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one generation to another—be exempted from the
har of the jealously religious, or rather sectarian.

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In illustration of this fact we may quote the fol- Sir Ralph Lopes has made a return of 30 per cent. to
lowing from an able article in the Church of En-
the tenants of his Westbury estates.
gland Quarterly Review, recently published :--Snow fell for a period of three hours at Holmfirth, in
Yorkshire, on Friday morning.
" How is the principle to be carried out of not con- Sir Francis Larylev, brother to Lord Wenlock, was
straining a student to receive religious instruction in the found dead in bed on Thursday.
form of any denomination, without expelling every alio- The shooting at Berkeley Castle concluded on Saturday
ion, or every argument or statement that can last, when six gentlemen, in three days, shot-831 head of
,ear upon religious opinion, altogether from the lecture- game, three-fourths of which were pheasants.
;cms. To this we altogether refuse our consent, even The new steam line of the Peninsular and Oriental Coro-
though we be at liberty to teach religion fully elsewhere. natty, between Calcutta, Singapore, Hong Kong, and
We believe that the recognition of religion and of the Shanghai, will commence about the Ist of May.
'4 true church ought to pervade all educa- It was decided on Friday at a Court of Appeal held at
the Guildhall, Westminster, that omnibuses may legally
We believe, for instance, that when the professor of carry passengers on a longitudinal seat on the roof.
ASSiCS is lecturing on the uses of the Greek article, he Major-General Fearon, C. 8., an officer in receipt of a
fught to teach that the right doctrine of this article con- reward for distinguished services died from suicide on
firms the doctrine of the divinity of Christ. We contend Sunday last. ,
that the instructor ought to show the connexion ; but, On Sunday, John Leech, cowman to Mr. Palin, of Sta
upon the principles of the Toronto University, the stu- pleford Hall, was gored to death by one of Mr. Palin's
dent may object to his instructor's teaching him the doc- celebrated prize bulls.
trine of the Greek Article at all, because it is an argument Government are about to commence an inquiry into the
'n support of Trinitarianisns. state of the distressed districts of the Highlands and Is-
"We believe that a lecturer in history ought not to lands of Scotlands, and their " local resources."
;n from the history of the Jewish nation, and that he Captain Routledge, called the prince of swindlers, died
Horsemonger-lane Gaol on Wednesday, after a severe

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ought therein to recognise fully its miraculous and provi. „.
dential character. But upon the principle of the Toronto illness.
University, a student may say, "lam a christian, for I The hippopotamus has caused an increase of ',186
believe Jesus to have been a most excellent person and a in the last year's receipts of the London Zoological
profound philosopher; but I am not a supernaturalist, Society.
_ruse to attend lectures in which lam taught to At North Collington, Notts., Mr. John White offi-
aieve in miracles, and I require that the lecturer be pro- elated as parish clerk for seventy years, and did not retire
hibited from teaching me any such doctrines.' until he had attained the great age of ninety-seven.
"We believe that the lecturer in geology ought to bear A screw steamer is to ply fortnightly between Glasgow
in mind how his theories may accord with the Mosaic and London, and is expected to perform the voyage,
-Hunts of the creation and the deluge, and that he ought " north about," in three or three and a half days.
'"is pupils that they so accord ; but the tendency On Thursday week, a gentleman, calling at the office of
If revelation is i the Leicester-square Soup Kitchen, drew from his finger
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nam.. diamond and ruby ring, which he presented
pursue the lights of science irrespective of it, and leave to to the secretary of that institution in aid of the funds.
<. religious instructor to establish the connexion. But A few days since en infant, seven weeks old, was killed
'ng the supposed light of science, uncontrolled by at Dewsbury, by being smothered in a bed which was
religion, it is extremely easy to be led into direct contra- turned up by a person who did not know the infant was
dictions of it ; and we know how easy it is in this way to there.

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THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

During the late gale, a barque, arrived from Africa, ran
before the wind, under bare poles, for three days and
nights, at the late of nine knots per hour, the captain and
crew remaining all that time lashed on the fore-rigging,
being unable to keep the deck from the heavy sea which
swept over the vessel. Usually there were two or three
feet of water upon the ship's decks.

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QUICK PASSAGE TO AND FROM CALCUTTA.—The ship
City of Glasgow, Captain Muir, performed thevoyage out
and home in seven months and twenty days. This vessel
is the property of the firm of G. Smith and Sons, of this
city, whose ship, the City of Calcutta, performed the
voyage from the Clyde to Calcutta in ninety-four days,
and the voyage home in ninety-five days.—Glasyow
Paper.

