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prise, every package shipped in her paid freight at rates
ranging from 80s. to 100 s. per ton. I had less knowledge
then, and I said to myself, There must be some mistake
here. A splendid British ship, in a British port, cannot
get a quarter of a cargo of British manufactured goods,
though she offers to take them to the same port at one-
fifth of the rate of freight at which the old Spanish ship
was paid for a full cargo of similar goods.' I determined
to satisfy myself on this point, and found, my lord, 1 was
not under mistake. They were both destined for a
Spanish colony, and on reference to the tariff at the port
of 'Manilla I found that British and other foreign cotton
and silk manufactures paid an ad valorem duty of 15 per
cent. if imported in Spanish, and 25 per cent. if in British

-.,-twist, cutlery, ready-made
clothes, &c., paid 40 per cent. if in Spanish vessels, and
50 per cent. if in others.' As freight bears so small a
proportion to the actual value of the manufactured goods,

visions of this

nucni uiseuvereu 'wily Lne tilasgow merchants freely paid
100 s. per ton freight by the old Spanish ship, and would
not export by the magnificent British vessel at even 20s.
per ton. I likewise found that the port charges at Man-
illa were about a quarter of a dollar per register ton on all
foreign (i.e., British) ships, and that exports from thence
of nearly all descriptions by Spanish vessels pay only from

to 2 per cent. ad valorem, and by foreign .(i:e.,-Britishj
nearly double this duty. If this, my lord, is not a blow,
aimed by Spain, against the maritime superiority of Eng-
land, the object of such legislative enactments is beyond
my comprehension.

" It i; the same with their other colonies."
The same discouragement of British shipping
characterises the legislation of the Dutch Govern-

,rent, wit}

I regard to the trade with their eastern

uulutliCO. lttli liarni at oatavia, tor instance, enacts
" that goods imported in- English vessels shall pay
an ad valorem duty of 25 per cent., and under the
Netherlands flag of ln per cent."; similar advan-
tages are offered to induce.exports in Dutch bot-

We might possibly be able to see our way, with
tolerable clearness, to some modification of our
by which IVA mirth+. eyfand

—the only ones which possess colonies of any
value—the privilege of trading, upon equal terms,
with the colonies of Great Britain, the basis of
such modification being, of course, a perfect reci-
procity. But this is not at all what we are asked
to do. We are urged to throw open the carrying
trade of Great Britain to and from her colonial and
other markets, not only to countries which have
colonies whereby to reciprocate, but indiscriminately
to all the world ! What would be the result ?
What the loss and balancing advantage to Great
Britain ? The loss would be, most undoubtedly,
the transfer of our immense carrying trade front
British shipping to the cheaper built and more
cheaply manned shipping of foreign countries; the
loss of a trade which gives employment to upwards
of £50,000,000 of British capital, and supports
about 1,000,000 of our adult population, or, inclu-
ding their families, 5,000,000 of British subjects.
Finally, its result would be the alienation of our
vast colonial possessions, and the prostration, for
ever, of our maritime supremacy, which is the
nation's sheet anchor and strength. The paltry
gain would be, at first, an almost inappreciable
saving in the cost of articles of consumption, fol-
lowed, most certainly, by the establishment of a
stringent and exacting monopoly to be wielded
over us by the foreigner.
We do not deny that our Navigation Laws are
susceptible of improvement. Every institution is
liable to be affected by change of circumstances ;
and there is nothing that is permanently stale, or
unsusceptible of improvement. Elsewhere we have
directed attention to a proposed amelioration of
those laws which, if it can be carried out advan-
tageously, by the joint efforts of moderate men of
all parties acquainted with the requirements of the
country in this matter, will probably satisfy all but
the most obstinately ultra amongst our politicians
—all, except those who, in agitating for the entire
abrogation of our present system, seek to achieve
the ruin of their country.

WE have before referred to a very important
movement within the church, the first overt step
'-'^h took place in the diocese of Lichfield,
promises to be taken up throughout the
• This movement has far its object the
division of large parishes into more convenient dis-
tricts, and to confer upon the incumbents of the
new district chapelries and churches, erected or to
be erected, a more full enjoyment of the powers of
their sacred office, which are practically restricted
by the law, as it exists, still regarding their congre-
gations as owing allegiance to the parent church of
the parish in which they are placed. Our attention
has been again drawn to the subject by the pro-
ceedings of a meeting of the clergy and others,
which took place on Thursday last in Accrington,
in the parish of Blackburn, from the report of which
we shall endeavour to place before our readers the
nature of the grievances sought to be remedied,
many of which, however, will no doubt have come
beneath their own notice.

