The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-05-16 00:00:00

FALSE IMPRISONMENT,

BALMIN V. MATHER

ANOTIIIM.—In this case

Thomas Baltnin was the plaintiff, and John Mather and Ed-
ward Dickinson the defendants. The action was brought
to recover damages for a trespass and false imprisonment.
The defendants pleaded first not guilty, and several other
pleas, the effect of which was to allege that they had reason
to suspect the plaintiff had stolen some of their property.
Mr. Ramshay appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. James for the
defendant.

The plaintiff is a carter ; the defendants are wholesale and
retail coal-merchants, in Leeds-street. For some period
the plaintiff was in the employment of the defendants, and
on the 25th of February last, having as they considered
reasonable grounds to suspect that he had taken, or caused
to be taken, from time to time, coals from the yard to his
own house, they gave him into custody on the charge of fe-
lony. He remained in bridewell from Saturday to Monday,
when lie was taken before Mr. Rushton, who not only dis-
charged him but said he had good ground for an action for
defamation, and another for false imprisonment. The de-
fendants produced several witnesses, who said they had seen
the plaintiff take coals for his own use, but it did not appear
they had any knowledge that he was taking them feloniously.
After a protracted trial, the jury returned a verdict for the
plaintiff—damages, one shilling. _ _ _ _

The court adjourned at seven o'clock. The cause Eel
contains one demurrer and 44 issues, about nineteen o
which remain to be disposed of.

THE LATE MURDERS AT LALESTON, GLAMOR

GANSHIRE.

VERDICT OF THE CORONER'S JURY

The adjourned investigation by the magistrates for the
county of the charge of wilful murder against Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas, and by the coroner's jury, of the circumstances
leading to the death of Jane Hurry, the nurse, were both re-
sumed on Friday last ; the former at the union workhouse,
Bridgend, and the latter at the Crown Inn, in the same town.
The approaches to both places were crowded by spectators,
anxious to catch a view of the prisoners, and to obtain the
earliest information of the result of the investigation.
The ser+ant girl, who had also been taken ill, deposed to
her having taken about an egg-cup full of the beer, which
burnt in her throat, and shortly after she was seized with
spasmodic pains in the stomach and bowels, together with
excessive vomiting mixed with blood. The boy who had
bees sent for the beer being further examined, stated most
positively that he saw a small paper in the prisoner, Mrs.
Thomas's hands, when he went to fetch the jar, and that she
gave it to the male prisoner, who put it in his breeches
pocket; he also stated that when on his road home with the
beer the male prisoner spoke to him in the lane, and told
him to put down the jar and go and look after the colts,
which were his masters ; he did so, and was absent about five
minutes. When he returned the prisoner Edward Thomas
was standing near the jar, and taking the cork out he said.
" Let me see how much beer you have got." Witness did
not tell of this before, because the female prisoner, Mrs.
Thomas, when she came to his mother's house, told him not
to tell, nor to tell that he had been at her house at Lallestou.
She gave witness a penny not to tell.
Captain Napier, superintendent of the county police, de-
posed to having searched Mrs. Thomas's house. In the
room which the boy described he found a small white paper
with small particles of a dry powder adhering to it; he con-
veyed it Mr. Herapath, who desired him to accompany him
to his laboratory, and there, in the presence of witness,
tested it, and discovered it to be oxide of arsenic.

Mr. Herapath, whose testimony seemed to excite much
interest, confirmed Captain Napier as to his examination of
the particles on the paper, and as to the mode of examina-
tion which he had adopted with the liver of the deceased
woman, in which he had discovered the arsenic.
The coroner's jury have returned a verdict of wilful mur-
der in the case of Jane Hurry; but the magistrates, who are
in expectation of some further disclosures being made, have
again adjourned their inquiry.

ATROCIOUS ATTEMPT AT DOUBLE ASSASSINATION AT
LEDBITRY.—A most diabolical outrage was committed in
Ledbury, on Sunday and Monday last ; the particulars are
as follow :—On Sunday night Mr. and Mrs. Chadd, shoe-
makers, of the Southend-street, having retired to rest, were
much alarmed, about eleven o'clock, on hearing some one
moving in the room. Mr. Chadd asked who was there, when
the villain instantly discharged a pistol at the head of the bed
the bullet from which slightly wounded Mrs. Chadd in the
face, and lodged in the wall. In the alarm and confusion
created the miscreant escaped; he proved to be an appren-
tice of Mr. Chadd's, named Gummery, and consequently
was well acquainted with the house, and knew that it was
Mr. Chadd's custom to leave the front door unlocked for a
post-boy who lodged with them to let himself in when out
late. He had run away from his apprenticeship twice, arid
on the last occasion his master took him before the magis-
trates to compel him to return tohis service. This is sup-
posed to be the cause of the vindictive feeling he manifested
towards Mr. Chadd, both his master and mistress having
uniformly treated him with great kindness. On Monday he
was apprehended at Dymock, and was brought to Ledbury
in the evening on the Gloucester coach. He was taken to
the Talbot Inn, and on being searched by the high constable
(who hail already taken a pistol loaded to the muzzle with
ball from him,) deliberately pulled a second pistol from his
)
'
pocket, and discharged it at Daw, the Dymock constable who
apprehended him. Most providentially in this, as in the
former case, no human life was sacrificed, the ball grazing
Daw's collar bone, and wounding his face. The wretch
was
instantly secured, and taken before the magistrates onTues_
day, when he was committed to take his trial at Hereford on
both the capital charges. When apprehended it is sup-
posed he was making his way back to Ledbury to attem
Mr. Chadd's life again, having failed before.--Worcester Paper,

I Tilt NeofiAt ktßii IN NEV. StofLANthitOAD,
.4,—,.....

