The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-05-26 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

THE FOREIGN All) :SOCIETY

The annual meeting of this society was held on Tues-
day, and there was a full attendance on the occasion.

The Marquis of Chohnoodelry, who presided, said that
they were met to celebrate the sixth anniversary of the

society. which was formed to 9.sist in the spread of the
doctrines of the Reformation in foreign ccuntries. The
contents of the report-, which he had read, had given him

leepest *.atisfaeth,n, and would to the friends and

ihers of the s

e %cis sure, a source of

marquis concluded by calling on the secretary to read the

report

The report commenced by congratulating the meeting
the growing success of the c.nse of truth on the Con-

fluent, but mere Larticularly in France. It then reviewed
the communica.ions between the s,,cirty and the following
societies abroad :—The Societe Evangelique of Geneva,
to the funds of which the society has added last year

£620. The Socie d Evangelique de France, to the funds
of which the society 11,1 s bent £l,OOO. The Societe Evan-
alique of Bordeaux and Lille, to which the society has
contributed £155. The society also corresponded with
M. Mat,n, in Belgium ; Dr. Gomez. in Portugal • and
with several pastors in Germany. The income Of the
socie- y amounted to £2,408.

Mr. Colquhoun moved the first resolution, which was
th•tt the repot tbe adopted and printed. Referring to the
progress of Protestant dkic,rines in France, he said that
the people of that coon. ry wanted something more than
the mere ceremonials of the Roman church, if they were
asking for something on which to rest their hearts--
something more than gorgeous vestments, storied glass,
or gothic aisles. These would not satisfy the inquiring
mind, a..;toatt-d by an earnest des're for something to sa-
tisfy the affections, to wove the inner monitor, and guide
his &dings and cooduct—to direct the poor doubtful err-
ing creature of a day to some convictions which might
lead to some truths which might satisfy and console him
ir, the hour when nature failed, and whcn taste and fancy
could no lonaer please. (Cheers.) As he meditated on
these thin4s his mind was carried from them to some
waiters referred to in the repot. which bad just been
read. He heard in the north of France. where one of the
societies, in connexion with theirs, lab,,ured, some exam--
ple:, which were very simple and striking, of what was
now pas,ing there, and lie gave to the meeting an instance
as an illustration. In almost all parts of France there
existed an earnest desire for pastors, and the knowledge
of C ' truth, and b- F •land

.rospe. ..te said, let Eng, -, ...ten, contri-
bute of her wealth to uuhold the existing Protestant con-
gregations, to proclaim the Divine truth, to make known
in that immense country those rest religious principles
which she would best consult her own interest in extend-
ing, and which would Irwin the very firmest bond of union
between the two countries. He could not but look on
the various eitots making in the present day to bring
together two countries, which, like France and England,
ought to be united, as pursued by any means more effec-
tive and s4tisfactory than those which the society pre-
sented. Let us, tile., he said, from the abundance of
truth with which we were favoured—let us, from the
abundance of wealth with which England was blessed,
contribute to the necessities and demands of the sister
countries around us, and instead of ra'snz the hostile
standard of England once more on the fields of Cressy
and Poictiers, let it be our gl.trious task in amity with
our Mends on the other side of the water, where no jea-
lousy wou'd trouble, no harsh suspicions enter, no feel-
ings of French or English glory arise, to trouble our happy
concord—let us raise that standard equ-lly tor both coun-
tries, round which all might gather, whatever might be

:o at ream

lile and liberty and truth—the glorious standard of the
living God. (Cheers•.)

l'roftss r Dr La Harpe, from the Societe Evsngelique
of Geneva,coded the motion, and in doing so entered
ii•to a variety of explanvions as to the position and pros-
pect* of that society. Fronk it* smallness Geneva had no
rivalry to stnoain ; tint if we compAred what Geneva had
been enabled to do tairh its

h"sieal magnitude. we should
be constrained to say that something had marked it out
for action and influence in the world. He trusted that
the society there which he reprtsented would yet rise to
an importance and rowcr which its resent position could
not lead them to anticipate.
The Ccu• t St George so

pported the motion at some
1 gth. detailing the result 4.f his experience as to the
spread of Piolestant doctrines in France.
The motion was then put and carried, and the meting
broke up, after having been adcl.e4sed by M. Audehez,
from the :_:ocie a Etame inue of Paris. Le Pasteur Cail-

hate. from tib..t of Lille ; M. PAnehami, from Brussels
:he Earl f and ihe Rev. 13. Noel.