country,

Under the existing law several' anomalies exist,
which operate most seriously to obstruct the pro-
viding of increased church accommodation for the
people. We take, as an example of the working of
the law, the parish of Blackburn itself, in which the
meeting has just been held. This parish extends
over a large area; and, frnm being most of it barren
moorland, with only a few inhabitants, contains
now a very large and enterprising manufacturing.
population. During recent years, partly by sub-
scription, or under church-building acts, and in a
considerable measure through the exertions of Dr.
Whittaker, the vicar, the parish has been divided
into districts, and a church or chapel provided in
each. What, however, are the conditions under
which these new places of worship exist, and what
the powers of their incumbents ? In the first place,
although provided with a church and a minister of
their own, the inhabitants of these ecclesiastical
districts are bound to contribute, for twenty years
after their formation, to the maintenance of the
fabric or the Parish Church of Blackburn, whilst
there is nothing to render it compulsory upon them
to keep their own churches or chapels from falling
into dilapidation. The minister or ministers of each
district are, of course, empowered to perform the
offices of marriage, burial, baptism, christening,
and the churching of women. But what says the
incumbent of one of these district churches, the
Rev. J. Bielby, upon this head ?
" The population of his district of Feniscowles was at
least 5000, and what availed his having the privilege to
marry, when there had not been one marriage in his
church in 22 years ? The reason was, that it would cost
10s. 6d. instead of 4s. 6d. at the parish church ; there-
fore people went to be married at the parish church, to
avoid the double fees. (Hear.) He had a burial ground,
without the power of interring in it ; but if he had such
power, as the fees would be 10s. 6d. instead of 4s. 6d. at
the parish church, the latter would be invariably resorted
to. As to churching, at Feniscowles church the people
paid Bd. instead of 4d. ; therefore they went to the parish
church ; though which they would have preferred was
shown by their bringing their children to him to be
christened. Now, he was obliged to charge Bd. for
christening and registering, and the result was, that it
not only took away the churchings but the christenings,
too, and there had not been five christenings in his church

THE SHIPPING INT

'EREST AND THE GOLD

REGIONS

There is every prospect that shortly, the discovery of
gold in California, will exercise as important an influence
upon the employment of our shipping, as that which re-
sulted from the discovery of guano at Ichaboe ;—we trust
it will not be so fleeting. In the New York Courier and
Enquirer of the 10th instant, a fortnight later than the
last advices, we find no less than 56 vessels advertised to
sail from that port for the Gold Regions ;• and taking into
consideration the number advertised to sail from other
ports, and the number which have already sailed, together
with those which will find difficulty in getting back
again for want of hands to work them, we may assure
ourselves that a considerable amount of tonnage will be
abstracted, for awhile from the general commerce of the
world and competition with the British shipowner mate-
rially lessened.

STEALING FROM A SHOP.—At the Police-court, yes-
terday, a woman named Mary Ann Davies was sent for
trial, charged with stealing, on Saturday, from the shop
of Mr. Whittle, Whitechapel, an overcoat worth 15s.
She was observed, and given into custody.
COMMITMENTS YESTERDAY.—John Jones, for attempt-
ing to pick pockets in a sale-room in Lime-street, on
Saturday night, was committed for three months.—Jane
and Mary A. Dickenson, the latter a mere child, were
charged with picking a lady's pocket, on Saturday, in St.
John's Market, of Bs. 7d. The elder prisoner was com-
mitted for three months, and the child was put down.
Her mother, who appeared in court, Mr. Rushton, se-
verely rebuked and admonished, as he believed the child
must have been taught to commit crime.
OBTAINING MONEY ON A FORGED SHIP•
Yesterday, at the Police-court, a coloured man, named
Douglas Thessier, was charged with having obtained from
Ellen Williams, a lodging-house keeper, a sum of money
upon a s hip-note, purporting to be signed by a Captain
Thomas Taylor, who belongs to the ship Mary Irvine, on
the eve of sailing for Sierra Leone. He had in his pos-
session a second note, and in both of them he was named
as having shipped as steward. The prisoner was com-
mitted for trial.

last yea

This state of things, we know, has long been felt
as a grievance by the laity as well as a portion of
the clergy; and in some large parishes, from the
wholesale manner in which the beautiful and affect-
ing offices of our church have been compelled to be
performed in our parish churches, their impressive-
ness has totally failed. Besides, putting this cir-
cumstance aside, there are few who would not
prefer to have these sacred offices performed for
them in their own church, and by their own mini-
ster, in the presence of sympathising friends and
neighbours, rather than have them fall coldly upon
the ear from the lips of a stranger and in a strange
church.
The definite object of the movement, and the plan
proposed for carrying it out, may be gathered from
the following extract from the memorial of the
Accrington clergy to the Archbishop of York :
" That your memorialists have long and most patiently
tried the working of the present system under which dis-
tricts are placed with relation to the parent churches, and
have found, as far as their experience extends, that the
said system works, in many respects, most injuriously.for
the spiritual interests of their churches, and for the full
development of their parochial ministrations. That your
memorialists feel most fully persuaded, that a legislative
measure completely separating all districts of every kind
into distinct parishes, as regards church rates, surplice
fees, and the appointment of officers, and all other eccle-
siastical and parochial purposes, would much conduce to
the strengthening the hands of the incumbents, to the
general interests of the church, and of binding more
firmly to her communion the affections of the laity."
The main objection urged against the proposed
reform is on the score of its interference with vested
rights; and the Archbishop of York himself, in his
reply to a letter addressed to him on the subject,
appears to regard this as the only difficulty in the
way. He says, under date January 11th,—
" 1 beg to say that I am not very much surprised at
the movement on this subject, which you seem to think
has the almost universal approbation of both clergy and
laity. I shall be glad if the wishes of the memorialists
can be carried out, with due regard to the interests of
others."
This is at least encouraging to the memorialists,

