The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-03-13 00:00:00

LECTURES ON THE CHURCH Or ENGLAND,

The Rev, Hugh M`Neile delivered, on Tuesday afternoon,
at the Hanover-square Rooms, his second lecture on the
Church of England. The room was, as at the first lecture,
crowded in every part. Among those present we observed
the Marquis of Cholmondely, Lord Bexley, Lord Kenyon,
Viscount Strathallan, Lord Calthorpe, the Bishop of Salis-
bury, the Bishop of Chester, Lord Radstock, Lord Teign-
mouth; M.P., the Right Hon. Sir James Graham, the Right
Hon. F. Shaw, M.P., Sir R. Inglis, M.P., W. E. Glad-
stone, Esq., M.P., Sir Charles Lemon, M.P., Pringle,
Esq., M.P., C. Shirley, Esq., M.P., J. Hardy, Esq., &c.
The reverend lecturer was, as on the previous occasion,
warmly cheered on presenting himself to the crowded audi-
ence. He said that on occasions like the present there was
a strong temptation to feel impatient under any protracted
examination of the Holy Scriptures. The source of that im-
patience was a secret longing after something more practically
—perhaps politically—exciting. To yield to this were to ha-
zard a superstructure without having duly and carefully made
good the foundation, which was the characteristic description
of a foolish builder. Similar to such folly would be an at-
tempt to point out the duty of subjects or rulers towards the
Christian church without having first carefully examined the
nature and claims of the church herself. (Cheers.) We
were all deeply interested in the duties of professedly
Christian rulers towards the church, but a preliminary ques-
tion met us in the way. If there Were no visible society now
in England, whose constitution, fundamentally as a Christian
church, was in accordance with the will of God, as revealed in
the Bible, then the Christian ruler seemed to have no duty in
the matter. But if there were such a church, then the ruler, re-
ceiving the Bible as the word of God, had no choice. (Cheers.)
Before, therefore, we could satisfactorily discuss our con-
nection with the state, we must carefully examine whether
our church was in accordance with the Bible. To overleap
this part of the subject would be to open the door for the
pretensions of every society, however constituted, which
chose to call itself a Christian church, and put in its claim.
(Cheers.) If the legitimacy of all such claims were admit-
ted, then the civil ruler must either receive all equally, or
reject all equally ; or, by receiving some and rejecting others,
expose himself, and justly too, to an outcry of partiality and
injustice. The rival claims could not be adjusted at the bar
of the state ; they must be adjusted at the bar of Scripture.
(Cheers.) We said, " Let the ruler prefer and establish, by
all means, that Which is scriptural because it is scriptural;
and let those who doubt it rigidly examine our system with
the light of Scripture." (Cheers.) Our opponents say
" No : let the civil rulers prefer nothing, arid establish no-
thing. Have done with all invidious distinctions." This
was, as we interpreted it, " Let them (the civil rulers) make
DO difference between scriptural and unscriptural, true and
false." (Cheers.) It might be consistent in persons who
held such seutiments to feel impatient under a scriptural
investigation, and to rush at once into general discussion,
and in an indignant tone appeal to equal rights and unjust
preferences. We could not do so, because we felt that if
there were any church constitution, concerning which God
had said " It is right," then it was not equally right with
others, but pre-eminently right above all others. To prefer
it was not injustice ; not to prefer it was infidelity. (Loud
cheers.) Under this conviction lie had already entered into
an examination of our ecclesiastical system, and pointed out,
in some particulars, our happy accordance with the Word of
God. Our object was to recommend for cordial adoption,
and for prompt and vigorous extension, what we conceived
to be correct, rather than expose or condemn what we be-
lieved to be erroneous ; and therefore, if he referred to the
opinions and practices of dissenters, whether of Roman or
British growth, it was not with any feelings of factious par-
tisanship, but simply by way of contrast, to exhibit more
clearly what he conceived to be our own central and scrip-
tural position. (Cheers.) He now resumed the considera-
tion of the church visible or baptised society, chiefly in
reference to its appointed executive or Christian ministry.
This divided itself into four branches—first, the mode of
appointment of the Christian ministers; secondly, the suc-
cession of persons appointed; thirdly, the nature of the com-
mission originally given to the apostles ; and fourthly, the
nature of the commission derived to their successors in the
ministry of the church. With respect to the mode of ap-
pointment, there was a difference between the apostles and
their immediate successors. " Our Lord Jesus Christ went
on to the mount, and called unto him whom he would, and
they came to him, and of them he chose twelve that they
might be with him, that he might send them forth to preach
and to cure diseases, and to cast out devils." To them he
said, " Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you and
ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and
that your fruit should remain." And, again, " Peace be
unto you. As my Father has sent me even so I send you :
and he breathed on them, saying receive ye the Holy Ghost.
Whosoever sin 4 ye remit they are remitted unto them, and
whosoever sins ye retain they are retained. Whatsoever ye
shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatsoever
ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Go ye
therefore and teach all nations, baptising them in the name
of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, teaching them
to observe whatsoever I have commanded you. And, lo ! I
am with you always, even unto.the end of the world." These
were the portions of Scripture in which the commission was
given. The only outward act on record accompanying this
original appointment, was that " He breathed on them," in-
timating thereby that the government and the spirit of the
church proceeded from his Human nature, risen from the
dead, the conqueror of the works of ratan; the restorer of
man to fellowship with his God. We had no other direction
given by our Lord as to the mode of the apostles appointing
their successors. But they (the apostles) did not leave their
successors as their Lord had left them, without any written or
recorded directions on this point, intimating thereby that their --
successors would not possess the same inspiration that they
