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tect our seamen from imposition and extortion, and to
encourage them to husband their hard-earned wages ;
and in order that they may have within themselves the
elements of such protection, we desire to promote their
moral, intellectual; and professional improvement, and
afford them an opportunity of receiving religious instruc-
tion. For their intellectual improvement it is proposed
that a library and reading-room should be established, and
that both cf these be made.as attractive to them as it is
possible to do. For their moral improvement it is pro-
posed that there should be a savings' hank and registry
of character; arid for their religious improvement it is
proposed that there should be a clergyman and visiting
chaplain to the institution. (Hear, hear.) These are
fruitful tonics; but I must be brief. We have lately had
opportunity, more or less; of witnessing the gratifying,
and almost miraculous effects produced by savings' hankS:
I fully agree in the observations made by Mr. Aiken on
this point.. Get a labouring man, whether seaman of
landsman, to make use of a savings' bank, arid you have
a hold of that man. (Hear, hear.) He has something
to keep, and, a hat is still more elevating to his charact, r,
he bas SOmethiog to give away. (Laughter and cheers.)
And this is
chtte?rical. I hold in my hand the last
report of the institutiofi
in London. similar to that we
now desire to establish here. • And I lea-n One t!ta-
tilling instance recorded in th's report:—" It is a cir-
cumstance most gratifying to the directors to be enabled
again to state that of the £20,000 of sailors' money which
passed through our. hands, £4,800 was money sent by the
officer§ of the institution,, to sailors at their own homes,
or to their relations in various parts of the country."
(Applause ) Here is the prospect which Mr. Aiken pre-
sewed in theory realised in pracqce. (Hear, hear.) I
do hope that the savings' hank, part of the plan will be
most diligently and skilfully carried out. (Hear, hear.)
Then as moral improvement advances, a register of
character carefully kept will give the seaman the ani-
mating encouragement that his moral character is not
lost sLht of, and will secure his reward, by securing
more readily advantageous engagements as he goes on.
And knowing,• sir, that all such engagements must
speedily terminate, arid recollecting that the seaman,
after all, has an eternity to spend, it is an integral and
important part of our plan to give him the opportunity-at
least to learn the redeeming love of " Him who died and
rose again for us men and for our salvation,—that so, our
sea-faring brather may, by the grace of God, working in,
due season, find a return of that practical grateful love
for that pardoning love which he has mercifully experi-
enced, and thus find, within his own bosom, the germ
of e;ernal love in conformity to the character of God,
for " God is love." These are the chief features of the
plan. The rev. gentleman then appealed to the liberality of
our merchant princes for contributions for the effectual
carrying out of the project, and afterwards proceeded as
follows :--Simply on commercial grounds the matter