A MAN FOUND IN A CRlMNiY.—Yesterday a young
man, whose name was not stated, was charged on suspi-
cion of stealing from a public-house in Scotland.place.
The landlord heard a noise that induced him to supposo
some one was on the roof of the house, and search being
made, the prisoner was found concealed a good way down
a chimney. He said he had been pursued out of the next
premises by a man with a knife, and that he had gone into
the chimney to save his life. A window of the next house
led on the rof of both houses. The prisoner was re-
manded for inquiry.

POLICE OFFICERS.--A fine-looking youngwoman, well-
attired, complained to Mr. Rushton, in the Police-court,
yesterday, that bills describing a quantity of property which
had been stolen from her, had not, as she had ascertained,
been properly distributed amongst the pawnbrokers, so
that she had heard nothing of the goods. Mr. Superin-
tendent Clough was called, and he admitted that great
complaints of this kind had reached him. Mr. Rushton
said it was a most serious matter, and the bills in ques-
tion must be reprinted and delivered at the sole expense
of the police. He ordered a strict inquiry to be made
into the subject.

THE PHILHARMONIC CONCERT HALL.—Some foolish
reports have been industriously circulated about the con-
struction of this building, and we understand that
in consequence several eminent architects from the
metropolis have minutely inspected the erection, and their
report, received yesterday, is, we understand, highly sa-
tisfactory in every respect. The gentlemen who have so
reported are Mr. Cockerell, Mr. Tite, and Mr. Smirke,
three gentlemen at the head of their professsion, and we
are sure it must be highly gratifying to Mr. Cunningham.
the architect of the building, to find his labours so highly
approved of by three such eminent members of the pro-
fession.

THE RIVINGTON SCHEME.—We perceive that the fol-
lowing requisition to the Mayor is now in course of
signature :—" We, the undersigned ratepayers and other
inhabitants of the borough of Liverpool, having learned
that the Town-clerk has staled, in his place in the
Council, that he, as Town-clerk, was informed that a
professional gentleman has been instructed to take pro-
ceedings against the Council,—which proceedings, we
understand, to be for the purpose of compelling the Cor-
poration immediately to carry out the Rivington Pike
scheme, notwithstanding the late decision of the Council
directing the suspension of the works, until reports from
certain committees are received,—respectfully request
your worship to call a public meeting of the ratepayers
and inhabitants gen erally, that they may have au oppor-
tunity of expressing their opinions on this important
subject."

inasmuch as his grace obviously sees the anomalous
and disadvantageous position in which they are
placed. The difficulty at which he points they pro-
pose to surmount by the following clause, enabling
the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to make compen-
sation to the incumbents of original parish churches,
we presume out of the funds at their disposal under
the Act of Parliament constituting them a hoard,
for any loss of income which they may suffer by the
change :

" And it shall be lawful for her Majesty's said com-
missioners, at any time, and from time to time, to assign
to the incumbent of any original parish or place, whose
fees, dues, or other emoluments shall be diminished by,

under le pre-
--, and, it fit b the
Authority, to his successorsif also,be
sucdheemed an annual sumlike as
shall, upon due inquiry, appear to be just and reasonable
compensation for such diminution. Provided always, that
the said commissioners may ascertain the average amount
in any new parish of all fees, dues, offerings, and obla-
tions, whether voluntary or otherwise, for the three years
nrsanc,lin _

urstuunsuing sucn new parish; and may for
that summon and examine upon oath the incumbent, or
any other person or persons, and require the production
of, and examine any books or papers necessary for that
purpose."

