The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-02-08 00:00:00

THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE

The proceedings of the Education Committee were read
The reports on the present state of the schools were to the
following effect :

North School. South School
Boys . . . 122 93
Girls . . . . 85 6O
Infants . . . 94

Mr: MOLYNEUX moved the confirmation of the proceed-
ings, and in doing so took occasion to express a hope that
when the vacanciee should have been filled, and the schools
in regular order, there would be a great increase of children.
Th MAYOR read a letter he bad received from the head
masters, Messrs. Meilson and Lewis, in which they stated
that they had not resigned their situations, and that they
begged to submit their protest to any reports to the contrary.
Mr. MOLYNEUX said he had no objection to substitute
the word " dismissed" for " resignation" to the masters in
question. At the same time he wished to observe that the
six or seven gentlemen on the committee had decided that it
amounted to a resignation.
Upon the suggestion of Mr. PROCTER.
The TOWN- cLERK read the entry in the committee-book.
It was to the effect that Neilson and Lewis had been called
in, and desired to prepare a time-table, which they had de-
clined to do, and that they severally resigned their situa-
tions, which they were requested to state in writing.
Mr. HODGSON stated upon his honour that they had made
a distinct resignation.
Mr. EVANS said it would be a useless splitting of hairs to
continue a discussion as to whether they had resigned or
been dismissed • he contended that there had been a virtual
dismissal, and the question was, whefher they should receive
three months' salary or not.
The MAYOR corrected the speaker. There was no motion
or amendment to the effect, neither indeed was any motion
on the subject requisite, because the payment of the salary
seemed to have been agreed upon in committee, and was em-
bodied in the proceedings which had just been read.
Mr. EARLE said the council had got into confusion with
respect to the school question, and so long as justice should
be refused to the community, so long the subject should not
be considered to rest at ease. Large numbers of Roman
Catholic children had left the schools, and had been forced
into exclusively Catholic, where they would be precluded
from seeing any liberality. It had been said that religion
was at the bottom of the present system. but he thought that
the " craft and subtlety of the devil and man" had been at
work against the schools as conducted under the late council.
He believed Mr. Hodgson to be sincere, for he had shown
his sincerity on a great number of occasions, but the persons
who instilled notions about popery having been taught in the
schools into his head knew that they were instilling falshoods.
He then remarked upon the placard which had been issued
by the Education Committee in denial of certain niisrepre-
sentations which had been circulated in reference to the
schools, and concluded by moving that the placard was totally
out of order, and that the Education Committee be ordered
to refund the expense of it.
Mr. BULLEY said lie had implored of the committee not to
issue the placard. He wished to have two letters from the
masters of the South School, which had been read in commit-
tee, to be laid before the council. There was, he said, one
gentleman on the committee who always violated the prin-
ciples of decency and order.
Mr. HonGsos asked his name ?
Mr. BULLEY said it was Mr. Harbord.
Mr. HARBORD expressed his thanks to Mr. Bulley for the
public reproof he had the honour of receiving at his hands,
provided the gentleman had administered it in a christian
spirit, a question which be left the council to decide.
Mr. ISAAC HOLMES contended that the schools had been
originally erected for the education of protestant children.
He had heard it reported that the radicals were determined
on agitating the school question with the view of regaining
their " Paradise Lost."
Mr. BRIGHT wished to know why the report of a Mrs.
Walsh, in connexion with the schools, had not been pre-
sented to the council ?
Mr. MOLYNEUX denied that there had been any such re-
port, but said that Mrs. Walsh had given him a number of
testimonials as to character and ability, which had referred
to herself alone. (Hear.)
Mr. EVANS moved, as an amendment, that the proceed-
ings be confirmed. with the exception of that part of them
which appointed a superintendent over the schools at a salary
of 1:150 a year.
Mr. EARLE intimated at this stage of the proceedings that
he would withdraw his amendment and support that of Mr.