might be argued.- You have heard this already. The im-
proved character of the seamen—the improved intelligence
of the most subordinate members of the crew, and the
consequent increased safety of the vessel in the case of
accident or illness of the master or mate :—these, and
kindred consequences ought to speak with a loud voice
to owners, and undewriters, and insurance companies.—
(Loud applause.) On Christian principles the matter
may be urged. This, also, has been alluded to; and
surely, sir, it ought to he an object with British Christians
that the men who carry throughout the world the match.
less specimens of England's handicraft in manufactures
ought themselves to be specimens of the Christianity of
England—(continued applause)—instead of being, as too
many of our neglected seamen, alas, now are—profane,
dissolute, and drunken stumbling blocks in the way of the
heathen where they visit. And the decks and wooden
walls of Old England—her best defence in the day of
danger--manned by her indomitable tars, whn never
struck her flag—(cheers)—these might be -pleaded—these
might also be stirringly addressed, and especially at this
moment, when this feeling has been made to thrill through
the nation. For it was only on Monday last, the anniver-
sary of the battle of Trafalgar, the Victory was decorated
as usual, that our Sovereign, Queen Victoria—whom God
preserve !—(applause)—went on board that vessel. She
ascended the quarter-deck—came where it is inscribed,
" Here Nelson fell." She paused—read the inscription
thoughtfully, and then she plucked a leaf of the wreath
of laurel that encircled the spot and clasped it to her
royal—her right. English heart. (Vehement applause).
And her attention was called to the Admiral's signal on
that remarkable day, when she read, with a full, emphatic
voice—" England expects every man to do his duty."
Here, sir, a thousand recollections and associations start
t.) the mind—all well ca calated to give our seamen their
proper place in our consideration, and every plan for their
welfare, and to furnish claims on our substantial gratitude.
For though
.our seamen are not pow called to the dis-
charge of such dreadful duties—and we trust, in the over-
ruling providence of the most High, for a continuance of
peace—yet, deeds of days gone by—deeds, productive of
peace, because deci-ive in war, ought not to be forgotten;
and if it was the sailor's duty then to fight, to do his part
to preserve to oue use the happy homes of old England,
it is equally the duty of every Briton in our day to supply
a home for Britain's seamen. (Great cheers.) But, sir,
I urge a softer theme. 1 observe in one of the resolutions
an allusion to the children, especially of the orphan child-
ren, of oar reamen ; and, when I read this, my attention
reverted from it naturally enough, to the parents of our
seamen. I consider the multitude of youths that I see
amongst the seamen in the town, and I picture to myself
the anxious fathers anti affectionate mothers of those
young men following them with their prayers and tears to
your port. (Hear.) Sir, the poor have tender feelings
as well as pressing wants. It bet ays a grievous ignorance
of them to assert that their natural affections are less ten-
der than our own. (Hear, hear,) Who amongst us that
is not a parent—l believe I ought to say, who, that is not
a molt .r, can adequately enter into the feelings of a
mother for her sailor boy. (Hear, hear, and cheers.)
She dreads the sea, 'tis true ; but she dreads the shore
still more. She fancies her dear child taking his turn of
duty on the deck or in the rigging, and then turning
into his hammock, and, through all this, her heart can
linger with him, and she can surround him with the
shelter of her prayers. But when he comes on shore,
and she attempts to trace his steps—alas I. her heart sinks
at the too probable a=pect, her prayer falters, and she
would fain dismiss, if possible, the thought of him alto-
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there she may imagine him still returning to la's bed of
soberness and chastity ! there, she may linger with her
supplications to the God of all mercy for a blessing upon
her son, and a blessing upon his friends and benefactors,
who supplied him with such a refuge ! (Continued cheers.)
Oh ! sir, this one feeling alone—and with this I must.
for the present at least, conclude—this one feeling should
more than recompense for every Christian effort, and
every Christian sacrifice that we can make on this behalf.
For, sir, if there he on earth a spot of Paradise unstained
by the fall of Adam—a lovely, lingering trace of God's
own image upon our nature !—if there be a shrine into
which selfi-hness has never entered, but where disinte-
rested affection sits enthroned I—if there be a string un
relaxed by the damp vapours of our fallen atmosphere,
and still vibrating true to the harmony of Heaven, it is
the tender love of a mother's heart to an absent, en-
dangered son ! The Rev. Gentleman hers resumed his
seat, amid loud demonstrations of applaus-.

ment, which alone can constitute a safe sea-going ship.
It is, therefore, of the first moment that all vessels of pas-
sage and burthen, should be so constructed, that every
section, fore and aft, as far as the cargo extends, should
be fully borne up and supported by the fluid in which she
is to pass, otherwise she will soon promote her own de-
struction. Should a ship be flat in midships, and ex-
tremely sharp forward and abaft, with a cargo extending
fore and aft, she has then a ruinous up-pressure s'rain in
midship that will soon disjoint her, from its forming two
levers whole length extends beyond the half-length of the
vessel; the like evil will attend vessels built, either full
forward or abaft, whereby the centre of displacement is
removed from its natural pcsition, and the lever becoutc3
more extended : in the former Pen are two Ter6rA
2r-tiOn; hi the latter bat One, Vet the lever of the,
one, from its length, will prove equally destrnetite.
have known ships built in our naval yard, which Wei:a
supposed when in proper trim to swim on an even keel,
draw when launched nearly twice as much water abaft as
forward ; to bring those ships on an even keel, a very con-
siderable portion of their weight must be placed to the
foreside of their half length ; how ruinous, then, must be
the effect produced from such a principle ! From this it
may be seen how. great 10 the responsibility of ship_
builders, and with what caution they should act, lest by
iiltae_st:lucing novelties they night not only prove useless
but dangerous iniovations. It is therefore ob7kus that
such care should always be taken in the construction and
formation of vessels, that the centre of displacement
should judiciously take the place of the centre of gravity,
which cannot be effected unless it meets near the half-
length of the vessel, by which means the fore and after In-
dies may be so regatated and equalised, that no section
should be under the necessity of requiring support from
its neighbour section.
The resistance of fluids in refereees to shipbuilding is
that obstruction which all floating bodies have to encouri,
ter in proportion to their velocity in passing through the
water. Wise men, in all ages, from Plato to Newton, and
from him to the present day, have written volumes with
the view of giving a demonstrative proof, which solid pre-
sents the least res stance; unfortunately for the maritime
world, the figures given are like the alchymists' transmu-
tation, absorbed in theory. Many excellent writers on
shipbuilding, on every other subject have in clear and dis-
tinct terms explained their theorems, excepting that of
resistance, and with it the principles of velocity. On these
subjects they are completely at a stand. Many clever
men have attempted to establish a theory, with models in,
water, drawn along by pulleys and weights, in which they
are all at variance; and why, because all experiments,
with models by water, as proofs of the stability or velocity
of a ship under canvass, are like the searches atter perpe-
tual motion, ineffectual in producing a principle. As well
may the strength of a ship's main-mast be decided from
the strength of its model on a greater scale. Therefore
every attemet of the kind has, and ever will prove abor-
tive; observation and experience alone must determine
on the very essential question. Having thus far entered
on this important subject, shall resume it again next
week.—l am, sir, &c.