possessed, and would therefore require more specific direc-
tions than they (the apostles) had required. The outward
and visible mode adopted by them and enjoined on their suc-
cessors was not breathing on the candidates for holy orders,
but the mode confessed their dependance while it assumed
their commission—it was prayer, with thelaving on of hands.
By the prayer they acknowledged that the spiritual blessing
was not theirs to give, but their Lord's—by the laying on of
hands they proclaim that the outward office was theirs to
designate and perpetuate among men. The first instance of
the practice on record was the case of the deacons in the 6th
chapter of the Acts of the Apostles. It belonged to the lay
members of the church to select, but not to appoint. The
Apostles said to the people, " Look ye out meu whom we
may appoint." They did so ; the men were thus selected,
but they were not thereby made ministers of the church.
The next step was to set them before the Apostles, and when
they had prayed they laid their hands on them. It was of
consequence to remark here that the selection by the people
was made in reference to the character of the individuals
suitable for the ministry generally, and not in reference to
themselves personally, or locally, as to a particular flock
over whom a particular individual was to be placed. If
judged fit for the ministry at all lie was thereby pronounced
fit for any locality where it mig4t please God to place him.
(Cheers.) He was not appropriated to any particular flock,
as being acceptable to them, but given into the hands and
placed at the disposal of the church to be an instrument and
witness of the Lord. (Cheers.) And, accordingly, we found
Philip, who was recommended to ordination by the lay
members of the church of Jerusalem, immediately proceed-
ing to preach the Gospel, not to them, but to the people of
Samaria. The rev. lecturer cited other proofs, and proceeded
to observe that we have no distinct information as to the
mode of selecting individuals, but in every case the appoint-
ment to office was the laying on of hands. We had'no
authority for saying that such a mode was in any case
dispensed with ; there was no Scripture authority for be-
lieving that any person not so appointed was acknowledged
by the church as a qualified teacher. With respect to the
practice of dissenters on this point, some insisted that the
ordination of their ministers was in accordance with the
Scriptures, and others acquiesced for the sake of uniformity.
To disprove the importance of ordination, considered as an
outward ceremony designating to an office, dissenters said
that the persons spoken of by the apostles were men of per-
sonal piety and preachers of sound doctrine, and that they
were chosen in virtue of their character, and not in virtue of
their office. We said it was highly probable that the first
pastors of the church were men of piety and preachers of
sound doctrine, but it did not follow that their character was
the qualification for office. If all were made members of the
church, or if character without ordination qualified for the
ministry, then all were made ministers, and the distinction
disappeared. He had now reached the second branch of the
subject—the succession of the persons appointed by the
apostles. Here the rev. lecturer touched upon the adMission
by all historians—Milner, Mosheim, Gibbon, and Hallam—
of the fact, that in every successive generation since the
apostles there have been officiating ministers of the visible
church. Where was the evidence, then, he asked, of those
bishops being appointed at any time in a way different from
that practised in the first stage of Christianity7-viz., by the
laying on of hands. There might have been irregularities
and failures, but these did not interfere with the general suc-
cession. That any essential change took place we denied,
and the onus probandi was thrown upon them who asserted
' such a change. But while we denied this, we did not deny
that a very grievous change took place in their manner of
living, and in their manner of preaching. He then glanced
at the corruptions and heresies in the church, and proceeded
to observe that the commission given to the apostles included
the working of miracles, healing the sick, casting out devils,
raising the dead. The transmission of these was not pretend-
ed. But though these were not claimed, the power of the
keys, as it was called, was claimed. He would proceed,
therefore, to ascertain the nature of this part of the commis-
sion. Previous, however, to entering upon this part of the
subject, the rev. lecturer spoke at some length upon the mode
in which the ministers of our church are ordained—that the
highest testimonials as to character, and their literary and
theological qualifications, are required, and that the congre-
gation is thrice publicly appealed to as to whether any cause
exists why the candidates should not be admitted to the sacred
office. He now came to inquire into the nature of the com-
mission given to the apostles. themselves—" Whatsoever sins
ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven ; whatsoever
sins ye remit they are-remitted." After glancing at the in-
fallible power claimed by the Church of Rome, he referred to
the power of the keys, 20th chap. 22d and 23(1 verses of St.
John—" Receive ye the HOLY GHOST; whosoever sins ye
remit they are remitted unto them, and whosoever sins ye
retain they are retained." This was, they were to have the
power of doing or forbearing to do some acts in virtue of
which sin would be forgiven or remain unforgiven. Our
LORD'S language is, " Whosoever sins ye remit," without
any reference to an intervening act ; but if the minister had
power to do, or to forbear to do—baptism for instance—then,
however obnoxious pretensions might be glossed over, it did
amount, in fact, to placing forgiveness and non-forgiveness
at the disposal of a man, who had the power to do or not to
do that act, and therefore of making all around him who be-
lieved it his slaves, abject in proportion to their sincerity.—
The other view of the commission was, that Jesus Christ
gave to the apostles power and authority to speak his truth
so infallibly that their statements would he found in accord-
ance with the God of Heaven ; as if He had said " Go forth
among men, preach my truth to men of God. When you
declare on earth what description of men are penitent, God
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thren, that through this man is preached unto you the for-
giveness of sins. And by him, all that believe are justified
from all things, from which ye could not be justified by
the law of Moses." When St. Paul was applied to by tlle
gaoler at Philippi, saying, " What must I do to be saved ?"

