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issuing their letter to the Bank at an earler period than that on which it was written He wished to devolve on no party whatever the responsibility for the course he had pursued in 1819, and in the subsequent years down to 1844, for he would at once declare that he did not regret Still he must say that it was not quite decorous to hold an individual responsible for that which was sanctioned by both houses of the legislature. The bill of 1819 was proposed by him, it was true, but it was recommended by two committees of the House of Commons, and not a single division took place against it, and in the House of Lords it met with unanimous support. He admitted that the Bill of 1944 had failed to prevent panics, but it had succeeded in securing convertihility, and in checking over-speculation, which would otherwise have followed the alone of paper money. The real present well was dearth of capital, and an increased elrendating medium would not have the effect of adding to that capital, or of in any way mitigating the evil. After this My Pier withdrew his amendment, and the motion was agreed to.

Per The RAILWAYS Bill went Houph Committee. It enables the Comtulsalmers of Railways to extend the time andpred fo mompleting works for a peHol and peperdling two years.

Meet Margus O'Connor pronst the question of a REPEAL OF THE Voor to moving for a "Noloot Committee by toputra and report on the means by which the desiduttion of the Parliament of Tochant wasetheted, on the effects of that nours in Treland, and upon the labour. arwin huahualty and operatives in manubotures tu Biglant, and on the probable Per quem of continuing the legislative puan butween both countries." "After a boge deloste, the motion was negatived by $ 44

A Hill to facilitate the completion of Pour Wonks in Ireland was brought in mood read the Aral time

***** M* 4ustry moved the second pooling of his Hill for the repeal of acts of poolbonent imposing pains and penalties Igom her Majesty's HOMAN CATHOLIC sub jf om mount of their religious opinions, The pompuant to repeal a clause of the Act of Himpremony, whide prohibited any party From affirming the authority of any foreign partide in pridatic in this realm; a clause In the Pol of the M, which continued The produlation of bringing into the coun try and putting in execution any bulls, willings, ottica superstitious things from the new of Home; a clause in the Uniformity Act of Charles 11., c. 4, rendering any person present at any other form

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of worship than that contained in the Book
of Common Prayer liable to six months'
imprisonment for the first offence, to 12
months' imprisonment for the second, and
to imprisonment for life for the third; and
also some clauses of minor comparative
importance in the 25th of Charles II., c.
2, in the 30th of the same King, and in
some statutes of the present reign. He
also proposed to repeal the act of the 31st
George III., by which Roman ecclesiastics
were liable to have their property confis-
cated, and to be subject to perpetual im-
prisonment and transportation for life for
using in their chapels steeples and bells,
and for performing funeral service in their
churchyards; and likewise so much of the
law as provided for the gradual suppression
of the Jesuits and of other monastic bodies
resident within the United Kingdom.-Sir
R. H. Inglis viewed the measure as part
of a system of aggression upon the esta-
blished religion of this country, and upon
the supremacy of the Throne in spiritual
matters. He moved that the Bill be read
a second time that day six months.-Sir
George Grey did not attach much import-
ance to this Bill, but should vote in favour
of the second reading, without pledging
himself to its future support.-The amend-
ment was negatived by 168 to 135, and
the Bill was read a second time.

Dec. 9. Sir George Grey moved the second reading of the CRIME AND OUTRAGE (IRELAND) Bill.-Mr. John O'Connell moved an amendment; but the second reading was carried by a majority of 296 to 19.

Dec. 10. In Committee on the same bill, Mr. John O'Connell moved as an amendment that the Lord Lieutenant should only have power to proclaim those portions of the country that were formally reported to him as being disturbed. This was defeated by a majority of 203 to 4; and the other clauses were then agreed to.

Dec. 13. Sir George Grey moved the third reading of the CRIME AND OUTRAGE (IRELAND) Bill, whereupon Mr. John O'Connell moved as an amendment that it be read a third time that day six months. This was negatived by 173 to 14, and the bill was read the third time and passed.

On the Chancellor of the Exchequer moving the nomination of the Committee on COMMERCIAL DISTRESS, Mr. Hume proposed an amendment that it should be deferred to the 4th Feb. This was negatived on division by 146 to 57.-Lord George Bentinck moved another amendment, that the Committee should consist of 30 instead of 26 members. Negatived by 136 to 45.

