The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-01-16 00:00:00

A DOSE,

(From Hood'3 Comic Magazine.)
" Ellen, you have been out."
" Well, I know I have."
'• To the King's Head."
" No, John, no. But no matter.. You'll be troubled
no more with my drinking."
" What do you mean ?"

" I mean wind I say, John," replied the wife, looking
very serious, and speaking very solemnly and deliberately,
with a strong emphasis on every word. " You—will—be
—troublecr—no —more—with—my —drinkine—l HA-v.n
TOOK IT AT LAST."
" I knew it !" exclaimed the wretched husband, despe-
rately tossing his arms aloft, as when all is lost. " I
knew it !"—and, leaving one coat flap in the hands of his
wife, who vainly attempted to detain him, he rushed fr.om
the room—sprang down the stairs, both flights, by, two
and three stairs at a time—ran along the passage, and
without his hat or gloves, or stick, dashed out at the street
door, sweeping from the step two ragged little girls, a
quartern loaf, a bason of treacle, and a baby. But he
never stopped to ask if the children were hurt, cr even to
see whether the infant dripped with gore or molasses.
Away he ran, like a rabid dog, straight forward, down the
Borough, heedless alike of a porter's load, bakees basket,
and butcher's tray.
" I say," muttered the errand boy as be staggered from
the collision.

" Do that agin," growled the placard man, as he reco-
vered the pole and board which had been knocked from
his shoulder.

Mind where you're goin' " bawled a hawker, as he
picked up his scattered wares ; whilst a dandy, suddenly
thrust into the kennel, launched after the runner one of
those verbal missiles which are said to return, like the
boomerang, to those who launch them.
But on, on, on scampered the Teetotaller, heedless of
all impediments—on he scoured, like a he Camilla, to the
shop, number 240, with the red, blue, and green bottles in
the window—the chemist and druggist's, into which he
darted, and up to the little bald man at the desk, with
barely breath enough left_ to gasp out "My wife l"
" Poison !" and " Pump !"
" Vegetable or mineral ?" inquired the Surgeon-Apo-
thecary, with professional coolness.
Both—all sorts—laudnura—assnick—oxalic acid—cor-
rosive sublimity"— and the Teetotaller was about to add
pine-apple rum, amongst the poisons, when the Doctor
stopped him.
" is she sick ?" . .

" No." But remembering the symptoms overnight,
the Teatotaller ventured to say, on the strength of his
dream, that she was turning all manner of colours, like a
§... Then there is not a moment to lose,"
rainbow, and swelling as big as a house.
said the Escu-
lapius, and accordingly clapping on his hat, and arming
himself with the necessary apparatus—a sort of elephan-
tine syringe with a very long trunk—he set off a trot,
guided by the Teatotaller, to unpoison the rash and ill-
fated bacchanalian, Mrs. Burrage.
" And did he save her ?"

" My dear madam, he content to let that issue remain
a little, and accumulate interest, liki a sum in the Saving
Bank.

Now, when the Teatotaller, with the medical man at
his heels, arrived at his own house, Mrs. Burrage was
still in her bed-room ; which was a great convenience, for
before he could account for the intrusion of the stranger;