Si;. Paul laid; "believe en the Lord Jesus Christ, and
thou shalt be saved." If the apostle had possessed the
power to remit sins, here was a golden opportunity to
exercise it. St. John declared, "That which we haye seen
and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have
fellowship with us." He now asked, was the commission in
its fulness denied to their (the apostles') successors ? In re-
ply to this he desired to invite attention to the difference
between the language of St. Paul and Timothy and the lan-
guage of our Lord to the apostles. St. Paul said to Timothy,
" Till I come, give attendance to reading; to exhortation, to
doctrine. Medidate upon these things, give thyself wholly
to them, that thy profiting may appear to all. Take heed
unto thyself and unto the doctrine ; continue in them ; for
-in doing this thou shalt both save thyself and them that hear
thee." What said our Lord to the apostles? " Take no
thought how and what ye shall speak; for it shall be given
you in that same hour what- ye shall speak. For it is not ye
that speak, but the spirit of your Father which speaketh in
you." The reverend lecturer here proceeded at great
length to show that our church exercises the power of the
keys in the true scriptural sense in her forms of absolution.
He distinguished with great minuteness between the word
" absolve'? and the word" forgive," as used in those forms;
and after expressing his belief of the sense in which the term
" absolve" was used in our church, he proceeded to observe,
that notwithstanding the defence which he had read of the
opinion adopted by him, still as the meaning of the word was
equivocal, being synonymous with a declaration of absolute re-
mission, he could not withhold his honest conviction that the
expression " I absolve thee," should never have been retained
• in our service (loud cheers) • that it was an unwise oversight,
and prejudicial to our church (cheers). If such a statement
should occasion pain in any mind, he would respectfully inquire,
Have any of our best and most devoted sons ever claimed
absolute infallibility of arrangement for the church?"—
(Cheers.) After contrasting this spirit of our church with
the infallibility claimed by the church of Rome, he proceeded
to treat of the departure from apostolic doctrine, and ob-
served that while such a departure took place, the canon of
Scripture containing a sufficient standard was completed. He
compared the Bible as a dial by which watches of the godly
were regulated. But in the course of time the sun-dial, he
observed, was shut up within the walls of a convent, the
watches went wrong, till the watches pointed to pictures in-
stead of realities, and to the other abominations of the Romish
church. The achievement of the Reformation was to break
down the cement walls, and bring out the sun-dial to the
gaze cf the people. (Immense cheers.) There was nothing
• in all this but what had been distinctly predicted in the Holy
Scriptures. The reverend gentleman cited the predictions,
observing that our law hadlleclared, however, " that the
gates of hell should net prevail against her ;" and, after
dwelling at some length upon the harmony of the predicted
apostacy of the Church, and the promised preservation of
the Church in truth and holiness, he concluded the lecture
by showing that the grace of God was magnified in the ar-
rangement. _ _ _ _

The rev. gentleinan was loudly cheered on the conclusion
of the lecture.

