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. ,day appointed for that Cbu‘rch.

V. .; 1-,.

POLITICS AND NE W8.

Guseow Chosen hIATTEls.—-A correspondent haafur- lliehed us with the following, as the amount realised from the'letting of tile Glasgow churches this year, to 17th April, 1844 :—

High Church (Principal lllacf‘arlan) £5 14 0 College (Mr. M‘Letchie) 40 0 0 Tron (Dr. Buchanan) V 4 16 0 St. Andrew’s (Dr. Paterson) ~ ,3 . 0 0

St. James’(Dr. Muir) ._ .- .t 7 i 40 0 0‘. St. John’s (I)l'.. Brown) Nothing. ,St. Paul’s (Dr. Forbes) . 5 6 0 ' St. George’s Dr. Smytb) 90 0 0 St. Enocb’a . Henderson) 80 0 0 ‘ St. David’s (1 Ir. Loritner) 6 4 0 £275 0 O

Lttlt year, to I7th April, 1843, the amount realised was about £4000.-¢Witness. ' , -

- ~ .- (From a Correspondent ofthe Paisley Advertiser.) , ‘

i The following is a note of the contributions to the 1‘ rec Presbyterian Church by different congregations to Glasgow

up to the 44th 'April :—

‘St. John’s £2816 fSt. Peter’s £794 “St. Enoch’s 1200 1' west Ruther'glen, ’ ' .80 “St. George’s 1767 1 Kingston 244 “Tron, _ 13356 iBrownfield H57 haAndrew’s 506 Calton and Bridgeton n -. . " mm 1064 Church Defence As: - 3 St. Stephen’s 125 sociation _ 45 - V lPaul’s 1490. ' ~ "’51. David’s 525 Total, £12,069

" ‘oftbo ship, land it on the quay, and return it safely to the

:"City endowed churches, the minist'ers ofwliich are all Convoca- ifofuaitbad sacra churches, the ministers of which, with the exception of ’Blowufield, are all Convocationists. '

,1 Old chapel of eave—minisle'r,a Convocaticnist.

HTho subscriptions have necessarily been retarded on ac- count ofthe communion, but a number of congregations have since been moving, and considerable progress will no, ‘doubt be reported’in next circular.

The following lists show what will be the state ofthe di- vision, ifthe disruption take place9— .

Endowed .Ministers Seceding, 7:- St. Andrew’s, Dr. Patter- Ison ; St. Dnvrd’s, Mr. Lorimer; St. Enoch’s, Dr. Henderson ; St. George’s, Dr. Smyth ; St. John’s, Dr. Brown ; St. Paul’s, Dr. Forbes; 'I'ron, Dr. Buchanan. . '

'Unendowcd Ministers Seceding, 18z—Anderston, Mr. Som- erville; Bridgetou, Mr. Wilson ; Chalmers, Mr. Reid; Hope, ‘Mr. M‘Gilvrny; Hutchesontown, Mr. Paterson; Kingston, Mi'.'thson; Kirkfield, Mr. M‘Dougall; Knox’s, Mr. Ander- son; Lourieston, Mr. M‘Beth'; Martyrs, Mr. Menzies; Milton,

,jir. M‘Kay; Renfield, Dr. Willis; Sltettleston, Mr. Thomp- s‘n; Stockwell, Mr. Currie; St. Peter’s, Mr. Arnutt; St.

_ Thomas’e, Mr. Sommcrville ; St. Stephen’s, Mr. King; VVell- park, Mr. M‘Kinlay. ’

Endowed Ministers Remaining, 5:-—Barony, Dr. \Villiam Black; College, Mr. M‘Letchie; Gorbals, Mr. Turner; High, Principal Macfarlan; St. James’s, Dr. Muir.’

Uneitdowed .Ministers Remaining, 8 :——-Albion, Mr. Nisbet; Brownfield, Mr. Reid; Calton; Mr. Graham; Duke Street, Mr. Rose; Grecnbead, Mr. Underwood; St. Columba, Dr. M'Leod ;.St. George’s-in-fielde, Mr. Napier; St. Matthew’s, .Mr. M‘Morland.

