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lectures on subjects admirably selected..ol. 4 °titers (
hensive bearing ',ley have on the del
~,,j GB
icr"ei •INll..Est
England. The, first of the course wasa, at „ IN EN,
day night. The,
the Rev. Hugh Stowell, 130,, . v 0 that o
or the ',.-4ospel ?" Sir R. H. Inglis' &lit, 'te be held Y
at
presi':ient of the society, occupied to
..nsiti° :' of to
kcturer, after alluding to the primarYr4 •
i., elnoriali
by the Church of England in society, 1104 b through w,.
the Church Pastoral Aid Society Ll,lttop, 'tilt, am :
secondary institutions, concentrated uf, iste, °Vierit,fr. to
Young Men's Society, which
ee d • ~., eaug
amelioration of the masses. He content, 0 re,The hove
amelioration must be social and reera_etetel . 'ering, be,
must be evangelical. For that end there ",:ciele ' 'nil, ,i, in;
which stood out in the foreground as aPP,; tell f I‘43PreSet
character distinctly contrasted, and wp,he ~°tafewletiPY 1
degrees of success. He then took ill? rog 7e fortcgesYsas
had been set before him, and contraste ,•' 4.ltopatiVi• T
Gospel," as agents in the reformation 01_0 fetnedy t 7 will
cal force, or moral and evangelical e, , !,,1).11 leude_Propt
magistrate, or the minister of the to:rfege itlegiql3 re:
the •.1 he Ye" Deti N:iro - ature '
desire to disparage cm. power, ue 1..„, eof •
all its influence on the remote eons/idol, •rs, am You ,
had bee'', dtr . es
while truth affected the heart of the in° In tl" ue latidowweilld
society together by sympathy and love. the , '0,,,t0 cote
,n‘er.
his eloquent illustration of these toPiel:tius °I tlf°f salari`neni!
man vehemently deprecated the separ_sto wil the
.4 an,
from secular education in any national sY "t at 4,°°4 0
_......, 7 bee, s• be adopted. adopted.
••0 aMOuabandonC,
pies, fop co
o Ma
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Reform much longer cannot be delayed',., •,1; No Taptql,
Reform in manners, politics, and trade' t • poll which
in
The mists of ancient error fade sway
~,,i,, te torn atket
Before the dawning of a better (104 beor, of %O ~,,
Men learn to think'who never thottg,Podol, , theiaLi co dl
And scorn the chimeras which they '4 Ow, 'll of"Clote iiattntr
No longer now the blind shalt lead t, poli 0111,, epittil Ore);
But all shall look abroad with eyes of hies ‘f/ of ~e'stp IN ,
Custom, with solemn, pompous, ali lace; Olt. pli ''tit 0;1114
Must now resign his easy, icing-filled bOt• tkalt,4k4tatell eh
And Young Improvement in his etch t' '1,4,, ON Mein
With piercing gaze, and tongue 0 ea d 9 lit'tolmntly i,'"'
And all the nation at its wise d ee, J,i th.-'lO4. ,4
Go on rejoicing, prosperous, d free. ,0001
stick'', litt4Opt
Our course is onward,-ho ured I?,e, 'or r. • Pesse,. I'4 h the
Who take the van with co age, At' idet • '' bp ate
r' lassos 'bosom t. t
oe
Who cast the trammels their c to j„ n iop
And make the nation's ,good their gre,1,310,- tactialeir eoodi ,1
Honour to thee, then am,-thou L,",, iipate rtiseitoe:; w tic
Thyself the great reprmer of thy tra,l4o•l , Sta, We r
41 te stiff •
And felt this truth,ere thou did'st f'l" It re
Reform, like charity, begins at honte„,. ell (10:tllieL e sa_
Thou long has laboured hard within 1%0, . ..bi • per qoet ~.'.o,
To make reform's which benefit the ii9,iis 9 ',with 1,(IllItte"111
Though many• Seek to cope with theNiis;„ ',ettin, oe e, /ill
They cannot such unequal strife rnaly:,oot, tptios opt t'ZiStet
They know that Hyam's name throug_loo, a,,,11`-pr 'eir 4
The choice of every market can cOneboff' tiriFq de With t
Whate'er is lasting, new, and cheap, lie 0; /I, tOirb,".se
And at the lowest rates his goods sur,Ps Or The 41,.'. dhome-
Content. with quick returns and We' sit Itet „Itolta •""
He makes his bargains-bargains untie •re which Pat;
His promptitude and true artistic stYdsis/e oh giro, e few
Gain approbation through all Enziso, woo . to thy Qnsao
With skill unmatcli'd he clothes the 0 , t bedoors.
