The Pembrokeshire Herald and General Advertiser

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THURSDAY.) The Speaker took the chair shortly before 4 o'clock. Several members took the oaths and their seats. The necessary proceedings in reference to some private bills having been taken, Major S. Wortley asked whether her Majesty's Govern- ment had considered the expediency of keeping the troops in China as much onboard ship as possible until the close of the unhealthy season rendered field operations practi- cable and whether, when the troops were encamped they were to be supplied with the Indian tents ? Sir C. Wood said that the Government had taken mea- sures for the protection of the troops as asked by the gallant member. Mr. Brady asked the Uuder Secretary of War if it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to include the Militia Medical Service in the inquiries about to be insti- tuted relative to the Army Medical Department ? Sir J. Ramsden said that the Government did not intend to include the Militia Medical Service amongst the subjects to be inquired into by the committee alluded to. Major S. Wortley asked whether Government would have any objection to appoint a board, consisting of two military, two naval, and one medical officer, to examine and report upon all ships appointed to sail with troops, in order to obviate the sending of troops in vessels unfit for that service ? Sir C. Wood said that substantially what the gallant member asked had been done. Lord Melgund asked the Lord Advocate whether it was his intention to propose a bill on the subject of national education in Scotland ? The Lord Advocate said that time would not permit of his introducing an education bill this session. He hoped to introduce a comprehensive system next year. Several election petitions were ordered to be referred to the General Committee of Elections. Mr. Vance moved for a committee of the whole house for leave to bring in a bill to repeal certain duties on ships entering the port of Dublin, and other imposts affecting its trade and commerce, but the motion was opposed bv the government and lost by a majority of 120. Mr. Spooner moved, That this house do resolve itself into a committee to consider the acts for the endowment of Maynooth,with a view to the withdrawal of any endow- ment out of the Consolidated Fund, due regard being had to vested rights and interests." The motion was received with manifest disfavour by the house and was defeated by a majority of 34, the numbers being 91 for, 125 against.

jCOXTEMPORARY IOPIXIOXS. (From the Times. The English people will heartily respond to the inti- mation of the Queen's desire that a suitable provision should be made for the Princess Royal on the occasion of her approaching marriage with the Prince of Prussia. The Message from the crown was delivered last night by Lord Granville to the Peers, and by Lord Palmerston to the Commons. In the Upper House Lord Derby, in the Lower Mr. Disraeli, as the prescriptive leaders of the Opposition, heartily and gracefully seconded the pro- posal. The feeling in either House was sufficiently de- clared to show that on Friday next, when the business is to be specifically considered, there will be no display of a niggard and churlish spirit. With regard to the specific grant which will be pro- posed, it would be ungraceful were we to discuss it here Thus much however, we may venture without offence to say, that the wildest and most unfounded rumours have prevailed as to the amount of what is expected, or what is necessary. If we say that in alllprobability the sum which has been mentioned as revenue is not much less than the capital sum which has been proposed, we shall not be leading the public far astray. For every reason we trust that "the plan of paying a good amount down once for all may be adopted, in place of throwing a life charge upon the public. This would be but to keep upon heartburns in times of discontent and scarcity. It would be irksome to the people of England —it would be a humiliation to the Cruwn of Prussia that it should be treated as the pensioner of a foreign Power Let us pay the dowry down. That is the proposition which will find moat favour in the eyes of the country. It is such an one as will be entertained with that cor- dial and hyal spirit which we are very sure will always characterize the English people in any matter which af- fects the personal happiness of their Queen. THE OATHS BILL. (From the Morning Herald.) The introduction of the Jew Bill has been a complete failure. The house, indeed, was crowded, sojthat many members had to stand at the bar, the individual Israelite for whose special indulgence the measure is pushed for- ward found a corner for himself in the peers' seats, and all was hushed and attentive when the premier rose to complete, as his flatterers said, the greatischeme of reli- gious toleration by un-Christianising the House of Com- mons. During the few sentences which followed his well turnedtapologies to Lord John Russell for thus taking the bread out; of his mouth, the Premier appeared to care for the subject, and to realise the gravity of the measure he was advocating. It was soon evident, however, that his heart was not in the matter, and that, except to anti- cipate his little restless rival, he would have left Baron Rothschild to the care of his noble colleague in the re- presentation, and have {contented himself with a silent vote in his favour, if some more agreeable occupation did not happen to interfere with his legislative duties. The hangers-on who had talked so fiercely of swamping the peers and muzzling the bishops,and had hinted mys- '"riously at the delicate arrangement that had been made between the enemies-fif Maynooth and the friends of the Israelite, looked blank as the noble lord's tone expressed his great doubts of ever carrying the bill, which they felt was on its trial for the last time. Where was the stern determination to carry the measure at all hazards that they had been promised-where the assuranCè that at last its success was certain, and the reign of religious preju- dice at an end ? All was cold—all was timid—all was tame; and no one who listened to the trifling speech could help feeling. that, whatever view other members of the Cabinet might take, the Premier had no intention of staking his political existence on the fate of Baron Rothschild. Of the measure itselflittle need be said. It is, of course, the old bill hardly altered, even in its words Nominally it deals with oaths, and proffers all kinds of relief to Protestant Christians, when in reality its sole purpose is to force the new member for London into his long-unoccupied seat in St. Stephen's. The oath of allegiance, the oath of supremacy and abjuration, are to be swept away, and one comprehensive form substi- tuted, from which the abjuration of the Roman Catholic errors, and of the right of the Pope to depose sovereigns, as well as of the descendants of the Pretender, the pro- fession that the oath is taken without equivocation, and though last, not least, on the true faith of a Christian are erased. Thus Jew, Turk. infidel und heretic may all follow the same form, andbe equally satisfied that they are taking the loosest oath that ever was contrived for so grave an occasion, and one that actually invites per jury by its indefiniteness. (From the Times.) Unless something be done the Oaths Bill will be thrown out in the Lords, as heretofore. There will be as many "non-contents." It is the latter figure that is to be treated. Lord Palmerston has a great majority in the Lower House, immense popularity and generally a win- ning cause. Why, then, can he not deal with this as with tne China question, and have the younger lords and even the newly appointed bishops, laid under admonition? The opposition,is:nothing but a hollow, flimsy, hypocritical pre judice, if it be, indeed worthy of that name. There is not one single text in the Bible to favour the exclusion of Jews from a Christian Legislature, whilfe there are many texts establishing the perfect lawfulnes of Christians fighting in the same ranks with Jews, holding office together with them, paying them taxes, receiving their taxes in return and finally sitting in the same councils with them. Yon may indeed, find texts in the New Testament to colour Transubstantiation, Purgatory, the Invocation of Saints and so on, but not one even colouring the doctrine that a Christian must not deliberate andlact with s. J ewlon the question of taxes, of peace and war, of arts and sciences, of sewrage and drainage, or such temporal matters. In point of fact, there happens to be no religious communi- ty with which the state has more dealings, in proportion to its number, than the Jews, England and all the Chris- tian Powers of Europe have the most important transac- tions with the Hebrew capitalists, and on these occasions we have no doubt of their honour or their patriotism— that is, their disposition to make sacrifices, if pecessarv, for the welfare of the country wherein they dwell. It is sufficient for the purpose, however, that we make them pay taxes like other men and in every principle of jus- tice and consistencyjwe should allow them to be repre- sented by their own people in the expendi'ure of those taxes—confessedly the chief business of Parliament. LORD PALMERSTON IN A NEW CHARACTER. ( From