The House affirmed the members of the Committee, but adjourned its nomination to Wednesday, Dec. 15, when, after five

divisions, it was appointed exactly as proposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Dec. 16. Lord J. Russell moved for a Committee of the whole House to consider the Civil and Religious Disabilities of the Jews, with a view to their removal. After two nights' debate,-Lord J. Russell said the resolution which he intended to propose, was as follows:-"That it is expedient to remove all civil disabilities at present existing against her Majesty's subjects of the Jewish religion, with the like exceptions as are applicable to her Ma. jesty's subjects professing the Roman Ca. tholic faith." The House then divided,

and the motion was carried by a majority of 253 to 186. In Committee the resolution was agreed to.-Lord J. Russell obtained leave to bring in a Bill founded thereon, which he proposed to read a second time on Monday, the 7th of February.

On the 17th Dec. the CRIME AND OUTRAGE (IRELAND) Bill, the PUBLIC WORKS (IRELAND) Bill, and the RAILWAYS Bill were severally read a third time and passed; on the 19th both Houses adjourned to the 3rd of February.

SPAIN.

FOREIGN NEWS.

There appears to be a calm in the longdisturbed political atmosphere of this country. Numerous changes have taken place in the government of the provinces, the object of Narvaez evidently being to bring within his own grasp as wide a range of influence as possible; so that he may be the better prepared to crush any opposition from whatever quarter it may arise, and by thus consolidating his power work out the plans of the Queen Mother. The Carlist bands are nearly put down.

ITALY.

The inhabitants of Pontremoli having determined to oppose by force their incorporation with Modena, the Grand Duke of Tuscany obtained leave of King Charles Albert to march troops across the Sardinian territory to the coercion of that town. The Duke of Modena has also

declared Massa Carrara in a state of siege, and ordered his troops to fire on any assemblage of more than two persons. The people of Pisa have shown their dissatisfaction by breaking the windows of the palace of the Archduke Maximilian, uncle of the Duke of Modena. The question of Ferrara is considered as settled. The Austrians have consented to withdraw from the town into the citadel, merely retaining a post at the gate of the Po, which they were to hold in conjunction with Pontifical soldiers. There is, however, some delay in the performance of this agreement.

SWITZERLAND.

The confederation under General Dufour advanced against Lucerne on the 22nd Nov. from four points. Fierce resistance was offered to the corps of Ochsenbein, whose artillery, however, soon repulsed the Lucernese. But the most GENT. MAG. VOL. XXIX.

important engagements took place north of Lucerne, where General Gmur attacked the bridge of Gislikon, and carried it, together with the fortified positions of Roth and Dierikon, forcing his way by the evening of the 23rd to the very gates of Lucerne. That evening a deputation from Lucerne arrived at the head-quarters of General Dufour, at Smis, a town on the Reus, a few miles from Lucerne, with propositions for a capitulation. The General answered that it was too late, and demanded the unconditional submission of the city. This submission was consented to on the morning of the 24th, and the federal troops marched into the town. On the 23rd, another division of the federal troops, under General Keller, marched into Schwytz, and occupied Schalebach, Reichenbourg, and Siebnen, the landsturm disbanding, and the authorities of the district capitulating. The same took place in the town of Zug. It is evident, from all these accounts, that the troops of the Sonderbund made no very obstinate resistance, and that its reduction has been effected by a very trifling loss of either life or property. The last of the outstanding cantons of the league, the Valais, anticipated the menaced attack upon it, by submission. The civil war is therefore now over. The Swiss diet have decreed that the Roman Catholic cantons, whose adherence to the Jesuits had been the occasion of the war, should pay all its expenses, amounting to 3,163,000 francs.

MEXICO.

It appears that open and undisguised hostilities have broken out between Santa Anna and General Paredes. Two engagements have taken place with the Americans near Puebla, in which the Mexicans are said to have lost one hundred men, and the Americans only fifteen.

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PERSIA.

The rebels of Khorassan have been defeated at Teheran by the troops of the Shah. Upwards of 3000 persons have failen victims to the cholers at Tabreez, and at Cormiah 4000 out of a population of 35,000 inhabitants.

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DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.

LONDON AND ITS VICINITY.