Atter6 as we ate that there has long been I Etrtat ridnt of
Spiritual instruction and pastoral assistance amongst that
part of the community in the north part of the town who are
attached to the established Church of Scotland, we have for
sonic time past observed with satisfaction the progressive
erection, in New Scotland-road, of a very neat kirk for their
accommodation—to be called St. Peter's; and it being com-
pleted in ;ill but a few unimportant details, we were yesterday
much gratified by an inspection of the entire building.
The style of architecture adopted throughout is Norman,
and that, we think, of the chastest and most pleasing kind.
Though in sonic few points elaborate, it is generally plain ;
and the tout-enNemile, particularly if seen from a distance,
appears to resemble the original gothic, (except in the round,
instead of the pointed, arch in the doors and windows,) to
form the connecting link between the two styles. Both are
conjoined, without much abhorrence to good taste, in the
ancient and venerable Cathedral of Chester, the original part
of that fabric being Nprman—the more modern, Gothic.
The west end forms the frontal to the street, with a hand-
some tower, half in projection, surmounted by a spire, and
wings for the staircases, the whole of well-wrought red free-
stone. The body of the building isf o brickwork, relieved be-
tween the windows by buttresses. The tower is three sto-
ries in height. There are three doors to this front. The
principal or central one forms, in due accordance with the
style, a wide, deep archway, decreasing interiorly with its
mouldings, the exterior of which are supported by two slen-
der columns on each side. The arches of the doors are in
two rings, ornamented with the chevron, &c. Over the
centre one is pannelling, worked out of the ashler, and a
reticulated or chequered frieze above, one course in height.
Over this, in the second story, is the central or principal
gallery window, which is a triple one,—of three long win-
dows with semi-circular tops, thrown together,—with appro-
priate plinth, sill, and shafts. The arches over the lights are
entwined in the manner peculiar to the style; and the outer
or large arch, over arid combining them, is worked in one
ring. The third story forms the belfry. The luffer windows
(four together) are divided by projecting column, each sup-
ported at its base by human heads, forming, as it were,
brackets. These windows occupy nearly the full breadth of
the tower at each of its four sides. Over these the building
is corbelled, with human faces studding the cavetto. In the
carving of these faces the grotesque, though it belongs legiti..
mately to the order, has, we think properly, been avoided,
probably from its being considered, in modern times, incon-
sistent with the due solemnity of a place of worship. At the
top of the tower there is a piqued pediment to each of the
four fronts also reticulated ; and within each is a clock face,
so that the time is indicated to each cardinal point. In the
centre below each clock face is a large figure of an angel, cut
iu the stone, with extended wings, and holding a book,—as
supporters of the clocks and pediments. The piqued outward
points of the pediments terminate, two of them in the Scotch
thistle, cut in stone ; the other two respectively in the rose
and shamrock. [A Welsh correspondent lately suggested to
us that the leek might well have substituted one of the this-
tles.] There is a handsome diagonal pier, decreasing in size
to the top. at each angle of the tower. The masonry of those
near the top is very effective, and they are surrounded by
turrets in keeping with the style. The water-tables, that
cover the tower to the base of the spire are also corbelled,
and look well. The spire is octagonal, and empanelled per-
pendicularly on each side, in two tiers or stories, with a hole
between each at:inidway neight. In each of the wings on
either side the tower there are two long semicircular arched
windows in the stone work, (the same as those in the body
of the building;) and over each of those nearest the tower,
is a quatre-foil window, lighting each side of the back gal-
lery. At the corners of the wings there are also small tur-
rets or shafts in the best Norman style. The building stands
some little distance from the street, and is enclosed with a
handsome iron railing, with gates, lamp-posts, &c., of the
same order. The height of the tower and spire together is
about 116 feet. The latter is topped by a splendid Scotch
thistle, the flower forming the apex, and the leaves and stem,
gracefully pendant, the ornamental work below it. The whole
length of the building is about 102 feet, exclusive of the
vestry

The interior is fitted up in a manner at once neat and con-
venient, and at the same time in strict keeping with the ex-
terior. It is about 75 feet in length, and 47i in breadth, with
an ample elevation. There is a straight gallery running
along the sides and crossing the west end at right angles, at
which last it recedes into the second story of the tower, af-
fording ample room for the school children, and also for an
organ ; if our Scottish friends were favourable to " concord
of sweet sounds" in churches, which, we regret to say, few
of them are. The front of the gallery is ornamented by small
Norman arches on pillars standing two and two together,
with the roped arch-work entwined. These are on a sky-
blue ground, and are what is called " colonnading"—some-
times found in our ancient churches. The pews are well
arranged, and commodious, having sloping backs, and so
divided that small and large families may be accommodated
in any part of the church. The pulpit is a handsome piece
of Norman architecture on a pedestal, and is accessible by
two curving stairs with Norman rails. It stands partly
under a wide recess, with an areh spanning from the abut-
ment of the galleries on either side. The terminations of the
arch rest on projecting blocks with pendants, and have a pleas-
ing effect. The gallery is supported in front on each side by

five iron columns, and withiii. these is a projection or soffit
the breadth of one seat all round. It is lighted by six long
windows on each side, by the gallery windows before noticed,
and at the east end, over the centre of the galleries., by two
circular stained-glass windows : these last have a very lively
and pleasing effect. The wood-work is grained in oak.
Beneath the church there are two excellent and well-
iighted school-rooms, each -171 feet in length by 33 in
breadth, with all suitable conveniences, and approaches,
and play-yards, within the enclosures. There is also a ves-
try-room, a church library, &r. &c., and approved appara-
tusand arrangements for heating and ventilating the whole.

- - -
The architect was Mr. Cunningham, and the contractor
for the whole work (which appears to be most faithful and
substantial) Mr. Beattie. The stone work was done by Mr.
Wylie, of Gloucester-street.
This kirk will be opened on Sunday next, when, as may
be seen from an advertisement, three services Will take place,
when, we trust, the attendance will be such as will he grati-
fying to those who originatad the undertaking, and the libe-
.

rality displayed go far- to supply the funds yet required for
the cost of the building, in the erection of which, we are in-
formed, strict regard has been paid to all possible economy.

We observe that Mr. Evans, the eminent auctioneer, an-
nounces for Wednesday the sale of an autograph of Shak-
speare on the purchase deed of his house in Black friars.
The lion. and Rev. John Grey, fifth son of Earl Grey,
vicar of Wooler, has been appointed by the Bishop of Dur-
ham to the vacant rectory of Wolsingham.
The usual eight-oared boat match between Oxford and
Cambridge will not come off this year, in consequence of
neither university being able to fix a period convenient to
the other.

A. destructive fire took place on Sunday last, on the pre-
mises of Mr. Broad, candle-maker, Spring-gardens, Brighton.
Hundreds of dozens of candles were rendered unsaleable,
and the premises were seriously injured. The loss is esti-
mated at £lOOO.

THE METHODISTS AND THE AMENDED FACTORY BILL.
—lt is with infinite regret that we elsewhere give a circular
issued by leaders of the Wesleyan methodists in which their
decided opposition to the Factory Education Bill as amended
is announced, and by which the organisation characteristic
of that powerful religious commnnity is to be set in motion
to procure its rejection.—Herald.

Lord Francis Egerton, M.P., Mr. Phillips, M.P., Mr.
Gibson, ALP., Mr. Brotherton, ALP., and Mr. Tatton
Egerton, M.P., with the Mayor of Manchester, Mr. Alder-
man Hopkins, Mr. Gibb, and the Town-clerk of Manches-
ter, a deputation from Manchester on the subject of inland
bonding, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer on Saturday at his official residence in Downing-street.
MR. BRUNEL.--It is with great pleasure we announce to
our readers that all apprehensions for this gentleman's safety
are at an end. On Saturday afternoo❑ Sir B. Brodie, as-
sisted by Mr. A. Key and Mr. C. Hawkins, with Dr.
Thompson, was enabled to dislodge and safely remove the
halt-sovereign that has caused so much uneasiness and alarm
both to his family and friends, as well as to the public at
large. Mr. Brunel is doing as well as can be expected.
ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—The velocity of Wheatstone's
messenger has reached a maximum, which can safely be said
of but few human things. The speed is about 120,000 miles
per second. A message could go to Bristol or Birmingham
91 1-1400 of a second, or round the globe, if wire could be
laid for its travelling upon, in one-sixth of a second. The
messages upon the Blackwall railway, upon part of the Great
Western railway, and some other railways, are carried at this
extraordinary rate. The bells in the House of Commons
are rung by it, and its uses are extending.
REBECCA AND HER DAUGHTERS.—This day se'nnight,
this respectable family paid a visit to the gates in the Lian-
dyssil district. They commenced their work of destruction
at Pontweli gate, then at another gate close by, called Pen-
riiiwendyn, the gates and posts of which were entirely de-
stroyed. This band of depredators were about 20 or 30 in
number, the greater part of whom were dressed in women's
clothes, and what appears to us as very extraordinary is, that
a great number of the inhabitants of the village of Llandyssil
were present looking on at the work of demolition.—Car-
marthen Journal.