the Press.) A few day since, when some dramatic artists were playing in the provinces, the light went out, and perfor- mance and audience were left in total darkness. The manager of the entertainment came forward and denoun- ced the gas for behaving in so unwarrantable a man- ner." After declaring that he could devise no remedy, he raised the previous question, and asked the audience' "shall we proceed in the dark?" The audience took the hint from the Minis— (we should write the manager), and then proceeded to introduce as many eongs as possible with as little appeal to the eye as was practicable." It is singular that such parallel passages should simul- taneously occur in the career of a Prime ivlinister and of n theatrical manager; bit the Premier has always had much sympathy Vith histrionic performances, andthe actor 18 the provinces might have been one of those plastic beings called "Patmerstonians." It is certain that the First Lord of the Treasury is entirely in favour of going on in the dark, and when we"look^at the list of his mea- sures of domestic legislation we see that the Noble Vis- count entirely approves of as little appeal to the eye as is practicable." The manager would really have wished for the lights to burn, Jwhereas the Prime Minister in his reply to Mr. Locke King on Tusday eager ly declares his preference for turning the gas off. The actor, also, was able to satisfy his audience by musically addressing their eurs it is a question fur Parliament to say whether the Premier's performances without light deserve applause or condemnation. THE QUESTION OF TRANSPORTATION. (From the Press.) The benefit of transportation upon the offender him- self scarcely requires to be pointed out. We at once by that system get rid of our conflict difficulty," and the charged convict was not compelled to wander over the face of the country dogged by the police, and vainly stri- ving to earn a crust of bread by honest means. This is obvious. But by Sir George Grey's Bill a new element is introduced which is calculated to neutralise the terrors of punishment, whether it;be penal servitude or transport tation. Weallude to the uncertainty in which the ill dis- posed classes will remain as to the punishment with which any particular offence will be visited. Docs tho embryo burglar fc"1 inclined for a trip to the Antipodes, he will make up his mind that it will be his lot to be transported. Does he feel a l irrefragable attachment for the gin-palace and the gaff," he will determine that a short period of servitude in the neighbourhood of his old haunts will ex- piate his offence, and restore him to a new lease of self- indulgence. It is impossible but that something of this sort should be the working of the new system upon un- educated and thoughtless minds and we are very glad to observe that both Sir John Packington and Mr. Henley energetically protested against this novel inconvenience. It is said also that the Judge would not be so compe- tent to decide upon a prisoners fitness for servitude or transportation as the Government after some experience of his habits. We do not think the argument well foun- ded. In the case of an old offender the police could give all the necessary information. In the case of a first offence, all that need be required would be to learn some thing of the prisoners physical capabilities which would be ascertained in the majority of instances from friends or parishioners; while such testimony would have the advantage of being more reliable than conclusions formed from the conduct of the prisoner in goal, where he is ne- cessarily acting a part.

MR. DISRAELI IN NORTH BUCK1NGAMSHIRE Last Wednesday Mr. Disraeli availed himself of the opportunity of a farmer's ordinary to enter into a leng- thened exposition of his views on the present aspect of public affairs. We classify the more important portions of his observations under different heads. PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. Having adverted at some length to the highly prosper- ous and contented condition of the country, and observed that it was certainly remarkable we should hear so much just now regarding reform.Mi Disraeli went on tosay. But although I believe there is no feeling whatever in favour of what is commonly called Parliamentary reform; in the present day are only to be found in Parliament yet, when you look to the position of the question, and find that the Prime Minister has acknowledged—no mat- ter what may have been the cause of his decision-that it is his intention next year to introduce a measure of Parliamentary reform, leaving it probable to public opinion in the int. rvalto give a tone:as to what the char- acter of that measure may be, I 1 hink we should be tot illy negligent of our duty, quite unworthy of the priviejes of Englishmen, if we passed such an occasion in silence, and did not attempt, by calm consideration and by inves- tigating the merits of the case to arrive at some conclu- sions that may guide our conduct when we are called upon to act. Now although for the reasons I have a" signed I am unwilling that the present system should be disturbed—although I think political change the greatest of all social evils in its consequences—although I may not be prepared, and yet it has been announced in some public journals of the greatest eminence that I am, with a Reform Bill of my own — (laughter)—I am not prepared on the other hand, to say that if the Minister on his own responsibility bring forward a measure of that character, I will not give to it a candid and sincere consideration on its merits. EXISTING ANOMALIES AND THE COURSE TO BE PURSUED I shall ask myself whether the proposition which he makes is one that is calculated to concede that justice which I think has been hitherto denied to your claims, hut which I would not have disturbed society by de tnanding and yet which if by ti e act of the Government themselves the country is calli d upo i to investigate the question, I think it the duty ottue classes connected with the land clearly and earnestly to place before the Le- gislature. Let me illustrate my meaning by an Instance The popular idea of Parliamentary reform may be fairly stated in this manner. A gentleman who is parliamentary reformer takes a small borough —for example, Buckingham or Wycombe —and he s tys. Here are two boroughs with the constituency of 300 voters each, and here is the city of Manchester in the county of Lancaster, with the population of 3()0,000 inhabitants, but with only two members or the same number, in fact as the little borough of Buckingham. What injustice! What anomalies; It is absolutely ne- cessary that we should dis-francliise Buckingham or Wy- combe, and transfer its two members to Manchester." And it is astonishing how plausible this proposal sounds, and how easily It is credited even by those whose interest are not involved in its adoption. But, gentlemen, if you come to anomalies, I should like to know whether there are none in our representation infinitely more striking than this very popular instance drawn from the small boroughs with only 3 ° constituents. I have alnote her e which is very brief but very pregnant. Take, for example the county of South Cheshire, with a population of2UIi,UílO There is only one town there, the city of Chester, con- taining 28,0d0 inhabitants—it returns two members, while the county contains 178,000 inhabitants and yet returns only two:mcmbers. Thus the county of South Cheshire with 178,000 inhabitaiits'returns'.the same numberofmem bcrs as the city of Chester with 28,000. T could go through almost every county in England and show the same anomalies. THE LANDED INTEREST. What I want the agricultural classes to do at the pre- sent day is, not to place themselves in the unfavourable position of saying on this or any other great public ques- tion that they are opposed to all change. That is always a difficult position to occupy under any circumstances, but it is an impossible position when the Government of the country come forward as to the advocates of change, and on their responsibility.which ought to be deeper than that of any common man, and with their knowledge of the facts of the case which ought to be more accurate than in any common man, tell you that a great change in the representation of the country is required, and that they are prepared to propose it. Do not put yourselves in the position of opposing abstractedly every reform thus introduced, but make yourselves masters of your case, and lay it down as a condition that before you as- sent to it, the change shall be founded on principles of justice. ] am convinced that if you conduct yourselves in that manner and are supported by correct information you may safely appeal to that sense of fairness which pervades the great bulk of the people of this country; and you may be sure that no change will take place in the Parliamentary constitution of England, which is concei. ved in tsuch a spirit of hostility to the landed interest of 1832. PARLIAMENTARY RECONSTRCTION. Whatever plans of Parliamentary resconstruction may be proposed, we ought to adhere to the great distinction which has alway prevailed in our constitution, which was adopted after grave consultation in J8iU-namcly, that we should acknowledge the franchise of the towns to arise out of occupation, and that of the counties out of the ownership and