Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1845-07-18
Arrival Of the. Acadia.

pressed. Trade, however, W the manufacture
ing districts, is brisk.
The Maynooih grant bill has passed the
House of Lords, in all lis stages by larger ma
jorities Than in the Commons, and wants only
the royal assent.
On dit that Sir II. Peel intends proposing
grant of 100000 towards the endowment Of
The projected college m connection with The
Free Church Of Scotland; aud thai be further
intends to bring in a bill rendering compulsory
on landlords, to grant sites for the erection of
Free Churches, on the requisiIion of not less
that so persons 10 parishes where their estates
are situated.
On the 9th ult. the Queen gave a novel and
splendid entertainment al Buckingham Palace,
under the title of Queens Ball Costume;'
there were 1900 persons present, and the Co.'S
tune worn Illustrated George the Seconds
time, from i74O TO 1850, and were Of the most
costly and maghifcent.kinJ. The Queen and
Prince Albert opened the ball with polonaise;
the next dance was a mnuet, when the Queen
danced with Prince George, of Cambridge
quadfills and minuets succeeded-a grand BAN
quet followed, and the ball closed with the old
country dance Of Sir Roger de Coverey,'
On the evening of the 18th, the Duke Of We'll
lington gave his annual banquet at the Apsley
House, in celebration Of the 30th anniversary
of the battle of Waterloo. The number Of
guests was 76, among whom were Prince AL
bert, and all the most dsting uished officers Of
the army.
The Exeter Express train on the Great
Western Railway runs the distance of 200
miles in l-2 hours. On recent trip when
going nearly mile minute, the oscillation was
so great that the passengers could with Official
~ keep their seals,--the engine and tender got
separated from the carriages and two of ihe
latter were thrown off bank - feet high
Several of the passengers were seriously injur-
ed, among them Sir II. Vvyan, Nj. p, with
cut in the head. There were $50 passengers,
all unable TO escape, being locked into the cars
and il is remarkable that no greater injury was
sustained.
In Paris, the carpenters, TO the number Of 8
to 1000, had struck Tor higher wages, demand
ing francs, instead of4.
FRAHCE.-M. Billbault, one of the most EN-
inent members of the opposition, charged the
government with having joined England in OPP
posing the annexation Of Texas 10 the United
States, in return for the concession England
has made 10 France of the right OF search trea
~. M Guizot, (who is qnte restored 10
health, and who re-appeared in the Chamber
on Tuesday, denied that any stipulation rea-
tive to Texas had been made with regard TO
the abandonment Of that treaty. He then OBJ
served, If that Texas was DESTROYS of anneXing
itself to The United States, the French gossy1s-
ment has nothing TO say against a.; but he adj.
nlited that il would be more agreeable to that
government, and more consistent with its in
terests, If The annexation did not take place.
A bull fight which took place on the 9Th (in
Span) was one Of the finest of the season; %
horses were killed on the occasion!
Religious Statistics.-In a sermon by the
Rev DR. Baird, which we lately heard, he esti-
mated the total amount expended last year in
this country for religious purposes, at $9,000,-
600; and in ioreign countries by the eontribu-
tons of our people, OF $4,000 being in pro-
portion of 10 10 L. He estimated the number
OF communicates OF evangelical churches in the
United States at $500, 900, the number of evan
gelical churches at $4,000, and of evangelical
preachers Of all denominations al $4,000. The
number Of preachers not evangelical, he esti-
mated at 1000.
Our standing army, he said, was 5000 or
5000 men, while that of France is 400, 900;
besides which 100000 National Guards are
required 10 do military duty once fortnight,
usually on the Sabbath. Yet notwithstanding
the pItance Of military force in the u. States,
all the riots which erer occurred here, inelud-
ing that of Philadelphia last year, have not
cost as many lives, as have been frequently
caused by similar disorders in England and
France in single year. Every one knew thai
our little army would do nothing before the
united power of the people; yet IL no country
was the public tranquility so uniformly pre-
served. The great secret of this phenomenon,
he conceived, was to be found in the general
prevalence of the moral seniiment-the perva-
ding influence OF religious truth. The bible
here accomplished, in respect TO public order,
what millions Of bayoneis could not so well ac-
complish elsewhere.-N. Y. Jour. of Com.
A .uiHerite Suit.-The New Bedford Mer-
curry says that Mr. Webster and Mr. Choate are
engaged 10 an important law suit, which Is
soon TO be tried, and which involves the ques-
ton whether property transferred by person
while under the excitement and hallucinaion
of Mierisn, is bindingi' The case is that of
man who decided his property TO his son, I'M
der the superstition that he would soon have
no more use for it, He reserved one thousand
dollars to himself, and then went of preaching.
After while he became aware of his error and
wished to recover back his property, which the
son refused TO give up, and he has brought an
action to recover il. II is certainly novel
case.
What The North does for The Souih-The
Augusta (Georgia) Chronicle makes the fol-
lowing amusing summary of the means which
the North furnishes TO the South;
'They build our houses, they adorn them
with every comfort and convenience OF which
we have ever conjectured. They educate our
children, and cover our nakedneSs from head to
foot, with hats and shoes, coats and shirts; we
eat their -four, cheese, butter, apples, Goldfish,
potatoes, pickles, pork and onions-we feed our
cattle with their hay, drive horses in their har-
nesses and carriages with their whps-we walk
with their sticks, ride on their saddles, write
on their paper, wash with their soap, scrub
with their brushes, sweep with their brooms,
milk in their pals, cook in their pots, strike
with their hammers, blow with their bellows,