JOHN COCK.

Pembroke Dock, 22d Oct. 1814.

O'CONNELL AND THE WHIGS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

SlR..—Did you ever happen to observe two boys at-
tempting to mount a wall ? They both puff and blow.
and tug, but find that singly it is useless, till at last the
bigger of the two hoists the other on his shoulders,l who,
when he arrives at the top, gives his fellow a hand, and
thus they both succeed. This, sir, is the exact position of
the Whigs at the present day ; they find it utterly impos-
sible, as how should it be possible, to walk into office, and_
at last have recourse to that " Jack of trades," Daniel
O'Connell, to assist them to mount the wall.
Daniel O'Connell and the Whigs! beautiful coalition!
admirable compact ! This second edition of the Lichfield
House affair is to hear down all opposition, and overcome
every obstacle. The armies are uphill.% the generals are
laying their wise heads together, if not single-handed, at
least with accumulated forces, they intend to force the
citadel of the constitution, they purpose to raze ell monu-
ments of toryism, leaving nought but its ashes to testify
its ruin. O'Connell and the Whigs ! wondrous assn.
dation ! behold the parted enemies are become united
friends once more; ! the " base," the " b1...0dy," and the
" brutal," are reconciled to their vilifier! and the exqui-
site patriot ! the distiuterested patriot, who puts himself
to the trouble of robbing the pockets of the poor of
£28,000 a-year ! the persecuted martyr, who has become
fat under government pay ! is going to travel the wished-
for road to place; in conjunction with the placeless, crouch-
ing animals of the other side of the water ! where each
will bear each other's burden, and both will stand up for
each other where mutual obligation is absolutely neces-
sary.
How naked must Whtggery have become to need
the Irish ragamuffin coat of O'Connell to hide their na-
kedness ! to what a depth of lowness must they have
sunk when Daniel O'Connell is gratefully accepted to lift
them from the contempt of their mean and disgraceful
situation !• They are fawned upon and beslavered by their
former vilifier, for it suits his purpose ; the flattery has its
effect, and they fawn and beslaver in return. flow beau-
tiful to look upon is their gentleness! how admirable is
their meekness ! the worui turns not egainq the butt of
former abuse, and ridicule kisqes the cheek of its reviler I

What a despicable little plaything it is in the hands of
the cunning old fox ! what a puny, Far), t,,y, tossed and
hefingered by the sly old artificer. Oh! take care of it,
when thou bast it, Dan ! Hold it fast in thy retentive
claw, keep it in thy treacherous trap ; don't let it gowben
its feet are so conveniently embedded in the mire ; if it
could, like a serpent, it would sting thee, and scruple not
to tread over thy carcase into emoluments and offic:!.

It is, indeed, viewed abstractedly, a lamentable thing to
behold Whiggery floundering and kicking in the hole, and
calling upon Daniel O'Connell to lend :hand and help it
out ! It is indeed lamentable to behold that great Ccesar
in the midst of the roaring waters of destruction, and cry-
ing to the Irish Cassius, " Help me, or I sink !" it is, hi-
deed, lamentable to behold so great talents prostituted to
- the demoniac altar of repeal ! to see such astonishing and
leviathan powers sold for golden place—to see all that was
once gay and flourishing ! all that was once powerful -
-that was once rearing its head proudly above the billows
of political condemnation—that once firmly and nob/9
stuck in its place, notwithstanding public clamour for re.
signation ! to see all this bribed into silence, (righted into
non-entity, beaten into ignominy! Alas, poor Whipery,
let me lament thy fate ! let me mourn the disgrace of thy
ignominious end ! There thou layest ! Where ? I can-
not tell ; but we hear a faint noise, we hear a dying gasp ;
•there is something said about a renewal of lite by a dis-
graceful coalition: but thou art so little the world can't
See thee; the remnant of thy mortality is coffiued in ob.
scurity! _ _ _