Another objection, which might be urged, is that
the promoters of this measure were seeking to
deprive incumbents of the mother churches of
their spiritual jurisdiction. The principle, however,
that district churches should be thus presented
with full spiritual authority, has been already ac-
knowledged by several Acts of Parliament; for
example, in the Act of 9th and 10th Victoria are
clauses which declare such districts perpetual cura-
cies and beneficies, giving perpetual succession,
and that these perpetual curates shall have within
their districts sole and exclusive cure of souls, and
shall not be subject to the control of the rector or
vicar of the parish from which they are taken. It
might be urged also that the proposed measure
would interfere with some descriptions of patronage
held by the original parish church. This objection
is met by the following clause in the proposed
act :

" Provided always, and be it further enacted, that, until
parliament shall otherwise determine, nothing contained
in this act shall be construed to affect any of the provisions
of the above-recited acts of parliament, or to alter any
rights, privileges, or liabilities whatsoever, ecclesiastical
or civil, of any person or persons, or body corporate, or
of any parish or extra-parochial place, except as is herein
expressly provided."_

`then we consider that a similar state of things
to that described, as existing in the parish of
Blackburn, is to be found in some hundreds of
parishes throughout the country, we may expect
confidently that the course taken by the incumbents
of that district will be extensively followed by the
clergy of other districts; and that a strong appeal
will be made to the legislature to carry out the
objects of the movement. Of course we cannot
express an opinion as to the prudence or the wisdom
of all the details of the measure. Its general direc-
tion, however, appears to be a proper one; and we
are glad to see such a proposed reform of our Eccle-
siastical Institutions, and extension of its useful-
ness emanating from the bosom of the church itself.
There is undoubted room for its application, and
most valid reasons for such application being
insisted upon, especially as laying the foundation
for a much more extensive reform. It is notorious
that a large portion of the obloquy which is unspar-
ingly heaped upon the Church by Dissenters, and
even by some within her own paler is occasioned
by the glaring inequality with which her tempo-
ralities are distributed, and the disproportion which
exists in many parts of the kingdom between the
incomes of her parochial clergy and the spiritual
services performed by them. We see livings scat-
tered up and down the kingdom, originally worth
only £lOO to £2OO per annum, which, from acci-
dental circumstances, such as the springing up in
parishes of mining or manufacturing operations, are
increased tenfold in value, whilst the burthen of the
duty of providing religious instruction for the mass
of the population is performed by a devoted work-
ing clergy, in churches scantily provided by volun-
tary efforts or private munificence, whose income is
dependent upon the letting of pews, and whose
valuable exertions are liable to be attributed to the
most mercenary of motives, and to the necessity of
courting popularity in order to be enabled to live.
Both these sources of scandal to the Church we
should be glad to see removed; and towards such
a consummation the present movement for a release
of the incumbents of our new district churches and
chapelries from their humiliating position as com-
pared with the incumbents of the parent churches
of the parishes in which they are placed.
There is, however, a duty incumbent upon the
laity with respect to this matter, in justice to the
clergy from whom the movement emanates. It will
no doubt be said, by ill-natured opponents, that the
district incumbents are seeking their own private
advancement. The voice of the laity powerfully
raised, calling upon the legislature to place these
men in a position which is in keeping with the
spirit of our Church system, can alone rebut these
cruel insinuations ; and we trust that it will be
raised

WHAT DOES SIR CHARLES WOOD INTEND

TO DO ?

In nine cases out of ten, where injurious innovations
have been made upon the laws and institutions of this
country, the blow has been invited, or at all events ren-
dered more sweeping, by an obstinate refusal of the par-
ties, against whose interests it was levelled, to submit to
such modified changes as would have removed the objec-
tions of moderate and impartial men. Such, it ap-
pears to us, is the present position of the question
involved in our present Navigation Laws. The ship-
ping interest, as a body, hare resolutely set their
faces against all change, although it is admitted by many,
deeply concerned in the prosperity of our mercantile
marine, that some modifications may be effected which
will be advantageous to them rather than otherwise. By
such refusal to entertain the idea of change at all, they
bring upon ourselves too most material evils, viz.,—first,
they leave admitted blemishes in our present system to
serve as pegs whereon to bang charges against the whole
system ; and next, they permit the task of repairing and
strengthening that system to be seized upon by men
pledged to its destruction.

We are glad to observe a movement made by our able
townsman, Mr. Henry Cleaver Chapman, himself largely
interested in shipping, which, if followed up energetically
by the body at large, in a proper spirit, may have the
effect of arresting the hands, at present stretched out for
the destruction of this important—nay vital—interest.
Mr. Chapman considers wisely that judicious reforms,
voluntarily originated from within, are safer than sweeping
changes dictated from without. He has, therefore, drawn
up a proposed " Amended act for the encouragement of
British Shipping and Navigation, and the removal of in-
jurious- restrictions on general commerce, originally im-
posed chiefly to secure the exclusive trading privileges
granted to the East India Company, which is now
extinct." Such, at least, is the proposed title of
the act ; but from the preamble we find that his object
has been at the same time to consolidate and render
more intelligible existing acts passed at divers times,
and also to introduce a few alterations in the nature of
concessions. The most important of these is contained
in the second clause, by which the present difficulty of
naturalising goods is summarily got rid of, and a heavy
source of complaint against the present law removed.
The following is the clause in question :
H.—And be it enacted, that goods may be imported into the
United Kingdom, to be used therein, not only in British ships,
but also in ships of any such Foreign country of which the
goods are the produce, or in ships of any such Foreign country
from which the goods are last imported : provided always
similar privileges are reciprocally granted by any such other
country, otherwise any such goods solely in British ships.
We understand that this clause, and others in the act of
a less important nature (to which we have not at present
leisure to refer), have been received with great favour by
some of our leading shipowners, of all classes of politics ;