And thus works out a National Reform' lki 41' eleeld
th, clas, ,_ ed
i o• 'ITV .• °Y f
HYAM, 41 e ted actoei,!
NATIONAL CLOn'oy. Onetaf eo,tf
LORD-STREET BP " , LIVE .11t ti/ O 11
cal . t't, true Pep " C
An unbounded assortment of BLACK CI, 0. t_ the eta th rose/
COATS, for Men and Boys, from es'74 he 4 has be etre(
O. leili tua poor a
aia, tli ' ela Poor
CORRESPONDENCE' °cop, latter et
4._____- 0 , , len reef
on con
OUR PAROCHIAL MEDICAL, s 4 Nil; I:before'
TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOP of, &IN'. depr„e_ fri
SIR.-In your paper of the 19th Febref, 7Dite.4lterest7sin
leading article calculated greatly to We I 141,teei„lt h„,. 1)1
medical staff in the eyes of the whop tote 04 , l'oidh`oeiari b
sense of justice will induce you to grant tot'. „°°4l„„°l_,(ler,fall tie
insertion in your widely-circulated paPeri ' 'Pley,'lle. Tali
in which I hope to spew that the medical tie 4, ,disteh:t li
the poor is obtained at a very economies ot heir ftir9rre'e a
your strictures on the parish surgeons erehetlshi bllti d
mark t P hem yheal 1
In the first place, I would remar- 90 ,e2le „ e
annum cannot be considered a large ' te, ; ray to th';Xt
parish as Liverpool to pay for medical at h#l A this • their
• ndt to gli insicr
poor, especially when it is borne in nit 9 I, , ii etilto
for vaccination is included in that sure, oie 2:of ,tiler, qty
duty of very great importance to the wt, i 're pa• Plo.i; sc
I am aware that it was ittempted ti' 'of. •; tt, it,Btooati`tttro el
Courier some months since that nearly °flirt Illi innd who,' a
were vaccinated by the parish as were bor, I, ti tty. that "
but the writer of that letter displayed hi- ti' .ellyeNtiste°,l4tl
subject by not pointineout the cause, '''''reti°o 1. by 'in tf, `l3
importation of children requiring thatoPe tot ii •,. the e i
saiza
land and elsewhere. I will not stay toelet°ll l'l'tol,,
which perhaps are not far from correct ; ;,,05.,„4 14°,41sYsta„,
the apparently large number is most 0b!'",,241" 44' eOreegwiCtide
say anything about the expense in the.' , • 4
1eit4,41/0 44e"Th n
. , Pcii toe,
was unavoidably large. age 014'Ni taade
You state that the " parish doctors" t Oa 'let a", It*
04 of Qd uP to 9c
separate case." This is not exactly e° to 4,6eeit iteBo,e•
rate cases for which they are paid are e.;;101,04 •',4ll2l"ePi•ee'al
as amputations and such like ; and it "fi,•tor , Proyitteeiatea
how much more desirable it must bev t‘ete b. tit bi
labouring under a complaint requiring Its Q,t1k.h..43, the fi_
treated at his own residence, rather terje , ItiPN ettlijsea‘a'
stitution, where he cannot be privileg &dr tititNll!iti. •an
ance of his own friends. eV Of 'll4 tea; 1p ti
The next separate cases, and they ar,4,01,.4 , ti•Ntt:t, t°l; gr
numerous, are midwifery cases, for wil'itie ere Ate .e ta
r ~ A 11. h,_ ~,,
paid 10s. fid. in ordinary and two guineAer , itbekftviCeo-",7 '
cases, the latter being chiefly thoi Asir. 'ol', Y ' 1811'e41! tare
4
are used. lam prepared to grunt et'l o'd ell 41 - tt°l4
probably used much more frequentll' V bet leer#(ll. othe pri
private practice, among a more respeteW Cridlt2t,; d the
ciety. The average in the former is ind t;At• tai theitlelled.ue oi
tlmes, I believe, even as high as 50 per„,le :, i shed. AV#
11' lith lons
latter the average is perhaps from 5-to I,° ciegeS hiell e ~ agel
lower. This large average of diffiCu'ti,jeltittik 01 Of :poem 'st Of
poor depends on the circumstances in vi'ol.°' tifietty )I•lner
nate creatures are placed-their insuffielew , e„.41,1,4,t 0,,,,1ted #
diseases to which they are consequentlY sel 10„.011,-VarrPle ?
