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      •¦^ "T \ . had locked and barricaded . Mr . John «*' *« severely pelted . Mr . Collins , eti pen-B » V rinff ventured in , was detained , and on his diary fin < rto » etout by opening the gate he was stf emptwu J ~ «» ^ wonld > it is not n ^ ely , have f evcwj y ~ , injured , but for the intervention of ^ Vabv the master of the establishment . Mr . Gibbon ' , the clerk , who is greatly re-pected , Fi ^ e 3 con Fitzgerald , &c , endeivoored in yun to ^ le order , awl at length the police and military ^ 1 Foot ) forced their way , under a tremendous i ^ L Of ifones , about two o ' clock into the yard tlio workhouse . The captain commanding the Dl 'hracnt of the 52 nd showed no less determina-• than humanity . He deemed it necessary to fon , and was the first to enter at the gate , wLidi I , - w-sB forced open with the greatest intrepidity , j ^ a trenl ^ dius suower of stoneB , by Sub-Con-ED r . jasper . The moment the gate was forced , % ^ -c t- iuce ceased , and the soldiers showed the a '' « iest forbearance . 5 ofc so , I am sorry tos . y . = J' oiiec-constables , some of whom were seen to

      i it d » e unhappy paupers m the most orutel and n -cirraaied manner . A boy named Kean , an as-^ taoi in the hospital , who being a sort of official , ^ d wholly unconnected with the riot , sat on a wall th nfcing himself quite secure , was dragged down sad bratallj beaten by policemen , in spite of the % mest remonstrances of Mr . Collins , who was on despot , and who asked them in vain not to ill-« ett a prisoner . Another policeman , was , on the investigation to-day , called up to prosecute a supped rioter . His whole evidence consisted in stat-Lrtbat he had knocked down the prisoner in the tall The clerk of the nnioB , Mr . Fitzgibbon ,

      described the man so knocked down as his ablest asiiwnt in trying to restore order , and this policeman , who had thus confessed before the bench that he had committed an outrage on an unarmed and unoffending person , walked off the bench prou d of his achievement . It is but fair to say that some of the police had been pelted severely , but that formed Bo justification of the brutal violence to prisoners aad innocent persons . " The Essbisq Assizes . —In the Queen ' s County at t ' ue ensuing assizes there will be very little business to be transacted of either a ciril or criminal pharacter ; in fact their are only some half-dozen nri = oners for triaL This is a remarkable fact when ft is remembered in former days that an assizes held in Maryboroug h has been known to occupy more Sne than is allotted for the whole circuit at

      pre-^ TueCexscs— The SatuuJere' News letter has the followin g on the subject of the Irish Census :-•• The census will show an important decrease in the population ; large m a positive and large in a relative point of view . It will be found we believe fbat the diminution in the population rather exceeds one million and a half ; and while one part of this arises from the pressure of poverty and disease on Die peasantry , a larger portion has been caused , no doubt , by the desire to fly from the country , visited « jt has " been , and tried severely . "

      Highway Robbery . —On Saturday evening as Mr . Burxoss , draper and mercer , was returning home io iloate , his gig was stopped by an armed party of fcnr , who desired him to alight , while they searched tiic vehicle . Mr . Burgess obeyed the demand of the party , and having over £ 50 in his pocket , ran towards the police station , which was within a short distance , leaving his mother-in-law , Mrs . Robinson , in charge of the gig . The ruffians , after searching the cig and procuring some pieces of cloth that were ' in the boot of the vehicle , and taking some nosey from Mrs . Robinson , retreated with their booty * in a slow march across the country . This outrage occurred at about seven o'clock in the toid daylight , and within a few perches of a police Station . —WestmeaOi Independent .

      Excdjidebed Estates Court . — The extensive etatea of the Earl of Kings ? on , situated in the counties of Tipperary and Cork , were put np for sale on Tuesday in the Encumbered Estates Csurt . The three commissioners sat , and a large attendance of professional men , intending purchasers , and others interested in the proceedings , was attracted on this occasion . Only ten , however , out of the 103 lots into which the property has been divided were disposed of , and these principally at rates of about ten to twelve years' purchase on the present letting value , and the bid ' Jing for the adjourned lots seldom reached even these low rates . The portions sold are situated in ihe conntv of Tipperary .

      Protestant Association . —There was a meeting of the Dublin Protestant Association held on Tuesday ikfat , at the Rotunda , for the purpose of commemorating the Battle of the Boyne , and " of affording an opportunity to Protestants in general of expounding and enforcing their principles . " The chair was taken tor ilr . T . Thompson , and the speakers were Mr , 3 . 11 . Mnon , Air . T . Wallace , the Kev . H . Prior , 31 r . Peters , and the Rev . T . D . Gregg . The attendance was very numerous .

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      A ^ ELL-PLAXXED ROBBERY CLEVERLY DETECTED . Kt the Marlborough-sireefc Police-office , William Cauty , an elderly man , of substantial appearance , sell " known , aud John Tyler , an old man , also of respectable appearance , but known to the police as a retained transport , were brought before Mr . Dardwick , charged with having effected a robbery at the London and Westminster Branch Bank , in St . James ' s-square .

      inspector LrxD , of the detective police , said : On Saturday , 31 st Alay , while walking with Sergeant Tvhickcr , aleo of the detective police , in Trafalgar-H } uare , they saw the prisoner Tyler coming along with a great coat over his arm . " "Whicher immediately recognised him as an old acquaintance , an d in consequence of what V ? hicher said they decided on patching Tyler ' s movements . Witness followed Tyler into St . James ' s Park , and there noticed that in a short time he was joined by Canty , who was also well known to the police . The two prisoners shook hands together and sat down on the benches where milk is sold . After a conversation of about tweaty minutes duration the prisoners left the park and went together to the London and Westminster