and we trust that the bill throughout will be calmly con-
sidered, and resolutely endeavoured to be carried out. I

charged, a small quantity of waste and damaged cotton,
mostly soiled, was left amongst the ballast, and Captain
Colley, of the ship agreed, as he considered it of little or

no valite, to give it to Coggins for clearing out the ship,
and levelling the ballast. The captain admitted that he
bad given a note to the prisoner to take it • but the two
bags found were not waste, but good and clean. He had
not, in fee:, given the order for the waste cotton until
after the three prisoners were apprehended, when he was
called upon by Coggins's wife, who, by a pitiful story,
imposed upon his good nature, he thinking the cotton
found was the waste alluded to.

AN URGENT CASE.—It will be seen by our advertising
columns that a collection is to be made at St. James's
Church, Toxteth-park, on Sunday next, in order to enable
the clergy of that populous district to relieve the distress
which at this time presses with peculiar hardship on the
labouring classes. The district of Lower Harrington is
populated by a dense mass of poverty and misery, contain..

inn several thousands of the industrious poor, as well as a
great amount of squalid wretchedness, arising from impro-
vidence and vice. One feature of misfortune which very
frequently presents itself is, however, so striking, and
calls so strongly for sympathy and relief, that we feel
called upon to notice it, viz., the numbers of sailors'
wives left without any provision (or a very scanty one) or

-
tion, and fall into the saddest degradation. We hope all
our readers will ask themselves the very important and
pertinent question, " Upou whom devolves the duty of
strengthening the hands, of cheering the hearts, and of
swelling the means whereby the ill-paid and over worked
clergy are to meet the heavy demand upon them ?"
There surely can be no claim upon the pittance of an in-
cumbent with the stipend of £7O, and a population of
20,000—for such we are sorry to say is the condition of
St. James's—nor should it be left to the younger or
smaller merchants, professional men, and shopkeepers,
whose limited means and arduous avocations do not ena-
ble them to live in parks, and castles, and halls, and
villas in the suburbs of our renowned commercial metro-
polis. Where, then, is the legitimate claim ? Whilst
those whose humbler circumstances compel them to re-
main in the close and crowded town are not exempt, in-
disputably the strongest claim rests with our rich and
wealthy merchants, who, we are proud to see keeping
their splendid equipages, and living in such state as their
ample means, the fruit (under od's blessing) of their
own arduous and enterprising industry, will allow—and
on them we hesitate not now to cast the largest share of
the burden. We cannot think our merchant princes and
their families, as they roll through our great thorough-
fares, to be indifferent to the vast amount of misery and
wretchedness which teem so plentifully in our crowded
courts and alleys • and that it only requires to have their
attention directed the subject, and the proper channel
for the administration of their bounty pointed out to them.
Probably at no former period have so many able-bodied
labourers been thrown out of work, and continued so long
unemployed. Let it not be supposed by the subscribers
to the District Provident, and other charitable societies,
that all is done which should be done to meet the exi-
gencies of the poor. The clergy, in their pastoral visita-
tions, find innumerable cases of suffering and poverty,
which would otherwise never be heard of. We hope,
therefore, that this appeal will be met in the spirit it
should be ; and that the wealthy who live out of the town,
but who derive their treasures from the toil of these
labourers, will remit their mite to one of the ministers o
St. James's as early as may be,

The following portion of a leading article in the Times
of yesterday will furnish some, though we fancy little,
comfort to our financial reformers. Whilst it is better
than we expected, it falls very short of what our reforming
friends anticipate. The allusion "to the considerable
income" from the despised duties on corn deserves
notice :

"We believe we may congratulate the more moderate and
patient economists on the prospect of an early and considerable
step in the right direction. After years of ascending expense
and descending revenue, a return to the equilibrium, besides
being a positive improvement, is an earnest of better things to
come. From what we can hear the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer will be in a condition to announce early in the session a
reduction in the army and navy estimates, sufficient to bring
them safe within the probable revenue of tbe year. The twelve
month just ended has produced a .:onsiderable income on corn,
the last in this country that will ever be levied from the staff of
life; but, on the other hand, it has not been a good year for
malt. Taking therefore into account the evident and substan-
tial improvement in trade, we may fairly expect that the reve-
nue, now for half a year on the ascendant, will soon regain the
level of 1846. Unless some unforeseen danger or calamity
should derange the calculation, we expect that with the revenue
of 1846 we shall soon combine the estimates of an earlier year,
yet without injury to any of our civil establishments, or mea-
sures for internal improvement. Should such a budget be an-
nounced, the common sense and gratitude of the nation would
be exhibited by a hearty and unanimous support, and we have
no doubt will be so exhibited.

