic was- rather a vation. Her husband Was in work, but spent his wages
rantable intrusion—do not stand upon the ordinary usages
MEN AND BRETHREN,—Do not accuse me of unwar-
in drink, and his poor wife could get no food. •
derangement than an abstraction ; it remained at home,
and etiquettes of society, well housed, well clothed, well The address in reply to her Majesty's speech will be
and soon returned to commercial channels ; produce of all
fed. I value those usages as highly as any of you can do,
moved in the House of Commons by Mr. Charles How-
and respect them as scrupulously under all ordinary cir-
kinds was low in price, and a large consumption secured
aid, and seconded by Mr. Ricardo.
by the general activity of every branch of domestic
Mr. John Harker, brewer and maltster, of Barnard
cumstances. But human life is paramount, and the daily industry, But not only had business to contend for some
months with a money pressure ;it suffered, in the pro- Castle, committed suicide on Thursday, by taking arsenic.
bread, absolutely necessary for the sustenance of our
His affairs were embarrassed.
fellow-men, may not (pray excuse my urgency when I duce markets especially, almost as severely from legislative
add must not) wait for the etiquettes of society. ' changes. A commercial budget, the most important ever An Irish gentleman, in a letter to the Agricultural So-
On every side I heard the inquiry, what is to be done ? submitted to the
•British nation, was brought forward' in ciety, recommends the use of mangel-wurzel as an ingre-
In every circle I witnessed a willingness to give,
and a January, and not passed until June—six months of per-
dient in bread. He says he has tried it with great success.
wish for some general appeal, some satisfactory hannel
plexity and suspense succeeded a change of ministers, and Joseph John Gurney, the celebrated philanthropist,
still further change in duties. died at Norwich on Monday last, aged 59. His death was
through which to contribute. To my own congregation,
occasioned by injuries received from the falling of his
. " After such an accumulation of hindrances it might
as a body, I proposed a meeting upon the subject. For
pony during the late frost.
the result so far I humbly and heartily thank God, and naturally be thought that the consumption, as well as the
imports of produce, must have materially suffered; but In the present year there will be thirteen full moons—
ments d
my dear kind friends. I expected other similar move-
two in January, not one in February—two in March, and
suchoes not appear to have been the case, both having in the town. Hearing of none as yet, and hearingonend in
will
succeeding month—a phenomenon of this
increased in a satisfactory ratio. The imports of produce
daily of deaths from hunger, I am constrained to the winot occur again for many years.
generally have greatly exceeded former years, yet the la On
cildness of this address. Let me entreat you to excuse
Wednesday, London was darkened by a dense fog,
deliveries in all the leading articles of consumption show .
tie, and prove that you do so, by granting my petition.
which made gas-lights necessary in all the shops and other
[t is food for the hungry • it is clothing, however scanty a corresponding increase, and the stocks in many instances
thearc higheryearh atvhea
ruled n a t t the
moderate
eo
and
nldB4psr
e. t t
y Pricesrregular
l atrh reoourgnhaonudt
mud however coarse, for the naked ; and I must now add,places of business. The navigation of the river was alto-
gether suspended.
cottonw We have
medicine for the sick,
to notice the most impOrtan't change Mr. Plummer, a distinguished sportsman, and known
Read the following extracts from a letter this day re-
xived from an old friend of mine, now rector of a parish
horses,aT
hs
Athndeeebncdreteilaeeetmel edasrtnwot7f,
niseAa4ml6i
Parkes,ceed yearsTHawthornonioildinearn
aen,ydheaurasknnm;
nd
aoadnor
rteoedvr. Sunday
which has occurred in this eventful year—one which will
in the south of Ireland :
er to Eton I '
give notoriety to its commercial annals, and exercise the
" Very grateful do I feel for your kind remembrance of
greatest influence on the future interests of this country
College, in trust, the yearly interest of £l,OOO stock, to
as in deep distress. Much required is, not only the sym-
the passire? of the new corn-law—the crowning measure
Dathy, but the active benevolence of our friends. If they be given annually to the most proficient amongst the
of free-trade'legislation. Years must pass before a cor-
mid me not, I must soon close my hands and bar my
rect opinion can be formed of its real merits ; but one scholars of the mathematical master.
loors. Our existence is one continuous, unbroken scene
if misery. A bright and peaceful moment has long been point is clearly established by it, which is, that free-trade Barber and Raine
must in future be the ruling principle of our commercial murders at Barnard Castle, have been re-
acquitted of the who, at the last York assizes, were
stranger to me and mine. Yea ! and verily the mirth
apprehended, and committed on a charge of having robbed
of the land is gone. No laugh is ever heard—no smile policy, and any high restrictive or protective duties must