, Vacancies, 5 :-Bridgegatc, Camlachio, Springburn, St. Luke’s, St. Mark’s. ‘

The scat-letting in the city churches has turned out a to-

tal failure. In St. John's, it is said, not a pew was let on the

(From the London Globe.) Our colonies are declared an intregnl part of the empire, (though in the present instance a very fitvoured part,) and on . the pretence of encouraging our colonial trade, American wheat is after July to go into Canada at a fixed duty of3s., and to be re-shippod to England in commorrwith their own wheat; and takim into consumption free offurther duty; the same privilege, no doubt, will and must apply to wheat the 'grthh of Germany and Russia; nothing appears to confine it to American wbuat; indeed to do so would bean invasion ofour treaties with those countries on the continent,i whose troduco we are bound to admit on the must favoured terms. bus, then, our new Corn-law is to admit wheat at afired duly of3s., per quarter, plus—thefized expenses of making a voyage from tlte place ofits production to Quebec or Hali- fax and then to Englaml.—-Wheat, the produce of'all the land bordering on the great lakes Superior, Huron, Erie, and Ontario, is to come down the St. Lawrence, and upposing no smuggling to take place, is to be shipped at Montreal or Quebec, paying atoll of'3s. par qr.,.and then to come to Eng- land dttty free; wheat, the produce ofthe rich vales ofthe Mississippi and Ohio, is to be shipped at new Orleans, take a voyage oftwenty to thirty days to Halifax or Quebec, to give employment to a gang oflrish emigrants, to take it out

hold ofthe ship—pay a toll of 85. per qr., and then pass on With a certificate of free entry to England; wheat, the pro- duce of Poland and Russia, is in like mannerto be shipped at Daulzic and Hamburg, toss on the Atlantic fortwentv-five days, be laid for an hour or two on the quay at Halifax, pav 3s. per qr. for the privilege, and after another toss oftWeutV: Vflve days, he landed in Liverpool as the produce ofan “ iii- tegral part of the empire” duty free. Here then, as far as the producer and consumer in England are concerned, is the whole principle ofa fixed duty; for be it remembered, Peel never objected to the amount ofLord John Rttssell’s duty,

‘ 'qneath ' to

, ’ , g a _. one melon-

. The fortylthird anniversary of the Church Missionary So- ciety was held lately at Exeter-liall, the Earl ?f.CchhO:Slel' ill the chair. The reportetetetl, that theyenrs urcpma had been £115,000—a sum unprecedented In the historiesofre- ligioue societies. One indivrdual has contributed £0,000 towards a mission to China. In other respects, the state:- mcnts Were hi it] encouraging.

In the will ofthis recently deceased Mr. Arkwright, there is one line which perhaps containcanore «than any one hue

> dictiwas ever before, or may since be written. It is, “I be-

mv son-in-law, Sir, R.‘ Wigram," ONE MILLION STERLING.” Sir R. \Vigram married one ofM r. Arkwright’s daughters;~and had the father-in-law left his property to Lady \Vigram, there would have been only £1 per cent. (£10,000) payable as Legacy .Duty; but having, bequeathed £10,000 sterling to his bou-tn-lav‘v, there is £10 per cént. Legacy Duty to be paid, which amounts to £100,000. .'I:ltll§ a smul portion ofthis Leviathan fortune ofseven millions returns to the public.~_—.-'Lo‘1'tdon flrgus. ‘

The Teur'n of £2,700. has been voted by the House ofCom- mono to defray the expenses incurred by the British-Govern- ment in defending McLeod,'on his celebrated trial in the United States. Nico pit-kings out ofthis for the lawyers! Mr. Joseph Hume Was the poly member. who alluded to the item, and he objected tc-it intoto; contending that McLeod ought to have been lel't'to pay the amount himself, as he went into theUnited States to insult the people, for he openly avowed in the State of New York, that be was one of the persons who had been concerned in burning the Caroline; 'No member ofthe government made any reply, and, the vote was pusse'd'ywithout a division. » '

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. CANADA.

KINGSTON, May 25—Day“; or Sta CHARLES Racer.— VVe have the painful duty to announce to our readers, the death ofllis Excellency Sir Charles Bagot, who breathed his last on the morningh of Friday last. This termination of his sufferings was not unexpected, as for some time previous to his death the symptoms ofapproaching dissolution wero_too evident to admit ofa doubt ot'such a consummation.

\Vithm the short space ofcightecn months the people of this country have been called upon to tnourn the doth of two successive Representativesof their Sovereign in this colony.

Of Sir Charles Bagot, whatever differences of opinion ex- isted on the merits of tho administration formed under- his auspices and by his intervention, there existed none in the estimation ofthe uprightncss of'his intentions as a public burn, or ofhis virtues asa private individual, and the homage paid to him by all parties was an evidence that political er- rors were ttot permitted to weigh a feather against his indi- vidtial character. By many he was beloved, by all he was res )cctcd. The remains of Sir Charles Bagot were this morning removed from Alwington House on board one of the American Cnnnl boats, which proceedcd'in tow of II. M. S. 'I'raveller to Oswego, from whence it will go direct to New York. Lady Bagot and family left this city by the Tra- veller, for Englatul.—-J\"cws.

