The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-08-02 00:00:00

3imptrie parliament. ROUSE OF LORDS—MONDAY. The royal assent was given, by commission, to sundry public and private bills. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY having adverted to chartist movements and "exactions" at Nexcastle, Stockton-nnon- Tees, &e., and to the elm m End ;njaries thei C 3 resulting, inquired whether it was the 'IVA ntion of government to auopt any other measures fur the pita ec.ion of life and property beyond that of proposiz g to at d aOOO men to the army ? Lord 'MELBOURNE answered in the negative; that it was not, at present, intended to propose anything beyond what was now before parliament ; at the same time, if other mea sures were deemed requisite, they would be brought forward. Some conversation followed on this subject, in which the Duke of WELLINGTON took part. On the motion of Lord ELLENBOROUGH, the timber ships bill, with amendments, was read the third time and passed. Several other bills were then considered and forwarded a stage ; the cathedral and ecclesiastical preferments bill, the Lower Canada government bill, the elections petitions bill, &c. The copyft - Olds enfranchisement bill, which stood for a second reading, was lost on a division ; the numbers being— contents, 28 non-contents, 39 ; majority, 11. The second reading of the slave trade (Portugal) bill was fixed for Thursday ; after which their lordships adjourned. c. - ;:,110USE OF COMMONS--MONDAY. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated that, in con sequence of consultations with deputations from the licensed victuallers and the beer-shop keepers, with the leave of its originator (Mr. Pakington,) he should move to discharge the order, for- the 'present session, for further proceeding on the sale of beer bill. PAKINGTON acquiesced, but said that if it were not brought forward next session by the government, he should renew it in its present. form. IVIr. MACKINNON called attention to the negligent conduct of government, as regarded Cockermouth and its neighbour hood, notwithstanding the .repeated and urgent representa tions of magistrates, &c., to Lord J. Russell, since March and April last. Lord J. RUSSELL entered into lengthened defensive expla nations, representing that he guided his conduct by the re presentations of the lord lieutenant, the officer commanding in the-district, &c. -Mr: Elms complained of the Shannon navigation bill htivinklieen smuggled through the house at two o'clock, on Saturday morning. Sir E. So GDEN made a similar complaint regardin7,- 1 the copyholds enfranchisement bill (a measure, however, that experienced marked notice in the House of bordi last night ;) whereupon Mr. BROTHERTON observed tllat , the-only effectual way of preventing such unseemly pro cerdings•wo;ild he to adjourn nightly at twelve o'clock. 'The•postae duties bill and the public works (Ireland) bill were severally read the third time and passed. -The question of going into committee on the Birmingham police bill called forth very extended and animated discussion, Sir R. PEEL contending that the government ought to ap point the officer superintending the proposed police force, and Mr. Scum.r.FIELD maintaining that if the control were with drawn from the council, that body would not be made a tool of, and would withdraw from all responsibility as to the repayment of the £lO,OOO, &c. The further proceeding was eventually deferred till Thurs day, to enable Lord J. Russell to ascertain what could be done forthe improvement of the bill. Lord J. RUSSELL having moved that the house resolve into committee on the poor law commissioners' continuance bill, Mr. DUNCOMBE moved an instruction to the committee, to make provision for abolishing the plurality and proxy system of - voting for guardians ; it was negatived by 112 against 35. Gencral JOHNSON then moved that the committee be'de ferred till that day three months ; that was negatived by 127 against 26. In the committee there was a division on Lord J. Russell's clause, regarding the duration of the act ; but it was carried by ayes 110 ; noes, 42. Further discussion took place in the committee on Mr. Darbv's clause, &c. The clause, as adopted by Lord J. Russell, proposed that it should be competent to afford out-door relief to widows (with families) who had been married before the 14th August, 1834. Sir. T. FREEMANTLE proposed to omit the words, " 14th August, 1834 ;" and on that the committee divided ; it was carried by 78 for, and 48 against such amendment. Sir T. FREEMANTLE said that this would lead to so much abuse that he must vote against the clause. Mr. WAKLEY, in order that they might understand what they were about, moved that they report progress, on which the committee divided. That motion was lost. The committee, however, divided on the original clause, which was lost, by 47 ayes to 64 noes. The house resumed, and, the remaining orders being dis posed of, adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS.-TUESDAY. Lord BROUGHAM, in order to remove doubts that had arken on the subject, stated that he should positively bring fhrward, on Tuesday next, the motion of which he had given *ice regarding the " administration of justice" in Ireland— a, motion to be founded on the evidence taken by their lord- Alps' committee. "The Earl of WARWICK entered into considerable explana tion in reference to Lovett and Collins's petition regarding their treatment in Warwick Gaol. Some conversation on the subject followed. On the motion that the inland warehousing bill be read the second time, Lord LYNDHURST presented petitions from the London and other Dock Companies against it ; and moved, by way of amendment, that the second reading be on that day three months. The amendment was carried on a divi sion. The bill is consequently lost. The remaining orders having been disposed of, their lord ships adjourned till Thursday. • HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TUESDAY. Mr. BLOUNT, one of the candidates who have been the subject of a " double return" for Totness, " took the oaths and his'selit at a subsequent period of the evening Sir G. Clerk adverted to - the fact, and gave notice that he should canttWryli to it on Wednesday. Mi ) .?BlieNAL inquired whether there was any truth in the stateniefavihae the negroes in Jamaica had declared their detertnthlltfOirto pay no rent for their huts; and that they were ttruilinit in order to resist their landlords. Mr:lii.ifouClTEßE answered that he had no information to warriiiiraity fears on the subject ; on the contrary, all the intelfitelf&e:he had received was of a favourable character. Mr. O'CoNitLt. observed that the Jamaica newspapers, almost daily, asserted that the negroes were arming. Mr. LABOt'CUERE that he had no such information, and he had rid reason to believe that such was the fact. The Lords' ainendments to the prisons bill (Scotland) were agreed to.' Sir C. GREY moved for leave to bring in a bill for esta blishing throughout England annual meetings of the people in their parishes, and for securing to the industrious classes a regular influence in the election of members of parliament," but the motion was ultimately withdrawn. Mr. DUNCOMBE brought forward the case of Thorogood, now imprisoned in Chelmsford, on account of 5s 6d for ehnrch rates, and moved n long resolution on the subject. Lord J.' RussELL admitted that it was expedient that the preaent - system' of enforcing church rates should be modified inoseita way, or other. J. , Ttie.reSolutioa, in an amended form, was carried on a 4 6144;411m z brought under consideration the refusal of the t!lkedtkiAeaderny " .to return accounts of their income and telidittlie,.and moved that, a, the academy is a public dy itlicigitir public aid in the fOrm of free apartments, &c. tliatPlite directors be required to present such accounts "L'lbrtliwith." INGLIs moved, as an amendment, that the said 4Mer be` dis Charged: .7. Sonic discusSion ensued thereon, in which Mr. Howard, Mr:Hasves, Mr; Warburton, the Chancellor of the Exche <liter, Sir It. Peel, Lord J. Russell, &c., took part. The houie divided, when the numbers were -33 For the motion. For the amendment _ _ Majority for the amendment . Mr. R. D. BROWNE called attention to Sir John Doyle's petition ; and moved an address, praying that such instruc tion should be given to her Majesty's minister at Lisbon, as might procure satisfaction of the award " made by the British government as compensation for personal injuries and losses sustained by the petitioner under Don Miguel's gov erratrient. Lord PALMERSTON said, that additional papers, sent by Portugal, relating to this claim, had been referred to the Queen's advocate for his opinion ; and that it would be theNefore better not to take any steps in the matter at A went. Otter some conversation the motion was withdrawn. Ad -10%.i,r4e4. HOUSE OF LORDS.—WZDNKSDAY. The . House of Lords did nut assemble to-day. .~ ~ l i HOUSE OF COMMONS.-WEDNSSEAY. The Commons met at 12 o'clock, for the purpose of con sidering, in committee, the Metropolitan police courts bill. l'acio us amendments and discussions occupied till four o'clock. It was recommitted in a subsequent part of the evening, and then called forth much desultory debate. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQC sat presented the re port of the saect committee on the Metropolitan improve meitts bill. The payment of rates bill was read the second time. 'The ecclesiastical districts bill was read the third time and passed. 'On the motion that the poor rates collection bill be read the second time, an amendment was moved to the effectthat it should he read that day three months. The house divided, when the original motion was carried. The Ayes were 88, the Noes 29. The report of the committee on the highway rates bill was ' received and agreed to. ... - 'The report on the assaults (Ireland) bill was taken into farther consideration, in committee ; as was the report of the — 1;1164) stealers (Ireland) bill. The reports thereon were or dered to be received on Thursday. - The coatabulary force (Ireland) bill, on the motion of Lord MORkTII, was considered in committee. The report ordered to be presented on Thursday. The admiralty court bill, the slave trade treaties bill, the soap duties regulation bill, and the sale of spirits (Ireland) bill, were afterwards severally forwarded a stage.--Adjourned. The second reading of the Postage Duties Reduction Bill has been specially fixed for Monday next in the House of Lords, and their lordships ordered to be specially summoned. THE MOORS.—In wending our way, says the Dumfries Courier, through a wide extent of country, we have omitted no available opportunity of inquiring into the winged statistics of the hills and moors. Game of all kinds is more plentiful than it has been for the last three or four years; grouse, more especially, visibly on the increase, and blackcocks even more so than most sportsmen wish. Hares have had an ex cellent breeding time, and such of them as were first ob served in March are at present as strong, and very nearly as well grown, as their clams. In a hill above Greenock, the heather of which has been let for the season at £BO sterling, matiy of the coveys number from seven to eleven birds, and matters, so far as had been ascertained, were nearly equally palmy in the county of Dumbarton. Inverness-shire has its own share of good luck ; but the partridges will be ready before - the fields are cleared; and shooting, in all probability will be common on the hills weeks before a gun is heard iu the valleys. In the remote islands of Skye, the grouse, which at one time were well nigh extirpated, are gradually becoming more and more rife. In Sutherlandshire the price of shooting grounds is decidedly on the advance—say in the rate of from ten to twenty per cent. One proprietor signi ficantly hinted, however unwilling to come to particulars, "'where I got £450 for a range last year, 1 can get with the greatest ease, £5OO this." In Ross-shire the advance is greater, amidst the loudest complaints that too much heather was burnt. Popularly it is often said, that game gangs in the highlands pay as well as pastures peopled by sheep. This, however, is a decided mistake, although instances have re peatedly occurred in which a sheep-walk, let for £BOO per annum, brought £4OO additional for the right of shooting over it for the season. Deer stalking, with the aristocracy, is preferred vastly to shooting grouse; and as may be readily supposed, grounds adapted to this sport bring what may be called enormous rents. In consequence of this, some pro prietors have entertained the project of restoring the deer, • and banishing the sheep. But theory is one thing, and practice another; and there are many who doubt whether • forestry, as it existed in the olden time, will ever be restored, ;Ns unless it be for the express purpose of furnishing sleepers to N " : 4\ 4-N 1:11 , . 