we n ,ies mus
speedy vanish. In this rests our strong claim for the
admission of sugar and molasses for breweries and for dis-
tillation, and for the prompt reduction of the monster
tea duty.

INTERESTING TO THE LOVERS OF FINE ARTS.
The Art Union Journal for this month contains the
following important announcement :
"A remarkable invention for the formation of large figures
has been made by. Messrs Mceser and Kriegh (two Prussian
Artists), thematersal being nothing snore than the scrapings of
the public roads, which is cast and consolidated into a material
like sandstone, but is•said to be superior. This invention is in
operation at an establishment at Charlottenburg."
What a serious dilemma this gets us out of! We
have long wanted to immortalize some of our great men,
and many of our public buildings have as long wanted
decorations, and we have only been deterred by the cost
The Custom House, which ha:- o st- ks sulk-

Has n, looK„Ky at
the Town Hall which has. St. George's Hall has been
promised a pediment, and ought to have a statue. Yet
we have plenty of " scrapings" to accommodate both the
new and the old buildings at a very cheap rate. We
could find enough street and other dirt in the neighbour-
hood of St. George's Hall to make a colossal figure of Mr.
William Earle, who we presume:vvill aspire to any honour
connected with it ; and if his claim to immortality is not
fully made out on this ground, he deserves it as the au-
thor of the celebrated assertion that for a man "to die of
starvation in Liverpool is impossible." Some of the
late Highway Board might possibly claim to have their
likenesses perpetrated in their own materials. A single
" corporation bed" would make two moderately large
sized statues. In some of the new streets, which are
unpaved, mud enough could be scraped up for an orna-
mented figure of every owner. In fact—thanks to Prus-
.;.,-.

—....uvennveness—we may now say to any aspiring indi-
vidual, in whatever street we may meet him, " Si !noun-
mentum quceris, circuznspice !" If you want to be a
" large figure" in the eyes of posterity look in the gut-
ters. By the bye, the gentlemen composing the water
companies possess a powerful claim to be remembered in
this way.

THE REV. HUGH STOWELL ON THE ACQUIT-
TAL OF THE SEVEN BISHOPS:

A lecture has recently been delivered to the Members
and friends of the Christ Church Literary and Scientific
Institution, Salford, by the Rev. Hugh Stowell, M.A.
Hon. Canon of Chester, the subject being a splendid
painting by Mr. Herbert, R.A., of the Acquittal of the
Seven Bishops, in 1688, which was kindly permitted by
Mr. Agnew, of the. Repository of Arts, Exchange-street,
whose property it is, and for whom it is being engraved,
to be exhibited in the room during the lecture. Nearly a
thousand persons were present.
The rev. lecturer commenced by directing attention to
the interesting character of the painting, and its merit as
a work of art. He then proceeded to trace the progress
of the Reformation from the time of Henry VIII, through
the succeeding reigns of Edward VI, Queen Mary, Eliza-
beth, James I, Charles I and 11, to .that of James 11,
whose insidious and tyrannical attempts to bring this
realm under the domination of Popery excited the resist-
ance of the seven bishops, whose acquittal from the charge
of contumacy brought against them forms the subject of
this picture. The circumstances under which such charge
arose may be briefly stated.
_ With the view of
•