The last convulsive struggle before total annihilation is
just taking place in the political atmosphere. They have
,•
wen in the registration courts; they have tried on the
platform of every theatre, great and small, in the king-
dom ; they have tried every way, and by every means, but
all has been of no avail—all their efforts have been use.
less; and this, this is their last refuge--this is their only
remaining chance—this is their dying effort. O'Connell
is arch enough to make a profession of amity to the
Whigs, the Whigs are reduced low enough to accept the
offers of O'Connell. Well, let them combine ; let them
have their full time out ; they both will be involved in
one common ruin—they both shall fall into the pit toge-
ther.—l am, sir, &c. _ _

The Rev. J. Tenn BROWN seconded the motion ;
and it was supported by the Rev. Rector CAMPBELL, who
said the subject was one in which, as a clergyman of the
Church of England, and as one of the rectors of Liver-
pool, he took the deepest interest and concern. He
confessed he had more pleasure in supporting this cause
because he could not discover in it any elements of po-
litical or religious controversy, and that in the present
day was really a very great atisf,ction. It was an ob-
ject in which all classes could join with the most cordial
unanimity—in which all could co operate without the
possibility of havirig their motives misconstrued. It was
one, therefore, which he had the greatest possible satis-
faction in aiding by every means in his power. (Cheers.)
The resolution was carried unanimously.
Mr. GEORGE GRANT moved the appointment of a
committee; and, after expressing his approbation of the
object for which they had met, he suggested that in the
building itself means should be taken to secure rational
amu-ements and recreations for the inmates, inasmuch as
they would not be unsuitable or Injurious to !hem.
Mr. Wm. RATBBONE seconded the motion, and en-
larged upon the suggestion thrown out by Mr. Grant, of
which he expressed his warm admiration. The resolution
was ad,pted.
Mr. COTLSWORTII moved, and Mr. T. B lIORSFALL
seconded the next resolution; upon which the MAYOR
announced that he had received a cheque for £lOO from
Mr. J. A. Tinne, who was unable to attend the meeting,
to be applied in aid of the funds.
Mr. Duncan Gibb, Mr. Win. Watson, Mr. Sandbach,
Mr. Wm..l3rown,, aud.,Mr. George. Kendal!-afterwards
addressed the meeting, and the proceedings terminated
about h alf-past three o'clock.

DELTA.

UNIVERSITY 4,- CLERICAL NEWN.

APPOINTMENTS.—Rev. Philip Hall Palmer, M.A.,
Jesus College, to the rectot y of Wootsthorpe, Lincoln-
shire. Value, £l9l.—The Rev. Philip Vyvyan Robinson,
8.A., of Christ's College, to the rectory of Landewed-
nack, Cornwall. Value, £2s3.—The Rev. Henry Apreece.
Coles, M.A.. of St. John's College, to the vicarage of
Marnham, Nottinghamsnire. Value, £2oB.—The Rev.
Conrad Makings Wimberley. M.A., to the vicarage of
Keddington, Lincolnshire. Value, £77.—The Rev. Wm.
Douglas Littlejohn, 14. A., of Corpus Christi College, to
the vicarage of Theme with Sydenham, perpetual curacy,
Oxfordshire. Value, £2oo.—The Rev. Henry Euerton
Massie, 13. A„ Queen's College; to the perpetual curacy
of Shockloch, Cheshire. Value, £l97.—The Rev. Henry
Valentine Pickering, 8.A., of Pembroke College, to the
curacy of Kenton, Suffolk.—The Rev. George William.
Manning, of Emanuel College, to the perpetu,il curicy of
St. Juliet's. Cornwall. Value, £6o.—The Rev. WiMain
Hall Andrews, 13. A., of St. John's College, to the curacy
of Revel-tock, Devon,—The Hon. and Rev. Grantham
Munton York, to be one of the domestic chaplains to the
Lord Bishop of Worcester.
EXAMINERS.—OXFORD.—In a Convocation held on
Thursday; in Liter llumaniorihus, the Rev. John Mat-
thias Wilson, 111. A., Fellow of Corpus, and the Rev.
Arthur WeSt Haddan, M.A., Fellow of Triwty—ln Dis-
ciplinis.Mathematicis et Physics. Rev. Nicholas Pocock,
M.A., Michel Fellow of Queen's.
DEGREES.—At Oxford, on Thursday, the following
degrees ware conferred :—Maders of Arts.—The Hon.
Henry Pitt C bohnondley, Fellow of All Souls—Rev:
Nathaniel Midwinter, Macdalen Hall—Melville Portal,
Christ Church—Cornwall Simeon, Christ Church—Henry
Pritchard, Scholar of Corpus—Rev. Henry James Mar-
shall, Corpus—Rev. John William Kirkham, Jesus Col.
lege—Henry Ellison, Fellow of University—Jostpli Cox
Alger, Fellow of University—Rev. James Baditiel, Wad
ham—Frederic John Vipan, Wadham—Rev. John Wil-
lis Grane, Exeter—John Hungerford Pollen, Fellow of
Merton—Arthur Honhouse, Balliol—Rev. Charles Cutn.
bert Southey, Queen's—Rev. William Clayton, Queen's.
Bachelors of Arls.—William Brookes, Lincoln, Grand
Compounder—George Henry Vansittart, Balliol, Grand
Compounder—Jobn Leslie, Christ Church—Philip Con.
stable Ellis, Jesus—Henry Jackson Rhodes, Scholar of
Corpus—Henry Robert Smith, Scholar of Brasenose—
Henry Newby, Worcester—George Drinkwater Bourne,
Oriel.

