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p- PEMBROKESHIRE. KILOERRAX PETTY SESSIOs.-The usual monthly petty session for this Hundred was held at Xewchapel, on the 5th inst., before John Colby, Arthur Saunders Davies, and Walter D. Jones, Esqrs. Rachael Jones and Esther Jenkins were summoned upon the complaint of Dennis Lloyd, farm bailiff at Clynfiew, for stealing two bundles of fire wood, value five pence each, the pro- perty of W. H. Lewis, Esq. The defendants both pleaded guilty, but it being their first offence, they were strongly recommended to mercy, an as the bench were inclined to believe that some error in judgment was made, they were reprimanded and discharged. A summons against Lewis John, quarryman, for malicious injury to property belonging to Wm. E. Williams, Esq., of Penalltryny, was adjourned until the 2nd of December. Mr Asa J. Evans appeared for the defendant. A summons against Thomas Davies, of Gorse, Llanfihangelpenbedw, upon the information of David Morgan, one of the overseers of Castellan, for neglecting to contribute to the support of his mother Rachael Davies, who was chargeable to the parish, was adjourned to the same time. Mr. Jason Thomas, of Blaenbullen, Clydey, obtained an order for a warrant of ejectment under the small tenements act against David Davies. Informations were ordered to be laid and summonses issued against Mr. Griffith Griffiths, the district surveyor of highways in the Boncath district, for not repairing certain highways within his division. ROYAL PEMBROKESHIRE ARTILLERY iNILLITIk. -This militia regiment, which had been called un for 28 days' training and drill, was disbanded on Monday last. The full complement of the regiment is 400, and it consists at present of 310 effective and able bodied men-a larger number than it could ever reckon before. Almost all the men are fine stalwart fellows, equal in appearance and effectiveness to any militia regiment in the kingdom. There seems to be at present no difficulty in enlisting suitable men—the officers can have the pick of the dis- Irict, and numbers are offering daily, whom for various reasons they are compelled to refuse. On Friday last, the regiment was inspected and reviewed by Colonel Franklin and all the evolutions were performed in a most creditable and soldier-like manner-so much so that the gallent Colonel expressed his high approval of the regiment, and his warm appropation of the men's performances. The day being very wet and boisterous, the review was necessarily shortened; but before Colonel Franklin left the ground, he most warmly complimented the officers for the soldier-like bearing of the men, and for the high state of efficiency into which they had been trained in such a short time. In the afternoon of the same day Major Lewis addressed the men, on the parade ground, and, in a very excellent speech, complimented them on their appearance and bearing, expressed his gra- tification at their receiving the approval of Colonel Franklin, and trusted that they would continue to sus- tain the excellent character they had won. The same evening the officers entertained a large party of their friends at dinner. Covers were laid for 50, and a most sumptuous repast was provided. Amongst the guests were the inspecting officer, Colonel Franklin, Captain Peel, Lieut. Carrow, and Surgeon K P. Phillips, of the Haverfordwest Rifle Corps; Captain Do Rutzen Frentz and Captain Mansell, of the Castlemartin Yeomanry Cavalry; the Mayor of Haverfordwest, Wm. Davies, Esq.; Entwistle Peel, Esq., Summers Harford, Esq., J. R. Powell, Esq., Mr. Brown, surgeon, &c. Several toasts were given and speeches delivered, and after spending a most pleasant evening the company broke up before midnight. On Monday last the regiment was disbanded and on dismissing the men to their homes and employ- ments, Colonel Sir Hugh Owen made «ng and impressive speech. He complimented them on their general orderly conduct-upon their attention to drill -their proficiency in their evolutions, and expressed himself highly gratified at hearing Colonel Franklin, on the previous Friday, so highly approve of their conduct and bearing. The men were most attentive during the time of the Colonel's address, and at the conclusion greeted him with three cheers. Both Colonel and officers seem to be greatly liked by the men. The conduct of the men during the time regiment has been in for training has been generally excellent-but few complaints have been made against them; and their attention to drill and training has secured for them the strong approval of the officers. THE BURIAL OF THE REV. DAVID GRIF- FITIIS, LATE OF ACCRINGTON. ) The body of this minister was interred on Monday last in the burial ground at Trevangor, near to Fynnon Baptist Chapel, in accordance with the wishes of the deceased. On the 26th ult. the burial was prevented by Mr. J. IA. P. Lewis, of Henllan, who laid claim to the graveyard, and demanded a small fee as an acknow- ledgment of his rights. The fee being refused, Mr. Lewis ordered the grave to be filled up and placed a padlock on the gate. The body was then taken to Nar- berth, and'temporarily interred in the Baptist burial ground there, pending deliberations on the subject. It was subsequently determined by some of the Baptists in Pembrokeshire, to assert the right of the denomina- tion to the graveyard, and to remove the obstruction which, by Mr. Lewis' orders, impeded the interment of their friend. Accordingly, on Monday last, an immense concourse of people assembled at Xarberth, to witness the removal of the body from the cemetry there, to the little burial ground at Trevangor. Many attended the gathering on Monday to express their respect and reverence for the memory of a great and good man, of whom the Baptist denomination are justly proud. Others there were who knew him person- ally, and who loved and esteemed him highly. His name was familar to the Baptists of central Pembroke- shire, for there his boyhood's days were spent, and there he preached some of the last sermons which fell from his lips. He returned home to Lancashire, however, to die, and almost his last words were a request to be buried in the old yard at Trevangor, where many of his youthful hours were spent. From all parts of the county the leaders of the deno- mination flocked into the town of Narberth on Monday, and long before 12 o'clock—the time fixed for meeting —the chapel, and the yard around it, were filled with an anxious and excited assembly. Outside the chapel yard there was a very large number of persons in wait- ing, and the road from Narberth towards Ffynnon was thickly strewed with waiting groups, ready to swell the procession when it arrived., Shortly after 12 o'clock, the Rev. Benj.ami. n Thomas, of Whitly, attended by a large number of ministers and friends, entered the chapel, and placed himself m front of the pulpit. The Rev. Dr. Davies, President of the Haverfordwest College, then gave, at the request of the Chairman, the programme of the day's proceedings, after which, William Rees, Esq., of Haverfordwest, was desired to state the reasons why they were then assem- bled. Mr. Rees said, he very deeply regretted the cause which induced them to meet on that melancholy occa- sion. They were assembled to pay the last marks of respect to the memory of a great and a good man- but they met under most painful circumstances, and he for one deplored that they were forced on such an occa- sion, to make a public assertion of the rights, which be- longed to them as a religious denomination. They had, no doubt, all of them, heard of the conduct of Mr. Lewis, of Henllan, in connection with the burial of their de- ceased friend on the former day-that he had set up a claim to be the proprietor of the Baptist burial ground, near Ffynnon, and had prevented the interment of their friend there, unless they would by a small payment ac- knowledge Mr. Lewis's right to the soil. He, hearing of this strange conduct of Mr. Lewis, thought it is duty, as a Baptist, to render to them as a denomination, every assistance in his power. Hence, he and some of his friends came to Narberth on Monday last, to offer such adice, and to render such assistance as he was able to give. He might just briefly state that first of all he went to Trevangor, and happily met Mr. Lewis on the spot. Knowing Mr. Lewis well, he at once in a friendly manner urged him to forego his opposition to the interment of Mr. Griffiths. Mr. Lewis, however, stated that he had opposed, and that he should persist in his opposition, because