-- • sui g tor roery greater pin
the constitution, James,
affected great favour towardowers Non-
conformists ; and having first afforded them, by his pre-
rogative, an extension of privileges in Scotland, by which
extension Roman Catholics were mainly sought to be ag-
grandized, issued a declaration of a similar measure for
England. This declaration he required the bishops and
clergy to have read twice in their churches ; but, out of
the twenty-four bishops eighteen remained true to Pro-
testant principles, and a mere fraction of the clergy sub-
mitted to read it, most of them authorising their congre-
gations to leave the church, whilst it was read to bare
walls. Seven out of the bishops, headed by Sancroft,
4.rchb:-' ----, took 0-

servation of life from Shipwreck."
A strong remonstrance having been presented to the
Bishop of London, against the impropriety of storing
malt and spirituous liquors in vaults under churches, that
prelate has intimated his intention to take steps to pre-
vent these vaults from being used for such purposes.
Owing to the high price charged for spirits by the prin-
cipal distillers, the licensed victuallers of London have
given notice, that, within a short time, they will be com-
pelled to advance the price of gin, whisky, and rum, to
tl —t of r' -t 3d. -

one of the deceased parties
The Bishop of Bristol has written to the Mayor, sug-
gesting the propriety of calling a public meeting to raise
subscriptions for the assistance of the. Irish now suffering
from famine.

Eggs have been so scarce at all the markets in Durham
for the last three weeks, that they have sold at half-a-
crown a dozen, and in some cases a shilliqg has been de-
manded and paid for three.
CHEAP NEWSPAPERS.—The experiment of reducing
the price of some of our best provincial papers has turned
to good account. The Liverpool Standard has, since the
alteration in its price, considerably more than doubled its
circulation.—Shropshire Conservative.
Sir William Hillary Bart., died at his residence in the
Isle of Man, on Tuesday, in his 77th year. He was
formerly equerry to the Duke of Sussex, and was the

_.isnop o, ,anterbury, took the bold step of protest-
ing against the Declaration • and for this offence, by the
advice of Father Peter, the king's Jesuit confessor, they
were committed to the Tower, and, amidst an almost uni-

ae extent o. .00u, a pint. -
The number'of deaths in London during the week end-
ing the 2nd inst., amounted to the extraordinary number
of 1,510. This is the largest number registered in any
one week for the last seven years, and exceeds the average
of the last five winters by 442.
During the late frosts, a considerable quantity of game
has been picked up dead in the south.--
t'

he pheasant preserves, where the birds are fed, pheasants
have done well ; but partridges have been starved out.
Rabbits have been found frozen in great numbers, and
many hares have been found dead.
The colliers in the neighbourhood of Dudley have ceased
their work, as their masters have refused to lessen the
hours of daily labour. The pitmen proposed to begin
working at seven in the morning, and to leave off at five
afternoon ; but the coal-owners declined to grant the de-
mand. ..
Loss OF £2229.—0n Tuesday information was received
by the police that two letters containing notes and bills
of Exchange amounting to £2229 18s, 6d„ had been ab-
stracted whilst in transit through the Post-office, from the
firm of W, S. Cheetham, of Nottingham, to the Com-
mercial Bank of Scotland, Edingburgh.
A subscription has been commenced at Leeds for the
Irish, headed by Messrs. Marshall, £200; Messrs. B.
Gott and Sons, £200; Messrs. Beckett and Co., £lOO ;
the Mayor, £5O; Messrs. Stansfeld and Brown £5O ;
Mr. John Heaton, £5O; Messrs. Wm. Gatliff, Son, and
Co. £2l, and a truss of blankets. These were followed
by other subscriptions of various amounts.
IRoNmAsTERs' MEETING.—At the usual preliminary
meeting before the quarterly meetings, which take place
in the ensuing week, held at Wolverhampton, on Tuesday,
it was unanimously resolved that no advance should be
made for the ensuing quarter. The state of the trade was
described as healthy but it was thought, without an excep-,
tion, that any advance would be highly injurious.
A young lady in the neighbourhood of Harrogate, for
the sake of curiosity, planted a potato in the corner of
her- father's garden, at the latter end of October last,
to 1

ana, _ aer astonishment, when she looked at it on New
Year's day, found at the root seven large potatoes, which
were used the same day for dinner and were found quite
palatable.