to the desire, as you suggest, on the PitVicelt the 's of
'?..te,,tt, Iv,
doctor to gain an extra fee. viessio/ vie. the 0 uc
Next as to the parish dispensaries.,„ 01 a ' k 0,, To 1. °era
ments are most useful to the poor 'VP- , 'i.ilieeot /41elinin
There they get supplied with medicines 41 44 14,4 te have
lity, in the shortest possible space of tire;,; $,4 e„tl:ll,,ohlia 4%1
some one ready to attend to their rectal. he 7,4 170(ii,' by tig, ext
of the paiish doctor is saved, so that Its pt! OrtitiSts eR,
larger space to the wants of his patients. vie Ity. the _ I tra
ject of ." runners," I will not further e' 9 101 ',by Aft'artlesi
mark that it is an unworthy insinils,tl°ol° . , of v‘binher refe
against an honourable body of men such ,to
_trlorie the 11
b 1‘4,7 one
medical staff confessedly is. eseell ',44. is
You say that thirteen gentlemen at Pr,,,e' :'l4l:`coseci. lo
the staff " have received from the porish t`• of ' .• ‘takpi IA in
per annum, and are also in the enjoYeaSsol t#l,lt It, ed
irl
tice." Can it be said that this is too ble'lj 5 44(4'4,1' eata
neration for men of education, who blell'i tiLl'lebisota Anton
ble offices ? The salaries paid at the hilt Iti,, bur
the Town-hall are proportionately tott.iel'hplie 1,,1/ttilll'oniehltBll.i'fi,
the secretary of the Vestry receives, i w" ne Ai,- redo .•
annum. Nt'Blt A at • eec
50 ilet; # in 1 'to
Further, you say that on getting ig lAt to en 016
,i
~? 11, 24 e a a
more than one halos immediately set up A -eel 4 ge,,.. q Plc
oirs $1 Dret‘,ttti 21tar
suggesting, I suppe, that the parish - tto ,00 tide pal te
is such, should walk. Now I beg to saY tbe a w,,,,,q hi our
impossible for many of them to perfotta.9o,‘ •1#: to 1): thatu;
unless they enjoyed such an accornmodeti p 1i4490ip 'ley
te 812 'had
for, not by the parish, but by their priva,, sit,. ~. att the e a
Before concluding, I would just call!iti) l'iNl,ltheeDee
statement recently made in the Vestry wat :100 . ' ti't) ill litrlldZel
immense saving in the article of winAe, illit, lkilillbelLooter
since the new arrangement was raa-alloi!e0 i teht4•'Qtiled
unprejudiced person must prove how a` 10,0° 119.4,, 'l44+.,2 a ,
staff are in cutting down the expenses 0s of le‘ekoepa,.. °O,OO
and for which zeal I trust that the Ed" dit.o4o le of eigtory
to '
DARD will kindly give them some little ert O,A , t 1;
e, gimp 1) Cy
I am, sir, your very obedigs 41 411toiroplilly,
A FRIEND OF THE RATPARL'r ellOttlg I°ll
AND A tf t ,
tb tic 'attic Dion,
Liverpool, Feb. 27th, 1850. te 'llt 41 ble
wash t, ot 4 ).c. we tali,, PE
[As we have already stated, we ow '0... re -g n
he Pi ' l' Vid ' told
slightest charge against any one of t- ea 8 e nit/ - '
of 4 %II ph% 'Wry
personally. We know they are IWO twit '4l'tl•l.of *#'
experience, and no doubt they discharge . hst 11-11t1t 'ljoklr 1
It - ly tli " tin