the property belonged to him and not to the Baptists. He used every argument with Mr. Lewis that he could think of. He showed him how valueless to him the property really was-that he could do nothing with it—that he had grievously outraged the feelings, not only of all the religious denominations in Pembrokeshire, but of the entire public, and that it would be an act of grace and propriety, were he to give a piece of land to enlarge the present burial place; that he would thus retire with some dignity from the contest he had provoked, and would convince the public that he had erred only through a mistaken im- pression. Mr. Lewis, however, said he was resolved to persist in his course, that he would not allow the burial to take place unless there was a small pay- ment—a halfpenny, made to him. To this he replied that he certainly should not advise the demomina- tion to follow any such course-the mere payment of the halfpenny was insignificant in itself, but it would be an acknowledgment of Mr. Lewis's right, which he for one would never admit. That the Baptists claime d the burial ground as their own, and should maintain their right, if he (Mr. Lewis) was so ill ad- vised as to persist in his present course. Some further conversation ensued, and he then assured Mr. Lewis, that on meeting with his friends In Narbetb that after- noon, he should strongly urge them to take possession of the yard. Mr. Lewis then said, "you can bring your action against me, if you like, to which he replied, I I N. o, I shall not advise that course, but I shall urge my friends to take possession of the burial ground, and you can bring your action if you like. Mr Lewis said, I I If you attempt this, I shall oppose you, to which he answered, "Wo shall certainly attempt it, and if you interfere by force, you will then be breaking the peace. Mr. Lewis then said, "But you perceive there is a lock on the gate," to which he replied. "But that can be removed." Mr. Lewis than inquired, "Do you really mean to sa\, that you will break this lock ?" lie said, Certainly we shall do it. The property is ours. You have no right to the burial ground, and arc only a trespasser." Mr. Lewis then said, Will you break the lock, and remove the obstructions, that I may have a proper person against whom to bring my action?" He replied, Certainly, I will give you that opportunity, I will break it myself." Mr. Lewis said, You will pledge your word to this ?" to which he answered, I will." They then parted, and he (Mr. Rees) returned to Narbeth, and saw friends there, to whom he related the conversation, and strongly urged them to take possession of the burial ground, which they resolved to do. Earlier in the day, he saw Mr. Roblin, who sold the property to Mr. Lewis, and he (Mr. Roblin) assured him, that he never understood that the burial ground was his, that his father never bought it, and that he himself never sold it to Mr. Lewis, and he further said," Mr. Lewis knows well that I never sold it to him." Mr. Roblin then produced a map of the Rushacre property, dated 1772, on which map this burial ground is marked. Here is the field [producing a map of the property], in the corner of which the burying groun d is, and that field is marked No. 37. The burial ground is marked with the letter A, and by the side of it is the following note :— « NOTE.—That spot marked with letter A, at the N.E. corner of No. 37, is a burying place, belonging to the Baptists, and belongs to Fynnon-gwell-na-bwlch Meet- ing house." Now, this map was made 89 years ago, and made too for the owner of the surrounding property, and the owner causes a note to be inscribed in his own map, that the burial ground belongs to the Baptists. The property was subsequently sold by the then owner, who specially distinguished the burial ground in the sale map. It is marked off from the field in the map, and the word burying" is inserted within it. He that Monday afternoon, also saw Mrs. Williams, whose hus- band, Mr. Arthur Williams, bought the property at this sale. Mrs. Williams distinctly declares that her hus- band never bought the burying ground, neither did he sell it to Mr. Roblins' father. Mr. Roblin moreover says, that it was never his, and that he never sold it to Mr. Lewis. And Mr. Roblin further says, that he lent his map of the property to Mr. Gibbon, Mr. Lewis's solicitor, for the purpose of giving a sketch of the pro- perty on the margin of Mr. Lewis's purchase deed. In that map, the burial ground is marked off from the field and distinctly declared to belong to the Baptists. At that meeting on Monday, to which he had referred, certain resolutions were passed, the chief of which was that they should, as a denomination, take possession of the burial ground. He, therefore, thought it his duty to inform Mr. Lewis of their resolve—as he had promised to give him two days' notice before any action was taken. Consequently he wrote, on Tuesday, the following letter to Mr. Lewis:— Haverfordwest, October 30th, 1864. DEAR, SIR,—After my interview with you on Mon- day at Trevangor burying ground, I proceeded to Nar- berth to make enquiries. I saw Mrs. Arthur Williams. She said that her deceased husband bought Trevangor at the public sale in 1838 from Miss Napier. That at that time Miss Napier distinctly told Mr. Williams and herself that she did not sell the burying ground, as it had been given by her ancestors very many years ago to the Baptists. Mr. Williams, moreover, said that her husband had never deemed the burial ground as being included in his purchase from Miss Napier; that he never possessed it, nor ever claimed it, and produced the sale plan with the burial ground distinctly shown and described as such. That Mr. Williams, when he sold Trevangor to Mr. Roblin, your vendor's ancestor, did not sell to him the burying ground. Mr. Roblin, whom I likewise saw, confirms that statement so far as relates to himself, and he says that he never possessed or claimed the cemetery, and never sold it to you, and always considered it to belong to the Baptists. He says that he actually lent to your solici- tor, Mr. Gibbon, the map, to have the fields sold to you, and the burying ground belonging to the Baptists, pro- perly defined and delineated on your purchase deed. Mr. Roblin likewise produced an ancient map of the Rushacre and Trevangor estates, made in 1772, on which is stated that the cemetery belongs to the Baptists and to the Baptist Church at Fynnon. I shall now give you a sketch from that map, and copy verbatim the note thereon. Mr. Roblin kindly lent mo the map, and I shall be happy to show it to you if you have any de- sire to see it. The note is as follows— NOTE.—That spot marked with letter A at the N. E. corner of No. 37 is a burying place belong- ing to the Baptists and belongs to Ffynon- gwell-na-bwich Meeting House." The ancient published history of the Baptists in Pembrokeshire refers to the cemetery, and details its origin and the proprietorship of the Baptists therein. The minutes of the Baptist Church at Ffynnon near to you, written in 1720, likewise declare and record the same facts. The minister of the place will shew you those minutes if you desire to see them. And now do let me entreat you, on your own account, to forbear any further opposition. I have been candid with you and have given you these facts, that you may see that you have neither a legal nor moral claim to this cemetery; ¡ and if you had, I think, under the circumstances, you should not exercise it. The spot is of little or no value to you, and why outrage the feelings of families whose relatives are resting there, and insult the denomination at large by this procedure rather adopt my suggestion and give us an additional piece to enlarge the cemetery, and we will forgive the past and praise you in the future. You will perceive by a copy of a letter I send you that a public funeral is determined upon, to take place on Monday next at 12 o'clock. Do write me imme- diately to the effect that you are now satisfied, and give me thus the opportunity of publishing your acquies- cence in our claims and your determination to forbear. I am, dear sir, very faithfully yours, WILLIAM REES." To that letter, Mr. Lewis sent the following reply:— "Henllan, Narberth, October 31st, 1861. Dear Sir,—I am in receipt of your letter of yester- day's date. "I thank you for the long history of the piece of ground—for the account of your proceedings at Narberth —and for the letter. I am unable to fulfil tho condition upon which I am to have forgiveness for the past, and