"A mere balance of incomings and outgoings will, of course,
be thought a flat affair by the financial millenarians, whose
first step is a reduction of .10,000,000. But with all our
admiration of the prophet who has promised this miracle, we
must still regard economy as a grand process."

H. C. CHAPMAN'S PROPOSED AMEND-
MENT OP THE NAVIGATION LAWS.

Jan. 23, 1S

AMERICA ALLURING CILNADA.

In our columns this day will be found a sll3' 9
be the news received yesterday from America by t,v
steamer Europa, the most important feature 01
~f
viz. that relating to the gold discoveries in Califoralo
have given at some length ; and need only state
that we find the previous accounts received of the rt
lity of that region to have been rather under than";
stated. The following article, which we quote from,:
New York Herald for Europe. confirmed as it :t'
authentic intelligence from the seat of governsi;
ot
Washington, is most important, as bearing up
e 0
future connexion with our colonies in North -00
the value of which we shall probably only discover...,
it is too late to retrace our suicidal policy towards tiL"»
" The project of throwing open the ports of the United;io
to articles which are of the produce or growth of the Ca.jt
provinces, on condition that the provincial parliaraef
reciprocate, and admit similar articles of the growth aal4
duction of the United States, seems to meet with much
in that portion of her Majesty's dominions. e " It will be remembered, that at the last session of rnv
a bill of this kind- passed the House of Representatio7of
the time when it was acted upon was too late in the ses'er?
admit of its being taken up by the Senate. There
probability, however, that the Senate will dispose of I.', eir
short time: In anticipation of its becoming a law at
day, a bill of a similar nature has been introduced In
ii
Canadian Legislature; and it has probably been a wo `oo'
rivalry with the Canadians to meet the United States li;t!'
with the proposition extended to them, and to manad•
business so that the two bills might be passed simultau—
orps near it as possible.

o'l " The passage of this measure is we think, almost 0
, .at,
and we augur the best results from the proposed intercane
commodities to both countries. Hitherto there has atdo
any link or bond of union between those provinces
Unit& States—nothing that had a tendency to fcn.°lorP
friendship or regard between them. Along the frontier,,,,eli
any thing except forts and bristling bayonets meet the ci,js
the people of each country ; but a small trade is ea e
between them. Soon, however, the case will be differe
_cist4
with this difference will spring up a sentiusent of friel,slo'
that will be productive of the happiest results. It Is a iftle,
fact that the people of Canada, as a people, know. „„4.1,
nothing of the people or institutions of the United Sta;`o4"
prejudices which the government and press of Englana „ -!:
in England and in Europe, towards the United States, ee
,b
reached Canada, and flourish in full and rank luxuriariee,„,e,
although in this respect there has been much improv`tier,
within a few years. Light has gradually broken in uPo?„..ile
and error and prejudice have, in a measure, been disiu
But let thesebills become laws, let an unrestricted intern alb
of commodities be established on as great a scale as Plje
and in a comparatively short time the two countries ot,
like brothers. The Canadians will have an outlet for ty,
productions, and our canals and railroads will receive t}
toils. Other advantages will accrue to. both parties 0V
proposed measure. We have no doubt that in a fey! Yeade
Majesty's provinces of Canada will be urgently soliciting
sion into our union."

THE ANCIENT BRITISH CHURCH

We publish in another column a letter, entitled 0
40
marks on the Rev. D. James's speech," signed "
chester Incumbent." We shall not attempt, ourst
to reply, seriatim, to the arguments of our Rev.
spondent, but we cannot omit expressing our opinion
he has totally failed in controverting the position r,sil,
up by Mr. James, which was, that the Pope never llgo,
fully possessed supremacy over the Christian world,
07
that an apostolical and independent Christian C,u
existed in Great Britain, long previously to the supra°
of the head of the Romish church being asserted.
Tne indirect references which our correspondent ni;;,l
to the real points at issue strike us as singularly sc..aye;
For instance, he says, " suppose the fact substant',',o
of the existence of an ancient British church, it ir:iy•
still remain to prove that such church was purer in s
trine than the Rome of those times." We cannot fie
far as Mr.-James's argument is concerned, that atlqe
of the kind would be required to be proved. Neither,"
history tell us that, before the times of Luther or Ile
VIII, the only visible system for centuries had beeoto,
Roman Catholic," still less that such visible systern
anything of "purity of doctrine" in its composition•
fez,
shall not proceed, how-ever, to comment upon our C°.
pondent's letter, but leave it to be dealt with, in all Pr°,
bility, by the gentleman to whose remarks it prefeise,4.
be a reply, assuring " Marichester Incumbent' iPtio
provided he chooses really to grapple with the real quelri.
at issue between himself and Mr. James, he shall im"
perfect fair play in our columns.