efficiently. We think, however, not's' ~,ID ti tI- ),,O,
Tin" n i oc. ,:etw,,
correspondent's remarks-and we wit the'‘.2 1 eolCwo a-`
hut hie 01 tio bataLl'ot,
their good temper and propriety-t- a Ilk licyder Riti
's Or a p 1
which those gentlemen are connected I Lill. alier
amendment.] of hblN.thpeatinti i
---...--- fiiifolZ Ntlittt, fa 14
THE CASE OF DR. DICK, AV.1,41,1' 144 I:4tottlillstf:t4e
CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHP oy ' ' ,1.11, Oteh eti
TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERP the fa to 0 les ti I. -'slp old
iN, ot'!ild
SIR ,- T was much gratified to find je,„,. ill ' 801; Ire `4 -d
your valuable journal an admirable Icrephilos t4eelal It tits
Dick, the author of " The Christian tAled col f.tt;t4Vil,tt ,!!!1 a
other excellent works. My diatinguisoe 1101 'tihk...l tNif l
t, ir, tr- .7 1# t
was explained by your corresponden ret s p li, 44:. 4e Meet!p
yond the ordinary limits of human 1i,,0t, eV Btitthe oeide eol3i
saddening, and, I may add, humiliatiuiweetoht 111 tlte 41,,,1 Wood
the evening of a well-spent life, the s oht i 144t:1/40Zior111!8
The Rev. Dr. Todd has been admitted a senior fellow suffering. Some better provision °,4;bali ' i",:xi,Mjkilia :.
of Trinity College. Dublin, in the room of Dr. Sinr. useful literary men, especially those wlind to ~ . :144)Z4Z.1,,ter e""eil
The Bishop of London has declined to allow a sermon their powers to the service of virtue and
if s"eglY PN4 cfsh 425
to be preached for the London Mis • • in would the public treasury suffer reuebesteede ee> t te4 ‘tr /4
Missionary Society any Ni4lhe ttcl ti4t4
of the churches of the Establishment this ear. - yond a poor £1,200 per annum were ,400,, tie err te. ,
It is said that the Bishop of London has abandoned his pensions, in a country where men of 40 di ert 7 1.04 e Ns,
Ecclesiastical Court of Appeal as trenching on the Queen's roux, so useful, and often so poor- ; °or ~e Viii:lfuttiou:'
prerogative. Dr. Dick, the professed friends ° inene° id Led re 11, weed
The Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells has elutedthe
app 111 the at ot Mb tit-%
should, if gifted from above with be 41 91. teet, -d
f t 1 )' tt la • 411
Rev. Thomas George James, M.A , formerly incumbent
consistency by aiding the advocate 0,, 0,00 fie A .00 by I, 40 t
of Habergham Eaves, in this • .and • is theirs to love and to honour. It tileeso:l 11,118ditheiTeos 11-'
„county, now Vicar of the r td li 'II 4
Bridgewater, to be Rural Dean of the Deanery of Bridge- th b 0 ocl and graceful were Dr. Dick left without ~, fit& the , I._ it
water, vacant by the promotion of the Rev. I. J. Too- during the few remaining years of No'dingeop_it h4t,t,ttf DaZ 4tltt
good, to the Rectory of St. Andrew's, Holborn. effort has been made already, Inc]
rd it' rto, 4 it., t'IY 11..11 6
nio- .