cultivation of the soil. It is impos- sible that any sane man can conceive the project to in- crease the county constituencies, which have already fewer members and a larger populationjthan the borough and the same time to deal with the borough constituen- cies. Than such a proposal nothing could be more mons- trous or unsatisfactory. It aggravates the injustice and increases the very political evil whichoughtto be redres- sed. If there is to be a. change in the electoral body, it ought to be an increase in the constituencies of the bor- oughs. If. therefore, you calmly consider this question with especial reference to the position and influence of the land, nothing could be more unjust, and anomalous than the schemes of reform hitherto propounded' Pas- sing from the subject ot Parliamentary Reform the right hon. gentleman thus advertedon THE CHURCH RATE MOVEMENT. I have brought to this subject, I believe, as calm a con- sideration as any man can well command, but I cannot conceal from myself that the movement against church rates is a political movement. I have arrived at the conclusion from facts which arc before us. They are these — By the law of England, as it at present stands, no church rate can be levied without the consent of a majority of the rate-payers, and I should suppose that it is a distinguisting characteristic of Englishmen to defer to the sense of a majority. It is therefore clear that a church rate cannot be levied in any district unless there is a predominant opinion in its favour. Now, how do we find that the law practically acts ? We have before us returns from 12,000 parishes into which England is divided. In how many parishes, do you suppose, accord- ing to the last returns, church rates have been refused ? Why, only in 600 out of the whole 12,000. When, then, we find under a law so liberal in its conception that the opinion of the majority obsolutely decides the question of assessment, that only 5 per cent, of the 12,000 parishes— and those, of course situated in large towns—have availed themselves of the privilege of withholding a church rate, it is impossible for me to accept as a grave conclusion, that this institution-if I may so call it—as it now exists, is opposed to the feelings and convictions of the people. It is, however, impossible to deny that in this question, left as it is, and perhaps wisely, to the decision of the majority, is involved the whole question of a church establishment. THE INSTITUTIONS OF ENGLAND. Recurring again to political questions, Mr. Disraeli made the following eloquent observations on the probable consequence of destroy ing our ancient institutions. There have,' he said, 'been old countries of Europe which have tried that experiment, and what is the result of their ex- perience ? Destroy a monarchy and you will have a royalist party in the country. Change a dynasty, and you will have a Legitimist party. Subvert a church, and you will have an ecclesiastical party. Put an end to an hereditary nobility, and you will have a large body of proprietors discontented with the state of affairs. What arc the consequences of this ? Civil war and constant revolutions. England cannot afford to have a civil war; England cannot afford constant revolutions. If an old country like this, with a system of credit like ours, lost a period of her history in internal struggle or revolution, would she not, when she again became tranquil, finl that other countries-such as that on the other side of the Atlantie haJ outstripped her in the race ? As long as we are faithful to ourselves—as long as we improve but not destroy, it is impossible to predict to what height of pride and power England may attain. I will not re- fer to the thirty years' war of the Roses, the like of which may never again occur in .England-I will take the war of the great rebellion. If we underwent political revolutions such us some of our neighbours have ex nerienced during the last fifty years, the position of Eng- land at their termination would not be that which she at present occupies. She might become tranquil, the people might find themselves free and in the possession of much physical enjoyment, but she would no longer, as at pre- sent, be a first-rate state. She would not be the leading power of Europe. She would become what Sweden and the other Scandinavian states are at the present day, and the result of improvement effected by destruction would be to lower the influence of our country instead of to accomplish, as might be done by deference to, and through the agency of, our present institutions, the maintenance and elevation of our present position.' The right hon. gen- tleman then made some general observations and passed on to argue that his prediction of a wasted year' was being manifestly fulfilled. With respect to his second pre- diction—made in his address to bis constituents—that he dissolution of Parliament would bring about adistinc- ive organization ofparties.a consummation devoutly to be wished, he alleged that this also had been fnlfilled-and argued that the absence from the House of Commons of crotchetty individuals, whoallied themselves to no party, would neither govern themselves nor permit others to go vern them, augured well for the future. We may not,' he said, 'have obtained all we wish, but at any rate we have now a House of Commons free from those anomalies, and I have no doubt that if public opinion is as enlightened as I beHeve it will be before the impending changes are proposed, you will have it declared that such a policy as I have intimated to yon will be pursued—a policy that will maintain the institutions of England.' The right hon. gentleman concluded his splendid oration by an emphatic expression of his behefthat Conservative prin- ciples-which were calculated to promote the prosperty and greatness of England-would yet triumph.

GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. A VERY TENDER CONSCIENCE.—A celebrated liquor importer in Boston, United States, recently had his pocket book, containing a large sum of money, taken from his pocket while entering church. A few days sub- sequent he received his pocket book through the post (postage unpaid) accompanied with a note, in which the writer stated that after spending the money he discovered to his utter horror that he had been making use of funds obtained in the infamous liquor traffic. He therefore re- turned the pocket book, and would do the same by the money should he be able to lay his hand on it.-New Orleans Delta. SUICIDE OF A LADY BY POISONING.—An elderly maiden lady named Martin, who resided at Heavitree. near Exeter, committed suicide by taking essential oil of almonds on Monday. As the deceased did not appear at her usual time in the morning, one of her family went into her room and found her lying on the floor. Dr. Madden, surgeon, of Heavitree, was immediately sent for, but on his arrival he found that life was extinct. At a coroner's inquest, held on Tuesday, evidence was addu- ced to show that the deceased had for some time been in a low desponding way. and the jury returned a verdict of Temporary insanity.' IN RE LEOPOLD REDPATH.—In the Bankruptcy Court on Wednesday, Mr Commissioner Goulbourn said his at- tention had been called to a sum of £20 which had been returned to this estate. It appeared that the Rev. J. G. Rowe, curate of Grecnhow, in the north of England, had written to the bankrupt, among other persons, shortly before his failure, soliciting a subscription for the erection of a church. The bankrupt immediately sent him .£20' Mr. Rowe felt that he couid not in his conscience retain the money, as it must have been the result of frauds committed by the bankrupt on other people, and he had returned it to be placed to the credit of the estate. The circumstance was very creditable to the rev. gentleman, and he mentioned it as an incident deserving of commen- dation. PUBLIC INCOME AND EXPENDITURE—An accointofthe gross public income & expenditure for the year ended the 31st of March, 1857, has been published by order of the new House of Commons. The grand total of the income amounted to the sum of £72,3:H.,062, and that of the expenditure to £75,658,667, leaving a deficit, or excess of expenditure, amounting to £3,2.54,604. The Customs' d ities yielded £23,321, 842 the Excise, £18,16.5,000; Stimps, £7,372,209, Taxes (land and assessed), £ 3,116 046; Property Tax, £16,083,933; the Post-office, £2.886,000; Crown lands (net), £284,857; and miscel- laneous sources of revenue, £1,098,173. Of the expen- diture the sum of £28,681,176 was appropriated to the interest and management of the public debts £1,773,726 to charges on lhe Consolidated Fund; and £45,133,764 to the supply services. The army took £20,811,242; the navy, £ 13,459,613; miscellaneous services, &c. £6,626,733; and the salaries, &c. of revenue departments .£4,2;W,775. The balances in the Exchequer on the 31st of March, 1857, amounted to £8,668,370. MUNIFICE.VT BEQUESTS.