GEN ERA!, M ISCELLANY.

A monument is about to he trec'ed in Kensall-green
Cemetery TO the memory of the late Sir W. Macnaughton.
The ~,,, orious Joseph Ady was on Friday committed

Amongst. the deaths rt-entded at Sheffield during the
past quitter, is one of a child, tme day old, from jsundie.-.

The House of Lord: will alo.srn on Thursday for the
Whitsuntide holidays, till the" Thursday following. The
Uninnio,iq will adjourn on Fiidav, the same day.
1845, the numb., of p iirr. of hoots and shoes imported
into this e. mom. was 89,302, if which 78,267 pairs were
imroted from France.

Au ii,qu,“ jury, or. Friday, returned a verdict of man-
laugl.trr against the youth Graham, tor shooting 131-ewett

foun&tion stove of a monument to John Knox. in
Edinburgh. %Ili I. on Monday. Dr. Chalmers and Dr.

Captain Giadstrioe paired 4.ff cn the second residing of
the Factory (in favour) with Mr. Ludlow Bruges
(acainst). _ _

Mr. Perrand, M.P., has just allotted 140 roods of
watt• Nod to the coo,bers and weavt rs, in the villages of
Harden and Cullinzwoith.

The Dublin M.'i/ s;i7im the very alarming accounts have
been received as to the health of Lord Lincoln. A violent
attack of vut in the heart had tte.sumed a very dangerous

a shoemaker, is in custody in London,

with having attempted to tourd-r another shoe-
maker, named Oddv, by st tithing him. The latter Ins in
a most diingerous state at St. Bartholomew's Hospital.
Lord Heyt,shorv, Lord Lirutenatit At Ireland, liss re-
eei'ed an t fficial summons recoesting his pre-enc- in
London to vote in the Lords on the seeJtid reading of the
corn law bill.

thargril

Or. Tuebdav, the " OgtNods" estate. the well-known
estate of the b.te Duke of York. war, sold at public auc-
tion. for £64,496, exclusive of the tio,bcr, which sold for

£6.142.

I'i►e Gardeners' Chronicle remarks that we may rely on
pestered with Rasps this sun mer to a great extent.
They have had a mild winter, and are already, in May, as
vigorous as in June. and as plrnliPul as to July.
At the High Court, Edinburgh, on Tuesday, ten rail •

way taboureis, charged with rit;tii.g, fire-raising, and as-
sault, at Fu,ie Bridge, on the 2,,d of March, pleaded
guilty, and were sentenced to varit us periods of impri-

sonment from two years ro e ghr mouths.
'I he Eglinton Park races are to be dipcontinued till
1850. The reason stated is, that Lord Eglinton's en-
gagements in public bu.iness. during the period specified,

do not permit his lord hip ro devote that attention to the
meeting which is necessary for its rroper existence.
Five hundred guineas and a splendid silver tankard
have been presented to Tom Spring, the ex-champion, at
his residence Castle Tavern. Holborn, as a testimonial of
respect for his upright conduct in t e prize ring, arid his

genera

The m►ners of South Staff rdshire, who were out on
stril.e. finding that their en7ployers were indifferent as to
their re,uming uork at present, though willing to re_
engage them on former terms, have returned to their pit 3.
The rate of wages paid is about 3s 9d. s day.