1 .41/4 A\ THE TURKISH FLEET IN THE HANDS OF THE EGYPTIANS. The Moniteur of Friday, July 26, received by extraordi nary express, has the following important telegraphic de spatch —: The Agent of Foreign Affairs to the President of the Council. _ " Marseilles, July 25, three, p.m. " On the Bth, the sultan's death was known at Alexandria. On the 9th, a Turkish corvette, having on board Nezib Bey, keaga of the capitan pacha, charged to announce to the vice roy the presence of the capitan pacha at Slanhio, sailing to wards Rhodes, and to propose to him to place the Turkish fleet under his protection to guarantee it against the troubles to be feared in Turkey on the sultan's death. The viceroy's reply is not known, but he has sent the steamer, the Black Sea, to the capitan pacha. On the 10th, Astriff Effendi, sent by the young sultan to announce his father's death to the viceroy, arrived at Alexandria." "PARIS, FRIDAY, FIVE, P.M.—The above news has pro duced a great sensation, and the diplomatic corps is in dismay. " The Augsburg Gazette of the 22d inst. states, that the two fleets, Turkish and Egyptian, will sail to Constantinople together to overturn the new order of things. _ _ "The Semaphore of Marseilles, of the 23d, announces the arrival of the Prince de Joinville at Constantinople on the Bth. " Ibrahim's bulletin of the victory says, that he would pur sue the army, but be cannot find them. " Letters from Alexandria of the 6th state great joy to pre vail there. On the 28th ult. M. Caine, the French envoy, had not arrived at Ibrahim's head-quarters." This corroboration of the defection of the Turkish admiral with the fleet is bad enough. But worse and still more start ling tidings have, we fear, to be added to it. These are, that the members of the new divan, or government, at Constanti nople, have taken a step similar to that of the capitan pacha, and have written to Mehemet Ali to put themselves and the sultan under his protection, offering him the hereditary go vernment of Syria and Egypt, and inviting Mehemet Ali to Constantinople to reorganise the government. A knowledge of the capitan pacha's defection—of an in surrection prepared at Constantinople as well as in Albania— is said to have decided Khosrew and Halil to this surrender of the empire and of their young sovereign. Their own dis agreement, their want of mutual confidince, and the com plete inexperience of Abdul Dedjid, are the motives which led these ministers to submit to the Egyptian pacha, by a simul taneous, but, it appears, by no joint step. Serious, however, as this event must appear, it loses much of its gravity from the impossibility of any such results being accomplished as that contemplated by the defeetionists. Eng land, France, and Austria are not rendered the less resolute by these intrigues, to maintain the independence of the Otto man empire. Nor can either Mehemet or the divan act in despite of them. It is not, indeed, probable that Mehemet would wish to risk the enmity of all the world; for scarcely less would be the consegtience of his entering Constantinople. It may be thought, that, if the intrigues and gold of Mehetnet have prepared the defection of the fleet, with troubles in Con stantinople and in Albania, Russian counsels may have prompted the divan to fling itself into the arms of Mehemet, in order to afford a pretext for 'Russian interference: This we do not think. Russia is not prepared for so bold a cast of the die ; and if she were so, never were the other European powers better prepared or more resolved to prevent Russia carrying off the prize.—Morning Chronicle. NE.W SOUTH WALES. (From the Chester Gazette) We copy with great pleasure the follos;ing extract from a letter received by Thos. Pal, Esq., of Stapleford Ball, in this county, from an _intelligent gentleman filling a very responsible situation in the government at Sydney. The writer alludes with feelings of satisfaction to the health and prosperity of Charles Boydell, Esq., late of Cam yr Alyn, near Wrexham, and George Townshend, Esq., late of Tre vallyn, both of whom are extensive landed proprietors in the colony. The following will give some just idea of the state of the settlement : " There is much in this colony upon which to dilate and admire. Its climate is quite Italian, with a cloudless azure at least four-fifths of the year. All the indigenous trees and plants are in perpetual foliage ; and the forest, or bush, ever blooming with flowers of every hue, and in every variety. No frost near this coast; and the winter season is considered the most delightful by Enropeans, who enjoy the bracing coolness of the night air. We have many settlers possessing 50 to 100,000 acres of land, 40 to 50,000 sheep, 5 to 10,000 head of cattle, with a proportionate number of free and as signed servants ; and cultivation and sheep farming has al ready extended 500 miles from the capital, with every invita tion to proceed further, to an almost boundless extent ; and when a sufficient number of farm labourers can be obtained, this colony will be able to supply your market with sufficient wool for your whole demand. We have, too, about 40 to 50 whaling ships out of this port, which will go some way in supplying you with fish oil, and by industry and commerce rapidly developed this will become one of the most valuable appendages of the British Crown. Notwithstanding all these natural advantages, however, we have had provisions of every kind exorbitantly dear during the two or three last years, owing more to the neglect of agriculture and horticulture than to the arid seasons which have generally marked these years. The passion for sheep-farming and cattle leading our settlers so far iu quest of improved feed in the interior has so subdivided labour, and prevented the good effects of concen tration, that little culture is to be found near this metropolis. We are at length sensibly improving in supply, although so many thousand emigrants have arrived, who, for some time, must be consumers. " The repeated shocks in your monetary system necessarily affects the magic art allover the globe, where the bane of cre dit or paper money have extended; and hence we have had many failures of magnitude. But we have no direct taxes or rates to pay, (although with a revenue of half a million,) and our internal resources are inexhaustible. Thus Australia must advance, and will become, at no distant period, Queen of the Southern Hemisphere." THE INCREASE OF THE ARMY. (From the United Service Gazette.) In the Hc►use of Commons, on Tuesday eVening, Lord John Russell announced, first, that government proposed to add 5,000 men to the army, in consequence of the state of the northern population ; and, secondly, that he was about to bring in a bill for the purpose of enabling magistrates to establish a constabulary force in their respective districts, for the preservation of the public peace. Our readers will remember that our predictions on this subject have been verified to the letter. Long before the army estimates for the present year were laid before the House of Commons, we announced the fact that the army would be increased to this extent at least. So perfect was the general conviction that such would be the case, that ministers were actually reproached in their places in parlia ment for their supineness or indifference on the subject. The very uncertain tenure on which they held office at that particular juncture, however, suggested to them that it would le better to throw the onus of such an increase on their conservative successors. If, on the other hand, a conjunc tion of favourable circumstances should enable them to hold on throughout the session, and the proposed augmentation became, as it was sure to do, even more imperative, they had nothing to do but to come to the house with a great show of good faith and say, " We desired to avoid this addi tional burden to the country, although a Ivised by yourselves to impose it several months ago; but we find that ne were wrong, and that you, for once, were right. We want the 5,000 men you would have given us at the beginning of the session, and £lO,OOO worth of tools (in the shape of a police uens-d'arnzerie), for our Birmingham chartist magistrates to employ in the suppression of the riots they have fostered and encouraged in that neighbourhood." The application for an increase of the army, which ought to have been made several months ago, and which has been deferred until mi nisters have satisfied themselves that they shall keep their posts throughout the present session, has, of course, been conceded to them without a murmur. The single feeling that pervades all classes of politicians upon the subject is, that the number proposed is too small, and that an increase of 10,000, and that some six months ago, would have been more in'accordance with the exigencies of the country. How all these expenses, absolutely necessary as they are, and the temporary diminution of revenue that must be looked for from the adoption of the Postage Duties Bill, will be made to square with the already impoverished resources of the country, remains to be seen. The ministerial bed is evi dently not one of roses ; but the limbo is of Lord Melbourne's own creating, and we trust that not even the aces of Mr. O'Connell and his Popish frierids will procure him the re mission of a single peck of purgatorial coals. 1 • zwilways. ~ , 15 , , , .. ,A .5.v..;41, ii..„... e (47102fri, ??"-.' ' l4l .. vc c c-L" b.. 9 0 •ri . . -.—. ." ' ' ri )i :i 0:::..:,:c.k...". .....r." 44.._ w. DETERMINED SUICIDE. A melancholy case of suicide occurred last Thursday in the house of Mr. William Lockett, Richmond' Hill, Broughton Road. Mrs. Lockett, it appears, had occasion to go from home that day, and left the servant, Maria Shepherd, in charge of the house till her return. In the evening, some children, relations of Mr. Lockett, happened to be playing on the ground in front of the house ; and after a time, began to suspect something was not right, from the blinds being all down, and the doors, which they tried, both locked ; and from the servant, whom they knew to be in the house, never making her appearance as she was accustomed to do. At last one of the children went to communicate their suspicions to the neighbours ; several of whom came, and after vainly knocking at the doors, and trying to look in at the windows, they gained admission by putting a little boy in at the cellar window. The back and front doors were both found locked, and the keys on the inside, which showed some one was in the house. The doors of all the rooms were locked, and the keys removed. On looking through the keyhole of one bed room door, a rope was seen tied to the bed-post, up - on which the door was broken open. The girl was lying upon her back on the floor in a pool of blood, which had flowed from a large gash in her throat. The keys of the several doors in the house were laid in a row, with great precision, on the dressing table. Opposite the looking-glass a chair was placed, from which the girl seemed to have fallen ; and an open razor, with blood upon it, was upon the table. She was still breathing, wi. h great difficulty. Mr. Holt, surgeon, of Broughton Road, was sent for, and found her cold, but breathing. He, in some measure, restored warmth, and had her conveyed im mediately to the Infirmary ; but she died soon after her ar rival there. On looking into the room next the one in which she was lying, two cups were found, with drugs in each, of some draught which was supposed to be poisonous ; and, on further examination, it appeared that she had been sick, and had vomited considerably ; this, with the circumstance of the rope, which was very tightly tied to tha bedpost, and appa retly strained, makes it apparent that the unhappy girl re sorted to three different moees of putting an end to her ex istence. Mr. Holt examined the dregs of one of the cups, and detected the presence of oxymuriate of mercui y, a min eral poison (the corrosive sublimate of the shops), of which, it is very probable, the deceased had taken a quantity ; but the vomiting would seem to have prevented it s d e l e terious quality from operating promptly, and consequently the wretched girl tried the other two modes of self-destruction. An inquest was held on the body on Saturday, before Mr. Chapman, the borough coroner, at the Infirmary, when Maria Jones, servant maid to Mr. Agnew, of Richmond Hill, stated that the deceased came to their house about half-past nine o'clock on Thursday morning last, and stayed until half past twelve at noon. She was very merry, and appeared quite sensible in her conversation. She mentioned a young man who had been paying his addresses to her ; but, having asked her to be married at Liverpool, she had refused, as she wished to be married at Manchester. This was about nine weeks ago, and she said she had only seen him once since, at her father's house, in Salford. She also said he h a d been paying his addresses to a fellow-servant, who had lived with her at Mr. Leake's, and that she had gone to Liverpool, with the intention of proceeding with him to Australia ; but that he had gone alone, leaving her behind. Mr. William Lockett stated, that the deceased had been in his service rather more than seven weeks, and she had been before with him about two years, having lived in the interval (18 mouths) with hi s daughter, Mrs. Leake. She was periodically subject to fits of dulness ; he had remonstrated with her, and had spoken to her frequently about it when she lived with Mrs. Leake, and she would burst into tears, after which would come round again. She had been so particularly the last four days. On these occasions of despondency, and while in the kitchen with fellow-servants, she would frequently burst into immoderate fits of laughter ; and, when left to herself, she would fre quently flag again into her usual fit of despondency. When he and Mrs. Lockett went out on Thursday evening, she ap peared rather more cheerful. She had no cause whatever for despondency that he knew of: having been a favourite ser vant, she had invariably been treated with the greatest kind ness. Other evidence was given as the other circumstances detailed above. The jury jreturned a verdict, that the de ceased cut her throat while in a state of insanity.—Mauches ter Guardian. \\\,, IkA 411t\ TRIAL OF BOLAM, FOR MURDER. NEWCASTLE, TUESDAY, JULY 30, 6 o'clock. As the period approached at which Archibald Bolam, an individual who for 16 years has been the acttary and manager at the savings' bank at this place, was to be put on his trial, the feeling of excitement manifestly - increased, and, until the recent violent proceedings of the mob, it was the all-engross ing subject of conversation, not merely in the town itself, but throughout the county. In addition, too, probably as a matter of policy and of precaution against more confusion arising in and about the court on the day of trial than could by possibility be avoided, the judges arranged that Mr. Jus tice Coltman should take one of the Chartist cases at the town-court on the same morning as that on which Bolam was to be tried. • The mob has been very much divided, in asmuch as there have this day been two objects instead cf one calling for general attention. The result, therefore, is, that there has been a diversity in the attraction. The court, and every avenue leading to it have, however, been densely crowded from a very early hour, but so excellent were the arrangements, which had been under the direction of Mr. Under-Sheriff Adamson, that the greatest order has pre vailed. To that gentleman, also, those who attended from the London as well as the provincial journals, were greatly indebted for the admirable accommodation afforded to them by the erection of a temporary gallery. The trial was fixed to come on at nine o'clock, and at that hour Mr. Baron Maule took his seat on the bench. Archibald Bolam was then placed at the bar, and indicted, charged with the murder of Joseph Millie. The prisoner pleaded " Not guilty." The prisoner presented the appearance of a man who had shrunk very considerably during the period of his confine ment in gaol, and looked as if he had undergone great mental suffering. He was dressed in black, and his face, on first taking his position in the dock, was much flushed. In a minute or two it became pale as death, and, after having pressed his chest with his right hand, he grasped the post which was immediately before him as if to prevent him from falling backwards. Afterwards he leaned against the front of the dock, and so remained during the greater part of the proceedings. The counsel engaged were Sir Gregory Lewin, Mr. Grain ger, and the Hon. James Wortley for the prosecution; and Mr. Dundas and Mr. Knowles for the prisoner. As soon as the jury had been sworn, and prior to the pri soner having pleaded, Mr. DUNDAS addressed the court, and took, as was under stood from the few words we could hear, a preliminary objec tion in reference to the prisoner being tried on a second indictment, whilst another to which he had before pleaded, remained on the tile of the court. Mr. Baron MAULE, we assume, over-ruled the objection, from the fact of the prisdner being tried on the new indict ment. Sir G. LEWIN then proceeded to open the case, after which a great number of witnesses were examined. The evidence was little more thon a repetition of what has already appeared in this paper. The trial was expected to last the whole of Tuesday and.Weilnesday., • [We have not been able r as yet, to ascertain the result of the trial. If the news should ,reach us in the course of the day, we shall give it in a second edition.] AN EXTRACT AND A COMMENT, (From The Dublin Evening Mail.) Lord John Russell is, no doubt, a bad politician ; but, as it never was our wont to deny any man his due, we are bound to admit that, as a writer, he has produced essays on politics by which no honest man need be ashamed to profit. There is, in particular, one essay by this noble author, on the English government and constitution, printed at Lon don in 1823, with which we have been so much pleased that we cannot refrain from making an extract. At page 427 of this excellent and constitutional essay, it is thus written : " A minister, especially if be be long . in office, may have so engaged and corrupted the great proprietors of boroughs, may have so distributed honours, and ribbons, and offices ; may have so obliged the principal members of the House of Commons, by,providing for their friends and relations in the customs, the excise, or the colonies ; may have so fet tered every public man of weight and influence, by the ties of private interest, that at last they (the ministry) shall be able to say to the sovereign, However pernicious,our mea sures may be, and however unpopular oir persons, you must maintain us in rower, for we alone can command a majority in the House of Commons, though our conduct and our acts are offensive to the country, and disgusting to your majesty." Truer words never were put upon . paper. However per nicious our measures may be"—what though we do aim a heavy blow and- great discouragement at the church which your Majesty is sworn to protect —" And however unpopular ourpersons" 7 -what though we have been escorted to your Majesty's presence by a force of policemen—what though we have been hissed, groaned, all but pelted with rotten eggs— " You Must maintain us in "power''—you must, for our sake, sharply rebuke your hereditary councillors—you must openly and deliberately do your best to shake the great pillars and ornameliti l nf'yout Majesty's throne, and that, too, Within hearing of the remonstrances of your Majesty's faithful people ;.." . for - Vve alone can command a majority in the House of Conimons"—for we alone are the statesmen who can carry on the machine of government on working majorities of fires and twos. • "Though our conduct and ouracts - are offensive to the country"—though the vast bulk of the nation hate and despise ns,•and long ardently for an opportunity of deprivii.g us of even our working majority of two—though tne.disaon-• tent of the people is even now breaking out in incendiarism and insurrection—though your Majesty's palace walls still echo . to the execrations which attendea our progress to your Majesty's presence ; yet support us you will, for—and here the parallel breaks down—for although our'conduct and our acts ought to be disgusting to an English monarch, duly sen sible of the awful responsibilities encompassing the crown— though our attacks upon the church ought to excite the ut most alarm and indignation in the breast of one sworn, as your Majesty is, to protect that venerable institution—though the contempt into which we have brought the Executive, and the outrages which we have thus invited the ill-disposed to commit with impunity, ought to excite your Majesty's most serious apprehension for the safety and welfare of all the people committed to your Majesty's charge—though the flames of . Birminghiun ought to have darted some sensible glimmering . of light into your Majesty's eyes—yet your Ma jesty will support us ; for our conduct and our acts, though offensive to nine-tenths of the nation, are greatly approved of and quite satisfactory to one, if not all, tne ladies of your Majesty's Bed-chamber. THE. COMMITTEE OF CRIME-RIBBONISM. (From the Dublin Statesman and Record.) The digest of evidence bearing on this point, prepared by Loid Wharncliffe, strikes us as completely putting an end to any doubt as to the existence of a widely-spread, but mys terious 'association among the lower order of Papists in tnis country, called the Ribbon Society. All the witnesses bear unequivocal testimony to this fact. There is such a brother hood amongst them. It consists exclusively of Papists. It is a secret society, and the members are bound to prompt and submissive obedience, and to secrecy, by oath. It prevails all over Ireland, but in some counties more than others.— They have symbols and pass-words to know each other by ; they hold meetings in secret, and tney are supposed to have a centre or head somewhere. So far as this, Mr. Rowan, Major Warburton, Mr. O'Fer rail, Major Browne, Mr. Drummond, and, in fact, all the witnesses agree. But Mr. O'Ferrall, Commissioner of Po lice in Dublin, thinks that the Society is not a religious 6ne, and that to destroy the Protestant religion, and set up Popery, is not one of their objects, and he thinks so, because he has " known of the Boman Catholic Priests denouncing stran gers coming into parishes in the country as Ribbonmen, to administer illegal oaths to others, and cautioning their parish. ioners against those people." We presume Mr. O'Ferrall is himself a papist; but, whether or not, his reason for dis believing the Ribbon Society to be a religious one, is quite insufficient in our opinion. It is sought to make light of the results of the inquiry on this head, because all that it might be desirable to know, has not been brought to light. It has not been shewn what the precise object of Ribbonism is—it has not been shewn that it has a centre, or who or what that centre is—and much that concerns it remains still involved in mystery ; therefore the inquiry has failed altogether. Such is the convenient logic of the partisan journals in this city. But we differ from them in a small degree. And first, we think that it is a very serious anti important thing to have it demonstrated that there is such a secret combination—consisting exclusively of. low Papists—spread over the whole country, with the mem bers bound to secrecy by oath; and sworn to obey any orders conveyed to them at two hours' notice ! We say that that in itself is an appalling fact. "It is not a religious society." It is very odd then that it should consist exclusively of Papists. We know not its purpose—no not precisely—but we know what men love darkness rather than light, it is be cause their deeds are evil—that we know. We know that crime and disorder of the worst kind, abound ; and if the Ribbon Society does not exist to facilitate and increase them, what does it it exist for? But we cannot connect it with the Priests—nay, but we can. We connect the mem bers with the Popish Apostasy—and the Apostasy's mysteri ous confession-box, necessarily connects the Ribboninan with tae Priest. " And the woman was arrayed in " purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold, and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand, full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication. And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the Saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of J ESUS." Tile Priest must be as well acquainted with the mystery of Ribbonism, as it is possible for him to be acquainted with any thing in itself so mysterious and so iniquitous. But what care we for all the iniquitous mysteries of Popery ? If the LORD be for us, he is greater than all: If the LORD be on our side, the Priests of Baal may put their heads together, and bring all their Ribbon troops in array against us ; yet shall we have nothing to fear—the LORD is on our side, THE WEATHER IN IRELAND. (From the Dublin Evening Mail.) With deep regret—and not without some feelings of ap prehension for the fate of our harvest, we announce that since we last addressed our readers upon this subject, the rain has continued to pour torrents, with scarcely any intermission. The flood in the river Dodder rose to such a height in the course of last night that it overflowed the wooden bridge at Serpentine-avenue upon which the railroad traverses ; and until an advanced hour of the day, it was supposed that the bridge had been carried away. Such, however, we have as certained, is not the case ; but the communication between the city and Kingstown was impeded for some time, bnt was resumed in the afternoon. It appears that similar inclemen cies in the weather have taken place in England and on the Continent ; and should it continue, the worst apprehensions may be entertained for the safety of the harvest. The following communication has reached us from a com petent and intelligent person whose remarks are the result of personal observation in a recent tour in the west of Ire land, to which district they exclusively refer : . " THE CROPS.—The appearance of the crops in the west of Ireland is very satisfactory. Wheat will yield more than . an average return unless injured by the present rainy weather. As yet no injury has been done, but unless there is an im mediate change the consequences will he serious. Oats are now looking very healthy : sown during the dry weather it grew up sickly and short. - The late rains, however, improved it, and as the ear is good it is expected to be an average crop.—Barley having been put into the ground much later than oats, had the benefit of the wet weather, and now pre sents a most luxuriant appearance : it will be a full crop. Flax is looking rather poorly. Potatoes promise a large re turn, but the wet has prevented them from ripening as early as usual, and very small samples only have been yet brought to market. Mowing has only commenced, and during these heavy rains the grass were much better uncut, as it will be impossible to save it. On the whole, if the weather takes up, a most plentiful harvest may be looked for, but a conti nuance of the present weather will be highly injurious. The constant drifting of the rain, and the floods in the rivers, re mind one more of the end than the commencement of harvest." ORIENTAL . DECLARATION OF BANKRUPTCY. The Banians resident at Muscat have a curious practice of pro claiming themselves bankrupt. An individual thus situated seats himself in the open day in his shop with a candle burn in., before him. Those of his own class to w h om h e i s indebt ed' no sooner perceive this than they come-in and revile him ,in no measured terms, and sometimes even beat him. But .after this ebulition he is not molested, until he has again commenced business, and is in a fair way to retrieve himself, when they again commence their importunities, so that his failure in uo wise releases him from his former obligations.— Wellsted's Romig in Arabia. . - - BIDSTON. (From the Liverpool Courier.) Bidston-hill, with its lighthouse, is an object very familiar to the inhabitants of Liverpool, and is one of the localities which command attention, as much from its prominent ap pearance as its mercantale utility. The original design was to announce the early approach of vessels from sea, as well as to give information of any circumstances having a bearing upon the commercial interests of the port, within the range of its elevation. The lighthouse was built in the year 1771, during the mayoralty of Thos. Wilson, Esq., when the num , ber of vessels entering the port was under 2100, and the dus ties on tonnage amounted to £4142. 17s. 2d. The establish ment is at once a proud monument of the enterprise and public spirit of the merchants and corporation of that day, and a proof of the correctness of their anticipations of the in creasing commerce of the town, the number of vessels which entered the port, during the year ending June, 1839, having been 14,820, and the amount of tonnage £174,222. 16s. showing such a rapid advance in commercial prosperity as, in the absence of actual documents in- proof of the fact, would appear a romance. The most direct way to Bidston, and one which affords the greatest variety, is from Woodside, along the new corpora tion road past Bridge End, forming the southern boundary of the property belonging to the corporation of Liverpool of £200,000 in value, which extends about two - thiles-along the side of Wallasey Pool until it joins Bidston marsh. - Messrs. Russells' ship-building yard and patent slip, where vessels of the largest class are drawn out of the water, and placed upon an elevated inclined plane, for the purpose of repair, may be seen on the right ; and a l.ttle further on, Mr. Laird's establishment, for the manufacture of - wrOught-iron boilers and iron vessels of every dimension up to 400 or 500 tons. The wharf is accessible to vessels of large burthen,• having a depth of thirty feet water at the heights of a spring tine. This estuary was formerly no inconsiderable rival to Liver pool, possessing, in 1565, three barques of 36 tons, and 77 men, when this port could only boast of ten barques and two boats of 223 tons, navigated by 223 men. • • Several beautiful little dells 'present themselves to view on the Seacombe margin of the pool. Egremont church and Sir John Tobin's manson, and other houses, appear on the rising ground opposite. Poulton-cum-Seacombe is seen abouta mile farther on in the direction of Wallasey, when the pool, which is at its junction with the Mersey about a mile in width, narrows considerably, and assumes a wild and romantic cha racter, and . .the spectator, who may have been; in less than one short hour,.transported from 'the bustle-and-din of life in one - of the most extensive marts of commerce in the kingdom, may, with the• exercise of a slight degree offancy, suppose himself traversing' the banks of some farsoff river,. say the Scheldt or the Nile, the sand-hills seen in the extreme and indistinct distance supplying a substitute for the Nubian Desert, while the cormorant, with leaden wing, as he floats across the swamp, or the playful plover, whisking and performing fantastic gyrations, 'and scream ing • his wild notes, or the kingfisher's splendid • phial age, sparkling in the sun's rays as he darts from the splashy dirigles on the margin of the pool, adds not a little to the interest of the scene. The whitewashed top of the Leasowe lighthouse then appears above the trees in faint, and Gill brook and its sequestered haunts, backed by a bluff knoll, partially covered with verdure; near the base of Bidston-hill, on the left of the road, together with the castellated appear ance of the light-house, poles, boards, ropes. &c., seen above the rich and varied foliage which characterises the view on this part of the road, have altogether a singular and pictu resque effect. A little further on the left, a sequestered stile road across the fields is seen, with a board directing pedes triads to the lighthouse. Here the road curves - through a rich and verdant scene on both sides. Above some romantic incloAures on the rocky sides of the hill, on the left, the laurel, the rhododendron, and other ever greens, are seen to flourish and run riot amongst toe heath, troom, gorse, wild roses, young firs, oaks, &c., in rich abun dance. And creeping shrubs, of thousand dyes, Wave in the west wind's summer signs. Passing the end of the road, which winds abruptly up a steep 'ascent, Bidston-hall presents itself in a commanding situa tion on the left, with a verdant slope and beautifiil foliage in front. The eastern side has bay windows, and 'gables, and piazzas, along the dower story. The western front is in a similar style, without the piazza. The entrance is by a semi circular porch which rises to the entrance to which is a stone gateway with a s:ngalar arch. Ormerod states, that " dur ing the embarrassments which involved the noble house of Stanley, at the close of the 'great rebellion, Bidston-hall be came the residence of Charles, the eighth earl of Derby, Lathom-hall, the chief seat o, tae family, being then a heap of ruins, and Knowsley in a i.ttle Leter corid,tion. Half the estates of the family were solu or sequeztered, and the bid to effect their redemption, which ustice had induced both houses of parliament to pass unanimously, was rejected by the son of that king for whom the earl had laid his head upon the block." Bidston and other manors were sold in 1653 by the Derby family to William Steele, Esq., and resold in the time of Charles the Second to Lord Kington, and by him to the ancestors of the preSent proprietor, Robert Vyner, Esq., of Gautby, in Lincolnshire. The marsh, consisting of about five hundred acres, lies ex tended beneath the eye of the spectator in. striking contrast with the scenery on the left, dotted over by not less than 1500 head of sheep, horses, and horned cattle, being only part of the farm attached to the hall, the present worthy occupant, Mr. Radley, having altogether not less than 800 acres of land in pasture and tillage, with a dairy of eighty cows. A ridge of sand-hills along the margin of the sea protects the marsh from inundation, beyond which, craft passing up and down the Rock Channel present the appear ance of ships sailing on dry land. The effect is novel and picturesque. The village lies immediately below, and near its termination the churn, in primitive simplicity, stands on a rock, elevated above the road. It is an ancient fabric, consisting of a tower, nave, chancel, and side aisles, with the Derby cognizances over the western door. The hamlet has long been celebrated for its eggs and bacon, furnished at the Ring of Bells, near the church. Strangers wandering through this romantic region, after'breathing the pure air for.whicn the neighbourhood is so celebrated, have ever found the fare of this hquse not an unwelcoine adjunct to a long'ivalk. Ample testimonials of this fact, in praise of the good landlady, may be found registered on an inverted album, that is, the ceiling of the retectory: The following is a specimen : i.lll 41,1,31: " Three Lerple lads taking the air, m o ,3 Ail , Went and partook of Bidstou fare ; Your words were true, and not inistaken,, di aft Her eggs were good, so was her bacon." , b - " - Passing through the village to obtain a view of the west side of the hill and lighthouse, the loverof the.ruralandp.e-, turesque is struck with the beautiful simplicity of the scene. Turning the back upon Moreton,- and lookingtaiwarcts the village just past through, the road seems to , terminate in a rich clump of foliage, consisting of:elders, :vgild,roses4 thorns, fruit and other trees, flanking .the • orchards on, each side of the road, out-topped by the angle of the venerable . tower of the church, whicn seems to dispute any further progress in the centre, whilst the " Park," a- plantation .running along the foot of the hill, partially covering the rocky steep,:sur mounted by the lanthorn side of the 'lighthouse, signat.poles, flags, &c.,, on the right, and the 'modern national school„and enclosures on the left form an uniqde and pleasing portion of the scenery of this locality. On gaining the summit • °flint hill to the westward a tine burst of scenery presents itself to the eye of the spectator. The hamlets of \Voodchurch, Upton, and Moreton, in sequestered beauty, amidst verdant pastures, waving corn, and masses of foliage on an undulating surface, challenge attention in the first distance, Wallasey Leasowe,its castle and lighthouse, with the low land along .theimargin of the sea, sweeping to the estuary of the Dee on , the 'right. Mod Nant and the