CORRESPONDENCE.

SHIP-BUILDING.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

- - -
Sin,—ln giving a few strictures on practical shiubuild-
ing, for the information of your readers, for the further-
ance of this end it will not be out of place to introduce a
few remarks on the nature of displacement, and resistance
of fluids. Displacement is a term in hydrostatics, ef-
fected by the removal of a column of water through the
immersion of any solid body therein placed, whereby the
weight of such bodies may with the greatest accuracy he
obtained. All vessels or solids composing lighter materials
than water, such as logs of wood, a ship, or any other
floating substance, displace by their immersed part ex-
actly as much water as their specific gravity, for example :
suppose a ship with all her materials weighs 400 tons,
when afloat her immersed part removes a column of water
equal to 14,000 cubic feet, a cube foot of salt water being
equal to 61 lbs. weight, or 35 cubit to the ton ; divide
14,000 by 35, the produce will be 400 tons, the weight of
the ship. Again, take a log of fir timber measuring 30
cubic feet, the specific gravity of which bring 48 lbs. to
the cube foot, the weight of this log being 1440 lbs. ; float
this log in salt water, it will be seen that it displaces a co-
lumn thereof equal to 224 cubic feet, which multiply by
64, the produce will be 14401n5, the weight of the log,
thus showing that the average weight of fir timber is one
quarter lights than salt water, from the log float ug 71
cube feet above the surface. Furthermore, take a pig of
cast-iron one foot cube, the specific gravity of which is
464 lbs., sink it in salt water, and weigh it therein, its
weight w.ll be found no more than 400 lbs., having lost
64 lbs. by its displacing one cubic foot of water thereby
becoming that much more buoyant. These examples, as
illustrations, are sufficient to show the specific gravity and
displacement of all solids at rest ; but as it respects the
stability of
.vessels of passage and burthen, with them
everything depends, as to their safety, on the correctness
of their form, thereby producing regularity of displace-

The vicarage of St. Stephen, London, has been pre-
sented to the Rev. Josiah Pratt, son of the late lamented
vicar.

TRACTAILIAI4 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.—A. commit-
tee has been organised to promote the objects of the
Tractarian party, and to take immediate advantage of
every opportunity of forwarding their designs. -

It was a prelate of the Church, the venerable Bishop of
Bath and Wells, who first atinpted the plan of alloting
small portions of land to labourers, which system has
gradually spread to almost every quarter of the empire.
It is considered probable that Sir R. Peel will select
for the Deanery of Catlisle some clergyman of distin-
guished character, rend-nt in one of the Northern Dio-
ceses, and the names of the Rev. R. Buddicombe, Prin-
cipal of St. Bees College, and the Rev. G. Townsend,
Canon of Durham, are mentioned as likely to receive the
appointment. The future income of the office will be
£lOOO a year.

FOREIGN AAD COLONIAL.

THE COURT 4 FASHIONABLE WORLD.