nay even without exactly knowing how it was done, she
suddenly found herself seated—more zealously than ten-
derly or ceremoniously—in the easy chair; and when she
attempted to expostulate, she felt herself choking with a
tube of something, which was certainly neither maccaroni,
nor stick-licorice, nor yet pipe-peppermint.
To account for this precipitancy, the exaggerated repre-
sentations of her husband must be borne in mind ; and it
his wife did not exhibit all the dying dolphin-like colours
that he had described,—if she was not yet quite so blue,
green, yellow, or black, as he had painted her, the apothe-
cary made sure that she soon would be, and consequently
I went to work without delay, where delays were so dan-
gerous.
Mrs. Burrage, however, was not a woman to submit
quietly to a disagreeable operation, against her own e— -
sent ; so with a vigourous kick and a push, at 11 e Same
time, she contrived to rid herself at once of tht doctor
and his instrument, and indignantly demanded to
the meaning of the assault upon her.
" It's to save your life—your precious life, Ellen," said
the Teetotaller, very solemnly.
" It's to empty the stomach ma'am," said the doctor.
" Empty a fiddle," retorted Mrs. 8., who would have
added " stick," but the doctor, watching his opportunity,
had dexterously popped the tube again into her open
mouth : not without a fresh scuffle from the patient.
" For the Lord's sake, Ellen," entreated the Teetotal-
ler, confining her hand, " do, do, pray do sit quiet."
" Pob—wob—wobble," said Ellen. " H üb—bub—bub
—bubble," attempting to speak with another pipe in her
throat besides the windpipe.
" Have the goodness, ma'am, to be composed," im-
plored the 'doctor.
"I won't," shouted Mrs. Burrage, having again relea-
sed herself from the instrument by a desperate struggle.
" What am Ito be pumped out for ?"
" Oh, Ellen, Ellen," said the Teetotaller, " you know
what you have taken."
" Corrosive salts and narcotics," put in the doctor.
" Assnic and corrosive sublimity," said the Teetotaller.
" Oxalicacid and tincture of opium," added the doctor.
" Fly water and laurel water," said Mr. Burrage.
" Vitriol, prussic acid, and aqua fortis," continued the
druggist.
" I've took no such thing," said the refractory patient.
" Oh Ellen, you know what you said."
" Well, what."
" Why, that your drinking should never trouble me any
more."
" And no more it shall !-" screamed the wilful woman,
falling, as she spoke, into convulsive paroxysms of the
wildest laughter. "No mere it shall, for I've took—"
" What ma'am, pray what?"
"in the name of Heaven.! What ? "
"Why then—l've took the PLEDGE! "

How ?Et WRITE CLEARLY AND FORCIBLY.—A man
fully possessed of his subject, and confident of his
cause, may almost always write with vigour and effect, if
he can get over the temptation or writing finely, and really
ccnfihe himself to the strong and' clear exposition of the
matter he has to bring forward. Half of the affectation
and offensive pretension we meet with in authors is from a
want of matter, and the other half from a paltry ambition
of being eloquent and ingenious otit of place.—Lord
Jeffrey.
Tn Qi.TEEK AND BER PlANO.—There' is a funny
story of the quite youthful Victoria that; when first invited
to takelessons on the pianoforte, she etijected strongly to
the monotonous hours spent in fingering," and at the
gamut. She eras informed that all future 'success in that
delightful art depended upon being perfeet*mistress of her
pianno.—" Oh, I am to be mistress of my piano, am I?"
asked the ingenuous girl. To which inquiry it was replied,
" Undoubtedly." Then what would you think of me if
I became mistress at once?" continued the princess."
"That would be impossible. There is no royal' road to
music. Experience and great practice are essential."
" Oh, there 3 no royal road to music—eh ? No royal
road. And lam not mistress of my pianoforte?' But I
will be, I assure you, and the royal road is this "—at the
same moment closing the pianoforte, locking it, and taking
the key. " There' that's being mistress of the piano ! and
the royal road to 'learn is never to take a lesson tilt' you're
in the humour toll° it."—PAsser's Magazine.
LIBERAL PRIIPCIPLES OF TIRE DVKE OF KENT.-.4"re-
member on one occasion, at a' public banquet, at which
the Dukes of Klay and Sussex were present, the former
returned thanks the part of the royal family for the ho-
nour which had been conferred by the health of the junior
members having been drunk; and the noble duke then
hastily glanced at his' own position. " I am a friend of
civil and religious liberty, •all the world over," sabi'his
royal highness. " I amen enemy to all religious tests. I
am a supporter of a general system of education. All men
are my brethren ' • and.l 'hold that power is only delegated
for the benefit of the people. These are the principles 'of'
myself and of my beloved brother the Duke of Sussex.
They are not popular principles just now ; that is, they
do not conduct to place oroffice. • All the members of the
royal' family do not hold the same principles. For this. I
do not blame them ; but weclaim for ourselves the right
of thinking and acting as'we think best ; and we proclaim
ourselves, with our friend Mr. Tierney,. ' members of his
majestyrs loyal opposition.' "—Fraser's Magazine.