mountain scenery which flanks the eastern side of the Vale of Clwyd, on the left: In front, .when the weather is favourable, appear the Great and little Ormsbead, and Penman Mawr, whose huge base rises from the sea on the north ; and further southward all the magniticent. , Carnyds and Alpine scenery, to the peaks of Snowdon and sugar-loaf crest of Mod Siabod,—scenery familiar to all sojourners in the vicinity of Capel Curig. . The foreground of the moor is broken up and diversified by its undulating character, the eye resting upon numerous distinct parts of •the scenery, each furnishing ample materials for the pencil or the pen,— Crags, knolls, and mounds, confusedly buried. Here the masses of rock and sand, quarrying operations ex tended over a wild and irregular space, rude : cottages,: gable ends of houses, purple heather, and patches of verdure,. in all the varieties and brilliant colourings of nature there the sweeping vale, distant church and village, and beautiful and verdant enclosures, with the placid ocean, and various craft in the distance. The winding stream, occasionally hid den, and again sparkling through the low land of. the:Fool, and then again expanding its wide mouth to drink in the overflowings of the noble, Mersey, togetner , with many of .the objects described in former articles,. are again seen, but under such different aspects and points of view as to divest them of every token of similarity but the name. Bid ston Lighthouse is a substantial octagonal building, with a projecting gallery running round the upper story : the height of the gallery is 300 feet above the level of high-water. From this elevation the light from the reflector, blended with that proceeding from the Leasowe Light, is the night signal indicating that inward-bound vessels are in the true course for Hoyrake. The lighthOnse commands a most extensive sea view. A singular and almost incredible proof of.thisfact is stated once to have occurred during the long residence of the late Mr. Urtuson at this establishment. At a remote period, engaged in his dailyivocation of scanning the surface of the boundless ocean with his largest : and best telescope, on one particular occasion, :and when ,the atmosphere was more than ordinarily clear to the northwest, the Isle of Man .stood prominently out of the blue waters, and challenged M r. Urinson's special attention. The distance of that Wand from l3idston cannot be less than 63, miles in a direct line. - A little to the eastward he perceived a sail, and knew, or thought he knew, a signal, which the vessel appeared to have projected from the maintopgallarit yard-arm, nr : upper part of the rig .ging. Steadily surveying what he supposed to be the signal a;ain,—" Yes, surely it is, thought mme ;: aye, it must he the Jamaica. Yes, sure enough ; it will be my old friend.Glegg." Then with stentorian voice he called out, " Go, .hoist"the flag on France, Fletcher, and Co.'s pole." The command promptly obeyed,. the new instantly. .flies to Liverpool, and the vessel is, of course, „expected. But alas,- e no „ye4el.:ar rived : the day passed over, and still the ship did not appear. The merchants then sent over to Bidaton, to know why, the signal was made,. and then it was, that ; to entertain some suspicion that : he mightlNit.sinlyhay.e been mistaken, and endeavoured to get out of tnesserap4iby stat ing that he had made the signal out of a joke or fancy of : his own. The second day wore away ; still no yessel. The third day arrived, but not as before with it arrived the.good. ship Jamaica. She had been becalmed in Ramsey Bay. Captain Glegg had often, previously to this time, in their social and convivial moments, rallied the worthy superintendent of the signal station on his want of quickness in answering his signal. He now, however, had his revenge, by saying, " wow, captain, you will at least acknowledge that 1 have, in this instance, been too sharp for you. . . .„ -131ackemnb, in Cumberland, and many of the Westmorland mountains, are frequently visible from this eminence ; and about six weeks since. the , Lk. of Man was distinctly seen from the ground-floor by Mr. Nichol, son-in-law of the late Mr. Unnson, and the.present worthy superintendent of time lighthouse and telegraph station. COAL-FIELDS OP NOVA SCOTIA AND CAPE BRETON.— The mineral products of Nova Scotia are extensive and valuable, forming already a large proportion of its exports, and promising to rise rapidly in importance. Coal, the most !useful of any, particularly abounds, and has its value greatly enhanced by the Bra t d eman d f or it over th e w h o l e o f th e !American continent. The chief bed, on the northern coast near Pictou, is estimated to comprehend an area of about 100 square miles; but this space is intersected by large dykes and interrupted by faults, so that the actual extent is not yet ascertained. There is sonic reason to think that it may stretch considerably farther, though sunk too deep to !have yet been traced. It has a glossy, jet black appearance, is highly charged with bitumen, melts and cakes like that of; Newcastle, and, when the tar is dissipated, burns like coke. It is extremely well adapted for manufactures, especially in iron. Farther east, near Poinket and Dorchester, copious indications of this mineral have been discovered; but not yet examined. lu Cumberland also, pretty large veins have ;been traced, though the quality is not uniformly good. Cape !Breton is equally distinguished for its stores of this precious mineral. The Sydney coal field, extending along the coast :from the capital to Miray Bay, and thence inland to the great entrance of the Bras d'Oi is estimated to contain 120 square miles of workable coal. It is generally of excellent quality, and in great part adapted for domestic use as well as for manufactures. In the western district of this island, too, there appears to be a considerable bed, though not yet scien tifically explored.—Edinburgh Cabinet Library, No. XXV L Historical and Descriptiye Account of British America, vol. IL—. LW. MISCELLANEOUS. The fishermen of Scarborough are now making their first attempt at the herring fishery for this season. It is stated that another lighthouse will be erected by the Trinity Board at Scilly, the one at present on the coast not being sufficient for the direction of vessels to the anchorage. —Exeter Flying Post. The continual wet weather has been very injurious to the hay in this neighbourhood (Southampton.) A great quanti ty is lying about in a very bad state, and it is feared that much will be eventually spoiled.- -Hampshire Telegraph. The Staffordshire Advertiser states, " Most of the work men who recently turned out in that neighbourhood have re sumed their epiployment, having consented to abandon the ,union, and generally to accept the terms of the masters." The hay harvest in the neighbourhood of Welshpool has been seriously affected, and much hay spoiled by the late heavy rains. The markets are generally upon the rise.— SalopianJournal. Stoke Hall has been purchased by his grace the Duke of Devonshire ; and rumour states that it is now undergoing repairs and alterations preparatory to its being occupied by Mrs. Cavendish', the ;pother of the Earl of Burlington.— _Derby, 14eporler... HARWQOD HousN.- 7 -This noble mansion was perhaps never better' provided with tl-e munitions of war since the time of its fir.-t, erection; it has at the present moment no less than 13.(;0) rounds of cartridge lodged in its magazine. —Brad.f . ord Observer. The hosiers of Nottingham and Leicester are making gloves and stockings--having bands of India rubber webb knitted in at the wrists, and under the knees, instead of garters ; a patent has been obtained for the invention ; and licenses, at £5 per year each, are sold to the framework knitters.—Not tinghanz Review. CAFFRE CORN.—One of the plants of the Caffre corn, brought to Leeds by the Rev. James Archbell, was, on Mon day last, six feet high, with a stem like a walking stick, and blades two feet ten inches lowr, by three inches wide. It is growing along with others, which are flourishing in the hot house at the Zoological Gardens, at Headingley. The following amusing circumstance occurred on Thursday last at the Zoological Gardens, in Regent's Park :—As one of the keeperS was amusing a'child with a ride on the back of the.; young elephant, a lady,,whofwas a looker on, was sud denly taken up by the larger elePhant; and lifted in the air, but her sereamscaused the "animal to let her down again very gently,,with no other injury than the-soiling of her dress, and a little THE'IiATi: LADY Es'itiEu Luc STANHOPE. — Her late ladyshipi.whosedeath is stated to have taken place at Djoun, Syria, on the 23d ult. was theeldest daughter of the late, and sister of the present Earl Stanhope. Having been born the 12th of March, 1776, her late ladyship, at the time of her de eetiociavas consequently in her 64th year. ,T,t,u-ppeay by ,a_return laid before the House of Commons on Friday, that "the honourable house has expended for print ing parliamentaty papers, withirrthe last eight sessions only, no less a sum than three hundred and seventy-three thousand, one hundred and sixteen pounds, five shillings and twopence ! Bets were offered at some of 'the - clubs that the three hun dred thousand pounds of this money have been • quandered at the instigation of that strict " economist" Mr. Joseph thine, and that the return of " savings" effected thereby is !-,-Herald. CAUTION TO PARENTS.—On Wednesday night a woman, residing in Burrell's Lane, went to bed, it is feared in a state of ineliriety, taking a child she had received to nurse along with her., During the time she was asleep, the nurse had become - restless and rolled her body insensibly over the child, and on waking about eleven o'clock found the lifeless body of the infant lying beside her—death having, no doubt, been caused by suffocation, from the weight of its nurse's body. Parents giving out children to nurse should be care ful to inquire into the moral character of the persons into whose charge they are given. —Scottish Guardian. Since Wednesday last we have had truly delightful weather, and the crops are posting onwards to maturity, in a way which it is quite refreshing to contemplate. From all parts of the country there are favourable accounts of every descrip oa of crop, hay excepted, which which will be generally light. Potatoes are far more than an average, and in many places the produce will be double that of the two last years. Throughout Lanarkshire the orchards are, generally speak ing, absolutely bare ; in some gardens 5s will not be obtained for the fruit, where in former years as many pounds were got with ease.—lbid. The authorities of Gateshead have invited the inhabitants of that borough to be sworn in as special constables in the present excited and alarming state of affairs, and have deter mined to appoint sixteen additional policemen. Similar pre cautionary msasures have been adopted at Sunderland; and in the city of Durham a numerous body of special con stables have been sworn in.—Newcastle Journal. A FACT.—To give our readers some notion of the manner in which conservatives are mentioned in the domestic circles of the whip-radicals, even of those of the higher rank. we can state that in a certain great house not very jar from the Admiralty, the following question was put by a little boy to his father. " Are the toes naturally born so wicked, papa ; or do they become so ?"—Oxford Herald. Tun Puns - ENT M INISTRY.—A few days since, as a coun try gentleman was reading a newspaper in a coffee-house, in the city, he said to a friend who sat next him, " I have been looking some time to see what the present ministry are about, but I cannot find Where those articles are put, not being used to the London papers." " Look among the robberies !" replied the other. RATHER SUSPICIOUS.—We learn from the Court Circular that Mr. Scholefield,M P., and Mr. G. Lewis, had inter views with Lord John Russell; .on. Monday, at the Home office. We learn.from the same source that Mr. Scholefield had an inteidevi With Lord John Russell last week. Will Mr. Scholefield, the M.P. for Birmingham, inform us whe theOlf-§edrit6Miemf4ad.reference to the conduct of his son, the hiqiir - of .biirimugham ? They have a suspicious look.— Tea Trizthir illattingv, • xikAattenliptflos•begn mAde - at Exeter to billet soldiers on the wineuiercli,. ). 