The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-12-18 00:00:00

. _ .... .. .. _ If THE LIVERPOOL TANO/iltli. .......... falling off, and thrones are crumbling. Faith is lost; human received the honour of knighthood, on the recommenda- general lifliattlains. reason has outstepped its appointed limits, and civilisation falls t i on o f th e l ate L or d S pencer, t h en L or d Al t h orp. Si r I . SECOND EDITION • by its own hand. ' Brunel was Vice-president of the Royal Society, a cor- —„,...- -, _ _ _ 'ltis a terrible prospect," said Ernest. -- responding member of the Institute of France, and a Lord Ashley proposes to change the name "But now, can you understand, Mr. Vane," said the old Star. raid Office, Noon. man, greatly moved, "that, apart from religious considera- Vice-president of the Institute of Civil Engineers. He Schools to that of Colonial Training Schools. tions—from matters of faith—there may be some merit in was unaffected, simple in his habits, and benevolent, and A company offers to supply the town of people retiring from the world . as we have done to feed others as ready to do a kind act as he was to forget an . injury , with gas at 3s. per thousand feet. ARRIVAL OF THE CILEDOMA. by the practice of our self-denial; that in feeding thirty thou sand persons, we have done something towards relievins the He died in his 81st year, after a long illness, which first An Orange Lodge has been formed at Keigl visited him soon after the completion of the tunnel. The shire, and has been joined by a number of toy misery of which you have so forcibly complained, and obviating its evil effects? At least, we should not be pPrsecuted or reviled care, anxiety, and constant strain of body and mind, The Bible Society acknowledges in the Time The Royal Mail Steam-ship Caledonia, Capt. Douglas, because or faith differs trom that of the majority." brought on a slight attack of paralysis, from which he of a bank-note for £5OO for the Society. arrived in the river this morning, soon after eleven, with "It appears to me." said Ernest, for they were returning to never thoroughly recovered. He leaves a widow, Lady It is said that the Globe newspaper has beco advices from New York to the 4th inst, inclusive. the convent, "that there is one word which should be written Brunel, one son, the eminent engineer, and two daugh- pe r ty o f M r . G o ld sm i t h, a re ti re d so li c it or . over every portal and engraven on every heart; and that is, ters, the eldest married to Mr. Hawes, the Under- She has not brouwill not be changed. ht the President's message, as was Toleration." Secretary of State for the Colonies, and the youngest to It is stated that an old woman near eighty expected. The tendency of this rhapsodical stuff is undoubtedly very the Rev. Mr. Harrison, the Vicar of New Brentford. was formerly a cook in Lord Nelson's family, bad, and would require to be sedulously watched and corn- The money market at New York had not undergone reduced to great distress. bated, were we not assured that the party, of whose any alteration. The banks discounted freely at the usual popish lean i ngs i t i s a sort o f i ndex, have little hold upon GRECIAN GRAIN.—The vessel San S Greece, has arrived in the docks from Athen rates and the market was well stocked with coin, the the public mind. Its sentimentalis m ma y m i s l ea d a poi- THE LATE QUEEN DOWAGER. , board 1900 qrs. of wheat, comprising the ant shipment of which had nearly ceased. Exchanges had tion of our unthinking youth, but we feel some confidence Grecian pr that the general soundness of the convictions of the mass not experienced much fluctuation, and bills on Lo n do n The London Gazette of Tuesday may well be preserved AMERICAN HOPS.—TheAmerican packet-s of the British people will enable them to dete c t th e poison were firm at 1081 to 109, and the supply was not large.as a valuable relic; for never before were its pages so just arrived in the docks from New York, 1 which lurks amidst all this babbling about flowers, crosses, For the better grades of Genessee and Western fl o ur honoured. In them there appeared, for the first time, 46 bales of ho ps, as a portion of her cargo c and retirement from the busy scenes of life to the torpid there was a good home trade, and those brands we re firm,the following touching communication : order, the produce of the United States. monastic life. whilst of the common and inferior sorts the supplies were condition of "WHITEHALL, DEC. 10.—The Queen has been pleased to Serjeant Adams has decided that the deed large and the article very heavy. Wheat wa s i n mo d era t e The following is scarcely in better style, though con- command that the following directions, given by her late ma- Exeter Hall does not admit of the building supply with steady prices. Gennessee selling at 122 c. to veying forcibly the wretched fate of the abandoned . Lut- jesty the Queen Dowager for h er fu nera l, s h ou ld b e ma d e pu b- for public concerts, but only for religious, p 123 c., ()lie scarce 110 c. to 115 c. Pork h a s a d vance d trell, and the tic. Her majesty has desired that these directions, which are scientific purposes. The rating has been fixes with sales of ire at Ul f dollars to 111; prime 81 to 81., ENDTTIVING CONSTANCY OF WOMAN'S LOVE. worthy the exalted piety and the unfeigned humility of the late • • ' Orders have been sent to Woolwich to have Lard sa- to 6;e_ in barrels. Beef no change. Freight to . The policeman directed them to carry him to her room—for . queen, should be, as tar as possible, carried into effect, and for it was evident that he was in a dying state, and the hospital this purpose has been pleased to sanction a departure from prise and Investigator new coppered and refitt Livernool, Grain 40. to sd. was far distant. They took him up, and the young girl led the the usual ceremonial observed at the funerals of the kings and ately. They are to sail as soon as possible The 31st Congress assembled at Washington on the 3rd way to her home. It looked a wretched house on the outside, queens in humility, realm : H orn t o B e h r i ngs S tra i ts i n searc h o f Si r J o h r inst. Of the sixty members composing the S ena t e , the nor did it i mprove as you entere d . The sta i rcase was narrow, I die humility, knowing well that we are all alike before The ship Ann Gales, of London, has been Whigs have 24, and the Loco-Focos 34, two Senators, and half broken ; the landing-places loathsome ; but once in the throne of God ; I request, therefore, that my remains bea coast of Waterford. The mate was saved, bu Hale of New-Hampshire, and Chase of Ohio, belonging her room, desolate as it was, there was every appearance of conveyed ey to the grave without .. e 1 s h a a n p y e pomp a or e state. They here I re a g r u e e t board, twelve in number, including the cal to the Frce-Soilers, the former elected by the aid of Whig refined taste. A few e flowers, which were evidently tende . d t Nyitl e i 1 . ) er to have as quiet s t ud private a funeral as possible. I particu. perished, votes, the latter by that of Loco Foco. The House of tweerfresaotmeset handsomely -bound books l l sm s a catter i e n c7 v a a gu s t : 'the larly desire not to be laid out in state, ana the funeral to take The Admiralty have ordered the Superb, a Representatives, of which the full num b er i s 231, h as small bed-room was hung with poor but simple and rather place by daylight. No procession. The coffin to be carried by th e steamer S trom b ol i , at D evonport, to pre 111 Whigs and 116 Loco-Focos. graceful furniture, but if the room itself gave evidence that its sailors i. to the chapel. All those of my friends and relations, relief of the homeward-bound traders, in the to aimited number, who wish to attend, may do so. My Dr. George Parkman, a physician of great wealth and occupier w: sof a superior class, yon could not have mistaken Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, Lords Howe and Channel. respectability, was missed by his friends on the 23rd ult., her so soon as she removed her bonnet and shawl. Her dress, ne p hew, and on the 30th ult. his remains were found dreadfully in wh a i (e h ; clitmfietpeigtoufhien waisttlr e s c o k was a: o s l neat] es y v a i r t i s d evenee ntl Denbigh, the Hon. W. Ashley, Mr. Wood, Sir Andrew Bar- The bullion in both departments of th and nard, and Sir David Davies, with my dressers and those of my England has increased from £16,512,414 to .: mutilated. The affair has caused great excitement, and its beauty. Her hair was delicately braided, perfectionand when she ladies who may wish to attend. I die in peace, and I wish to being a difference of £260,384. The paper i Dr. J. W. Webster, professor of chemistry, in Harvard took off her gloves, she had a hand which might well have be carried to the tomb in peace, and free from the pomps and culation has decreased from £19,109,292 to £ University, has been arrested on suspicion of having corn- befitted the favoured beauty of the highest rank. There was a vanities ame. oafat.ll%xerl;l. give request not to be dissected . or em o as little trouble as possible. On the night of Friday, no less than six mitted the murder. Officer Rice, in arranging things in delicacy in her features, and an aristocracy of birth about her, D i a „ a a (Signed) ADELAIDE R. lost on the Gunfleet Sands : five of them the laboratory. found, in a recess formed by the brick- which