Evans.
A long discussion ensued, in which Mr. Birkett, Mr. G.
H. Lawrence, Mr. Parker, Mr. Bolton, Mr. Hodgson, Mr.
Aikin, Mr, Turner, and Mr. Yates took part.
The question was then put, when there appeared for the
amendment, 14 ; against it, 28.
The following gentlemen voted in the division:—

For it—W. Thornhill, W. Preston, J. Mellor, 3. Holmes,
T. Bolton, J. Aikin, R. Bright, F. Jordan, J. Platt, T.
Holt, T. ulley, E, Evans, T. B. Barclay, and W. Earle.
Against it—Thomas Shaw, F. Shand, D. Hodgson, Isaac
Holmes, R. Houghton, H. Copeland, J. Edwards, R. B. B.
H. Blundell, J. Aspinall, J. Cooper, J. N. Wood, W. Bir-
kett, R. Gladstone, J. Procter, J. B. Lloyd, R. Rigby, J.
Kilshaw, J. Parker, G. H. Lawrence, A. Smith, jun., R.
Harbord, W. Nicol, J. H. Turner, T. Chilton, E. Mulyneux,
R. S. Crook, and the Mayor.
The amendment was, consequently, lost, and the original
resolution carried.
The proceedings of several committees were next read,
without comment.
The DEPUTY TOWN-CLERK read a memorial which had
been received from the Rev. William Parker, of St. Patrick's
Roman Catholic Chapel, Toxteth-park, and which had been
presented by Mr. Aikin, complaining of certain expressions
reported to have fallen from Mr. Harbord and Mr. Moly-
neux, on a former day, in reference to his conduct in the
Corporation Schools. He denied that he had been guilty of
the misconduct attributed to him, and he hoped the council
would acquit him of the alleged charges.
Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE hoped, after having beard what the
rev, gentleman had to say, that the council would proceed
with the regular business on the paper, and he made a motion
to this effect.
Mr. Ilmtnortn and Mr. MOLYNEUX re-stated what they
had said on the previous day, and assured the council that
they had authority for what had fallen from them on that
occasion.
Mr. HODGSON moved, as an amendment, that the memo-
rial be rejected.
M. SHAND seconded the motion.
The question was then put, when there appeared—
For the amendment, 20—Against it, 17.

The following gentlemen voted in the division :
For it—Thomas Shaw, F. Shand, D. Hodgson, H. Cope-
land, J. Edwards, T. Sands, J. Aspinall, J. Cooper, J. N.
Wood, W. Birkett, R. Gladstone, J. B. Lloyd. J. Kilshaw,
J. Parker, IL Harbord, IL Houghton, I'. Chilton, E. Mo-
lyneux, R. S. Crook, and the Mayor.
Against it—lsaac Holmes, W. Thornhill, W. Preston, J.
Mellor, J. Holmes, T. Bolton, J. Aikin, R. Bright, IL V.
Yates, J. Priestley, G. H. Lawrence. F. Jordan, J. Platt,
A._Smith, jun., E. Evans, W. Earle, and J. H. Turner.

,
The amendment was consequently carried.
Mr. Harbord's election to the Education Committee was
confirmed. _ _

A memorial from Dr. Freckleton, touching the sale of the
Botanic Gardens to the Council, was referred to the Finance
Committee.

A motion by Mr. LLOYD, for granting 50 guineas to the
Eastern Dispensary; and a motion of Mr. PLATT, for grant-
ing £lOO to the Southern and Toxteth-park Hospital, both
to be continued subject to annual consideration, were referred
to the Finance Committee.

The Council broke up at a quarter to five o'clock, having
sat nearly six hours !

THE ANTI-CORN-LAW BAZAAR

(For the Liverpool Standard.)
The Anti-Corn Leaguers in " Conference " met,
To plan the best way the money to get.
Agitation, they say, does a vast deal of good :
But who agitates for another man's good ?

The six hundred noodles, who lately met,
Have done us no good. but run us in debt;
For, according to Cocker, at ten pounds a-piece,
There is six thousand pounds for that flock of geese.

Without the steam the engine would stop,
And the League without money would very soon drop
To " raise the wind " we must rack our brain,
And who can plan better than " rogues in grain"?

One 's for a concert and one 's for a ball,
But the Quakers turned pale at the mention of all
Seine called for sermons, and after collection;
Said the Socialists No, we have an objection.

Mrs. M— said, if George, dear, a lecture would give,
The cash would still flow, and the League would still live ;
I'll do it, said George, if the tickets you'll sell—
The price half a crown, and we'll soon make it tell.

The lectures were given in many a town ;
The money was called for, but did not come down ;
And some other plan must these wise heads contrive,
Or the League through the session will never survive.

I've hit it, said Thompson--hurrah ! hurrah !
We'll call on the ladies, and have a Bazaar :
They will supply us with trinkets most rare,
And we can get plenty of Brummagem ware.

The ladies political quite liked the job,
From simple M'K-w to bold Mrs. Cob--;
And Misses by dozens are very soon got,
Who are anxious, at least, to sell one single lot !