A Fau,GAL SovEuErowi—lt is unnecessary for me to
observe-, that in his personal expenditure, as well as in
that of his family and court, there is not a more frugal'
sovereign in Europe than-Louis of Bavaria. He is frugal,
not with a view to hoard up money in foreign funds, as
other-crowned heads are known to do, but to accumulate
in every farm, in his capital,' and even in the most remote
districts of his kingdom, specimens of- the fine arts, exe-
entincl in tho highest style of pert...fie.. Z.
Meal taste, inspired by a warm and brilliant imagination,
forbids him to attempt any work undeserving the approval
of the most severe critic, and the applause of future ages.
His habits at Bruckenau are, as I was informed by some
of -those best acquainted with them, of the most simple
kind, touched with a disposition to romance which he has
shown from his youth upwards. He rises early, walks a
great dea4 always alone, through the woods and moun-
tains around, preferring the margins of the brooks which
flow through those charming scenes in great abundance.
He often sits-down beneath the shade of a tree, or upon
a flowery bank, to listen to their music, forgetting altoge-
ther, for the time, that he has upon-his shoulders the
weight of a kingdom. But he has his stated hours for
business,.to which he regularly attends : -he had with him
at Bruckenau his celebrated- minister, M. Abell, and a
member of his council of state, M. Sehilcher, together
with several secretaries, who were said to be constantly
iol
ry ,
any f
Louis
ise a employed..
ml o
model ye de .f As ss
sovereigns.
ehusbandreigns. and
Neitherth e fa father-of
rf a
Queen family,
their children were with him upon this- occasion. It is
very well-known that his majesty has published several
volumes of poetry, chiefly containing his meditations
upon the scenes he had visited, and the objects of art
which he admired in Greece and Italy. But amongst his
effusions are found many admirable thoughts upon the
philosophy of life, which speak. a high and gifted mind,
deeply insbned with a sense of religion, and a true feel-
ing as to the vanity of all human enjoyments.—Quin's
Travels,

SOCIAL- CIIARACTEILISTICS.—III the religious world,
as it is called, of the present day, three classes of minds
distinctly appear, the spiritual, the intellectual, and the
formal;• and in the world around, who turn not their
thoughts to religion, there are the same three classes re-
markably distinct among men at tha present time. It is
by cherishing these feelings and combining them, and not
by suppressing them, that the church will become efficient
in laying hold of, and guiding and turning to good,ac-
count, these same desires in the world, and of which she
is given the fellow-feeling for this very end. There is a
very high tone of spirituality in. one party in the church,
far higher, we believe, than at any preceding period, which
ia.given them to lay hold ofi and bring into the church, all
thatclass of men who are of a spiritual character in the
world. There is a higher tone of intellectual acquirement
in,the church:now than at any former *Hod, to meat the
wants of this highly intellectual age. And there is a taste
for form and order revived, in a very remarkable-degree,
and among very numerous classes, in the church, and ;32
the world. These characteristics, now appearing sepa-
rately, need to be combined in the church : while they
continue in separate operation, they not only work div -
sion and confusion in the church, but the good qt alittes
themselves have a tendency to degenerate and In come
positively evil. Spirituality, if cultivated exelasively, will
soon become little better than Methodism or Dissent, if
it do not dwindle down into the follies of Swedenborgh
and the Quakers. Tbemenaal acquirementa of the church
need the root and vigour of spirituality to keep them from
runninginto the rationalism and neology of Germany, or ,
the baser form of our sheer infidelity. And the love of
antiquity and delight in ancient forms and practices, which
as being old, must necessarily be for the most part Ro-
man, requires. all our care, and the ballast also of spirit-
uality and theology, to keep it right ; for. in our admira-
tion•of ancient forms we are in continual risk of approving
and adopting ancient errors and superstitions.—Church
of England Quarterly Review.
AN ATAERICAN Challop was, of coarse,
one of the most remarkable men in the country ; but he
really was a notorious person besides. He was usually
described by his friends, in the south and west, as " a
sample of our na-tive raw material, Sir," and was much
esteemed for his devotion to rational liberty ; for the better
propagation whereof he usually carried a brace of revolv-
ing-pistols in his coat pocket, with seven barrels apiece.
He also carried, amongst other trinkets, a sword,-stink,
which he called his " tickler ;" and a great knife, which
(for he was a man of pleasant turn of humour) he called
" ripper," in allusion to its usefulness as a means of ven-
tilating the stomach of any adversary in a
close contest.
He had used these weapons with distinguished effect in
several instances ; all duly chronicled in the newnewspapers;
and was greatly beloved for the gallant manner in which
he had " jobbed out" the eye of one gentleman, as he was
in the act of knocking at his own street-door. Mr. Chol-
lop was a man of roving disposition ; and, in any less ad-
vanced community, might have been mistaken for a vio-
lent vagabond. But his fine qualities being perfectly un-
derstood and appreciated in those regions where his lot
was cast, and where he had many kindred spirits to con-
sort with, he may be regarded as baying been born under
a fortunate star, which is not always the case with a man
so much before the age in which he lives. Preferring,
with a view to the gratification of his tickling and ripping
fancies, to dwell upon the outskirts of society, and in the
more remote towns and cities, he was in the habit of emi-
gritting from place to place, and establishing in each some
business—usually a newspaper—which be presently sold ;
for the most part closing the bargain by challenging, stab.
bung, pistoling, or gouging, the new editor, before he had
qu te taken possession of the property. He had conic to
Eden on a speculation of this kind, but had abandoned it,
ant was about to leave. He always introduced himself to
stringers as a worshipper of freeedrosmon;
wwhaos thdeiffceornedsisftreonmt
advocate of
ulanwpoapnudlarslavvery ; and invariably re-
conmended, both in print and speech. the " tarring and
himself. He called this " planting the standard of civilisa-
. tlen in the wilder gardens of my OuntrY."•—Diekens.