[lt was considered that scarcely anything could exceed in
interest the lectures of Dr. Chalmers in 1837; but in the
present instance the room is more closely packed, and the
attention of the auditory is retained during a longer period,
:than could be reached even by that justly celebrated man.]

DECLARATION OF WAR AGAINST CHINA

(From the Sun of Wednesday.),

Intelligence 'has just reached town that the Governor-
General of India has, in the name of the British government,
declared war against China. This important news is con-
tained in despatches from Bombay, dated January 31, and
was brought to Marseilles on the 7th inst., not by the Vul-
can, as already mentioned, but by the Volcano, Captain
Volger. Our information further states that the most ex-
tensive preparations were making in the Indian harbours.
His lordship had advertised for 40,000 tons of shipping for
the transport cf the troops to China, 14,000 of which were
to be supplied by Calcutta, and the rest by Madras and
Bombay. The expedition was to rendezvous at, and sail
from, Calcutta. Seven regiments quartered in this last pre-
sidency had been ordered to prepare for embarkation, and
the whole expedition was to consist of 16,000 men. Its
destination was not known, but it was deemed probable that
it would be directed against Canton or some other point on
the coast, of which forcible possession would be kept until
the Chinese government should be brought to reason.
The last accounts from Canton are dated December Bth.
'The Emperor had addressed to Governor Lin a decree pro-
hibiting the importation of all British goods, and the trade
with China was consequently at an end.
The Americans continued to pursue their trade unmolested,
and their ships were arriving and departing as usual.
The intelligence received in Bombay from our Indian pos-
sessior:s was of a satisfactory nature. Our army had stopped
in its triumphant march through Cabul, on hearing of the
advance of the Russians against Chiva, and remained in quiet
possession of Ghuzni, Kelat, and our other conquests in
Affganistan.
The new King of Lahore evinced the most friendly dispo-
position towards the British.
Lord Keane, having been obliged by illness to resign the
command of our forces in Cabul, had returned to Bombay.
On his passage through Lahore he was too ill to pay his
obeisance to the King, and his Majesty, on hearing of his
situation, waited upon him, sat a long time by his bed-side,
conversing with him in the most friendly manner, and treated
him during his stay in his capital with the utmost distinction.
• The advices from Alexandria, received by the Volcano,
come down to the 24th ult. The Pacha was still actively en-
gaged iu making preparations of defence. The plague had
nearly subsided.

Colonel Campbell, formerly Consul-General of England in
Egypt, arrived at Marseilles in the Volcano on the 7th.

BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY lIALF-
YEARLY MEETING.

The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors in this company
was held in Bristol on Tuesday week ; F. Ricketts, Esq., in
the chair. J. B. Badham, Esq., the secretary, read the re-
port, which, after noticing the causes which had operated to
prevent the more rapid progress of the undertaking, stated
that a revised estimate had been made of the cost of com-
pleting the railway to Bridgewater, which, including land and
all other expenses, would be, for the thirty-four miles, from
£720,000 to £730,000, for a single line of rails, and between
£BOO,OOO and ,f.;820,000 with a double line ; but although this
amount might appear large, the directors had every confi-
dence that the returns calculated on the present coach traffic
would fully compensate. for the outlay. The directors had,
it appeared, been placed in considerable difficulties by a large
number of shares having got into the hands of irresponsible
parties, and they impressed upon the bond fide shareholders
the importance of supporting them in their present emer-
gency, by which means the line would be completed to Bridge-
water within the present year; after which, as soon as the
finances of the company would justify them in doing so, it
would be carried forward to Taunton, and thence westward.
The report next referred to the project of leasing their line to
the Great Western Railway, as soon as a portion of it should
be finished and ready for working. The interests of both
undertakings being identical, the directors anticipated much
mutual benefit from such a measure, should the meeting in-
vest them with powers to conclude the arrangement. The
directors in concluding their report, expressed their unabated
confidence in the productiveness and ultimate success of this
line of railway. The report of the engineer, describing the
state of the works, was then read ; as also the statement of
accounts to the end of December, 1839. The total receipts
had amounted to £406,000 9s ld, and the expenditure to
£397,561 5s 6d, leaving a balance in hand of £8,439 3s 7d.
It appeared that 1,055 out of the 15,000 shares had been de-
clared forfeited, and that on the eight calls, amounting alto-
gether to £4O per share, the arrears were £165,555. In the
course of the proceedings, it was announced, that of this
sum more than £30,000 bad been received since the end of
December. The report, considering the peculiar difficulties
in which the directors were placed, appeared to give general
satisfaction, and was unanimously adopted. It was then
resolved, after some discussion, that the directors should pro-
ceed with the negotiation for leasing the line to the Great
Western Company, and when a decision has been come to,
to submit the terms of such agreement to the shareholders,
for their sanction or otherwise. The retiring directors hav-
ing been re-elected, and the other business disposed of, votes
of thanks were passed to the chairman and directors, and
the meeting separated. The resolutions adopted by the
meeting appear in another column.—Midland Counties'
Herald.

