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of God wh

their consciences nor

,rove, should meet witt

opposition where they ought to find sympathy and support,
and should positively find themselves precluded from acting

only because they are Churchmen

By God's help, we will continue to contend for these prin-
ciples, in spite of unreasonable jealousies, and will endeavour
to open the eyes of the public to the true causes of this oppo-
sition. And we are sure to be justified in this contest, whe-
ther we are permitted to exhibit these principles in our pro-
posed church or no, because they are the principles of truth
and justice, and the practice of the universal Church.—l am,

Sir, yours, faithfuly,
Aug. 17, 1854.

CECIL WRAY

WEEKLY COMMUNION,

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

Sra,—Your correspondent, who signs himself "a Church-
man of Liverpool," generally commences with an exordium
of self-complacency, and ends with a peroration of abuse.
Witness the quiet way in which, in his letter of July 24, he
" My letters speak for themselves; and my citations
from the rubrics verbatim, allow the Church to speak for
herself. They require but a re-perusal to be cleared of all
the dust raised by your correspondent." This is all very
fine; but it would be more to the purpose if he would con-
descend to notice the arguments brought forward. His know-
ledge of the history of the Prayer-Book, and acquaintance
with its rubrics, are about upon a par with his skill in Greek.
For example—he hinted, some time ago, that daily public
prayer was only intended for a period when the people gene-
rally could not read, but that now it is well superseded by
family prayer: forgetting that in the very year following the
publication of Edward the Sixth's second Book of Common
Prayer, came out a Primer—in other words, a Book of Prayer
intended (as its structure shows,) for family as well as private
use. Again, in his letter of July 24, he says—" The Church,
effectually to guard against the abuse of private masses, for-
bids the celebration of the Lord's Supper when there are not
four, or at least three communicants, a case very possible in
a sick man's chamber." Is it possible that he is ignorant o f
the fact that the Church has provided a service, with rubrics
of its own, for the Communion of the Sick? She has not only
done so, but provided rubrics upon this very point, differing
from those pertaining to the office which is provided for use
in public. For, whereas, by the latter it is required, as he
says, that there shall be four, or at least three, to communi-

asserts—'

cate with the Priest; by the former, three, or at the least two,
are required; while the last rubric of all permits the Priest,.
under certain circumstances, to communicate with the sick

person alone

His argument, based. upon the notice of Communion
required by the rubric following the Nicene Creed, possesses
the fatal vice of proving too much. For, as the rubric in
question is equally applicable to all Churches and Chapels
whatever, if it proves that the Church does not require weekl y
Communion in any, it equally proves that she requires it in
none •

..c.; whereas, that she requires it in Cathedral and Col-
legiate Churches and Colleges, not even himself will deny .
Moreover, in quoting this rubric he garbles it by omitting the
words "if occasion be." " Then, also, (if occasion be,) shall
notice be given,"

&c. Surely, if the Communion be cele-
brated every Sunday, there is no occasion to give notice,
except for holy-days or otherswhich fall at irregular intervals.
And this, I find, is the view taken by Mr. Stephens, in his
edition of the Book of Common Prayer, published by the
Ecclesiastical Historic Society. With the direction, " then
shall follow the Sermon," the "Churchman " compares the
rubric which succeeds the Church-militant Prayer, "when
the Minister giveth warning," &c.; and he proceeds—" Mark
the difference. Instead of, then shall the Minister give warn-
ing, it is, WHEN the Minister giveth warning. And instead
of every Sunday, it is THE Sunday" (or some holy-day
which he omits,) "immediately preceding. The contrast is
striking. Weekly Preaching is plainly assumed, and nen •
weekly Communion is as plainly assumed." I add, if any-
where, then everywhere. If in Parish Churches, then in Ca-
thedrals also. But surely a school-boy may see that not non-
weekly Communion, but only non-weekly notice of Commu-
nion is assumed.. Moreover, as the "when" in the rubric,
before the exhortation, depends upon the "then"inthat after
the Nicene Creed, it is absurd to attempt to build an argument
upon it at all. But we are not to meet the "Churchman" " with
verbose arguments of our own, but with the language of the
Church itself:" i.e., he may compare, or argue from rubrics,
while we are only to quote their ;psi:aim,: verbs.
In the First Book of Edward VI. it is directed, that after
the Nicene Creed shall follow a Sermon, wherein if the people
be not exhorted to the worthy receiving, &c., then shall the
Curate give his exhortation—viz., one similar to the third in
our present office; and it is added, that in eathedrals or
other places, where there is daily Communion, it shall suffice
to read it once in a month ; and that in Parish Churches it
may be left unsaid upon the week days. Now here is plain
proof that, while the Church required daily Communion in
some Churches, she contemplated and wished for it in all.
And yet the direction last referred to is followed by one
which says -"And if, upon the Sunday or holy-day, the
people be negligent to come to the Communion, then shall
the Priest earnestly exhort his parishioners," &c. ; and this
is followed by an exhortation the same in substance as that
which follows the Church-militant Prayer in our office, and,
like it, announcing the day- on which the celebration was to
take plaCe. The concluding rubrics required that on Wednes-
days and Fridays "The Priest should . . . say all things
at the altar (appointed to be said at the celebration of the
Lord's Supper,) until after the offertory . . . And that
the same order should be used on all other days, whensoever
the people were accustomeily assembled to pray in the
Church, and none disposed to communicate with the Priest."
In this service there is no order for giving notice, as in our
present one, after the Nicene Creed; neither is there in the
Second Book of Edward VI. In that, after the Church-mi li-
tant Prayer, there is an exhortation to be read " at certain
times when the Curate shall see the people negligent to come
to the Holy Communion," similar to the second in our pre-
sent service, and commencing thus—" We be come togeiher,
at this time, to feed at the Lord's Supper, unto which in
God's behalf I bid for all," &c. The next rubric, "And
sometimes shall be said thii also, at the discretion of the
Curate," is prefixed to an exhortation the same in substance
as the first in our present service: and "then shall the Priest
say this exhortation"—viz., one similar to that which now
stands third. The concluding rubrics which bear upon the
point in hand are the same—a few verbal differences excepted
—as those at the end of the office now in use.

Now, in comparing these two offices, it must be remem-
bered, that the work which the Reformers had to do in com-
piling the first, was the turning of the Mass into a Com-
munion. In one point they knew that the then existing
practice of the Church, with regard to the Mass, was in
accordance with that of the Primitive Church, (which they
professed to follow,) with regard to the Communion—l mean
in the frequency of its celebration ; and not havingexperience
of the difficulty of always securing the presence of Com-
municants, they provided for its daily celebration everywhere,
while in some places they required it. The Second Book
shows no alteration in their wishes or opinions upon this
point. It still provides for the possibility of daily Com-
munion by appointing, as does our present Book, that the
Collect, Epistle, and Gospel for the Sunday shall serve for
all the week after; but it exhibits such modifications as might
be expected from the experience which had been gained.
And, indeed, when we consider that the Romish Church had
required Communion but once a year, and also the scanty
population, -in those days, of many (if not most) parishes, it
would have been wonderful had their experience been other
than it was. Now, taking our present service as a whole, I
maintain that it affords convincing proof of these three
points:—l. That daily Communion is provided for; 2. That
weekly Communion is required in Cathedrals, &c. ; and, 3.
That it is intended in all other places, upon every Sunday and
holy-day, when there are a sufficient number to communicate
with the Priest. And all the rubrics which, at first sight,
seem to be opposed to this last point are nearly exceptional,
intended to meet cases which, alas! our Reformers had
learned from sad experience were likely too often to occur. The
first two points are patent, and proof is therefore unneces-
sary; while of the third amply sufficient proof has already
been given in the correspondence which has appeared in your
pages.

If the "Churchman" will take my advice, he will relinquish
this subject, though I can have no objection to his continuing
it, for, the more he writes, the more he exposes the weakness of
his cause. I only wish he would try his hand at an argument
upon Daily Prayer, provided he is willing to abstain from the
dishonest sophistry by which his last letter is disgraced. This
is strong language, but justified by the quiet way in which he
substitutes non•weekly Communion for non-weekly notice of
Communion, in the conclusion of his learned argument upon
" when" and " then."