MANSLAUGHTER.—A verdict of manslaughter was re-
turned lasi wvek against Mary Chipman, a midwife, at

. .
Knotting!ey, Yolk-hire. by rover's jury, on virw of
the body of a trmaltt wl o died w ebildbrd, of itlfl4n.ma-

tion, produced by the allrged treatment of the nk
NEW COINAGE. Sonic time ago, the Rev
Adams, of liertvord, snegusted to the mint the propriety

Aite.
v. Mr

declined w act upon his propo,al at the time, but within
the last few days have de'ermined to take his adviCe.
John Weeks, who murdered his brother in August,
1844, at Bosley, and afterwards Ascended, commitied
suiciee last week by drowning himselt in a pond near
Tunbridge wells, where he has been residing under an as-
sumed name.

On Wednesday, as the Duke of Wellington w s cross-
ing the entrance into Hyde Park, a hack c,b ran a-4aiv.st

pu led his erace suddenly back, he rrin.t have inevitably
been knocked down and run over. His'band appeared
sliehily touched by the wheel.

About a year ago it was deturminrd to raise a testi-
monial to Dr. J,pttson, the dietit.anished physician at
Leamington. Several thou and pounds were contributed.
a portion of which has been expended in the purchase of
fourteen acres for public gardens. These were opened
On Tuesday seek.

MASON, THE INNOCENT CONVICT.-S'r James Gra-
ham has conferred a patuity of £25 upon Mason, as a
small token of the misapprehension under which he
suffered. Mr. Hudson has given insino Lions for 'he em-

phiyment of Mason, if he choose•, at the earliest oppor-
inlay, on some of the railways in the r tglii,oorhoud.
SoictnEs.—On Friday week. a young woman, named
MAry Hall, living at Worcester, hong herself to a nail in
her bedroom, at the White Horse Inn, where she had been
living as bar maid for some lime.-011 Wednesday. a man

unknoAn, threw himself into the river Severn, at IC, top-
sey, near Worcester, and was drowned.
A young gentleman, tamed Bennet Barber, an assistant
at a sch.;ol near Bri,tol, was drowned in a biith in that
town,

, la,t week. He had gone to the deepest end,
here the wa►er is seven feet deep. and tieing enable to
aim. was dtowi ed. His companions tried to help him,
t.tt d d not sue, eed in saving him.

printed it is itriteti

turn rectqi

that there are 553:132 persons on ibe reei-ter for Great
Uri ain, the numbers being-- England, 468,258 • Wales,
37,192 : and Scotland, 48,1 82. In the session of 1844 a
return was issued from which it appears that in 1839-43,
the numbers were 941.782.
JERSEY CIDER.— Another importation of cider from
the Channel Islands has taken place, a vessel called the
Charles, which has arrived at the port of Bristol from
Jersey, having a cargo cot &sting of 53 casks of cider on
board, the produce and manufacture of the island. The
supply cf this favourite beverage was rmerly confined
to the emotive of Devonshire and Herefordshire.
THE IRISH PEERS AND THE CORN BlLL.—According
to the Dub•in Evening Mail. thirty Irish peers will vote
with the ministers on the corn bill, and twenty•nine
against them. Some have not yet expressed an opinion
either way. Of the thirty who will vote with the minis-
ters, four were formerly Protectionists, of whom the Earl
of Bandon is one.

EARLY .CHERRILLS.—In the 'garden of Mr. Kebie,
Auhigirth-bridge, there is a May Duke cherry tree, on
which may be seen ripe cherries, others fast auproachirig
to maturity, and, at the same time, branches in full
flower. Last season, Mr. Kellie had ripe cherries on the
same tree, a week earlier than this season.—Dumfr•iea
Courier.