e eide even rude men appreciated, for they involuntarily ~ November, 1841." coal-laden ships belonging to Newcastle and th e i r hats when she gave them any directions about work of the furnace and chimney, a tea-chest, appa- r il m tt o rell. While they were present in the room she gave no Nothing so beautiful as this has been seen in our day— other was a foreigner. All were on their passag rently filled with specimens of minerals, but emitting expression to her feelings ; but when they had left it in search nothing so truly exemplary. It would be almost open to The national address to Lord Roden has a a very strange odour. He at once upset the chest, of a doctor, she then sobbed and sighed as though her heart a false construction, to say of Queen Adelaide, that " no- signed by 30 peers, a considerable number of and found in the bottom, bedded in hemlock bark, would break. the left thigh and the half-roasted trunk of the body. . She knelt down first before a picture, which repiesented a thin in her life became her like the leaving it." Yet does the House of Commons, nearly 459 deputy onse in a viley, surrounded with jagged mountains, and cold not every one feel, that, however lovely and praise -corn- and magistrates, and a numerous body of cle The skin had been wholly burnt or stripped off from the pointed glaciers. She drew from her dress a small gold cross, pelling was her living course,—it is even exceeded by this other persons. . trunk. The thigh was only st.:ined with the bark. All and kissed it reverently; and then she knelt by that man's exquisite close ? At the anniversary meeting of the Royal the parts found a-e such in size that they may very well bedside, smoothed his ruffed pillow, leant over him, and 1,,,,,,,,,b0inv1rrari en li.. PP. 1......1.• Mi,...--:-..:....- .......,,- .. --.3 1,...,......,.1 ",. •1.,.. • ' • _ ster kind Dr. I carred at the inte who occasional ODOSP, t y, and that Dr. Parkman, very blunt language, said some- uming that Dr. Web angry altercation oc- 7i On P at hand, and then, to conceal the rash and fatal deed, re sorted to the means for disposing of the body which have been described above. The law providing for the st State of New York by submitted to the popular v by a majori Our adv;o art of free schools in the a tax on the people, which was ote at the recent election, passed of 157,291 out of has retired from the M by Senor lorriag of high commendation British c has been rido, Yucatan, for Indian here, s BCCO/13p 50 add increased, b The last of Americ Aug f Quar xico are to the 13th ult. Iturbide Lnistry of Finance, and is succeeded entleman who is spoken of in terms A movement for retrenching the to 500,00) dols. monthly has been ;tructions from Lord Df the claims of the mnds. A conspiracy when the awful silence is only disturbed by the thick breathing of the sufferer; to feel that the small remnant of life before you is growing less and less every moment ; to know that before the minute-hand of the clock has made one circle, the divided churches knowledge will be of no avail— no repentance!. 'or to him there is no return ! There on that poor truckle bed lay the heir to the house of Luttrell. Where were all the hopes, the aspirations of his family ? Where was the life he had so greatly loved,_ and the pleasures wmcn ne ran so arnentiy pursuer gnat there was little or no hope of his recovery was evident to the most unpractised eye. At intervals the contortions of his countenance was fearful ; then immediately it would relapse again into the fixed look of confirmed anguish more terrible than even the acute expression of pain. What a contrast be tween the apartment in which he was lying, and the silken refinements to which from his youth he had been accustomed; yet she to whom the room belonged had done all that the taste of a delicate woman could effect. to render it comfortable_ The small ornaments scattered about had been evidently saved from the wreck of former luxury ; but there was that in the room which ennobled the owner more than its refinement; there were the evidences of patient industry, the proofs that her life was a life of honest labour : there were the drawings 't which ' 1 at from '-‘z to n: half finished, oth list of the en morning ready for sale, and on the mantle piece was a 'ements she had undertaken. a poor girl in the floor above who had long been ill, and who had not the same power of resisting temptation, or the same source of profitable industry which this young girl possessed. It was this ministering angel of comfort who used to pay the doctor, procure food, and who acted as a servant to the poor creature who was perishing under the same roof. The little moult remained tor herself after the deduction of these ex penses was the merest trifle, but the people in the neighbour hood were in their turn kind to her; for the most hardened loved virtue, and respect innocence. We little think how much good there is in some of those wretched purlieus of London, which we only associate with infamy ; nor do we estimate suf ficiently highly the sacrifices which the poor make for one ano ther, the charity and self-denial which they practice in their daily intercourse. ie deceased Queen leaves behind any ready_money, and that her )1e and Weimar will be a large le.gatee under the will of her Ma jesty. The following pious avowal of true faith and hope was appended to the memorandum respecting her inter ment, and left by Queen Adelaide in her will. It will af ford consolation to the many who now mourn the irrepa rable loss they have sustained :—" I shall die in peace with all the world, full of gratitude for all the kindness that was ever shewn to me, and in full reliance on the mercy of our Saviour Jesus Christ, into whose hands I commit my soul." We must not forget to speak of the splendid munificence of the late Queen. It is true she had a royal revenue. But the persons who possess, like her, incomes of £lOO,OOO per annum, in England, are not so few as some might sup pose. We believe that there are seven banking-houses in the metropolis, every one of which could shew an equal annual income of net profits. Yet how few are there amone our - —.,.. s great nobility or our merchant princes, who manifest anything at all approach ing to the Christian liberality of Queen Adelaide ! Her example, however, has been felt. Instances of noble gifts, of great sacrifices, are now far less uncommon than they user to De ; and we may date their increase from the time when the royal example of the consort and widow of Wi1e.,.., e.,.., TIT t-i.. THE FUNERAL The minutes passed by rapidly, still no doctor arrived, and by the bed-side of the sufferer the girl remained kneeling, with his cold, bloodless, clammy hand pressed in her own. She prayed fo' him who never prayed for himself; the warm tears trickled down her bosom, and moistened his arm. Was it a new faith that possessed him, or did a love he had never been worthy of in life, penetrate his soul when he was dying ? No one can disclose the secrets of his heart's prison-house; but when the cross touched his lips, with a fear ful gasp, a terrible death-struggle, be opened his eyes, they were fixed passionately, earnestly, on the countenance of the sweet Magdalene bending over him—he uttered the name of "Marie," and with the exertion, his life passed from him. Dr Majesty's directions, written as above, in Novem -18-11 (eight years • preparing for death were strictly seven o a guard of honour was posted at Bushy Park. 1;:t;g13e-' fore daylight the villages of Stanmore and Bushy sent forth crowds towards the scene of the mournful prepara tions, the inhabitants closing their shops as a mark of respect to the memory of her late Majesty, and the bells of the neighbouring churches tolled at minute time. Shortly before eight o'clock the hearse, fully emblazoned with escutcheons, drove up to the principal entrance of the mansion, and soon after the mortal remains of her late Majesty were deposited within it : the mournful pageant proceeded by way of Ruislip, Uxbridge, and Stoke, to Slough, en route to Windsor Castle. At all those places the tradesmen's shops were closed, and the bells of the several churches were tolled during the progress of the solemn train through the villages. Leaving Uxbridge at a tolerable pace, the funeral passed with increased speed through Upton to Stoke and Slough, having been joined by several vehicles in the rear of the escort on its way. Shortly before twelve o'clock the cor tege halted at Slough to receive the royal carriage from Windsor. From Slough to Windsor, it may be said that the carriages drove through a stream of people. All the better classes were in deep mourning. Within the walls of the Castle the ordinary number of sentinels were increased immediately in front of and near St. George's Chapel. Beyond the drums being muffled, the privates and non-commissioned officers exhibited no signs of mourning. St. George's Chapel was sombre in. deed. The floors of all the avenues were covered with black cloth, and the floor of the chapel and a raised plat form extending almost to the door by which the body was to be brought in, was covered with the same sable commo dity. ,1......--.... ANECDOTE OF QUEEN ADELAIDE.