GOVERNOR-GENERALSHIP OF INDIA. —lt is confi-
dently stated in military circles and at the East India
House—and we believe there is little, if indeed any,
doubt of the truth of the report—that Lord Hardinge
has been recalled from India, and that he is to be suc-
ceeded in the Governor-Generalship by the Marquis of
Clanricai de.—United Stry.ce Gazette.

At the Central Criminal Court, on Wednesday, Mary
Anne King, 25,_ married woman, was charged with tin

wilful murder of her son, by biting him upon the face, and
thereby giving him divers mortal injuries, of which he
died about ten days after his birth. It appeared that she
was in a state of insanity at the time, and was on that
e, ground_ acquitted.

versa' excitement of tne rrotestant body of the peopi
were ultimately brought to trial. Notwithstanding the
partizanship of some of the judges, and the efforts of the
king's brewer, who was on the jury, to bring about a con-
viction, the result of the trial was a verdict of acquittal.
The scene in court, and that which followed the giving of
this verdict, is thus described by the reverend lecturer :
"The court assembled at ten o'clock, the crowd thronged
every corner of the beautiful building so correctly repre-
sented in the picture, where the painter had most happily
caught all the features of the ancient edifice, and given a
living representation to the scene that took place on that
memorable morning. The whole of the avenues and
streets approaching to the hall were one living mass of

commanded
anxious and thrilling hearts. The cryer
" silence " in the court ; the foreman of the
ijury presented
himself, and was asked, " Are you agreed ? ' Yes, my
lord," he replied. A universal hush pervaded the whole
of the thrilling multitude. " You say that the
are guilty or no".

foreman,jtuhsetice aannoyed
yed and and it is said that the chief
~ Nut
guilty;" - ,-. ‘...4 I.IIIU ,my ion', KIM
chagrined appeared not clearly
hear and asked again, ay you, not guilty ?'
guilty," again said the oreman, with increased emphasis.
The words caught like wildfire, and a shout went round
the hall, that, as Lord Clarendon said, " you would have
t -,kht the wall had srilcked." Such was the outburst
_ _

- As Mr. Williams and his daughters were walking up
staggered. - ste r
against e t Pontypoolthem ,a,
naddrunkenknocked ruffiandown namedthe
dDavies.A
man having remonstrated with the ruffian fer such con-
duct was also knocked down by him. While Mr. Wil-
liamski
DWilliams'sE AwT
DEATH
Williams's
uitslillgaEt.Ltdh
lrmlse.adnLhui uzen3p,
0, DaviesLuedpgti3anhgligene,
,fnsusapeliaodlefractured
lady
tehoynuetw tdohhrc_oacswuto Mr.enceegutd-:
apßi
fit,e de
Regent-square,
anapnta-drs tciwmuaaeirnest:
severely
in
enitdyhobenu hnotu.
whilese
TsNthaoins.
room stove, fell suddenly into the fire, in consequence of
several r 1 ITC no's .

of triumph. It passed through the windows to the mul-
titude ,paanssdedcarrthireoduigthfrtohme
shock, and communicated
dstneseet ,
multitudeoaunt asidfero,
ml whoikaell taeonyo ket
loeue
taplrlietcyhe;
itself to the outskirts, and was caught up by the distant
multitude. It reached the encampment on Hounslow
Heath, and the soldiers answered to the civilians, and
"not guilty" echoed from mm .„,i -4. 41— .._ „.

thc
other; it might be said to have spread like wild fire in the
stubble field, till it reached the very extremities of the
kingdom."