FATAL COLLIERY ACCIDENTS.—On Faturday week,
an explosion took place at the Mynyddnewdd colliery,
near Swansea. by which five colliers lost their livts.—

eveniav

nilay) week, another similar accident oc-

hurried into eternity

Neithe

Dftbein were burnt, and

death 'apparently resulted from suffocation.
ISLE of MAN.—James Greiner, Esq., late editor and
proprietor of the Manx Sun, has obtained a verdict of
40s. and costs against Messrs. Penrice and Wallace, pro-
prietors of the Manx Liberal for a libel. Toe plaintiff
has appealed to the House of Keys against the ,mallness
of the damages, and the defendants have applied for a
new trial.—The regatta in Douglas Bay is fixed for the
7th and B.h of July.
FIRE.—On Saturday week, an alarming fire broke out
in Richardland Brewery, Kilmarnock, the property of
George Paxton, Esq. The fi e commenced at the malt.
kilo, and consumed the whole range of granaries and
malt store. containing about a £lOOO t‘orth of Malt and
barley; bei•ides des,royint all the malt in operation on
the ground floor. The loss of grain, buildings, &c., might
be estimated at from £2OOO to £3OOO.

A STRANG, PLACE FOR A BIRD'S NEST.—In a gar-
den belonging to the Rev. W. Snowdon, rector of Swil-
lington. a few miles from this town, one of our feathered
songsters has actually built its nest in the hollow of the
pump. The nest rests upon the piston, and contains four
or five eggs; the rev. gentleman kindly allowing the poor
bird to r main an undisputed tenant of the singular situa-
tion.— Wukflield Journal.

On Sunday week, a serious affray took place at Shields
harbour between a party of Italian seamen and some po-
licemen, arising out of one of the sailors being taken into
custody for a riot. He was rescued by his companions;
but the policemen being reinforced, the prisoner and se-
veral of the sailors were seemed and taken to bridewell.
During the riot some of the policemen received severe
stabs with stillitcs.

Sir John Ross, the Arctic voyager, appeared in the
Bankruptcy Court, last Wednesday, and obtained his
certificate without opposition. The bankrupt stared that
he had not been reinstated in office as consul at Stock-
holm, a Mr. Pringle having bten appointed. He ex-
pressed his willingness to go thither for the bent fit of his
creditors, and arrange to get some of h's valuables, which
were in the hand- of persons r. siding there.
BIRTH' EXTRAORDINARY.—A poor married woman,
of the name of Mason, residing near the Pound, Brom-
ley, was on Monday evening evening (May 18) safely de-
livered of four sons. all alive and well, by Mr. H. V.
Garnan, jun., of Bow-road, Middlesex. Th" interesting
little straogers have since been christened by the Eev.
Mr. Boyle, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. It is gra-
tifyingroadd that the mother and her sons are going on well.
Mr. Smith O'Brien still vegetates Diogenes-lik,- in tub
—cellar we mean—where like the goose in the table he
lays golden eggs for his master the Serjeatit at-Arms, in
the shape of fees, the amount of which already incurred is
said to be enormous—more than sufficient to purchase an
Irish principality. But Mr. O'Brien start. d wilt the de-
claration that he would pay no fees, and it he does not
choose to pay thew, who will do it for hint ? Le may pause
long enough for an answer. _ _

MINISTRY.—On Monday, in the Lords, a Minis-
terial measure, the Charit,Lble Trubts Bill, int roducrd by
the Lord Chanc, !kr, was rej,cted by a mai rity of 1, an I

on Tuesday night, in the Common's, the numbers were
equal on a motion relative to the Bridpoit election, and
ministers were saved only by the casting vote of the
speaker. On Friday night, the second r-aditig of the
Fdetory Bill was negatived by a noricity of only ten, in a
house of nearly four burn red members, ministers anis-
teiing all their force agan st it.
SEA GOING SPARMOWS.—Lart week, on the Aurora

leaving the Broomielaw for Belfast, a sparrow's nest was
discovered in the r;gging, but 'he birds c'id not choose to

accompany their net, on that occasion, to the Green l-le.
(hi the return of 'he vessel, however, the svirrows again
visited their former abode, which had not been dieturbed
by the voyage, and denosiled an e g in it, which attached
them so much to it, that they valorously lett their native
land, and sailed with the Aurora for Ireland.—Glub.youy
Chronicle.