      Bank at the corner of Charles-street , St . James ' ssquare . Canty entered the bank , and Tyler waited at the opposite corner . Cacty came out in about ten minutes , and made some movement with his land io Tyler , who immediately came across the load and joined Mm . The two prisoners entered the bank together and remained about twenty minutes . The rule of the bank is to shut the doors at four o ' clock . The prisoners were shut in with the r aaomere . Witness saw the prisoners leave the Wa , and shortly afterwards they separated . On tie followin g Saturday , June 7 , witness saw Tyler 5 ? St . James ' s Park , sitting on a bench near one of tiie milk stands . Canty soon afterwards joined him , Md both went to the London and Westminster Bank again . Cauty went in , Tyler remained

      outy '' e . Cauty came out of the bank and walked ftaud Sr . James ' s-square , and went again to the W , where he remained about ten minutes . Cauty "m e out and was joined by Tyler . After walking * J'ttle way they separated . On the 14 th the Bame thing again occurred with Cauty and Tyler , and living made a report to the Commissioners of lohce , Le went , by the authority of Mr . Commissontr Mayne , to the bank , and communicated to tne principals Ms suspicions . Certain arrangements « ere then made in anticipation of a robbery . On ine 21 st witness again saw Tyler in the park . taiity almost immediately afterwards joined him , and they went together to a public-house in Palli _ Jilc P risoner went again to the bank , Cauty , ^ before , going in , and Tyler remaining at the opposite corner . Cauty came out and lifted his mi

      twice , and Tyler came over to him , and after a short conversation they entered the hank together , Tyler having , as on former occasions , a great coat over his arm . A police-constable atelyleft Onthe 2 sth witness saw Cauty in St KfASTfc' S Cigar ' ^ Joined Srnat three o clock and the prisoners walKed together M the public-house in Pall-mall . Witness imme-« wdy proceeded to Lord Dartmouth ' s residence , t £ S ? ^ OPJ" * * the back , and having pre S- * " ?? his Iordshi P ' Perm is sion , staged Limself in the hall . While on the watch he j ^ w tauiy enter the bank . Cauty came out and "ted his hat , and Tyler joined him and went into i ~ Jj " aiis . In about three minutes Tyler came ont , j wiowed by Cauty , the first prisoner carrying a * " ? * uli something like a cash box in it . Witness

      8 'J Wilicher followed the prisoners nearly as far * «? gent-street , before they stopped them . Witf ^ t ook Tyler into custody , and asked him what y ^ ad in the bag . The prisoner replied a box , and repeatedly denied in the hearing of Canfy that J tliCw Cauty , or had ever before seen him in his j [ - Cauty when appealed to said , "So help me J ~ * never saw the man before . " The prisoners amln j ; moved to the station-honse , and the bag exuiin ed . It Was found to contain a large-sized cash i ' ^ uicb . was identified as the property of the ***** and Westminster Bank , eviri ~ serseant wnicH £ B gave precisely similar to < L . ° f' adding—When the prisoners were taken with * d yard a P P er was found nnder tne seat k , . tliese words on it — " To inquire if any cash fenb i paid lntQ tne Idndon and Westmister u " , * £ ^ e Jtarqnis of Anglesea to the account of paT * « iam Paget . " The use to which this Per was Put . it wa « rnniPrtni-pH was tn "iffinr / l !»

      a j ' ! Dce w going to the bank , in order to watch ^ j onrablo moment to get possession of the cash j * jr . Outbh Tit 8 . _ Was the manager of the j °° . n a nd Westminster Branch Bank in St . Ifis w ? l uare ' and resided on the premises with t 0 < , mi'y- There waB an internal communication r no « f from the dwelIiDS bouse . In conselotf- a ^ roniunication from Inspector Lund he W cl e P 1 ? " ^ with respect to the casa DOX , t » rL ? ntain 6 d a c 6 T ^ number of notes as a ftoruu , * ( Theamonntwas generally nnderm h b e etween £ 2 Q , QW and £ 30 , 000 . ) The

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      cash Tsaa removed immediately , and a small quantity of other notes and a book printed , in order to give weight to the cash box , was substituted . The same precautions were taken on Saturday , the 2 ist and 23 th . Witness recollected seeing Cauty at the bank on the 21 st , and he believed he also saw Tyler . The cash box was locked and witness kept the key . It was placed on the top of an iron chest in the front room . About a quarter of an hour before the box was removed on Saturday last witness bad seen it safe in the usual place . The box produceJ was the stolon box , and contained the notes an d the b ook , as placed by him in it . Saturday was usually a busy day at the bank . The prisoner Tyler , when he came to the bank on the 21 st had a great coat over his arm . The day was too warm to render a great coat necessary . This being the case , the prisoners reserved their defence .

      Mr . Hardwick said the prisoners must be fully committed on this caso . Mr . Lewis said he should request the court to remand the prisoners , as there was another charge against Cauty for stealing a cash box containing £ 40 . The p r i soners were th e n full y committed on the first case , and ordered to be again brought upon the second case .

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      COURT OF EXCHEQUER . HART V . BiXENDALE . —JUDGMENT . Mr . Baron Parke , at the sitting of the Courfe , delivered judgment in this case , which involved a poini of considerable importance under the Carriers Act . The plaintiff is an army clothier , and having occasion to send a box of masquerading dresses down to Liverpool , the contents of which- were of some value , delivered to the carman of the defendants ( who are "PickfordVjin the street , as the cart paBsed his door . The box being lost the plaintiff brought the action against tho defendants , as

      common carriers , and they defended themselves on the ground that they ought to have received intimation of the nature of the contents , pursuant to their notice put up in their office under the act . The Chief Baron was of opinion that the defendants were protected , and a verdict accordingly passed for them . Subsequently this rule to enter a verdict for the plaintiff was obtained , and after the argument on behalf of the defendants by Mr . Peacock and Mr . Willed , and that on behalf of the plaintiff by Messrs . Montague Chambers , BranivteU , and C . Pollock , in Eaater Term last , time w a s taken to consider .

      His Lordship now , after going over the arguments on both sides , and entering into an examination of the various sections of the Carriers Act , expressed it to be the opinion of the Court that the plaintiff ¦ was entitled to recover , on the ground that no notice had been brought home to him , either actually or constructively , under the act limiting the liability of the defendants . There were , indeed , difficulties in coming to a conclusion in favour of the plaintiff ; but they were moie easily surmounted than those which presented themselves in the way of the Courts when called , upon to adopt the construction contended for by the defendants . It was very easy for the servants of a carrier , receiving ornoris elsewhere than at the office where the notice

      was put up under the act , to make a special contract with the owner , which would limit the carrier ' s liability . Under these circumstances the plaintiff was entitled to recover , as he had no notice as required by the act ; but as this judgment might be contested by the defendants , and as the Chief Baron did not coincide with it , the Court would allow the defendant to treat it as the ruling at nisi prius , and tender a bill of exceptions if he should be so advised , If he chose to take this step he would be put under certain terms as to the costs , which would be arranged hereafter . In the meantime there would be judgment fur the plaintiff .