SUFFERINGS IN CAPTIVITY.—We were taken by a very
circuitous route to the Khoord Cabool forts, where we found
Mahommed Akbar Khan and the hostages. Mr. Boyd's
little boy had been brought there and was restored to his pa-
rents. Mrs. Burnes and young Stoker were also saved and
joined our party. Anderson's little girl is said to have been
taken to Cabool to the Nawaub Zeman Shah Khan. Three
rooms were cleared out for us, having no outlets except a
small door to each, and of course they were dark and dirty.
The party to which I belonged consisted of Mrs. Trevor and
seven children, Lieut. and Mrs. Waller and child, Mrs.
Sturt, Mr. Mein and myself, Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Burnes,
two soldiers' wives and young Stoker, child of a soldier of
the 13th, who was saved from people who were carrying him
off to the hills, and came in covered, we fear, with his moth-
er's blood ; of her we have no account, nor of Mrs. Cunning-
ham, both of the 13th. The dimensions of our room are at
the utmost 14 feet by 10. At midnight some mutton bones
and greasy rice were brought to us. All that Mrs. Sturt
and 1 possess are the clothes on our backs in which we quit-
ted Cabool.—Lady Sale's Journal.

I !DETERMINED BRAVlZRY.—Lieutenant Melville, on ob-
serving the Jemedar, who carried the regiment's colour,
wounded and dropping his charge, seized it ; and, after vainly
attempting to tear it off the staff, to which it was too firmly
attached, made his way on foot (his horse having been killed,)
with the colour in his hand. This made him a mark for the
enemy ; and ere he had got out of the pass, being nearly, or
quite, the last man of the column. or rather rabble, he re-
ceived a spear wound in his back, which threw him on his
face : ere well able to rise, a severe sword cut in the head
again laid him prostrate ; but he contrived to crawl as far as
the fast-retreating column, when again the knife of an Aff-
ghan wounding him in the neck, and a spear in the chin, he
gave up all for lost. He was now surrounded by a dozen
Uhilzyes, and no man, save the dead and dying, near him,
when the enemy, observing a box of treasure on the opposite
side of the pass, left him, for the purpose of rifling the mo-
ney, either supnosinc, that they had already killed him, or in-
tending to rettvn when they had secured the more valuable
booty. This pause gave Lieutenant Melville an opportunity
by going through
of escaping and regaining the column, which, although weak
the
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navailedcontrivedhimself of ;t
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reach the column,
where a pony without an owner, or saddle of any description,
and, with
presenting itself, he scrambled on to it,th the assist-
ance of a Meliter, gaMed the centre of the column, where
the 44th and one gun still kept some order. Lieut. Melville
was tied on the gun, and was told by General Elphinstone
that he sbould be sent over to the charge of the Sirdar, Ma-
, hommed Akhbar Khan, on reaching Tezeen, or at any op-
portunity of going. On a report of a large body of horse be-
ing observed in the rear, the gun was ordered there, and
Lieutenant Melville was placed on a bank on the road side.
' a
horseman
The column passed on, and he was expecting the fate of the
other poor fellows who had fallen, when, providentially for
hin
and took him over
to the party of horsemen, consisting of Mahommed Akhbar
Khan and his followers, who received him most kindly, and,
and
who
strapped
rode up
himN vho
on
his k
horse,now him in canton-
ments,
binding up his wounds, gave hint a loongbee, his regimental
cap being cut to pieces. The loongbee is the cloth worn as a
wornand by
check,turban ~,coitmhmaorneldy is generally of blue
are much gayer, and have a large admixture of yellow. the Khyberriea
Mel-
ville gave to Omer Khan, the horseman who saved his life,
seven rupees, being all the property he possessed.--Lady
Sale's Journal. border.bytheA irTglfronses