he city

After commenting further upon the excellent manner
in which the painter had treated the subject, Mr: Stowell
deduced from it the following valuable lessons :---
" Some modern liberals had thought that Rome was
changed, and the conduct of thP nrespnt nnibn 115.1 hppn

urged in proof, because he had been liberal in his conduct
to his states which required his patchwork, or they ap-
peared likely to fall to pieces, but he was the same as his
predecessors, and showed himself as much the bigot in
his late encyclical letter as his predecessor. Another
lesson was, that the Church of England had been, and is
the advocate and defender of -civil liberty, while the
Church of Rome was its grand enemy, and that was a
lesson he wished all liberal statesmen and liberal members

0- _•••• out, LLl.lll,4lsi care was of course ...-
stowed upon the unfortunate sufferer ; unhappily, how-
ever, without success. She expired on the 6ftehetinlsotn.g,
at
The magnificent portrait gallery,ri has not its equal
Drayton Marlin., is now completed, the building of
in this country. Sir R. Peel had, prior to

E ;stw io with a theiaer
gexceptionb e
ro
htahne
any Royalotb ee
te
pri-
vatel°n'gentleman. There are upwards of fifty portraits ex-
hibited in the gallery, the majority of which, particularly
those only recently finished, have never been seen beyond
the private circle of the right hon. baronet.
Th. +.4-1 _ _

vateiiedwwellaiiinngus,mtrart
were of oerkntsitys,
dweasrtemhyouedsesb,
yanfidrepriin-
London during the last year was 258 the total number of
similar buildings that were slightly damaged by fire, wa-
ter, was 576, making a total of 834. The number of
chimney alarms was 69, and false alarms 119, making in
ltahe rgewrwhole
bleBrBt, whanhich h
has sevoerwts a
akengrpalnaced totalsinc of 1022—a
etheforma.
`ion of 0 Itl the

the police establishment. Jut o. .ne above then
were fifteen outbreaks which were attended with loss of
life, and-the total number of lives lost was 23.
FEARFUL DEATH OF A BRIDE.—On Saturday week, as
Mr. aneMrs. Jacques, of Jarrow, who had been married
only five.days, were proceeding along a coal railway, near
to Neyycastle, they came to an inclined plane, up which
Mr. Jacques proposed they should ride upon the waggons.
7i_•_ • n

..,,c. UPI sentea, anu ou at tempting CO get into the wag-
gons she fell, and seven of them passed over her. She
was immediately taken up and conveyed to the Newcastle
Infirmary, where she died shortly after. Mr. Jacques
bad conducted a school in Jarrow, and he and his wife
were on the eve of going to a more extensive field of la-
bour when this fearful accident happened.
At a recent dinner given by the Mayor of Newark,
Lord John Manners bid farewell to the constituency of
Newark (it has been well known for some time that he will

~amen, to learn, and he was sure .we would not sit for Stamford in the next Parliament), and stated that
~e grants to Maynooth, or propositions to endow the J. H. Manners Sutton, Esq., of Kelham Hall, would, in
priests of Ireland. But there was also to be learnt from all probability, become a candidate for the suffrages of
this the value of dependance upon god, who sustained the electors, and that Lord Stanley had taken the lead of
these holy men under their difficulties. There was no what once was the Tory, then the Conservative, and now
small resemblance between the circumstances of the land is styled the Country Party, and that the noble lord had
when this great event took place, and the circumstances well matured his measures for the coming session. Mr.
of the land at the present moment. He believed our Stuart also spoke, but avoided all party politics, observing
blessed reformation and constitution was sadly mutilated, only that he should again become a candidate for Newark.
our safeguard for civil and religious liberty had been SPLENDID SUBSCRIPTIONS.—We rejoice to see that in
broken in upon by the compromising legislation of later London a subscription on behaf of the destitute in be-
times, and in consequence he believed Rome had liberty land and Scotland, has been commenced under the most
and power exceedingly impairing our liberty and freedom promising auspices. The following subscriptions have
of conscience, and that Jesuits were about acting beneath been received :—The Queen, £2000; Prince Albert, £5OO.
the surface, There was too much resemblance in the fact. the Duchess of Gloucester, £200; the Duke of Devon:
that some of the clergy were too much attached to Rome, shire, .ZlOOO ; Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co., £lOOO •
though the great mass of the clergy were sound at the Messrs. Jones, Lloyd and Co., £lOOO ; Messrs. Overend,
core. He feared we were not far from an attempt which Gurney and Co., £1000; Messrs. Rothschild and Co.,
would bring the parallel still nearer. He should look on £lOOO ; Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths £ICOO ;
the attempt to endow the Church of Rome as the last fatal Messrs. Truman, Hanbury, and Buxton, £1000; Lord
suicidal act which would identify us with Rome, and make John Russell, £3OO ; Sir Robert Peel, £2OO.