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      ANGLO-ITALIAN MISSION . NEW CHURCH OF ST . PETER'S IN LONDON —THE POPE'S APPEAL TO THE PIET ^ AXD CHARITY OF THE ITALIANS . Among all the foreign missions that of London presents the greatest hopes and demand . Those conversions to Catholicism so frequent and remarkable , that necessity which in the present day Protestants feel for instruction in Catholic concerns , those efforts which the ministers of error are now making to stop the spontaneous impulse of the nation towards the truth , are strong reasons for conceiving the sweetest hopes of the immediate return oft bat prodigal daughter within the bosom of its afflicted mother—the Roman church . Not only is the small number of Catholic churches in London a

      very formidable obstacle to the propagation of the Catholic faith in the metropolis , but even to its preservation . Let it suffice merely to remember that of more than 200 , 000 Catholics who are now in that immense city scarcely 30 , 000 can find a place to attend the holy mass on the days of festival . The Italians , there most numerous , feel in an especial manner the loss they experience from the want of a church where they might freely assemble , and without expense listen to the holy mass , whence they are exposed to the painful alternative either of entirely neglecting all religions duties , or of frequenting Protestant churches . This danger of losing the holy faith is still more manifest to them , because some of their apostate countrymen ,

      stimulated by Protestant gold , are trying every means reduce them , and have lately opened a Protestant temple for the Italians , which , to deceive and ensnare the simple , has been called , and bears on its faeade , the lying title of " Italian Catholic church . " To remove , therefore , from the Italians the danger of perversion , aud to procure for them fitting means to keep themselves steadfast in the faith , and persevering in the observance of Christian duties , the project has been approved by ecclesiastical authority of building a spacious church in the centre of London , in a fine position , in one of the most maysatic streets of the City , principally for the use of the Italians , and thence of other foreigners , aB well as of the natives . In this way there win be in the capital of the British empire a church

      Roman , not only in its faith and principle but also in its rights , in Ub ceremonies , and in the practices of sound devotion ; a church similar in its material construction to the ancient Christian temples ; a church which , at the express wish of the Uoly Father , will he dedicated to the Prince of tno Apostles , St . Peter a church which will be always governed by a congregation of Italian secular priests founded at Rome , that the Roman spirit may always influence the same ; a church in which no payment will be exacted for admission , but which will be freely open to all , and in which will be found confessors to confess in any language and preachers to announce the Divine word in the principal idioms of Europe ; a church which will iave annexed to it schools for both sexes , as well

      as a habitation for the clergy and other individuals employed in the service of the church and the schools . - As the spot fixed upon being freehold , and the permanent property of tho church , does not cost e ss than £ 6 , 600 s terling ( or more t ha n 80 , 000 scudi , } H is proposed tbat for the liquidation of

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      this sum , aa well as to provide for the expense of the building , an experiment shall be made on the generosity of all Italy , for whose advantage the work is principally undertaken , The holiness of our Lord Pope Pius IX . has , in hi s p r o v i d e n t zeal for the goo d of rel igion and souls , b y means of t he hol y congregation for propagating the faith , and of that of the bishops and religious orders , caused thi 3 great work to be most urgently recommended to the charity of Italian believers , and to the zeal of the bishops of Italy . Moreover , the Most Eminent and Most Reverend

      Cardinal Wiseman , Archbishop of Westminster , Ordinary of London , has equally recommended this most interesting work . And the Most Eminent and Most Reverend the Cardinal Vicar has published a second notification , dated March 26 , 1851 , in which he repeats bis recommendation to thi ^ Roman charity of this same most pious object . Finally , his Holiness himself , by his rescript to the holy congregation for propagating the faith , dated March 9 , 1851 , has granted an indulgence of 100 diys to whomsoever shall contribute any alms to this end .

      T h e appeal , th e refor e , is made in full confidence in the piety and generosity of the Italians , who have already the merit of having first diffused the light of the true faith in England , to contribute according to their means towards a work so meritorious and honourable for Italy and for the actual condition of London so urgent and necessary . Alma and donations of every kind are received in Rome by the Most Eminent and Most Reverend Cardinal the prefect of the holy congregation for ? ropagating the faith ; by their excellencies the ' rinco and Princess Doria Pamphily ; by the

      r e ctor o f t h e c h urch o f the Ho ly Saviour , in kbo waves at the Sistine Bridge ; at London by the Most Eminent and Reverend Cardinal Wiseman , 35 , Golden-square , or by the Reverend D . Raphael Melia , Apostolic Missionary , 54 , Lincoln ' s-innfieJds , and in the other kingdoms and dioceses by the representatives of the holy chair , a « n by the diocesan bishops , who will have the goodness to forward the funds to Rome , or to London , according to the directions above given . At the Printing-press of tho Royal Apostolic Chamber . —Rome . 1851 .

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      THE ARCHBISHOP OF FLORENCE ' S APPEAL . Ferdinand Minucci , by the grace of Cod and of the Holy Apostolic Chair Archbishop of Florence , of the Holiness of our Lord Pope Fius IX ., Domestic P r el a te , Assistant Bishop of the Pontificial Throne , Prince of the Holy Roman Empire , and Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit under the title of St . Joseph : To our most beloved clergy and people , health and benediction . If all are acquainted with the happy success of the Catholic aposfcleship in the United Kingdom of Great Britain , if the numerous restorations to the bosom of the true Roman church , not only of tho unlearned , of the simple , and of the poor , but especially of the most enlightened , of the most learned , and of the mo 9 fc honoured personages , creates in the faithful the sweet hope that the day is not far distant when the

      unity of belief will be re-established in that island which before the fatal schism was termed " the Island of the Saints . " Those difficulties , however , are not so generally known which attend that mission , nor the many obstacles which , in tho English dominions , and especially in London , oppose themselves not only to the propagation of the faith among the Protestants , but to its maintenance in the minds of converts , as well as in those of the Italians who inhabit the metropolis ; in fact , the ministers of error leave no means untried to arrest the marvellous tendency of that nation towards Catholicism , supported by certain Italian apostates , who not long since opened for their countrymen a church , by them falsely styled Catholic ; some schools , which they call of young Italy ; and some rooms in which they hold nightly readings and politico-religious conferences , where the poison of heresy is given out with the most studied malice to those who came thither in

      good faith and in the hope of tracing there the salutary nourishment of the true doctrine . To preserve the Catholics—especially our own countrymen—from the corruption of impiety and error , it has appeared absolutely necessary to construct an Italian church in London , which , for its size an d central position , should correspond to the spiritual wants of so many of the faithful wlio live there , as well as also to establish some schools for the scientific and religious instruction for young Italians . The reigningpontiff , highly commending the noble and holy project , in his fervent zeal and unwearied care for all that interests religion and tho health of souls , has desired , by means of the holy congregation for propagating the faith , to recommend its execution

      to the charity of the faithful , granting an indulgence of one hundred days to those affording any contributions to suoh an object . We , therefore , in conformity with the will of the Holy Father , and of our most religious sovereign , order that on the Sunday preceding the Festivals of theHblj Apostles Peterand Paul , the very reverend parish priests do announce to the people that on the said solemn occasion a subscription shall be made towards the building of the forementioned Catholic Italian church in London ; and we propose that a similar collection shall also and especially be made in the churches of the religious orders of both sexes , in those of the asylums , confraternities or other pious institutions , in such a way as may appear most fitting to those who preside over them . The sums collected by the respective collectors shall be

      consigned to the treasurer of the archiepiscopal revenues charged by us to receive them , and to him also may he proffered in the succeeding days , the privato offerings of those who , inspired by a generous sentiment of Christian charity , may wish to take a part in so noble a work . With reference to this , I should further announce that his Holiness Pope Pius IX ., at the request of certain English Catholics has deigned lately to grant an indulgence of 100 days to whosoever may recite three Ave Marian , with after each , the invocation Aitxttium Christianorum , ora pro nobis , and plenary indulgence for one day , at their own choice to whosoever shall have recited them for one entire month , providsd that , havin g confesse d an d commun ic ated , he shall pray particularly for the Catholic chnrch of England .