—The Duke of Clarence, in the lifetime of Mrs. Jordan, was frequently behind the scenes in Drury-lane Theatre. Indeed, it is said that the royal autograph is extant in the Saturday Treasury book for Mrs. Jordan's salary. Thus, in after times, a few of the old Drury actors always met with a cordial reception at Bushey, and none more so than Dow ton. Upon a certain " benefit" occasion the actor waited upon the sailor duke, and was received with the old kind ness and simplicity. In the course of the interview, the Duke observed the actor look significantly at a portrait over the chimney—the portrait of Mrs. Jordan. " Yes, Dowton," said the Duke, " she was an excellent woman ; and, by the way, I'll tell you a little story about that picture. It always hung there ; but some time 'before I was married to the Duchess I caused it to be removed. Well, shortly after I brought the duchess home, I found one morning the picture in its old place. ' This,' said the duchess, " was done at my desire. I discovered that the picture had long hung there ; it was the picture of the mother of your children, and it was not fit it should be displaced. You must gratify me and let it remain.' " Let those who withhold their aid from the daughter of Nelson, because the daughter of Lady Hamilton, consider 'this, and know that the best chastity is best adorned by the largest charity. A CHRISTIAN QUEEN.—Tn 1837, the late Queen Dowager was made acquainted with the objects and opera tions of the Trish Tract Society. Her Majesty immediately transmitted a donation of £lO. The committee, after con sultation, thinking that possibly her Majesty might not wish her name publicly announced as a donor, wrote, (says the secretary, in a letter just published), "to ascer tain her mind as to the manner in which she would graciously condescend to permit her bounty to be ac knowledged in connection with our society. To our great delight I received, with as much dispatch as on my former application, the following magnanimous reply, one suited to the dignity of a Christian Queen Windsor Castle, March 21, 1837.—Lord Howe presents his compliments to Mr. Scott, and begs to inform him, that the Queen will leave it entirely to his discretion how to announce the small donation which her Majesty was enabled to send in aid of the Tract and Book Society of Ireland. At the same time her Majesty wishes it to be clearly understood, that she is neither ashamed of belonging to the society, nor in the least afraid of her name appearing among its members.—To the Rev. Mr. Scott.' To offer a com ment on the latter paragraph of this letter would be to dilute its strength, and to mar its beauty and excellence. It proves that the Queen of England was not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ, for she knew 'it is the power of God unto salvation,' and that she wished its saving efficacy to reach the heart of every benighted inhabitant of Ire land." About half-past twelve the Duke of Wellington and the Marquis of Lansdowne made their appearance in the choir. A little later the Duke of Norfolk, Hereditary Earl Marshal, and the Marquis of Abercorn, Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert, also took their seats in their stalls. Lord J. Russell, who had previously come into the choir, having no special seat, entered into conyersa. tion with the Marquis of Lansdowne ; and both of them retired for a while to Cardinal Wolsey's Chapel, which had been fitted up as a reception-room, and was well warmed. The Duke of Wellington sat still in his place, apparently in deep meditation. Just before one o'clock, as the hearse approached the south door, those who were to meet the royal corpse there and attend it into the choir went down to the door. The Archbishop of Can terbury came to the entrance of the choir, arid Prince Albert and the Duke of Cambridge were conducted to their stalls under the organ gallery. The Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Cambridge, the Princess Anne of Saxe-Weimar, the Princess Amelie of Saxe-Weimar, and the Duchess of Saxe-Weimar, were ushered into the Queen's closet, which is on the north side of the choir, near the Communion-table. Lord. J. Russell went into one of the vacant stalls near the end of the chapel. There were also in the chapel the Countess Howe, the Hon. Mrs. Ashley, Lord M. Hill, the Earl of Morley, &c., &c. The gentlemen, whether following the body or not, were in plain mourning dress, distinguished only by their black scarfs ; no uniforms were worn, but the knights of the garter had their star of silver. Every one of the ladies had a large black veil thrown over her head, completely shrouding the features. Precisely at one o'clock the mournful procession arrived at St. George's Chapel. The royal coffin was immediately removed from the hearse, (which was of the simplest description,) and being received at the door of the south porch by the canons of Windsor, was slowly conveyed thence by the'undertaker's men into the nave, and placed on the bier, the crown and cushion being laid thereon. The sailors were then ranged five at either side, but they only nominally assisted in the further transit of the royal body, by two at each end placing their hands upon the coffin. The coffin was taken to a spot a few feet in front of the steps leading to the communion table, where a portion of the floor had been removed, discovering a subteiranean passage, which, passing under the table, leads to the iron gates by which the royal vault is entered. Over this aperture the bier was allowed to rest, the coffin and the platform supporting it being prevented from sinking into the opening until the appointed moment by some very simple machinery below. The Lord Chamberlain took his place at the feet of the corpse ; the chief mourner took her seat in a chair covered with black cloth, and placed near the head of the corpse ; the rest of the mourners stood behind her in the order in which they had entered. Garter and the pall bearers stood round the body. The burial service having been commenced as usual with " I am the resurrection and the life," which was chanted by the canons and choristers, accompanied by the organ, the procession moved into the choir in order. The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Canons of Windsor, by whom the corpse was received at its entrance into the choir, having ascended the steps of the altar, Mr. French, one of the lay canons, gave out the psalms of the funeral service, the 39th, " I said I will take heed to my ways," and the 90th, "Lord, thou bast been our refuge," which having been chanted, the Most Rev. Prelate read in an audible and impressive voice the les sons of the day, Ist Corinthians, 15 ch., 20 v. These were followed by the chanting of the first anthem by Handel, during which the pall was removed, and the coffin, with the crown and cushions resting on it, was lowered into the vault. At this portion of the ceremony, which was extremely mournful and solemn, many of the ladies, Lord Fitzclarence, Lord J. Russell, and others, seemed much affected, and covered their faces for a moment with their handkerchiefs. Garter (Sir Charles Young) standing beside the grave, then pronounced the style of her late Majesty. The Lord Chamberlain and the Vice-chamberlain of her late Majesty's household broke their staves of office, and, kneeling down, deposited them in the royal vault. Here terminated ihe . sad and solemn ceremony, which lasted exactly an hour and a quarter. The distinguished individuals forming the procession, or otherwise assisting, gradually disappeared from the hapel, which was now only filled by the deep tones of the organ in the " Dead march in Saul." The coffin of her late Majesty the Queen Dowager is placed beside that of her royal husband, King William the Fourth. The day was observed throughout London in such a way as to shew how much attached the citizens were to the late Queen Dowager. Many shops were closed, and almost all had their shutters up. In Kensington all business was sus pended for the day. The blinds were drawn at the club houses and residences of the nobility and gentry. Minute guns were fired at the Tower, where the royal standard was hoisted half-mast high. The National Gallery, the British Museum, and other scientific institutions were closed, and all the theatres were shut. The shipping in the river and docks hoisted their colours half-mast. In Bristol nearly all the shops were closed. Lord Ashley proposes to change the name of Ragged Schools to that of Colonial Training Schools. A company offers to supply the town of Hartlepool with gas at 3s. per thousand feet. An Orange Lodge has been formed at Keighley, York shire, and has been joined by a number of loyal men. The Bible Society acknowledges in the Times the receipt of a bank-note for £5OO for the Society. It is said that the Globe newspaper has become the pro perty of Mr. Goldsmith, a retired solicitor. Its politics will not be changed. It is stated that an old woman near eighty, now alive, was formerly a cook in Lord Nelson's family, and is now reduced to great distress. GRECIAN GRAIN.—The vessel San Sheridian, of Greece, has arrived in the docks from Athens, having on board 1900 qrs. of wheat, comprising the entire cargo of Grecian prod'uce. AMERICAN Hops.—The American packet-ship London, just arrived in the docks from New York, has brought 46 bales of hops, as a portion of her cargo consigned to order, the produce of the United States. Serjeant Adams has decided that the deed of trust for Exeter Hall does not admit of the building being open for public concerts, but only for religious, political, and scientific purposes. The rating has been fixed at £2OOO. SALE OF A WIFE.