In conclusion, permit me to refer him to Nicholls, Wheatly,
Sparrow, Beveridge, and others who have treated upon this
point. Their general explanation of the order given to read
a portion of the Service even when there is no Communion, is
that the Church may show her readiness to celebrate, and
that the fault is with the people when she does not so. Beve-
ridge, particularly, says, " the Minister, by her order, goes
up to the Lord's table, and then begins, &c., and goes en as
far as he can, till he come to the actual celebration ; and if he
stops there, it is only because there are none or not a suffi-
cient number to communicate with him. For if there were,
he is bound, and is ready to consecrate and administer to
them." And again, " Why only on Sundays and other holy-
days? but to distinguish them from other days, on which, if
there be a sufficient number, the whole Communion Service is
to be used, but no part of it, except there be so ; but upon
Sundays and holy-days, although there be not such a number,
and therefore no Communion, yet the Priest shall go up to
the altar, &c., whereby the people may see that neither he
nor the Church is to be blamed, if the Holy Sacrament be not
then administered."—(Necessity, &c., of Communion, pp
92,
August4-h) 2,
1818a4m. am, Sir, &c.,

K. MACKENZIE PUGHE

A CASE of a peculiar and painful nature was investi-
gated at the Police-court, Longton, on Wednesday. The
information charged the Rev. John Magee Martyn, mi-
nister of Hanley Presbyterian Church, with being the
putative father of a male illegitimate child, of which Sarah
Felicia Holmes is mother. The complainant, a young
female of prepossessing appearance and pleasing manners,
and apparently about twenty-two to twenty-three years
of age, gave her evidence in a firm but very becoming
manner, She is a milliner and straw-bonnet maker, liv-
ing at Hanley, and became acquainted with defendant by
going to his church, and being a teacher in the Sunday-
school. The rev. gentleman was placed in the witness-
box, and distinctly denied the paternity of the child ; but
the magistrate ordered 14111 to Pay:2l. Qd. per ytmk and
w§tl,

ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIG

,ENCR

PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS.

Rev. W. C. L. Aspinall, to the Incumbency of St. Michael's
Birmingham, and to the Chaplaincy of the Church of Eng•
land Cemetery in that town.

Rev. H. Chials, 'M.A., to the Curacy of St. Jolin's Church,
Hull.

Rev. H. Crawford, M.A., to the Rectory of Urney, and the
Vicarage of Annageiley, in the diocese of Kilmore.

Rev. Nl.Davies,lll.,i:, Rector of Llanrwst, to an Honorary
Canonry in St. A,aph's Cathedral.
Rev. S. P. Davies, 8.A., to the Incumbency of Kingsthorpe,
near Northampton. Patrons, St. Catherine's Hospital, Lon •
don.

Lcarage of Great Evers-

Rev. R. D. Duffield, M.A.,
den, near Cambridge.
Rev. H. Gordon, to be Chaplain to the Meander, 44, at
Devonport.

Rev. A. Hanbury, to the Curacy of St. James's, Bury St,
Edmunds.

Rev. C. Hare, M.A., to the Rectory of St. Munchin's,
diocese of Limerick.

Rev. E. Harston, M.A., Vicar and Rural Dean of Tamworth,
to the Vicarage of the Abbey Church of Sherborne, Dorset.
Patron, the Crown.

Rev. W. J. Hathway, 8.A., to the Curacy of Lod
Somerset.

Rev. 9. P. Hill, 8.A., to the Curacy of Heywortt

Rev. A. Hogg, M.A., to the Vicarage of Shrule, in the
diocese of Ardagh.

Rev. F. P. Johnson, to the Curacy of Whittington, Salop.
Rev. A. H. Lea, 8.A., Curate of Stratford-upon-Avon, to
the Sub-Vicarage of that parish.
Rev. 11. E. H. Mairis, M.A., to the Incumbency of the
Chapelry of St. James, South Broom, near Devizes.
Rev. J. Mande, M.A., Vicar of Chirk, to an Honorary
Canonry in St. Asaph's Cathedral.
Rev. J. M'Cubbin, to the Perpetual Curacy of Christ Church,
Bacup, near Manchester.
Rev. H. Milne, M.A., of Brasenose College, Oxford, and
late Curate of Bushey, Herts, to the Vicarage of Harlington,
Beds. Fatro_i2) W. D.C. Cooper.

Rev. M. O'lfrien M A., PiOfessor of Natural Philosophy
and Astronomy in king's College, London, to be Professor of
Mathematics at the Royal Military Academy.
Rev. C. E. Partington, 8.A., to the Stipendiary Curacy cf
Stand, Bury.
Rev. J. Phelps, Rector of Little Langford, to the Vicarage
of Stapleford, near Wilton. Patrons, Dean and Chapter of
Windsor.

Rev. E. Ridgeway, M.A., to the Rectory of Mothel.with-
Rathgorntack. Patron, the Duke of Devonshire.
Rev. Dr. Rushton, Archdeacon of Manchester, to the Vi-
carage of Blackburn.

Rev. L.S!implon, 8.A., to the Curacy of St. John's, Hull

Rev. W. E. 'am; to the living of Kinsalebeg, diocese of
Kilmore. Patron, the Duke of Devonshire.

Rev. J. P. Shepherd, M.A., to the Incumbency of Oswald-
twistle, near Accrington, Lancashire.
Rev. F. E. Smith, 8.A., Assistant Curate of Bracknell, to
be Chaplain of the Union, Easthampstead, Berks.
Rev. H. Watson, 8.A., to the Curacy of Papworth St.
Agnes, near St. Ives.

• -
Rev. J. Whytt, 8.A.. to the Incumbency of Thorpe Healey,
near Rotherham, Yorkshire. Patrons, the Earl of Gains-
borough and the Rev. Joseph Brown.

Venr Archdeacon ‘Vickhtiro, 8.D., Vicar of Gresford, to an
Honorary Canonry in St. Asaph's Cathedral.

DIOCESE OF CHESTER,

CONSECRATION.—INCE tnunen.—The parish church
of Ince, which has recently been rebuilt with the addition
of an entirely new north aisle, at the sole cost of Mrs.
Park, of Ince, was consecrated, by the Bishop of Chester,
on Tuesday last. The restoration has been effected with
great good taste, from the designs of Mr. Hodkinson, the
architect. The church, as rebuilt, contains 259 sittings,
of which 106 are entirely free. At the conclusion of the

morning service, an eloquent and appropriate sermon was
preached by the bishop to a numerous congregation, in-
cluding the neighbouring clergy and many others from a
distance. The addition to the churchyard was consecrated
at the same time, and additional accommodation has
thereby been provided for the interment of the dead,

while, at the same time, a great improvement has been

effected

in the approach to the church

PEEFEIIMENT.—The Rev. William Quekett has, been
presented to the Rectory of Warrington, in the county of
Lancaster, by Her Mrtjesty the Queen, in right of her

royal prerog

.tive, the living hav

become void by the

promotion of the Hon. and Rev.- Horace Powys to the
bishopric of Sodor and Man.

THE BISHOP op BRISTOL has Offered to rebuild Staple-
ton Church entirely at his own expense, provided the
sittings be free and unappropriated. The cost will be up-
wards of £5,000.

DIOCESE OP MANCHESTER. —"Appointments:. The
Bishop of Manchester has licensed the Rev. J. M'Cubbin,
M.A., curate of St. Mark's Church, Cheetham, to the in-
cumbency of Bacup, near Whalley, Lancashire, vice the
Rev. B. Tweedle, M.A., on the nomination of Hulme's
trustees. His lordship has also licensed the Rev. Charles
Edward Partington, 8.A., to the stipendiary curacy of the
parish church, Stand, near Bury.
MUNIFICENCE OP A LADY.—A very beautiful church
was consecrated, last week, by the Archbishop of York, at
Coatham, Redcar, the entire cost of which, together with
the site, has been provided by Mrs. Newcomen, of Kirk-
leatham Hall, near Redcar. This lady has also granted a
yearly rent-charge of £5O on her estate for an endowment,
and a further sum of £lO per annum for the maintenance
of the fabric.

CHAPLAIN TO TIM PRINCE OP WALES.—His Royal
Highness Prince Albert has been pleased to appoint the
Rev. Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, Canon. of Canterbury, to
be Chaplain in Ordinary to his royal highness, vice the
Rev. Dr. Richards, deceased.
COLO?iIAL BISHOPS SELECTED PROM LIVERPOOL.—At
a meeting of the clergy of this town and neighbourhood,
held on Tuesday, congratulatory addresses were resolved
upon to. the Rev. F. Barker, recently incumbent of St.
Mary's,. Edge-hill, on his appointment to the bishopric of
Sydney, and to the Rev. V. W. Ryan, formerly vice-
principal of the Collegiate Institution, and curate of St.
Marys, Edge-hill, on his appointment to the bishopric of
the Mauritius.
MORE OPEN-AIR PREACHING. The Rev. C. R.
Alford, Incumbent of Christchurch, Doncaster, commenced
open-air preaching on Sunday. About 4 o'clock in the
afternoon the rev, gentleman took up- his station at the
corner of Car-lane, at the junction of four. streets in one
of the poorer quarters of the town,.and having given out
a hymn and offered up prayer, preached an energetic
doctrinal discourse from the Ist Corinthians x. 4, For
they drank of that spiritual rock that followed them, and
that rock was Christ." A very considerable number of
persons collected round Mr. Alford. during the service,
which lasted about an hour, and they all seemed to pay
marked and respectful attention to the proceedings. Mr.
Alibrd announced his intention of continuing his open-
air preachings.