EUROPEAN SCREW STEAMER.—This fine steamer has
made a very successful run to London on her first trip,
having made the Downs in 71 hours, and after a deten-
tion there of 11 hours, reached London in 91 hours from
Greenock—winds strong ahead the whole way. Taking
season and circumstances into account, and the present
boisterous state of the weather, we infer that the passage
will, in ordinary circumstances, be performed in about 70
hours.—Glasgow Paper.
The Bev. Andrew M'Ewan, minister of Severn Church,
Barrhead, has been fined for poaching. It appears that
hares frequented the gardens of the rev. gentleman in
great numbers, and tatted themselves on his greens. The
Earl of Glasgow's gamekeepers thought that, though the
hares were fatted at the minister's expense, he was not to
presume to eat one of them. Keeping a strict watch,
they discovered a snare in his garden, and having disor-.
dered it, they saw him set it right. This was his offence.

A RAILWAY TRAIN-ATTACKED BY A BBLLOCH.—The
mail train on Wednesday night narrowly escaped being
thrown off the rails, between Ileadcorn and Pluckley, by
a bullock which had strayed from a drove while crossing
the line. The drover had succeeded in turning the beast
towards the gate, when the mail train was approaching,
on which the beast made directly towards the red lights
on the engine with its tail in the air. It ram full tilt
against the engine, and was dashed to pieces, parts of the
body having been picked up at a distance of 30 yards from
the place where the collision occurred.—Maidstone Jour-
nal.

TRIBUNAL OF COMMERCE.—On Monday, a deputation
from the merchants, bankers, and others of the city of
London, waited upon the Lord Mayor upon the subject
of establishing a tribunal of commerce, and presented to,
his lordship a memorial in favour of the project. signed
by upwards of one thousand persons. Mr. Levi repre-
sented to his lordship- the vast importance of such an
establishment, stated that England was almost the only
country in which a tribunal of commerce did not exist,
and expressed a hope that his lordship would consent to
take the chair at a meeting proposed to be held on the
subject. The Lord Mayor assured the deputation that
he would give the matter his best consideration.

EXTRAORDINARY DEATIT.—A man named Millard at
Wells, after drinking hard, entered a public-house yester-
day week, and sat close to the fire and fell asleep, his
head dropping down close to the end of the grate. A per-
son coming in considered that in leaning down so close to
the fire the man would be hurt, and therefore attempted
to wake him up ; and the landlord came to his assistance,
when they raised the unfortunate man up, and in doing so
discovered that whilst his head had been "drooping," in
sleep, his neckcloth had been caught by a hook that draws
out in some grates for the spit to rest on, by which he had
been hung •He made but a single groan after being
raised up, and life could not be restored.

THE PLEASURES OF MATRIMONY.—In a place not
fifty miles from Leeds, there live a couple who have not
been married many years, but during that time have
more than once separated, and have managed to agree.
again: Last week, however, they once more " differed
in their opinions," a separation again took place, and the
husband sent the bellman

round to say that he `i will not
be answerable for any debts which his wife may contract."
What renders the circumstance remarkable is, that at the
same time the bellman announced "that Mr. - will
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ter, may contract." This contradictory announcement
has caused a good deal of merriment in the place.
JENNY LIND'S PARIAN EAR-DROPS.—In December
last Mr. H. Timms, of Burslem. sent a pair of Parian
ear-drops for presentation to Jenny Lind, in America,
and within the last few days he has received the following
grateful note of acknowledgment:—
"Dear Sir,—l beg hereby to acknowledge the receipt of
your kind letter, and to return you my sincere thanks fr,-
-

beautiful present accompanying the same..
" It was with a feeling of real pleasure i received a kind
remembrance from dear Old England, and a proof of the
great skilfulness to which its manufacturers have arrived. I
consider your present remarkably beautiful, and will, in wear-
ing the same, thankfully rememtrer the giver.

"JEIs.INY LIND. I

" Richmond, Virginia, Dec. 21, 1850."
At the Mansion-house, London, on Saturday, Thomas
Brown, a person of gentlemanlike appearance, was charged
with having cheated whilst playing at cards. On the pre-
ceding night:a ball had been given at the London Tavern
for the benefit of one of the excellent institutions con-
nected wit h.thelicensed victuallers of the metropolis, and
some of the company, of whom the prisoner was one,
played several games of cards in the course of the night.
It appeared that the game played at was limited 100, com-
mencing with eighteenpenny 100 and ending with guinea
100. The defendant, being suspected of unfair play, was
watched by some of the company and was seen to secrete
ace and pictute cards in his collar, and to play them when
they turned up trumps. In the course of the evening he
won upwards of £2O. The defendant was committed for
trial.