Jan. 12, 1847.

On Thursday, Sir George Larpent, as chairman of the
East India and China Association, with the deputy chair-
man, had an interview with Lord John Russell, to advo-
Yate a reduction in the duty of tea. Lord John Russell
thanked the deputation for the trouble they had taken,
and assured them that the subject upon which they ap-
peared to be so much interested would receive the fullest
and most patient consideration of her Majesty's govern-
ment.
POTATOES.—The price of potatoes is rapidly advancing
in Durham, and at Sunderland 16d. to 18d. a peck is now
charged, according to quality, which is about double the
price usually paid at this time of the year. The tubers
are not found to keep so well as was expected, and on
the average about one-third are unfit for use, even among
those got from the dealers at the high prices before
named. The stock in the district is being rapidly ex-
hausted, and other vegetable produce is extravagantly
dear.

DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH ROME.—A correspen-
dent of the Daily News says, that negotiations have been
entered into on the subject of an interchange of diplomatic
representatives between the English and the Papal courts.
It is said, however, that the English Government insists
on a stipulation that the Roman envoy in London shall
always be a layman—a demand which stops the progress
of the negotiations. [The visit of the Duke of Devon-
shire to Rome may possibly be connected with the pro-
posed arrangement.]
THE FEVER TAX.—A FACT FOR RATEPAYERS.—The
Bethnal Green and Whitechapel Unions incurred an extra
expense for the fever cases for the quarter ending Lady-
day, 1838, the one of £216 195., the other of £4OO, snak-
ing a total of £616. 19s. ; and being at the rate of
£2467 16s. a-year. And of the total number who re-
ceived parochial relief in most of the districts, a-very large
proportion received it in consequence of their being ill
with fever; but in one district, namely, St. George's,
Southwark, out of 1467 persons who received parochial
relief, 1276—that is, the whole number, with the excep-
tion of 191—are reported to have been ill with fever.—
Dr. Southwood Smith's Evidence before the Health of
Towns Commission.
DR. DODDRIDGE'S CORRESPONDENCE.—DUFhIg the
last week, at a sale at Pentonville, of the property of the
late Dr. Doddridge, two lots, described as waste paper,
were brought forward, and the first, put up at 2s. 6d., was
knocked down to a Mr. Hamilton, of Islington (who is
curious in autographical matters), at the sum of £2 145.,
and the second lot produced only £1 Ils., and was secured
by the same party. Upon examination, they proved to be-
an invaluable series of original correspondence ; several
thousand letters to and from this eminent divine with his
own family ; some of the clergy in America, and most of
the dissenting clergy in England of the period, Orton,
Watts, Hervey, Warburton, Clark, T. Scott, Newton,
Neal, Colonel Gardiner and his lady, Mrs. Ann Dutton,
and many others, mostly during his ministry at Northamp-
ton, including the diploma for his doctor's degree.
Mr. Alfred Smee of London, in a letter to the Times,
recommends the following treatment for the potato crop
during the present year :-1. Cultivate all crops to • the
usual extent. 2. With regard to potatoes use sets from ".
former healthy plants. 3. Select early varieties. 4.
Plant early. 5. Use but little or no manure. 6. Choose
sandy or peaty soil. 7. Destroy the plants the Aphis vastator is now living on, which are the shepherd's purse,
mallow, and turnip ; on these accounts the husbandman.
should destroy these plants as well as possible before
spring advances to furnish it with abundance of food. The
Vastator causes the first damage to vegetables it attacks,
and is thus the cause of the disease from which all subse-
quent changes take place as a consequence. Every farmer
should know the form and habits of the creature, and
every one should assist him to kill this destroyer of hu-
man food.