\Ve deeply regret to announce to ottr readers the death of Robert Weir, Esq., Proprietor, and until lately, principal Editor ofthe .Monlreal Herald, which took place on Tuesday afternoon. to win such unlimited confidence among their party as M r. \Veir; none ever butter deserved it. Itt private life, he Was the affectionate husband, the warm friend, and the generous bencfitctor to the distressed. llis unbounded liberality knew neither origin nor creed—his nice sense of ltonor ren- dered him as careful of giving offence as he was protan in resenting it. Ofbim it is for under the tyuth to say, that he has not left a personal enemy, for there breathes not one who knew him, who was not his personal friend. He has departed this world as sincerely beloved as universally re- grcttcd.-—.‘li’onlrcal Herald ‘

, (From the Quebec Gazette, May 24.)

STEAMBOAT COL!.lSl0N.—Tlle steamer Lumber .Merchanl, which arrived in port at an early Itourthis morning, brought intelligence of one of the most disastrous accidents ofthe above description that has occurred on the St. Lawrence, since the introduction of steam navigation between Quebec and Montreal. The followingr particulars have been kindly furnished by a gentleman ofthis city, who was a passenger on board the boat that was upward bound :— ,

“At about two o’clock yesterday morning, the steamers Queen and Sydenham came in collision in lake St. Peter, about twenty miles from Three Rivers. The concussion was so violent and the injury the Queen experienced so great that in fifteen or twenty minutes after the accidcntoccurred, she had sunk to the promenade deck. I should think there must have been between 100 and 150 persons on board the Queen, including the crew and passengers, and as soon as our perilous situation Was ascertained, and it was generally known thatthe boat was sinking fast, the Scene on the deck ofthe steamer beggars all description. Few of its had any idea in what part ofthe river we were, and from the fearful rapidity with which the Queen was sinking, it ‘soon became evident, that unless the hand of God Was extended to rescue us, we must all in a few minutes meet a watery grave. The piteous cries ofthe people on board the Queen, itnploring as- ststnnce from the steamer who had struck us, were truly heart-reading, but as the Sydenham was herselfin the same perilous situation, she could ofconrso render us nonid what- ever. During this time n largo boat, belonging to some rafts- tnen on board, was brought alongside, and into this the poo. ple began to crowd with the utmost eagerness; she was

but PrinClple; f0? il‘he had said (it was too low, then ifliigher ( soon filled with people, from stem to stern, butowing to some

the more difficult to maintain when prices were dear; if too hjgh, the less efficient protection when prices were low; he could only, on the grounds he took, oppose its principle, but now he adopts the whole principle. ‘ ~ ‘

The only difference in practice is, that the duty of charges thus fixed, will be somewhat higher than those proposed by the late Government; and with this most important differ- ence, that the whole ofthe Operating protection except 3s. per qt, paid to the Colonial government, will be most lav- tshly wasted, instead ofenriching our needy Exchequer. The Chinese do not allow their ten to go direct from the place of its growth, but by law make it perform a long cir- cuitous Journey to Canton, on the plea of addingto its value by employing so much more native labour in its necessary delivery to the foreign buyer. It is not long since our own law insisted on coffee making a voyage from Amsterdam, Cuba, and Brazil, to the Cape of Good Hope, and back to England, to be adtnissable at a practical duty; and now, to prevent wheat coming too cltccp’to the country, and even with the Chinese plea ofemploying native laboitr [lot to he paid for by the foreign buyer, but by employing foreign la- bour and foreign ships to be paid for by the consumer at home, wheat, in order to become qualified for the English market, is to perform acertain amount of useless and waste- ful travel on the high seas.

, Wasuzntv Ps'ri'rioss warmer THI EDUCATION BILL.— The number ofpetitions to the House of Connoens, against the Education Clauses of the' Factories’ ,lIill, forwarded through the Sub—Committee from tho Centenary Hall, is ‘abottt'l‘wo THOUSAND, and the number of signatures nearly Two HUNDRED THOUSAND. Ofcoursc, a vast number more were forwarded through the- members representing the towns or counties in which the petitioners reside. ,

on Monday week, Str George Grey gave notice of a' motion for the 11th inst., for the production of papers re-

I‘ttectmg the French occupation of Tahiti. On Wednesday,

- bir Eeorge Grey presented petitions from the directors of, the Wooden Missionary Society‘, and from the friends of

Missions at Brighton, complaining of'the French assump- tion ofthe eoyeretgnty of Tahiti, and praying for tho preser- vation ofthe independence ofthe Queen of'tliose islands, the protection ofthe missionaries, and the security of their free- dam in the discharge oftbeirreligious duties. ' H - ' «t.