SECOND EDITION.

Standard-office, Eleven o'clock.

THE STATE TRIALS.

The Court opened at ten o'clock yesterday (Monday
morning, and was immediately crowded in every part
Freeiselv at ten Chief Justice Pennefather, Mr. Justice
Bn, on, M Justice Craropton, and Mr. Justice Perrin
entered th s Court, and took their seats on the bench.
Mr. O'Connell came in procession to the court in the
Lord Mayor's private carriage, followed by carriages
containing the other traversers and several of the alder-
men and town council in their robes. The Lord Mayor,
who was also in his robes, was in the same carriage with
Mr. O'Connell. They were loudly cheered by the popu-
lace on their progress to the Court.
Tha Judges having having taken their seats,
The traversers were then called, and on the name of
the Rev. Mr. Tyrrel being called,
Mr. Cantwell, with much solemnity, said—My lords,
the rev. defendant has been called before another judg-
ment seat, and his soul and body are now alike beyond
the power of this court.
The traversers were called on, and severally answered
to their names.
Mr. O'Connell appeared along with the counsel for the
defendents, in his wig and gown,
The names of the jurors were then called over. On
Mr. James Collins Papworth being called, a juror said his
names was James Papworth ; another juror said his name
was Joseph Hamilton, and not James, as givan in the
list.

The officer of the court then called on John Holmes, of
William-street, merchant, to appear on pain of £5O.
Mr. Frederick Stocken, physician, said he appeared on
his behalf, and having been sworn, stated that Mr. Holmes
was unable to attend, having been confined to his bed by
serious illness for the last five days.
The next name called was Robert Smith Stubbs, linen-
draper, Dame-street. Doctor Leech also appeared on his
behalf, and handed in an affidavit to the effect that he was
affected with asthma and other complaints of the chest,
and consequently unable to attend. George Mitchell, 20,
Lower Sackville-street, tobacconist, was next called; and
Mr. Carey, barrister, appeared for hire, and handed in af-
fidavits from several medical men, certifying that, owing
to asthma and severe coldhe was unable to serve. Indeed,
he had been ill very long, and there was scarcely a fort-
night but he was confined from the causes alluded to. A
medical certificate and affidavit was handed in by Mr, Geo.
Davis, solicitor, on the part of George Fowler, of Angle-
see-street, as a ground for having him excused.
The Attorney-General then requested that the namet
of dames Collins Fopworth and James Hamilton might
be called over. If there were such- persons in the venire'
they should be called mi fines, and if there was any 131i3.•
descri'ption it might be dealt with afterwards.
The'names of those gentlemen were then called.
Mr. Moore requested' that the service of the sum-
monses on those persons might be proved.
Mr. George Fowler, M. Jbhn Holmes. and Mr. R.
Smith Stubbs were excused attendance on the ground set
forth in the affidavits of their respective'medical attend-
ants.