—One of these no less rare than dis gusting exhibitions took place in the market-place of Goole, on Wednesday. A person named Ashton, a water man, residing at Thorne, has, for some time past, been an in-patient of the Hull Infirmary. During his stay in the Infirmary it would appear that his wife, who is a buxom young woman, formed an acquaintance with a paramour, and eloped with him, taking with them a great part of the husband's effects. On Ashton's arrival at home he dis covered their hiding place, when matters were talked over and a sale agreed upon. Accordingly, on the day in question, Ashton led his wife into the market-place with a halter round her waist, and there made her mount a chair for public exhibition, and the " lot" was put up by an itinerant auctioneer, the first bid being threepence; an old man who was present afterwards bid "a shilling for the lot," at which price she stood for some time ; a little spirited competition then took place, and the woman was eventually knocked down to her paramour for five shillings and ninepence, when, snapping her fingers in her husband's face, she exclaimed " there, good-for-nought, that's more than thou would fetch," and departed, ap parently in high glee, with her new lord and master, the husband as they were passing him holding out his hand to her, and saying, " Give us a wag of thy hand, old lass, afore we part."—Doncaster Chronicle. DESECRATION OF A RELIGIOUS ORDINANCE.—At the Mansion-house, London, last week, a woman, named Rowland, was zemanded on a charge of harassing a re lieving officer without having any claim to relief as a pauper. She stated that, some months ago, having a claim by right of birth to support from Christ Church parish, she was induced by the authorities there to consent to marry a man who belonged to another parish, and that she had received the sum of £4 for such service ; that she had put up the banns for the man whose wife she had in tended to become and herself, but that her lover, at the eleventh hour, refused to enter the church, and that con sequently she had been obliged to get another man to adopt his name ; that in her anxiety to oblige her parish, she had prevailed upon a sailor to go to church with her, and marry her in the name of the person to whom she had been engaged, and that she handed over, as the price of that accommodation, the sum of £1 to the sailor, who thereupon went about his business without having had anything more to do with her. This statement, as far as the parish authorities were concerned, she softened down in cross-examination ; for it appeared that she represented to them that, if they would give her the £4, she could marry a young man who was doing well, could furnish a small room, and redeem her things. The solicitor of the parish said he had no doubt but that, at the subsequent investigation, he would be able to bring to light the par ticulars of a vile conspiracy to defraud them. The letter of Mr. Charles Dickens to Mr. Gaylord Clarke, of New York, denouncing a Mr. Thomas Powell, of London, now in New York, engaged upon " The Living Authors of England," as "a forger and a thief," has led to a prosecution, by Mr. Powell, of the parties concerued in publishing the letter, which will require all the testi mony that Mr. Dickens has on hand to answer. It has created a great excitement among the literary circles, and a corresponding demand for Powell's book. The New York Herald says, as the origin of this quarrel,—" About this time the railway speculations commenced in England. Mr. Powell's employer thought that money was to be made in that line, and finding his clerk possessed of tact and capacity for the business, made him his confidential agent in the buying and selling of stocks, giving him the use of his name in signing drafts, cheques, acceptances, &c. For a short time everything went on swimmingly. Hudson, the railway king, and all his agents, - rolled in wealth. Mr. Dickens was seized with the fever. He wished to make money a little faster than by the drudgery of writing novels at a stated salary. He wished to flou rish at the west end, and to roll in his carriage among the swells of Picadilly and Hyde-park. Powell was the very man ; and through his advice Mr. Dickens put in for his share in the railway profits. But the thing turned out another South Sea bubble—it exploded, and in the revul sion evaporated like mist in the morning air. Ruin and bankruptcy followed close behind it!' A DISAPPOINTED BRIDEGROOM. On Saturday, a jockey-looking man, between 40 and 50 years of age, who gave the name of William Wadsworth, of Enfield, Mid dlesex, was charged at the Guildhall, London, with cruelly ill-treating a horse by over-riding it in St. Paul's Church yard. Evidence was given that between eleven and twelve o'clock that morning he had been seen to urge on a horse down Cheapside, gallop it round St. Paul's Churchyarn, and rush into Carter-lane, Doctors'-com mons, throwing Johnny Gilpin's ride into the shade ; the witnesses ran after him, and found the horse in an ex hausted state at a proctor's door. On the rider coming out in haste with a marriage license in his hand, an officer took care of both him and his horse.—Sir G. Carroll: Why did you ride at such a rate ?—Defendant in a confi dential tone) : Well, then, I was on express business, and was getting a license to be married to a lady to-day, when that man spoiled it all (laughter).—Sir G. Carroll : Well, it was ungallant for the officer to do so.—Defendant : I consider it very unhandsome behaviour, and I feel it (laughter).—The officer here handed the license to the alderman, and said it was a fact that a lady in a post chaise and four was in waiting in the neighbourhood.—Sir G. Carroll said that, taking into consideration the special business he was upon, he would look o ver th e affair.— Orders have been sent to Woolwich to have the Enter prise and Investigator new coppered and refitted immedi ately. They are to sail as soon as possible round Cape Horn to Behrings Straits in search of Sir John Franklin. The ship Ann Gales, of London, has been lost off the coast of Waterford. The mate was saved, but the rest on board, twelve in number, including the captain's wife, perished, The Admiralty have ordered the Superb, at Cork, and the steamer Stromboli, at Devonport, to proceed to the relief of the homeward-bound traders, in the chops of the Channel. The bullion in both departments of the Bank of England has increased from £16,512,414 to £16,772,798, being a difference of £260,384. The paper in actual cir culation has decreased from £19,109,292 to £19,105,196. On the night of Friday, no less than six vessels were lost on the Gunfleet Sands : five of them were deeply coal-laden ships belonging to Newcastle and Shields, the other was a foreigner. All were on their passage to London. The national address to Lord Roden has already been signed by 30 peers, a considerable number of members of the House of Commons, nearly 459 deputy-lieutenants and magistrates, and a numerous body of clergymen and other persons. At the anniversary meeting of the Royal Society, on St. Andrew's Day, the President, Lord Rosse, presented the Copley gold medal to Sir Roderick I. Murchison. This is ahe highest honour that an Englishman of science can attain, since the prize is open to all Europe ; and Sir Roderick is the first geologist who has had it within a period of twenty-seven years. On the 30th ult., a pleasure boat on the river Weaver, in which were a young man named Lamb, and two boys, approached too near the Weir-head, near Northwich, was driven under the fall, and swamped. All three were drowned. On the 7th instant, Thomas Shallcross, of Wa verham, fell out of a boat into the Weaver, and was drowned. On Tuesday news arrived at the Vice Chancellor's Court, of the discovery of the body of the son of the Vice Chan cellor. On Sunday he dined with his father. After dinner he went out, and the fog coming on, it is supposed he missed his way, and fell into a ditch. From appearances it would seem he had struggled hard, but was unable to obtain a firm footing, and perished in the attempt to extri cate himself. Sir L. Shadwell is the Vice-chancellor. Dec 18, 184 g. The notorious Joseph Ady was on Tuesday ordered by the Lord Mayor of London to pay £ll 6s. for the postage of 1,356 letters which had been returned for being unpaid. He " protested" against the decision, and wanted a month to pay, but on being told that a distress warrant would be issued forthwith, he managed to raise the money. Such proceedings as these will tend to put an effectual stop to this fellow's tricks. INCENDIARISM IN BucKs.—A cow-house, in the oc cupation of Mr. R. Mumford, of Dorton, 'was destroyed by fire a few nights since; and on the same night a cow house, on the farm of Mr. G. Fuller, of the same village, was similarly consumed. They were the property of C. S. Rickett, Esq., of Dorton House. There is every rea son to believe that both fires were the wilful acts of an incendiary. Mr. W. E. GLADSTONE ON AGRICTJLTuRo DISTRESS. (From the Zdinburgh Post.) it is of importance, with a view to our future pr to learn what are the sentiments and opinions en ou In the present circumstances of the agricultural i o n s tere _ sl ..: who were directly instrumental in procuring the sp a i t , of the Corn Laws. Amongst that party it will be tu c L i v , ted that no one possesses in many•respects a highe r ratter and more extensive influence than Mr. GlatO It is, therefore, with much interest that we turn tl gu rs.. views which he entertains at this important crisis. is e Right Honourable Gentleman has just come foro l ,'his the Fettercairn Farmers' Club, and stated explicitly lies opinion of the present position and prospects of the 101. L. tish agriculturist, arid it is satisfactory at the outsett observe that he makes no attempt to conceal, but ope n admits the difficulties in which all connected wit h 10 are placed.