      We trust , beloved brethren , that you will all contribute , with such means as may be in your power ( 2 Cor . iv . ) to the accomplishment Of a work eminently Catholic , directed to the great glory of God and of his church , to the salvation of souls , of such merit to your se l ves , and of so great honour to our common country , which never was behind other nations in its exercise of the most noble Christian virtues . We impart to you , in the meantime , with all the effusion of our heart , our pastoral benediction . From the Archiepiscepal Palace , June 9 , 1851 . ( Signed ) FERnufAKD , Archbishop of Florence . ( Countersigned ) Luigi Santoxt , First Archiepiscopal Chancellor .

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      Wreck of the Emigrant Ship lLu , crox . —We regret having to record the loss of the American emigrant ship Halcyon , which sailed hence on the 17 th May , with upwards of 300 passengers , principally Irish and German emigrants , for New York . The whole of the passengers and crew , with the exception of one woman and a child , were providentially rescued fi'om a watery grave , hav i n g b een humiinely taken on board , almost in tho last extremity , by the New York ships , Connecticut , Captain Latham , and the William H . Whavton , Captain Gates , laden with cotton , on their passage to Liverpool . The Halcyon encountered a heavy gale on the 8 th ult ., longitude being about 57 i , and latitude 42 , within five or six days' sail of Sew York . The

      ship , from a succession of disasters , b ecame totally disabled ; and , notwithstanding the exertions and skill of Captain Wade and his officers , to which the whole of the passengers we have conversed with bear willing and eager testimony , t h ose on b oar d would most inevitably have perished had not the vessels alluded to have rendered timely assistance . To Captain Wade , who most courteously and readily afforded us every information , we are indebted for the following report of the disaster : — " On the ? th of June , the Halcyon , when within five or six days' sail of New York , was dismasted in a heavy S . E . gale . The fore and mainmasts went by the deck , and the mizenraast below the top . The rudder was rendered useless by the

      thumping of the spar 3 before they could be got clear , and the violent action of the sea . One pump was broken by the cargo fetching away , arid the other was so much injured as to bo rendered nearly useless . Up to the time of the Connecticut and William H . Whavton coming to the rescue , which was on the lltb _ . it was impossible , in consequence of the violent rolling of the wreck at the time , to get up a jury mast of sufficient size to steady the sinking ship . All this time the leakage was increasing ; the cargo was working , and the hull straining violently . One of the steerage passengers , a woman , sustained a serious injury from some iron rails on deck , falling on her f eer , ana crushing her very much , which caused her death . Whartoii

      When the Connecticut and William H . came down they took off the passengers and crew , with provisions , water , &c , an d t h e y lef t on the 12 th . When leaving , the wreck being directly in the track of ships bound to the eastward , and it being nearly night , he ( Captain Wade ) deemed it prudent to setber on fire , to prevent any ships that mi g ht c om e a lon g d uring t h e ni ght running foul of her . Captain Wade , the officers , and passengers of tho ill-fated vessel express the deepest gratitude for their deliverance . The William H . Wharton arrived in Liverpool on Thursday evening , with the mate of the vessel and 190 of her passengers , and the Connecticut , bringing Captain Wade and the rest of tho unfortunate people , on Friday evening . — Liverpool paper .

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      n MONDAY , June 30 , SH . ^ - * - srsa = £ sjrtfsa ^ x- ^ •*» 1 lie Marquis of Londonderry brought the caso of Kfhltfh ' bef 0 r ° the house ' and wisbcd l ° know £ form , h £ Sovernraent were in possession of any wS « f ? k r ° sPeeting tto transmission ofAbd-elrr ,, PHnna ^ S u ltan ' 8 ( iomi n P . and whether inffi" , a £ bgen given to our diplomatic agents m m ,- » a n ; Constantinople to facilitate the release ot that eminent warrior . , / , Iff ,. fLiSSM ™ P lied that , though - ! th ? nnw ? - dlvidllil 1 his sympathies went along ? An Wf £ * noble frien ('» and . however glad , n nn ? £ 7 ° heM of Abd-el-Kader ' s release , he could not help declaring that as a government we had no sort of ngnf to interfere in the matter

      . the SeTdroJSr ^ hm LordBROuonAM , The Eari of SffAmsBmnr called the attention of Loid imisdowuo to the case of a climbinsr boy who had beeni suffocated in a chimney near Leeds , and ! i j now what tha government were prepared to do in the matter . * if M . l ° Lmsdowsb said that he had only , ust heard ot the case , and would give his answer when tie had informed himself more fully as to its details . Several bills were then advanced a stage , and their lordships adiourned .

      HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Oa ihe order for going jnwoommitteo on the Customs Bill , Mr . 1 . Baiuso moved an instruction to the Committee to make provision for preventing the mixture of chicory with coffee by the vendors of coffee . There were , ho observed , two questions in this case —first , whether the proposed reduction of the duty upon coffee was to a sufficient extent to prevent the future adulteration of the article , which , he thought , must be decided in the negative ; secondly , if such ho the fact , whether it was fair to those who paid a duty of fifty per cent , upon coffee to place iliem in competition with an article which paid no duty at all ? He did not desire to interfere with the growth of chicory , but to prevent its being sold for what it was not . It might be difficult to

      prevent fraud altogether , but ife was one thing to brand fraudulent practices with disgrace , and an other to legalise them . He appealed to the evidence of figures to show that the consumption of coffee , notwithstanding the diminution of price , had year after year fallen off , whilst that of tea , in spite of a high duty , was increasing ; and he urged the recall of tho Treasury minute upon grounds of justice , morality , and policy . ( Hear , hear . ) The Chancellor o f the Exchequer , in opposing the motion , stated the difficulties which surrounded any interference by tho Excise in this matter .

      There were only tvo grounds , he observed , upon which government interference could bo justifiednamely , that the mixed article was deleterious ; or that the revenue was injured by the process . ( Hear , hear . ) lie denied tbat thero was any noxious property in chicory , and though the revenue might suffer in some degree from its mixture with coffee , it was not to such a degree as to make it worth while to incur the expense , inconvenience , and vexation of an interference , which would , moreover , check the cultivation of a root profitable to agriculture . ( Hear , hear . ) In point of form , he objected to the introduction of an Excise regulation into a Customs bill .