The money is raised, but the people still groan :
While crying for bread, they give them a stone.
The money is spent to keep up agitation :
The poor may still grumble and starve through the nation.

DEATH BY DROWNING:—An inquest was held yesterday,
before Mr. Curry, on the body of Susannah M`Donald. The
deceased was the wife of John M`Donald, a rigger, residing
in Clement-street. She was 5l years old. A boy belonging
to a flat, found the body on Saturday night in the canal,
quite dead. She was seen previously at the wooden bridge of
the canal, which was then partly open, and the man who saw
her warned her of her danger, and fixed the bridge so that
she safely passed it, and they then took different roads.—
Verdict, that the deceased was found drowned.

COMMITMENT.—Thomas M`Knight and Margaret Mann
were yesterday, at the Police Court, committed for trial at
the Sessions, on a charge of stealing a qnantity of clothes from
a house in Harly-street.—Sarah M`Master was also com-
mitted for robbing a gentleman of his watch, in a house in
Leander-street.—

DEATH FROM BURNING.—An inquest was held yesterday,
on view of the body of Edward M`Glore. The deceased,
who was four years old, was left by his mother, in a room
which they occupied in Marlborough-street, along with two
younger children ; she went out to make some purchases.
During her absence the deceased was heard by a female
neighbour to cry out " Oh mother ! mother !" and on run-
ning in she found him in a blaze. The fire was extinguished,
but he was so severely burnt, that though assistance was got,
he died in about three hours after. There was but a poor fire
in the grate.

CORRESPONDENCE

TO TILE REV. THOMAS YOUENS, D.D

LETTER 111

Ray. SIR,—I have attentively perused your letter which
appears in the Albion of yesterday, and as the subject mat-
ter
.of it is distinct from that on which I had purposed to
have addressed you, I shall occupy this letter in attempting
to reply to everythine therein which calls for remark.
Notwithstanding your resolution " to take no further no-
tice of any future anonymous correspondent," (which, by
the way, is somewhat rash,) I must remain under the veil
of " Baptistes." In doing so I am influenced by the fol-
lowing considerations. Hitherto I have not made any state-

ment-which can be regarded as personal testimony;—my
name and station would not add one iota to the probability
of iny statements, every reader having opportunity to exa-
mine for himself, and being welcome either to refute or reject
my arguments, as he may possess either ability or iodina-
tion. I have reasons, too, of a ptivate nature, which lead
me to decline being introduced to the public " in propria
persona" ; and an introduction to you would be " a work
of supererogation." We have met before; and I trust that
although we meet in conflict, this is not our " Philippi. "
You say, Baptistes

" Directs my attention to a certain part of Mr. M`N.'s
" letter, which he wishes me to notice in my reply to that,
" gentleman. * * * As the part of Mr. M`N.'s letter
" to which he refers appeared to me to be a divergence from
" the real question between us, I did not consider it worthy
" that attention," &c.

Excuse me, my dear sir, but one of us must be labouring
under delusion, and that to a marvellous and alarming ex-
tent! I have sought with the utmost diligence, but cannot
find any such reference as the one discovered by you, and
feel persuaded that it would be one of the most difficult
tasks you could undertake, to place the sentence in question
within " inverted commas." Nay ! so utterly at a loss am
I, that both your meaning and allusion appear to be buried
in that entangled web whereby counsel is darkened " by
words without knowledge." It was distinctly stated, that
my motive in addressing you was to solicit .a more careful
examination of the premise from which YOU drew a con-
clusion, &c. In the last sentence of my letter a hope was
expressed that YOU would slim us more tenable grounds
for YOUR opinion. As to the " divergence," however, as
I have no taste for purely imaginative pursuits, I leave the
discovery thereof to those who may be inclined to enter upon
the search, trusting that the individual who is so fortunate
as to detect it will apprise " Baptistes " of the fact.
You then recapitulate all you have to say respecting
" The Ephesine Fathers," which I leaVe in the hands of Mr.
M`Neile.