your praise for the future. Neither can I write to you to say that I have no ri^ht to the piece of ground. I trust, therefore, as you inform me there is to be a public funeral on Mon- day, you will come up to-morrow, or early on Saturday morning, to break the lock yourself, as arranged between us on Monday last. I am, dear sir, yours truly, "JOHN L. GRIFFITH P. LEWIS." He (Mr. Rees) replied to that letter, to this effect: — "Haverfordwest, 1st November, 1861. Dear Sir,—The arrangement made with you was that I should myself break the lock if it were not re- moved when or before we came to bury our dead. The time, I told you, I could not then fix but intimated that I should propose to the friends that Monday should bo appointed, and that I thought it very probable that that day would be fixed upon but whether it would be or not I promised to give you two days' notice of the time. I have already apprised you that the funeral will take place on Monday, at 12 o'clock. We shall assemble at Narberth on that day, and at that hour convey the corpse to the Trevangor Cemetery, and we mean to go, as the occasion specially demands, peaceably and seriously, but yet determinedly in the event ot our meeting with any obstruction. Again, I implore you to forego your opposition, and send me the key ot the gate. From what I have already said, you will see that I do not intend to go up before Monday. Indeed it would be inconvenient and unnecessary for me to go betore that day. I remain dear sir, very faithfully yours, WILLIAM REES." He (Mr Rees) was sorry that Mr Price, their Secretary, had not brought to-day as on the former Monday, that history in Welsh, which details the gift of this piece of land to the Baptists fully 200 years ago. Thero is also a minute book of Fynnon chapel, referring to this same transaction, and which is important evidence in their favor. He, therefore, thought that they had now no alternative, but to assert the right to the burial ground in question, and he for one would assist them to the full extent of his power. He had now recapitulated briefly the circumstances to them, and had read the correspon- dence, and his work was done—save to accompany them to the grave yard, and carry out to the letter their resolution. The Rev. B. Thomas then gave out a hymn, after the singing of which the Rev. D. Davies of Pembroke, and the Rev. J. Griffiths, of Blaenconin, prayed in English and W clsh. The procession was then formed. The coffin, which was made of oak richly stained, having been taken from its temporary resting place, was put into the hearse, and was followed by the immediate friends of the deceased. The carriages, and conveyances of all kinds, and horses, j were then formed in line, after which followed a dense mass of people on foot, and in this order the procession loft Narberth. But in ad vance of the procession, and for the whole of the distance for two or three miles to Trevangor burial ground the road was literally crowded with carriages and horses and foot passengers, all wend- ing their way to the scene of the intended burial. On arriving at the spot it was found that Mr. Lewis had erected a fence of thorns at the entrance of the field in which the burial ground is, and in the way to the burial ground, and he and some of his friends were within for the purpose of protecting his alleged rights. Mr. Rees, accompanied by some of his friends, walked at the head of the procession, the coffin being immediately behind them, and on reaching the outside of the thorn fence Mr. Lewis approached it on the inside. Mr. Rees then inquired whether Mr. Lewis was present, and on Mr. Lewis himself answering in the affirmative, the fol- lowing conversation ensued Mr. Rees Did you put up this fence, Mr. Lewis ? Mr. Lewis I did. Mr. Rees: We are come to bury our dead, will you remove it ? Mr. Lewis: I will not. Mr. Rees: Then I shall proceed to remove it my- self. Mr. Lewis: Pray stop a moment, let me have my witnesses present to see what you do. The witnesses having succeeded in forcing their way through the crowd, which by this time had filled the inside of the field about 1he entrance, Mr. Rees again asked the questions of Mr. Lewis, and having received similar answers, Mr. Rees, said" I now proceed to re- move this obstruction. He then took hold of an upright stake, and having pulled it up from the ground he said, Arc there any persons here who will help me to take ■ ■ •. — i .11 (.l.. this obstruction down ?" Instantly a score of persons from inside and outside the field laid forcible grasp upon the fence, and in less than a minute the wholo of the obstruction was thrown beside the hedge, and the en- trance into the field was free. Mr. Lewis then left the spot and retired some few yards to the gate of the graveyard. Immediately after, the procession ap- proached the gate, headed by Mr. Rees—the cplfin, as before, being close behind. A similar conversation here took place between the two gentlemen. Mr. Rees en- quired whether Mr. Lewis had put the lock on the gate, to which he replied that he had. He was then asked to take the lock off that they might bury their dead in peace. He distinctly refused. Mr. Rocs then asked for a hammer, and one was immediately handed him. He having struck the lock gently, returned the hammer to the person who produced it, and he then requested this person to break the lock. After two or three blows, scientificiaily struck on the side of the lock, the bolts fell back, and the lock was removed. Mr. Rees then threw the gate open and gave free access to the proces- sion to enter the enclosure. After this had been done, Mr. Rees and Mr. Lewis retired together, apparently in amicable conversation. Spades and pickaxes were then procured, and the grave was rapidly dug, and was as rapidly bricked. While this necessary work was being performed in the grave yard, the large assembly ad- journed to the adjoining field, off Mr Lewis s property, where religious services were held. Those services were conducted by the Revds. Dr. Davies, of Haverfordwest, Henry Price, of Carmel, D. M. Evans, of Llanolly, H. J. Morgans, of Pembroke-dock, and others, and at their close—the grave being now finished-te body of the deceased minister was laid in its final resting place, when the large assembly quietly dispersed. DARING Ronmmy AT THE LOWER WII.VRF OF THR EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY, BLACK WALL. — On Saturday morning information was issued by the Citr and Metro- politan Police of another of those peculiar and mysterious robberies which of late have been so frequent in the metro- polis, and which occurred at the Lower Wharf of tho Eastern Counties Railway Company, Blackwall. The thieves succeeded in getting up Bow-creek, abutting on the River Th3mes, and conveyed away a hOKshcfld of the very best leaf tobacoo. Every exertion has been made by the police to apprehend the thieTes, but up to the present time without success. A reward of £.50 is offered for their ap- prehension. REMARKARLE RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—Two men named Frederick Allcock and Edward Clarke were employed in re- pairing the Great Western line noar Kingswood, where there i a srnall station, when the" narrow guige" train approached from Wolverhampton on the np line. They stopped on to the down line, but had no sooner done so than they were knocked dOlvo bp an exprps train coming in the opposite direction but although tho train passed over both men neither were killed. Clark was removed to the Bir- mingham Hospital and is rapidly recovering from the effects. The other man, who was much worse hurt, is now lying in the hospital at Leamington. J BLONDIN'S FAREWELL.