      Mr . Ckawfobd , in a first speech , su pp orte d the motion , insisting upon the injury inflicted upon the poor by the countonanco which the Treasury had giren to the adulteration of coffee , not mere ly with chicory , but with filthy ingredients . Sir J . Ttrell rallied the supporters of the motion , who were inflnmed , he said , with jealousy of chicory , the culture of which the agriculturists had improved by skill and science . Mr . Baring did not like to see the extended use of this wholesome root , and he availed himself of the , prejudices against adulteration . Mr . Anstet supported the motion , contending that coffoe should be protected from adulteration like other excisable articles , and that the existing law was sufficient for the purpose , if properly enforced .

      Sir F . Baring denied that if the Treasury minute were repealed , the law would be sufficient to prevent the admixture of chicory with coffee ; ten years' experience had convinced him to the contrary . The minute had been issued upon a representation of respectable traders , that the law operated as a punishment to the honest and a protection to the dishonest trader . Mr . Herries said , the interests of agriculturists and of coffee growers , however important , were subordinate to the question whether the government should be at liberty to offer encouragement to fraud and a direct infraction of the law . lie should support the motion .

      Mr . Oebobnb said the whole gist of the question waB this—that the Chancellor of the Exchequer was called upon to violate a great principle , by interfering in all the petty details of trade , which should be left to itself . ( Hear , hear . ) He warned the house not to be made the tool of large holders of tea and coffee , who expected enormous gains from the proscription of chicory . Mr . G . BKHKBLEy supported the motion , and hoped the house would put an end to a gross fraud , which was injurious to the colonies . Mr . Waklet said , whether chicory was wholesome or not was not the question , but whether the government should openly sanction adulteration for a purpose not explained . He considered such a proceeding unjust , immoral , and injurious to the character of tho legislation of this country . ( Hear . ) Mr . Hume approved of the Treasury minute , and should vote with the government .

      Mr . Cayley also supported the motion , which , upon a division , was negatived by 109 against 122 . The house then went into committee upon the bill , the clauses of which were agreed to , a f t e r some discussion . Inhabited House Duiy Bill . —Upon the order for going into committee upon this bill , Mr . Disraeli moved , by way of amendment , three resolutions , to the effect that , according to an estimate of the probable future produce of the existing taxes , it appears that a surplus revenue may be expected in the present year of about £ 9 , 000 , 000 ; that in the revenue so estimated is included £ 5 , 000 , 000 derived from the tax on income , the renewal or modification of which may depend on the result of an inquiry bv a committee of the

      house ; and that , in this state of our financial a rran g ements , it is not expedient to make any material sacrifice of the public income . Ho observed that before the close of the session it was important that the house and the country should clearly understand our financi . il condition , but he . defied any member to tell his constituents what tlmfc condition vya 9 _ wnether there was a surplus or not—whether the sources of our revenue were permanent or fleeting ; and , therefore , be had thought it his duty to induce the house to . enter upon this , discussion . The minister , in his financial statement , had calculated upon a surplus of about £ 2 , 000 , 000 , and had proposed certain remissions of . taxa t ion by the assistance of this surplus , which he had assumed upon the fact that the income-tax would be

      renewed and for no inconsiderable , period . He would not discuss the comparative merits of direct and indirect taxation ; but if direct taxation was to form a considerable feature of our financial system , it was of the utmost importance that its principle should be a ri « ht one , —that it should not differ from that of indirect taxation , —that it should bo general . ( Hear , hear . ) , Sir it . Peel ' s object when he introduced the income-tax was temporary . ; but the Chancellor of the Exchequer , in making this tax the basis of his financial . system , had not been actuated by the same principle ; he had confessed tbat he could not contemplate . a period when our finances could dispense with this impost . ( Hear , hear . ) . K so he should have laid down the principles on which such an amount of direct taxation could

      justly be applied to the property and industry of tho country . He ( Mr . Disraeli ) did not dispute the policy of repealing the . window-tax ; with respect to the tax on houses , his objection was that this direct tax was not general ; that the exception to which the income tax was , open applied in an aggravated form to the house tax . ( Hear , hear . ) The surpl us woul d h a v e p ermitte d a rem i s s ion o f the window tax ; this , however , was not a remission , but a commutation , and a partial one . ( Hear . ) Passing in review other financial propositions made d uring the session , he came to Mr . Hume ' s mot i on for the limitation of the income tax for one year , which vraa carried , and with this vote he observed , the basis Of the minister ' s fairy fabric gave way , and from that moment the financial condition of the country became a precarious one . What , then , was the prudent course which , under t h ese c i rcumst a nce s , should be pursued ? The fund

      from which the proposed remissions were to be made practically no longer existed ; all agreed that the income-tax , as at present framed , would not be renewed by the Houee of Commons , and it was a prevailing opinion that none of its odious foatures could be removed . How , then . was a deficiency of £ 5 , 000 , 0 0 0 t o b e met ? Th e re w e re only two mo d es -by reducing expenditure , or increasing taxation . Sufficient relief could not be obtained from the former source , unless the military armament were touched , and this no minister would dare to propose . Taxation must then be increased , and what could be more impolitic in Buch circumstances than to t a ke off £ 2 , 000 , 000 of taxes ? ( Hear , hear . ) He and his frionds were prepared to support the ministers in a complete repeal of the window duty , but they called upon them to transform fcbe housetax into a complete commutation ; and as to the timber duty , he hoped they would not persist in their impolitic proposition , but that they would permit the British shipbuilder to build his ships in

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      bond . It wa 9 with the conviction that parliament and the government were determined to support public credit that he submitted these resolutions to he house , ( Cheers . ) The Chancellor of the Exchkqueu said Mv . Disraeli had three times addressed the house upon this subject , and had always left them in profound ignorance of the practical measures he proposed , except the building of British ships in bond . Upon the prosent occasion , his motion suggested one thing , and his speech another ; the former said , " Repeal no tax ; " the latter recommended the application of the surplus to tho repeal of the window did not

      tux . The surplus of the present year , as Mr . Disraeli alleged , depend upon the permanency of the income tux , which he ( Sir Cbnvles ) had never advocated . ( Hear , hear . ) lie asked how Mr . Disrneli could reconcile his vote for tho repeal of £ 5 , 000 , 000 of taxes on the 8 th of May with his apprehensions that public credit would bo endangered by tho remission of the window duty on the 30 th of June . The real question was whuther this duty was to be repealed or not . If these resolutions were adopted by the house , its repeal must be postponed foe another year . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Nbwbegate supported the motion , as did