NATIONAL ItbUOATION,

The icilloWing etttatita ftoni a epeech delivertd by the ttei.:
Hugh *Nene, at a meeting of the Glasgow Educational
Society, in 1836, will now be read with interest :-*--
" If I understand the object of your meeting right, it is
to improve, to extend, and in so doing, to secure an efficient
system of parochial education in Scotland. You judge that
such a system, in order to prove a real blessing to your
country, must be based upon the fundamental truths revealed
in the Word of God, and carried on under the wise superin-
tendence, watchful controul, and paternal solicitude of your
national church. Such a view of the subject is not novel—
such an arrangement of the system is not an untried theory
in Scotland. In the earliest standards of your national
church (the first and second Book of Discipline) composed
by men who, in the midst of personal difficulties and destitu-
tion, forgot their own temporal poverty in the noble ambition
and unwearied efforts to bequeathe spiritual wealth to their
-country, thereby exhibiting that sublime feature of the apos-
tolical character, ' poor, yet making many rich,'—it was
recommended that the youth of every parish should be
brought under instruction, that provision should be made to
maintain schoolmasters ' • and until schools were set up, the
duty of teaching the children devolved upon the readers. These
readers, as I understand the arrangement, were subordinate
to the ministers and elders of the parish; so that the education
of the country was thus at once placed under the immediate
direction of the national church. To carry this into effect, the
land of the parish was taxed in 1633 to supply the salary of the
schoolmaster. A similar act was passed after the Revolu-
tion. The oonsent of the landed proprietors, and the success
of the measure in parliament, were mainly—l believe I might
say entirely—owing to the exertions of the church. The
first appointment of the schoolmaster was vested in the lan-
ded proprietors ; but no schoolmaster could obtain the ne-
cessary certificate for entering on his important avocation
till he had been examined by the Presbytery. His religious
opinions, his moral habits, and his literary attainments were
thus subjected to a competent scrutiny. It was morally im-
possible that the Presbytery could be materially deceived.
The literary qualifications of the candidate could obviously
and easily be ascertained even by strangers—not so his moral
habits ; but the Presbytery being resident on the spot, and
conversant with all the individuals and all the rumours of
the neighbourhood, were in the best possible situation for
guarding against deception ; and with regard to religious
opinion, they not only subjected the candidate to an oral
examination, but required of him to sign the Confession of
Faith. Such were the jealous and salutary guards which
your forefathers erected around the well-springs of the pa-
rochial education of their beloved country. They knew that
securing the fitness of the masters, they were securing, as
far as human power can reach, the value and efficiency of
the schools.
" I have seen with pain, in the appeal of your Glasgow
Educational Society, the assertion, that the character of
your popular parochial education is now low ; that not the
continuance, but the restoration, of a good system is now re-
quired. Permit me, sir, to say, as a strangtr, that I trust
Scotland has rather slumbered than degenerated ; that al-
though her hands may have been slack for a season, not keep-
ing pace with the increasing demands of her multiplying
population, yet her heart waketh—that the sound, sterling
indomitable principle of Christianity is still within her, and
ready, in the hour of ascertained peril, to put on a vigour,
and assume an attitude, and utter a voice which will make
the stoutest of the enemies of her ancient institutions to quail
—which will extend her national education over the multiply-
ing thousands of her national family, and preserve and per-
petuate it, in its fountain and in its streams, under the Chris-
tian superintendence of her national church ; and which, with
a look of lofty, stern, and righteous decision, will wither the
arch enemy of God and man, who, under any pretence what-
soever, would deprive the least or poorest of her sons or
daughters of the unrestricted use of the unmutilated 'Word
of God. (Loud and continued cheering.) I hail that cheer
as a token of good. Whatever may be said of some persons
and some places in Scotland, it is perfectly clear that all
Scotland is not asleep. But permit me to say, without
offence, cheers are cheap—means must be used. We are en-
gaged in a warfare, where not the shout only, but the sinews
of the soldier are required. The church cannot now
so prevail with men of property as to secure parliamentary
success to measures in support of Christian education.
What then is the church to do? Much has been said, and
much is likely to be said, upon the voluntary system. What
seems to be commonly intended by that phrase cannot be
too strongly reprehended ; but, I confess, I cannot but ap-
prehend that, owing to the treachery of the human heart,
there is some danger, that while we repudiate the voluntary
principle, we may neglect, or omit, or postpone what ought
to be our voluntary sacrifice. The voluntary system, if
pleaded as a substitute for national support, in order to ex-
culpate the nominally Christian government which withholds
such support from the Christian church, is nothing else but
disguised infidelity. But if it be insisted upon as an ad-
dition to any amount of national support, it is an imperative
Christian duty. We may truly say, woe to the government
which leaves the Christian church to the unassisted support
of its own voluntary contributions ! and with equal truth we
may say, woe to the church which is not liberal in voluntary
contributions, whatever support it may receive from govern-
ment! And I would add, that owing to the perverseness of
our nature in abusing our blessings, the blessing of national
support to the church has been abused. We have grown up
so much in the habit of having our church and our ministers
maintained for us, almost without perceptible cost, that we
are now unaccustomed, and correspondingly unwilling, to
make any thing amounting to sacrifices for them. While,
in the meantime, the population of our country has so out-
grown the accommodation in our churches, the harvest has
become so hopelessly impracticable to the present number of
labourers, that if sacrifices be not made, and sacrifices on a
scale of primitive beneficence, the surplus unreclaimed popu-
lation will soon outnumber and overwhelm all the rest in the
rising tide of atheism and unrighteousness. An effort then
must be made. Money must be given. Churches and mini-
sters, and schools and schoolmasters, must he multiplied."
The rev. gentleman, after urging the high duty of private
liberality to give real efficiency to any grant of public
money, advanced into the difficulties of the system propounded
by our liberal rulers of those days, and after discussing them
he said, " What then is to be done? It is clear that it
comes to this—if there be no revealed truth, and if the matter
he a matter of population and preference, then assuredly
they are right who say, pay all or pay none ; and since
opinion like matter is infinitely divisible, and the pay-all
principle would involve at last the paying of any or every in-
dividual who chose to dissent from other individuals, the
only practicable scheme would be to pay none. But there is
revealed truth—and it is curious and instructive to mark the
animus of the powers that be in different ages of the world
towards that truth. History supplies us with two remark-
able instances of toleration ; they vary_ in detail, and are

characteristic of the feelings towards christianity of the re-
spective parties. The first is the Emperor Constantine—l
follow an authority which will not be suspected of partiality
towards our religion—the eloquent but sceptical historian of
the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Concerning
Constantine, he says—' He invites and exhorts, in the most
pressing terms, the subjects of the Roman empire to imitate
the example of their Master : bat he declares that those who

still refuse to open their eyes to the celestial light, may
freely enjoy their temples and their fancied gods.' Thus it
is clear that he gave free toleration to the religious rites of
the pagan idolaters. But what follows in the history proves
that he suppressed by authority those practices of the ido•
laters which were of injurious tendency to the commu-
nity. ' After the example of the wisest of his pre-
decessors, he condemned, under the most rigorous penalties,
the occult and impious arts of divination; which excited the
vain hopes and sometimes the criminal attempts of those
who were discontented with their present condition. An
ignominious silence was imposed on the oracles which had
been publicly convicted of fraud and falsehood; the effemi-

nate Priests of the Nile were abolished, and Constantine dis-
charged the duties of a Roman Censor when he gave orders
for the demolition of several temples of Phoenicia, in which
every mode of licentiousness was devoutly practised in the
face of day, and to the honour of Venus. The distinction I
allude to is between the truth and the tendency of religious
opinion. Truth justifies preference ; but it is only well-
ascertained injurious tendency to the community that justi-
fies prohibition. We have not far to look for the modern
parallels to those evil practices and licentious rites which
were prohibited, and those lying oracles which were silenced
by Constantine. I need scarcely mention what will be at
once suggested to every intelligent inquirer, the Rheimish
Notes, Peter Dens, and the Confession,box, in which it is

difficult to say which is most triumphant—divided allegiance,
systematic perjury, absurd superstition, or contaminating
immorality. (Cheers.) These are before the country, with
the instructive disclosures connected with them in these our

own days."
" The second instance of toleration to which I referred,
was by Julian the Apostate. It is thus described by Gibbon :
of Julian he says—" Actuated by these motives, and appre-
hensive of disturbing the repose of an unsettled reign, Julian
surprised the worid by an edict, which was not unworthy of a
statesman or a philosopher. He extended to all the inhabit-
ants of the Roman world the benefits of a free arid equal tole-
ration.' But instead of exhorting his subjects to embrace
Christianity, after the example of Constantine, he encour-
aged the various existing heresies. ' The Pagans received a
gracious permission, or rather an express order, to open all
their temples; and they were at once delivered from the op-
.

. . .
pressive laws and arbitrary vexations which they had sus-
tained under the reign of Constantine and his sons. At the
same time, the bishops and clergy, who had been banished
by the Arian monarch, were recalled from exile, and restored

to their respective churches—the Donatists, the Novatians,
the Macedonians, the Eunomians, and those who, with a
more prosperous fortune, adhered to the doctrine of the

Council of Nice. Julian, who understood and derided their
theological disputes, invited to the palace the leaders of the
hostile sects, that he might enjoy the agreeable spectacle of
their furious encounters. The clamour of controversy some-
times provoked the Emperor to exclaim,--' Hear me! the
Franks have heard me, and the Allemanni ;" but he soon dis-

covered thas be was now engaged with more obstinate and
implacable enemies."
" The distinction between the two cases is remarkable ; and
what have we now ; Is it Constantinus, or is it Juliann'

Redivivus? Isitthe enlightened and discriminating tolera-

tion of the Christian kinperor ? or the indiscriminating
encouragement of the Apostate ? Not Constantine—but Ju-

Tian. (Applause.) Error of all sorts is encouraged. The

clamour Of contending parties is excited, and the voice of
authority in Great Britain bids fair to share the fate of the
imperial voice at Rome. ' Hear me! the Franks have heard
me, and the Allemanni V Yes—but you have now roused a
power which will not hear you, but under which yourselves
must fall. (Tremendous cheering.)
" But though union in religious opinion appears hopeless,
may there not be unity of plan in communicating literary in-
formation ? \%'e answer no, if literature be dissociated from
religious principle; beOtuse the true Christian cannot con-

sent to spend his own time or consume the time of others in

what has no connexion with eternal salvation

The salvation

of men's soul is with him as it was with his Divine Master,
the main object to which every other consideration must be

subservient.- General literature by itself has no tendency to
promote salvation. Connected with Christianity, we rejoice

to disseminate it far and wide, but not by itself.
knowledge has no power to alter the human will.