DEFICIENT CHURCH ACCOM,MODATICIN IN THE DIO-
CESE OF LINCOLN.—In a circular letter, addressed to the
clergy of his diocese, the Bishop of Lincoln complains of
deficient Church accommodation. He says :—" In ex-
amining the returns made to me at the beginning of the
year, I have been painfully struck with the large number
of parishes still remaining in which provision is made for
attendance on public worship once only in each Sunny.
Without reckoning consolidated parishes having two
churches with one service in each, there are 273 parishes
in which one service only is given, being very nearly one-
third of the parishes in the diocese—a proportion which
has, I believe, no parallel in any other diocese. Of these,
100 are cases where two parishes are held by the same
incumbent in plurality ; 79 where the incumbent of one
parish is also curate of another, or where one clergyman
holds two curacies ; the remaining 04 admit of no expla-
nation. In some instances, indeed, the churches are not
far distant ; parishioners of one parish might, and some-
times do, attend the second service at the church of ano-
ther ; but, in general, it is to be feared (even in the case
of consolidated parishes), they do not go to any church
but their own. In addition to these, there are 30 parishes
in which, though prayers are read twice, there is only one
sermon. It is difficult, I believe, to over-estimate the
evil resulting from this state of things. In every parish
there must be some who, at any one time, are prevented
from attending public worship ; and these, where Divine
service is celebrated but once, are obliged either to lose
the privilege and benefit altogether, or to seek a substi-
tute in the meeting-house ; while, even those who have
been able to attend church once, feeling the need of fur-
ther opportunities of worship and instruction (which, if
good for ourselves, we must admit to be also good for
them), are often led to adopt the same resource. Nor do
I see how the Church can hope to regain the ground
which it has lost, or even to retain the affection of its
members, while it leaves unsupplied a want which not
only is, but ought to be felt."

Tnn COST of the riots at Wigan, which will have to be
defrayed out of the borough treasury, has been ascertained
to amount to nearly £2,000. The greatest part of this
arose from the travelling expenses and maintenance of the
soldiers called to protect the town.
GARDI'S EXILIBITION.—Signor L. Gardi has opened
an exhibition of works, of art, chiefly pictures, in the
Gallery of Art, Church-street. The collection is not nu-
merous, but it includes several works of much merit.
Conspicuous among them is an admirable picture by
Turner. It is a view of the Castle of Argues, a picture
in the artist's early and best style. The picture is a
splendid specimen of the powerful effect of light and
shadow, and the telling results of those pearly greys
which he knew so well how to introduce. A "Death of
Abel," from the easel of Etty, is an early specimen of the
master, partaking to a considerable extent of the charac-
ter of an academy study. In the collection there are also
choice specimens of other favourite masters.

A PARADOX: TEMPERANCE THE CAUSE OF DRI7N-
XENNESS.—There was a more than usually large number
of drunken cases at the Marlborough-street Police-office,
on Tuesday morning. Inspector Chadwick attributed the
circumstance to the great temperance meeting that took
place in the course of the day. The inquiries he made led
him to believe that most of the drunkards on the police-
sheet had made a holiday to attend the meeting.
MR. SMITH O'BRIEN.—The Limerick Chronicle says
—The family of Mr. W. Smith O'Brien received a letter
this week • from that gentleman, dated the last week in
May, from Van Dieman's Land, when he was preparing to
avail himself of her Majesty's gracious pardon, and to
leave the colony for Europe. Mr. Smith O'Brien and other
relatives will meet the liberated exile at Brussels, where
it is probable he will reside ; and we have the pleasure to
inform his countrymen that Mr. O'Brien accepted with
the best feelings his Sovereign's spontaneous clemency in
remission of the penalty for a political offence.
SALT AS A PREVENTATIVE OF CSOLERA.—During
inquiries held in London, on the bodies of several persons
who had died of cholera, the medical gentlemen under
examination concurred in saying that not a life would be
lost did people but apply for medical relief the moment
the first symptom of the disease appeared in the shape of
diarrhoea. It was generally believed by the faculty that
cholera was not the frightful disease represented if it was
attended to in its early stages. In fact there was no
disease so easily cured as cholera when treated in its first
stage. Mr. Wakley, the coroner, remarked upon the
treatment of the disease, and mentioned, among other
antidotes, common salt taken freely with every meal ;
medical gentlemen had asserted that no person would be
attacked who took salt with their meals, At Cronstadt
and in India, where the cholera raged tright4,43 there
ym a grc4t ticWCINY ig Pitt

CHESHIRE AND WALES

LORD MosTrN has been appointed Vice-Admiral of
Drth Wales, in the room of the Marquis of Anglesey.

.
AT EASTHAM, the parish church Is about to undergo
repair, and it will remain closed till the necessary opera-

us are completed.

THEFT IN I FERRY-BOAT.-011 Tuesday, a lady, whilst
on the Monks' Ferry packet-boat, had a valuable gold
watch stolen from her side by one of the swell mob.
APPOINTMENT OF REVISING BARRISTERS FOR 1854.
Flintshire, Mr. C. W. Williams Wynn; Denbighshire,
Mr. F. J. Walker Jones ; Carnarvonshire and Anglesey,
Mr. F. R. Denton ; Merionethshire and Montgomeryshire,
Mr. Edward Bevan ; North Cheshire, Mr. Geo. Wilkin ;
South Cheshire, Mr. M. Gaunt.
BIRKENHEAD Docx TRUSTEES.—At the annual meet-
ing held on Wednesday, at the Dock-Office, Birkenhead,
the report of the directors was adopted, and the following
directors were re-elected :—A. W. Powles, Samuel Holme,
L. Ames, A. Henderson, Esqrs. ; Sir J. L. Goldsmith,
and the Rev. H. Hawkes.
MYSTERIOUS DEATH AT BIRKENTIEAD.—.OH Tuesday,
Felix Wood, an old man seventy years of age, living in
Albion-street, Birkenhead, who had been a teetotaller for
a number of years, came over to Liverpool, and, it is sup-
posed broke his pledge. In the afternoon, he was return-
ing, when he suddenly fell down at Woodside Ferry, was
conveyed home, and remained insensible until his death,
which took place the same night.

TRA NMEiE DELPIE.—This-dangerous nuisance is being
rapidly obliterated. About two dozen men are at work
under Messrs. Corris and Harrison filling it up with soil
and rock taken from the face of "the Holt" A new
street will be carried over the site of the quarry, in con-
tinuation of Holt-lane, thus forming an available carriage
access from Lower Tranmere to the new houses on the
top of the hill. . _ _

CHESTER, A.T.CD HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.—The traffic for
the week ending 6th of August, 1854, was as follows :
Passengers, parcels, &c., £4,235 6s. 11d. ; steam-boats,
£692 10s. ld. ; total, £4,927 17s. Od. Goods, £1,618 2s. sd.
Total, including Carnarvon traffic, £5,735 9s. 4d. Cor-
responding week last year, passengers, parcels, &c., £4,575
15s. 7d. ; steam-boats, £876 9s. 3d. 7 • total, £5,452 ss. 10d.
Goods, £1,18165. 6d. Total. £1,18165. 6d. Total, includ-
ing Carnarvon traffic, £5,757 3s. • steam-boats, £876
9s. 3d. Total, including Carnarvon traffic, £6,633 128.4 d.
Decrease £lB7 12s. 11d.

BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS.—On Friday evening, a
deputation from the Wirral Agricultural Improvement
Society, consisting of Mr. Neild, Mr. Zeighler, Mr. Turner,
and Mr. Russell, waited upon the ferry committee respect-
ing the necessity of better means of transport of agricul-
tural produce, &c., from Birkenhead to Liverpool. The
interview was most gratifying, and the committee assured
the deputation that the moment Liverpool granted a proper
landing-place, the Birkenhead authorities would proceed
to establish the ferry in question. When the growing
importance of this district is taken into account, the
reasonableness of improving the means of its intercourse
with Liverpool becomes•obvious.
THE CONDEMNED MURDERESS AT CHESTEI
the conviction of Sarah Featherston, at the Chester assizes
of the murder of her illegitimate child, she has admitted
her guilt to the chaplain of the prison, to whom she has
made an extraordinary statement. She says that about
the time she took away the child from the nurse, not
knowing what to do with it, she turned to her Bible for
consolation. She accidentally opened upon a chapter in
Deuteronomy, where it said—" A bastard shall not enter
into the congregation of the Lord." Her uninstructed
mind, applying the words to her own case, thereby be-
came more deeply affected, and as she sauntered along
with the child she was compelled occasionally to sit down
and relieve herself by a flood of tears. She at last formed
the fatal resolve of murdering it, and tied the bricks up
in its dress as related in the evidence. She then placed it
in the pond, and it floated a little and afterwards sunk.
Becoming conscious of the awful crime she was commit-
ing, she seized a willow branch which lay beside her, and.
attempted to drag the child back to the shore, but it was-
now out of her reach. She says that her state of mind
then became fearful, and the first relief she obtained was
when she made a confession of her guilt to the officer who
apprehended her. These facts were communicated by
the chaplain to the learned judge who tried her; and
who afterwards intimated to the rev. gentleman that
there was no doubt the life of the unfortunate woman
would be spared.— Chester Courant.
TREAT TO THE CHILDREN OP THE CLATTERBRIDGE
WonEuorsE.—On Thursday Mrs. H. Neild, of Spital,.
treated the children of the Clatterbridge Workhouse,
about seventy in number, to a day's merrymaking, in a
large field attached to Mr. Neild's model farm. The
children walked in procession from the workhouse to the
scene of their amusement, headed by their band, consist-
ing of twelve fifes, a triangle, and, a drum, Mr. Colbeck,
the parish-clerk, acting as bandmaster. They were also
accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Cross, the master and
matron of the• workhouse, of whose uniform kindness and
attentive consideration the looks of the children gave
good evidence; Several flags were carried in the proces-
sion, one bearing the motto "Children's gratitude for Old
England's protection," and another the third verse qf the
37th Psalm, "Trust in the Lord, do good, and thou shalt
dwell in the land, and verily thou, shalt be fed." Arrived.
at their destination, the children spent the time in run-
ning races and other school games,- after which they were
regaled in a tent with coffee and. home-made plum-cake.
In the evening they were taken back to the workhouse in
carts and other conveyances, Mr. H. Neild and some gen-
tlemen accompanying them on horseback. Before leaving
Mr. Neild's, the children were each presented with a bag
of nuts and French plums, which had been purchased for
them by Mr. Neild and his neighbours. ; They appeared
highly delighted with their holiday.

FABLE TIR cc

—Since

A LADY, given to tattle, says she never tells anything
except to two classes of people—those who ask her and
those who don't.
A MORE GLORIOUS VICTORY cannot be gained over
another man than this, that when the injury began on his
part the kindness should begin on ours. —Archbishop Til-
lotson.

" KEEP SILENCE in the court," said an angry judge.
" Why will you not keep silence ? Here we have disposed
of a dozen cases this morning, and have not heard a word
of them."

A QuzsrioN SoLvEn—"Annette my dear, what country
is opposite to us on the globe !" " Dont know, sir."
" Well now," continued the perplexed teacher, "if I were
to bore a hole through the earth, and you, were to go in
at this end, where would you come out ?" " Out of the
hole, sir," replied the pupil, with an air of triumph at
having solved the question.
MRS. PARTINGTON'S LAST.---" Well," said the old lady,
the other day, as she was engaged with her knitting work,
"I wonder if I ever shall be able to express myself
correctly. It seems to me that I never can use the right
word. Every time I undertake to say anything, I make,
some blunder or other. Whenever I open my mouth I
am sure tolputmy foot into it."

THE Mi:ir whoT" took a walk " the other day brought it
back again ; but the next day he took &ride, and has not
since been heard of.

HORSE DEALING-.—An Irish lawyer, famed for cross-
examining, was on one occasion completely silenced by a
horse dealer. "Pray Mr.—, do you, belong to a very
honest profession ?" " I cannot say, so," replied the• wit-
ness, "for, saving you lawyers, I think it is the most dis-
honest going."
CURIOSITIES !—The chair in which the sun sets—A
garment for the naked eye—The hammer which broke up
the meeting—Bark peeled from off the North. Pole—Ore
from the mine of knowledge—A buckle to fasten a laugh-
ing-stock—The animal that drew the inference—Eggs
from a nest of thieves—A hair from the head of a river—
A blanket from the bed of the ocean.

A FEW ODD QUESTIONS.—Can a very pale young lady
be considered the pink of fashion ? Are the currents of
the ocean always green, and are they very fruitful ? Can
a man with propriety be called a ghost when he's a gob-
ling (goblin)? Why is a heavily-laden rifler barge called
a lighter ? Is it constant night in Algiers, now that the
dey has ceased to reign there ? How can members
reasonably comply with the standing orders when parlia.
ment is sitting ? Since the Americans are so clever at
ship-building, may they not be appropriately designated a
tar-nation set of smart fellows P—Punchinello.

A BLIND FISHER.—Some ten years back, at Sowerby,
I met a man perfectly blind from infancy. His chief
amusement was fishing on the wild, uneven banks of Eden,
and up the difficult mountain streams. His friend, a
dexterous card player, also stone blind, knew every gate
and stile in the district. John Gough, of Kendal, blind,
is not .only a mathematician, but an infallible botanist and
zoologist, correcting mistakes of keen sportsmen as to
birds and vermin. His face is all one eye.—Coleridge.
AUSTRALIAN BARGAINS.—Among my letters of intro-
duction I found two useful and several very civil. But it
was astonishing how every one had something to sell me,
an extraordinary bargain. One had a farm ; another a
lot of sheep ; and a third, a famous mob of cattle; and all
were ready to take part cash, and part on my bill at a
long date. Having firmly made up my mind to buy
nothing, there was no harm done : but it was amusing to
find, by comparing notes, that the farm had no water,
the sheep had the scab, and the cattle were so wild that
they had not been mustered within the memory of man.---;
Sidney's Gallops and Gossips in the Bush of Australia
THE FOLLY OP PRIDE.—Take some quiet sober moment
of life, and add together the two ideas of pride and man :
behold him, creature of a span high, stalking through in-
finite spaEe in all the grandeur of littleness. Perched on
a speck of the universe, every wind of Heaven strikes into
his blood the coldness of death ; his soul floats from his
body like melody from a string ; day and night, as the
dust on the wheel, he is rolled along the heavens, through
a labyrinth of worlds, and all the creations of God are
flaming above and beneath. Is this a creature to make
for himself a crown of glory, to deny his own flesh, to
mock at his fellow, sprung from the dust to which both
will soon return ? Does the proud man not err ? Does
he not suffer ? Does he not die ? When he reasons, is he
not stopped by difficulties ? When he acts, is he never
tempted by pleasure ? When he lives, is he free from
pain ? When he dies, can he escape the common grave ?
Pride is not the heritage of men ; humility should dwell
with frailty, and alone for ignorance, error, and imperfec-
tion.—Rev. Sidney Smith.

NATIONAL CHAR.A.CERISTICS.--ne Englishwoman is
respectful and proud ; the Frenchwoman is gay and agree-
able ; the Italian is ardent and passionate ; the American
is sincere and affectionate. With an Englishwoman love
is a principle ; with a Frenchwoman it is a caprice; with
an Italian it is a passion ; with an American it is senti-
ment. An Englishwoman is anxious to secure a lord; a
Frenchwoman a companion ; an Italian a lover, • an
American a husband. The Englishman respects his lady ;
the Frenchman esteems his companion; the Italian adores
his mistress; the American loves his wife. At night the
Englishman returns to his house ; the Frenchman to his
establishment; the Italian to his retreat ; the American
to his home. When an Englishman is sick, his lady visits
him ; when a Frenchman is sick, his companion pities
him ; when an Italian is sick, his mistress sighs over him ;
when an American is sick, his wife nurses him. When an
Englishman dies, his lady is bereaved ; when a Frenchman
dies, his companion grieves • when an Italian dies, his
mistress laments, when an Americani dies, his wife mourns.
An Englishwoman instructs her offspring; a French.
woman teaches her progeny ; an Italian rears her young ;
Alueriegt eclucate.4 her dia.-American Pakcr,