—By the will of the late John Crowther, Esq. late of Wednesbury, recently deceased, the Shrewsbury Infirmary has become benefitted to the amount of £1,000, free of legacy duty. In addition to this he has made the following generous bequests:—To the Society for Promoting Christian knowledge established in connection with the Church of England, £1,000; to the Society for Propogating the Gospel in Foreign Parts established in connection with the Church of England. £1,000; to the General Hospital, Birmingham, £1,000; to the Queen's Hospital, Birmingham, £1,000; to the South Staffordshire General Infirmary, Wolverhampton, £1,000; to the General Infirmary, Stourbridge £1,000 to the General Infirmary. Stafford, £1,000; to the North Staffordshire General Infirmary, £1,000; to tho General Eye Infirmary, Birmingham, £1,000; to the Institution for Deaf, and Dumb Children, Edgbaston, Birmingham, .S-500; to be invested for the benefit of the parish of Calvcley, in this county, £1,000; to be invested for the benefit of the poor of the parish of Alveley, in this county £1,000 to he invested for the poor of the Foreign of Walsall, £ 2,000.—Shrewsbury Journal. IMPORTANT WILL CASE.— An important will cause involving property worth £50,000 was tried at York, on Thursday se'en, before the judge of tlya Ecclesiastical Court, Mr G. H. Vernon. The case was that of Kemm v. Garbutt and others, the plaintiff being represented bv Mr. Shepperd, and the defendants by Sir F. Thcsiger and Mr. Blanchard. The testator was Mr. Simpsou, tim- ber merchant, Hull, who died in November, 1854, and Mr. Kemm, one of his cousins, and an assistant to Messrs. Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. publishers, London, sought, by instituting this suit, to declare the will of the testator invalid, the defendants being Mr. Garbutt, Mr Maples, and Mr. Gray, the executors under the will. The grounds of objection to the will were, a want of capacity on the part of the testator, and undue influence on the part of one of the residuary legatees. There were legacies named in the will to the extent of £17,000, and the residue, which amounted to about j633,000 was given to the defendants, on whose behalf Sir F. Thesiger insisted there was no pretence for attributing to the testator either want of capacity, or anything like undue or im- proper influence exercised by any person. The testator was nearly 70 years old when he died, but he was of perfect capacity to make a will. After three or four witnesses had been examined viva voce, a new feature in ecclesiastical courts, it was felt the validity of the will could not be disputed, and as theonly remaining question was as to costs, they were ordered to be paid out of the estate. VUBLIC REBUKING' IN CHURCH. Some misunder- standing has arisen to the parish of Lochrutton, owing to the revival ot the old practice of public rebuking in church. Two members having left the church on the occa- sion when the rebuking was going on, were refused Church privileges by the Kirk Session, and they appealed to the Presbytery of Dumfries. A long discussion took place on the practice, Mr. Hamilton stating that Dr. lnglis, in the observance of public rebuking, had acted according to Scripture and the same principle had been acted upon by his predecessors for nearly a century. On the Sunday inquestion, when public rebuking was going on, upwards of 40 of the congregation had left the church, and in doing so had created a perfect tumult. Mr. Hope said that, for his part, he would sooner eat his fingers off than sit and listen to any rebuking for fornication or adultery. There was not one minister in a hundred who observed public rebuking, and he considered the doing so an abuse of their privileges as clergymen. Mr. Austin moved that the Presbytery, seeing that the practice of re- buking in public had fallen into general disuse, and that the appellants disclaimed any intention of disrespect to the discipline of the Church, or to Dr. Inglis personally, sustain the appeal, reverse the finding of the Kirk Session, and enjoin them to be restored to the exercise of Church privileges. At the same time the Presbytery, by this finding, did not intend to interfere with the practice or question the right of Dr. Inglis to exercise public rebuking The motion was agreed to—Mr. Hamilton dissenting, because snch a finding would tend to discourage and de- stroy the exercise of discipline enjoined by the Church, and rested on Scriptural authority.—Edinbourgh Cou- >rant. AUTOGRAPH LETTERS.—A sale of autograph letters took place at the auction-roooms of Messrs. Puttick and Simpson, in Piccadilly, on Wednesday and Thursday last embracing many very interesting articles. Of the most remarkable we quote the following at the Prices at which they were sold, Lot 9. Bishop Bossuet, letter concerning the reading of mystic authors, spiritual jealousies, cleri- cal intrigues, the reception of nuns, &c. £2 4s.—Lot 145. Richard Cromwells signature toalease, £ 3. Lot 166. Ed- ward IV., of England, letters from the Duke of Brittany, about some slander which had been circulated, £ fO 10s. —Lot 216. Thomas Gray, poet, J letters to the Rev W. Robinson. Commences" Dear (Reverend) Billy." £2 3s —Lot 301. Louis XIV., letter to D'Aguesseau, on the death of his Queen, Marie Therese d'Autriche, £3 6s.- Lot 332 Sign Manual of Marye the Queen," to a Ward- robe Warrant, dated June 20, 1557. £4 6s.— Lot 383. Napoleon I, a scheme for the fortification of the harbour of Portovi chio. in Corsica, three pages. £3.-Lot 481. Robert Southey, a letter to R. Duppa, Nov. 22, 1805. £4. Most interesting. He gives particulars of a recent tour in Scotland, visit to Melrose, a day's salmon spearing ("o singular savage sport"), visit to Sir Walter Scott (" a pleasant man, of open and friendly manner so full of topographical anecdote, that having seen him you must be perfectly well satisfied how well history may be pre- served by tradition"); his meeting with Jeffrey, &c. Relative to the review of Madoc by the latter he says, a man who has been reviewedlabout 50 time-, which is many case, is hardened to such things; besides, by God's bus- sing, such praise or such censure as can be bespoke for five guineas a sheet can neither help or harm me now. They who fling dirt at me will only dirt their own hands for I am out of reach."—Lot 490. Dean Swift's letter to Mr. Philips, at Copenhagen, March 8, 10089. Believed to be unpublished, £,5 7s. 6. In this letter he says, "Cri- tic Dennis v >w sjto G-these operas will be the ruin of the nation, and bring examples from antiquity to prove it. A good old laoy five miles out town askt me totber day what these uproars were that her daughter was always going to," As detective-officer Joy of the London-police, was watch ing some pickpocket, the other night, be suddenly felt a hand in bis own pocket, which turned out to belong to a notorious pickpoekct, who was at once taken into custody and sent to gaol for three months Lord Brougham may be|expected to arrive in town from his chateau in the south of France about the 29th inst. His lordship had been suffering frOP1 a severe attack of influenza but we are glad to learn that his usual good health is now completely restored,

MRS. BACON'S CONFESSION. It was stated in the report of the trial of Bacon and his wife that, at the close of the proceedings, Lord Camp- bell, after the jury had returned their verdict, in a most emphatic manner, expressed his entire concurrence in that portion of it which exonerated the male prisoner from any share in the transaction, and he at the same time said that it would no doubt be sactisfactory to the jury to hear that the woman had admitted that she, and she alone, had committed the dreadful crime, and that her husband had nothing whatever to do with it. It has already been stated that Bacon has all along asserted that this was the case, and he had taken every opportunity to urge upon his wife to retract the state- ment she had made at the police court, in which she asserted that her husband was the murderer and which was no donbt the foundation of the proceedings that weie ultimately taken against him. He, however, main- tained a dogged silence until the end of the first day's trial, when. shortlv after she had been taken back to her cell, she expressed a desire to make a statement, and on some of the authorities of the gaol going to her she at once said that the statement in question was false, and that she had lierseIf destroyed her children. At this time the learned judge had left the court, but on their arrival on the following morning, a communication was immedi- ately made to the Lord Chief Justice of what had taken place; but as there were no means of legally bringing the mattei before the jury (a statement of this description, made by one prisoner in reference to another, not being egally admissible), the only course that remained open to the learned judge was to point out the entire absence of anything like positive evidence against the male prisoner, and he summed up the case very much in his favour, and the result was the acquittal of the male prisoner. On Friday afternoon, before Bacon was removed from Aewgate, he expressed a desire to have an interview with his wife, and the request being acceded to, the interview took place in the presence of Mr. Weatherhead, governor of the gaol, and the ordinary. They were both very much affected, and Bacon, at the close and several times during the interview, earnestly entreated his wife to speak the truth, and clear him from the suspicion of being concerned in committing such a dreadful crime, and she replied that she had done so. In the course of the afternoon the male prisoner was removed by Mr. Reed, the chief officer of Stamford, under a warrant charging him with the murder of his mother.