DESTITUTION IN SCOTLAND.—The accounts from the
highlands and islands of Scotland are truly awful. The
labouring population of Sutherlandshire, Inverness-shire,
Ross-shire, Argyle§hire, and of the llebrides and Zetland
Islands, are at this moment threatened with starvation in.
consequence of the total failure of the potato crop. Al-
ready have many of these poor people perished from cold.
and hunger, and, horrible as are the sufferings of the
destitute Irish, we believe that they are quite equalled by
those of the poor inhabitants of the highlands and islands
of . 4. at

, uu coroner s inquests in
Scotland, and but few local newspapers, deaths from star-
vation take place, and the pubic are uninformed of the
occurrence. Under these circumstances, the Edinburgh
Committee for the Relief of Destitution in the Highlands
have determined to appoint a deputation to proceed to
London for the purpose of laying the claims of the suf-
fering population before the people of England.
NEW BRANCH OF INDUSTRY. Anne Wood, an expert
artist in simulating fits, who has succeeded in deceiving
experienced medical practitioners, was charged at the
Mansion-house, London, on Saturday, with practising
her imposture in Petticoat-lane. Mr. Jacobs, a surgeon,
found her lying in a fit. By the application of strong sti-
mulants he revived her, but she immediately relapsed.
She was taken to the police-station, where even the in-
spector was moved to pity by her appearance, and sug-
gested her instant removal to the workhouse. Mr. Jacob
handed 11,_ shilling to pay for a cab to convey her thither.
She recovered, however, very suddenly, and, on opening
her eyes, asked, " Who's to have the shilling, the officer
or me ?" At the Mansion-house she was recognised as
an old offender. In her defence she said she was the wi-
dow of a policeman who died five years ago, and that since
his death she had been obliged "to support her family by
hysterical and other fits." The Lord Mayor committed
her for three months. •

f,,,,in,:eßotEu,AciFeklthOne.C.CVßßENCE.—A most awful catastrophe
occurred at Neath Abbey, on Sunday morning. At about
rerYto ofn-i e"N'Briathe Adrobb7yilgolin"pawna;'s}!eaborici-
ler-building establishment. On inquiry it was ascertaixoft
that Francis George, 14 years of age, went on the ice- on
the canal to ascertain its strength, when it gave way, and
he -David
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was
ercivin
precipitatedetog
histh friend's danger,ebottom. -
years of age, p
the spot, and stretched himself on the ice in order to
render assistance ; but no sooner was he within reach
than George seized him by his neckerchief, and drew him
into the water also. By this time there was a general
alarm throughout the neighbourhood, and George's' fa-
ther being directed to the spot, immediately plunged into
r
the water, where he remained about twenty minutes in a
very excited state. Not being able to save his son, his
shrieks were most heart-rending. Boat-hooks, irons, &c.,
were resorted to in the hope of recovering the bodies, but
this being found impracticable, a boat belonging to a ves-
sel was soon on the spot, and launched into the canal.
In the course of aefew minutes the two bodies were
brought to the surface, but, from the time they remained
in the water (half an hour) life was extinct.—Caledonia.
THE REVENUE,—The national income has been so stea-
dily increasing during the last four or five years, that we
now look for a surplus as a matter of course. The reve-
nue table for the year and quarter ending the sth of Janu-
ary, 1847, does not disappoint the expectation. Com-
pared with similar periods calculated to the sth of Janu-
ary, 1846, it shows an increase of £19,873 on the quarter,
and £13,032 on the year. These figures, however, do
not present the most favourable view of the matter, in-
asmuch as they give only the net total, after deducting a
decrease of £1,016,225, consisting chiefly of repayments
of advances, and of a falling off in the Chinese tribute,
which are not included in the general estimates. The
statement of the ordinary revenue is very much more
brilliant, and shows an increase of £454,662 on the quar-
ter, and £1,028,257 on the year. In fact, there is an ad-
vance on the year in every item, except stamps,-and- on
withetheptqsru.
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diminution of railway enterprise. The' principal increase
is in the Customs, Excise, and Property-tax-, In the first,
£2(5,650 and £159,932 for the year and quarter respect-
ively ; in the second £344,138 and £269,318 s and in the
third, £868,821 and £63,234. In the Post-office also
there is an advance of £85,000 on the year, and £14,000
on the qnarter.
THE MYSTERIOUS ROBBERY BY A YOUNG FRENCH.
WOMAN.—On Wednesday, at Winchester Sessions, Mal-
vina Florentina de Saumarez, 19 years of age, was tried
for baying stolen, at Fareharn, on the 28th ofj)ctober