The Berlin journals announce a great rise in the price ,' Her Majesty and Prince Albert arrived at Windsor at
of cotton goods in Prussia, and that the manufactures in seven o'clock on Monday, from Osborne House, Isle of
that country are in the most prosperaus state. , Wight, which place the royal party left at twenty minutes
SICKNESS IN THE FRENCH ARMY IN Aeotans.—
baf ire two o'clock.
The number of sick in the military hospitals of Algiers is The Post says that it is the intention of her Majesty to
.
at this moment 2,400. Diarhoea and dysentery are the honour lila Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter with a
prevailing maladies. visit at their princely residence, Burleigh House, near
.
It is seated in the Bible Society's Monthly Ex!racts Stomfortl, at as early a period as possible subsequent to
t
that the conversion of the entire Commune of Villefa-
he opening of the new Royal Exchange. It is probable
Yard/ in the department of the Haute Vienne, in France, the leave Windsor for Lincolnshire about the
su
consisting of 600 Rcommencement ofthe en ieg month,
Roman Catholics, has been effected by . court will
the simply reading of the Scriptures, circulated by the A SABBATH MORNING'S WALK.—Sunday mornin •• •
agents of the London Bible Society. week the serenity which pervades most country villages
110R1IBLE EVENT.—The Presse states, that at Urdos, on the Sabbath Day was experienced in the greatest degree
'
in Spain, two lions and a tiger escaped from a menagerie. at East Cowes. Her Majesty tose at eight o clock, ar:.!
One of the lions devoured a child, and wounded the having breakfasteci, accempauied by Prince Albert, pro- I
mayor of the town. On the departure ',:. ;:f)e courier the I ceseqs:u co take her accustomed etercise. Leaving the I
animals had not been reLOQn, and the population re- domain of Osborne House at the southern gate, the Queen I
and Prince proceeded on the turnpike-road towards Whip.
mained under the impression of the most profound terror.
NEW SOUTH WALES.—GREAT SALE OF SHEEP.---Atrn pingha, about a mile- and a half distant. Tha royal pair
M Samuel Lyons's sale of sheep on Monday, the follow-
arin-iii-arm, were recognised at the hotel which fronts the
e. t he in-
M gate, and by the woman at the turnpike, vvithout g prices were realised :—Four thousand five hundred and
dulgence of any, impertinent ceriosi:y ; and as the Queen ,
seventy-five head, warranted sound, were sold at 2s. Ild ;
and tit?.', 44.-end six hundred and twenty three head, fact that it was tier Majesty
very fine sheep, at 4s. 3d.—Sidney Co!onial Observe,. baneedamPeriancegauparmoteeededweidthonthetheir w- lie, many pedestrians I
, and the Prince.
May 23. • UNFREPAKED FoxA SUDDEN STOrar.—Befere they
To PARIS IN A DAY.--13-y rreans of the railway from had reached Whiepingham a sudden storm came on, for '
Amiens to Boulogne, the-two metropoli,:es of the civilised t which the Queen and Prince were unprepared, her Ma-
world will have only the distance of twelve hours between I jest)* haying only her usual attire. and a strotli parasol.
them. In the course of three years, according to all The Queen and Prince Albert, notwithstanding, proceeded
probability, the journey and voyage from Paris to Lao- on their course towards the Barton, then about a mile
don will, during the greater part of the year, be accom- and a half from Osborne Hoase, although they passed
'dished between the rising and setting of the sun.
.several cottages.
The trial of the Duke de Montmorency for the dis- A FORTUNATE PosTmAN.—The postman, however, at
tribUtion of seditious medals took place on Monday, be- Whim-tit-1111am had observed the royal pedestrians, and
fore the Paris CoUrt of Assize. The Duke (or the Prince with the best umbrella his bumble means allowed him, ran
de Robcrq) was defended by M. Berryer, and was ac- atter her Majesty, and offered it for the service of the
companied to court by the Duke of Fitzi4mes, the Mar- Queen. The Prince very graciously accepted the offer,
quis de la Roche Jaquelin, and several other distinguished and his Royal Highness and her Majesty pursued their