The University of Edinburgh haa‘conferred the Degree of. "Master of Arts upon the Rev. R. MaxWell MacBrair.'Wes- l ‘Icyun Minister, Rochester, author ofseveral works in'Afri-

Cause she did ttot get clearofthe steamer: in the meantime the cry was given that the steamer had taken the ground, and would sink no further; and, thank God, in a few minutes we were satisfied ofthe correctness of the report. All im- mediate danger was therefore now past, and the attention of those on deck was directed to the rcsctte ofthose who were still below the promenade dock, and whose cries for assist- ance were most piteous: large holes Were cut in several parts ofthe deck, and through these apertures not a few were dragged front the very yawo of death. Owing to the great confusion which ensued after the accident, I much fear several in attempting to gain_ the upper deck, became bewildered, and lost themselves, and to this cause, I fear, is owing any loss oflifc which has occurred. It is generally thought that 6 or 8 persons ntust have perished, httt ofthis there is no certainty. \Ve were taken ofl'tho wreck at about 5 o’clock by the Lumber Merchant. The Sydenham not being so much injured as the Queen, was enabled, by the help of her engine, to get closer to the shore, and it was fortunate she did so, for bad she stink in the same place as the Queen, Imr promenade deck would have been covered, and proba- bly some lives lost. I have thrown the above few hasty particulars together respecting this melancholy accident, on the correctness of which you may rely. We, who es- caped, have all reason to offer up our grateful acknowledge- ments to Almighty God, for his goodness in having preserved our lives under circumstances ofsuch imminent peril. Al- most all the pnasengcrs’ baggage is lost—should the boat be raised, it may be recovered.”

\Ve copy from the Montreal Courier the following further particulars relating to the steamboat collision :—

'I‘nc LATE S'rnxmaox'r AcctnEM‘.—We understand that the Queen had settled deeper silica she first went down, and that she is now in 20 feet of water. The Lord Sydenham is ofcourse, in a much more favorable position, and we un~ deraland that Capt. Armstrong is of opinion that he will have her in port to the course of eight or ten days.

Some of the passengers on board the Queen'had a most providential escape from death. One lady was for hulf‘un lieurwvith the Water to within a few incltesof her mouth,ex- pecting every moment to be sttfiitcatetl.—+Atiotlter female, a servant girl, in the employ of Henry Pembertou, Esq., of Quebec, eavcd'two of her master’s children by placing them

' on.her shoulders, and kept them in that position for twu

hours, when art-opening was made through the upper deck. In several other Instances parttes owed their lives to chances which seem miraculous. '

can languages, “The Goodness of Divine Providence,” 7- Sara-hes bf'a' Mil-feionary’s Trav ls, &c., &c.’.’ \Ve under- 1 stand that the' Rev. gentlenifiii distinguished him’Self when a student at the University. ‘ ‘

,Nncxaa, M’ay 22.——At»most melancholy accident occurred on Tuesday last, by which an unfortunate individual was hurried into eternity in a most’appalliug manner, having been precipitated over Niagara Falls. We give the particu-

ch men iti their public career, have bccnable‘

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lars as they have beefi‘smted to us nu‘ned‘Micllaef

being aware ofthe shelving nature ofthe bank, be permitted the horses to keep moving out until they got beyond their dcptlt,alltl were carried into the stream. Persons on the shore called to Morgan to leave the wagon, but he seemed desirous of saving his horses, when suddenly the wagon box floatedwith the wretphed_rriito in it, andavas rapidly .swept b

Fyailm-e—One ofthe horses got‘Aeutangled WHH-‘QhG'hflf-llesl and was drowned, the other, after a violent struggle, anc- coeded in making the shore, dragging 'Wltl’l him the dead horse and wagon.—-Reportcr. - t

"' NEW BRUNSWICK.