4 of that city, which. they have resisted ; in ri 'dainl64uenTer•bfiivti'felln - mirAitrates have taken the opi3tigrletofßhevAtto_rney? And Molioitor-General; who' state that wine-merA4ants are not liable to receive soldiers on tlieYlkileeWnt vicfballing-hausqs, inns, or ale.houses nor do therperalitiretair wine, beer; or spirits, to he ; drunk on the premises.,--til ;e4hire ,Independent. Jut.' , • 1.04, I . 4 y- k 1 11 ERIXING f W I CIC 2G.—The JULY 2o.—ne herring nsu ingintl'43Bi#lli@ctsillEr ti3",h)Ave . fairly Commented 'Wick; ffid th9 i ßmemu j p4,crithe.present, date is almost equal to ex pctation. The whole take for the season may be estimated 3500P.dFkiik i ; 9 84' 4alt is possible the quantity caught at thcisfurle ptrkoiriChuit ear. .AI good deal of fresh :fish was this weak soAd to ;Yarmouth tuggers at 18s per cran. Many of u tte"durerg fire pideilkellini.Y,'at this price to the chance of s'alestlifter Scot fish: Guardian. SHIP WILLIAM RODGER.—We have just seen - aletter - Frorn a respectable correspondent in Sydney, thlii4q3aMnfi4'lleti-e; stating that ofthe'passengers of this ship; sixtpen,dijad dieil,on i tbe passage, between the Cape and Port Jackson, of fever. On their arrival there they were placed 'on quarantinn-=imlabout fourteen days they were released, And inadelor ,Sydrim . „where „the .fever. again broke out, and, inelancholy to relate; carried away forty-one individuals ilibiKffiAtfy shits ! , =-Seattish Cuardian. PEAS HAWK1444.1-:=A hawker of peas, in Bradford, was a few days ago detected in cheating . thunrchaser in the follow ing way :—his measure being constructed with a sliding bot 9Nr VO,V—}vbpn o heaped up, raised, by him, ;by putting his liand th'etottom: - The bottom would then slide up, and ttrrOtvepOitichpisfihe contents of the measure back into the the unsuspecting purchaser the measure seeded (lithe Leeds or its neighlkonrhood has, it is said, tho ho , nouP:of tho inVenticni; 5:104kE..--Wellearn , from a correspondent in Sutherland, that the moors were never in finer condition for the sports iiiiirtlffitrikit6iy'Vre at present. The birds are fully stronger Alm..theynefeiatrthe end of August last year, and coveys of eight l a,ml,ten ,Are very common. In some parts of this '6buney; — th6' 606 s of the season led to more extensive heath[-intruing. than usual, and this may have decreased the number ofgrouse in certain. localities ; but, upon the whole, ther6Mll l Ukeellent sport, and game of first-rate quality. —42tierizese'Courier. ,DE*TII PO GENERAL ARCHI*LL.—We regret to. an tionnce the, death of the gallant General Arcbdall, at his seat, CaStleArchdill, Ireland, by the breaking of a blood vessel. The late -general distinguished himself in Egypt, under the bravi Sir Ralph Abercromby, and was among the stars of our army. The late general for some years represented - Fer managh,: in the • House of. Commons. We believe Mr. Ed ward Arclidall, brother . to the deceased, in default of male issue, succeeds to thee Stares. Someunpeincipled scoundrels are now travelling the coun try and obtaining money, from : the timid and ignorant by selling them what they call " protections." These are nei ther more nor less than cards on which some balderdash is printed,: and which,, as they affirm, will protect them from harm in case of any rising among the chartists. The vendors of these : cards subject themselves to the penalties of theiaw, which, , in some cases are severe, while the purchasers are extremely ,cglpable in giving .countenance to such rascally proceedings.—. Durham Advertiser • METROPOLIS:CHURCHES FUND.—:.On Sunday morning, at the parish church of St. Dunstan's, Fleet -street, a sermon was preached by . the Rev. Robert Montgomery, anthor of " The Omnipresefice of the Deity," in aid of the fund for ,50 chu.-ches in the out-parishes of the metropolis. The text was from the 15th chapter of St. Luke. The rev. gentleman, in the course of his sermon, said there were in the out-parishes of the metropolis about 100,000 persons al most completely withgnt means 'of religious instruction, and there• were in the metropolis 1,000,000 souls having not more than 142 clergymen among them ; whereas, allowing one clergyman to every 3,000 persons, there ought to be 370 clergymen Since 1801 the population of England and Wales had increased six and &half millions, but the liberality of the public towards the extension of church accommodation had not kept pace with that increase. The revenue of the coun try was. £514,000,000, and the tax paid, forming one item of that revenue, fur the poison called spirituous liquors, was 'greater than was subscribed for propagating the Gospel. The • rev. gentleman preached again in the evening in support of the same fund, and then eloquently explained the parable of the prodigal son. The church was completely crowded on both occasions, and we were told that the subscriptions were very liberal.—.-Herald. SINGULAR CASE OF LIFE PROLONGED WITHOUT FOOD. —Agnes Docherty, wife of Farrah Gallagher; weaver, in Prestwich, aged sixty-five, died on Sunday evening, the 7th instant, of a closing up of the gullet, just ,about where it enters into the stomach. Fora longtime past she had expe rienced a difficulty in swallowing any solid food,`; and, for fifteen weeks• previous to the closing up of the passage, she was support&l on milk and water alone, with occasionally a little whiskey made into toddy. The passage closed up com pletely on the. 14th or 15th of June last, and since then no• sustenance of any description passed into the stomach, and every attempt to administer nourishment in any other way entirely failed. Tae sensation of hunger, which was very strong, entirely ceased on the closing up of the passage. And :for twenty-three or twenty-four days she continued in that state, free not only from pain, but froM any other bodily ailMent whatever, the vitality of the body being sustained for that length of time solely by its internal resources, and that too when these resources had been greatly attenuated and ex hausted by the comparative starvation of the five or six . months preceding. The only uneasiness felt was a sensation of heat in the throat, which was from time to time allayed by *swallowing a mouthful of cold water,' which, however, she could never retain beyond a few seconds, when it was thrown up again. This, together with latterly an occasional moist ening- of the palms of the hands with water when she inclined to faint, was the only external source from which (and that by absorption merely) it was possible she could receive nourishrhent last three weeks of her life. She all along)was in a very happy frame of placid Christian resigna tion ; and it is in . compliance with her own h um bl e request, that this account made public.—Ayr Advertiser. PROGRES TEMPERANCE.—In -consequence of the :exertions of the Rev. Mr. Matthew, of Cork, in the cause of tenwerance, it is stated that the spirit retailers of Limerick are at a complete stand still, more than 200 confirmed drunk ards in one parish having, become reformed characters. The distillers of Cork offered the rev. 'gent. £lOOO. to abstain. .from his, to them, intemperate practices. The receipts of the Limerick distillery are stated to be lessened £lOOO. per week. Whatever charm Mr. Matthew possesses, successful results are alleged to have arisen. Employers from different parts of the country have paid the coach hire to and from Cork for their workmen who were unfortUnately addicted to the abuse of spirituous liquors, in order that they might de r.ve benefit from the Corkmagician, whose spells have proved so potent. On Monday morning was married, at St. George's, Han over-square (by the Bishop of Carlisle), Algernon Charles Percy, Esq., eldest son of the Bishop of Carlisle, to Emily, eldest daughter of the late Right Rev. Reginald Heber, Bishop of Calcutta. Among the company present were Viscount and Viscountess Holmesdale, Lady Sarah Amherst, Lord Hill, Lord and Lady Mostyn and the Hon. Misses Lloyd, Countess of Ashburnham and the Ladies Ashburn ham, &c. After the ceremony a breakfast was g iven by the Countess Valsamachi, the bride's mother, in Gloucester place, after which the new married couple set out for Wil lesbourne, near Coventry, the seat of .Viscount Holmesdale, to spend the honeymoon.—Herald. The Chartist lenders at Sunderland, Messrs.' Williams and Binns, have received a check in their insane proceedings, ha ving been arrested by an order of the Secretary of State on a charge of sedition, in speeches made by them on Sunderland Moor, on the 15th of July, when addressing a numerous meeting of their ignorant and deluded disciples from the Col liery Districts. There is also a second charge against them for publishing a seditious placard, tending to excite the in flamed Chartists to acts of violence, and to disturb the pub lic peace. They have been held to bail to take their trials, and have since traversed till the next Assizes, in the hope that the public feeling by that time may become more settled, and that they will then receive a more lenient sentence. It is understood the Government have now resolved to strike terror into the lawless Chartists, by making an example of such of their interested and reckless leaders as have been and may be taken into custody.—lbid. THE " SHABBIES."—Lord Melbourne and his gang of co-placemen are, in fact, a public nuisance of the most frightful magnitude. They have driven our most valuable colonies into a state of rebellion. They have delivered Ire land (as far as they could) into the hands of the popish enemies of England. They have " agitated" the manu facturing districts into a state removed but one stage from the state of civil war. Grave, however, as have been their offences in the kind which we have indicated, their sins against public morality have been, perhaps, of even a more serious description. They have tampered with truth in all the forms that truth can assume. They have falsified pledges : they have abandoned professed principles : they have lowered the tone of public morality : they have, as far as in them lay, confounded the distinctions between right and wrong. —Herald. , STATE OF THE COLLIERIES.--Though all or most of the men engaged in the Collieries of the Tyne and Wear have been at work during the past week, the state of these dis tricts,is far from satisfactory. Many of the smaller shop keepers in the villages, who supply the pitmen generally from pay-day to pay-day, complain that for the last few weeks the men have been increasing the quantity of goods taken for consumption, but diminishing the amount of cash payments. The conclusion drawn from this is that they are providing for the—so called—" Sacred Month." Consider able alarm very naturally exists amongst the country dealers, and unless some vigorous measures be adopted by the local magistrates, a scene of confusion and general derangement of business will be inevitable.—Newcastle Journal. HARDSHIP OF THE NEW POOR-LAW.—James Hardwicke,. an old industrious man, was summoned to show cause why he did not pay to the poor-law union the amount they had already expended in maintaining the child of the defendant's daughter, and was also ordered in future to pay the amount of the child's keep. The defendant's daughter married a man, by whom she had the child now in the union workhouse, but, finding that her husband had another wife, she indicted him fur bigamy, the proof of which failed from the non-arrival of witnesses, and the man on his acquittal left the country. The female deserted her child, leaving it chargeable to the union, the authorities of which, finding out the poor old father of the child's parent, took the present proceedings against him under the clause to that effect in the poor-law amendment act. The defendant complained of the hardship upon him in taxing the labour of his days of infirmity and pain to sup port the child of the young and healthy. The magistrate said that the act did, in this instance, inflict extreme hardship ; but, however painful it was to them, they were bound to ad minister it, and they must order him to pay 4s. Gd. per week to the union for the child's support.—Cheltenham Chronicle. FRUITS OF EXPERIENCE.