A great mortality has attended the wont parvalence of the influenza. The antional weekly average of deaths in the wn frogolitan districts, containing at the von pea population of 1,948,211, is in the week ending Saturday the total deaths were 1,677, being ab above the average. In benog aturday Dec. 4, the of dotha was 2,454, being Tong a day, above the average. work rinding Den. 11, the number w 2,410, showing the slight 10 da compared with the prewhy but giving an increase above 1 of the season of 1,370, or 130 The principal increase of morsoy low been in the following disorders: motic discases, of which the weekly avstage is 211, but which in the week Coding Dec. 11, amounted to 783; diseases (capiratory organs, weekly average, 111, work ending Dec, 11, 913; Typhus,

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ending Dec. 11, 593. Notwithstanding the slight decrease in the mortality in the week ending Dec. 11, compared with the week ending Dec. 4, there has been a considerable increase under the head of Influenza in the former; the relative numbers being as follows: week ending Dec. 4, 198; week ending Dec. 11, 374. This circumstance it is difficult to explain, except on a supposition that, at first, medical men perceived in a multitude of complaint, or the inflammatory symptoms cases only the aggravation of a chronic of a common cold, till wide-spread disorder compelled them to recognise the presence of a new agent (or rather the return of a very old one, as it seems to have been known to our ancestors some priate name to it, centuries ago), and to assign the approThe week ending Dec. public health; the deaths in the metro18 shows a decided improvement in the had been upwards of 2,400 weekly, having polis, which during the previous fortnight declined to 1,947. This is still a formidable reckoning, for in this week 186 persons have fallen for 100 who would have died in a time of comparative free

dom from disease. The principal diminution has taken place in deaths caused by influenza, pneumonia, and bronchitis; being in the week ending Dec. 11, 967; in that ending Dec. 18, 693. The week ending Dec. 25 shows a yet further decrease, the deaths having fallen to 1,247; exactly 100 a day less than in the preceding week. This circumstance is cheering, and induces the hope that diseases caused by the late unseasonable weather have reached their extreme point, and are rapidly declining. A week or two more of dry, clear, frosty weather will doubtless restore the country to its usual healthy state, and bring down the mortality of the metropolis to its average, of about a thousand per week.

A Year of Ruin.-The year 1847 will be memorable as one of the most disastrous in our mercantile annals. A decline in consols from 100 to 79 represents depreciation in the public securities of 168,000,000. The fall in railway shares, estimated at 50 per cent. shows a diminution of 60,000,000/. in the value of this property. The failure of commercial establishments is probably understated at 20,000,0001. The loss on East and West India produce, machinery, and manufactured articles is computed at 100,000,0007. It is difficult to estimate the actual depreciation of colonial property in plantations and buildings; some have raised it as high as 400,000,000l. and if this prove correct, the loss of imperial treasure during the year does not fall short of the national debt.-Jerrold's Newspaper.

DORSETSHIRE.

Nov. 16. The Bishop of Salisbury consecrated the church of Sutton Waldron, which has been rebuilt by the Rector, the Rev. A. Huxtable, on a new site given for the purpose by H. C. Sturt, esq. of Long Critchell, the lord of the manor and patron to the living. It is a handsome edifice, in the Decorated style prevalent in the fourteenth century.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE.

Dec. 21. The Bishop of the diocese consecrated the new church of St. Simon, Baptist Mills, Bristol, the foundation stone of which was laid on the 18th of June, 1846, by the then mayor of Bristol, J. H. Haberfield, esq. The position of this church is at the rear of Messrs. Maule and Son's extensive nursery gardens. It is built in the early Decorated style of the latter period of the 13th century, consisting of a nave 80 feet long, and a north aisle and porch, with chancel 30 feet deep, and a tower and broach spire 121 feet high,

at the east end of the aisle. The exterior is of blue lias stone, with freestone dress. ings, and the interior is fitted up with low open deal benches, stained and varnished, with oak stalls and railing in the chancel ; the timbers of the roof are also stained and exposed to view. The pulpit and reading-desk are of freestone. Sittings are provided for 700 persons, 500 of which are free. The designs were furnished by the late firm of Hicks and Gabriel, architects, of Bristol. The builder was Mr. Robertson, of Stoke's-Croft.

LINCOLNSHIRE.

Miss Sandars, of Owston, has presented her parish church with three additional bells, to make a peal of six, with three old ones. Her wish was to have given an entire new peal; but Messrs. Mears', bell-founders, agent thought that three better bells than those already in the tower could not be made, two of which had been furnished by them in 1824. This is the second munificent present which this lady has made to her parish church. In the year 1836 she gave the east window, executed by Mr. Thomas Ward, of London, in painted glass, containing three full-size figures, the Redeemer, St. Peter, and St. Paul. In the year 1835, Mrs. Stonehouse, of Owston, presented this church with an excellent organ, built by Ward, of York, which contains fifteen stops, seven in the great organ, and seven in the swell. In the year 1841 these ladies subscribed towards the erection of the new district church at West Butterwick; in 1842, towards the erection of the National Church School in Owston; and in 1844 they were two of the three subscribers of one hundred pounds each to the enlargement and restoration of Owston Church.