You discovered (probably simultaneously with all my
readers) that " there appears to be considerable confusion
" and indistinctness in the mind of Baptistes. * * *
" Baptistes seems to think that in my remarks on Mr.
" 114`.1ST.'s speech I endeavoured to establish as a principle,
" that a numerical majority in favolii of any opinion is evi-
" dente of the truth of that opinion. I beg leave to inform
" Baptistes that I never advanced such a proposition, nor
" endeavoured to establish such a principle ; nor am I aware
" of any expression used by me, which could authorise him
"to suppose that such was my opinion." Now one of the
following consequences must result from the above. Either
your mind or mine must be the prey of most unaccountable
" confusion and indistinctness," or either you or I have a
most extraordinarily short memory. On either the one or
other one of us must be impaled •, for I must be excused
maintaining, that you•placed the following upon record (first
premising that the italics, &c., are of my own marking) :
"We will now proceed a step further. Suppose that 1 ad-
" dress myself to ten individuals, with a view of proving to
" them that my opinion is right. If by my arguments I satisfy
" two of them that I am in the right, then it is clear that
"my opinion is proved to these two. But the circumstance
" of its being proved to two of the number, whilst there re-
" main eight who see no force in my arguments, is no trite-
" Hon that the two who agree with me are in the right, and
" that the eight dissenters are wrong. The PROBABILITY
" is, that the dissentients, BEING THE MORE NUMEROUS,
" are in the right; and that I and my two friends, notwith-
" standing my proof, are in the wrong.
" To prove doctrines from Scripture is, therefore, no evi-
" deuce whatever that these doctrines are in accordance with
" Scripture. It only amounts to this, that we have induced
" others to adopt our opinions on the subject. If, indeed,
" my arguments appear conclusive to the generality of man-
" kind, this affords strong presumption of the truth of my
" opinions. If, on the other hand, I have argued with many
" and convinced few, the presumption lies the other way."
Remarks, p. 8.

The fallacy of the majority being considered probably right
on account of their numbers, irrespective of other considera-
tions, was exposed in my first letter. Had I been aware,
however, that the portion of the pamphlet from which the
above is selected was considered by you as " a battery of
argument," (Observations, p. 3,) a little hesitation on my
part would have been prudent. No damage, however, has
as yet been sustained, excepting that the " divergence" is
still "missing." You go on to state :
" We will now take the liberty of applying this PRINCIPLE
" TO TEST the truth of those religious opinions which Mr.
" M'N. is in the habit of enforcing. * * *
" Well, what success has the Established Church of Eng-
" land had in proving the truth of her own religious princi-
" ples ? * * * Has she induced all Englishmen at home
" or in the colonies to acknowledge her authority and adopt
" her principles? Quite the contrary. Both at home and
" abroad THE DISSENTIENTS ARE ON THE INCREASE, AND
" ORTHODOXY ON THE WANE."

If this be not applying the "principle" of numbers as a
criterion to judge of truth, you would place me under an obli-
gation by stating what meaning you intended to convey by
the language employed. There is nothing in the context to
lead either me or any one else to conclude that you were
amusing us with allegory, or that you intended to string a
number of words together, to show with what dexterity the
feat may be accomplished without conveying any meaning.
May I be allowed to suggest, that in future you notify such
as being your intention in the margin, thus giving your read-
ers the option of either reading to admire, or passing over to
spare time.
In the letter before me, you fall back upon " the strong
presumption," and thereby involve yourself in the gross ab-
surdity of attempting.to establish a positive conclusion from
a presumptive premise 1 ! The principle by which you at-
tempted to test the reformed faith, you now confess had no
other foundation than a " strong presumption." This, from
its very nature, admits of doubt: therefore is, in fact, no

TEST. In your 6.
Observations," (p. 4) you say it is " a
question of the deepest importance," " a great question."
In the letter before me you say—" Truths of the highest im-
" portance require evidence peculiar to themselves," and you
say truly; but why, with this conviction upon your mind,
why did you produce only "strong presumptive evidence!!"
The highest and most convincing authority to be adduced,
as to the inconclusiveness of presumptive evidence, how
strong soever it may be, is the fact, that if either you or I
were arraigned for a capital offence, and the strongest ima-
ginable presumptive evidence adduced against us—upon our
proving a clear " alibi," we should be at once acquitted
without blemish and without stain.
The test by which you ought to have measured the reformed
faith is the SCRIPTURES ! Centuries before John Wickliff
or Martin Luther appeared, an unfortunate, a despised, and
a persecuted race of human beings suggested this as the test
by which they desired their faith to be tested by the emissa-
ries of your church. The latter chose the more silencing, if
not the more convincing, weapons of fire and sword, and the
Piedwontese Protestants, though " cast down," were not
" forsaken ;" they were destroyed, yet behold they live
Prove (said they) that the doctrine of your church is the doc•
trine of the Scriptures, and we reiterate the request.
Nothing more than proof can be adduced, nothing less can
be admitted.
Again, you say—" I indeed acknowledged, that in case a
" man's arguments appeared conclusive to the generality of
" mankind, this circumstance," &c. Now, on turning to
your " Remarks," (p. 9), in order to discover what you
mean by " generality of mankind," I find you mean " any
" one nation," " all Englishmen ;" but so long as the re-
formed faith is held by even a small -majority, your test is
only presumption after all, therefore no test.
On this most important subject let me beg of you to climb
out of the Valley of Presumption, where every step you take
is in darkness, every breath uncertainty : besides, it is pain-
ful to see von struggle and contend " as one that beateth the
air." Do not content yourself with propounding " Non
" Sequiturs :" leave them in the valley.
I receive the information contained in the close of your
letter in the spirit you intended. You imagined it was needed
by me, and, as a Christian minister, it is as much your duty
" to be instant in season and out of season," as it is " to
" contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints ;"
and that you may, ere long, be engaged in that bloodless
warfare, is the sincere desire of your obedient servant,
BA PTISTE S.
Liverpool, 2d February, 1842.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