—M. Blondin's engagement with tho Crystal Palace Company was brought to a termina tion by a brilliant performance, on Thursday evening. lie appeared in a new aspect, and with the advantage of a pyro- technic display. Having taken his seat in a basket. which bore blue lights, he was drawn along a connectiug rope to the platform in the centre of the rope, which was stretched at a great height over the terrace from end to end. He then traversed the rope several times, but suddenly his light went Ollt, and while the spectitors Wpre anxiously straining their eves to catch a glimpse of the redoubtable rope-walker, the balance-polo broke in a display of firewlJrk" with Catherine wheels at each end, whilst Blondin's cap be- came a fountain of lloman candles. This l.is'ed for some time. After the fireworks had burned out, the perforrnpr continued his course towards the centre, where ho hung by the leg on the rope for some time, and then, with a burst j of rockets and bhziog motto, — Blondin's thanks,"—made his parting bow, returning to the building as he had come, in a basket with lights. DESTRUCTIVE FIRIS. — During Saturday night and Sunday morning the firemen were sent for to attend various fires that had occurre ) in the metro;)oUtan districts. The most serious fires out of eight were the foHowing:—On SlUlÜy morning about cleven o'clock, a nre broke out in the PI'C' mises of Mr T. Hatch, hlllldes dealer in hair and lime, -50, Grange-road Bermon !sey. The fire originated in one of the drying store houses filled with goods undergoing the process of seasoning. The property in this part of the premises was of very inflanmablc character, and very speedily the conflagration reached to the adjoining cart sheds and houses. There being a good supply of water procured the firemen at once went to work, the engines present being those of the parish, the London Brigade, and one fro u Messrs. Hodgea' Distillery, ant the firemen under the direction of Mr. Henderson, managed eventually to extiTI- guish the fire The two buildings before mentioned were nearly destroyed. The loss will fall upon the Unity Fire Office. On Saturday night a fire happened in the premises occupied conjointly by Mrs. Ann Baker, a cowkeeper, and Mr. J. Bailer, a buiider, &o. Tho premises in question covered in one direction a space of round in Baker's-mewe, Kilburn, stretching nearly 50 feet, whilst over a doz m houses on Bridge-crescent sornunded the property. In- (ormation hruin been despatched to town for assistance, a quickly a- possible the engines of the parish and sereral of the London Brigade from King-street, Baker-street, Well,-street, Chandos street, and GJU'>n.quue attended under the direction of Captain Shaw, the superintendent and Mr. Staple the foreman of the C district. The engines were soon set to work, but th3 firemen were unable to get the tire extinguished until the two large buildings were destroyed, the lofts over guttid, an I the builders' work-hop consumed. The principal loss on these two buildings will fall upon the Country Fir 0 Hcp, and Mr. Whit", of that company, quickly attended to take charge of the salvage. The following persons are also serious losers by the disas- trouserent. viz.:—Wm. Bartlett, No. 2, Bri Jge-crescent, chandler; No, 3 in the same crescent, the property of Mr. I W. J. Sparks, a tobacconist, insured in the Union No. 4, to Mrs. Ann Maddon, a tailoress (not insured) No o, Richard Baldwin, dairyman (not insured); No. 6, Mr. Peter Hinder, a poulterer (not insured); No. 7, Mary Ann North- over, haberdasher (not insured) No. 8, Mr. George Cish, boot and shoe maker (not insured) No. 9, Mr. Duns'er, tailor (uninsured). The origin of the fire is unknown. Whilst the last-mentioned fire was raging another broke out near the London Docks, which caused great alarm. The premises in which the misfortune commenced belonged to Mr. R. G. Dunnell, colour mannufacturer, Star and Garter-yard, St. George's. in-the- East, and were used as the drying, boiling, and press rooms, being nearly 50 feet long and 25 feet wide, adjoining which was auother drying-house, The rooms were filled with oils and turpentine, and the ware-houses with smaller stores. When the discovery was made information wis sent to [r Superintendent White, of the H division, as well as to the London Docks and fire brigade for assistance. In the course of a few minutes the powerful floating engine of tho London Dock Company set to work, and numerous land engines of the London brigade, under the superintendence of Captain Shaw and Mr. Bridges, the foreman of A district. A plsntiful supply of water was procured, and the land engines of tho bri- gade were set to work, but in spite of the greatest exertions of all present, the flames could not be extinguished until the drying-house and the boiling and press rooms were b irnt and the roof off; the roof s of another drying house, the tank rooms, and the adjoining warehouse are nlso very seriously damaged by fire and water. The cause of this fire is unknown. The sufferer is insure! in the Phoenix Fire Office. Tho fencing and hoarding of west garden of the London Dock Company are also damaged by Brt; and cutting MR. RAREY.—Mr. Rirey has taken the head prize with Cruiser at the only fair at which he has been shown, and forty to fifty foals by him are expected nextseasou. Thetis, the mare which he purchased at Rawcliffe, won three first prizes at the Ohio states fair, and two other more strictly local ones but, unfortunately, her colt foal by Newminster died at the end of forty-eight hours. The numberless visi- tors who went to see Cruiser at Grove Port, aud offered him every encouragementto get into" a tarnation rae," spread sueh reports of his fighting powers, that people were aU in a shake when Mr liarey announced an exhibition at the Madison township fair; but the two just tumbled over each other, and played, as usual, to the great surprise of the oar- goes of the waggons and buggies, Mr. Rirey, who intends to be over agaia at our W irld's Fair, has been having a very quiet happy time of it" this summer at Grove Port, and has purchased the old family mansion and lands. He hopes to make it, both in point of sbck and agriculture, tho model farm of Ohio, which is, in the eyes of many, quite the heart and Garden of the States.—Illustrated London News. GROSS ATTEMPT AT IMPOSITION.—A gentleman, whose name did not transpire, waited on on the magistrate for the purpose of exposing that which he was satisfied to bo a gross attempt at imposition. Some days ago he said a young lady [ of his acquaintance had replied in an advertisement in one of tho morning pipers, offering employment to young ladies at which they could earn a handsomo competence, and re ceived in return a lithographed letter, which he begged to hand to his worship. The applicant here handed to the magistrate a letter, of which the following is a copy:— Address—5, Victoria-terrace, Kennington-road, Lambeth. Madam,— The employment I offer for young ladies is put into my hands by a lare commercial house in Berlin, f"r whom I am the London agent, consequently am responsible for all works entrusted in my hands. I have now upwards of 100 ladies in different parts employed by me, who realise over £2 per week. If you think you have sufficient leisure time—say three hours per day-you can easily realise tho above amount by sending here per return 10s. in stamps or Post-office order payable to me at Kennington cross, as security for the first employment sent. When sent you will receive the articles to commence at once (if you are good and expert with your needle), which must be returned at the expiration of a week from the time you receive them, when the remuneration, according to the work, will be returned, together with the 10s deposit. I am now nearly full of hands for further work. Good reference must be given.— Yours, &c, GEO. GRAHAM." Mr. Woolrych: Well, what do you want me to do in the matter ?—Applicant: I wish to tell you sir, that I have been to tho -addrc-s and find it is a small tobacc mist's shop, and all the female who keeps it professes to know of Mr. Graham, as he calls himself, is that he called at her shop some days ago, purchased half-an- ounre of tobacco, and requested her to take in some l"t'ers for him addressed there. She did so, but they came in such quantities that she became alarmed, and refused to take any more, Mr Graha.m she described as a shabby looking young man, who smoke.-l a short pipe, and walked about in the neighbourhood of her shop awaiting such letters as came and then took possession of them.—Mr. Woolrych: If you find that he has been guilty of fraud or other offence, you bring him before me and I shall punish h im.— I Applicant: There can be no doubt the whole affair is a gross attempt to swindle, and my object in coming before you, sir, is that it may be exposed and thus prevent indus- trious and deserving pergonstbein imposed on by a worth. less impostor. The press had done much to proteot tbe public in Buch caes, and if its representatives prescnt would kindly notice the matter, he had no doubt it would have the desired effect.—Sir. Woolrych observed that very likely this would be done, and the applicant having thanked his worship for the pationee with which hr- heard him, left the court.
I FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. TURIN, Monday. An expedition, composed of 400 Bourbonitcs, which was being organized at Malta, has been prevented from proceeding by the arrest of the chief accomplices at Naples. At Salerno some French engineers have fallen victims to the brigands. PARIS, Monday. The Paris evening papers contain the following It is asserted that Franco has offered to enter into negotiations with Switzerland on the subject of the Valley of Dappes, in order to arrive at some arrange- ment by which every possible guarantee may be given to Switzerland in regard to the neutrality of the valley Belgium will recognise tho Kingdom of Italy on the same conditions as it was recognized by France.
: TIIE WAR IN AMEIIICA.
TIIE WAR IN AMEIIICA. NEW IORK, Oct. 22. The New York journals generally approve the lan- guage of Mr. Seward's letters to Lord Lyons, and re- pudiate as an unwarrantable interference any British interpretation of the Federal Constitution. The 2Tcw Yoi-le however, (Ionics the necessity either for confining prisoners in military prisons, or for the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act in the State of New York. It is reported from Washington that the Treasury De- partment denies the statement of the New York livening Post that foreign capitalists had offered to take 100,000,000 dols. of the Federal Loan. The Federals have retaken possession of Lexington. The New York Tribune states that General Fremont's removal is certainly decided on. Colonel Baker, a California Senator, was killed while leading the Federals in the Harrison's Island affair. The Charleston Enquirer denies the news of the depar- ture of the steamer Nashville. A despatch from Toronto states that notice has been given of an application to the Court of Chancery for the appointment of a receiver and manager of the Grand Trunk Itailway, and for an injunction to restrain the English contractors from seizing tho rolling stock under an execution against the company. October 23. The Lower Potomac is considered effectually closed, as the Confederate batteries command the river at every point below Washington. The Washington Star denies that General Stone was repulsed, and says that he obtained his object but suffered loss to his right wing. He still held his position on the Virginia side of the Potomac, and was throwing up works to protect the crossing of the whole of General Bank's division. The movements on the Potomac indicate that a gene- ral engagement may be expected almost immediately. It is reported from Missouri that the Federals had routed the Confederates under Jefferson Thomson and captured four guns. General Zollicoffer has attacked the Federals at Camp Wild Cat, Kentucky, and been repulsed. The Charleston blockading squadron has destroyed the ship Thomas WaVson, from Liverpool, while she was endeavouring to run the blockade. It is rumoured in Washington that additional cor- respondence has passed between Lord Lyons and Mr. Seward. There are accounts of several affairs ia Missouri and elsewere. One of them, as the special correspondent of the Times remarks, is rather remarkable from the fact that an officer had thirty-two bullet holes through his clothes and none in his body. The Americans are unquestionably a wonderful race of beings. They run away as no other men can or would do under the same circumstances they fire canaon shot and shells for days without damaging the buildings or injuring the persons within them; and now we hear of the extraordinary precision of their riflemen in riddling an officer's clothes with balls without damaging his person The Special Correspondent of The Times, writing on the 19th and 20th of Oct., sends a miscellaneous report upon the state of feeling in North America, upon the up)a the state of foclin?,' in military position, and the character of the army. The immediato impression in every one's miad was, '•'Mr. Steward is aware of some action on the part of England which must result in war." Then followed another course of tlioliglit,, Tiie Secretary is bent on doing something which will lend to a war with Eng- land." I infer these reflections from the words of many people I met last week. It has boon the favourite dream of a party in the United States to get up a war with some foreign Power, in the hope that the sentiment of regard for the common continent and of enmity Europe which exists in America would weld the North and South together for the purpose of defence, and, in spite of failure and repudiation, the politicians go on with their work, and are never tired of inventing Reinforcements for Canada !"—"25,000 Men Ordered Oat!"—" Aggressive Insolence of England!" and such like. But no one pays any hoed to them. Therefore it was that Sir. Seward's circular caused alarm, as it seemed to give support to the rumours which have boon so sedulously set afloat week after week, that England w#s going to break the blockade, or to do something else which would lead to a declaration of hostilities. Any way the effect was startling and unpleasant. Either Mr. Steward—we must beg his pardon, for the President is alone responsible—either the President was reckless or timid, or he knew more than the rest of the world, and he did not care to apeak openly of the danger, but by precautions against it indicated that it might be at hand. It is vain to argue the point with some people here. It may be shown that it would never pay us to drag cotton out by force and bring on a war with our best customer, that our neutrality has been most strictly proclaimed and most honourably maintained. There is a fixed principle in the head of every American, North and South, that the British empire rests on a bale of cotton, just as the Lord Chancellor sits on a sack of wool, and the speeches of some of our foolish speechmakers now and then afford support to their hallucination. War would destroy our trade, but then it is supposed that the British people have a morbid tastc for spinning cotton, regardless of profit, and that, like silk-worms, they must spin as a condition of existence. And so some of my friends shook their heads, and said sorrowfully, Is it not dreadful to think that England can be capable of such baseness ? But she will be too late. Before she can act we shall have trodden rebellion under foot." Well, this very day the papers contain as a eominainqn■: do doubt, another despatch of Mr. Seward s, but it is ad- dressed to Lord Lyons, and it is thought to be so useful in doing away with any bad impressions that it is pub- lished at once. Every word that comes from Great Britain, every act that is done by her is closely-nay, unjustly—construed by Americans. She may not look over the hedge, while France can steal a horse if she pleases. The suspicious, jealous, shrewish young lady detects foul play in every movement of her mother-in- law, and will "have none of that." I actually heard an officer find fault with Lieutenant Grant, of her Majesty's ship Steady, because he was not quite pleased with the captain of the United States ship Vandalia, off Charleston, for firing a round shot across his bows to bring him to. Thus one reads continually of the good faith of France in her neutrality and of the perhdy of England. When the French officers in the Crimea snubbed General M'Clellan and his brother Commis- sioners, not a word was said of it aloud, nor was there, on the-other hand the least expression of satisfaction at the cordial reception of the Commissioners by the Eng- lish authorities, and but for Colonel Delaficld's report nothing would have been known of the facts. Had the case been reversed, we should have been threatened with nothing short of war-a menace, by the by, which might almost be stereotyped in some of the most widely read, and therefore least influential, of the American journals." Mr. Russell states that the negro population are thought to act for their masters with zeal and fidelity. We hoar of regiments and guards of coloured people down South, and when the enemy were at Munson's Hill one of their most forward skirmishers—an indefa- tigable fellow, always loading1 and firing-was a black man. There have been no great reinforcements received by his army lately, in consequence of the diversion of Ohio and Illinois and Indian troops to the State of Ken- tucky, and to the West, and the largest estimate of the forces in the field does not raise it much above the number given in one of my recent letters. It is the Now England States, and the emigration from them in the West, which have put forth their strength in this war for the Union, and the Puritan and Quaker element of the other States has been