MURDER.—Nine weeks agn <everal Irishmen created a
disturbance in Nuw-k•tteet, Wakefield by parading the
I
street armed with sticks and pokers. pparently deter-

mined to murder some one. In their course they met
with a man named Harry Skelton, acenrnpar.iGd by three
men from Stanley, whom hey att,cked and beat very
severely, especially Skelton, who ling,-red until Wednes-
day, when he died from the wt unds he had received. At
the inques• a verdict was returned of "Wilful Murder
against John Searon end others at present unknown."
THE CORN BILL IN THE House OE LORDS.—The or-
-1 of the country patty opposltion in the House
has been, we t-lieve, completed. The number

of peers actually pledped sivainst the Corn 8,11 is said to
be 170; these, it is cohfitlehtly expec'ed, will be rein'orced
to shout 210. The 'number believed to be committed to
the minister is st.ted 156; ten of the bishop.: we regret to
say ate included in this numb r. A Brea er outi•ber of the
right rev. lords, however, will certainly oppose the bill ;
the opinions, or rather, the probable votes, of five or six
prelates are still unknown.—Standard.

On Tuesday, Mr. Pullet), t e auctioneer, sold by pub-
lic auction the Church of St. Benet Fink, Thieadneeille•
street, the interior fiitings of which a, re some time since
simi!arly disposed of. The church was erected by Sir C.
Wren, in 1673, and is to be removed for the purpose of
forming the approaches to the Royal Exchange. The six
stone columns with carved capitals, placed al,,ng the tao
sides of the building, and surpnrtiog the roof, realised
£ll 18s. 6,1. ; and the altar windows at the east end, hav-
ing in the centre a c,,a,t of arms in stained gl,ts, with the
dare 1695, brought £2.

At the Mansion House, on Saturday, a oror girl named
Glynn, was brought up by one Bennet, charged with rub-
bing his family ; this cran's d,uehter and nephew attend-

had been cruelly seduced by the nephew, and she informed
the tragistiate (Alderman Gibbs) to their laces that they
were worthies.; characters, the former, as she said, keep-
ing a vile house and the daughter superintending it, and
that this trumped up charge was only a device to get rid
of her. The complainants cut a sorry figure, and the
worthy Alderman di•mirs d the charge. _ . _

DREADFUL SEI IFW CKS.— On Wednesday last, two
sbiowrecks occurr.d I,ff Harwich, in which fifteen or to enty
persons have perished. One of the vessels lost is the Alert,
of Whitby, Eskdate, master. bound from Oporto to Lon-
don. At ten o'clock on Tuesday night she struck on the
Long Said, and capsized at six on the following morning.
The master awl five others saved themselves in the boat,
but seven passengers and two seamen were drowned. The
other vessel, name unknown, but apparently of Danish
hu Id, and laden with oats, was wrecked on the Gutifleet.
It is found that the whole of her crew are lost.
POTATO DISEASE.—As a proof that there is no
natural disease in potatoes, but that the visitation of

hoar frost, we may mention the results of an experiment
tried by the gardentr to Robert Wright, E•q , cf Castle
Head, near Windermere. He took a quantity of potatoes

them in two melon pots in the hot-hou,e They cause
up quite strong, and produced an eat-thew crop, perfectly
sound and ahundant in qu4nti,y. Thee were of the Ash-

leaf kidney description

Thi;qn

Buokruptc•y, in an orposition to a country bankrupt. h
appeared the solicitor to the assignees was unable to leave
Southampton, and sect uo the grounds of oppo,ition
through the medium of the electric telegraph. It was
reduced into writing at the Nine Elms station, dud for-
warded by express to Mr. Smith, of Serjeant's-inn, who
attended before the commissioner and read the commu-
nication, and the case• was adjourned. -
that on one occasion he had a message from Souttiamr