-4 native of Paisley, who be fore leaving Scotland was deeply tinged with radicalism, and who has for some years resided in the United States, thus writes to a friend in Paisley, in a letter received this week : " As for Daniel O'Connell, Hume, and all the other worthies of the clique, depend upon it, these men are capable of ruining any country, if they are allowed to go their length. I have seen enough of republicanism to make me heartily sick of it. Universal suffrage is beautiful theory, but before it can work well, you must have something like a perfect people. We have universal suffrage here, and never was corruption carried to a greater height at elections in any country under heaven, and what is worse than this, the legislative bodies are completely under the controul of the rabble—under the controul of those who have no interest in the welfare cf the country—whose vote can be bought for sixpence-worth of whisky—who can be acted on by any unhung scoundrel, and who can be made the tools of any sort of visionary. Depend upon it, if ever I return to Scot land, I will be either tory or conserva: ive : no radicalism for me !"—Paisley Advertiser. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION.—Judge Erskine, in his charge to the grand jury at the Dorchester Assizes, last week, was very eloquent and impressive upon the necessity of a religious education. He said the question of general education was one of the greatest importance; it had occupied the minds of the most eminent men, and it was to be regretted that some unobjectionable plan fur affording necessary instruction to all classes had not been devised. It was known, however, from experience, in this country, and more so from the state of other countries, where extended plans had been carried into operation, that mere education, unaccompanied by the instilment of sound religious principles, did not tend to lessen crime. His lordship continued, with much emphasis, "If you wish to lessen crime by extending education, the educa tion you give the people must be based upon the revealed will of God." THE LARGE YORKSHIRE ESTATE.—Sir Bellingham Gra ham's fine estate in the North Riding of Yorkshire, called Nunnington, including two thousand six hundred acres of rich land, and a rental of four thousand four hundred pounds a year,'was sold by Mr. George Robins, on 'Satiirday, for one hundred and fifty thousand guineas, the timber subject to the usual valuation. The recent discussion upon the pro, piiety of altering the corn laws 'has through the season evidently its influence ; in the present case it should seem that the idle notion of ruining the agricultural interest has ceased to 'be entertained any longer. Mr. Rutson, of the county of , York, is the buyer. This is the third large estate in Yorkshire that has recently changed hands through the instrumentality of Mr. George Robins, viz. :—The Ribston, for 180,000'guineas ; the Whitwell,fo r 101,500 guineas; and lastly, the Nunnington, for 150,000 guineas. AUGMENTATION OF BOUNTY IN THE ARMY,—We are given to understand that her Majesty's government have ap proved of an addition of £1 to the levy-money of recruits for cavalry and infantry ; 2s. 6d. to be added to the portion. of bounty paid to the recruit on intermediate approval—making that issue 10s. instead of is. 6d. as formerly, and 2s. 6d. to be added to the reward to the party enlisting the recruit on intermediate approval. The remaining 15s. to he added to the bounty of toe recruit on final approval with his , regiment or depot. Highland corps will be allowed la. ss. to their final bounty for equipment.—Scottish Guardian. FUNERAL OF AN EXTRAORDINARY CHARACTER.—On Friday Mr. Mercedora, who was many years an inhabitant and parishioner of Bethnal-green, was buried in the burying ground attached to the parish church. He was supposed to he worth about £300,000. though he always appeared to be in poor circumstances. He was followed to the grave by Mr. Byng, M.P., and Mr. Musgrove, M.P.. besides the church wardens and all the parochial officers; the children of the poor school (of which he was governor), and of the work house, accompanied the procession. Nearly 20,000 persons were present. The deceased's body was in a hearse drawn by six horses, and there were three mourning coaches, each drawn by four horses.—Herald. ROMANTIC INCIDENT.—CASTLE OF DRACIFIENFELS.—OD the night of the 6th instant, this spot, consecrated by the genius of Byron, was the scene of extraordinary commotion. It seems that Mr. J. O'Brien, an Irish gentleman, and a Mr. George, an Englishman, left the neighbouring island, which is now occupied by a hotel alone, the former residence of Roland's betrothed, and over which the tower stands, to enjoy, by the moonlight, the beauteous view from the castled heights of Drachenfels. On arriving at the scene, their attention was aroused by the loud screams of some one in distress, and apparently a woman. On descending lower, and in the neighbourhood from whence the voice proceeded, they beheld a man, dragging by the hair a female ; and, from her. violent struggles and terrified appearance, and the direc tion he was moving, (a few yards more bringing him to a fall of near three hundred feet, in the direction of Bonn,) his bloody intention was apparent. Mr. George, the more active of the two, and who possesses a knowledge of the language, got immediately before him, and questioned him as to his meaning in thus acting. Nothing disconcerted by the sudden appearance of an interrupter of his bloody intentions, he drew forth a knife, and, declaring the woman his chilkeowed ven geance against any one who would interfere between them. During the parley of words, Mr. O'Brien arrived upon the spot ; and, seeing in two a fresh obstacle to his first intent, he rushed with an open knife at the girl, who had, during the interruption, disentangled herself. Mr. O'Brien, from be hind, immediately struck him with a bludgeon ; and the effect, we regret to say, extended farther than he purposed. Stunned by the blow, the miscreant reeled and fell, nearly fifteen feet, to all appearance, lifeless. From the appearance of the body, by the light of the moon, and the heavy breathing of the man, Mr. O'Brien, not supposing that he could live for any time, remained by the body, while Mr. George alarmed the neigh bouring village. The man was immediately removed to his house, within one mile of the scene ; and medical assistance, from the town of Bonn. was procured. He has suffered a slight fracture, and a hurt on the right side; but, at the hour we write, his life is declared in no danger. His name is Brementhal, and his daughter having been seduced, and reaching his ears, led him to this bloody intention. So free from all censure did the neighbours suppose Mr. O'Brien, from the mutual explanations of Mr. George and the daugh ter, (Mr. O'Brien, from not knowing the language, being unable to communicate with them,) that they peremptorily refused his surrendering himself to any constituted authori ties, or leaving their protection. The morning after the miscreant's lite was declared free from danger, the poor girl, accompanied by her compani ons , arrived at he banks near the hotel, presenting flowers to her deliverers. Mr. George, whose benevolence is only equalled by his large fortune to support it, h'as' held out no small hopes to the seducer ; and honoured marriage, it is supposed, will crown the scene of strife. —Ems, 14th July, IB39.—Correspondent of a London paper. DRAINING OF. LAND BY STEAM PoWER.—The drainage of land by steam power has been extensively ad ,pted in the fens of Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, and Bedfordshire, and with immense advantage. A steam engine of ten-horse power has been found sufficient to drain a district comprising 1,000 acres of land, and the water can always be kept down to any given distance below the plants. If rain fall in ex cess, the water is thrown off by the engine ; if the weather is dry, the sluices can be opened and water let in from the river. The cog nes are required to work four months out of the twelve, at intervals varying with the season, where the districts are large ; the expense of drainage by steam power is about 2s. 6d. per acre. The first cost of the work varies with the different nature of the substrata, but generally it amounts to 20s. per acre for the machinery and buildings. An engine of forty-horse power and scoop-wheel for drain ing, and requisite buildings, cost about £4,000, and is capable of draining 4,000 acres of land. In many places in the fens, land has been purchased at from £lO to £2O per acre, which has been so much improved by drainage, as to be worth £6O to £7O per acre. The following list shows the number of steam-engines employed for this purpose in Eng land :—Deeping Fen, near Spalding, Lincolnshire, contain ing 25,000 acres, is drained by two engines of 80 and 60- horse power. March West Fen, in Cambridgeshire,' con taining 3,600 acres, by one engine of 40-horse power. Misserton Moss, with Everton and Graingley Cars, contain ing about 6,000 acres, effectually drained by one engine of 40-horse power. Littleport Fen, near Ely, about 28,000 acres, drained by two steam-engines of 30 or 40-horse power each. Before steam was used there were 75 wind-engines in this district, a few of which are still retained. ,_Middle Fen, near Soham, Cambridgeshire, about 7,000 acres, d ra i ne d b y .an engine of 60-horse power. Water-Beach Level, between Ely and Cambridgeshire, containing 5,6.90 acres, by a steam engine of 60-horse power. Magdalen Fen, near Lynn, in Norfolk, contains upwards of 4,000 acres, and is completely drained by a steam-engine of 40-horse power. March Fen district, Cambridgeshire, of 2,700 acres, is kept in the finest possible state of drainage by a 30-horse power engine. Felt well Fen, near Brandon, 2,400 acres, by an engine of 20- horse power. Soham Mere, Cambridgeshire, formerly as its name implies, a lake of 1,600 ac res , d ra i ne d b y a 40-horse power engine, the lift at this place being very considerable.— Lino& Standard. thati b ,he " It appears by an announcement, publicly made, _ 4 ~.. W. Beaumont, Esq. has decreed that, in consequenee_tueno scarcity of game, a jubilee shall prevail over his ci e: 64 -tbe moors in Northumberland and the neighbourh ood present year.—Newcastle Journal. health, dot Mr. Horatio Ross has, in consequence of ill. ~ c olt dined to come forward for the city o f Aberdeen, ill', 1 ' 1 ;00. of another election ; Sir G. Murray is therefore to ted to supply Mr. Ross's place.—Standard. the Mr. Campbell, who was accidentally wounded in ..., es tie at the practising for the Earl of Eglintoun's tournefd )I r. St.. John's-wood, is convalescent; the spear Pier, Ile Campbell's arm, which he is obliged to wear in 3 ' n ;; Pi ii. would have looked queerly and felt worse had the , ire sed through his body. wb o is I TEETOTALISIF.—The Henry, Captain Pelham, ogee Rechabite, arrived from Wyborg last 'Thursday' b , e ne iplee• first ship sailing out of this port on Rechabite Pr'_„...oet The ship's crew enjoyed good health during the vorl'iidof and home, did their work excellently well without I ° l 4 intoxicating drink. The Moscow, Captain Turnearre e a c eps out on the same principle, using no spirits o n " from the medicine chest.—Hull Observer. ad, J ul). THE WHALE FISRERY.—A letter dated Peterhe,,oo, 25, and addressed to Mr. Court, of the Underwriters,,,D, the announces the arrival, at that port; of the Traveller, 0- u: r s e Whale Fishery. From the list annexed to this letteta;ako pears that the Peterhead vessels, twelve in number, li s ore 28 whales, producing 325 tuns of oil, and 8900 seals., ' . t de, ships left the ice, on the Isth of June, for the w t ei; ty lei where, it was expected, they would do better than previously done. HEALTH OF CHARLESTON.—It IS gratifYillg t° P e r t clt; from the weekly report of the Board of Health , that °rod continues in the enjoyment of uninterrupted health• i s out the number of deaths, which i s only f our teen, there mono' t one from even bilious or • t ' outi .1 fever, w i e this season of the year. All vestige of str h a i n e g il e a es re4(: : :l t . o .a bs tlie vessels at the docks, judging from the report, Eee ill ' ~ disappeared.—Charleston Patriot, July 3. a befivti fli AN EXTRAORDINARY AFFAIR.—TWO young an- b elP women, well-dressed and of genteel appearance, he',,easdee, killed on the Columbia and Philadelphia Railroeu nrs bea very extraordinary circumstances. One of the t e h g e e ;e: rea et , concealed them in a private car, for what purP o " do ort°, been explained. Near Harrisburgh he opened let them cars they were in the act of getting out ° to dea d ' when the were backed and they were crushed —New York Hergld. be en de a l BRISTOL SUGAR MA.RKET 11 I 3 .."