General
We deny

.
not that it has power to refine the manners; but we stre-
nuously deny that it has any power or even tendency to renew

the heart. It has power to make men change one description
of sin for another; but it has no power to make any man hate
sin as committed against God. It has a tendency to convert
the bold outrageous highwayman into the sly gentleman-like
pickpocket—the midnight burglar into the midnight forger or

..
coiner—the savage into the member of society. ft can invent
and multiply disguises to conceal the vilenesses of our fallen
nature, like the haggard misery on the cheek of a veiled and
painted harlot ; but it has no power to minister true peace to
the wretched—to apply halm to the wound, or convey the
pulse of health to the feverish frame of this harlot world. It

is powerful to civilize—it is impotent to save. (Cheers.)
With all its wisdom, the world by wisdom knew not God.
Egypt was celebrated for its learning ; yet Egypt continued
idolatrous of a cow and a reptile. Chaldea was celebrated
for its astronomical attainments ; yet Chaldea continued sunk
in idolatry. Greece and Rome were celebrated for orators,
and statesmen, and poets, and painters, and sculptors, such
as never have been excelled ; and yet the climax of their at-
tainments in religion is the memorable symbol of their igno-
rance. In the emporium of their civilization, the city of
Athens, the altar erected by the wisest of their philosophers
was inscribed • To the unknown God !' The youngest child
of intelligence in any of your parish schools is wiser unto sal-
vation than were the united sages of Greece and Rome.
(Applause.) To know God is eternal life—to know him
in Christ Jesus, our Father and our Friend—just, and
the justifier of the ungodly—perfectly just, and the free
justifier of the most ungodly—not to guess at him as a
compound of imperfections. But our God is perfect—
infinitely just, without the slightest tarnish on the equity
of his government in heaven and infinitely merciful, without

fthtiititig ti tit qutificitioti
in a flint& liprin earth. TO Cio* God thus itt his tiotito
breathe the holy atteolhere of peace in his bosom, sod
feel ourselves embraced ihto sanctification by the assurance
of his everlasting love, 0 I this is indeed eternal life—this is
heaven begun on earth • for he that dwelled' in love dwel-
led' in God. This is the interior of our scriptural palace;
far the defence of whose outworks it behoves every man now
earnestly to contend. Let Scotland, then, show her rulers
that political power has been placed in the hands of men
who value religious principle—that Christianity is a vital
reality from God, not to be crushed by the power of its
enemies, nor smothered under the carelessness and covetous-
ness of its professors. Let Scotland say to her rulers, you
have lodged power in our hands, and we will use it in defence
of our dearest treasure, and to commit no part of it to any
man who would wrest from us the Word of our God, and
the blessing of our National Church. (Applause') If you
will help our institutions, Scriptural as they are, we shall
receive it with respectful thankfulness; but if you exact any
unscriptural conditions' we are happy to be able to say, we
want no help at all, and least of all such help as you would
inflict upon us. Our Scriptural system is what must be in-
culcated in every house—in every cottage—in every school
—in every factory—on every man, from John o' Groat's to
the Land's-end. (Cheers.)
_ _

"To conclude—if you would base an efficient system of
education in your country, you must have efficient normal
seminaries for masters. So important is this, that let me
appoint the master, and you appoint the books, the rules, the
hours—the schools shall work for me, and not for you. A
Popish priest may tell you—' Gentlemen, prepare your rules
and your books, fix your hours, make all your arrangements,
only give me the appointment of the master, and the school
shall be a Popish school.' (Cheers.) And if you would have
these seminaries really useful, because fundamentally Scrip-
tural, you must have them in connection with and subordinate
to your national church ; and if, under existing circumstances,
you would achieve this great consummation, you must instantly
make pecuniary sacrifices. Why, sir, if even this meeting—
if the ministers and their coadjutors on this platform, and the
men in this house, were combined in such a determination as
shone In the countenance of your own Knox, when he stood
in the presence of his powerful enemies,—if even 'so many
were as one man in making self-denying sacrifices for the
truth, you would, I say, turn the tide of the whole question,
and proclaim to Scotland, to England, to Ireland, to the
educated world, that there remains such an unconquerable
spirit of Christianity in Great Britain, as to set even anti-
Scriptural rulers at defiance to break down the established
institutions of our country. Apply to Christian principle
what Burns says of worldly honour—

Its slightest touches. instant pause,
Debar a' side pretences ;
And resolutely keep its laws,
UNCARING CONSEQUENCES!'

Apply this, I say, to Christian principle—act upon it—and
the thing is done." (Tremendous cheering.)

MANCHESTER.—FACTORY EDUCATION BILL.—The pe-
tition in favour of the above bill was forwarded from this
town on Friday last to Lord Ashley, for presentation by his
Lordship. It contains 26,618 signatures, amongst which are
the names of the clergy, supported by a long list of those of
magistrates and gentlemen of the highest distinction and in-
fluence.

THAMES TUNNEL.—The number of persons who have
passed through from Sunday to Wednesday is 33,000, making
in all since the opening 574,000. There are now 20 shops
opened daily in the tunnel. for the sale of fancy articles,
refreshments, &c., giving a lively appearance to the sub-
marine thoroughfare. As these standings are numbered and
referred to in the various shop-bills, it is supposed letters
will very soon be delivered by post, even under the Thames.
SALE OF THE COLOSSEUM, REGENT'S PAILK.—This cele-
brated building was on Thursday brought to the hammer at
the Auction Mart, upon which occasion Mr. George Robins
officiated. The event drew together an extremely numerous
assemblage, and amongst those present the members of the
legal profession constituted a large proportion. After au
address describing the merits of the property, in his usual
laudatory style, Mr. Robins put up the lot for competition,
premising that the ground upon which the colossal building
stood was held under a lease from the crown, of which SO
years were unexpired, at a moderate ground-rent. The
biddings commenced at £lO,OOO, and after considerable time
had elapsed in the progress of the successive advances, the
property was ultimately knocked down to a gentleman of
the name of Giraud, of Furnivul's Inn, for 23,000 guineas.
It was understood that Mr. Giraud acted in a professional
capacity on the occasion, and that he was the representative,
and not the principal.