      Mr . Gladstone , considering that it asserted a sound financial principle . He objected to the plan of the government in reference to the house tax for two reasons . First , it re-introduced , without qualification , an anomaly which had caused its abolition in 183 d—namely , the inequality of its incidence upon the mansions of the great in comparison with other dwellings . ( Hoar , hoar . ) But if he overlooked this objeotion , he could not assent to a plan which exempted from taxation six-sevenths of the

      house property in the country . Mr . Gladstone suggested various reasons for concluding that the income tax was in a precarious position , and , if so , was it politic , or ev e n hone s t , he asked , to exclude from view preparations for so probable an event as the lapse of £ 5 , 000 , 000 of revenue ? The income tax could not bo dispensed with , and the public credit . maintained , without new taxes , and this house tax was placed upon a basis bo narrow that it could not be made , a 9 it might be , productive of revenue . ( Hear , hear . )

      Mr . Labouchere said , the simple issue before the house was , whether it would fulfil the wishes of the country by repealing the window and timber duties . He felt assured that if the income tax 9 hould not be . continued next session , the house would not shrink from its duty of putting the finances of the country upon a proper footing . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Humb did not object to a house tax , b ut he did object to the mode in which this tax was proposed to be carried out . Upon a division , the motion was negatived by 242 against 129 . The house then went into committee upon the

      bill . The General Board of Health Bill was read a third time and p assed , after a short discussion upon a motion of Mr . Fuller to insert Hastings in the schedule , which was carried upon a division . Other bills were forwarded their respective stages . Mr . Labouchere obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend the Mercantile Marine Act in certain particulars , which he shortly stated . The other business having been despatched , the house adjourned at a quarter to one o ' clock .

      TUESDAY , July 1 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —Lovd Redesdalb brought up a report from the Committee on the Smithfield Market Removal Bill , to the effect that the standing orders had not been complied with , and recommending that the bill should not proceed . Some discussion then arose as to whether tho bill was to bo treated a 9 a public or a private one , and whether the standing orders could be properly dispensed with , and it was ultimately settled that Lord Beaumont should submit a motion to the House on Friday to the effect that the bill was more of a public than a private nature , and that the standing orders should be dispensed with .

      Lord Granville then moved that the House should go into Committee on the Patent Law Amendment Bill No . 3 , and proceeded to explain that tho measure now before the Hoiue was an amalgamation of the two bills on this subject which had been referred to and rejected by the Select Committee . The neble Lord , in a very able speech , then went into the grievances inflicted on almost aJl classes by the existing Patent Laws , as well as the remedies which would be applied to those grievances by the proposed measure , and after remarking tbat its clauses had been unanimously adopted by tho Select Committee , who had bestowed on it the utmost attention , concluded by moving that the House should resolve itself into committee on the bill .

      Lords Brougham , Campbell , and Grey expressed their approbation of the bill , while tho Duke of Argyll and Lord Harrowbv expressed their dissent from some of the propositions advanced by Lord Granville . The motion was then agreed to , and their Lovdsbips adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Tho morning sitting of the house was occupied in Committee with the details of the County Courts ' Further Exte n s i o n Bill and the Ecclesiastical Property Valuation ( Ireland ) Bill . SpiniTUAt Destitution . —At the evening sitting , The Marquis of Blandfobd moved ah address , praying her Majesty , with reference to the spiritual

      destitution existing in England and Wales , to adopt measures for affording more efficient relief to the spiritual wants , of the people , and for extending the parochial system by hoJp drawn from the resources of the Established Church .- He adverted , in the outset , to a speech of the late Sir R . Peel , in 1843 , when he introduced a measure for Church extension , which , he said , expressed his own idea—that it is to our parochial constitution , founded in other times and circumstances , to which attention should be directed ! : He then distributed his argument under three heads—first , the existence of great and pressing spiritual wants amongst the people ; secondl y , the , means whereb y these w a nts m a y b e supplied ¦; . and ,, thirdly , the willingness of the

      public to co-operate in what was required fo , r attaining that object ; . . . Under the first head , he showed that no f e w e r than 1 , 893 , 000 souls had . neither encouragement nor opportunity to enter the House of God , whilst the deficiency of the clergy was alarming . ( Hearj hear . ) In advocating aa increase of the episcopate , which might be effected by making deans' incomes available for new bishoprics , he did not eon template the necessity of the new bishops being peers of parliament . The means he proposed under the second head to remedy the acklowledged destitution were indicated by ' the Royal Commissioners—namely , the erection of 600 new churches at tho cost of £ 2 , 100 , 000 , one-half of which could be raised by private contributions . The , obiections

      to this proposal he considered and answered . With reference ; to the third branch of the subject , that of local aid , ) upon which Sir R , Peel laid great stress , Lor d ' Bland ford stated that-of the £ 1 , 216 , 000 . expended in seven years by tho Incorporated Society in building churches and chapels , no less than £ 985 , 400 had been collected from , private individuale . , He concluded by strongly urging his proposition upon political and social , as well as moral and religious grounds . Lord R . Gkosvknor , in seconding the motion , observed ' that the proposed measure was a practical one , which sought to put in motion no new

      experim e nt , but to extend a , plan which , had already been productive ' of signal advantage . Mr . Home moved to add to the motion a prayer for an account of all property belonging to the Church of England , or to any bishopric or capitular OX ecclesiastical body or corporation , setting forth particulars . lie did not take this course in a spirit of opposition to tho motion , for ho admitted generally the evils pointed out by Lord Blandford , but to facilitate his object by showing how : he might carry out religious instruction in the Church of England at lees cost by existing means Out of the ample funds at the command of that Church , i

      . Sir . B . Hall supported the motion , the effect of which would be to remedy existing abuses in the Church , though he should oppose the grant of any sum of money by parliament for its object , or the aale of the'Lobd OirANCEUon ' s livings ; the object could be arrived at by a better management of Church property . The people could , not be put forward in this matter until the Church was put uppn a more satisfactory basis . The enormous amount of Church property appeared by a recent return , which showed tbat the net aggregate income of the sees was £ l , 344 , 170 , 'including £ 636 , 387 for fines on leases . It further appeared that six b i s hops , ' during the seven years , had received £ 28 , 267 . more than was allotted to the sees , and

      that there are due to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners from threo bishops £ 14 , 225 ; making together £ i 2 , 492 | which ought to be how applied to the augmentation of small livings . ( Hear , hear . ) But the six . sees just referred to were what were called small sees ; take three of the great sees . T o t ak e two on the old foundation—London and Winchester ; in 1837 it waB decided by the Ecclesiastical Commis ? sioners , the bishops of London and Winchester consenting , that the income of these sees on the next avoidance should bo £ 10 , 000 and £ 7 , 000 ; . It was remarkable that there was no one single instance ofanv ono of these bishops during their

      lifetime giving up anything for the benefit of the Church : these gentlemen determined thai their successors should have £ 10 , 000 and £ 7 , 000 ; but if that income was proper for their successors , why not for themselves ? ( Hear , hear . ) Each of these two prelates had a town residence and a country residence , quite irrespective of the income . ( Hear . ) A ow , in fourteen yeara , the BiBhop ; of London , at £ 10 , 000 a ye a r , ought to ! Have received £ 140 , 000 ; but tin had recavyed £ 217 . 259 , or £ 77 , 259 more than' he oughts-more than he himself said was adequate for the see . ( Hear ;) In fourteen years the Bishop of Winchester , at £ 7 , 000