„ 4.310.
LITERARY HONOUR.—W. M. Fisher, Esq., tue • or.
ted Principal of Great George Street Academy, i",se
town, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Astr'.er
mical Society. This favourite gentleman stands de.,V
vedly high in the public estimation, as a thorough ling
accurate mathematician, and critical scholar in the veil,
departments of science and general literature. bei
often delighted large and highly respectable audit°r
00
The appeal of the Charitable Society for relief, deserves
with his splendid lectures, delivered in behalf of vans'
to be liberally responded to. The Society has been in
operation twenty-six years, and has at present twenty-
religious and charitable institutions, and his professi°
.d
nine gratuitous visiters. During the last year, relief was success must have exceeded his highest expectations QUICK DESPATCH.--MERITORIOUS CONDUCT.
i:0
,
afforded to 4,400 cases, comprising 16,889 individuals who
Sunday week, the barque Dicky Sam, for Lima, _AI
were visited at their own dwellings by the society's gra- a
general cargo of 500 tons, consisting of bale gn,y,
tuitaus agents.
i
THE WATER QUESTION.—TESTIMONIAL. —A pre-
hardware, &c., was stranded near the Crosby Light-5,
liminary meeting was held yesterday evening, at the 1!
Her cargo was all discharged and carted to Liverpool, ig,
Concert-hall Committee-room, Lord Nelson-street, to Country carts and labourers from the neighbourhooatiog!
ol
take into consideration the propriety of presenting some thirty-five hours, when the ship was all ready for getoff. The whole was accomplished through the daring,,lN
testimonial to Mr. James M'Donald, for his strenuous .
exertions on behalf of the public in the late water in- unceasing personal exertions of Lieut. Kellock, inot
Receiver of Droits of Admiralty and acting anent o•
quiry. Mr. Brown occupied the chair, and, in a short
address, fully expressed his views and approval of • the Lloyds. A gentleman who at present lives at Vira,te,` fa'
has described to us Lieut. Kellock's services, whi,c""sle
procedure. Several resolutions were passed (all unani-
says were rendered in the most efficient manner v°--i ip,'
mously) to aid the object. A committee was appointed i and deserve from the underwriters soms-subst,mtial coredand further arrangements in aid of the desired subject . of their approval. The gallant gentleman not onlynLzi.J
were entered into. br
sti
Godfrey, a seaman, who, on Friday, fell into the hold of
every danger himself, but by his advice and ani, j 0
INQUESTS YESTERDAY.—On view of the body of John I
number) to persevere in their arduous work until the example encouraged the men he employed (about finl,oll
sc; ti
the Arabella, lying in the Albert Dock, and sustained' a
was performed in the above short period. The captain
fracture of the skull. He died in three hours.—On view
the unfortunate ship was we learn brought from the
ty
of the body of a sailor, named James Flood, who fell
eel in a very dangerous condition, from exposure to
overboard from the ship Monmouth, lying in the Bruns-
wind and wet, but the medical assistance reno'd
wick Dock, on Friday.—On view of the body of Mary
rie2.o
Masterson, wife of John Masterson, custom's weigher, by Dr. Grindrod had the effect after some little tii
r”.
who resided in Gilbert-street. On Friday morning, at restoring him to consciousness, and we are glad to I
he is now doing well.
,rt,'i
half-past five o'clock, she was found dead in bed. An
GUTTING A HOUSE.—Yesterday, at the police-co,
examination of the body took place, and it appeared that
young man, named Shuttleworth, was charged with ,4,
death was caused by disease of the heart. w
THE SOIREE AT THE TOWN HALL.—We understand ing abstracted from a house a quantity of furniture, 9
fir
that, so far as the present arrangements are made, great part of which was the property of the mate of a °ade, the j
evening of the 6th February is likely to be a most delight- named Ross, who appeared as the complainant. It
peared•th?
H. Higgins has kindly consented to give a condensed
ful one. We believe that upwards of a thousand invita- Maria Shut complainant had, some years ago, mayo,
tions have been accepted, and it is said that the Rev. H. Shuttleworth, sister of the prisoner, who had 5°
of the furniture, her own property, at the time. On °°
plainant returning from sea last week he went to
Itilt
account, accompanied with dissolving views, of his recent
house. His wife had died some months ago. 11°,,,,J
visit to Palestine, &c. And we believe that during the the house for about three hours, and on his return fo'isf
evening a number of glees, duetts, &c., will be sung by it entirely denuded of almost every article, including 0,10
first-rate vocalists. Colonel Garrett has kindly granted
things which he had bought since his marriage. ,',,e,
the use of the band of the 46th Regiment for the interest- the prisoner, an apprentice to a shipbuilder, had 00", D
ing occasion. Every endeavour will be made to combine
otil
the utile cum duke, and the goods were found in the possession of a allu'
e, and a most intellectual treat is anti-
with whom he had gone to lodge, and who was in oust
cj.
cipated. The arrangements at the request of his Wor-
for feloniously receiving, but she was admitted to
ship have been placed in the hands of a committee.
CHARGE OF STEALING COTTON.—At the Police-court A letter was read from the landlord of the house, sho
yesterday, three men, John Worthington, Timothy w'?
that the complainant had all along supported the hod',
Donovan, and James Coggins, were placed before Mr.
and the prisoner, who had not the means of contribnt„,/
Rushton, on a charge of having stolen two bags of cotton, thereto. Amongst the articles taken were the maritiry
ty
from on board the ship Clarissa Ann, lying in the Prince's testimonials of the complainant. Mr. Rushton said
p"' 00
Dock. The bags were seen in a donkey cart, and were case was a serious one against the prisoner, to who
complainant 024
thence thrown down opposite a marine-store dealer's, in had been a good friend ; and that he
either have been very badly advised, or was very win
Paisley-street. From information obtained from the
carter, when he was questioned as to where he got the Prisoner until to-morrow.m, He could not allow such doings, and should remand
the prisoners were apprehended. The prisoner Coggins
is a stevedore, and had been engaged to discharge the
ship of a cargo of cotton, which she had brought from
Mobile, and which was consigned to Mr. William Moon,
Water-street. It appeared that after the vessel was dis-