Sept. 14. The beautiful new church lately erected by public subscription, near Iodine Spa, at Woodhall, was consecrated by the Lord Bishop of Lincoln.

SOMERSETSHIRE.

Oct. 19. The consecration of a new church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, took place at Clandown. The clergy of the neighbouring parishes, with others from Bath, amounting in all to between thirty and forty, assembled to meet the Bishop on this occasion. His lordship afterwards proceeded to Camerton, where his lordship consecrated a piece of ground which has been added to the parish cemetery. The church at Clandown (which holds nearly 400 persons) and parsonage are well designed, and reflect great credit on the architect, G. P. Manners, esq.

Oct. 15. The Bishop of Bath and Wells

consecrated the new church of Emmanuel at Weston super Mare: where a very eloquent sermon was preached by Professor Scholefield. The architect is Mr. Manners of Bath.

STAFFORDSHIRE.

Oct. 26. A new church, called Christ Church, at Lichfield, was consecrated by the Lord Bishop of Lichfield; all the pews, except one for Beacon House and another for the clergyman, are free. The church will seat 400, and the pews are all

open.

Coseley Church has been re-opened, after having undergone considerable improvements. The east end has been entirely reconstructed, under the superintendence of Mr. Hamilton, and an east window inserted, consisting of four lights, of the late Decorated period. A peal of eight bells has been added, the two largest of which bear the name of Lord Ward, and the two next those of Mr. John Parsons Firmstone and Mrs. Margaret Hill, as the donors, from the foundry of Messrs. W. and J. Taylor, of Oxford. The entire cost of the alteration and improvements exceed 1.3007, towards which upwards of 1,1007, have been already obtained.

SURREY.

Nov. 21. The fine mansion of Netley Place, near Guildford, formerly the seat of Mr. Edmund Shallet Lomax, now the property of Mr. J. Fraser, who married his daughter, was totally destroyed by fire. The interior of the house had just undergone great improvement, and was decorated at a vast expense. The house was in the entire care of Mr. Cubitt's men.

BUSNEX.

the very general regret expressed that such a relic of the olden time should have felt "necessity's sharp pinch ;" for although the top was " bald with dry antiquity," it was sufficiently a tree to be an object of attraction, if not positively an ornament. It was divided into thirteen convenient lots, and realised the sum of 221. 138., all being purchased to manufacture into pieces of furniture. There is a vignette representing this tree in Mr. May's Companion Book to Stratford-upon-Avon, recently published. It is mentioned in a perambulation of the boundaries of the borough, made in 1591.

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Dee. 6. The Gospel Elm," near Stratford on Avon, on the road to Henley, was destroyed. Early on the day the trunk Was sawn through, and found, when too late, to be perfectly sound, and the grain of the tree most beautifully marked, particular towards the crown. Scarcely a blemish or flaw was discernible through out, which materially tended to increase

WILTSHIRE.

Nov. 30. The fine old church of West Lavington, which has undergone a thorough restoration, was re-opened for Divine service by the Lord Bishop of Salisbury. The church was originally an earlyEnglish structure, built probably in the commencement of the 13th century. At the beginning of the year it presented the appearance of a dilapidated structure, with galleries disfiguring the arches, a flat roof, sky-lights (the clerestory windows being blocked up), square pews, and other unsightly appearances. The church has now been restored as nearly as possible to what it may be supposed was its original design. The south transept having been converted into a sort of mausoleum for the family of the lord of the manor in former days, has been given up by Lord Churchill for the use of the congregation. It is now seated uniformly with the rest of the church, and by these means an increase of 200 sittings has been gained, notwithstanding the removal of the galleries. The church has been entirely re-roofed, and the roof of the nave has been restored to its original pitch. It is constructed of oak, after the model of the roof of Ely cathedral. The choral roof is of oak panelling, with intersecting ribs, and bosses at the angles; The altar is an arcade of early-English the ribs and bosses being painted and gilt. arches with richly carved capitals in oak. The east window is coloured in a pattern of early-English character, with a medallion in the centre light representing the Ascension. The north transept and western windows are by Powell. There is also a small early-English window by the same in the east gable of the nave, above the chancel arch, which has a good effect. The seats are low, of oak, uniform and open. The expense of completing the work amounts to 1,600. This sum has been raised, partly by rate (5007.); Lord contributing largely. Churchill and the Bishop of the Diocese The Church Societies have also come forward.

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