EXAMINATION OF BACON ON THE CHARGE OF POISONING HIS MOTHER. On Saturday Bacon (who had been conveved from London the previous night, in custody of Superintendent Reed and Inspector Young), was brought up before the Stamford bench, on the charge of having administered arsenic to his mother, Mrs. Ann Bacon, of which she died on the 15th of May, 1855. The following is a re- sume of the evidence:— „ V,r" 2vPf^'1'SOn,'o-c^mi?t and dn,SSist, Proved that on the 8th of May, 18oo (only a week betore Mrs. Bacon's death), he sold an ounce of arsenic to the prisoner who said he wanted it to poison rats. The sale was entered in a book k< p by witness for the purpose, and attested by the signaiur; of the prisoner himself and a witness named William Clifton William Mays Hibbens, an apprentice, deposed that at the beginning of the week before Bacon s mother UIl d the prisoner sent him to the shop of Mr. Wilford for six penny worth of arsenic, telling him that, it asked what it was for, he was to say it was for hardening iron. Mr Wilford refused to let tne youth have the arsenic without a witness On being informed of this, Bacon 'laughed it off,' and said, Oh never mind, 111 get it myself.' The witness added that when there was any iron to harden at Bacon's workshop they used prussiate of petash, and not arsenic. Mary Riley, charwoman, who attended Mrs. Bacon during her brief but fatal illness, described her symptoms (vomiting and spasms), and said that deceased told her that having accepted an invitation to dine with her son Thomas (the prisoner) on Sunday, the 13th of May, .-he was suddenly seized with vomiting and purging afer partaking of some broth. The deceased died on the fol- lowing Tuesday. At this stage of the investigation (half past twelve) the Court adjourned for ten minutes, and in the interval the prisoner was supplied with a beefsteak and coffee, which he consumed with great apparent relish. William Clifton was the nexc witness. Ho deposed to accompanying the prisoner when he purchased the arsenic at Mr. Patterson H. klizabeth Blake said she had known the deceased up- wards of twenty years, and she was generally a stout, healthy woman. Mrs. Ann Bacon, wife of the prisoner's brother William was then examined at considerable length. On Satur- day, May the] ith, 185.), witness saw deceased, who then appeared quite well. Next day witness was sent for to deceased, in consequence of her illness. Either on the Monday or Tuesday (the day of Mrs. Bacon's death), witness being in deceased's bedroom, heard the prisoner say to his wife, 'I think mother had better have some- thing out of that bottle (referring to a bottle standing on the dressing table, which witness supposed to contain peppermint or something of that kind). The bottle con- tiuned a whitish liquid. On the Tuesday evening, soon after Mrs. Bacon's death, prisoner took up the bottle in question, and said, 'This is my bottle; it wont be wanted any more-l may as well take it away.' Witness did not see the bottle afterwards; it was a littie square bottle, rather lower than an ordinary medicine bottle. Witness recollected Mrs. Bacon being ill in March 1855; her symptoms then being similar to those of her last illness. On the first occasion she had a cup of tea or coffee at the prisoner s house about seven o'clock in the morning and she was taken ill about ten or eleven. Under the will of his father the prisoner succeded, at the death of his mother, to some houses in Protection Place, Stamford, which brought in about £9/1 a year, subject to legacies to the amount of £ 550, payable at six months after Mrs. Bacon's decease. The prisoner was then remanded until Wednesday, when the medical evidence, including that of Professor Taylor, will be taken. This case, coupled with Bacon's acquittal on the charge of murdering his children, has caused the greatest ex- citement in Stamford, where his antecedents have caused him to be regarded with no favourable eye When taken through the town in an omnibus, on his arrival from London on Friday night, he was hooted by a for- midable crowd, and several stones were thrown at the solicitor who conducted his defence. A MODERN MUNCHAUSEN. — WORSHIP-STREET. — Thomas Mead, a shrewd-looking elderly man, of shabby genteel appearance, was charged with having obtained various sums of money by fraudulent representations from a young man, named Henry Harper, residing in North-street, Camhrdge-road. From the statement of the complainant, who gave his evidence with an air of unsophisticated naivete which excited great amusement, it appeared that the accused was distantly related to him by marriage, but that scarcely any personal intercourse had subsisted between them until a short time since, when the prisoner suddenly displayed an anxious desire to cultivate his acquaintance. The prisoner frankly told him at the time that he would probably have occasional demands to make upon his purse, but he might rest assured that the obligations would be lepaid a hundred- fold, as he was about to come into the possession of a snug little property at Bengal, the value of which was estimated at about £ 125,000.—The Magistrate And did you believe that statement ?—Witness I certainly did sir, for he has got such an oily tongue of his own that he would make any one believe anything but you will hear more presently.—The Magistrate Well, go on with your story.—The complainant here pulled out a large bundle of letters, which he piled up in front of the wit- ness-box, and dolefully continued: You will find the rest of the story in these here letters which he sent me at different times to get money out of me. This cousin of mine is a very clever man, and he mentions in one of the letters that he has brought the art of gardening to such a high state of perfection that he is able to raise mustard and cress from the seed in four hours and a half. (Rjars of laughter.)—The Magistrate: And you believed that too, I presume ?—Witness: Why that rather staggered me at first, but I could no longer doubt it on hearing from him afterwards that Baron Rothschild had tempted him with a premium of £250 to let him into the way of doing it, but that he scornfully declined the offer, as he meant to keep the secret in the family although he would put me up to it from the great regard he had for me, if I would only lend him another sove- reign.— The Magistrate: Which, of course, you did >— Witness: 0, yes, and more besides; but I found him out at last, and gave him in charge. —Mr. D'Eyncourt said that although the prisoner was obviously one of those ingenious persons who relied upon their wits for a living, it would be quite useless to send the case 1 before a jury, as it was scarcely conceivable that even a child of ordinary intellect could have been taken in by such monstrous fabrications. He must therefore re- luctantly discharge the prisoner, but as he had seen him here before under similar circumstances, he would take the opportunity of seriously cautioning him with regard to his future conduct.—The prisoner offered no observa- tion in answer to the charge, but with a valedictory nnd to his credulous relative, smilingly left the court. He had only been gone a few minutes when an extensive parish contractor, whose brother bad also been duped by the prisoner, hastily entered, and was greatly chagrined on finding that he was too late to lodge a detainer agains him. LOVE MURDER AND SUICIDE.