animated by a similar spirit. In the regiments in camp there are prayer meetings and preachings, and revivals, and Young Men's Christian Associations; and colonels give benedictions, the majors preach, the sergeants pray, and the battalions march, singing sternly,- Old John Brown lies a mouldering in his grave, But his soul is marching on Hallelujah, Hailelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah I Old John Brown lies a mouldering in his grave, j But his soul is marching 011. No army was ever so well provided, in quantity at all events, with chaplains, and in some men's minds the war for the Union is a crusade for all that is good and holy in the world. The gulf that separated Christian Knight from Saracen Emir was not wider than that which divides the Northern Volunteer from the Southern chivalry. The contest over, new political relations may be established, but France and England will not be more distinct. There seem to bo no apprehensions that this "Teat mass of armed men cannot bo disposed of by a few circulars. They are an immense power in the State and of the State, and they can determine issues not only with their votes, but with their bayonets. The regular army of course, views its volunteer associates with feelings 'it dares not express. But each is a check upon the other, and while the former would gladly re- form some of the mischiefs, as they conceive, of democracy as it exists here, an d would resist any attempt to turn this into an abolition war, the latter are determined to keep the power they have got, and are leavened by a strong anti-slavery feeling, which, in some regiments, is nearly unanimous. It is scarcely ¿.¡. possible to imagine any calling in life for which a man will be as well fitted after three years' absence as he was when he left it. What a rift three years can make in the purposes of a life To suppose that the immense mass of men collected here can ever return to their usual avocations is to give them credit for more tenacity to civil pursuits than human nature exhibits generally elsewhere. What will be be their humour at the end of the war if it last three years P They will be entitled to their discharge, but long before that the farm must have found some other superintendence, the trade and the profession must have gone to the dogs, and to tens of thousands 11 dollars a month and food and clothes must be a better thing in the present, than anything the future can offer to them. They have pay, subsist- ence, clothing, pensions, "bounty lands," just the same as the regulars. They have, however, the privilege of electing their own officers to a great extent, which is open to many objections. Law or custom induces the Governors of the States to leave to the men of the Com- panies of the State Volunteers the nomination of their captains and subalterns, and the habit of acting so as to please the men becomes inveterate in any officer who has once gained a certain amount of favour and hopes to procure higher advancement. It will be a very glori- ous proof of the patriotism and purity of the American people if they overcome all temptations which usually beset men in power, and lay down that which they have had conferred on them for a special object as soon as it shall have been accomplished. "As yet General M'Clellan feels his legs very strong under him. He is standing on the supports of all the United States, but one step will make him know that his feet are of clay-that soft and yielding stuff which is only to be hardened in the fire of victorious battle. His quarters are in a pleasant house at the corner of a square —not unlike that of Gordon or Euston. By day the door and windows are open a sentry in blue tunic, blue cap, blue trowsers, all without what are called facings, brass buttons, with a distracted eagle thereupon, and a waistbelt with a brass buckle inscribed 11 U.S. walks up and down, generally with a pipe or cigar in his mouth, and his firelock carried horizontally over his shoulder, so as to bring the bayonet on a level with any eye of which the unwary owner may be coming round the corner. Several dragoon horses arc hitched up by the rail and the trees along the pavement, stand- ing patiently and goodnaturodly, as American horses are wont to do, or, at most, stamping and flicking off the flies, which in the United States try patience and good temper so hardly. At the door are ready orderlies, two quick intelligent young men, who are civil without being servile, and who, in being so, afford some con- trast to the various very independent soldiers loung- ing or sitting on the steps reading newspapers, and waiting for answers to their messages. There is a sort of" Open Sesame" air about the place which does not prevent the secrets inside being well kept. In the par- lours are seated officers and visitors smoking or talking. The tables are covered with a litter of papers and jour- nals and torn ouvelopes, and the clacking tongue of the telegraph instrument resounds through the building. The General is generally upstairs, and sundry gentle Ccrberi bar the entrance to his presence, nor is he desti- tute of the art of making himself invisible when he pleases. His staff arc excellent men, I am told, and most courteous and gentlemanly I know, so far as my personal experience goes nor could any commander be served more efficiently than the General is by such men as Brigadier-General Vanvliet, or Colonel Hudson, notwithstanding the absence of a good deal of the stiff- ness which marks the approaches to some head-quarters, as General M'Cellan found when he and his brother Commissioners sought in vain to obtain access to Marshal Pelissicr in the Crimea. The General, a short time ago an employe on the Central Illinois Railway, but still with so much of the old spirit in him that he studied closely all the movements of that short Italian cam- paign of which he is not doomed to give a counterpart in this part of the world, is a nocturne aud at the close of long laborious days, works hard and fast late into the night till sleep pursues and over- takes him, when he surrenders readily, for he has one of those natures which need a fairshare of rest, capable though they be of great exertion without it on occasion. He works hard too, in the saddle, and when the business of the morning has been despatched, off he goes, attended by a few officers and a small escort of orderlies and troops, across the Potomac, visiting the camps, examining positions, eating where fortune spreads the board, and returning, generally after nightfall, to look over the reports, to issue orders, to baffle little politicians, and to stand on the defensive against those of larger dimensions. Here he is natural but vigilant— candid, but prudent—tobacco ruminant or fumant, full of life, and yet coiiteinplative-of a temper, indeed, which seems to take some of its colour from that of the accidents of its surroundings in time and place. Extra- ordinary acts are ascribed to him of which he knows nothing. II8 is the Haroun Alraschid" of the jour- nalists. At one time, attired as a vivandiere, he is test- ing the quality of lager beer again, as a simple volun- teer, he is visiting tho Commissariat stores and making practical experiments on bread and moat. Anon, lie is cncounterod as a vldeLte, or starts out of a wood with embrowned, face as a contraband, and be- f fore tho week is over ho has done everything except the thing he ha3 been really engaged on. Oh, Young Napoleon," what a dreadful hundred days are in store for you One can fancy even now the soldier sighing for the angnlns iste in the palatial building devoted to the labours of Central Illinois officials at Chicago. From all sides come cries to the Navy Department for heavy guns and sea-service mortars, The Depart- ment has not got them, but all hands are working away to supply them and in Mr. Fox, the Assistant Secretary, the government has an officer of ability, good sense, vigour, and resolution, who can do anything but improvise heavy artillery. So it is that the want of sea-service mortars offers at this time an impediment to the establishment of batteries on the Maryland side of the river, to shell the Confederates out of their works, which could be done easily. The range is not long for 10-inch and 13-inch mortars, being from 2,000 to 4,000 yards, and as yet the Confederates have used only guns of small calibre, rifled, indeed, but not adapted to do much damage by their shot and shell to shippping. Perhaps the Confederates have no heavy guns to spare. At all events, the