Mr. Smith said

minutes after it w,s dispatched frc:.m Southampton

SMOKING IN LONDON.—The number of tobacco Opel
used in I.w,don last par was 364 00 gross, 52,416,00(
pipes; it requires 300
_men, each man makin

20 urr s

tour doz. n prr week, for one year, to make them,

cost of which is £46,950. The average lent:th of these
pipes is twelve and a half inches, and if kid down in a
horizontal posithn,- end to end together, they would reach
to the extent of 10.340 miles 16:3 yards ; if tht y were
piled one above another perpendituhit lv, they would
reach 135138 times as high as Stk Paul's ; they would
weigh 1137 tuns 10 cwt., and it would require 101 tons
9 cwt. 3_ lbs. of tobacco to till them.

Floes —We had about 160 pockets of hops weighed at
the public scales on Saturday, which realised a small ad-
vance upon the rates or the previous week. There were
al-o some considerable transactions between merchants
and dealers; and upon the wiinie the market was lively,
with a prospect of advancing rates. The duty is set at
£lB,OOO. and for the kingdom £170,000 is mimed. Pre-
sent prices :-1845, £4 10s. to £7, choice, £7 10s.; 1844,
£5 to £6 6d., choice, £6 155.; old hops, £2 ss. to £5,
choice, £5 l2s. per cwt. The reports from all part.: of the
plantations represent the bine as growing most luxuri-
antly, and at present there is no attack of fly to cause any
apprehension of injury to the crop.—Worcester Jou•nal.

Tn if DEBATE IN THE LORDS.—With regard to the
duration of the debate in the Lords on the second reading
of the corn hill, which would commence last night, the
usually well•informed London correspondent of the Dub-
lin Evening Mail says,—" The bill, as stated a fortn.ght
since world be the case, is to be read a second time on
Monday next. It is said that the debate will last for se-
veral nights. The li once of Peers never sit on Wednes-
day, and the Restoration of King Charles (always kept as
a holiday) falls on Friday. 1t is, therefore, possible that
the debate may go over the Whitsuntide holidays—in fact,
such must be the rase if the protectionists choose to pro-
long the discussion. But lam bound to tell you that it is
also said that Lord Stanley's purpose is to close the de-
bate on Tuesday night, and that several peers ate remain-
ing in town, and some coming over from Ireland under
that imt.tession."
VERY STRANGE IF TRUE.—John Digshy, a cottager,
of Buxton, in Norfolk, and the grower of tout crops of
potatoes in one year, in a letter to the Norfolk Chronicle,
eaY,, "1 hove discovered a berry, which I will gather
from the banks or hedges, and which will produce the
finest p ,tato er potatoes in quality that ever were grown.
►ne quart of these berries will produce as much as a
hushel of our common po ato. These berries are of a
tonal, sub-tarce, and ere to be planted whole. They
must en through a regular process in the course of the
winter, which is scarcely any trouble, and of no expense
now have in my possession a quantity of potatoes raised
from these berries last year, and it is my intention to grow
clop after crop this year, until the fourth crop. The size
of the potatoes raised from the berry the first year are
about that of a duck egg. The berries are so numerous
Ulm, all England can bas upplied.

THE CUT Cuaious.—A funny recontre took pla,

the other day. Dan O'Counsll was wending
his weary steps to the house, along the pavement in trout
of Canning's. monument, and Lord Brougham was coming
in the opposite d rection, on the same pavement. There
was no escape. Dan, seeing who was approaching, turned
up his nose a Itttle m re than usual; Lord Brougham
seemed to think fora seeond, and deliberately " bonnetted"
himself, th.,t is, beat his hat fairly over his eyes, and ran
past O'Connell as if he were bes itched. O'Connell

ltffiztltql heartily, which was heard by Lord
who afterwards c maplai .eti the " rudentss

Comes

yontltnt of the Chronicle.
MESMERISM.-1 HE £lOO TOTE.—The six months
duroig which the Xlt:0 was to lie in the Messrs Ball's
bank, Dublin, to become the property of any clairvoyant
.vho should read the number, date. &c., of the note with-
out breaking the envelope, expired on the 18th April,
when the envelope was opened in the presence of persons
connected with the bank. The note proved to be a
printed cheque (No. 1.). issued by the house of Messrs.
Ball and Co , tor £lOO, payable to (Edipus cr bearer, and
dated the Ist of October, 1845. The English words
(written on a separate piece of paper) were, "To Edipus
alone." To m st people the all,ve fact will be conctu-
sive on the subj,-ct of the alleged faculty called clairvoy-
ance.