—At Bradford a horrible case ot love, revenge, murder, and suicide is told. On Monday an cissUtant bailiff, one Charlton fell in love witb a wido\v, a Mrs, Holroyd, residing at Linzetgreen. Jealous of his rivill. a man uaincil Normanton, who on that evening met Charlton and Mrs Holroyd walking home from a temperance meeting and stopped to talk to Mrs. Holioyd, Charlton accompHtiied her home, murdered her in her sit- ting-room, then rushed home, took a farewell of his children, and drowned himself in a mill pond. The Coroner's jury returned a verdict of Felo de se.' The body ofCharfeton Was the same night interred without funeral rites. In the case of Thomas Mansell, condemned to death at the Maidstone AssizeR, ihe Attorney-General has issued a new fiat, to have the case raised at the trial argued before the Exchequer Chamber. It will be remembered that th. Court of Queen's Bench decided in favour ot the conviction, and gainst the points raised by th. prisoner's counsel. Sir R. Bethell, however, is not satisfied with this decision and in a case ot so much delicacy —involving human lite—lias Ij. cided upon obtaining (he judgnh nt of the higher tribunal. In the case of a decision by o, e of the superior Courts of Westminster, the Court..1 Error is composed of the judges ot the other i « o courts of law. In this case, therefore, the question will be decided by the judges of the Exchequer and of the Common Pleas. In the meantime tht sentence is respited to the :22"d of June. A VOLUNTARY VICTIM.—A thief wentinto the hall of a boarding house in Barclay-street, New York. a night or two since, while the boarders were at supper, and gathered up all the hats on the table. He was making his way out with the booty, when a boarder, a little behind time; came in, and asked him what he was about. Oh," says the thief, I'm laking the gentlemen's hats i-ound to Leaiy s to get smoothed." "Well," replied the boarder, "take my hat, too." "Certainty, sir," said the accom- modating loater-and vanishpd. American Paper. To TTLL Goon EGGS.—IF you desire to be certain that your eggs are good and iresh put the:n in water if the buts tiirni up ihey are not fresh. This is an infallible lule to distinguish a good eelK from a bad one.

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LORD PALMERSTON is beginning to make political play. His Lordship has introduced an Oaths Bill. and what is more, he expresses a confident opinion that it will this session pass into law. This move of the Pre- mier comes rather unexpectedly on us after his repeated assertion that all matters connected with the representa- tion of the people were to be postponed till next session, and we can only account for it on one of two suppositions, either that he finds himself surrounded by a noisy crowd who are crying out voraciously for reform, and who, if compelled to wait for it, in its broad sense, till next session, are determined to have something wherewith to stay their political appetite, or that knowing the in- triguing spirit of bis rival Lord John who is perpetually plotting for power, he is determined to seize the first chance of forestalling him in a measure with which the little lord' has so emphatically identified his life. Surmises of this kind are superfluous, however, the bill itself is on the table of the House of Commons, and will in all probability be passed by that assembly—nay, the word probability is out of place—the bill beyond doubt will pass the lower House because it deals with a question on which there is unity among the Liberls while there are differences of opinion among the Con- servatives. It only remains to be seen therefore whether the measure will succeed in the Lords, or whether the House of our hereditary legislators will again vindicate the essentially Christian' character of parliament. And two considerations impel us to the conclusion that the bill will become law. Since it was last submitted to the Upper Branch of the Legislature, the House of Lords has received a large importation of young peers, who are Palmerstonians nearly to a man, and a batch of bishops whose hearts, yet warm with political gratitude, will in all likelihood prompt them to support the premier who elevated them. With regard to the general ques- tion of the admission of Jews to Parliament, it is now rather too late in the day to enter on discursive discus- sion. The arguments on both sides are manifold, they have been used, repeated & re-echoed for many years with great force and plausibility by their respective champions and, as a contemporary observes, every man capable of having an opinion must by this time have made up hia mind, every man must have settled for himself whether it is impiety to consent to the change, or whether it is superstition, intolerance, or undue exclusiveness to oppose it, and whether the main reasons of principle and policy on the one side are better than the main reasons on the other. We are not then, for this reason, dis- posed to discuss the propriety of the object the Premier has in view, but we cannot resist the remark that it would be more candid—more honourable to him & to the Jews also, if the question of their admission had been put before the House in the form of a simple resolution to which members could say by their votes aye' or 'no.' This was the mode in which Lord John Russell originally dealt with the question, and we regard it as more politically honest. Lord Palmerston should be above the ruse he is adopting in his Oaths Bill, and the Jews shoull disavow the attempt which is being made to get them into Parliament by a coup de main. To the consolidation of the three oaths in one and to the re- moval of a good deal of verbiage inapplicable to the pre- sent time and repugnant to the feelings of many, few in the nbstract. will object, but when it is recollected that the altorati, n of the oath in pretended consideration of th feelings o the Christian members of the House was n V Jr thought of till it was necessary to attempt that by at a agem for the Jews which could not be obtained by a more straightforward process, there are a good many who will condemn it. The admissibility of the Jews should, we repeat, be made to stand on its own merits, for it is never honourable, any more in politicians than in other men, to secure their ends by tricks. The very mode in which the bill is introduced convinces us that Lord Palmerston has no earnestness of feeling in the matter. Were he deeply imbued with conviction that it was a measure imperatively demanded by justice and religious liberty, he would manifest the signs. But the fact is that his Lordship is unusually jocular, and no doubt laughs in his sleeve when people chant paeans in honour of his religious toleration. For there are many who pretend that the admission of Jews to Parliament is a further development of Christian principles. Stuff —call it a political expediency if you like, but it is so much mockery to say that Christianity has anything to do with it. The churchman, the dissenter, and the catholic have all much in common—they all come beneath the broad denomination of Christians, but in religion the Jew is a terrible alien from them all. Lord Palmerston beyond doubt fully appreciates this, but then the noble lord loves power, and, unlike Burke, he is not too fond of the right to pursue the expedient.