A WOMAN SHOT.-PLEA OF SOMNAMBULISM.

On Sunday morning week, Catherine Demanist, a young
woman about 23 years of age, a cap maker, in the employ of
Mr. Turner, St. George's Road, was shot in the temple by
the person at whose house she lodged, under circumstances
of considerable mystery •, and the injury she received was
such as to cause her death, which took place at the Infirmary,
about ten o'clock yesterday morning. From the inquiries
we have been able to make upon the subject, we believe the
following is the account of the circumstances connected with
this very curious affair, given by the woman herself previous
to her death. She lodged at the house of Nicholas Fleming,
a law-stationer's clerk, living at 72, Thompson-street, St.
George's Road. Between five and six o'clock on :the Sunday
.morning in question, she was awakened by a noise in her
bed-room, and saw Fleming in his shirt and.trowsers beside
the window, stooping down beside a bag which contained
some money belonging to her. She asked him what he was
doing there, and without speaking, he approached her, and
immediately shot her with a pistol. She called out, " Oh,
Fleming, you've shot me." He still did not speak, but put
his hand on her mouth, threw her back in bed, and tried to
strangle her. She tried to put his hand away, and called
out " Hannah," that being the name of his wife, who came,
and said, " Oh, Catherine, lie must like you, or he would
not have done that." The poor woman then said, " Oh,
Fleming, take me to the Infirmary, you've shot me ;" and
he replied, " I will if you will not tell who it is, and say it is
a man with a white coat." One of them then threw her cloak
over her head, and Fleming went with her to the Infirmary.
she walking there, and having only, besides her cloak, her
chemise arid nightgown on, and one stocking. We believe
that, when they arrived there, neither she nor Fleming
stated how the injury was received; but when he was
gone, she told a nurse that he had shot her, but no informa-
tion was sent to the police. On Tuesday she sent for Ann
Shore, her washerwoman, related to her the circumstances
under which she had been shot, as given above, and requested
that Fleming might be taken into custody. This woman
gave information to the police, and Acting-Inspector Austin,
we believe, went to the house where Fleming lived at the
time the circumstance occurred, but he had removed, and no
one knew whither. On Thursday, however, Inspector Lip-
sett, by emplOying a person to trace his sister from the In-
firmary, found him in lodgings in Fetter-lane, near Portland-
street, and he and Superior Sergeant Burton took him into
custody. On Thursday night, when they went to apprehend
him;the.people of the house denied him, but they found him
up stairs • and when asked if his name was Nicholas Fleming,
he said Iris Christian name was John. On Friday he was
brought up at the. Borough Court, when Lipsctt stated the
circumstances above related •, and the prisoner, on being
asked what lie had to urge in his defence, stated that on Sa-
turday night he went to bed with his wife and went to sleep
as usual, and he recollected no more till he found himself by
her (Demanist's) bedside, and that he had fired a pistol,
upon which he said, " Oh ! Catherine," lifted her out of
bed, and said, " Come to the Infirmary." He did not re-
collect what he had done, nor did he know any thing about
it till the report of the pistol awoke him. She said at that
time that she did not think he was in his senses. He added
that they had lived together like brother and sister, and never
had a word in their lives. The prisoner was remanded till
Monday, when he was again brought up, and further re-
manded for a week. We believe an inquest will be held upon
the body to-day. We understand that, .in consequence of
the deceased dying more suddenly than was expected, Mr.
Mande has not taken her deposition, as lie expressed an in-
tention of doing on Monday last; and, of course, the only
evidence that can be procured is the statement of those who
have heard the deceased relate the circumstances under which
she received the fatal shot, if any of those declarations should
turn out to have been made when the deceased believed her
death to be certain.—Manchester Guardian.

NOVEL PAprn MoNEy.—These stamps will, moreover, be
a very convenient and novel paper currency for sums of small.
amount. Indeed for any sums whatever under a pound ster-
ling. A sheet of the adhesive stamps, minus two cut off, will
he good paper for 18s 10d ; a sheet minus live will be good
for 18s 7d, and so on. Correspondents will pay small debts
of pence through the medium of these penny stamps. You
wish to order a twopenny pamphlet or a fivepenny newspaper ;
by transmitting in an envelope the required number of stamps
.you effect the payment, which, for such sums, there.are no
ready means of doing atlpresent.— Westminster Review.

Ebr Ltbrrpocl klanbarb.

FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 13, 1840.