—" I am," says he " engaged with those P r r a sent in that struggle—in that hard battle of advers it Y,_`. s ! which I admit the agriculturist is placed." With n o candour, he avows the responsibility of the policy ,fh has led to this result. " I have no right to cornP l2l '; # l l he continues, " as it has been my fate to participate L u those who passed the commercial measures which bole form the subject of discussion throughout the wu te it country." These words show that Mr. Gladston e ..., that he was placed on his defence before the farmers vr he addressed, and accordingly he proceeded to esnl3iti big ,'_ view of the causes of the existing distress. Mr• , lad stone observed : " With regard to the cause of declining prices, the line of argument of those who look only to importatio. the chief cause. I consider, on the contrary, that thelatear lion dant harvest is the chief cause. I do not pretend to spea k o f accurately of Scotland, bat as to England the wheat crop o f last year was the largest ever known. Upon one single acr e land, of average quality, no less than 68 bushels of vvheat o f been taken from the crop of last year. As to the definitio n _., what is an average crop, you are aware that we have no meat!. either in Scotland or England, of estimating this accurataell but, nevertheless, this is done annually in such a manner s' a f.". approximate very nearly to the truth. This is not due to puolic board, or to any official returns, but solely to a P ri ' lente°' company, Messrs. Saunders of Liverpool. These gent for the last thirty or forty years, have always taken an acco... of the crops before harvest. This they . do by sending in ,Li through all the districts of the country, Just before the when crop is cut down. These men fix upon certain fields, an d _ e el cer tain portions of the fields as being a fair average, and measuring a yard of the field, they count the number of stray,: OW' cannot adopt on the yard, and the number of ears of corn on the yard, they afterwards carefully and accurately weigh, thus givng'f o r far as they can, an average estimate to the company, which, many years has been very accurate. No doubt such en aremi these returns are taken in preference to any others, cannot be absolutely correct, but in the Houses of Farhat:aerie considered the safest and the best ; and the result of th e Messrs. Saunders' estimate for this year is, that the crop is o t fa largest which was ever known. I must also point out the is , to you, that although the crop is the largest, the prices area no means the lowest we have seen. For instance, in the Y,,„ i t 1835, when the sliding scale was in full operation, we had w" — 1 at 355. per quarter, and this not only fora short time, but for whole year. If it be true, therefore, that, at the resent time, P 18 35, we have prices ss. per quarter higher than they were in when a corn-law, prohibitory till wheat rose to 70s. per queen existed, then I cannot see that we have such great cause for alarm as many imagine. Let me point out also that I had t • curiosity to obtain an account of the last month's importation_f into this country, and, on comparing the same with those u 1848, the decrease this year is very remarkable, and boat with diminished importations tins year, must be taken into I s count the fact, that from the condition of the crop this Ye an .,, compared with the last, the value of our grain is at least 55.:; - ; perior to the mere nominal price. In October, last years his had good prices for wheat ; in this year had. I ask, was `1 owing to the importations of wheat from abroad, or was it 1 1 0., I give you the result in figures, which I think will co as the) _ what is the reason of the low prices. In October, 18., portation of wheat to this country was no less than 506,000 cIAT.: in 1849 it was only 154,000 qrs . H ow are we to account fordo but simply from the great abundance of wheat at home t year, while in 1848 the supply was somewhat short an d, so is ;11 as regards the English farm er , I cons id er that he betteL this year with his large crop and low prices, thin he was with his small crop and high Niel -- Mr. Gladstone. then, thinks that the a b un d anc e of M crop is the cause of the present low prices, assuming tne. we have had the best h arves t on recor d . T here can be no doubt, of course, that abundance is the cause o f 10; ness of price, a fact exemplified in the year 1835, referredto by the right honourabl e gentleman. He was w rong' however, in saying that whe a t was a t 35 5. a quar ter /a the whole of that year, for, in point of fact, it rose to 445. But there is another important consideration which 31 !' Gladstone has entirely lost sight of. In 1835, the agrl culturist was not exposed to the competition of the foreilln grower, for the whole quantity of wheat imported in that year was 28,555 quarters. On the other hand, what (1° we find to have taken place during the last ten m onths . It appears that of wheat alone 3,975,485 quarters WO been entered for home consumption, the entire importa tions under the head of corn being 10,321,015 quarterso; so that the agriculturists have been exposed not only the effect of an abundant harvest, but to an unpreceden ted amount of competition on the part of producers, subject to none of the burdens which weigh down our own agr i° culturists. Will it be maintained, then, that the se 10,000,000 qu a rters of forei gn gra i n i n 1849 have had as little effect upon prices as the 430,000 quarters of all sorb of grain imported in 1835 ? The question is not whether the English farmer is better off with a large crop and '2 prices than with a small crop and high prices ; but Wo e " ther he is able to withstand the competition of f o reigners' subject to very few taxes, and p ossess i ng c h eap lab° and a superior climate ? And, further, whether Pri c l would not be much more in his f avour he were exp.ose,'.: to no such competition as is i m pli e d i n t h e i nor dinate importation of 10,000,000 quarters of grain, equivalenttl nearly one-fifth of the annual qu an tity o f gra i n p r odu'w in the United Kingdom ? io Mr. Gladstone, fully admitti ng th e great difficultY which the agriculturist is placed, still entertains hopes f: a better future. On what grounds ? The farmer , vr . says, may not have so high prices ; but, from his improvt ments, and greater knowledge and energy, he will certsie'A derive some degree of compensation from the increase " t yield which he is able to command. He repeats th.s. " the great increase of quantity will compensate for the reduction of price." Now, we confess that these state ments appear to us altogether ir reconc il a bl e w i t h the de claration previously quoted, that th e present l ow Pri are caused by the increase of the crop ; for it is not cle that the more you add to the supply in a glutted ma ke the lower and less remune r ati ve w ill b e th e pr i ce ? The,. r s never was a greater fallacy th an th a t now soug ht to o: u imposed upon the agriculturi s t s , name l y , t h a t b y i n cre j ing the quantity of produce they w ill th ere b y cou ntern the loss arising from reduced prices. L e t th e quan tity grain in the country be doubled, and the price must So down in a ratio of descent far g re a t er th an t h e mer e ~, portionate quantity thus thrown into the market, and tm-- on the simple principle of supply and demand- tbo Another benefit which Mr. Gl a d s t one anticipates, '9,l,ig lowering of rents as the existing leases expire ; but result we are far from viewing in a favourable light, ! s tie s merely amounts to a division of l oss amongs t the PaVr, interested. The fact remains, that parties do lose. t f.; 11 Gladstone also rests a great de a l u p on th e assunlPL l o that the labouring classes will apply th e i r savings ill cer price of food, by the purchase of b u t c h er mea t an d otom articles, and that the profit from thi s consum ption Iv; find its way into the pocket of th e agr i cu lt ur i s t. I sru n r this is another fallacy, based upon the delusive the?