EMIGRATION.-THE SHIP "DILE°
NOUGHT," TAPSCOTT'S LINE•

WE have much pleasure in calling attention tot e it:
lowing gratifying testimonial received by Capt. Sagan7,l
on his last outward voyage hence to New York, andir°re
especially commend it to the attention of those wl.l°:^of
in the habit of entertaining the sweeping denunciatio!i_.
interested or prejudiced persons, against the Anger
ships:and American Captains sailing out of Liverpe,o„l
"Ship Dreadnought," June 3rd, I,""ci,
"To CAPTAIN S. SAMETELS,—We, the undersigtt,
e 0
First Cabin Passengers in the packet-ship " Dreadnon.,mo,
from Liverpool to New York, on approaching the terns tee
tion of our voyage, feel it to be our duty, before we seP3',:itli
to render to you our cordial thanks for the kindness ;9,3.
which we have been treated during the whole of our 'dot
sage; and to state to you that the whole of your On
tis
towards both us and the other passengers has given.o
entire satisfaction, and will be long remembered iv',
feelings of delight. We wish especially to state that ,0
have been much pleased with the sailing qualities ef,r,t
ship, having passed every vessel we came in sight of; 1;
the strict order and discipline maintained on board to
yourself and efficient officers have greatly contribute
the preservation of the excellent health which has been ra.
joyed by the passengers generally ; that our cabin ace°;
modations have been most comfortable and connnodieou
that the religious privileges we have enjoyed, b9.th,i by
Sundays and week days, have been highly apprecia.tana
us. These circumstances, together with your Inli.ch
gentlemanly demeanour, have rendered our passage '—ost
more agreeable and pleasant than falls to the lot of 111,,
persons who cross the Atlantic."—[Here follow eleven ,
natures

" Outward voyage to New York, June 180854:4
" We, the undersigned, Second Cabin, Intermediatelit,
Steerage Passengers, on board the " Dreadnought," Plork,
ship, now on her voyage from Liverpool to New, 08
sensible of the many kindnesses shown to us by Cap
Samuels (the commander of the said vessel,) o'
officers during the voyage, have thought but right,
proper on our part to present to Captain Samuels Ou
aforesaid officers, the following resolutions in the formsr,
vote of thanks :-1, That as being chiefly emigrants P,ve
ceeding to a country almost entirely unknown to 11.51,icit
cannot feel too gratefully the kindly manner in w'.d.
Captain Samuels at all times answered any questions
dressed to him on this subject, or the kindly advice w'he
he has at all times given.-2, For the prompt attentiolio
has at all times given to all complaints made to bins tWm5
not of a trivial nature,) and the unceasing efforts lie Tot
always made to preserve order and good feeling.-3',,,ed
the strict attention with which he has at all times euctio,
the rules of cleanliness both above and between 'in of
thus preserving us from we know not what dange'dt
fevers or contagious diseases.-4, And, lastly, the Pri°Lo
attention shown to a due observance of the Sabbath .04
abaft and before the mast, with the kind and judici
presentation of the bible to those who were in need, lib
fi
the above resolutions we, the undersigned, heartilY sfty,
scribe our names."—[Here follow one hundred and

nine signatures.]
Set/
This celebrated clipper is now on the berth for .4
York, and will be dispatched by Messrs. W. Tapscott
Co. on the 29th inst.

THE ELECTIONS

a:11
At MA.LDON, the nomination took place on Wedue4 ;.,,o'
in the Town-hall. The new act in reference to elec,"-the
showed its power at Maldon in the total absence elect
usual accompaniments, flags, drums, and trumpets. 'OO
candidates presented themselves, namely, Mr.
Barratt Lennard, (Liberal), Mr. Quintin Dick (Gong*.
tive), Mr. G. M. W. Peacocke, (Conservative), 1;)-3
John Bramley Moore (Conservative), and Mr. Tl'')e
Mac-Enteer, Barrister-at-law (Liberal). In the confLre
tis address at the nomination, Mr . Bramley
ouched upon the various topics of interest 101;cl; if
agit
ate the public mind. He declared t0.3,'01
elected, he should feel it his duty to promote the gePrit
interests of the country, not of any class in particular' g
of the people at large. (Cheers.) He declared buns,
Conservative, and as such necessarily a reformer, the „el
servatives being the only real reformers. He mai-prod t.
that the recent improvements in our trade are majw4-1g•
tributable to the discoveries of gold, and not to lei,:" of
tion. In allusion to America he said, he had in eciiir'
last year visited the United States, and his experielltice
him to consider the Americans a highly Consery
_4l
people ; at all events the character of their collar: 01;3
policy was eminently so—they would give nothing 11%144
something was taken in return. Such policy he e the
ready to advocate in this country. As one instance °'„ei"
inequality of our supposed reciprocity, he might be ;461
mitted to allude to the article of rape, which is
into this country at a merely nominal rate of dxlt9'tile
the consequence was to enhance about three-fourthe %tea.
land in Holstein, and, other places where it is cults' t,
If, however, we export manufactures into that CO
they exact a duty of £lO per ton on them. Was that:ol
At the close of the poll the votes were for Mr. 13rPiage
Moore and Mr. Peacock, who were retured by

majority.
CAMBRIDGE.—The nomination of candidates toolcAlitore,
on Wednesday. The candidates were Lord I\l3,,;ri'' first Mr. Mowatt, Mr. Adair, and Mr. Slade. Mr. Acio—f fry
addressed the electors, declaring himself in favour 0 At
trade, extension of the franchise, and vote by bal},°i' were
the close of the poll Mr. Mowatt and Mr. Adv.
returned.

•
BAUNSTAPLE.—The nomination took place
'° I'll ,11111,,
nesday. The candidates were Mr. Richard Joiri
nesd,' (Conservative), Mr. William Tite, and4l, 11°'
Laurie. A poll was demanded. At the close of tases.:4,
on Thursday the numbers were :--Laurie, 333 ; OgEZ!
323; Tite, 286

.on took place on Ao
le return of a

CANTEI6I7RY.—The
y. The election terminated i

servative and a Whig. aad
AT HULL the nomination took place on ThursdaY4 tI

the election terminated on Friday in the return
two Radicals. reel!'
MAIITIEBONE ELECTION,—The election of a rePd
tative for the borough of Marylebone in the roof c¢
Benjamin Hall, Bart., who had vacated hisseat h3".„%idtl4
ing the office of President of the new Board of -`-`0 re'
took place on Wednesday. Sir Benjamin Hall Iv" 4
turned without opposition. , JOS
REPEZSENTATION OF KING'S LYNN. --- lur• A COd
Henry Gurney, the head of the firm of Gurney an.,7130
bankers, Norwich, has been invited to stand for P-1461
Lynn, in place of the late Lord Jocelyn, and. fins accer
the invitation.

TRANSFER OF LICENSES.—On Thursday, beforeptry
H. Turner and Mr. Thomas Sands, at the old Police•