SIR,—In consequence of the repeated shocking accidents
which have lately taken place in Liverpool, owing to the ig-
norant and careless persons employed in our warehouses,
and after the shocking death of poor Captain Ellis last Tues-
day, occasioned by such mismanagement, I think it high time
that the inhabitants of this large mercantile town should.
rouse themselves, and try to remedy this gross evil. Of
course, accidents will occur with the best of us, but in the
case of poor Ellis he came by his death as all others have
done, through sheer carelessness, and such persons I say
ought to be severely punished, and made an example of. It
is a well-known fact, that scarcely a day passes over our heads
but some one has a narrow escape of his life by bags of cotton
rolling out of the warehouses and falling out of the slings.
Of course, this is owing to the employing improper people;
and it will always be the case without some person in each
warehouse is made responsible. Now, being an old sailor
myself, I should strongly recommend that an old sailor should
be employed in each warehouse, and go by the name of
slingsman ; and that he alone should be responsible for all
accidents that might happen through carelessness. I know
no class of people so well fitted for this situation as seamen,
as they are in the daily habit of taking in and discharging,
cargoes, and it is very seldom an accident occurs through
their ignorance of either slinging, or hoisting, or lowering
with can-hooks ; for this reason—they know properly how to
sling every individual thing that the ship's cargo consists of.
Do you think, that, if a sailor had been employed in the
warehouse, and on the duty I propose to place him, that
Captain Ellis would have met with such a shocking death ?
I say, decidedly not ; for he would have known better, as
experience would have taught him that the staves of a madder
cask are good for nothing, and scarcely to be trusted to the
can-hooks until you can get the slings underneath them. I
also think that a sailor would be useful in another respect;
that is, he would know when a rope would be safe for the
purpose required, both for slings and fall, and keep them
properly in order.
I, myself, have repeatedly pointed out stranded rope hoisting
cotton, and have got nothing but abuse for my pains. One
person told me I knew nothing about a rope, that the rope
was a good one, and had been in that same state six weeks !
You will perceive, that, through the ignorance of these people
we are in jeopardy of our lives every day.

I should also recommend, for the safety of the unsuspecting
public, where any hoisting or lowering is going on in any
warehouse, that there should be a hurdle placed on each side
of the warehouse underneath, so as to prevent persons from
passing.
I also think that it would be very advisable to every owner
of warehouses to adopt the London plan, in having a tilt-
board to every floor, to haul up and let down by a chain. I
consider it an excellent plan, as neither casks, cotton, bags,
oa any other article of merchandize can ever through neglect
roll out into the street when the said board is up, and when
a cotton-bag or a cask once enter within the said board it is
eut of all danger.
I should also strongly recommend to every master lumper
a slingsman, as the persons generally employed are the lower
order of Irish, who scarcely know the difference between a
rope and a chain cable. It is melancholy to see the accidents
that happen daily through the ignorance of those poor crea-
tures.—Yours, D. T.

POVERTY OF THE MANUFACTURING DISTRICT OF MAN-
CHESTER.—The receipts of Monday and Tuesday's Anti-
Corn-law Bazaar, of Manchester, for the support of their in-
cendiary missionaries, were—first day, £1,684 16s. 9
second day, £1,501 7s.—of which £4BB was received at the
doors, and £2,698 at the stalls, &c., making in the two first
of six days, £3.186 !! ! We are credibly informed that the
next step of political agitation on the part of the Manchester
league, seeing that any system of annoyance against the
aristocracy will be encouraged by certain classes of dissenters,
is to be an assault regularly organised against the established
church, recommending the non-payment of tithes and church
rates.—Stockport Advertiser.

