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were being

ance, that of the second chil

four years old, which was immediately carried to.ti pagliu
house, where it received every attention and is recovering.
The infant child was also promptly got out, but life was
quite extinct. The prisoner was examined at the West-
minster Police-office ; her ansvA ers were very incoherent,
and a belief was exprcsEed that fhe was insane. She stated

that her hus
and ill-treat

monly neat, elean-'

been foundby the police

he habit of c

by then,

person. The Lusband has not

THE PUNISHMENT OF DEATH.—The first point is de-
cided at once by a reference to the Scriptures. In the
delivered by the Deity himself, the punishment of
ictly appointed for several orders of crime ;
, too, for offences which in later times are con-

death is di
and th

sidered as comparatively exempt from the hand of justice.
Thus idolatry, witchcraft, certain kinds of vice, and the
pretence to prophecy were declared to be worthy of death.
Even the disobedient child, when utterly incorrigible, was
thus cut off from the living. Those facts, however, are
SO will known that the opponents attempt to get rid of
them by saying that they belonged to Judaism alone, and
that we have no right to enforce the borrowed rules of a
rejected ritual. But this answer overlooks the essential
consideration, that the principle has been sanctioned by
the Deity. It may be easy to admit that rules fitted for
Judaism are not fitted for Christianity; but in neither
dispensation can man be authorized to suppose it possible
that the Almighty has ever commanded an act which is in
If death is an act wholly beyond

its own 'nature a cria

the right of man in all cases, its infliction in the Jewish
code would be a contradiction of the divine wisdom and
But the sacrifice of life by divine command is
by thousands of years, than the Mosaic code. It

.1 •
is as old as the code given to Noah, declaring that " Who-
so sheds man's blood, by man shall his blood ba shed."
It is true that this precept has teen idly misconceived by
the body of commentators as simply a prohibition of
murder. Its true purport was the prohibition of canni-
balism. The permission to eat animal food was then first
given to mankind ; but man was expressly guarded against
being the subject of an appetite which, however repulsive
to human feelings, has often been exhibited in the savage
state. It amounted to this—whoever kills man for food
shall rtnder himself liable to the penalty of death. Of

course the act implied murder.—Britannia
WELL EARNED REWARDS.—It is the intention of the

esteem in whic

pany to confer a signal mark ot ti
they hold the services of Lord H

for life 'l3-r

and Lord Gough, by a grant either of p(
of gross sums of money. Which of these two methods
will be adopted, it is not yet decided ; but on the prece-
dent of Warren Hastings, it will most probably be the
latter. That able man, than whom no Indian viceroy
before or since his time has more contributed to extend
and consolidate the British power in the cast, received a
specific grant of £60,000, instead of an annuity of £5,000,

s was originally prof

The same propos

templation for the
a pension of £2,000 has
-Chief. In reference

respect to the annuity, has been in c
-nt Governor-General ; and
irned for the Commander-i,

to the tatter, tne reward, tnougn less in amount, is per-
haps greater in degree, because it has not hitherto been
the custom of the company to confer pecuniary rewards
on the officers of the Queen's army. These are properly
left to the gracious consideration of the sovereign, whose
immediate servants they are. But in the instance of
Lord Gough, it has been remembered that he commands
in chief the Cornrany's forces as well as the Queen's ;
And tbis consi4e.ration.. Aomori-pa anahtlps. Aix: his dim-
tingulhhed services, has induced an exception in his favour..
‘‘i hen these munificent intentions of the Company shall
be carried into effect, and the pensicns of £5.000 a-year
which are to be proposed in the House of Commons on
Monday shall be ratified by the popular voice, the con-
quest of the_Panjaub will have earned for Sir Henry
1 £lO,OOO a year for life, and

inge a Vi

Sir Hugh Gough -X7,000 a year for' life, with a Ba-

THE GOVERNMENT

one of his
kirk borc

dEASURES

In the course of
to for the Fal-

sses last week, as cand
Lord Lincoln said, " '

We may differ in

-
our views upon general politics, but I think you will agree
with me in this, that after the failure of Lord John Rus-
sell, and after having seen the resolution with which the
present government came forward to push these measures,
I think you will agree with me, that if, by the result of
this election, or any other election, we should be again
compelled to retire from the helm of affairs, these great
measures will be materially retarded. Ido say, and I
assure you I feel it to be the case, that in your hands rests.
in a very material degree, the fate of these measures ; I
will not say their ultimate fate, because, as they are based
upon good principles, it will be impossible ultimately to
stop their progress. But it may retard them ; and you
ho have watched narrowly the proceedings in parliament,
know that a measure once retarded or delayed is greatly
prejudiced, and, when it does pass, may pass under very
disaivantageous circumstances from those originally pro-
posed. I should regret, for the sake of my country, the
defeat of these measures at the present moment. I assure
you the position of the ministry among their old friends is
not such as to render office very desirable for its own sake.
I should, for my own part, be glad to he relieved from
that position. But under much obloquy we have under-
taken these measures, and 1 do think we are bound to see
them carried out, whatever may be the result. In my own
person the government has met with a defeat at the hands
of the Protectionists. I believe the protection party in
these burghs is small ; but if I am again defeated by a
union of the protectionist party with a portion of the free-
trade party, I must, without exaggerating my own im-
portance, feel that it will be a heavy blow to the govern-
ment at this juncture, and might have the effect of retard-
ing these measures for a time."
A. cargo of cattle has just arrived in London from Prus-
si. ,a whence no importations of beasts bad previously taken
place.

Will sail on the 2d June next.
For HONG KONG and WHAMPOA,
fie 47 The well-known Ship JOHN O'GAUNT,
-liiiiiiri JOHN MACDONA4lN_Commander.
4.-_,..-=- ;ht or passar pg spacious accommoda-

)
' For freig___ I ng sp-
tion, apply to Messrs. Gat ONE and Co., or
J. J. STARKEY.

Trill be despatched in all this month, having a considerable
portion of her cargo engaged.
For HONG KONG and INHAMPOA,
The fine Liverpool-built Ship
VISCOUNT SANDON,
- A 1 at Lloyd's ; 540 tons per r • nd coppered;
sails remarkably fast; presents a t le conveyance for
goods, and has superior acc odations for passengers.—
For terms of freight or p ,e apply to Messrs. TAYLOR, POT-
TER, and Co., Merch s, or
W. N. MOORE and BROTHER, 4, India Buildings.