To the zeal, honest, no doubt, but exceedingly overhot hundred dollars from America. obt,„treritt'ooo!) * 'llke ty IT' „Prat;
and indiscreet, of Mr. Denison, the church and the public the generous exertions of Elilo •7.id 0
re,/ 't teltitte,,l2let4,tl Ilia.
generally are indebted for the proposal so favourably scarcely think that all realised 111°,udaul for 50f esostt 7,, le to I:
received by the House of Commons, on Tuesday, when subsistence of the venerable ind,ve're ore 01)9 1,-„7,4 ,to it! Twii
Mr. Fox expounded his views on the intellectual condition the donations were intended. Tn 0,,,, cot' ferel pie of Loa irr,.
of the people, and the proper course to be adopted for its the
who I believe would cheat ita tbe.,lee 'eh', 114 io 0„-,
improvement.-Church and State Gazette. the aid of Dr. Dick, and that thefe° sole ,4 I,►te, ~t)sys`), as '
• hues cl f e, .4 . 4 t
A memorial, signed by a considerable number of the with which genuine religion imbues
ore t N 4 /tat .4% 1
Tractarian party, has been presented to the Board of ples. I know no special party emP° „nr coy, 1, .1
IN etet etl b
it, y.., bo , , 96, ta tof p
Heads of Houses at Oxford, in furtherance of the move- tributions for Dr. Dick, and, II n • ..., 0
ma ' iv 0 • it et th,
ment of the Rev. Mr. Keble and the Rev. Mr. Denison, am unacquainted with that gentle
~ top ,41 0 ti_vt4kittl ,tilid_
in favour of an abolition of the royal supremacy, and or -L,
!- that money might be safely set' so, JO th,Qti li,aliti,.‘
/ write. ifitelio j , ktet Itiletteß
all control on the part of government over the f unds rerry, Dundee, Scotland.
nn eeP ote ef ,to ktl ti
granted to the Established Church for the promotion ofwill feel
and, I doubt not, you emp „b I Nithithitttrto t.„ so,
education. case. It is painful, indeed, to °ed of" 00 ' 1101. r reel ;
Not long ago, we were rather overdone with rumours of virtue and usefulness, burden
sod fr,,t ei el, of err, o 11.
‘h 4 th ettt 1
about an imposing secession of evangelical clergymen and strength and youth can ill sustain, d, be' jot) akt e), tt, , i
tin rot r 14'4 ° 'lti
others, if the Privy Council should confirm the judgment wicked persons have on trivial gr 9 iiitot jfj, to,.._toN I opt
of Sir H. J. Fust. These all died away, when it oozed the public. Need I mention'? dford. beref ithittt4ltil' news
out that the decision was likely to be in favour of Mr position, the case of EnoilY, Dan niell'hoOmit tofu!, t)1.0,
. s re
__i ,th lin
Gorham ; and now the talk, especially amongst young blessed who from right motive tbilowcowei - -Plil -1
men who take their tone from coteries, is of and needy, a double blessing Mal e the 'lite e w
secession to • ds 0' • e° , '
Rome and the like follies. at the season of trial, the friends i roe co, 4,
LONDON CHURCH OF ENGLAND YOUNG MEN'S amidst their poverty as such, atV,eehara„ trq
SOCIETY.-This society, formed for aiding missions, tresses in that high and honouraw
_our tu
ns, at
I have the ha'.
home and abroad, in the prosecution of their noble ,
object, have made arrangetneuta fog § course of eight
- - - gdinburgb, February 27th.

POLITICAL MISCELLANY.

Mr. Disraeli is suffering from an attack of influenza.
Col. Romilly, brother of the Solicitor-general, is the
Liberal candidate for Canterbury.
Mr. Hume has given notice that he will propose a draw-
back on bricks used in all cottages under the value of £5.

Lord Albert Denison will be-raised to the peerage by
the title of Lord Londesborough, the name of an estate
he lately purchased from Mr. Hudson.
The Morning Herald discusses at great length the im-
possibility of the Pope ever resuming the temporal sove-
reignty of the pontifical states.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer is deriving a large
income from unknown sources. On Monday, he acknow-
ledged, as " conscience money,".£loo ; onTuesday, £125,
and on Thursday £5OO.