TIIE MILITARY KNIGHTS or WINDSOR.—An order ar-
rived at Windsor, on Wednesday, from the Commissioners
of Woods and Forests, for the five dilapidated houses, the
residences of that number of the Military Knights of Wind-
sor, known as the Lower Foundation, situate in the lower
ward of the castle, to be immediately taken down, it having
been deemed essentially requisite, in consequence of their ru-
inous and extremely dangerous condition, that no delay
should take place in their being razed to the ground, and a
new row of houses for the Military Knights of the Founda-
tion of the Knights of St. Peter Le Maire constructed with
increased conveniences in their stead. This foundation was
endowed as long since as the early part of the reign of James
1., by Sir Peter Le Maire, with an estate of the then value
of £530 per annum. Some time since the Earl of Lincoln,
the Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests, with the go-
vernment architect, inspected these tenements, and then,
from the dangerous and insecure state they appeared to be in,
it was determined that they should be taken down and re-
built. This recommendation having met with the sanction
of the board, arrangements have now been made for carrying
these highly necessary arrangements into effect. It may be
observed that the houses of the 13 Military Knights who re-
side on the Upper Foundation are repaired by the govern-
ment, and they are consequently always kept in an excellent
state of repair. No repairs have taken place in the houses
on the Lower Foundation within the last 40 years ; they then
underwent an extensive restoration at the expense of the
Woods and Forests. The following may be assigned as one
of the reasons for their present ruinous condition :---Each of
the five Military Knights has an allowance of £6 a year to
be expended by him, when he thinks proper, in keeping his
residence in repair; and this sum, if judiciously expended
when necessary, is considered to be quite sufficient for all the
purposes for which it is granted. But then, it may be ob-
served, those who are fortunate enough to obtain these pre-
ferments are mostly old officers, who have, in their time,
rendered essential services to their country, and who do not
look forward for many years to enjoy the comforts of retire-
ment and repose, and they, therefore, attend but very little
to the repairs of their residences. Hence the stability of their
houses is neglected (under the impression that they will last
as long as they require them), and they have from this ne-
glect or carelessness gradually become reduced to their pre-
sent dilapidated, and indeed extremely insecure and ruinous
state.

FACILITY OF CUSTOM-HOUSE FRAUDS.—In consequence
of this want of vigilance, we may perhaps say, this culpable
neglect of warnings, unceasingly given to the board by Eng-
lish manufacturers, has been, not only that establishments
have been formed in France and Belgium for the express pur-
pose of carrying on smuggling with England, but that large
houses in this country, possessing capital, influence, and
station, have engaged extensively in it, have built or altered
their premises to afford every facility for carrying it on, and
have made arrangements for that purpose, grounded only on
a knowledge of the weakness and inefficiency of our fiscal
arrangements, and the facility of avoiding them. To such
an extent has this been carried on, and such is the confidence
of the parties engaged in this trade, that so long ago as three
years, in the year 1839 or 1840, circular letters confidentially
were sent round to the silk trade by a house carying on busi-
ness at Calais, ostensibly as bankers and money changers,
but in reality as merchants and factors, offering to deliver
goods at the warehouse of merchants in London, and to
insure them from all risks on their passage, for a bonus of 9
per cent. on the amount of their invoice price in France.
This description of epistle was not confined to two or three
houses, but appears to have been pretty generally circulated
through the silk and fancy trade ; indeed, in the course of
our inquiries upon this subject, we have met with no less
than three different examples, in one of which we find the
following passage :—" I will close my observations by stating
to you that I believe I am fully in a position to prove to you
practically that I could import almost every article without
touching the Custom-house at all by payment of a moderate
charge."—Times.

CUSTOM House FRAUDS.—In the Court of Exchequer
on Saturday an information at the suit of the Crown was
proceeded with against a person named Wade. It charged
them with having "received and concealed large quantities
of uncustomed goods well knowing that the proper duty had
not been paid thereon." In support of the charge a variety
of evidence was given, some merely formal and documentary,
to which no particular interest would attach, while the rest
was afforded by the principal actors in the fraud imputed to
the defendants. It appears that the defendant is the partner
of one Vidil, a glove manufacturer at Grenoble, whose Lon-
don business was transacted by the defendant at No. 8, Old
Jewry. It was the custom of the house to ship large quan-
tities of gloves of all sorts by steam from Havre and Boulogne
to London, where they were passed apparently in the usual
and legal method, and then carted to the premises of the de-
fendant. It seems that there is a class of Cuustom-house
agents, licensed by the commissioners, who, being selected
by the shippers, transact all the formal routine of passing the
goods of their employers, and afterwards account to the au-
thorities for the amount of duty chargeable on each case of
goods so passed by thcm. This routine consists of a " sight
entry," when the cases are unpacked and examined by the
lauding waiter and the agent. An entry is then made of the
contents, reckoning by the dozen in gloves, in a "blue book,"
which is composed of a number of leaves sealed together, and
delivered, from time to time, as occasion may require, to the
landing waiters. These books when completed are returned
to the Customs, and the entry therein regulates and indicates
the amount of duty payable on each case. After this entry
is made the goods are repacked and a " perfect entry" hav-
ing been obtained the case is delivered over to the agent, who
generally commits it to the charge of a carman for delivery
to the consignee. This course of dealing was to-day clearly
proved by numerous witnesses on the part of the Crown in

respect of six cases of gloves, three of which arrived by the
Belfast steamer in January, 1841, while the residue came by
the Lady De Saumarez ; and the important question was,
whether the proper duty had been charged to and paid by
him upon their contents ? In order to make out the negative
of this proposition a number of witnesses were called, but
the jury returned a verdict for the Crown for £4,500.

EXTENSIVE SEIZURE OF FOREIGN MANUFACTURED
GOODS BEARING ENGLISH BRANDS.—At an early hour on
Friday morning, a seizure of no less than 400 bales of foreign
manufactured goods bearing an English manufacturer's mark
was made in St. Katharine Dock by an officer of her Majesty's
Customs named Coppack, from on board the American ship
Niagara, from Boston. The whole of these bales had been
entered by Messrs. Baring Brothers, for the warehouses of
Taylor and Bell, Freshwharf (one of the legal quays) ; and
375 were in course of transit from the above docks in iighters
belonging to that firm. It appears that the discovery was
made from the simple incident of one of the bales being
landed at the docks in error, when the officer on the station
caused it to be opened, and made the discovery that every
piece of cotton goods, of which there are 20 in each bale, 30
yards long, bore the stamp of_

Stark Mills,
Manchester
the outer canvass being markel..