reigns,
a;d1.30 1.11 Z. 47•1
23 iialf:sovereigns, a guinea, and other articles, the pro-
perty of Thomas Purkis. The extraordinary nature of
this robbery, and the somewhat romantic circumstances
attending it, of which a full notice appeared in this jour-
nal about two months since, created an intense interest in
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iiaccipsnire, and long before the case was called on every
available seat was occupied. The fact of the prisonenbe-
ing a Frenchwoman had created considerable sympathy on
her behalf, so much so as to induce several benevolent
individuals to furnish the means of providing her with
counsel. The prisoner, who was led into the dock, ap-
peared to have suffered much during her lengthened im-
prisonment. She was respectably dressed, and wore a
black veil, apparently to conceal her-feature:4 from-the
public. The facts stated in evidence were to the same
effect as those deposed to by the witnesses during the
,examination before the magistrates. The jury returned a
verdict of guilty. The prosecutor recommended the pri-
soner to mercy. The chairman then said, notwithstand-
ing the recommendation to mercy, he could not discover
any extenuating circumstances in the case. He had seldom
seen cases where the advantages of education had been
applied to such deep laid schemes of vice. The sentence
of the court was—ten years' transportation. 'I he decision
appeared to create extreme surprise, and the prisoner
fainted.

THE SECOND ELOPEMENT !—Again we are enabled to
furnish the lovers of gossip in Taunton with a little more
food of a rich kind. It will no doubt be in the recollee-
teieorny,oefnodudr
daughter
- thatn-la
wa yf o
Cu na t
al ai
od
M_a
,wealrodp
eloped
fCohr at
hne-
purpose of being united in wedlock with a Captain
but her plans were frustrated, and Miss B— once more
returned to her residence. We understand that :-.he hag
not since shown any signs of contrition for the offence of
which she bad been guilty, but; on the contrary, has con-
tinually notified her determination to hay,
captain "for better for worse." According
to concoct her Plans, but how far the? ,w___ ill
suoreed.re-
mains to be seen. It appears that a female res:ding some-
where in the neighbourhood of Silyer-street has been her
confidant, and for some time past notes had been sent to
her by Miss B— in a--(do not blush ladies)—skcking
On Thursday evening she pleaded indispesition, wag
nnable to eat any dinner, and retired to her Led-room.
After dinner a servant was sent up to her to kr ow whether
she would like to take a little dessert, but. alas, the ser-
vant came to her mistress with the intelligence that Misg
13— was no where to be found. The inmates of the
house were in consternation, and Captain M— imme-
diately started for Bristol, to ascertain whether the fu-
gitive had taken that road. Mrs. M. received information
.that the lady near Silver-street had been engaged in the
matter, but she, poor innocent creatre disclaimed all par-
ticipation in the affair, but it is generally tdersteod that
Miss B— fled from that house incog, hsvi g procured
widow's cap and bonnet for the purpose. We have not
yet heard whether the gallant captain has traced the
whereabouts of his dutiful daueatornin-law, or, leer g".v
lothario..—Somerset paper.

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ly she began