Lord Ashley has given notice that, on next Thursday
week, he will ask for leave to bring in a bill to declare the
intentions of the legislature in respect of the hours and
mode of working under the Factories Act.

Mr. Reynolds, in giving his statement yesterday week,
respecting the Dublin Election Petiticn, which cost up-
wards of £15,000, said, that the witnesses examined before
a committee, manifested, he would not say perjury, but a
considerable " economising of truth."
The University of Cambridge has again petitioned
against Mr. Wortley's Marriage Bill, on the ground that
it will " be highly injurious to the public at large, and to
the purity and happiness of some of the most intimate
relationships of domestic life."
Nineteen members of the Carlton Club voted against
Mr. Disraeli's motion and against the principles of the
society to which they had pledged themselves, in honor;
fifteen of them are considered as deserters ; and who had
it in their power to leave the minister in a minority of

NATIONA L

E F

The National Reform Association have called a " Con-
ference" in London, in April next, to "complete the
arrangements for realizing the fund of £lO,OOO required
for the present year's operations." The friends of Sir
Joshua and his allies seem rather backward with their
subscriptions.
Nine bishops voted against Government in favor of Lord
Powys's amendment on the Ecclesiastical Commission
Bill. No bishops voted with Government. The Arch-
bishop of Canterbury, and the Bishop of Chester were
present, but did not vote. In the minority of 26, in
favor of the ministry, were 13 placemen.
The Weekly Chronicle states that the government mea-
sure to amend the law of landlord and tenant in Ireland,
providing compensation to tenants for improvements,
proposes the appointment of three unpaid commissioners,
whose principal duty will be—the appointment of eligible
inspectors to make awards when called on by improving
tenants.
In 1849 the vote on Mr. Hume's motion for suffrage
extension stood :—Ayes, 82 ; noes, 268 ; majority, 186.
In 1850 it stands :—Ayes, 96 • noes, 242; majority, 146.
The supporters of reform in the House of Commons, as
indicated by this vote, are mere numerous this year than
they were last, its opponents fewer, and the majority
against reform reduced by 40.
TAXES IN FRANCE AND ENGLAND.—At the close of
the war, the taxation of England had reached the enor-
mous amount of £4 4s. per head, and it has since been
reduced to £1 17s. per head ; France has been going on
in an opposite direction, and her taxation, which was then
£1 Bs. per bead, had increased to £1 13s. per head up to
1847, and to £2 per head in the first year of the republic,
it being at the same time necessary to take into account
that the collective wealth of Great Britain may be fairly
estimated at double that of France, so that a system of
taxation which raises any given sum per head in the latter
is doubly as severe as one which raises an equal sum per
head in the former country.
MR. HUME'S MoTIoN.—We find, on looking over the
division list upon Mr. Hume's motion respecting the na-
tional representation, that the following members, con-
nected with Lancashire, voted in the minority :—Mr.
Armstrong, Mr. Bright, Mr. Brotherton, Mr. W. J. Fox,
Mr. Milner Gibson, Mr. C. P. Grenfell, Mr. Henry, Mr.
Kershaw, Mr. Pilkington, Sir G. Strickland, Mr. M.
Wilson, and Sir J. Walmsley. In the majority were Mr.
Stephen Blair, Mr. W. Brown, Mr. Cardwell, Mr.
Greenall, Mr. Heald, Mr. Hornby, Colonel Lindsay. Mr.
Wilson Patten, and Mr. Thicknesse. The remaining
Lancashire members either paired or were absent from
various causes. We may mention in addition that the
following also voted in the minority :—R. Cobden, Sir J.
Duke, W. Ewart, L. Heyworth, W. Jackson, S. M. Peto,
and T. Thorneley ; Joseph Hume and Sir J. Walmsley
were the tellers.
A PETITION TO PARLIAMENTABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE.
—A report from the committee on Parliamentary petitions
was brought up to the House of Commons, on Tuesday,
by Mr. Thornely, and read amid breathless attention. It
appeared that a petition was sent to Mr. Henley by his
constituents against Mr. Feargus O'Connor's land scheme.