High-street, a number of licenses were transferred.
A Gina DROWNED.—On Friday, as some children AO
playing on the banks of the Leeds and Liverpool COlea
this town, one of them named Emma Owens was an",
tally pushed in and drowned. An inquest was be'so,
the body on Saturday, and a verdict of " Accidental de
returned. Weis
THE CHILDREN OF ST. AUGUSTINE'S SCIIOO, ocil
taken on their annual excursion to Eastham on Vyidet
last. They numbered upwards of 400, and were Pr°
with refreshments in the gardens of the hotel. , De;
MANSLAUGHTER.—An inquest was held yestera3A.o.
fore the Deputy Coroner for IN, Borough, on the b heel
Patrick Corbett, who was killed during
%l
a publiei 04
squabble, after the Liverpool trotting match. to`e4
proved in evidence that the deceased had been on 011,
course selling cards, on Friday last, and on his re,t"ilief,„
called at Dobson's spirit vaults, 359, Scotland-redo: cardi.
he and some more men commenced playing a
5111 t'
Whilst playing at " twenty-fives," another es,r,o4s:*
named John Lamb, quarrelled with deceased about,: 01).„,r
of a penny, and they both. rose from their setn7,a
Lamb struck Corbett a violent blow, which knocl' coot
down. He was taken up and conveyed to No.J,.
Oriel-street, where he died before the arrival of l`P.
lands, surgeon, who was immediately sent for, 51' 0(1
on making. apost examination, ascertained that till,
caused his sudden death. Lamb was apprehen,de 0• .011'
after an examination committed to take his trial I°'
slaughter at the next assizes.
STABBING CASES.—James Lyon, a brutal-100Ui‘1,4,144'
a carter, was charged, at the Police-court, ou 03`alt,
with stabbiu a sailor, named Robert Brocklebe4 ti)o
Johnson's-court, Watkinson-street, about one o'el'-o0
same morning. The prosecutor, accompanied by cod
friends, was going home at the time the assault' '4itdte
mitted, when they met the prisoner talking-to a Pre',.„P,,
By some means a dispute arose, and the prisoner 50."-tber'
the prosecutor in the face. A surgeon from the 5r
Hospital stated that Brocklebank had been staves• ,
i
verely over and under the left eye, and that he
„,,,,w's'pelt„
dangerous state, as there were indications of 6'l
char,
supervening. The prisoner, a notoriously Wu
was committed for trial at the sessions.
DEPARTURE OF MISS LOUISA. Pyrrn FOR -8,_,.3L-Aepri''
The public will be sorry to learn that they will "'"ot• rt;
for a period of at least two years of the pleasnreiprOi:co
ing this celebrated English cantatrice, as we nu( "„Arto
from the best authority, that she will take her derial.,4
for America to-morrow (Wednesday), in the St°, CYAiI
Pacific, from this port, accompanied by her sist;°;`oo,reii
Pyne), her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. 113117 r
others. The most hearty wishes are expressed '°
success in their intended professional trip.
SWINDLERS AT CA,RDS.—On Saturday, dc'-iirt '4.101
and John Wood were charged at the Police-e°i
swindling a simple fellow, named Donald Catheaerthe told
his gold watch and a diamond ring, the value 01- ri50,04,4
articles being about £6O. The prosecutor met thel),,tol 10
in a railway carriage, coming from Birmingham' -001
induced by them to play at cards ; of course he s witiVO
his watch and ring. Suspecting that he had been s.e. ttO
he gave inihrmation to the police on his arrival hc`ol,i,ee
prisoners were consequently taken into custe(b„,''he tDe
watch and ring and £34 ss. found on them. atter'
pool magistrates having no jurisdiction in the 01 td
r.
prisoners were sent to Stafford. attca id
The trotting races at Aintree, on Friday last ail
a large concourse of spectators, the Grand St3witaloo
crowded, and the course was lined on both si,,,les„art. tit/
ties who take an interest in this species 01„thate'te,
arrangements were in the hands of Mr. ce°
lessee, who evinced his usual tact in causingt raeeeo;l?;
for each race to go off satisfactorily. The figeovsV,
run at two o'clock, being a Sweepstakes of
with 60 sovs. added, and was won cleverly by I"ci
Jackey, beating Mr. Turner's Sir William all iiiefgiej
son's Kate. In an hour after, the second race odie
won by Kate, beating Mr. Holme's At,„ 10 str;Atlir,
the last race was run, which resulted in a c.';,l'
between Mr. Heap's Charley and Mr. Holmeccan"
1"
former winning cleverly ; Mr. Knowles 's -u, nilieb,°
Mackie's Maude were beaten off. Mr.
' illy
Arab was entered for this race, but was di r,sq"
BOOTLE POST-OFFICE : FREE DELIVBII,I;i3
bitants of Bootle and, its neighbourhood will lea let! to •
c'e
tisfaction that the impost of a penny on eacbligee ftlto
newspaper, which they have so long been, °f„. tlll Vre,
for delivery, is now to be abolished, an"Fo-r t,P,;al,,'
there will be afree delivery twice a-day eotie" (PP'
they are indebted to the perseverance of a low ill 1 .11t
siding at Bootle, who has received the fe t lati)l4s,
letter :—" General Postoffice, London, Augligai to '1
Sir,—.l am directed by the Postmaster-Gelergarcet, to
you, in reply to your application of the St'„,oecetrieY
that his lordship has now sanctioned an, aritrii-di'ol47o/3
effecting a free delivery twice daily in dot t"
which you allude.—l am, sir, your most nbe.tecilt
J, Tx47.,,assistant secretary." This arral)gw
aric4 13400pentiq la *at a zupatla•
- -

'aril w

defence of which they profess to be in arms against Russia,
-on Monday by Indeed, the present condition of things promises a speedy
up 'their respective entanglement of this country with England, upon the
ad the Avenue de Neuilly, score of that splendid achievement of the presidential arms
it numbers amounting to We repudiate the idea that it was effected k- "
and 1,000 artillery. arms."
a the 10th to St. Peers- The Star of the West had arrived at New York, wits.
the terms on which alone advices from San Francisco to the 15th July,.and $653,875
ce. on freight. On the 11th a fire broke out in San Francisco,
The li,r
f cad SPAIN. and, before it was subdued, destroyed upwirdsof $200,000
worth of property. Sacramento had also suffered by fire
time d papers contain little or no news. A letter
ais d e,aPital, dated Annist 1.1, says :—" Queen Chris- to the extent of $400,0001;ad• Columbia, $5OO 000 • and Min-
,.l‘erriail-ee'dedl3"about to enter a convent, where she will nesota, $02,000 A at' Sonora.
eo rr'ae.s 0
fI
wn
hSeaant
ufinreandVaocacTral :
-qalr is tnitie the Cortes has decided on her fate. This Bernard no anddbSute
M'Gowan,
Tim 4,great embarrassment for the government, which were heYcarpenter of the ship
„`'° be regret so many others to contend with. It is much Lady Duffeyrm , hady been' declared :quay oft the murder
4."'ltbr6,,retted that she Was not able.to escape in the first of Captain'Matthews, the deceasedvi struck him.ivas
Zi'sett el° of the revolution, for then her flight would have Severallnurdershad occurt , ngthem, we hemariaino.
,!'ll thiLancl her arrest had not become a principal idea a young man, who was shoby brother. The .
n':, at rh-r2Ple. M. Salamanca was arrested, and again intelligence is favourable.
''etaiii-ii"J• He is now at Malaga, where he is very Letters from Oregon state that the diggings at Port
vngaged in continuing the works of the railway.' Orford had been abai?doned, in consequence of some
in
l':ei ''''arle desn tch f the 15th states that, in the mines' having been discovered about twenty-five es
t.Arti°llsedf°or,tjle constituent-ao Corte!, -the i_Tv of 1837 will theinterior.
%%IL. :,G with some modifications. There will be a Advices from Venezuela report the spre..
„pie I,,ttive for every-25,000 souls. ruction, which seemed likely to be successful
Eli„,l is4,l:,
_correspondent of the Globe writes as follows •
iii,,11:,-"Ted in the diplomatic circles here that the
al)-Illetio-all:1/'rench ambas-sadors at Madrid have received
el,ll, kealb: to protest energetically -against violence to
t 4), gtethra: alsthof the family of Queen Isabella, and to de-
, fr. -.oaglisEngland and France have no intention
they /41. n the internal affairs of 'Spain, as regards any
'kill will rt!cb may not affect the principle of monarchy,
th 4 th t "elnain indifferent spectators to any attack
e stateani,V le. I have good reason to believe that
ent Is'well founded.'
F
qe)irc'r4 tcu, ITALY.
k oest a 111,11113er date of the -120
-,mt ,of „re recovering 'from the.-
~,_lt ha Luc Cholera in their city.'
oilv°4teeii,:o"r;leneicasicerta.ined beyond. a doubt (says the corres•t
pa._ 22nd, ronte/e)thattheinsurrec ionarymovemen
,--s• /3„.t.„.11,,ir,; in Genoa, was originated by the Dlazzinian
01.-"Qa h "'"4oes not appear that their recent discomfiture at
i %tit as been sufficient to damp their ardour for intrigue
4,lller•,t„ail"t for. conspiracy, as they are still plotting
e f. Zbr %ICS in other pails of the Italian peninsula.
'l4 n;;.`,,, of he Emperor Napoleon was celebrated at
...4
tee 15th with

the national

d of the insur-

COMMERCIAL MELLIGENCE,

Ml,Aaet—q, is resuming an active part in the question of
11l Letters from Vienna state that the reported
N'oth,o4-3,i-de °L, Austria to the terms laid down in the note of
Lhuys goes no further than a moral assent.
'`e et it`, more distant from the intention of the Vienna
'flan to join the Western Powers in enforcing
11141,ds upon the Czar Accordingly, the commu-
,4ata:tllo_ caressed to the Russian Cabinet on the 11
"9 P,ll, , °Y no means the ch 44 attributed to a former
ultimatum.

1, we learn that the
,anie caused by the ont-

t great pomp
AUSTRIA.

of a summons, such
and still less that of

PRUSSIA,.
, The vetni-official Correspondance Prussienne, of the
tfith, says that, though the gt arantees required. from
l'ilt,sia by the Western Powers may be in conformity with
te44ltrestS of Prussia and Germany, they are
April.
bt.,4tible with the obligations of the treaty of
__
tem 'Ms Willing to enter into such engagements U. . 3'
ilt._
th RI
4 ---Pen„ dently of the evacuation of the Principalities,
Le tibm voc treaty a new and broader basis, always
shallwith
ha ~,.eNtanding that any Proceeding of the kinda::
safi,`"ulkert with the Allied Powers. Prussia
quand
Propo't with the evacuation of the Principalities,.
,e°11143€12,9 assume openly the character of mediator.
per-
4341ii‘iZlIohnas been recalled, in order to receive cta , and will immediately proceed to Vienna.