„ that the consumer actually reaps the benefit of the l e Ti r prices of grain, cattle, sheep, &c. Practically, as I v a to one well knows, bread and butche r mea t are now 5 ; 4 .01 the public at nearly the sam e prices which have obte i t o for the last few years. The redu c ti on never rea ches 50 consumer at all, and particularly the l a b our i n g C la b iett derive no advantage whatever from the l ow p r ices v !,' pot prevail in the grain and cattle m ar k e t s . We nec .. ..' t he enter on the question how this resu lt i s b roug ht a b o ut D o fact, itself, we repeat, is unquestionable, and there, i ' m oo way of altering it. The id ea cherished by Mr. Glo s is contradicted by all expe r i ence , and affords no gr og for h W ope in the future. e are satisfied, from the tone of Mr. Gladst° a r e observations, that his convictions on this question it y shaken, if not confounded by the struggle—the adverfilg, and impending difficulties which he so feelingly belot We cannot but think that, seei ng th e opera tion or tie policy which he has hitherto so st renuous ly advocat e ", 4 co pe will, ere long, take part in enabling the country to from its ruinous effects. Mr. Gl a d s t one ' s con cln" words were of t b e e " My hopes are as earnest and ardent for the succesa to tb country as yours can be, because, though I am alive A V!, importance of the success of manufactures, I am equal l y l ied to the importance of agriculture; and were I conW e ,ricnt make a choice between them, I would say, give me the s ,, tr y is tural classes and the agricultnr a l i n t eres t s o f the cowl ( oe preference to all others, for they are the foundation great interests of the nation." No man who feels in this manner, and sincerel9; eaoilf tains such views, can long abet a system which is . 1 0, robbing not only the agriculturists, but every other of the legitimate fruits of their industry and capita"• DEATHS FROM SEA SICKNESS.—On Saturday, while the mail steamer Camilla was on her passage from Belfast, betwixt Ailsa Craig and the Cumbrae-head, two children were discovered dead in the steerage. There was a very violent gale blowing, with a rough sea, and it is supposed the children died from severe sea sickness, their mothers, who accompanied them, being attacked were unable to attend to them. ATTEMPTED REVIVAL OF THE GLOVE TRADE.—SOMe time ago we noticed, in terms of strong commendation, the formation, at Worcester, of an institution for teaching children the art of glove-making, with the view of com peting with the foreigners and bringing back a valuable trade to that locality. From the want of funds, how ever, the society is at a low ebb ; and indeed it seems as if any projects save such as are calculated to afford em ployment to our industrious poor, and so enable them to support themselves in honest independence, find ready favour in the eyes of those blessed with the means of serving their fellow-creatures. Loss OF THREE INDlAMEN.—Advices' have been re ceived within the last three or four days at Lloyd's, com municating the melancholy loss of two lndiamen, namely, the Emily, 500 tons burden, from Calcutta; and the Hanover, 700 tons. The crow of the latter, with the exception of one, all perished. Another ship engaged in the East India trade is also reported to be lost—the barque Orpheus, Captain Mann, belonging to London, 362 tons burden, laden with palm oil. It happened on the morning of the 18th of October, outside of the har bour of Cochin. Her crew were saved. The aggregate amount of the above-mentioned losses is stated to exceed £50,000. A HUSBAND, WIFE, AND DAUGHTER KILLED.—A terrible catastrophe, of a singular character, involving the loss of three lives—a father, mother, and daughter—has occurred at Wednesbury, in Staffordshire. The father, named Pettifer, sent his daughter, on Tuesday, out on an errand, and not returning within a reasonable time, he went out in search of her, but neither of them returning, after the lapse of several hours, the mother also went out to look for them, leaving three young children in the care of a boy ten years old. She never returned, and the fol lowing morning it was discovered that all three had perished by falling into on old coalpit, the covering of which had given way in the middle of their path. They must have perished instantaneously from foul air. AWFUL FATALITY IN A FAMILY.—About two years ago, a boy, named Jones, in the employment of Mr. Robt. Grier, of Quatsford, near this town, was sent to lead a horse, and it is supposed that he tied the halter round his waist. The horse took fright and ran away, dragging the poor fellow after him, galloping across a hop-yard, jumping two gates, and killing the boy instantly. About six weeks ago, a brother of this lad was killed by falling down among a team of horses and the waggon wheel pas sing over his bead, leaving a wife and two children to lament his death. Another brother was taking a lot of turkeys home in a cart on Tuesday, when they made a noise which startled the horse, and he gallopped off. The boy, in endeavouring to stop him, was knocked down by the shaft of the cart. The wheel going over his chest and head, killed him on the spot. Thus three fatal accidents of a similar nature have occurred to three brothers within two years. It is but justice to say that they were all honest and industrious young men.— Worcester Journal. BATTLE BETWEEN WELSH AND CORNISH MINERS.— For a number of years a kind of jealousy has existed be tween the native miners and the Cornishmen employed in the works, at Goginan Mines, and which at times has been carried to such a pitch as to lead to serious consequences, and to call for the interference of magisterial authority. Such a scene of violence as that exhibited on Saturday week at Aberystwith, has 'seldom been witnessed in that part of the country. Missiles of all descriptions were re sorted to, and in one or two instances guns were intro duced to the scene of action. The conflict was of a savage character and lasted a long time. A number of broken heads and other injuries were the consequence, and it was reported that in one instance a gun shot had taken effect. During the conflict a house near Mr. John Sayer's, the Druid, resembled " La Belle Alliance" at the celebrated field of Waterloo, being repeatedly taken possession of by both parties, and the windows and some of the furniture completely demolished. Defendant (with a knowing wink) : Can the officer stop me from having a supper, for he has done me out of a dinner ?—Sir G. Carroll : No.—Defendant : Then I can get married this afternoon (laughter).—Sir G. Carroll : No, you can't ; it is not a special license.—The defendant left the court, thanking the alderman for letting him off, but looking rather disappointed at the• result of his ex press through the city. STOCK EXCHANGE FRAUD.—Great excitement had prevailed on the stock exchange, London, through the greater part of Thursday, in consequence of the discovery that a fraud has been committed to a serious amount by a person who has been for some time standing in the dou ble capacity of an enrolled member of the house, and the authorised clerk of a highly respectable member. It ap pears that the latter gentleman has, in consequence of bad health, been for some time resident on the continent, and the defaulter, in his absence, had entered into extensive speculations in his name without his authority. These speculations had led to a large loss in differences on the consol account, that he had no resources to meet, and be ing aware of this, in the course of Wednesday, by various fraudulent devices he is supposed to have got possession of nearly £lO,OOO in cash, with which he has absconded. The amount of the regular defalcations, supposing they had been fairly met, has been variously stated from £lO,OOO to upwards of £20,000; but the accounts are so complicated that it will be a day or two before the real deficit is ascertained. Amongst other means to get pos session of ready money, a large amount, approaching near to £5OOO, was overdrawn on the employer's bankers. The committee of the stock exchange have posted the em ployer as a defaulter; but, from all that has transpired of the circumstances, it is more than probable that his liabi lity will become matter of dispute. Some of the schemes had recourse to by the clerk to obtain money were very ingenious. One of them was, that, professing to have money to lend on stock, he made advances, leaving a mar gin of 4 or 5 per cent. below the market price, and imme diately after sold the stock for bank notes, by which means he pocketed the difference, leaving the borrower of the money in the lurch to that amount. Daniel Forester has been despatched after the delinquent, who it is presumed had previously laid his plans for a speedy exit to the continent. THE CHOLERA AND ITS VICTIMS.