MISCE

Several extensive and destructive fires occurred in London
on Saturday.
The Leominster election takes place to-day, when it is
expected Mr. Arkwright, a staunch Conservative, will walk
the course.—The Taunton election is fixed for the following
day, when it is expected the Conservative candidate will be
returned.

LIVES LOST IN
lower part of an oh
which a number of bricklayers .
with a tremendous crash, burying EC
the ruins. Two lives were lost by this at

LONDON.—On Thursday morning, the
i house, in Charles-street, Drury-lane,
ineti were pulling down, fell
al persons under
'ling calamity.

. _
A PATRIOTIC ENGLISHMAN.—Soave one was telling a
worthy son of Albion a day or two ago of the splendid burst
of enthusiasm made the other day by Marshal Scibastiani,
when he exclaimed,—" If I were not a Frenchman I should
wish to be an Englishman. " After having explained to our
magnanimous ally of the other side of the Channel the meaning
of the above exclamation, he was asked whether be felt that be
could say as much with regard to France. "As for me, "
replied this thorough John Bull, " if I were not an English-
man I should wish to be an Englishman."—La France.

The Gloucester Diocesan Board of Education have esta-
blished a school at Bristol, to the Head Mastership of which
the Rev. Francis Laing, M.A., has been unanimously ap-
pointed.

The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. David
Sutherland to the Church at Strathy, in the parish of Farr,
in the presbytery of Tongue and shire of Sutherland, vacant
by the transportation of the Rev. A. M`Gillivray to the
Church and Parish of Dairsie, in the presbytery of Cupar
and shire of Fife.—Gazette.

The French correspondent of the London Times states that
the treaty of the five powers, for the suppression of the slave
trade, will not be ratified on the part of France. The treaty
was to be ratified on the 20th, which will not be unless it
undergo some important modifications.
A true bill was returned on Friday, at the Central Crimi
nal Court, against Lord Ashburton, Francis Baring, and
Henry Mildmay, for a conspiracy to bribe members of the
Mexican Legislature to pass a law preventing foreigners from
holding land, to the detriment of the prosecutor. The opi-
nion of the Recorder was that the Court had no jurisdiction
in the case.

A stock of bees belonging to Mrs. Bishop, df Leigh, were
in full charm at twelve o'clock at night on Old Christmas
eve, showing every indication of their intention to swarm, as
in the hottest days of summer.—Sherborne Journal.

FORTY " BLACK CRomrs."—On Tuesday se'nnight the
frost was so severe in the neighbourhood of I-lorncastle, that
on the farm of Mr. Betts, of Benniworth, forty crows were
taken up alive by the hand, their wings being so frozen as to
prevent their flying.—Lincoln Mercury.

The following are the receipts of the railways for the last
week, that is to say, up to the date to which the respective
returns are made :-131ackwall, £563 ; Hull and Selby, £694 ;
Manchester and Birmingham, £306 ; Eastern Counties,
£641 ' • Birmingham, £12,988 ; Northern and EastN.n, £839 ;
South Western, £3445 ; North Midland, £3727 ; Midland
Counties, £2156 ; Great Western, £10,475 ; York and North
Midland, £1281; and Birmingham and Gloucester, £1477.

A. shocking tragedy occurred at Toynton, St. Peter's, on
Monday morning last. Francis Jeffery, an old man, having
had some words with his wife, took the poker and beat her
so as to break her arms and fracture her skull in a dreadful
manner, in consequence of which she died in a few hours.
Jeffery has been considered deranged for some months, and
since the death of his wife has attempted to cut his own
tht oat.—Stamford Mercury.
A most disgraceful affair lately occurred at Stoke. A
young man for the sake of two quarts of ale, promised him
by a dastardly scoundrel, providing he would for one half
hour turn his hand round in a bowl of snow, thinking no
harm, immediately agreed to accomplish it, the inhuman
wretch having contrived to convey a quantity of salt into the
bowl. The victim, unconscious of the trick intended, pro-
ceeded with his task. We are not aware that he completed.
it; but suffice it to say, the effect was such as might be ex-
pected—viz., the loss of his hand.—Staifordshire Gazette.