Mr. George Mitchell, of Sackville-street,• was also ex-
cused attending as a juror.
The deputy Registrar then called over the names of the
traversers, and called their attention to tha fact that the
jury was abouCto be sworn.
Mr. Moore said that as some of the jurors'liad not at.
tendad, and as-the Attorney-General had ariptied to have
their names called over on fines, he wished that proof
would he given of the notice served upon the jurors.
David Ireland was then called, and he proved:the ser-
vice of the notice on Mr. Papwoeth and Mr. Hamilton,
who had not attended.
In reply to Mr. Moore, he admitted 'that the service
was not a personal one.
Sir C. O'Loghten then rose and said, he challenged the
array on the part of Daniel O'Connell. He then' pro-
ceeded to read the challenge, which vas to the effect that
the jury panel from which the jury had been selected' was
defective, inasmuch' as, when a ravision of the jury list
took place before the Recorder, who revised, corrected,
and signed them ; biat the Recorder did 'not cause to be
made out a general list of the special jurors in order that
such might be copied but by the Clerk of the Peace, but,
on the contrary, omitted to do so; andthat said list-was
illegally and fraudniintly made out by acme person nut
auth7ised to do so, and that fifty-nine names that had'
been adjudged by the Recorder to be placed on the special
jury list, were omitted from the general list so made out.
The learned gentleman then read the names of the parties
omitted from the list, and proceeded to say that the names
before mentioned were also omitted from the special jurors'.
book for 1844, as wellas from the general list, and that'
said' emission was injurious to him, said Daniel O'Con-
nell, who therefoie prayed the judgment of the court to set'
aside the jury panel made out in this case. The learned
gentleman, in conclusion, said, that similar challenges
were prepared on the part of the other traversers, and
were then actually being-engrossed.
The Attorney-General said, that as it was the-first time
the counsel for the crown had been made acquainted with
the intention of the counsel' for the traversers to challenge
the array_ 1-1,4
friends and himself a short time to take the document
handed in by the learned Counsel into considerction. In
the mean time he suggested that the other challenges
should be ready, in ordr that they should be disposed of
with that now before the court.

Chief Justice.—Oh, certainly. Let me have the act of
parliament that applies to this question.
The act was handed up to the bench, and the counsel
for the crown then retired at a quarter-prst eleven o'clock,
to consult together respecting the nature and forms of
the challenge.
The counsel for the traversers also retired at the same
time. _ _

At about two o'clock the counsel for the crown and the
traversers returned into court, when the Attorney-General
said he wished to have the challenges of all the traversers
handed in. This, after some demur on the part of Mr.
Moore, was agreed to, and after some little delay the
Lord Chief SUstice addressed Sir Colman O'Lochlan,
complaining that there had been a great deal of unneces-
sary delay, and that he should have come into court pre-
pared with all the challenges.

A'ine o' Clock, p.m.

After the return of 'the counsel to court, the Attorney-
General demurred to the challenge, and a lengthened ar-
gument ensued, in which Sir Colrain O'Loughlin, Mr.
Fitzgibbon, and Mr. Moore spoke on behalf of the tra-
versers, and the Attorney-General and Solicitor-General
on behalf of the crown. The Lord Chief Justice was
about to deliver judgment, when a very singular ap-
plication was made by Mr. Moore. He stated that
the traversers were willing to go at once to, trial,
if the jury lists were sent back to the Recorder for
revision, in order that the 59 names alledged 'to have
been omitted from the panel:might be placed, thereon.
The Attorney-General resisted the applseation on the
ground that such a proceeding was altogether illegal, and'
and would have the effect of vitialing all' the judicit.l
proceedings instituted throughout the present year..
The Lord Chief Justice then delivered a very length—
ened judgment, (in which the majoniy of the court,
concurred,) to the effect that " the demurrer must"
be allowed, and. consequently, the challenge overruled.
Mr. Justice-Perrin expressed his dissent from the opi-
nions of the other judges on the point. There is nothing
further in the• way-of a-dilatory proceeding to be brought
before the court, and therefore it is confidently expected
the trial will commence to-morrow.

THE US$ OF SYMBOLS IN RELIGIOUS WORSHIP A
PROOF OF THE DECLENSION OF SPIRITUALITY.-The ,
truth of God asks only for men as its exponents ; but it
is not difficult, in the exercise of a pious fancy, to, attach
meanings innumerable, of spiritual import, to the-use of
any material and inanimate thing. Again, as regards
lights by. the side of the altar, flowers upon the altar, in-
cense, &c., it should be remembered that their use was
of the growth of time ; that they are each symbols of
realities, and, as such, could have no true place where
the reality existed ; and that they gradually came to be
part of the ceremonial of the worship of the church, as
the realities which they symbolised ceased to be mani-
fested ; the people, in like manner, becoming gradually
accustomed to their use, as the higher things of life and
power died out, and were reconciled to the loss of the
reality itself by some gorgeous. and external resemblance
of its existence. To take one example : when the church
forgot, and ceased to stand in. her true character as the
intercessor for all men on earth, the reality was substi-
tuted and preserved in remembrance by the visible as-
cending of material incense. Lighted candles, incense,
&c., are, therefore, so many testimonies which the church
unconsciously holds forth to men of her own unfaithful-
ness, and not the proper expression of mysteries and re-
alities which she cannot otherwise show; for then would
she fall into the position of the Jewish Church before the
coming of our Lord.—Church of England Quarterly
Review.