» The Divorce Bill introduced by Lord Cranworh is a medley-it has much that is good mixed up with a good deal that is highly objectionable. Such a measure indeed might have been expected from the Lord Chancellor, who has done nothing but bungle from the moment he left the Bench which he adorned and mounted, by a hop, step, and jump, to the woolsack. We say such a bill as this might have been expected from him, because as he hai ceased to think tor himself, and commenced acting as the reflector of every suggession made to him, both bv his friends and opponents, he is bound to deliver him- sell if something that is good & quite as safe of propound- ing something that is mischievous. With regard to the Divorce Bill now before Parliament, there is a good deal in which every right thinking person will concur. The principle is laid down—and it is in accordance with scriptural law—that the marriage tie once con- tracted is indissoluble—at all events as far as the ulterior power of marrying again is concerned—saving for one cause, a cause which destroys the purpose and intent of marriage, namely, unfaithfulness. This is a highly satisfactory feature of the bill, and there is also another principle enunciated which has our entire approval. It is contained in the clause justifying divorce, a mensa et thoro, under circumstances of unjustifiable desertion. On this part of the measure, and a very important part it is as affecting the social status of the husband and wife after the divoroe has taken place, the Lord Chancellor said, "he proposed that from the time when a decree was obtained aMMMsu et thoro, separating the parties, although not dissolving the marriage, the wife should, with regard to all earnings of money, all accumulations of property, and all contracts, be placed upon precisely the same foot- ting as an unmarried woman—that her property should be entirely her own, and that her husband should have no right to touch it. That provision, he believed, would remedy many of tl.ose evils, described, no doubt, witb truth, as the grievances of married women, of which he in common, probably, with a great many of their lord- stnps had lately heard so much. If his proposition should be adopted, whenever a husband had deserted his wife, and had so conducted himself that upon any ground a separation might be obtained a mensu et thoro, the wife might safely trade or exercise a profession and accumulate money, and she would be protected in the enjoyment of the fruits of her industry just as if she had no husband." So far the measure is satisfactory, but at this point its defects which are negative, positive, and comparative in their character, force themselves on our attention. In the first place, a man and woman are not on the same footing as regards the obtainment of a divorce. The husband may at any time procure one, on the unfaithful- ness of his partner, but adultery committed bv him must occur in its most heinous shape before the remedy so accessible to him is open to her. Again, a woman who has obtained a divorce, is not permitted to marry, while the woman divorced has not only that privilege accorded her, but is positively permitted to marry the accomplice in her guilt. Thus in the former case, the wife who has vindicated the religious and moral dignity of her position is practically punished for having acted with laudable propriety, while in the latter case there is, in point of fact, a premium offered to crime, by making guilt not only legal but respectable. Apart from the inconsistency ot this we maintain that in inserting the clause permitting guilty parties to intermarry, the Lord Chancellor is dis- regarding the teaching of the New Testament. On this point the remarks of the Archbishop of Canterbury are so clear that any statement from us in support of the posi- tion we have laid down, is happily superfluous. 'One section,' observed his Grace,' permitted the parties whose guilt had occasioned the dissolution of the first marriage to form afterwards a legal union whereas the divine laow said, Whosoever shall marry one that is put away com- mitteth adultery." He could not venture to contravene the divine law, even if he could not perceive its reason- ableness. But surely it did not approve itself to their judgement. Their object was to prevent crime But surely they offered temptation to crime if they permitted the commission of crime in the first instance to lead ultimately to that result which had unhappily become the desired result, and to end in even permanent legalised union. Surely the first spark of guilty passion ought rather to be extinguished by the conviction that its indul- gence could only lead to reproach and degradation These observations are well calculated to convince and should they not influence the Lord Chancellor to with draw the section, we trust they will inspire an opposition which will overthrow It in committee. This done and a clause introduced whereby man and wife shall be placed on exactly the same footing, as regards the power to seek a divorce, and the act will he satisfactory We sincerely trust these changes may be affected in its con- stitution, and quite as ardently desire that this legislation may be final on the subject of divorce-There is a dis- position abroad we hope not a spreading one, to see divorce extended to casas short of adultery. There are some who think ihat even dissimilarity of temper would justly a decree of separation. This is a highly obnox- ious octrine since it is fraught with serious conseqnen- ces to the social well being of the communitv. It was respeatedly urged in the debate wbich took place in the Lords the other night, that the loose nature of the mar- riage tie on the continent, and the ease with which it might be dissolved were provocative of a great amount of crime and misery. And it was not less emphatically argued that the great happiness arising from marriage in this country, arose from the almost impossible dissolution of the tie through the agency of legislation.

GREAT EASTERN STEAM SHIP. The subjoined particulars in reference to the Great Eastern, well described as 'the most magnificent crea- t:on the world has ever seen, and a characteristic monu" ment of the genius of England and the glory of her prodigious commerce,' are extracted from a pamphlet recently issued. We make no apology for recurring to a subject to which we devoted so much space last week, seeing that the Great Eastern is emphatically a wonder of the world, and seeing also that Mil ford Haven be assigned the glory of her harbouring, facts AVbic'1 must excite in our readers a twofold interest 1- HER PR01>1ttETAitf. The Great Eastern is constructing for and is the pttl perty of the Eastern Steam Navigation Company, aCdifl pany incorporated by Royal charter, and is intended the Indian and Australian route by the Cape of Hope. The capital of the company is ;e),2C"00, in shares of £ 20 each, with power to increase to £ 2,00 ',0" » ol which about £ .500,000 has already been called up an.a expended in the construction of this magnificent vessel- A further sum of £ Ki0,n0i) it is calculated will be requi^ for internal fittings and other matters, before she is for sea. THE BUILDERS. The Great Eastern Steam Ship, was designed by tli eminent engineer, Isambard Kingdom Brunei,Esq., &c., the father of Transatlantic Steam Navigation, and the hull of the ship, together with the paddle engin^ were built by Messrs. Scott Russell and Co., of MilbvaU £ the screw engines were manufactured by the emine' firm of James Watts & Co., Soho Works, Birmingham. It is,' says Mr. Scott Russell, who designed her and constructed the iron hull of the ship, and to whom the entire merits of the ship as a piece of naval architec- tur e of right belongs; 'to the company's engineer, J»r: I. K. Brunei, that the original conception is due J? building a steamship large enough to carry coals su *» cient for full steaming on the longest voyage. He, the outset, and long before it had assumed a mercantd form, communicated his views to me, and I have Part!l cipated in the contrivance of the best means to carry them into practical effect. I think, further, that the ide* of using two sets of engines and two propellers is origi°a and was his invention. It wa* his idea also to in trod a cellular construction like that at the top and of the Britannia-bridge into the construction of the grf* ship. It will be seen that these are the main character istics which distinguish this from other ships, and these are Mr. Brunei's. Her lines and ber structure in other repects are identical with those of my other ships, whic" are constructed like this on a principle of my own, wbicB I