PRESBYTERIAN MARRIAGES.—At a public meeting of
the ministers and laity of the Presbytery of Antrim and Ul-
ster, held in Belfast, on Wednesday last, the following reso-
lution, amongst others, was passed :—" That, in our opinion,
it is essential to the well-being of the community, to the sa-
tisfaction of the minds of dissenters, and to the prevalence of
peace and harmony between the different religious denomi-
natinos, that the law of marriage in Ireland be henceforth
definitely settled by an act of parliament, founded on the basis
of religious liberty, and affording equal advantages to all
sects ; and that as all religious denominations in England
and Scotland enjoy a perfect equality of privelege, as to the
right of celebrating marriage, we trust to the justice of par-
liament to concede an equal measure of religious liberty to
Ireland."

THE PRINCE OF WALES.—We understand that the An-
cient Britons of the Principality. looked forward with intense
anxiety to the names of the Prince of Wales, hoping fervently.
her Majesty would perpetuate the name of an Arthur, a Cad-
walladr, or a Llewellyn ; but on finding that " Albert Ed-
ward" only were to be his designation, they bore it with ad-
mirable temper, and ingeniously tried to reconcile themselves
to their disappointment by the discovery that the etymology
of Albert will bear a Welsh interpretation of the most appro-
priate and significant description—which they hope her
gracious Majesty was aware of—Al (in Welsh) being a Welsh
prefix that always highly enhances the affixed epithet; and
"Pert," or " Bert," being one of the Welsh primitives—
hence Albert implies in Welsh " The exalted lovely one"
(or loveliest), which certainly is an appellation most admi-
rably suited to this royal heir of England, Scotland, Ireland,
and Wales
SUICIDE

—A most melancholy case of suicide occurred
yesterday evening, about six o'clock, in the rear of Bucking..
ham-place, North Strand. The deceased, whose name was
Cresswell, and who filled the situation of book-keeper in the
office of the Liverpool Steam Packet Company, had for the
last three weeks been labouring under an aberration of mind,
and was so severely affected that it was found necessary to
commit him to the care of a keeper. About the hour above
stated, the man to whose care he was committed was sent on
a message by the sister of the deceased, who undertook to
watch the patient until his return ; but he had scarcely left
the room when the unfortunate maniac leaped through a
window sixty or seventy feet from the ground, and was killed
on the spot. His remains were removed into the house, and
an inquest was held this day on the body. On last Monday
week he made an ineffectual attempt at self-destruction by
throwing himself into the canal.—Dublin Mail.
We regret to learn that about four o'clock on Wednesday
morning last the life of E. C. Lister, Esq., was attempted
at his residence at Fairfield House. We believe the circum-
stances of the attack are as follow :—Mr. Lister was disturb-
ed by some noise, and perceived a man with some instrument
about to strike him. Mr L. immediately sprung up and
said, " You have no occasion to murder me—what do you
want?" He replied, he had come on purpose to murder him.
Mr. Lister seized him, wrenched the instrument out of his
hand, threw him on his back. and was about to strike him on
the head with it, but threw it to a distance, and then let him
get up. He immediately made another spring, and Mr.
Lister again threw him down. One of the servants then
came in and said, "It is the butler. " Mr. Lister exclaim-
ed, " Oh, James, what could induce you to do this?" He
replied, a man with large black whiskers had haunted and
tempted him to do it. Mr. Lister perceived that he was de-
ranged, and had a surgeon sent for, who bled him, and he
then expreised his sorrow, but reiterated the statement about
the man tempting him. He was an old and confidential
servant, and has for the last 10 years been in connection with
the Wesleyans. He has since been removed to the York
Lunatic Asylum.—Bradford Observer.

SINGULAR SCENE.—Burton-on-Trent was made the scene
of a very unusual and remarkable occurrence on Tuesday
morning last. It appears that a dispute exists between two
gentleman respecting the site upon which stands a new
building, erected by one of them. After considerable iiti-
gation, and tired, perhaps, of " law's delays," the last-named
gentleman determined upon razing to the ground the disputed
building vi et arniis. Accordingly he marched a troop armed
with pickaxes, &c., to the scene, but found it pre-occupied
by a defensive party, most effectually equipped. The leaders
themselves were not without their accoutrements, the one
wielding a most formidable and longtailed pitchfork, and the
other a no less dangerous hatchet ! The attack was not
commenced, however, owing to the display of the enemy
indicating that a quid pro quo was intended ; and the bellige-
rent parties continued to face each other from morning till
midday, inactive though so hostile. At length Mr. Butt, of
Cotton-hall, a magistrate, very opportunely arrived, and fear-
ful that the peace of the town might be broken, menaced the
parties with the reading of the Riot Act, upon which they
immediately ;dispersed. The affair created a great deal of
amusement and considerable apprehension of serious conse-
quences, and some hundreds of the inhabitants assembled to
watch the proceeding.—Staffordshire paper.