firing as yet proves there is little or no harm to shipping in those fine rifled bolts, for they cut through without shattering what is opposed to their flight, and "nobody is hurt" on board. The Confederates rarely fire on vessels going down the river. Thoreforo, when the safe passage of a flotilla of schooners is reported, the papers set up a cry of joy, and declare the river is not closed. It is the policy of the enemy to let all ships go down if they arc not vessels of war, for Washington can send out little just now. But vessels coming up are obstructed as far as possible, and though a small craft now and then runs the firo, or is tugged up, the effect of the batteries at this moment actually is to bring up a wholo armada, laden with coal, fuel, fish, vegetables, hay, and corn and provisions, in the various broad bends of the lower part of the river. "The hope of the North is in the fleet just now. How long General M 'Clellan can resist pressure from his own side remains to be seen but the politicians are active, not seeing as well as he does, perhaps, that with another great repulse and rout the cause of Unionists is iiidotd in a bad way. He wishes to make sure no such mishap takes place. When two colonels are arrested in one week for insubordination, with suspicion of still graver charges, the general may be excused for want of con- fidence ill all the material of which his force is composed. } There have been cases of the inutility of earthworks to chock the retreat of an army, or to inspire the de- fenders with courage to meet an advancing and vic- torious enemy, but I cannot think Washington would be endangered on the South side even if another defeat were inflicted on the Federalists. The weather is not favourable for operations in the field. The mornings have been cloudy, and the nights rainy. The roads be- o-in to give promise of Balaklavian difficulties. But, just as the army depends on one bridge, the city depends on a line of single rail to Baltimore. The Long-bridge, indeed, has been repaired, and there is some talk of lay- ing down another line of rail; but no one seems to care about the ordinary roads, and the ruts and mud hollows which may be encountered on any of the ordinary out- lets even now would astonish a pair of Long-acre springs. What they will be with the aid of the rains and snows before us, a Crimean experience may enable us to judge.
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A FEMYLE CANDIDATE FOR PARLIAMENTARY HONOURS. At the Tullamore Qiarter Sessions Register, held last week, Mrs. Winter applied that her name should be in- serted on the liit of voters. The chairm in objected on the ground that her" x made her ineligible bat to this Irs Winter repliel that women had filled the office of high sheriff with distinction and resolution; that *"ine™ commanded armies and managed state alFanr^ that women were liable to taxation ami ;bj"ct to the law" made by Parliament, and therefore they ought to have some partici- p.tim,?tht legislation of .he.o?try, .h.tu.?., th., constitution andVinciple of the country, wht.h were para- mount to those of any Act )f larliament. She funher added that it was her intention to contest the represent?on of the county at the next election, and that she ha 1 no doubt she would be returned. HEADY WIT —The Rev. Dr. M L"od wnaproccedm? from the manse of D to church, to open a new p)acc of worship At he passed slowly and grav?y throngh the crn?d?thcrcd about the doors, an elderly man. with the nernli?r kind of wi? known in that district —hi ight, smooth, and of a reddish brow flit). Doctor, if p)eas",Iwi<htospeak to you. Woll, Dllnea"¡" ) o. the vcn?bL' Doctor, can ye not wait till Ift.?r worsh .8 I. "No.U?utoi-. l mns?spe?k to "OIL now, for it is a 11/' upon my conscience, Oh, since it is a nutter t.lltrr sciene?tfUmewhttitu; bit b? brief, D:n tel' [of C:HI- presses." i IH matter is this, Doctor. yl IC In, lor tl.IIO yonder "n the face of the new ehllfell "en t.le l()ck o?ck really there -nothin but tl i Veil, t!l.'re. s 00 is il.} truth in il. but ollly once' Wh 1.(' of a clor/c Ihel! is in truth in it, but only once in the twdve hoars. Now, itK.'ii'ny'M??' vciy '?roug, ?ud qm,(j a"?!nst my con- science, that there should be a lie 5 of the Lord. Dunc?n. I :illtv oll.he the point. But I am g)ad to see you looking so con¡'¡Uf'r thl' pomt. llllt I now I remember you '}Il '° we 11; you "1' 110t YOlln g head of hair you have tllll,}.IlY "ye,ars; and what a aile jokin<> no, it is I I I. I<:h. 1) Jdor. you 'ire joking no?; itia toll,? s I hrive ha?l any hair," "0'?. Duncan, Duncau, are you g H, int" the bouee of the Loid with a lie Upon > your head? This settled the question, and the Doctor heard no more of the lie on the faM of the Brit-isi, Review.
I BURDEll v. HEATH.-JUDGMENT.…
I BURDEll v. HEATH.-JUDGMENT. j In the Arches' Court OTl Saturday, before Dr. Lushiugton. In thi, eaaa thp o'!iec of the judge w's promo'ed by" Mr. John Hurler, of 27, Parliament-street, secretary of tho Bishop of WinchcstT, a^ dost the Rev. Dunbar Isidore Heath, [ A, vicar of Bradins;, in the Isle of Wight. Tho proceedings were taken under the Act of Queen Elizabeth, "An Act for the minister of the Church to be of sound rPl¡g¡on; and the defendant is accused of h<\nn printed, i published, dispersed, and set forth a cevt vin book or pam- phld, containing a course of sermons, 19 in numoer, and by having therein advised!) maintained and atIirrnrd certain positions or doctrines directly cODtrary and repugnant tCJ tho doctrine of the United Church of England and Ireland, as by law established, and especial!}' to the Articles of Iteligion." Tho case w is heard at great length by Dr. Lushington, Dr. Travers Twiss appearing for the prosecutor of the suit, and Dr. Rob' rt Pi illimore for Mr. Heath. A large number of passages from Mr. Heath's published volume of sermous were read to sustain the articles filed against him. Dr. Lushiugton then proceeded to deliver judgment. He said-In I860 the suit was instituted in this cour:, by direc- tion of the Bishop of Winchester, against Mr. Heath, a beneficed e'er^y nan of his diocese, for having piinted and published a volume of sermons in derogation of Book of Common Prayer and the Articles of Religion. At the outset he would make some remarks as to the principles which he thought should uide the Court in the considera- tion and decision of cases of this description. Tile Court was fully aware of its deep responsibility, inasmuch a5 questions miht arise of the greatest possible interest to the Established Church, and any miscarriage by that Court, even though corrected by the Court above, might be Ii serious evil. It might be right in the first instance to recapitulate what the clergy were require by lav to Jo. They must declare their assent and consent to the Book ot Common Prayer, and sign the Thirty-nine Articles of Religion. Ho had nothing to do with the internal con- victions of any one signing the articles, for no one knew what were the feelings of a person signing the Articles. Much must be left to the conscience of individuals Rub- scribing, and he could not consent to import into this case the views of Paley or other authorities who had been cite by the learned counsel engaged. It was quite beyond his province the quo animo with which the Articles were signed. The duty of the Court was to examine the doctrine tauht, anl to decide whether there was anything in it which was in derogation of the Book of Common Prayer or the Thirty- nino Articles. It was true that there were a multitude of works by mos" eminent divines as to the meaning of tho several articles, but the Court could not consent to make use of them. Those works appealed to the Holy Scriptures, but the Court could not enter into so wide a field as that, inasmuch as all the Court had to do was to ascertain the plain grammatical meaning of the Articles and Book of Common Prayer, and to determine whether the writing4 of Mr. Heath were or were not in accordance with them- With great, anxiety he had endeavoured to ascertain the principles which should govern him, and with this view he had carefully considered the Gorbam case, for although he was one of the judges in that case the judgment stood recorded on the authority of Lord Langdale, Lord Camp. bell, Lord Wensleydale, Lord Kingsdown, and the two archbishops. He was bound, at the same time, to re- member that the present was a criminal proceeding, that the evidence must be clearly proved, anù if any deut>t exists :Mr. Heath must have rhe benefit of