Had these bales been landed as intended, no doubt the de-
tection would not have been made, and the goods have been
ultimately shipped to our colonies as being. as the marks
described, of English manufacture.— Tirnes.—Messrs.
Baring and Co. have addressed a letter, on the sub-
ject of this seizure, to the commissioners of customs, in
which they say—" We beg to inform your honours, that
these goods are consignments to us by two highly-respectable
firms in Boston, and precisely similar in all respects to the
manufactures they have been in the habit of exporting to
various parts of the world for many years past, and that the
marks in question are legitimately their marks, without the
slightest idea of imitating any of our English manufacturers.
We have inspected the samples of these cottons, and beg to
add, for your honours' government, the exact words stamped
thereon, which, so far as we can learn. are as dissimilar as
they well can be in matter, style, and execution, to our
brands ; except, indeed, the occurrence of the word " Man-
chester," and being the same lanuage." In addition to the
words " Stark Mills, Manchesteg
r" are the words and let-
ere, "Extra fine. N. ,

PLBPie,ii afilitLialiNfiff,

ittV, e. 3. Penton, MA., to to Head INiaatet bi
'tripe College, Bath.
Rev. John Alton Hatchard, 8.A., of Corpus Christi Col.
lege, Cambridge, to the Vicarage of Haydon, Dorset, Vacant
by the death of the Rev. M. 1% eat ; patron, Earl Digby,
Rev. Edward Kirwan, M.A., Fellow of King's College
Cambridge, to the Curacy of Prior's Portion, Tiverton:
Devon.
Rev. Mr. Tate, of Douglas, Isle of Alan. to the Perpetual
Curacy of Trinity Church, Wakefield, vacant by the resigna-

tion of the Rev. C. G. Davies.
Rev. William Smith, to the Rectory of Llangun, Non-
mouthsire ; patron, Colonel Scudamore.
Rev. Benjamin Morgan, to the Perpetual Curacy of St.
David, Liverpool.
Rev. Edwin Sidney, M.A., of St. John's College, Cam-
bridge, Curate of Acic, Norfolk, has been appointed by Vis-
count Hill one of his Lordship's Domestic Chaplains.
Rev. Edward Henry Carr, M.A., of Trinity College, Cam-
bridge, to the Curacy of Melton Mowbray.
Rev. Allan Wallace, M.A., of Pembroke College, Cam-
bridge, Curate of West Hackney, Middlesex, to the Head
Mastership of the Free Grammar School, Newport, Isle of
Wight.
Rev. Harry Barber. formerly of Trinity College, Cam-
bridge, to the Curacy of Kensington, Middlesex.
Rev. Robert Woolmer Cory, M.A., of Pembroke College,
Cambridge, to the Curacy of Blundeston, Suffolk.
Rev. John Raban, to the Curacy of Wyverstone, Suffolk.
On Thursday se'nnight, Arthur Cardinal Saunders, Com-
moner of Pembroke College, was elected a Scholar of that
Society, on the foundation of Sir John Phillips, Bart.
On Wednesday last, Mr. Robert Payne Smith, 8.A., of
Pembroke College, was elected a Soholar of the same, on the
foundation of Sir Joh❑ Benet, Lord Ossulston.
The Rev. William Wheleer, 8.D., Fellow of Magdalene
College, has been presented, by the President and Fellows of
Magdalene College, to the Vicarage of Old and New Shore-
ham.
The Hon. and Rev. Charles Leslie Courtnay, M.A., of
Christ Church, has received the appointment of Chaplain to
the Queen.
The Rev. Charles Raymond Barker, M.A., of Wadham
College, has been presented, by the Precentor of York Ca-
thedral, to the Rectory of Oddington, Gloucestershite, vacant
by the resignation of the Rev. William S. Escott.
The Rev. Charles Dolben, 8.A., of Trinity College, to the
Rectory of Ipsley, Warwickshire, on his own petition as
patron.

The vauntings of the " Dissenting Interest" of being the
best friends to the education of the peuple may be tested by
the following extract from the recent report, dated Jan. 20,
1843, of Leonard Homer, Esq., Inspector of Factories, ap-
pointed by the Whig Government :—" I have been disap.
pointed to find so little disposition on the part of the more
wealthy Dissenters in my district to come forward in the
cause of the education of the working classes. All the
activity which has come under my notice, in places where
schools are most wanted, HAS BEEN ON THE SIDE OF THE
CHURCH."

theodno ssbt iyt utitiiePo ns. Society THE PRAYER BOOKoBIuN
Prayer-book,
,I A N
.—The Rev. J. Black-
burn, chaplain to the Englishocolony in Messina, thus wei.tt
f the Church of England
book, in the Italian lan-
guage,excitingefire'our
ob o
respecting the Prayer
meoaonks
ofy
t- bothli ; the elegance surprise
andpromoting Christian
"onsehsa-esraplroovcecdasi
with the idiom
admiration
siaoto the
incten ytd.for
of then
to native scholars. When used at Thisie
English recommendsi it
ground, it has made a great impression on the bystab -
burying
ntlers."
QUEEN ANNE'S BOUNTY.--As Sir Robert Peel has
rporation established
pro-
posed to borrow £BOO,OOO from the co
"for the better maintenance of the clergy, by the augmen_
tation of small livings," commonly known as Queen
Bounty, a
,list of those parties entitled to ' Anne's
may not be unacceptable to our readers at thisit at the board
are as follow :—The Lords of the Privy Council,time. They
Lieutenant, Custos Rotulorum, the Archbishops, the Lords
of Cathedrals, the Judges, the Queen's Se the Deans
the Attorney-General, the Solicitor-General,
-at-Law,
General, the Chancellors of the Universities,te
Advocate-
chancellors of the Universities, the Lord Mayor the
Vice-
the Aldermen of London, and the Mayors of all of London,
kingdom. cities in the
MARLBOROUGH SCHOOL.—The trustees of the sch
established at Marlbo rough, for the sons of cler oel now
others, have received an endowment, by which an exhibition
hilii and
ition
of thirty guineas per annum is provided, and made t
by the son of a clergyman and of the Church of Englandenahhlne
shall have served within the limits of the East India Company's w---
charter not less than five years, either as a missionary
the authority of the Church of England, or as a m iir der
chaplain. The exhibition is to be held for two years military
the Ist day of August, 1843, and renewal for two years mrowu
on the recommendation of the master, and with the approhare
ti
of the trustees, regard being had to improvement and
conduct of the pupil. The candidate must not have
exceeded his thirteenth year on the Ist of January.
THE BISHOP OF CHESTER.—Sir Robert Peel, in tha
course of his speech in proposing the intentions of the go-
vernment with reference to churcherr extension
the , thus spoke
of
of
our revered diocesan—" In referring to diocese
Chester, I cannot find terms sufficiently strong in which to
express my admiration of the Bishop of Chester, who has
effected so much good in that diocese which has the good
fortune to be under his charge and to witness his example.
It is impossible for any man to read the charge of the Bishop
of Chester, and the documents which accompanied it, with-
out entertaining sentiments of the deepest respect for that
venerable prelate. (Hear, hear.) In the diocese of Chester,
in the year 1841, the sum of £53,300 was applied to the
building of ohurches, and £ll,OOO to endowments—making
a total of £64,300. Of this amount £18,350 were derived
from public sources; and to the credit of that diocese let it
be said, that £46,500 were provided by individual subscrip-
tions. (Hear, hear.) This shows the tendency of the ad-
vancement of small sums : it is to produce a return from in-
dividual exertion far exceeding them." We believe there is
not a devout man in the diocese of Chester,
ho will to whatever
denomination of Christians he may belong,
w
cordially join in this well-merited eulogy upon our venerated
and beloved bishop.
Dri.. Hoore AND Mat. HASER STANSPIELD.—We gave,
a few days since, the substance of a correspondence between
these gentlemen on the subject of a eh he stated was pub-
uota
The publisher of the
tion made by the
latter from a tract on matrimony, wh ic
lished at Leeds by the Puseyite clergy.
L
tract, who dates his letter Boston,, Lincolnshire, gives the
following particulars relative to its original publication :--it
was written, printed, and gratuitously circulated in this town
only, at the sole expense and charge of a married layman.
It was written by a learned Presbyter of the Church of Eng-
land. That copies of it have been readily given away or sold
ever since tbe publication of it. That if Mr. Hamer Stans-
field in calling it a " Puseyite Tract" means thereby to assert
that it was either written or published at the instigation, or
even with the knowledge of Dr. Pusey, he has stated a gross
falsehood. That I believe there are no grounds whatever for
calling it a Leeds tract:—it certainly was never sent to Leeds
did the
before its publication, nor manuscript come to me
from any place within one hundred mhave been iles of tha
published and
t town. It is
not true that "thousands" of copies
circulated in Lincolnshir, for
al object in the publication of
the tract was o 6 counteract the false notions inculcated by the
heretics and schismatics of this town with regard to offices
of the Church