members of the legitimatist party. M. Berryer asserted way by the Barton to Osborne, over the fields, bidding.
that there was nothing political in the affair, and the jury the man to follow. On their arrival at the house, with
coincided in his view, for, after consulting five minutes, msny expressions of thanks, the postman was most agree-
they returned a verdict of " not guilty." ably surprised with the return of his umbrella, and a
resent of st.;s. tThe man departed in no very unpleasant
A WitaTcat.—The Montreal papers contain accounts
mosd, as may be supposed, and was not at all scrupulous
of a horrible crime committed by Captain 'Wallace, of
the ship June Brown, at that port from Glasgow. A
in proclaiming to his acquaintances, as he met them, that
young lady of 16, who was put under his charge by her "it was a good day's work for him." As soon as the
rain threatched, one or two of the attendants were des-
friends in Glasgow, was seduced and dishonoured by the
p
captain during the passage, and when the slip reached patched with umbrellas and cloaks, to see her Majesty
and his Royal Highness, but did not fall in with her
Montreal the . poor girl was an idi et, and the crew state
that the captain uses to beat her with a rope's end, the Majesty.
marks of which were deep and frequent on her shoulders! PoiNco ALBERT'S ANNUAL SALE OF LIVE STOCK.—
The wretch was committed. The sate of his itcy,l II ighnss's lite stock, at II incisor,
took place.on Friday, and attracted a great number of
EFFECTS OF RAILROADS ON POSTING IN FRANCE.—
salesmen and butchers from London and use adjacent
The Paris- papers of Wednesday state, that on Tuesday
tovins. The sheep realized the fAlowing prices :-230
last Al. Dailly, the president of the committee appointed
by the postmasters of France, together with M. Jouland, seuthdown ewes averaged from 25e. 6d. to 335. ; 160
their delegate, waited on the Minister of Finance to ex-
southilown, 2 tooth wethers, from 225. to 21s. The cat-
plain to him the st to of their establishments, becoming tie sold as full .ws :-20 Scotch pole 4-year old bullocks,
fi
every day more deplorable. Some of them were totally fit for slaughter, averaged from £l2 to £l7 each ; 29
ruined by the establishment of railroads, and others were highly-bred Welch bullocks, from £ll 15s. to £l3 ss. ;
unable to maintain the number of horses necessary for the and 13 short-horned barren cows, from £lO to £l7 each.
public service, and consequently the communication be-
Several Hereford oxen, Alderney cows, cart-horses, &c.,tween several principal points was iu dsnger of bring in-
realized very excellent prices. The proceeds of the sale
lerrupted. The Minister replied, that 1 e was determined amounted to upwards of £1,400.
to bring the subject under the consideration's-tot the Cham-
bers in the ensuing session.
OUTRAGE IN MADEIRA.—The Sierra San Antonio, a
mountain district of Madeira, has recently been given to
pillage, under the following circumstances t—On the even
hag of the 16th of September, fourteen policemen, some
armed, and others intoxicated, attempted to seize Nicola°
Vieira, a Portuguese, who, about eighteen months ago,
had joined the Scottish communion. Their only autho-
rity was a warrant, not signed as required by law. Under
these circumstances, Nicola() refused to follow them until
it should be light. His neighbours rall4ed round him ;
and, after some altercation, but without a blow being
struck by either side, the police retired. On the 23d of
September, fifty soldiers, commanded by Capt. Oliveira,
proceeded, under pretence of seizing the offenders, to pil-
lage the district. Sonic of the houses were gutted, others
stripped of their valuables, the live stock was killed, and
the inhabitants either taken prisoners, or obliged to fly.
The houses of two English merchants, Messrs. Burnett
and Ellicott, were filled with women flying from the vio-
lence of the soldiery. It was not till the pillage bad con-
tinued three days that these gentlemen obtained, by their
urgent remonstrance, an order to restrain the soldiers.
Twenty-two prisoners were brought round in a frigate
and lodged in Funchal gaol.