FITZ-POODLE'S HANT TO THE LADIES.—Whilst ladies
persist in maintaining the strictly defensive condition,
men must naturally, as it were, take the opposite line,
that of attack ; otherwise, if both parties held aloof, there
would be no more marriages ; and the two hosts, would
die in their respective inaction, without ever coming to a
battle. Thus it is evident that as the ladies will not, the
men must take the offensive. I, for my part, have made,
in the course of my life, at least a score of chivalrous at-
tacks upon several strongly forti▪ fied hearts.. Sometimes
I began my works too late in the season, and winter sud-
denly came and rendered further labours impossible;
sometimes I have, attacked the breach madly, sword in
hand, and have been plunged vi▪
olently from the scaling-
ladder into the ditch ; sometimes I have made a decent
lodgment in the place, when—bang ! blows up a mine,
and I am scattered to the deuce I and sometimes when I
have been in the very heart of the citadel—ah, that I
should say it !—a sudden panic has struck me, and I have
run like the British out of Carthagena! One grows tired
after a while of such perpetual activity. Is it not, time
that the ladies should take an innings? Let us widowers
and bachelors form an association to declare, that for the
next hundred years we will make love no longer. Let
the young women come and make love to us ; let them
write us verses; let them ask us to dance, get us ices and
cups of tea, and help us on with ow cloaks at the hall-
door; and if they are eligible, we may perhaps be induced
to yield and say, " La, Miss Hopkins—l really never. 4
am so agitated—ask papa !",—FragleB Magazine.

Jan. 16, 1844.

EDINB UPS GH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY•

Sir Andrew Agnew has addressed a letter to the share'
holders in this undertaking, from which we extract the
following passages. After alluding to the fact, which he
states has been established beyond doubt, that the work-
ing of this railway on Sunday is a loss to the cornpanY,
Sir Andrew says,
" It is expected that this loss will cease, and that by
and by there will be gain. The character of Scotland
is pledged to the contrary ! In the year 1842 remon-
strances against the unholy traffic were presented to the
Proprietary (and bearing the names of more than 200,000
persons), all of whom declared that they would withhold
their countenance from the railway if it continued to
violate the law of God, and most of whom pledged them-
selves to resort to every other mode of travel rather than
the railway, while it continued in this unhallowed course.
To this hour, great numbers of these individuals, sub-
mitting to every inconvenience and loss, both of time
and money, refuse absolutely to enter your railway car-
riages on any consideration, and never have entered one
of them : while of those who have betaken themselves,
under extremities, to the railway, scarcely any feel
themselves at ease in so doing, and all are ever oil the
look-out for other means of transit. It is also certain,
that besides these, numberless other persons who did not
join in the remonstrances, have declared that they would,
to the utmost of their power, avoid your railway. And
it is quite incalculable how many betake themselves to
it only occasionally, and under the pressure of necessity,
who would be glad with their families to use it frequently,
whether for convenience or for recreation, were it not
placing itself in opposition. to the righteous principles of
the nation.