it. The chargO against Mr. Heath was, that he had published a volume of sermons in which he had taught doctrines repugnant to the Articles of Religion, and in derogation of the Book of Common Prayer. According to tho practice of the Court, articles were given in, and it was ordered that they should be reformed They were reformed, hut their admission was again opposed. Leave was given to Mr. Heath to appeal to the Privy Council upon tho point, and their lordships so reforrUfd the arieles that tile precise ponion of the Articles said to be contravened were inserted. After that the case came again before the Court. It had been argued that the Court must look to the articles alone, and not to the Book of Common Prayer but he did not entertain that opinion, and he must look to all that had been remitted to him. The first article set forth passages from Mr. Heaths writings, which were alieged to be in contravention of the 11th Article of Iteligion. lie did not wish to fix upon any meaning upon the article arising out of his own views of the Holy Scriptures. The first difficulty he had to encounter was in ascertaining what was the plain grammatical mean- ing of the article. The 11th Article was on justification, and plainly stated that we were accounted righteous before God only for the merit of the Saviour. He held with Burnet, that justification meant being received into the favour of (jod, and that the merit of our Saviour was the great cause of our reception, and that to be so received a person must have faith in the death of Christ Jesus. Iu this view he thought he was confirmed by the grammatical construction of the article, for the words were—"and not for our own works and deserving," The 13th Article con- firmed that construction, for it stated that we are justified by faith only" —he meant that without faith we could not he justified —without faith there could be no justification. The charges a:tinst Mr. Heath were, that he affirmed that justification meult doing strict justice to all, good and bJ, and that by justification was meant that Christ had faith in his own gospel, and faith in tile future. The questions which arose were whether Mr. Heath had taught the doctrines imputed to him, and if so whether these doctrines WHe contrary to the Articles of Religion and the Book of Common Prayer. On reading Mr. Heath's works he found that he had misused words, and held erroneous opin\o" not permitted by law. ?..d ?nt iu accordano- ?:f me p al grammatical meaning of the Articles. He thought that every clergyman was hound to keep in mind the Articles of Religion in every sermon he preached, and it was i excuse for him to say thac he did not bear the articles In mind when he composed a sermon, and that he had no intention to violate them. He thought that Mr. Heath s doetrines were fanciful and erroneous. There was no re- ference in Mr. Heith's sermons to the Articles, and ho thought that what Mr. Heath really meant was that the Almighty would put everything right at last. If he bad only taught his objectionable doctrine in a single passage ha should have been reluctant to declare that he had con- travened the Articles, but he had maintained the doctrine in many subsequent passages which could not ba reconciled with the plain ramrnatioalsonse of the Articles. He could not consider Mr. Heath's to be harmless innovations, because he averred doctrines totally different and distinct from thoGe of the Articles, to which he was bound to declare them repugnant and contrariant. With reference to the 2ad and 31st Articles, which set forth that Christ was crucified, deal, and buried, and that by his death he had put away the actual sins of men, he found that Mr. Heath by his teaching had denied those doctrines. The plain meanin of those articles was that through the suffering and death of tho Saviour his Father was reconciled to man. He knew that much discussion had taken place in reference to the meaning of the word reconciled." lie thought the plain meaning of the word was the removal of that oustacle whicII the Eiu of man opposed to their bein fdconcileù to God. In connection with this subject the 31st Article must be considered. The intention of tint article was to condemn the sacrifice of the mass, and s atei in clear terms the doctrine of tho Church. An y oue who denied that Christ's death was sufficient must be deel ared to hold views contrary and repugnant to the Articles of Keligon. Mr. Heath spoke of the f irgiveness of sins as i detestable doctine, and I. gOing to heaven, going to hell" were phrases which had vanished from his system. He had no alternative bat to condemn Mr. Heath as being guilty of publishing that which was contrary to the Articles of Religion and in depravation of the Book of Coin- mod Prayer. The defence had bcen conducted with great z?al and learning. Many ingenious arguments had been introduced but what the Court wanted had not been sup- plied—namely, some kind of exposition of the doctrine taught by Mr. Heath, and its consonance with the doctrines of the Church. He would with pleasure have received any explanation which coull have been made. Tiuie had been a complete failure in that respect, not from want of learning, diligence, or ability of counsel, but because it was not possible rationally to tix: auy other meiniug than he had indicated upou the doctrines which Mr Heath had so unfortunately published. He had come to the consider- ation of this painful case with no disposition to restrict tho clergy to any narrow construction of the Articles, but, on the. contrary, to allow every possible latitude. To go further would he to abandon the duties of tae office he held, to release the clergy from their obligations, and to repeal the provisions which parliiment had thought fit t) euact by its authority. The learned judge than gave his judgement agtÍnst Mr. Heath, aul intimated that he should defer the sentence of the Court, as a power of retractation was given under the statute. Mr. Buller, who was with Dr. P.iillimore, expressed a hopi that the Cnjrt would grant a-nple time fOr consider- ation. The Judge said he certainly would, aud the day's proceed- ings terminated. Mr. C. W. Godwiu, one of the writers of Essays aod Reviews," and many other clergymen, were present in the Court. SC.VUCITY OF WOMES IN ILLINOIS.—A correspondent of an Arnerican Magazine says :—" Girls in Illinois bold themselves at a high premium, and so well they may, they are a precious commodity. Few and far between arc the hired girls, and they seem to get fe wer all the timr, until the women siy dclsptirinly-I Soon the last girl will be married, and then we will have to do all the work our- selves." Eastern peoplo can have no idea of the scarcity of women in Illinois,, else they would send tile surplus of their female population out here to make a better market in the matrimonial line than tiicy ever can make there. 1 once heard U"urr Ward Beecher, say, in a lecture, that that there were five women in his native State to one man well, I think that must be nearly the proportion on the other side in this part of the Garden State' where I live; now i t does seem to me a great pity that a mutual barter couWn he made." The sudden change of tho weather which was expo* rienced in the metropolis on Saturday last was generH. throughout tho kingdom, but was felt with espOCHl violence on our north-eastern coast. At Flamboroug Head and Scarborough the gale blew with great violence and several vessels were driven ashore. Manyl??? have boon sacrincod, and the loss would have  much more severe had it not been for the valuab e assistance afforded by tho life boats and by the bra^ and hardy crews that manned them. In one case, indeed-that of Scarborough—the life boat its'If waS wrecked, and was the cause of a lamentable destruction of life. When pulling off to the rescue of a schooner in a terrific gale of wind, she got into broke water, when she became unmanageable, and was driveIl up with great violence against the sea wall, where her sides were stove in. A number of persons assembled o the wall, and endeavoured to save the crew. Two at them perished, tho rest were got ashore but we regrÐ to say that Lord Charles Beauclerk, who was on the sea. wall, was thrown down among the rocks, and was sa much injured that he died the same night, while a go tIe man residing in the town, it is feared has been sw away by the surf, as he has not since been hoard. The Warrior, which left Portsmouth a few days ago ct r pressly in search of a gale, would not have far to g 0 her purpose.