—There is an im pression abroad that the cholera attacked chiefly the poorer classes. Is this impression justified by fact, and if so, to what extent ? We happen to have the means of answering this question as far as it relates to the metro polis, and its adult male inhabitants. On referring to an analysis to which we have access, we find 135 deaths set down as occurring among gentlemen and men of in dependent means, 34 among members of the learned pro fession, and 56 among the members of other professions and persons above the rank of shopkeepers. The trades men of London have lost 558 of their number, and the working men about 3,489. Now, at first sight, these figures seem conclusive as to the excessive mortality from cholera of working men, and the comparative immunity of those who have the advantage of being in easy circum stances. But when we come to compare the number of deaths in each class with the number of its living mem bers, the difference between one class and another proves to be much less considerable. One person of independent means, for instance, died out of about 288, and one mem ber of the learned professions out of about 300. The re mainder of the professional class lost about 1 in 200. The mortality among tradesmen was about 1 in 150, and among workin g men lin 120. It is true then, that the cholera did attack the class of wo r ki ng men w ith the greatest seve rity ; but the difference between them and their neigh bours was by no means so great as was generally supposed. The lists of deaths comprise those of three clergymen of the Church of England, and three ministers of other per suasions, of thirteen lawyers, and sixteen members of the medical profession. The clergymen and the medical pro fession suffered in nearly the same degree ; the lawyers were comparatively exempt. The first two classes were brought into contact with the sufferers ; the last was not. An argument this in favour of contagion ; but not conclu sive, inasmuch as clergymen and doctors are not merely brought into contact with the sick, but also into the places in which the sickness originated. But there is another in ference which we are disposed to draw from this compara tively slight disparity between rich and poor. The former lost a smaller number in proportion, because they were placed in more favourable sanitary conditions ; not be cause they were of stronger frame, or less sensitive of morbid influences. Out of the large population inhabiting the model lodging-houses now scattered over the metro polis, only one death took place from cholera, and this in the person of a very old man, at the model lodging-house in George-street, St. Giles, within a stone's throw of that source and centre of infection, Church-lane. We may mention incidentally that the mortality from cholera is greatest at the very age (between seventy and seventy-five) which this man had attained, and least from five to fifteen. Up to about twenty-five years of age it is also greater in males than in females, but after that age the proportion is reversed. A SOMERSET SLEEPWALKER.—About five o'clock on Saturday morning last, one of the workmen in the employ of Mr. Evans, carver, of Little Paradise, Bedminster, and who resides in the house, whilst in a state of somnambu lism, rose from his bed, and after throwing about the fur niture in the room, alarmed the neighbourhood by several loud cries of " Murder !" He then jumped out of the window, a height of twelve or fourteen feet, and, strange to say, alighted without in the least injuring himself. He then clambered over an outhouse, and after passing over several gardens and enclosures, scaling several pallisades in his way, arrived at the boundary wall of Mill-lane, which is situate above 100 yards from Little Paradise. On getting into the lane, however, the exertion attendant upon his climbing over the wall awoke him, and Mr. Evans, who had gone in search of him, met the poor fel low in a state of nudity on Bedminster Causeway, greatly prostrated by cold and fatigue. Mr. Evans, however, conveyed him home, and having administered some brandy to him, he soon recovered. The somnambulist states that he was under the impression that he was about to be mur dered, and was endeavouring to escape from the supposed assassin.—Bristol Mercury. On Wednesday, a Commission of Lunacy was held to ascertain the state of mind of the Earl of Albemarle. The jury found his lordship a lunatic since the date of July last. He was then Lord Bury, but succeeded his father, who died last autumn. Dr. Sutherland, in his evidence, stated that on one occasion he found the noble earl weeping • and upon asking the cause of his grief, he said that he had been up to Heaven and he found a mil lion of persons unrepented of their sins in this world, and that he was ordered by his Saviour to erect a guillotine upon the spot to punish them. Shortly after this he became very violent, and assaulted one of the keepers. In September last, he (Dr. Sutherland) wished to break the death of his father to him, and upon saying that his father, the late Earl, was very ill, he did not seem affected, but merely said that his father was fifty years of age, and that he was but twenty-five (although his age was fifty-five) ; and upon another occasion when he (Dr. Sutherland) told him of his father's death, he said that could not be, as he had been told that his tailor had brought him to life. He then told witness that he could make gold watches out of stones and dirt, and valuable jewellery out 3f bits of paper. At a subsequent interview he told witness that himself and Mr. Hope were the richest men in England, and that he owned all Ireland, Wales, and Lancashire, his income being £490,000 a year. Ho also said, that he was to be proclaimed as King Char les the second. Hmc VINCULA. FEREMUS ?—To classify under one head disorders the most incongruous and even opposite— to disturb the timid and the nervous by false alarms—to lull the really afflicted with false hopes—and to deceive all by promises the most extravagant and absurd—as it is the chief characteristic of the medical adventurer of the present day, so it forms one of the most painful subjects of contemplation that can present itself to the eye of those who scan over the advertisements which crowd the columns of the newspapers of our time. Among the many medicines obtruding themselves upon our attention, it is some relief, however, to find one at least which (while its proprietor avoids those gross inconsistencies that, with but very few exceptions, disfigure all others) is sanctioned and employed by the most distinguished practitioners, as well as the most eminent and enlightened individuals of the age, who have honoured with their favour and confidence the Compound Antibilious Pills of Jr. Cockle, the gentleman above alluded to. SHIP PASSAGE ACROSS THE ISTHMUS OF a '- Within the last few days, a p ro j ec t h as b een lee,"„" e c tie° London, under fa v o ura bl e ausp i ces, f or t h e consg e etas of a ship passage across th e i s th mus o f P anama . a - 0 v 7 0 .1 ," that there are no g rea t eng i neer i ng diffi cu lties in ' I S - fact' of opening this connexion between the Atlantic en odf fic. The rivers Atrato and Neipi form nearly a of the made way of navigation for by far the greater par`dips to distance, and the gigantic chain of the C o rdillerss iits tiel a pass of but a few hundred f ee t i n h e i g ht. A d e P:ohler of the promoters has had an interview upon fb ii e ; ; lor d ; with Lord Palmerston, at the F ore i gn Office. '7urtb . " ship received the project favourably, requested a n d ef: t ilitiev interview when the pla n s were more m aturod , .. i niP pressed his willingness to co ns id er h o w far facop e i be afforded through the B oar d o f Ad m i r alty ta ei t i lict,s ll , dition sent out by the projecto rs t o ex plore the a's; to survey the line of the proposed opening from see s ea The plan is at present under the consideration el parties of capital and influence, some of whom 111 1 10 del; engaged in the trade of those seas ; and should,!•_rtbiat‘e sion prove favourable, it is intended to dispatch I , , tp an engineer, in company with some able assistaras spot. nrldres sg. > DR. ACHILLI.—Sir Culling Eardley has sags letter to a morning contemporary, in which be *; " Dr. Achilli is wholly vindicated from the wi ck an, oft sations made against his moral character. r' - '7 0 0 1 vestigation instituted at Viterbo, at the insta° oo l l ",6 British friends, it turns out that the story of the r N e s .r,„ 4 first to last is a fabrication. The Roman autso&rcep compelled to admit this, and the words of M. d e w bo P on the 22d of November, to the gentle st o il visited Rome on Dr. Achilli's behalf, were e o desi a, orr ment absoua e The inquisitors of Rome, aft er prisg f els in g in vain to calumniate the character of tb, el , 4 clas l o t ai are holding , him in confinement avowedly and s ore air for his religion alone. Sir Culling Eardley fe e k oovi A ti the editor will see the importance of making eg ainloti tinctly this withdrawal of all moral accusation.. discofoo prisoner ; and as hig columns have during tbf„cooel the been made the vehicle of disseminating the t v i on he will be glad of being early put into pogsfr e d tll p t o ieg refutation, for the purpose of its being pub l i f/P ed. the civilized world in the (reek and ucßeAfg which hie moo of wiii dictate DEATH OF SIR ISAMBERT BRUNEL, The Times of Wednesday announces the death of this distinguished engineer. By birth he was a Frenchman, but his life and genius were almost wholly devoted to the invention and construction of works of great public utility in Great Britaip. Sir I. Brunel was born at Hacqueville, in Normandy, in the year 1769, and was educated for the church at the seminary of St. Nician, at Rouen ; but he soon evinced so strong a predilection for the physical sci ences, and so great a genius for mathematics, that the superior of the establishment recommended that he should be educated for some other profession. Accordingly at the proper age he entered the royal navy, and made seve ral voyages to the West Indies, and returned home in 1792. At this time the French revolution was at its height, and Mr. Bru ne l, en t er t a i n i ng roya li st op i n i ons, was obliged to emigrate to America, where necessity for tunately compelled him to follow the natural bent of his mind, and to adopt the profession of a civil engineer. After constructing several works there, he determined upon visiting England, and offered hi s serv i ces to the Bri tish government, having matured his plans for making ship blocks by machinery. Lord Spencer, the first Lord of the Admiralty, became his patron and friend, and after much opposition, he was employed to execute his plans in the Portsmouth dockyards. The