SINGULAR. MONOMANIA.—A shocking death occurred
a few days ago to a little girl, whose parents reside in
Short Acre. For some considerable time the child,
whose name is Sarah Aldridge, and whose age is twelve
years, has been subject to fits, and about a fortnight ago
she was discovered hanging by the neckfrom the chamber
window. She was rescued from her fearful situation,
and every care taken to prevent a repetition of the act,
which was for a few days successful. Ultimately, it
appears that the poor child, who was still bent on
destroying itself, obtained a quantity of chips, and placed
them in her pinafore, and set fire to them. She was
perceived by some neighbours, who succeeded in smo-
thering the flames which enveloped her, but she was so
dreadfully burned that death ultimately put an end to her
sufferings.—Birmingham Mercury.
At the meeting of the Marylebone Vestry on Saturday,
Mr. Churchwarden Stephens moved "That the receiver
of pew-rents be directed not to let any pew or sittings to
any persons unless householders of the parish, and the
preference be given to the householders who are resident
in the district." The following notice was also given :
" In consequence of the number of householders in the
district wanting seats in the church, I request you will
make known to all persons who are occupying sittings,
and not householders in this district of the parish, that
they do upon sufferance only, and that the same must be
vacated." Sir P. Laurie attributed the former empty
condition of the churches to the " mummeries," and their
present crowded state to their pulpits being occupied by
men of piety, learning, and sound principles. Mr. W.
'Williams, M.P., thought that they should regard the past,
present, and the future, in the present proceedings. The
churches were filled because ministers of piety, and op-
posed to new-fangled systems and innovations had been
placed 'over the churches.
A CALIFORNIAN ADVENTURNR.—On Friday, Mr. H.
M. Wakley held an inquest on James Bayley, aged 33.
Eighteen months ago deceased went to Sidney as a chief
mate on board the Anna. Upon reaching Sidney he and
the crew deserted the brig and made off to California, in
the hope of being suddenly enriched. At California they
worked incessantly, and in a short time amassed a large
quantity of gold dust. Deceased left the " diggings" to
spend his treasure in drink and riot, While so indulging
himself, cholera cut down all his messmates, which so
terrified him, that he returned as quickly as possible to
London, bringing with him 4,000 dollars in gold, which
he sold ir► Cornhill, and then pursued a course of dissipation,
untill he had spent all his money, with the exception of
£3O. On Wednesday he was attacked with apoplexy, of
which he died in a few hours, Just before his death he
made his brother promise to buy the Union Jack, and lay
it over his body, which the brother did, and the Union
flag was spread over the body in the coffin. Mr. Fogarty,
surgeon, said that the apoplexy was produced by dissipa-
tion, and that it caused death.

EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY.—
It will be recollected that Mr. John Goldsmid was tried
at the last Middlesex Sessions, before Mr. Sergeant
Adams, for an assault alleged to have been committed by
him on George Tide man, an excise officer, and after a long
trial found guilty, and sentenced to imprisonment for
three months. Immediately after the trial Messrs. Lewis,
who defended Mr. Goldsmid on the occasion, having felt
confident of 'the innocence of Mr. Goldsmid, proceeded
to obtain evidence in addition to that given at the trial,
with the view of laying the whole testimony before bir
George Grey. They produced 15 declarations upon the
subject, and forwarded them to the judge who tried the
unlucky defendant. While these were in the possession
of Mr. Serjeant Adams, the innocence of Mr. Goldsmid
was placed beyond all doubt by the appearance of Mr.
Hoggins, the person who had, as was stated, committed
the assault, and who came forward to relieve the indivi-
dual erroneously charged from the imputation against him.
Mr. Serjeant Adams, immediately upon hearing the
statement of Mr. Hoggins. and Messrs. Lewis having re-
duced that statement to a declaration on oath, addressed
the Secretary of State, and the result was that within
half an hour of the presentation of the document Mr.
Goldsmid was liberated from custody with a free paidon.
Tug GLASS HOUSE TYRANNY.—The monster Glass
'louse, or " Crystal Palace," is about to be handed over
b► Mr. Paxton to the Commissioners, who will forthwith
proceed to make arrangements for replenishing it with all
the wonders it is to contain. Articles for exhibition are
about to flow in from all sides ; and the impression on the
public mind is that manufacturers and dealers are all
eagerneSs to contribute their share towards the magni-
ficence of the show. Now, thereby hangs a tale, which,
as we hate all sham and humbug, we deem it our duty to
unfold. It is not all gold that glitters, nor are all offer-
ings voluntarily made, free. We happen to know an in-
stance—and we doubt not there are many such—in which
one of that privileged class, an exhibitor, who looks upon
the whole affair with profound and not unnatural disgust,
has spent thousands upon the show which he is to make
under Mr. Paxton's glass. Being asked why, with his
views and feelings on the subject, he puts himself to so
enormous an expense, he replied—" I know it is money
thrown twiny; 1 shall never see one tithe of my outlay
back again, nor do 1 expect to derive airy benefit indi-
rectly from this exhibition by way of increase of business ;
but I cannot help nuself. I have a certain standing in
my own tine, and it would never do for me to yield my
place, or to suffer myself to be outdone. lam compelled,
therefore, in order to keep my position, to expend
thousands, without the slightest prospect of reaping any
advantage from it, or of being reimbursed." This is the
real secret of the alacrity displayed in sending in articles.
Men who, in their hearts, :curse the whole concern, are
compelled, by the necessity of their position, to make
sacrifice which they cau iU svfford.-I,e4n Salt.