AMERICA.
01/3. the ARRIVAL OF THE AFRICA.
tr,„ t4l,4rrival of the Royal Mnil steamship
Sunday Africa,
theon Dti,l ?'• at 6.4,6 ,4-' e have intelligence from New York to
4dl);l4stant.' The Africa had 83. passengers on board
g4e .tlglit $738,501 in speck
ehe '''lted-at 2.43, la.m., on
::ie Ivedhdll°derate weather, wi
- italf --elllll,-slae made the vc
The b
4rtil-alssac(' l Mail steamship Arabia, J
'et at New York on the Bth

on frel

nd having expo

;stierly winds, during
in about ten days and

,s, commander,
ant, at 7, p.m., b 8144 i,,,4. “g eof ten nays nine flours. Tile screw si-,..,....m-
-jNb=-I'laila cleared at New York, on hercrunetuarrdn tripscre screw-
Rte,:drripten, on the Bth instant. The
on
tilt rc,el' Alps was to leave New York for Liverpool
~ 12th inst ThetTnited States steamer Atlantic, West,n th
4i:2ltti.:l!aander, arrived hence at New York, at 8, p.m.,.1 York, we
Ltatlsta . By telegrs.ph from Quebec to New &arity,
the Canadian Royal Mail steamer
I,l,,lvitu IV. ?atoll, arrived .1- n---.

i'ittqf encountered led
listanding Which
k-Ite-71.balters: tr„hau tyirteen,

re
th
"1,1 T ,011se8 *4s
IllarreSidc.,4. of.

Sal

anu
about ar Was to :leave on th

ru
4Acki.'ll3:llled Jef
kg; c typo
ttiand. eTn

itcl_loSlT with' Itol)4,,,,,Qtati:oesident
eahAtptt henter his carp
_

cutiL 113 8
aYing the
1-d_ fool, returned into the Capitol.

ce4lo,
tort,,N4llllir.-
e e 4 th
th 41 ro;p i
eto 0 gist .ng the
QaAtlll4l Kec to
Used
tl,

Jeffards,-
Et drink, wt

passage in some

i.lll steamship

4: Liverpool, was

on the sth,

D was accom-

who was .drunk

'hi gee ".•
Ilrity

facer Wailes ar
f:g. An ,t

nination•wass had
hold JefFards to bail.

NEW YORK, JULY 9.
MONEY.—There is little, -if any, positive improvement
k the state of trade generally. The excitement in mone-
tary and stock circles seems to be gradually subsiding.
Ile money market is gradually working easier, under
increased supplies of unemployed capital. The rates of
;grime paper, having from .30 to 90 days to mature, -are-8
-to 12 per cent., and on call '6 to 7 per cent.
COTTON—(From Mr. W. P. Wright's Circuktr, of
August 9.)—The business in cotton during the past week
las been of a limited character, confined chiefly to the
requirements of our domestic consumers, and to the
execution of a few continental orders. For Liverpool
nothing of moment has been done. The total 'sales I
estimate at 5,000 bales. As to prices there is no•marked
.change. The better qualities are in limited supply, and
'held firmly. Our stock .is reduced to a very low figure,
and cannot be over 15,000 bales, of which probably not
one-half is unsold. We:continue without complaints from
the south in relation to the growing crop, which is unusual.
The hot weather whichbss prevailed since the end of June
has brought forward the plant rapidly ; with the con-
tinuance of favourable weather a large crop may be
anticipated.

Ming partial

47Zteciu %els
lnod bo;e18all knife
( A"e knee, say
4b..Attnt,..he wor,„lll!,4,PlTfus(

PROvisroNs.—Mess pork is in fair demand:nt $l2 to
Sl2i ; prime, $l(4 to $10i; clean, $l4 to $l4l. Lard is
in moderate request at 9ic to 101 c ; for prime fair to good,
91c to 94c; kegs, lOic to 101 c. Cut meats are not as
plenty, and the demand is fair. Hams, in pickle, Ole tc
7c ; in dry salt, 6}c to. Cic. Shoulders are scarce ; sale,
in pickle at, 6c to 6i-c, in dry salt, sfc to s;c; sides, 61c
smoked hams, 8c to lie; shoulders, 6c to 'Tie; sides.

not as

1 pickle, 6c to

ns, who declined
another. In the
ie cried bitterly,

to 7c. Beef is not active, but prices remain umalanged.
BREADSTUFFS.-Uritil the new crops begin to come
forward there is no probability of nriee4 .

• J
,on the contrary, a further appreciation seems to be confi-
.dently looked for by the trade. Canada Flour remains scarce,
and firmly held. Southern flour is lower, the receipts of
-new having been extensive. Old is scarce; anti relatively
rfirmer than new. Rye flour is scarce and firm, with small
•sales at $5,50 to $5,75 for fine, and s7.for superfine. Corn
meal is also scarce and firm. The wheat market is dull
and lower, the local trade buying only enough 'to supply
rtheir immediate wants. For exports there is no inquiry
whatever, prices being -considerably above the point at
,which shippers are authorised to purchase. The -new crop
begins to come forward from the south rather more freely.

AsllEa.—The arrivals continue light, and with a fair
41enuuld, pot have advanced ,121 c to 18ic,"sales having been
made at $5 87ic to $6. Pearl are firm, with -sales at
$5.50c to $5 56tc, which is also an advance. SallEratus,
NAVAL STORES.—Turpentine is in small supply, but
not in great request. Spirits turpentine is in moderate
deinand, and unchanged. Tar is in small stock, and ship-
ping quality is scarce. Common rosin continues .firm.
IRox.—The offerings of Scotch pig are not large, but
the .demand is light and market dull, with only sales
at $4O to $40,50, six months.

;elf •in the
to death.

armed, and

I was disaimed,

i-. 4 v... 7! .aa he „„...,
tZtliiigtl:4Bl°lll had math.
4 potiloi ,Iv.'lehliao, hou
taiilrent
.5.`,1,;. The steam ,
It IlittB,4 More ecenomi
40t 4 Ilebr„ .
boa be ve
~.a. hill recend pas,
IV to it 2'3' PoPular. Ay: ass.
Ong
had been held in the park.
tizat t thrlg,to been C tt • 's reported mission from the
ti-rs:‘':o°). -slevaited. Setalie:llGo
tous He ar-
vern ment,. the New York
1), ns, Kro, pr. Cottman must be ulnqui.
taie
not,
in
tflher, 18151 Tor. the first time, w la
trloilt,reh in_ , and had not left gra' eumptothe middle
le I.,,,i's' a R.': t* Row be could have passed 'several
Meet,laa'4.,atn,--",`., Petersburg., ' six weeks' at Cronstadt,
. 0'7,1)11 -a
''''e,4 and won such favour, and returnedhgee
411Rit_Linie, is, therefore, remarkable. Will
lan is'al tea
ittle ?"
At
.11, at tbeasive fires are reported ; one, that_ of_oa_ cot-.
a d L'llliarao,ttnellville, has occasioned the loss of $1.04,-w_
t'lle' .""narg twen yt four houses had been burnt, and
bet Le 4e1:,-,-Itre had also occurred at St. Louis.
few rql,e- wile an* Picayune announces tho.at
ftohrescolgi
some
kohth°raPeshot, which had been lyme.i. issippi
'eh. a tart. s Past at the mouth of the 3 isi; . ,
IN .7 14 a e q .
„.'tal„,3rateri aantity of fire-arms on board, cleared misha
`'11,4 ", at ca's Maimer on Tuesday, the Ist.
iset,,ala,77o* Orleans,
' fact,
on being informed of Ththeef t, be-
:l4k tii°4r ;„" „and immediately chartered a9d. dispatched i'lliNP litlfifi.s'r 41avana, informin the authorities concern-
',4,",' Or f-il'er• It was surmised by some that the recent
t
44AdeEialtrns'('i.eittlulisn6
of the vessel.
giant-0
dAombassador at New York might
with the departure
kosoestro,
~ve fire broke ont at New Orleans on the bth,
4P
-eo.' osiiire" upwards of $1,000,000 worth of property,
4411)041
s,
went
he fire destroyed twenty large stores,
O it. 4 and T.
he
firms including R. W. Milbank,
111. 8v oot.,,,f,ladden, Parinelie'Brothers, Martin Owen, J.
!ose,avke—XJ. Stanton Graham and Buckingham, 3.
14ela:i. LOsq • •W* Walker,' &c•all of whom were heavy
NW-1034,,,-04 --,-.,,as covered by insurance. to a large amount,
i. ii, ziiieo,oooito in the Liverpool and London, and
44(14e wal co 3'4. Total insurance about £700,004.
411, _
rgazi„_ /Ifined to Tchoupitoulas, Commerce, Foucher
patCrgLe_ oa, f.a',treets. The weather was fearfully hot, and
ii Toro'dtittaan-strokes had occurred.
The 7.4,e,t 0, the advices to the Bth inst. state that the
,etntlii•fis!lection in Upper Canada was complete.
'4uNs ed the electio4 9f thirtY- • One 114a/steal