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
MONDAY, JANUARY 22.—Wind N.W., fresh. Aviti
ARRlVED.—Blorenge, Banks; Blnnd, Hosken ; Ma"isP
M`Dowell, and Hydaspes, Grebow, from Calcutta—Bah:o4e
Hawkins, from Canton—Elsinore, Riley, from New Y°_,`.,
Mary, Moss, from Boston—Jowinca, Davidson, from Alc"
dria, E.—Tractura, Jarvis, from Seville. •

Europa, (steamer,) Lott. from N.
10th, and from Halifax 13th instant
Prince of Orange, for Bor
mainyard.
America, (steamer,) Leitch, hence at Halifax 10th Jan.
Susan, hence at Vera Cruz.
Bellhaven, and Aimwell, off St. Helena.
Iron Queen, Robertson, and Kate Hunter, hence at -

bay, has put back, with log'

IdelpTia; -
Ohio, Clark, and Henry Clay, Howland, hence at NE
Hermann, (steamer,) from Southampton, at New Y(

Wasliingston, (steamer,)- from ditto at ditto Bth Jan. ep
Enterprise, Rosewell, and Howard, Brown, hence at Bli

1/0
Thornhill, Ellis
Auld; Berlin, ..,"'",fe
;ity of Lincoln, 1.'0)
!or, Redman, an f°'"

Lascard, Smith; Caledonia, Mills,
cete, Hunter; Haidee, Smile; Herald
Syria, Thorns; Magnificent, Burrell 7
Eliza Caroline, Bell ; General Tay'
shire, "Wakefield, hence at New Orleans.
Loodianah, Dullimore; Lady Milton, Hayes;
Hare; Wakefield, Forbes; Jane, Crowell, and Dul
field, hence at Mobile.
Leonard Dobbin, hence at Charleston.
Lotus, Pollock, hence at Baltimore.

.....
Pasha, Kay, hence at Alexandria
William Wallis, sailed from Alex

hallenge 6tl

KEY WEST, 21st Dec.-I.lle l'hilanthrophe, from Nei '
leans to France, hits gone to pieces on the Colorado Reef. Ea

...tic (~.-15u win oe saved in a damaged stat
laide, from Honduras to Cork, with a carg,_
wrecked on the same reef.
NEW YORK, lOth Jan.—The Sarah, of and from Gl4
N.S. to the Clyde, was wrecked near Cape Breton isth
Crew saved.

The LadY'
'0 of mahoganY,

fru" VERA CRUZ, 18th Dec. The American barque AlthorP,
Hambro' to Vera Cruz, with a valuable carc.o was lost 0
Alacranes Ist Dec. b

TIDE TABLE.
04')
MORN. lEVENG.I HGHT. 1 HOLY DAYS,

Jan.! h. m. h. m. ft. in.
23; 10 45 11 2 15 3
24' 11 20 11 37 16 2
25 11 54 --- 17 2
26 012 03G 17 6
27 048 1 6 17 10
28 124 144 17 6 4th Sund. aft. 011
99 9 96 17 'tl )

Tuesday...
Wednesday

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Friday .

Saturday
Sunday .

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