It was missed from 'he table of the house, and on inquiry
it was proved to have been taken therefrom without leave
by the hon. member for Nottingham, Mr. Feargus O'Con-
nor, who returned it only on Friday last. Mr. O'Connor
said he bad taken the petition in utter ignorance of the
forms of the house ; a statement that called forth sundry
" Ohs !" and laughter. He further said, that having
heard that the petition contained great abuse of himself,
he took it for the purpose of publishing it in his newspa-
per. In conclusion, Mr. O'Connor apologised to the
house for the violation of its forms.
WHAT HAS THE TEN-HOURS BILL DONE ?—An im-
mense meeting was held at Bradford on Monday, for the
purpose of taking measures to obtain a bona fide Ten-
hours Bill. On all points the Ten-hours advocates proved
their case, and the unanimous consent of the very nume-
rous and most respectable assemblage of operatives, who
crowded the spacious room, shews that the principle con-
tended for is dear to them. The Ten-hours rule, in strict
accordance with the spirit and intention of the law, has
been fairly tried in Bradford and its vicinity, and its happy
effects are tested on all hands. The clergy record that it
has filled the schools with increasing numbers of pupils,
whose desire for instruction and progress in learning have
been sensibly and most cheeringly enhanced by the facili-
ties which their shortened hours of factory labour have
afforded them. Another encouraging symptom is the great
extension of the system of garden allotments, which are
now eagerly sought, and sedulously and successfully culti-
vated by the operatives, among whom a greatly improved
tone of morals and habits is observable. Indeed, the mere
aspect and bearing of the multitude who thronged the
hall, chiefly composed of that class of persons, were re-
remarkable evidences of their improved condition and
moral character. The mill-owners who were present, with
one accord, asserted the benefits of the system both to
employers and workers. It was the best and most salu-
tary check to over-production, that bane and source of
embarrassment and misery to both parties; it had the
effect neither of paralysing the enterprise of the former,
nor of reducing the wages of the latter in any degree that
they do not find amply compensated by its advantages.
A ROLAND FOR AN OLIVER..—On Monday night Lord
John Russell said, in allusion to the opposition offered by
Mr. Disraeli to a Government measure, that " The hon.
member would recollect it having been said that the duty
of a member of Parliament, not in office, was to resist
the progress of Government business. The hon. member
was acting upon the instructions given to him elsewhere."
To this Mr. Disraeli replied, " We are told that one rea-
son why the present Government introduces measures, with-
out the intention of carrying them, is to give the house an
opportunity next year of being masters of the subject. (A
laugh.) NOW, that shows a confidence in the duration of
Cabinets which a Whig ministry could alone entertain.
(Much laughter.) The noble lord has also said that I
have received my instructions elsewhere. Now, that is
not very constitutional nor very courteous in the noble
lord. I understand that the noble lord has received in-
structions how to conduct himself in Parliament from
many persons and many places. But he cannot say, and
he does not say, that we have received our inspirations
how to conduct ourselves by consulting seditious clubs.
(Great cheering.) The noble lord, in a mode quite un-
worthy of him, has charged us with obstructing the busi-
ness of this house in an unwarrantable manner, and he
has insinuated that we are guilty of factious proceedings.
Now, the noble lord is the last person in this house who
ought to have made such a charge. I own I was sur-
prised to hear this charge from the noble lord when I re-
member that he was the person who brought forward a
proposition in this house in which the fate of an Admin-
istration was involved—l mean the appropriation clause—
and that when he had upset the administration upon that
clause, and when he took office upon it, the noble lord
had neither the conscience nor the courage to carry his
policy into effect. (Loud and long-continued cheering
from the Opposition.)

CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE.

ORDINATION

The Lord Bishop ofChesier intends to hold his next
ordination at Chester on Trinity Sunday, May 26th.
Candidates are required to transmit all their necessary
papers, on or before the Ist May next, to " Charles T.
W. Parry, Esq., Chester," his lordship's secretary.