THE FRENCH PRESS.

The irritation of the greater number of the French
journals at the reception of King Louis-Philip in En-
gland is truly ridiculous. All hopes of war, and of the
probable consequences of war in favouring revolutionary
movements seemed to be for the present dashed. En-
gland has given to the French monarch a hearty cordial
recettion, and his Majesty has declared his sense of the
importance of peace to the interests of both nations.
This is ton much to bear. The war party, that is, the
par y of revolutionists, whether Legitarnists or Democrats,
the party of those who are out of place and office, or who
are broken in fortune, and therefore eager for change;—
this motley but too numerous party knows not which way
to turn at the present moment, and the various grimaces
by which they express their vexation are truly ludicrous.
We are not Often in the habit of quoting Punch, but his
parody on the leading articles of the French journals is
scarcely a parody, and therefore we publish it

PROGRESS OF TRACTARIANISM.

(From the English Churchman.)

In our remarks upon the Qaeen's conformity to Pres-
byterianism, we simply applied the same rule to her Ma-
jesty Which we have uniformly applied to her subjects,
and we are really not acquainted with any patent right
which a Sovereign possesses to commit schism. The
Divine right of kings cannot make schism Catholicism
If it be wrung in bishops, priests, or in the laity, to join
in public worship with those who reject and scoff at Epis-
copacy and the Catholic Church, surely it is wrong also
in the Queen. " But," the writer in the British Miga-
zine will say, " we did not enter into the merits of the
ci*se ; we only said that it was disrespectful to the Sove-
reign to say what you did." Weil, and we say that it is
very mean and cowardly to try to injure us for telling a
truth which you bat not the courage to tell, although you
knew it was the truth.
That we have not overstated the error which her Ma-
jesty made in worshipping with the enemies of Episco-
pacy, we request our readers' attention to the following
suggestions from a correspondent, who is about as sound.
a specimen of an English Churchman as can well be ima-
gined :

•' BEAUTIES OF THE FRENCH PRESS.-PERFIDIOUS

" According to the Act of Parliament of William 111., the Sove-
reign of England must be in communion with the Church of Eng-
land. or the people are released from their al7e,,,,iante
•` Might not the Bishops excommunicate the Queen for attend-
ing a Presbyterian place of worship, if the discipline of the church
is worth anything?
" If they did so, Who would be then Sovereign of England

" No dOubt this Act was intended to semi; us from a Popish
Sovereign, but nil' it not equally support us from a Presbyterian
one ?"

This is a very serious, and, it may be, an erroncoas
view of the ca,e; but, whether :rue or false, we shall
doubtless have the old cry raised against us for even pub-
lishing it ; but as our object is to act fairly and honestly 1
toWards every member of the Church, from the highest
to the lowest, we care very little for mere cries, so long
as we conscieutusly feel that we have done neither more
nor less than our duty. We lake our stand upon the
theory, not upon the practice,_ of our Church; and when
we are convicted of advocating any practice or doctrine
for which we have no war: ant, tither in the authoritative
stand irds, or eminent Doctors of our Church, we will
makes ample confession of our error, or forfeit our title as
ENGLISH CHURCHMEN !

ALBION,

" [From the National ] —France is outraged—insulted ! Per-
fidious Albion has achieved her crowning insult! Yes—will
it be believed—can Jeune France for one moment imagine such
an atrocity—the Duke of Wellingt n, who, with his English
gold, bought the battle of Waterloo. he who brought back the
Bourbons over the slaughtered bodies of Frenchmen—he,
above all other men, was despatched by Queen Victoria to wel-
come to Portsmouth the King of the French t And Loui,-
Philip shook him by the hands—yes, one hand was not enough
—but, bear it France, and let the ashes of Napo eon stir with
indignation—he shook him by both hands!
" [From the Siecle.]—hatl was it neces.ary for the full ac-
complishment of our degradation that the King of the French
should be feasted in the Hall of Waterloo in Windsor Castle—a
ball, decorated with the portraits of men who have outraged
France—who have s. lit the i lood of her children ? Had not
M. Guizot sufficiently regraded the nut rtunate country which
mourns his administration, but that with a smile upon his
cheek—yes, a smile traitorous to ourselves and our i s.titn-
tions—he must walk in Windsor Park with the man • Peel ?
Had the ' man of Ghent' forgotten the insolence of the En-
glish M ulster when he denounced the doings of our invincible
Bruat, the immortal hero who has bayonetted the Tahitians, and
all but kidnapped Queen Pomare t Guizot walks, and tasks,
and smiles with Peel in the Home Park ! Why does not all
France, leaping from its lethargy, chant the Marseillaise, and
grasp the sword ?
[Flom the Globe ] —The least that France could expect of the
Duke of Wellington. during the visit of Louis-lhilip to V'i'i d-
sor, was decant behaviour. Much, from the character of the
man, could not lie expected. No : the man who h-id been base
enough to corrupt the traitors who sold their hapless ccuntry—
the man who with accursed gold bought the hatt.e of Water-
loo, was not likely to make any large sacrifice to decency.
Nevertheless, the least to be expected of him w s,, that during
Louis-Philip's visit lie would remain within his own doors.
Certainly, it was not to he expected that lie would have the
audacity to approach the King of the French ! Had he pos-
sessed the true delicacy of a hero, he would on the sudden have
fallen very ill, and kept his bed until the King had departed.
Such sensibility, however. does not dignify a Wellington. No :
cn the contrary, even before the French King had touched the
hated soil of Albion. Wellington was on board the Gooier; and
what is more—as the English prints audaciou ly declare it—
' looking in excellent health and spirits !' But France—while
the man of Ghent reigns—is doomed to be insulted."