The general assembly of the church of Scotland meet on
the 18th instant.
CONSTITUTION OF THE ASSEMBIS—The complete roll
is now made up, including all the commissions of every sort,
good, bad
follows 211.
doubtful, which have been received, and the
result of the returns, with reference to the state of parties, is
CooOnvff
Constitutionalists. ............................. 211
skheuta,s
sthootullide
25144
owwchha
iitcci
ohhnttaiSrtees
as.
rr.
ee.
..................
returns
ee
ttuur
nrn s 9 . •. •. •................
• • 67
Middlemen!. . .................................. 23
There are 37 this
sacra commissioners.
We believe that this analysis will be found to be as accurate
as it is possible to make it; indeed, so well known are the
a "y
returns, rnist
position they hold is highly improbable. It appears, then,
position of the various partthiees,that
that the Convocationists have doubleity of 3 over the Con:
stitutionalists, including
theseionalists,
be deducted, the latter will be in a majority of 10, to
which may airsded the middlemen, giving a total majo-
rity of 33 ag the Convocationists upon the question of
the disruption of the Churchgh Standard.

appeared in some of the Sunday
projected movements
:.-..._-------__---_____
THE Cotrar.--We are authorised to state, that sundry
her
la the_
apnadragortatphhesdwariyicihohoraiviaelslarete
art altogether unfounded. It is probable that
of the Court,
the queen, as soon as she is convalescent, may pay a short
visit tolllremo, and that the usual routine of court recep.
tions wi take place on her majesty's return to London.—
Times. •
THE Kirin or HANOVSR.—The King's journey to London
is decided on. We cannot exactly state the time when this
will take place; but we can positively announce, that part
for
instance, the silver plate, has
of the King's effects,
already been sent to LODdOLI by the monthly courier, and
also, that some of his Majesty's horses were on the way, and
some of the servants are already gone to England. This
and the preparations which have been ordered in London,'
give reason to suppose that His Majesty means to ma
long stay in the British capital. Nothing is yet known e a res.-
pecting the conduct of the affairs of Government d •
uring his
absence.—Hanorer paper.
ASR.Dirca som,RE.—This East Indian millionaire,
doubtless known to most of our readers, soon after it
is
in this country, laden with the spoils and ri h its arrival
c es of the
contracted a marriage with the daughter of V' east,
Viscount St
Vincent. Since their union, acts of a most violent. *
on the part of Mr. Sombre have rendered the position oft
the
e
unfortunate lady painful, and indeed trying, in no slight de-
gree. Some time since, by the desire of her ladyship, the
matter was taken up by a sort of committee of her noble
friends, who vainly endeavoured to procure for her a better
order of things; on the contrary, they
bad gone on from bad
to worse, until. on a very late occasion, at the Clarendon
Hotel, (at least so we are assured,) the violence extended
even to an attempt upon her life. She has
since this left her
husband, and whether this resolve tended to bring on the
crisis, we know not, but certain it is, that
"lunacy"
so de-
cided has now exhibited itself in the subject of ou
that he has been, by the common consent
of
all hriremarks,
s friends,
placed in confinement, or, at least
, under restraint in a pri-
vate asylum.—Couri Journal.
last,
DEATH OV LORD FITZGRRALD.—On Thursday a
his residence in London, the Right Hon. Lord Fitzgt
era
and Veschi, President of the Board of Control for the affairs
of India, and one of her Majesty's ministers. The following
particulars relating to the noble lord's illness may be regarded
as authentic :—lt appears that Lord Fitzgerald, although able
to discharge his official duties as President of the Board of
, Control, has not enjoyed complete health since his illness
about twelve months back, when be was suffering from an
enlargement of the liver, and that for some weeks be has
been ailing, but of so trifling a nature was his indisposition
as to create little or no alarm to himself or friends. On
Thursday week the noble lord transacted business at his
office, but did not attend the funeral of his Royal Highness
the Duke of Suss as was . erroneously stated in all the
papers. On Friday morning' his lordship, shortly after rising,
was seized with a cold shivering, and Dr. Seymour was ini-
mediately sent for. That medical gentleman, after consulting,
with his noble patient, instantly ordered his lordship to bed,
as he considered the symptoms to be of an alarming charac-
ter. From that time his lordship's disorder went through
the most aggravated stages. After Tuesday morning his
sufferings were most intense. His lordship expired on Thurs.
day morning, shortly before two o'clock. His last moments
, were tranquil, and his death was easy. His lordship was the
eldest son of the late Baroness Fitzgerald, by the Right Hon.
James Fitzgerald. and succeeded to the Irish barony in 1832
on the death of his mother. In 1820 and 1826 he represented
the county of Clare in the House of Commons, and was
elected for Lostvvithiel in 1830, and for Ennis in 1831 ; and
in the following year was created a peer of the united king-
dom. His lordship was paymaster of the Forces from 18‘,6
to 1828, previous to which he was Chancellor of the Irish
Excheque In 1828 he was appointed President of the
Board of Trade and Treasurer of the Navy, which he held
until 1830. On the appointment by Sir Robert Peel of Lord
llenborough to the Governor-Generalship of India, his lord-
ship succeeded as President of the Board of Control. Hislordship was Lord Lieutenant and
re Militia. Rooru -
county of Clare, and Colonel of the Clare gm, of the
the Dean of Kihnore, his lordships brother, -he
HOD.
ODIZIptiVU to the title and estates. is heir pre_

What matters a man's origin in trade!
The fellow's bills have all been duly paid,
And this throws other matters in the shade.
His words, in sooth, are " few and far between,
Like angels' visits ;"—if he condescend
(And seldom this great man does so, I ween,)
To drop some salutation to a friend,
He still pßrsues with pressing haste his way,
With " How 'a your wife, and how is trade to-day
And now his antipode we next must scan—

For he, alas