YEzrGlirs.—there is;;little offering for Europe at
present that rates paust be•considered nominal. We quote :
To Liverpool, cotton, square bales, per lb., ; flour, per
barrel,-9d ; rosin, per barrel,•ls ; heavy goods, per ton,los
to 128,6 d; beef, per tierce, is ; grain, 3d to 4d. To
Londazv:—Flour, per barrel, is 3d to is 6d; turpentine
and rosin, per 280 lbs, 2s ; measurement goods, per ton,
30s ; heavy. goods, oil, &c., per ton, 17s 6d to 20s ; beef
per tierce, 4s; grain, per bushel, 4W to sd.
NEW QBLEANS, AUGUST s.—Ootton to-"
dull. Canada's news to hand ; no eff,
day's sales only 300 bales ; middling 1.4

is. disch

lie to Die forkegs

SAN FRANCISCO-3fAKKET,JULY 15.-

ations in this c

"t on market

toner be no

Lard firm, at

monthly

'eports relative to business

weeks having been even more disastrous
almost a year past business here has si

from the fact that :the market was greatly overstocked
with every article .of merchandize usually'imported, which
was regularly being increased much beyond the demand.
As may have been anticipated, under these circumstances.

prices of most of the leading articles have declined. ThE
decline in groceries and provisions has been most decided
The sa:

lower than those which ruled at the _
Nothing of consequence .has been done in dr

te of our I

by steam. in

TIDE WAR.

THE AUSTRIAN INTERFERENCE.—ITS OBJECTS
AND PROBABLE RESULT.
The course to be pursued by Austria annears even vet

.encompassed by dubiety. The diplomatic communications
•opened up by the Court of St.'Petersburg with that of
Vienna give rise to speculations of varying aspect. The
Austrian correspondent of the Times, writing on the 10th
instant, says : The object of the Emperor Nicholas is
to detach Austria from the Western Powers, and the all-

.enerated on

i that gene-

t question now is, whether I
It has not failed to produce an

eable iinpre

for the com-

d by Congress appears
meeting of parties op.

BUCHAREST, AVG. 10.—The Russian head-quarters are
removed to Fokechan. The Turkish outposts have ad-
vanced to the Jalemnitza. Forty squardrons have arrived
at Frateschti. Refugees are organising democratic dubs
actively inciting the Wallachians against the return of
Stirbey.

VetiNA.—On the 30th July, Marshal St. Arnaud issued
the annexed brief but stirring address to the-soldiers of
the allied army :—" Soldiers of the allied armies !—We
shall soon advance into the territory of our enemy. I
rely on your obedience, on your bravery, and steadiness
in the fight. The task we have to complete is no light
one. The enemy we have to encounter is strong and
numerous. The 40 years of peace passed by us in pro-
moting commerce, industry, and the arts, have been spent
by him in the study of the art of war and in military
preparations. From your bravery and energy France and
England await a victory. The eyes of all Europe are on
Show yourselves the worthy sons of your brave
ors. We march into the laud of the enemy resolved
As conquerors we must see our fatherland,
return."

oil victors

•er mre

THE ALLIED

from Odessa, u

On the cont
An

On the 1&

laughter.

1 instant tue
vol, had
said t

of twins

Sebast

,mbined

on the Imperial Government that the or&
plete evacuation of the principalities has been given_
first step has now been taken towards the settlement of
the Oriental difference ; but as long as the Western Powers
demand nothing unreasonable, there is no cause to suppose
that Austria will secede from a coalition the object of
which is the restoration of peace on an equitable and dur- MARRIED,
able basis. The status quo ante is, of course, entirely out At Melbourne, N.S.W., George Dawson, only son of
of the question, and there is reason to believe that no ' George Holt, Esq., Willow-hill, Crumpsall, Manchester,
great difference ofopinion exists between Austria, Turkey, to Margaret, daughter of the late Christopher Redmayne,
and the Western Powers, in respect to the principal eon- Esq., of this town.
ditions of the future treaty of peace. Before France and On the 9th February, by special license, at St. Mary's
England will consent to renew negotiations or agree to Cathedral, Sydney, N.S,W., by the Rev. John Maher,
an armistice, the Emperor of Russia must have pledged Christopher Massey Rimmer, of this town, to Miss Mar.
himself to accept three or four fundamental conditions, garet, youngest sister of Lawrence Corcoran, Esq., of
such, for instance, as the following :-1. The free naviga- Sydney, N.S.W.
tion of the Danube; 2. The Black Sea to be open to all On the 29th ult., at St. Michael's Church, Upper Pitt-
nations ;3. Russia to renounce all claim to an exclusive street, by the Rev. R. Pilkington, M.A., Mr. Eugene
protectorate in the Danubian principalities, and over the Morier to Miss Mary Tucker.
Greek Christians subject to the Porte. On these three On the Ist inst., by license, at St. Peter's Church,
points the Porte, the Western Powers, and Austria are Sackville-street, Everton, by the Rev. George Augustus
said to agree ; but there are others on which some differ. farmer, of Pentared,
ence of opinion prevails. In regard to the question of iTnedLld'aneenlraiatne; iMn rthilelecmouanstyßeoefs,Denbigh, to Miss Mary
indemnification, the opinion of the Turks and Russians Waylett, of Everton.
is very nearly the same. They both aver that this coun- On the 2d inst., at the residence of William Wright,
try has nearly as valid a claim on Russia as France and New York, by the Rev. John P. Hermance, Mr. Henry P.
England. ' Austria,' say they, ' has raised a powerful
army, which has looked on while the Russians mid Turks
have been fighting. The armaments of the allies have
been on a grand scale, and one of the most costly descrip- Johnd
Fore
in, oafn,af Holland,litht on
,JaEnneg,
lyaonudn ge s t daughter
On the Bth inst., at St. Michael's Church, Upper Pitt-
tion ; but neither France nor England has until now per-
formed a single feat of arms worthy of mention.' It is liastrmeest,mbyarithneeril, etnv.3Hii.ssC7aeryntoerw,e3nfs..A., Mr. Robert Wil-
On, the 9th inst., at St. Michael's Church, Upper Pitt-
of the principalities. The Austrian army will hardly be ti tby the Rev. H, Carpenter, M.A., Mr. Robert Wil-
reduced until peace is definitively concluded between Ras-
sia and the allied powers. In one respect the resolve of seoic7nnitten9etr,h tions3t.Eisast Diary Franc,
iFerliaanersscWhhuraerha,mu.
Russia to quit Moldavia is most opportune for the govern-
ment. The state of Italy is not such as to inspire confi- tsatrmiseet,sbAy
Alice
ee Rsleavte.'rH.. Carpenter, 31. A., Mr. F.W. Duncan
dence, and Marshal Radetzky has more than once stronel-
protested against his army being reduced." --- 'by the Rev. A. Knox, Edmund, son of Edmund dead ,
The news from Wallachia may be told hi a few words. daughter of the late
On the 11th inst., at St. Mary's Church, BirkeTnalnr,
On the 3rd and 4th there were still a few Russians—proba- James Hall, Queen's Arms, Liscard.
miller, of this town, to Mary Ann,
bly deserters—to be seen in the streets of Bucharest. The
army is in full retreat, but moves along the side and cross the Rev.W.
nd to Elizabeth, B.Christian,David Mr. Canna n,
On the 11th inst., at Lezayre Chnrech, Islen onffMSandy-
roads,road,Ramsey, as the highway is so crowded with artillery and
baggage waggons as to be impassable for troops. Theton, a . ' daughter of
relict
fthe latsofrothbeerlattclie Isaac
Charles, Esq.,
Turkish army, which is placed in echelon between the of this town.
DanpN tad Nucllarest, congi§t4 Of 85,000 men, About I— On te 12th nst, at the Parish Church, S treat am,
ion torah i Surrey, by. the Rev, J. li. Church, rector, Mr.

On the 20th :inst., at St. Michael's Church, Upper
Pitt-street, by the Rev. C. Morrall, M.A., Mr. Thomas
Hambleton to Miss Emily Cooper Platts.
On the 21st inst., at St.'Peter's Church, Sackville-
street, Everton, by the Rev. S. B. Sutton, 8.A., incumbent,
Mr. Henry Shipman to Miss Jane' Griffitns, both of
Everton.