block machinery was finished in 1806, and has continued ever since in full ope ration, supplying our fleet with blocks of a v ery super i or description to those previously in use, and at a very largo annual saving to the public. It was estimated at the time, that the saving in the first year amounted to X 24,000 per annum ; and about two-thirds of that sum were awarded to Mr. Brunel. A few years afterwards he was employed by government to erect sawmills, upon a n ew Principle, in the dockyards of Chatham and Woolwich. Several other inventions were the offspring of his singu larly fertile mind about this time—the circular saw, for cutting veneers of valuable woods ; and the beautiful little machine for winding cotton thread into balls, which greatly extended its consumption. The visit of the Emperor Alexander to this country, after the peace, led him to submit to the Empe-or a plan for making a tunnel under the Neva, where the accumu lation of ice, and the suddenness with which it breaks up, on the termination of winter, rendered the erection of a bridge a work of great difficulty. This was the origin of his plan for a tunnel under the Thames, which had been twice before attempted without success. In 1824, how ever, a company was formed, and supported by the Duke of Wellington, who took from first to last a deep interest in the work. The work was commenced in the year 1824. It was stopped more than once during its progress by the breaking in of the river, and more effectually at last by the exhausted finances of the company, which never ex tended beyond the command of £lBO,OOO. At length, after the suspension of the work for many years, by a spe cial act of Parliament a loan was sanctioned, the Exche quer Loan Commissioners advanced the funds necessary, and it was finished and opened to the public in 1843. During Lord Melbourne's administration, Mr. Brunel Meiico 1 to press the r tors who hold It was civ to a b ust last, about a hundred tr Lcking the City and t into deep watt ump keeps her aqua state 6 that wiecke assinating the I before it came to a bead. uce the 7 A .I‘f . in telligence from ;t evening has been received lad been hove sea- a move o Her leak has and another schooner is rt for the city this after- ,t the Mus- !stroyed by a party s north of San Juan The Indian; attacked the camp of the marine , taking off their pro Ni ins and elothirg, and, failing to give redress, pursued _into their village, some thflty miles in the The Copper Mines of the Quebec Company, at Lake Superior, have been surrendered to the Indians. Addi tional troops were sent for to the British station in Geor would be retaken gian Bay, and without much ,upposed the a A great excitement was produced in Montreal lest week by the rumour that Lord Elgin had written a letter to the Roman Catholic Bishops of Lower Canada, urging them to exert their influence against the Annexation movement, and promising them as a recompense to regrant the Je suits' Estates to the Clergy, and bring back the Govern ment to Lower Canada. The estates in question are the lands and buildings owned by the Jesuits before the con qu:st. At that event tl-e v us religious orders were sion of their property, except the iwed to die out. The last survivor secured in t _ Jesuits, who wer died in 1801, when the ( ,ed to the crown LIST OF PASSENGERS.—From Boston: Mr. Tassit and lady, and Mr. Tassit, jun.: Mr. R. B. Carter and lady; Captain R. Taylor, 97th Highlanders; Miss Lewis; Mr. Garrett and lady ; and Mcssrs. Denholme, James, A. W. Suis, P. Cambard, Virtue, P. Haram, J. Roaf, jun., G. Coggill, J. Gibson, Chas. Sander, and Macauley.--From Halifax : Mr. Walter Grieve, lady, infant, and servant ; Rev. B. O'Connor, Captain Songean, and Messrs. John Hawes, Thompson, Watkins, and Sarinour. THE COTTON TRAD. On Saturday. on ti yew York, Dee. 3. this port, it was arrival of the Canada discovered that the r failed, and that but fel lit from Havre, via SouthaMptOn, had of the French trade consequently were This Niue interfered seriously with business. The sales of the day did not exceed 80 bales, and the market closed with less spirit. To-day's transactions, as reported on 'Change, were 60 bales. • Quotations of this day : Florida 8. N. 0. Texas Uplands. and Mobile. Inferior Ordinary to Good Ordina 9i to -- 101 -10 f 102 -- 11 111 -- 11+ Fully fair to fin( Statem( :ock in this port on the ;Stock Nov. 10th import, IGth to 27th 42,199 bales 24,716 Export, A pparei Of this qt 38,805 bales. )Id for export, and in the 20,805 bales, of course of 'shipment, leaving which not to exceed 15,CC) Us Freights to, Liverpool activ available stock, !s are sampled. .t 7-32 d; to Havre active at is N o The - estiina sof . the crop differ as widely as at any period of the season. . 2 New York opinions, it is true, generally in cline to 2,250 to 2,400,003 bales, but Southern estimates from well-infor ed sources, vary from 1,850,000 to 2,250.000 bales. Ernest Vane. _By W. Baillie Cochrane, Esq.; 2 vols London : Richard Bentley This first effort at authorship may not placelfr. Cochrane upon an equality with the first novelists of the day —our Bulwers and D'lsraeli's ; but it establishes for him a standing somewhat above the mass of the Young England school of writers, amongst whom he is evidently desirous of shining. He los displayed in it considerable fancy, and even eloquence, with a keen perception of many of the hidden phases of the human character; and notwith standing many extravagances which it contains, Ernest Vane will interest a large portion of the reading public. " Your words are full of kindness, and show a warm and feeling heart, Mr. Vane," said the good man ; "but there is still a want of religious earnestness and religious charity. Take, for instance, the feelings entertained against this insti tution : they are worthier of Illiberis than Ancyra, of Spain than Galatia. We are spoken of with contempt by those who have never studied wherein our faith differs from their own; and there are men who would persecute others for some trifling form, just as I have read that furious contests were excited in the, fourth century between those who spelled homoouisan' without a dipthong, and those who spelled it homoiousian.' lam not now alluding to our Church that Church unhappily at one time represented persecution, and the hatred which per secution engenders remains when the active cause has long since ceased to exist, so we must be content to be hated in this country; but I speak of a body of the Protestant Church, who have within the last fcw years given great energy to your Church, and done great good in the service of religion. Why are these men subject to contumely, and spoken of as apos tates? It has been written to me that in a town in the west of England there Has an orphan girl, who with some other friends devoted herself to succouring the poor in their affliction, to praying by the bed-side of the dying, and performing in gentlest fashion all sweet and holy duties; ut because in their house there was an oratory, and that oratory was decorated with flowers, and a small crucifix was placed on an altar, the people insults upon up against these ministers of goad, an d h ea p e d upon them. Is not this persecution, Mr. Vane?" "It is worse than the persecutions of old ; for at least there WAS some palliation for these in the violent shock of opinions, and in the necessity for self-defence," replied Ernest. " I remember," continued the Prior, "the language in which this excellent lady explained her reason for putting flowers in the oratory, and for wearing crosses. She said, 'Friends gave us some flowers. Some of the sisters, when the days labour was over, amused themselves in twining a wreath, and placed it on the cross. Men may think it a frivolous act, but to us it is natural. Women may give their whole heart to God and his poor to labour for them • but we are women still, and have women's tastes. We still love flowers and pictures. We have done with gay dresses, for they are expensive, and would be a mockery to the poor; but we like the brightness and gaiety of flowers, and friends give them to us : why may we not use them as we will? And when, perhaps, too weary with our day's work to do anything else, why may we not plait a wreath of flowers, and think of the unfading crowns in heaven? But we wear crosses; and what lady does not? And if there may be a cross on the Queen's crown—if ladies may wear crosses of diamonds, pearls, and rubies in courts and assemblies, who shall grudge us our simple wooden crosses ?" "It was beautifully and truly said," remarked Ernest. "And when such things can be, when such bigots are to be found in this age of improvement and civilization, am I not right in saying than the danger in this country is a want of faith ? Yes," he continued after a pause, " I tremble for the future—for you, and all like you, who are embarking in trou bled waters, verything is shaken around you; crowns are It is statec jived it D~ and ba 'anti th feeds Venen fteeecl Was p a on the how r( llot an mine 1 I Was, take u dis Pen" ray fai siness. valued of ti znerei, tow;: 3 , 01 a Nnv 4 av - in — e the terer; Mr. j Towl, therit taysel earn; corm tion;l 'Preset And E 'svith consiC ne not cc of we( clubs, Fades Alessr son , ( On lectui Man, the h /ileac spect prese the a contt your the v chair had to le, graP l prop tivel long port; enth refoi polit In intro repr chie new intr, phi aft al p the