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      a year , should have received i . 08 , 000 ; instead of which he had received £ 151 , 16 ( 5 , or £ 53 , 186 more than he should have done . ( Hoar , hear . ) So that these two bishops had taken from the Church in fourteen years £ 130 . 425 more than they themselves considered sufficient to na'ntain the dignity of their sees ! ( Hear . ) It might be said that these were bishops of the old foun d ation , and that this new scale of income was not to apply until the next avoidance —( hear , iie . ir ) —but when the liishop of London was constantly asking the laity for money for advancing the interests of the church , surely it would be more satisfactory if he would ahow that he consMeved what would suffice for his successors was Sufficient

      fov him . ( lleav . ) Bat uke a caso of tho new foundation . In 1 S 3 C the liishop of Durham % vas appointed ; £ S , 0 QQ a year was assigned as tho income of that see ; in fourteen yours , then , ho should have received £ 112 , 000 , but he had received £ 191 , C 5 S , or £ 79 , C 5 S more than ho should ; and tlieao prelates had deprived the church of £ 210 , 083 in fourroen years . ( Hear , hear . ) These were faota not to be got over . ( Hear , hear . ) Again , when church extension was talked of , and the people were appealed to , they would Jook first whether the clergy were doing their duty in their respective loealiti ' ps . Kow , to take some casos—to betrin with the riiocoss of Ely . What was the case in Wisbeach and the adjoining parishes ? The value of tho

      living of Wisbeach was , —St . Peter's , £ 1 , 311 ; St . Mary ' s , £ S 7 Q ; total , £ 2 , 190 . The vicar , who was absent about six months in the year , was also prebendary of Ely ( £ 700 , ) and vicar of Watorbeacb ( £ 500 , ) so that his income wae £ 3 , 390 , which ho obtained because ho was son-in-law of Bishop Sparkes . In the adjoining parish of Walsoken , the rectory was worth £ 1 , 293 ; the rector was nonresident . The vector of Leverington ( value £ 2 , 099 ) was non-rosident ; he was also canon of Ely ( £ 700 , ) and rector of Gunthorpe ( £ 53 i ); total income £ 3 , 333 . The vicar of Emneth ( value £ 2 , 990 ) was non-resident ; ho was also prebendary of Brecon . Tho rector of Tydd St . Giles ' s ( £ 1 , 200 ) Was resident in Germany ; ho paid his curate £ 120 ;

      the population was 900 ; very few attended church . The rector of Tydd St . Mary ' s ( £ 1 , 200 ) was also non-resident ; he was prebendary of Lincoln ( £ 1 , 000 , ) and rector of Woolbeding ( £ 227 ); total income , £ 2 , 327 . Here were five clergymen receiving £ 11 , 143 , and not . doin ^ a ny duty , and one clergyman receiving £ 3 , 390 and doing duty only when it suited his convenience . ( Hear , hear . ) Was not this a scandal to the church ? ( Hear , hear . ) He ( Sir Benjamin Hall , ) as a member of tho church , felt compelled to ask , with shame and disgust , would the Roman Catholics do these things ? ( Hear , hear . ) To turn next to Rochester . Tho bishop , who -was appointed in 1 S 27 , had held the deanery of

      Worcester and some other benefices , and he resigned these in 1846 to receive the stipulated incomo of £ 4 , 500 , to which he had no right ; that incomo was to be aBsignod to tho bishop at the next avoidance . At first . i smaller income was assigned to Rochester ; in JS 45 it was raised to £ 4 , 500 , and then he offered to res ign his pluralities that he might receive that income . But had ho received only that ? iiy his o wn returns h e had rece i ved £ 5 , 370 a year . ( Hoar . ) One of his duties was to hold a triennial visitation of tlie cathedral ( a different thing from the visitations of the diocese , ) to correct abuses and sen the statutes of the cathedral observed ; he ( Sir B . Hall ) had made inquiries , and had not been able to ascer * tain that the bishop had ever made one of these

      cathedral visitotions , though he was sworn to do so , and in " another place" he alleged his oath as an excuse for not voting for tho Ecclesiastical Revenues Bill . It seemed he had seldom or never preached in his cathedral except on Eaater d ; ty last . ( Hear , hear . ) It might foe said that it was not the part of a friend to tho church to state these abuses ; but , unless abuses were put forward , there was no chanco of their being redressed . ( Hear , hear . ) How had the example of the bishop been followed ? The dean preached twelve times between December Iafc and April 1 st , and attended service four ti ¦ qs ; his income was £ 1 , 400 a year . Ono canon , with £ 680 income , preached twelve times in two years' residence ; another , with £ 780 , preached twice last

      December , but had not preached since , thoueh ha had an additional £ 100 a year because it was represented to tho Ecclesiastical Commissioners that tho duties were so laborious ; another canon had nofc been in Rochester fov three years , but had Bold off his goods and left the place . In the month of June just ended no canon preached on any Sunday , not even "Whit Sunday , though one did on Ascension Day . The minor canons did the whole work ; two of them got £ 150 n year , and the others £ 30 . In a few days the cathedral would probably bo closed , and the canons could go and enjoy themselves . The income of the whole body—bishop , dean , and canons —was £ 10 , 900 ; but the dean and five canons had additional incomes , amounting to £ 7 , 740 , making a total of £ 17 , 610 per annum . ( Hear , hear . ) This

      case of Rochester had become notorious , in consequence of a suit now pending ; and tho pamphlet of Mr . AVhiston , master of the Grammar School , had drawn public attention to it . When the charter was granted to this ecclesiastical body , it was determined that six old men , called almsmen or bedesmen , should be allowed £ 40 a year . Ho ( Sir B . Hall ) had got a return which showed that tha last appointment was of Thomas Fe . itherton , in , 177 'i , and that there had been no bedesmen in exist * once sineo 1700 , so that in the sixty years tha chapter had taken £ 2 , 400 and divided it . ( Hear . ) But would the house believe that every quarterday , until lately , the chapter cJerk went through tho solemn farce of saying . •« Thomas Feathorston , forth