"It is said, to be sure, that the Postmaster-General
has now become a party to the Sabbath traffic, by using
popfo
stihtieon mailso on this
;a od
account.certaia
Ttmindshheet trains inonlss for
may
offiNir.catellieeprro ienee d
itheirng conveyances o 0 u
,At, on the contrary, to
strengthen their opposition. The transaction with the
Postoffice was entirely the voluntary act of the directors.
They may, by act of pmliament, be compelled to trans-
mit the mails, it is said. But then special trains would
be necessary for the purpose • the Postoffice would need
to pay the whole expense of such trains ; and it is pef-
fectly understood that that expense would be so great al
to prevent the exercising of the parliamentary powers- of
compulsion, 'Therefore, if you refuse passengers and
railway traffic on the Sabbath, you stop the desecration
at once. By sanctioning them, you commit:the desecra-
tion. And let me add, in regard to the w!iole matter,
that by means of a railway post between Edinburgh and
Glasgow late on. Saturday night and early on Monday
morning, every practical good said to attend the Sabbath
post would be attained. There is no conceivable inter-
est, therefore, in the pub Tie which could justify the eV
pense of separate Postoffice trains being incurred by the
Postmaster-General. Your voting for Sabbath traffic is
the cause of the desecratiorr, and the solemn responsi-
bility still rests upon you and your company.
" Why, then, should this-voinntary act of the directors
in contracting with the Postmaster-General, embarrass
the Sabbath question at all'? iou are losing character
and money by your Sabbath traffic, and putting yotr
company into needless and injueicus opposition to i
general national feeling, for no real or avowable object
whatever. Were you to act like the proprietors of the
Dundee Railway, and apply to the Postmaster-General
to relieve you from this unja3titiable Sabbath-profaning
contnict, you would be a gainer every way,—in charac-
ter, money, and all. If he complied, your abondonment
of your Sathia at traffic would instantly restore the railway
to that popularity which it has lost, and is the consequent
patronage which it has failed Litherto is obtain. And
if he did'not comply you would aet just as the Dundee
company did. You would complete the period of the
contracts as far as the mails only were concerned, though
that would-be a. lose. For were loss even by be incurred,
why not sustain it rather than continue in sin ? For it
must be remembered by you, and by every ether indi-
vidual shareholder, that the sin is yours personally, as
long as you either countenance or do not oppose the
commission of it by your company. 7Toir break the Sab-
bath, and lead others to break the Sabbath ;, and I would
apply to you.=--I must in faithfulness de so—the emphatic
words which, used at the Dundee company's- meeting,
led many of the shareholders to abandon the Sabbath
traffic then : slt is impossible but that offences will
come ; but woe unto him through whom they come! It
were better for him that a millstone were hanged about
his neck, and he cast into the sea.'
" The friends of the Sabbath cause do not at-all desire
power in any secular matter. We heartily leave that in
the hands of the gentlemen above referred to ; and the
accompaning proxy is so framed as to save every exist-
ing proxy as to all that. But we do ask you, as you
value interests infinitely higher than worldly gain,—
illusive hitherto, In the present case, as that has been,—
we do ask you to join in putting an end to this' great
abuse and profanation which is now, by your means, being
weekly committed on every returning Sabbath-day."

THE SILK MA.NUFACTORY OF M. STOFELLA
AT ROVEREDO.

FROM THE GERMAN« DX HERR TESHHAIT.
This establishment has gamed a high reputatlon, not
only for the quality of the silks manufacturedrbut for the
philanthropic system upon which it is conducted: Four
hundred females are constantly employed, who are nor
only provided with: their living, but every care is taken
of their education. A'young girl from eleven to fourteen-
years of age, in poverty, who can produce a certificate
of gocd moral condnet and' health, is apprenticed from
fear years and a half 'to six years and a half; under an.
indenture, stipulating that she shall during her-appren-
ticeship be provided with board, lodging, clothing, and
instruction in religion,as well as reading, writing,- arith-
metic needle-work, and the-manufac-
turell the branches of of silk. After the first six months, everyappren-
tice receives an annual salary of fifteen florins, .whieh
sum is placed in the savings? hank of Roveredo.. Those
parents who are iavery needy circumstances, are per-
mitted, after their daughter has been two years apprem-
tieed, to draw an annuaL allowance. The proprietor
himself deposits 500 .florins in the bank every year for
the purpose of being distributed in different awards to-
those whose industry and skill are found the- most de-
serving at a public examination. In case of- death the
parents have a right to claim whatever funds the child
may have in the bank. Upon the termination of the
apprenticeship the- girl is at liberty to return, home, or
stipulate for employment by the year, (that being, the
shortest period for which any of them can he -engaged,)
and receives an increase of payment according to her
abilities. Those who, during their apprenticeship, have
behaved well, and distinguished themselves, are provided
at the end of their term with tools and furniture to com-
mence business. Their, occupation consists in the manu-
facture of all sorts of silks, and every week, tweuty-five
of the number are alternately instructed in ,domestio
affairs. Certain- leisure- hours are allowed- for meals,
lessons, and recreation, rad when they walk out some of
the teachers are appointed to accompany- them. The
whole establishment is conducted by Mr_ Stofella, and
consists of twenty superintendents, viz., one-doctor,_ one
vice-director, aix teachers, and twelve overseers.—Lon-
don Polytechnicl•Alagazine.

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