have systematically carried out during the last twe»lJ years, and which is commonly called tne 'wave' Pr,n't ciple. In other respects, also, her materials are Pul together in the manner usual in my other ships.' THE HULL. The hull of the Great Eastern in built entirely of iron, and is 680 feet in length, 80 feet in breadth, and 58 fee in height, from keel to deck; it is divided transverse J into ten separate compartments of 60 feet each, rendere perfectly water-tight by bulkheads, having no whatever lower than the second deck, whilst two long1 tudinal walls of iron, 36 feet apart, traverse 350 feet 0 the length of the ship.. The mind will be better able to realise the magnltll is of these dimensions, if we add that the Great Eastern J six times the size of tho Duke of Wellington, battle ship; that her length is more than three times tn* of the height of the Monument, while in breadth it equal to the width of Pall Mail, and that a proniena41 round the deck, will afford a walk of more than quarter of a mile. 6 About 10,000 tons of iron plates have been used in construction of the hull, and as each plate weighs about a third of a ton, and is secured by 100 rivets, there h consequently been 30,<>i 0 plates and 3,00(),000 employed in its construction. At the bottom these P' are an inch thick, in all other places but three quarte of an inch. THE DECKS. be The deck of the ship, is double or cellular, &fterfa( plan of the Britannia tubular bridge; and is formed two half-inch plates at the bottom and two half-ip plates at the top, between which are webs which run t whole length of the ship. The upper deck runs flush and clear from stem to for a breadth of about twenty feet on either side, tn affording two magnificent promenades for thepassenge just within the bulwarks. These promenades are rat J more than the eighth of a mile long. Four turns upa down either side of them exceed a mile by 256 feet. b, This deck has been planned to be of such strength that if it were taken up by its two extremities and 1 entire weight the vessel is ever to carry were hung nP j its middle, it would sustain the whole by its unal" powers of resistance. or The deck of the Great Eastern is 692 feet in length? more than as long again as that of the steam ship t» Great Britain, it is nearly three times as long as to, of the line of battle ship the Duke of Wellington, a" n",ar'y as long again as that of the Himaylaya; ei6 h0 (i-jht feet more would make it as long again as that of Persia, at present the largest vessel afloat upon tn ocean. STEAM POWER. he The distinguishing feature in the character of 1 Great Eastern, in addition to her vast size, is the c?JJ6 bined application of steam power, through the P^ef. wheel and the screw. The engines are very consid ably larger than any hitherto made for marine purpo^-j. and their actual power will be far greater than tn^ nominal power. The vessel will have ten boilers a five funnels, and each can be cut off from its g(j and used, or not, as desired. The boilers are P' n- longitudinally along the centre of the ship, and are e tirely independent of each other. Every paddle bO"# has ten furnaces, and each screw boiler twelve furnace*J thus giving to the whole the large number of one dred and twelve furnaces. The fuel intended to be will he anthracite coal. The funnels are about 100 in height, measuring from the floor of the boilers to t top of the funnels. In addition to the motive steam power the wind ™ P to a considerable extent be made available, and f<>r 1 purpose it is proposed to provide the vessel with masts. THE SPEED.. E(J The speed of the Great Eastern, under the conibi propelling power of paddle and screw, is compnte.^ fifteen knots (eighteen miles) an hour, this speed • > expected to maintain without diminution and w' U|J cessation, under any weather; a speed which ^o accomplish the voyage between England and ^n(^iAeea the Cape, in from thirty to thirty-three days; and betw England and Australia in from thirty-three to thirty. days, or considerably less than half the time uiU8 consumed by sailing clipper vessels. PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION. JOIJ The Great Eastern is destined to afford accommoda for 4,000 passengers, viz:—800 first, class, 2,000 sC £ iD'g class, and 1,200 third class, independently of the sIvef compliment about 400. The series of saloons, toget with the sleeping apartments are located in the of the ship, and extend over 350 feet. The passeng arc. located in the cen'ral divisions of the ship, corop'et 0f isolated from the machinery by a strongly arched r of iron, above which, and below the lowest iron deck, « coals will be stowed, and thus prevent HI sound a" vibration from penetrating to the inhabitants in 1 upper stories. THE SHIP'S BOATS. The Great Eastern will carry 20 large boats on de^ | some of them new patents, on most ingenious princip In addition to these she will also carry, suspended { of her paddle-boxes, two small screw steamers 100 long each, and of between 60 and 70 tons burden. Arf will, of course, be raised and lowered by small auxili s engines already noticed. Both the little screw b will be kept in all respects perfectly equipped for b and used for embarking and landing the Passen^:er, with all their luggage, &c., along-side the wharf or P whichever it may happen to be. TONNAGE. EQFL The Great Eastern is 18,500 tons register, and 1h. l0 tons builders measure, or, as she is intended to s^1=Q0 and from Australia, a distance, there and back, of j|a miles, in the proportion of one ton burden to one m steaming. The time generally lost in long voyages ,g calling at ports by the way will thus be saved, and,11 expected, a profit realised to the shareholders. NOAH S AKK AND THE GREAT EASTERN.. Q( The following is a comparison between the j Noah's Ark and the Great Eastern, both being conside in point of tonnage after the old law for calculating tonnage. is The sacred cubit,' as stated by Sir Isaac Newton, 20-625 English inches; by Bishop Wilkins, at inches. According to these authorities the dimens1 will be as follows:- -t. Sir I. Newton. Bishop Wilkins. ,.et. Eng. Feet. Eng. Feet. En £ Length between perpen- a9n.Q diculars 515*62 547-0 Breadth 8594 91-16 £ „.() Depth 51-56 54 -741 680'Z Keel, or length for tonnage 464-08 492-31 Tonnage according to old gi law 18,-231 58-94 21,761 50-94 23,092 i°' Such are some of the characteristics of the j Eastern the last and grandest triumph of Pra'ttf to science destined, ere long, in all its majestic beauty^ float proudly on its ocean home, and spread the ren g( of Brunei and Scott Russell to the remotest corne the earth, and maintain unrivalled the supremacy England as the maritime sovereign of the seas.' HAVERFORDWEST.—A very important street imP1' ment is now being effected on the eastern side of the Bridge. The trustees of Sir John Perrott's Charityna resolved to pave the line of road from the end0 New Bridge on through Cartlett towards the ,alptlr- station, have commenced operations. The flags, P0re chased from the Gas Commissioners at cost P| lC?'ortiy being rapidly laid down, and the thoroughfare will sn be a credit to the town, instead of being, as heretoto positive nuisance. a(J1( S VAGRANCY.—On Thursday, before J. Harvey and Owen, Esqs., Owen McKanley, a hawker, was charge the police with vagrancy. It appears that late on tne H g, vious night the prisoner was found sleeping on the a his coat burning. To this offence he pleaded g,lllt- k to was fined 5s. and costs, which he was allowed a wSg0cb pay. During the hearing of the case he favoured the D rS with a short autobiographical sketch. Eighteen J ago he left the Green Isle' to commence the a business, with plenty of money in his pocket, £ pack as ever man carried on his back,' and Be be,i sober a man as ever left Ireland, barring now eH- eOtp0 when he'd take a drop.' He succeeded very well 1°' "ood years, but became dissipated, spent all his profit"') |,e got into no end of scrapes, of.which the present last. In answer to a question as to how much he c drink, he replied 'Sixty glasses a day, and rum brandy in the bargain.' C,,O!lo The remains of the late Mr. Bassinger of PictOll .I were conveyed in a hearse to the St. Mary's New ch Ground, on Thursday last, followed by a mourning jed containing his lamenting widow and friends, a<'coHl^uabi" by several other carriages and many respectable in tants of the town. The deceased is very deeply reg by all who knew him. Thomas Gateward Davies, son of the late Davies, Rector of St. George, Basse Terre, passed a satisfactory examination before the yjd'Sj Beach Thomas, Chaplain to the Bishop of St. U* for Mil ward's Scholarship, Brasennoso, Oxford.