By the transient ship Hibernia, Captain Cobb, and
the packet-ship George Washington, Captain Burrows,
both of which vessels arrived here on Tuesday last, we
have received New York papers to the 7th ultimo, in-
clusive. We briefly acknowledged the receipt of these
papers in our second edition of Tuesday. The George
Washington brought £20,000 in specie, and about 20
cabin passengers.
The monetary and commercial intelligence from all
parts of the state is of a chequered character. The
Courier and Inquirer states that, on the sth ultimo,'
there was a decided improvement in the stock market
at New York, and that prices had generally advanced.
United States Bank closed at 77, being an advance of
nearly 2 per cent. A few purchases were made in
sterling bills, principally at The amount of good
bills offering was very trifling. In domestic exchanges
little was doing, at nominal rates. Uncurrent money
was becoming scarce. The prices of flour remained
nominal. About 500 bales of cotton were taken at
previous rates.
On the 6th ultimo the transactions in stock were to
a considerable extent, and at advanced rates. North
American Trust, Delaware and Hudson, Harlem, and
Stonington, advanced from 1 to 11 per cent, and
United States Bank 3 per cent. There were no heavy
transactions in foreign exchange, and not many first-
rate bills offering. The sales were principally at 8?-, for
sterling, though, in a .few instances, 9 was obtained.
Domestic exchanges were dull, at the following rates :
Philadelphia 6 to 6, Baltimore 6to 61, Richmond 7
to 71, Charleston 3+ to 31, Savannah 6 to 8, Augusta
81 to 9, Mobile 7 to 71-, New Orleans 4 to North
Carolina 7to 71. Good paper, and no other was
looked at, and this was scarce, and readily bought at 1
per cent per month discount. No transactions had
taken place in flour, except for city use. Holders
were, however, more firm. The sales of cotton
amounted to about 500 or 600 bales. The lower qua-
lities had declined about + per cent per lb., whilst the
finer .descriptions remained firm. The quotations
were—Upland at 71 to 91, New Orleans at 71 to 101-,
Florida at 8 to 91, and Mobile at 81 to 101.
Rumours were prevalent at New York, relating to
difficulties which had occurred in the Manhattan Bank.
It is said that the cashier of the institution had ad-
vanced money on the hypothecation of a large amount
of shares in Kentucky bank stock—it is stated 500,000
dollars—on which there was a heavy deficiency. The
cashier alleged that he made the loan for the bank, but
the directors refused to recognise it as such, they hav-
ing had no knowledge of the transaction. This tran-
saction would not affect the solvency of the bank, as
it possessed a surplus fund more than adequate to meet
the deficiency.
The Legislature of Illinois having refused to legalise
the suspension of specie payments by the State Bank,
it was presumed that that institution would be com-
pelled to wind up its affairs.
Arrangements were in train in Philadelphia for pay-
ing the holders of Pennsylvania State stock the defi-
ciency in their dividends, arising from their payment
in the actual currency of the state.
At Philadelphia, on the 6th ultimo, stocks continued
to advance in price, with a degree of confidence and
good feeling quite foreign to the state of the market
during the month of January.
The New York Morning Herald. while remarking on
the progress of the great revulsion in monetary affairs,
says that in the State of New York, the vast reduction
of bank loans, equal to twenty million dollars in a year,
he caused a reduction in prices, rents, real estate, pro-
duce, and every thing. The City Bank of Buffalo was
shut up, and many more banks would follow. The
legislature at Albany was deliberating on the best
means of making bank money par over the State,
which would only aid the progress of events. In Pen-
sylvania they were in a worse condition. The banks
had all suspended; and " he who talked of honesty
and good faith in that state was stigmatised as a scoun-
drel." In Maryland, and throughout the south and
west, " the same financial conflict was going on—the
same effort to sustain extravagance and continue fraud
and speculation, by borrowing to-day to pay the debt
of yesterday." The Herald proceeds to say that " the
system of negotiating fresh loans to pay the interest of
past debts, can only end in utter and final explosion."
It predicts, as the result of the present system, " a
more decided civil revolution in half the states of the
Union than ever has been experienced in the bank-
rupt states of South America." The debt of the
United States to European capitalists alone is estimated
at about £25;000,000 sterling, most of which has been
dissipated in ruinous speculations.
The, House of Representatives at Harrisburg had
unanimously passed a resolution, authorising the pro-
per authorities to issue certificates of stock (bearing
an interest of five per cent.) for the interest falling due
upon the state loans. The resolution was expected to
meet with strong opposition in the Senate, but would
undoubtedly pass.

The President had transmitted to the House of Re-
presentatives a message relating to the imposts upon
the importation of articles composed of silk, cotton,
and wool.