      come and receive your income , ' '— " John Smith , come forth and receive your income ?" ( Loud laughter , aud cries of " Hear , hear . " ) To think of this abominable imposture being acted under the very eye of the dean and canons , they knowing well that Thomas Fetherston and John Smith had been in their coffins for years ! ( Ilenr , hear . ) In consequence of tho exposure , and of representations made by himself and one of the members for Rochester to the Secretary of State—so that he ( Sir B . Hall ) had done some little good with one of these bodies —( hear , hear)—new appointments were made ; six poor old men were appointed , one o f whom had served in Lord Howe's action , and another was at Waterloo , pains being taken to select

      men who had been of service to the country , and who were to receive the stipend of £ 40 a year , hut a few days ago , when £ 1 10 s . lOd . was to be paid to each for tho quarter , the chapter clerk , the officer of this ecclesiastical corporation , whose members received £ 17 , 640 a year , actually deducted 10 s . for his fee from this payment to each of these poor people ! ( Ilear , hear . ) The dean and chapter of Rochester had control of the funds of an hospital there , but they pocketted the money , and it wa 3 only in consequence of tho appointment of tho Charity Commissioners that an exposure took place , and a stop was put to the system under which the property of the hospital , called the " Lepers' Hospital , " was appropriated under the influence of the moral leprosy which had . sprung up among the dean , and chapter . He came now to a district with which ho was well acquainted ; and , if any one wanted to

      * eo a chnrch destitute , neglected , the disgrace of tho establishment , let him go intothediocess of St . David ' s . The Bishop of St . David ' s was ono of tha new foundation , with £ 4 , 500 a year , receiving £ 1 , 600 a year from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to make up that amount ; but from the return it appeared that he received £ 5 , 500 , and , to maKO as great as possible deductions from the gross ia » come , there was not a singie item of expenditure which ooiild eater into the mind of a man or a bishop which was not introduced . He was dean and treasurer of the collegiate church" of Brecon , the property of which amounted to £ 7 , 213 10 s . an * nually . Mr . Josso , a gentleman of undoubted respectability , who , after a long term of seryioe , had retired only a few years ago from , a responsible aitu . " , ation under tho Crown , visited Brecon in 1817 , and had given a description of : — '

      The interesting old cathedral , now fast mouldering away—neglected , for 6 aken , and almost unknown . Who can see it without feelings of the deepest regret f Jfo solemn anthem now ascends to heaven , no . choral praise is . heard . Theinsidious ivy creeps through tho ' roof , ' the floor is damp , and the old oak stalls , with their curiously carved misereres , are fast falling to . decay . And why is this ? Are there , no funds to keep it in repair?—no . estates attached to its original foundation ? Where is the dean who occupied the 3 tall ou which his name is inscribed , or

      the precentor or presbyters - . who sat in the 'others ? Did they resign the ecclesiastical dutiea because decaying incomes kept pace with , the decay , of the sacred edifice ? Nothing of this sort is the case . Tbe . Bishoppf StDavid ' a is the dean , and . there are no less than fifteen preben * davies nil of them ( the bishop'included ) deriving considerable incomes from this neglected place . Yet the estate * flourish , the rents are paid , and the dean and prebendaries pocket tbe money ; ' The . livings which , pious men left to this church are still held by them , and . yet it is all decay , ruin and desolation . . . . ... .,: .,.

      ¦ That was ' a description of the COilegiatO ChUrch : © f Christ in Brecon .. JYould the Roman Catholics suffer-theke things ? : If they hadatgreat and royal foundation would they not endeavour to extend ita lisefulneB ? And when the Pope saw , these thinw goin on in the diocess of St . David ' s , or MenX was it surprising that he should appoint a bishon for that diocess that near -the . Utely S 6 S » tStteef « £ S ^ Mhouso wh »^ iK ^ Tl 2 v a cUT > heMffMeb a Wehop " ought £ nera \ nnniS ° J ? L " w PWto-. 5 wmaisriofit V £ P mte (* ^ hen the ri « honourable member ( W 7 as Secretary of State for . the Hom « in w i ? ' t 0 in « luir € into the 8 tate-, of education in wales . These oommisBioners deemed it necei * 8 ary ¦ to visit mnny ctmrohes , because tne > Bchoo /» Worn frnnunnll ^ I . l j . n . i i U-Mkar ..- fFliA

      honourable baronot proceeded to . reed-. extract * describing the state of a number of churchesVJflotar . having large holes in the w » f . ' aflJOTWjS j W ,: ruins , an d i n some the ' servicesi beingjelopmpa- - t- tmei - , in one inatanco , tfee olergytnan ^ ws «* r "

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      COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH . THE QUEBN V . BBOWIJ . Cheating at Cards . —This was an indictment , on the Sth and 9 th Viet . 109 , s . 17 , for cheating at cards on the 23 rd of January last . —It appeared from the evidence on the part of the prosecution , that on the day in question a ball was given at the London Tavern , Bishopsgate-streer , in aid of the funds of the Licensed Victuallers . The company was admitted by ticket , and several strangers were present . Among other amusements it appeared that some of the party were playing at whist , when the defendant Brown and two others , who were strangers , were observed to enter . They went Tip to the whist table , and defendant after seating

      himself near the table , proposed tbat tho game ehould be changed to loo , which was done . Several played at the game , which was continued from five to six hours . Amongst those that played were Mr . Whitehead , Mr . Young , Mr . Bennett , Mr . Ireland , the defendant , and his two friends . The defendant was the chief winner . He was observed by Bennett to put , when he was not playing , a card at the back of his neck , and when that suit came to be trumps he took the card out and played it . He was seen to do this seven or ei ght times . Bennett left off playing , and watched . lie saw him put the ace of spades in his collar . Two or three deala intervened when spades were not trumps , but when they were he played it . Mr . Bennett had communication with

      Mr . Whitehead , who then watched , and saw the defendant put a card behind his neck . Cluba were trumps ; and -wirile defendant was drawing the card , which proved to be the ace of clubs , out of his neck , Wbitehead seized it in his hand , and called out , " Gentlemen , yon are playing with a blackleg . " There was then great confusion . The gentlemen seized the money on the table , the king of hearts fell from Brown ' s sleeve , and he endeavoured to shuffle the cards together . A policeman was s e nt fo r , and the defendant was taken into custody . —Mr . Chambers , on behalf of the defendant , submitted that there was no evidence to go to the

      jury , aa no particular coin of any one person alleged in the indictment to be defrauded was shown to pass to the defendant ; but Lord Campbell thought there was evidence on all the counts . —Mr . Chambei' 3 then addressed the jury for the defendant , who returned a verdict of Guilty on all the counts . —In reply to an application from Mr . Sergeant "Wilkins , Lord Campbell said he thought it his duty to pass immediate judgment . It was a most scandalous case , and the sentence of the court was that the defendant should be imprisoned for two years with hard labour ; and at the end of tbat period should find two sureties in £ 50 each for his good behaviour for two years .

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