THE POST Orrice m Taooana.”—'We’ mentioned some time since that the refusal ofthe Assembly to defray the charge, for carrying thé'tnails aprons the ,l‘Vashedcmoac, would prevent the transmission ofthat from Halifax by that route; and the result has been as we anticipated, although it was not brought about in the manner we expected, con- ceiving 'that the head'rof the Department would ‘m'akc .a'r: rangements to defray the forriagc or select another line. The postman with the Halifax -tnail returned with it last woek, the persons who put passengers across the Washede- moac, and who are not licensed ferrymen, refusing to carry him to the other side. ' I

We observe by an extract from the .Miramichi Gleaner, that the’ discontinuance of Legislative assistance has led to the interruption ofone or two post lines in the more northern part of the Province; and the Editor ofthat paper attributes tltc difficulty to the etnbarrassmeuts ofthe Provmce, caused bv the extravagance of the Assembly.——This is not correct. We believe provision would have continued to be made ac- cording to the means ofthe Province, had a proper consi- deration been manifested by the head ofthe Department in return. '

Large sums of money have been annually drawn from the pttblic chest, and for which the people ofthe Province were taxed, to make and keep in repair the main post-roads be- tween Cunada and Nova Scotia: premiums were liberally granted to stage—coaches, bttt which becamemero post-office vehicles, the drivers of which were not permitted to carry even a newspaper or sealed parcel, lost it might interfere witltan illegal perquisite ofthe Deputy Postmaster General. The expense of carrying mails across various ferries was cheerfully borne by the Province, and yet a letter could not he sent from one settlement to another, unless there were an intermediate post-office, and an exorbitant postage Was paid. The result has been, the House oszssembly lutve very properly relieved the people oftlte Province ofthe bur- then which they had previously home; and will not again impose it, unless there is a corresponding redttction in the rate of postage, and the newspapers of the Province are transmitted as freely thoughout it as they are when sent to England. _

\Ve are not at all surprised that the Editor of the Gleaner should blink the question. It turns out that since its estab- lishment, no postage has been demanded for the transmis- ,sion of that paper, while it has been rigidly exacted from all iothere it] the Province. An instance of favouritism that Speaks volumes as to the influence which the present post-

ihc' currentgdown‘tbe‘ River into th’evBapjds, and over the 14

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Testing, but itliidihot to be despised thee; who are rte-tr. Morgan drove into the River N iagara, a shortdiatance allovoyl‘oa's of politich harmony.

.Llhippewu, fortho purpose of watering his horses, and l'no‘t— '

After arsen‘ttng to a ifumbor of Bill's,'hia Excellency m“. the following speech :— ~ Mr. Speaker, Honourable Gentlemen and Gentlemen,

In relieving you from further attendance upon yuur Legislativ. duties, I have to offer you my congratulations upon the result of your labours,us affecting the general interests ufthil valuable colour. , g , , V ‘1” I a; . ~ ’ a tie'viiiwingthe pieceedings ofthis first session oftts combs“, Legisbturtfi’l canifidiscovqrnothtlgg which is not ynatly at“. and confidence a

latnd to excito satisfaction as regards the put, respects the future.

7‘ On the all important .ttuh-jeetd of “ Roads” “iridi'l'fEdncali‘fi,”

the first wants ofnvery colony, a most cheering prospect Inl' 5. said to have opened upon Newfoundland, front the mnynenyof .: passing ofthe bills now before me; and for the seltd advent“. I which Lhasa utensurol are so well calculated |n_cu.nfer.upon m . inhabiiimts, tfi‘sy‘are iri'debt’ed to'your soflpd pnmnpc 1mm liberal up propnations—approprtationo which, mnntficent as the, are, it is most gratifying tome to know are not'bejond the fairly estimated available means ofthe colony. ‘ ' ‘ ‘- '

In the name nfour, Gracious Sovereign,71_thnt§k‘you for the libernlity.wilh virtdch‘ycu have voted ‘JIIO suppliel ferrite [nubile fervice, and fbr having made] legislative agrpng'e‘mellt, ligvtngfcr It! object'to compensate the Colonial Treasury for “MAO” WlllCll' it has sustained by the late Revenue Act havtnmbeetfiflloww to expire. It is also my grateful duty most'clnphaticojlvilo thank you for having secured a permanent provision for lbe' igpport nf‘ the Civil government and the due ndminislrationwfjuslico in thio Island—a mcasurc which, prmnptlv, and I mav add voluntarily, "dl'med "I meet an unfurseen citiergencv, chariot fall uf’bcinl re- garded by our. Gracious Sovereign as pecultnrly characteristic of that truly British fueling by which this ancientand loyal .colonvr is so "eminently distinguished. < ' I ‘ The gratifying prumptitnda with which the Bill indemnifyin; me for advances made from tho Colonial Treasury, upon my own responsibility, as well as the attention which was given by you to the various suggestions which I deemed it my duty to offer for your consideration at the opening of the session, claim my best acknowledgments. You, appear to me to have done Illthet the financial circutnstances u‘f'tbo colony enabled you In do toward;