THE BURDENS ON LAND.—The committee appointed
by the House of I ords in the early part of the secs on to
inquire info the peculi,ir burdens, if any, which land has
to bear, have Part presented their report. They recom-
mend an impiovernent of the law of real property ; that
counties and boroughs should be exempt from the portions
of expense which they bear for criminal prosecutions and
maintenance r.f prisoner, ; that owners of houses under
the value of £lO -hall be made liable for the rates at which
they are asstrsed ; that the expense of supporting pauper
lunatics shall be borne by the public generally, as well as
some branches of the expenditure for the maintenance
and relief of the poor; that the militia rate periodically
cast upon the land shall be borne by government ; and
that the experiments for testing the process of malting
barley for the purpose of fattening cattle shall he repeated,
with the co-operation of persons of acknowledged skill in

agriculture.
THE HA/PR-MAKING TRADE.—We understand that a
hill has been btottAt up before the House of Commons,
for the purpose of exempting the rope-making trade from
the Factory Art. on the ground that the business is con-
ducive to the health of the workers; and the using of
steam or water power on the premises is the only reason
assigned by the inTectors for placing rope-works under
this act. Also, that those roperies whe►e manual labour
or horses are employed do not come under its meaning,
although manutacturing the same material, and on a simi-
lar prihciple. The withal also sets forth the injustice of
the private manufacturers being placed under the act ;
while the dock-yards at Chatham and otherwise, although
equally harsh, bre exempt from its operation. A deputa-
tion from London. Liverpool, the Clyde, and Leith, had
an interview with Sir James Graham, on the subject, who
was understood to say that government would nut oppose
the pas,ing of the hill.

FATAL EFFECTS OF JESTING.—On Friday. an inquest
was h.ld at L•ncoln, touching the death of Sarah Tu•tin,
aged 28, who had died from the eff cts of taking oil of
vitriol. She had been cook at the Lincoln As% lum, and
left there on Tuesday, having hired herself for the next
year (after the u-ual May Day holidays) as cook in the
family of a respectable solicitor in that city. Jr had been
arranged that she was !o ha,e the company of her suitor,
a young man named Earnshaw, for the holidays. and she

went to the house of his sister on Maud's Hill: On NV

sday morning Earnshaw was prevented from going to
Lincoln, and H fellow servant of his, who had accompanied

his master to Lincoln fat stock market, had the enmity
and calsehood to tell her that she need not expect Earn-
shaw, as he was gone to spend his holidays at Boston with
another young woman. She immediately procured a quan-
tity of oil of vitriol, under pretence that it was for cleaning
brass utensil,, and swallowed about an ounce and a half.
A surgeon was promptly called in. but medical aid was
vain, and she died the following night. Not long after
committing the ra•h act, Earnshaw arrived at his sister's
house, for the purpose of spending his holidays in the
c.ntipany of the deceased, and found her in that dreadful
state which the burning acid would cause. The jury re-
tur,►ed a verdict of "Temporary insauitt.”—Doncaster
Gazette.

CONSERVATISM AND RoMANISM.--One thing is plain
to the tn. st row., y observation—the way to negociate
with the Pope of Ri me is made safe and ew.y, which by
our "rugged" anc: sors was utterly blocked up and pro.
bibited. T.,e 1,,,rd Chancellor of England who is a "Con-
sestwire"! ba the way—talks of the right and the pro-