The brig Atalanta had arrived at Philadelphia, from
'Tampico with 112,000 dollars in specie, mostly on
New York account.
The bills of the Chelsea Bank were redeemed in
Albany, at par, under the direction of the comptroller.
The Bank of Pennsylvania was to hold a meeting of
its shareholders on the 13th, to devise measures for its
safety. There was no doubt that the Pennsylvania
suspension would continue. At the south, beyond
the jurisdiction of the United States Bank, public
opinion was strongly in favour of resumption.
The news from Canada is very meagre. An Ame-
rican, named Livingston Palmer, had been arrested

6114 imprisoned at I'm7onto, -for distributing commis-
sions in the " patriot service." The Toronto - Patriot I
says, that a party..of four privates and a sergeant of
the United States army, from Fort Gratiot, crossed
over to Point Edward, in pursuit of a deserter. Find-
ing him in a fishing shanty they seized him, and were
about taking him back to the fort, when they were
arrested by the guard stationed at the Point, who took
them to Port Sarnia, whence they were sent off as
prisoners to head quarters. The officer commanding
at Fort Gratiot sent to demand them, but before his
messenger arrived, they were already on their march.
The expenses of trying and confining the Prescott.
prisoners amounted to 10,000 dollars. The House of
Assembly had appropriated f 40,000 to indemnify.those
who had suffered by the late outbreaks and invasions.

Letters from Vera Cruz to the 4th of January state,
that the Mexican government was determined to carry
the war into Texas. Bustamente was to head the
expedition. To pay expenses, a duty of fifteen per
cent. had been imposed upon all goods carried into the
interior.

By a late arrival at Norfolk, from Rio Janeiro, it
was understood that two French bomb vessels had
arrived, and that three thousand French troops were
hourly expected at the latter place. Information had
reached Rio from Buenos Ayres that General Lavalle
was pressing General Rosas in the rear.

By the transient ship Scotland, Captain Robinson,
which arrived here yesterday, we have received intel-
ligence from New York to the 15th ultimo inclusive.
We have been politely favoured by the consignees with
a file of the New York Morning Herald, to the above
date, from which we derive the following summary of
the news.

The Morning Herald of Feb. 10 gives the following
intelligence from the frontier of Maine :—"The British
have a large building .at Madawaska for the reception
of their soldiers, and. have a few men there to take
care of it. It is one link in their chain of communi.
cation. They have about 300 men at the lake. They
are determined to hold on to that part of the territory.
Every movement of theirs declares such a determi-
nation. They are building a strong fort on the St.
Lawrence, which is another link in the chain." Another
paragraph states that Col. Golddin had been ordered
to take the command of the British troops within the
disputed territory, and 250 additional soldiers had been
sent thither.

By the arrival of the United States brig Boxer from
Rio Janeiro, news had been received from that port to
the 12th of December. An arrival at that place from
St. Catherine's reported that Laguna had been taken
by the Government forces, commanded by Marsha
Andrea. The rebels, previous to retreating, assassi-
nated their prisoner, Lieut.-Colonel Tavares, by pluck-
ing out his eyes, and then ending his life by repeated
stabs. They also set fire to the schooner Itaparico, in
,which they had confined a number of prisoners, who
consequently perished. It is said that the rebels lost
200 men, among whom were the commanders. On
the part of the Government troopS only 53 were killed
or wounded.

News had been received from Mexico, confirmatory
of the fact that Metamoras had not been taken. On
the 18th of December, the federal army, amounting to
1,400 strong, encamped within two miles of Metamo-
ras. After ten days' stay before the city, they put off
for Mortterez, where there were only 400 Centralists.
A report bad reached the federal army, on the 18th of
December, that Santa Anna had declared for federalism,
and had raised 3,000 men.

Emigrants were pouring into Texas from all direc-
tions, and in very great numbers.
The Governor-General of Upper Canada, on the
subject of the estates of convicted traitors, is said to
have announced that the estates of such as had incurred
this penalty were now vested in her Majesty.
The Morning Herald of the 18th ultimo says that Sir
John Harvey's speech, on the opening of the New
Brunstvick Parliament, had been received. He says
that measures were in progress for a canal to connect
the Bay of Fundy and the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Some
of the frontier battalions of militia had received a cer-
tain degree of training, with a view to future contin-
gencies. He expresses a hope that the recent explora-
tion of certain parts of the _disputed territory would
enable her Majesty's Government to advance such
propositions to that of the United States, as the basis
of the settlement of the momentous question involved,
as must lead to its early, amicable, and final adjustment.
In the mean time, he hopes that sentiments of inodera-
tion and forbearance might prevail on either side.