THE REV. ROBT. MONTGOMERY AND M. D'AUBIGNE.
—Mr. Montgomery having sent a copy of his new poem,
called " Luther," to the French historian of the Reforma-
tion, has been favoured with the following reply :—(Tran-
slation.)—Sir,—l have not received the books which you
have had the kindness to send me, and I wrote to Paris, in
order that they may be sent as soon as possible. Your name,
sir, is not unknown—it is dear to all the friends of religious
poetry ; and it will be with great interest that I shall read
the poem of which you speak—consecrated to the great re-
former. Luther himself was a highly distinguished Christian
poet. Happy are we, sir, if, verse or prose, we can exalt the
great cause of the gospel, which is not that of a particular
church, neither that of an ecclesiastical government, or of
the fathers or doctors, but which is the cause of Christ, con-
sequently that of man. Accept my thanks for your present
—the expression of my Christian sentiments.
(Signed) MERLE D'AUBIGNE.
COMMERCIAL BANK OF ENGLAND.—A general meeting
of the shareholders of this suspended bank was held on Wed-
nesday last, at the Athenaeum, Manchester, when reports
of the directors and the inspectors of the accounts of the
bank were laid before the meeting. It appeared from these
reports, that, notwithstanding the difficulties of the times,
and some unexpected losses, the liabilities had been reduced,
during the last half-year, by the sum of X 34,432 • and that
they amounted, on the 29th ult., to X 111,666 ; of which sum,
£39,656 is owing to shareholders, and £43,472 to other Par:
ties. The amount of probable loss, in winding up the,,,
counts, in addition to that mentioned at the previous
yearly yearly meeting, was stated to be £6,502, arising priarel '
from a farther deficiency at Birmingham ; makingtth
balance
loss of bad debts, £203,431 ; and leaving an app ale.
unestitnated
to the credit of the shareholders, after deducting all estimated
losses, of £57,500. The reports were unanimously
by the shareholders.
TANTISM OVER
THE POLITICAL SUPERIORITY OF PROTEwShic
h strikes the
it'otal
POPERY.—I will not speak of the contrast
Dr. Chalmers)
eye of every traveller (says the eloq
industrious population of
between the Catholic and Protestant C
I will not speak of the moral and ininu
measurable superior-
the United Provinces, or tell of their
ei,
tikes for the superi-
ity in virtue and freedom, arid all thatc
the people of Spain,
ority or well-being of a nation,aon° r nuteons of Switzerland.
they nobly revolted,
their proud oppressors apt' iesson may be learned by us
that land at once of superstition
d e ay read it In Ireland ;
and as nobly triumhe •• e
...,,, runs m ,
nwhoddespotism—the land Of
nearer home. Literallyau_::and in the course of a few days
and that on a cursory. g 1 ate
;t as the light of day, that the
rapid travelling. It Pifierks off the distinction between the
same geography whicraito
off the distinction between, on the
two faiths, al,s°lnoBf industry and peace, with a population
_a land of mendicity and midnight tumults;
other hand, a larli„; and on the other a land teeming with
of thriving
abroad in their streets and highways; and
violenceheir wretched
and the squalid destitution of perhaps the
hovels,:there are found, and almost
filth
peasantry in Europe. Let us have but the
invariably, the
Popish and Protestant countries, and we could
worst con
nawtaohynlei
home
names
scalofdishit
to
eifr conditioned
eri
dss
learn from the map which is the region of grievous and gene-
ral distress, of unequalled turbulence, and incessant agitation;
and which the region of prosperous industry, of peaceful and
orderly habits, and of decent respectable sufficiency, even
down to the lowest labourers of the soil. The truth is open
to us through many channels, and by various statistics, as the
amount of crime and number of commitments in the province
of Ulster when compared with the rest of Ireland—the propor-
tion of military required in these two great departments, to
protect from outrage, and maintain the authority of govern-
ment—the vagrancy that meets us everywhere in the one
territory, and is comparitively rare in the other. These all
speak for themselves ; and if our statesmen are afraid of the
theological queAiort,
we ask them to take it up as a question
of policy, and tell us in the name of all that is dear to Protes-
tantism, whether it were better to have a nation of Papists
or a nation of Proteeteuits in that unhappy land.

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