The number of stores and houses to let at New
York is said to be truly astonishing. A great number
of merchants and tradesmen had given up business,
and an immense number of private families had given
up housekeeping, and had either removed to the coun-
try or taken up their residence in boarding-houses.

From the Morning Herald of Feb. 13, we learn tha
the number of persons who had perished througl
steam-boat accidents, during this year, in the whole o
the States, amounted to one hundred and fifty—an ap,
palling sacrifice of human life in so short a period.

The New Orleans correspondent of the Morning
Herald states that that city was in a state of excitement
on the 29th of January, in consequence of the failure
of several of the supposed wealthiest merchants, among
whom were Mr. James Irwin, Mr. W. M. Beale,
Messrs. Pope, Powers, and Co., Messrs. Taylor, Gar-
diner, and Co., and Messrs. E. and J, Andrews. Trade
is described as exceedingly dull, money being scarce,
and credit having gone.

The monetary and commercial intelligence brought
by the Scotland is highly important. On the Bth of
February, the stock market was dull, and prices re-
sumed their downward tendency. United States Bank
declined one per cent. There was a growing anxiety
for accounts from Liverpool. In the meantime there
was very little business doing, Specie to the amount
of 64,000 dollars had reached New Orleans. The
Governor-General had sent a message to the Legisla-
ture of Upper Canada, stating, that the act passed last
session, affixing a certain value to British gold and sil-
ver would not be allowed by her Majesty's Govern-
ment. It was stated that heavy orders for wheat and
flour had been received at the West from Canada, in
consequence of which the Bank of Upper Canada had
raised its rates on New York at ten days' sight to five
per cent. The low prices to which produce had fallen,
were beginning to exercise their natural effect, that of
drawing money into the country. A bill had passed
the Mississippi Senate making it felony to issue post
notes.

On the 10th ult. the stock market at New York was
dull,. and the change of prices trivial, with the exception
of the United States Bank, which had declined two per
cent.

On the 11th ult. there was but little done in stocks.
In sterling exchange there was but little business, but
the rates were advancing : there was, consequently,
no disposition to ship specie.

On the 12th ult. there was a little more buoyancy in
the stock market, and prices had generally improved.
The affairs of the Manhattan Bank continued to be the
subject of conversation. .

On the 13th ult. there was a better feeling in the
market. United States Bank Stock sold at 75f-t, being
an improvement on previous rates.

On the 14th ult. foreign and domestic exchanges re-
mained as before. The state of the markets had un-
dergone no material change. There were some trans-
actions in bills on England, at prices varying from 8
to 9 per cent. The barque Ana Eliza had brought
126,000 dollars in specie from Vera Cruz.

The aggressions of the Prench Papist Government,
in all parts of the world, aro becoming increasingly
impudent and intolerable. It was only the other day
that intelligence reached this country from the Sand-
wich Islands, stating that the French had coerced the
Government of those islands into submission to their
exorbitant demands, and insisted upon permission for
the introduction of Popish missionaries and the erection
of Popish chapels, contrary to the wishes of the popu-
lation. The last arrivals ftom Sydney put us in pos-
session of the particulars relating to a similar instance
of tyrannical interference on the part of the French.
It appears that L' Artemise, French frigate, was com-
pelled to make a call of necessity at the Island of
Tahiti, in order to repair damages occasioned by the
ship striking on a sunken reef of rocks, which had so
disabled her that it was with the greatest difficulty sh(
was kept from sinking, even after she had floated into
Papieti harbour, when about 200 of the natives were.

traployeriOtt dpumps, Mtec rocr)tved every-
agqigtance in thellower of Queen Pomare's Government
and her subjects, to repair the damaged vessel. :which.
occupied about two months, Captain La Place suddenly
changed his hitherto respectful conduct towards the
Queen, and authoritively, and not less insolently, de-
manded her Majesty instantly to repeal the law then in
force, which prohibited religious instruction according
to the doctrines of the Church of Rome, and to cause,
at once, a church to be built in the capital for worship
in that religion, and others wherever in the island there
might be a Protestant church. A non-compliance with
this requeSt, or rather demand, it was further stated. by
this French Captain, would cause her Majesty's palace,
together with the Protestant Church, to vanish like
smoke before the thunder of his nation's cannon, which
had been made to gape, for this particular occasion,
upon the comparatively defenceless city. To give force
to these threats he gave Queen Pomare to understand
that, unless his orders were obeyed, he would depose
her, and place the Tahitian crown upon the brow of a
Roman Catholic ! The Queen, of course, had no al-
ternative left but to comply with this outrageous
demand.

The employment of men of war for the propagation
of Popery is a somewhat novel and startling expedient.
It clearly proves that Popery is semper eadem : if fair
means and coaxing will not do, intimidation and per-
secution must he resorted to, as instruments of con-