-' S.— iere ha s,.„„eo _, improvement in our Raw Sugar market this week. r-,r e bee' in the last two days ; and sales to some extent he` o ffree s made both to the Refiners and Grocers, at an a dvanc e , ,„-A; 9d. to ls. per cwt. on the prices obtainable bac 1 1 ,1 es t The offices are now become exceedingly bar e oche'l.oe° Importers chewing little disposition to sell a 1) rates.—Bristol Journal. e ee e '' Ll s ' The Duke of Portland, who is well known in t' 8 ,1(1 0 ; e of Northumberland as a large proprietor of th e so il' frol a P t most excellent landlord, has withdrawn all s u pp ort wi tiO Whig-Radical government, and has gone a broad . 0 11 0 leaving his proxy in Lord Melbourne's hands. abroad `` r oco l°. Wont. The Noble Duke has lonk disapproved of the k t ion i tionary measures of his former friends, and it is ite c iteti i ''' that their Infidel Scheme of National Education E' % ,,,01. especial disgust and conderriation.-2Veweastle Jei'''-tt,eit;', There is a strange rumour afloat respecting .th_eoe°4 nishing of Claremonl, or, at any rate .putting it la ';ri s e,',, for the reception of some person of distinction.;_t etp; true, must be King Leopold's work, as Clare Ij peO .e, remains his property ; and whatever - speenla ti° w °s o o ! might be inclined to indulge in, on such a eir_ c es tiee!„ n ! must be guided by that fact. Of course the mere ',wain" of such a thing would set people wondering and e° o. who and what it can be for.—Cheltenham Looker..o il-4, pre. rai..o o The Severn, owing to the late almost incessant , e Sc.% sents an unusual overflow of water at this particbielle'; of the year.—The lowlands in the neighlyobrhond 11 §:PP ley have been inundated in consequence, thereof.-- Journal. ..,,, ellet JUVENILE SOVEREIGNS.—Great I3ritaire, W I ' il t'W 1. 1,,r and the. Mahomedan dominions of the Sultimeore,l,isoe' over by sovereigns, not one of whom has 6iiiirtle" 0 twenty-first year. ' t 0 0 THE WEATHER.—We regret. to state that g. re B tt bee s ,' has been sustained, by the great quantity of rail , t i _ e el;, io len in this district during the last and prese,n t .; Ol e o, which has altogether prevented any progress e i Teeear 0 1 the hay harvest, though a great breadth ofland bau d be en° viously mown, and much of the grass crop tha t ha 0. is still out.—Satopian Journal. 0 4 A lle fer During the last ten days we had several seve_r e er i s io. - 1 3st falls of rain, and serious apprehensions were ail bes t. re the safety of the crops more especially the early' wq; the fly we are glad to state that the damage sustained °b as beeo`.4 sent moment by either Wheat, Oats, or Barley , ha'rieee l fling, and we have hope of an abundant harvest. ' O . Standard. BLIND ANGLER.—There is at presen t re siding r o eic s e o o t ie. thorpe an old man called William s on, who It s se e n a m en pletely blind for some daily fishing with the artificial tly.at the river be s tif or t Tuesday last was noticed by several persons landi o n t e ate beautiful style, which on examination proved t weighing about 21b.—Blackburn Standard. . ,h u la l' , _ i THE WEATHER.—The weather during the P e t e a t lo t r l e l o e it ; g ee , been exceedingly unseasonable, and injurious quantity of grass which is now cut. On Sunda)" ° ro d e ., were visited with a remarkably heavy hail stort,los ete day since our last publication has been more or an c lT b ie Yesterday a cold easterly wind was blowing all j3rt a$ does not appear any immediate prospect of an F 8" ft:' change.—lbid. there 00 of IPSWICH ELECTION.—On Monday evening sented to the House of Gommons a petition fr °l° ,,laiiii i le Milner Gibson, Esq., late M.P. for Ipswich, e°, ° l',, be '44 the recent election in that city. It was ordere d (i f Au c4 ; into consideration on Thursday, the '22d 'll i .; a fter'', s oi, next(!), at a quarter after three o'clock in the 540,4,(L1P. and the speaker to issue his warrants for persS o o s._,e , " ' . 0 records' , —llerald. __ l li,. libn.. r at i l ~,, t ) RUTHERFORD CLAIM OF PEERAGE. - - rer fl )-- was lei& on the table of the House of Lords4h e t hs er a ' •• the committee for privileges, setting forth that `,05 00 10 1 / hid not made out his claim to the title And bonot o r eet : Rutherford." : The report was agreed to, antlit-Titl fll; and adjudged accordingly ; and the resolution en lo rd , ..I were ordered to be laid betbre her Majeity,bYfth.e - o se white staves. .., ..ero e al v e , ai 4" LANCASHIRE FIGHTING.—On Monday e,ve John ;or, sequence of a dispute at a beer-shop kePt 1)). r osi'f l e s . ne e Greenacre Moor, Oldham, Thomas Brierlev, a :. dio e 'do t and John Buckley, a labourer, agreed to settle their liy gl but by an up-and-down Lancashire tight. They ace tit h1 ,0(1 ,. Or into an adjoining field ; Buckley gave the t rs h i l e elee 3 . l Brierley threw him on the ground, and kick' ' wlis eti) - ternples several times. The company thought he'.., te j 3 do and removed him to the beer-shop, Where he rey rit beO lto ",ll , and was allowed to remain all night on a sofa. . 00 1 10. psi° ing his drunken companions gave him nearly a g, i ,,,eo o „ e . t ele and removed him home, but in the evening til'Weae, j ;f o ' became deranged, and died at half-past one ° fl iiiilitock morning. The survivor has been committed to _ . ..- - P trial at the next assizes, charged with mansl.7itere ohisttilil l burn Standard. CAUTION TO FARDAERS.—We arc sorry 0 -) - 1'1)0- e rf yearling cattle, belonging to Mr. Bateman, 0 ' ul f o ck;, e s ,° near this city, were poisoned by eating water b e - „ a rovi r do',. symptoms manifested by the beast, after having ;, - 0 if t il' the poisonous weed, were drowsiness, walleing an d f h; ) bleating loud, running sometimes as if metie rs nee'l dropping with fatigue ; after five or six convtils'.Albi'rio: died.—The following medicine was given to tir i t; z of ° ~e 3 .; raddle, 41b of Epsom salts, 41b of castor oil, ll th ree eo" l sl tine, loz of nitre, given in gruel, and bled i 1 3 the f - ~ro Several others who bad eaten the herb, h a PT.s - roP n ile J d' medicine administered, b Mr. G. Lancely, 0 ' : 1: e i " hi' . f ea loille, sot," red raddle, ill) glauborsalts, 9 d ... rms 0 ~un quick 'as possible ; given in whey or gruel'•' .Ile These last re • dby the above eiedicia 0 recovered leg . r Gazette. „alla) . 0 4 , A t FATAL EVENT.—EarIy in the morning ° f 'ile° ls or ' e er d . Worksop, Mr. George Justice shot himself. A fro c - he '',.,r tooled to rise early and amuse himself in the ftl,, ' I I T h Mrs. Justice came down stairs about six ael ° : - . bel le ( orii proceeding into the parlour, 'and unexpected? t he l i e husband weltering in his blood, ' and struggling ': 31 ! :., rel: of death. Her shrieks aroused Mr. Davis e l :: in t" „ or : Justice from their beds, and they were . insta n Ton tb ' t 'l lw' l and in a few seconds Mr. 'Huse, surgeon ,- ' 3 "f a rtue s s ee I but unable to render any assistance to the te g i ~..g i is o, i tt e j vidual. His life could only be prolonged for ,r t was ei rt 1 0 , A pistol lay on the table close beside him ; 3T,130 ro per'. , it that it had been recently discharge 1, th",g, ha d e i 'r ri l been beard by any one in the house. ( A bail -:ieft, '1,4°0110 the right ear, and passed out a little above the a nd P A . ,i. I ,:e striking against the opposite side of the r oote..„, e are',:e l le ing to the other. A n inquest was held on r 3 rele,, e view of the b o dy, b e f ore Mr. Faulkner and hitree'i/i, jury, when a verdict w as g i ven , that he sho t Mr' ge e d labouring under a temporary fit of insanitY.) an P, 0 01 .was formerly a respectable druggist in the W l 4 ; P . i . i a 1 0 . , e i i cumulated a handsome property by his in d°9. be P' - ile - r r• to misfortunes and unexpected occurreneeo, co s. a lly become rather embarrassed in his circumsten. gre .1 14 sixty-four years of age, and his untimely en - itl t ' ery do' gretted.—S'heffield Iris. se f ' : sie 3 r ' • IV PENCE NOT A LEGAL TENDE.E..—This wa -,,p e to ,r . coeio, ‘, into court at Exete;obs...H_Vtinky.-h-- the 60, o r Exeter Improvement y Ra e t i e lr , y against 'i llia—m hire u for irri tc Anchor Inn, Paul -street, for refusing tO P ° Y.ha , tilt e t . : , ment Rate, and having waited there so nit",,%,reo cpt''' amount, Gill being engaged, was at le ll o l . l . Jr l lll t Kfe te . r : shillings in pence. The collector stated tO - ,1 ' f t he v. t li , could not take the nce, as Messrs.. Sandars, ° 10: t be he was only a Bank, the treasurer to ntl of co o op th e a seriant , ,would wlpdauisbioliocribiencottilei:t.: them of ° ir e, ' l 4 3ay overcol i iS , ' ti; performance of his duty, surer all monies that he received in whate ver hoo d id.ii ° (. the 'bank would not receive-coppers, he wag - tha t v--„le decline receiving them of Gill : and further! le a evoi e ol e ) collector to a large amount yearly, and P ° i v le t ° fd °6 De son paid him in coppers, he should not Pe 3 4 ', a ust° - 'V i tt his duty owing to its great weight. Mr-_,f'-riptitteaes,to'i, being present, desired Mr. Gill to allo„.. - t - g e , to , 4 11 7 h, carried into court, at the same time o ttern l e awv - A pt,„' Gill against all expenses. A few days had eI B P S OO '',: i , r i p Vatcher again called on Mr. Gill, and state d t . l , , esa ti° o - o . er. -1 'did not wish to be captious or carry on any t he 01 •s'e 0 'eFediog , and therefore asked him to pay I ; i fr Gill ,lie, i . o silver, as copper was not a legal tender. -"'" pr, `'" • tr° 0 that he would - not pay him in any other 1113 11 1 1- etr t4 :l s t l ! Ii • indemnified against all costs by Mr. Moore- „„J to° o)st having heard the evidence, - referred to the law_i — t i cee is c r el° e' pence is not a legal tender above ficePe nt Joe Mr. Gill was ordered therefore to 0/ Rate in silver, and 3s expenses. pefir d e" 1 , ,,- & W - viereiyiri DESPERATE RIOT IN CARLOW--.1):::- Itt „ h f e .: 0 1.1- , tDe , 0 THREE POLICEMEN.—The Carlo" petty' ."-.- , iot. t yr o ( cupied, on Thursday last, in instituting ticulars of an unotiending and inhuman att°t.y. col ef t ingli O n . .plii c a the constabulary in the execution of their ~ 1 1 1 -11 , - o y s, ' t o e' l o t about 400, consisting of men, women , a uu e tly b e ,,,,1t ° ;6 1 to rescue a prisoner --the policemen were col —air; ,er . g stones, and, in defence of their lives. were T ric e sty ~ e their bayonots, while the women of that di' ,) the.,, c d :themselves by exciting the mob, and settitit:"ottle'rpiisp. he most frantic yells to murder the polio"' t he tl e _ t yd of was indeed miraculous, and entirely owing,t()f A e . VI? resistance of constables ind the timelY 3 i" ° te ct th e 111 ° tor 7th Fusileers, who were'o'rdered. out tO P lu e l; of s iitildheit the peace officers from the sanguinaq,at ° t he 0 . °G I " r' populace. Too much praise cannot be given the the promptitude with which they acted o il he p ad .o ffel o g commanding officer, and for the good Cher t hat 4 _, Ol i o , ance they displayed. The bench conclude.l t t hei: e .pio via . set° -,4 , , evidence had-been laid beforethem to wer,:t tb.es. BTU informations against the parties to be cae/ofe ,01_,,1011P$ and they were remanded to prison.— 11- 41. . - ar 6: 1 NEWCASTLE AND NORTH SHIELDS ,iO „,, 1- , e os 0 , Newcastle and North Shields Railway ba't iliet4,istr met with success far exceeding _„o- ers e'''' l inaje I P of-its projectors, the number of Plla 6 `"',,,f the i er ,ll, i oe , ceeding 2500, and there is every prosPee',-,-,s to Pl e d' creasing, as the greatest confidence da llyee' g 0 p iol ot ie -minds a the numerous passengers WhO i lel l°. o fi" as to the stability of the numerous bridges O w tt t l l ich" fe 4 10 , the most sanga .....fied ,ro i.e Several alterations of the times of starting.derc..-tots 00, ei.P. p i r ec if ct. of been made to suit the convenience ofl ,B : s the e 01% sometimes caused disappointment, blare , tub the oft el e now fixed the times of e - day, and will continue without alteration vcapopic the . double, line, which is expected W • i/C ' * timber neat. / 4 x T KEATIZ F AR THE T HI S p Aild the L ' writterae i re s.ent pa ] n el will „ nt d l it t , l ?or of i i7 e b a slY for cai' ll Oish,..i tle rY 0" "Iftt app rob ; HE rz W IIITE 14 R th e Y.Pe Pe ald 1 rforo u , ~aedoa h. for the fi s u P a d Tt. rigit.d a l dd Y Alum . i;n3 Perf° rni e ' o l li e of t!ie 4 'o clale IvialSt" • • ( lrLit i e ) (l last „L Yal, I / — O l aYala A s To n , Sri, llatly'', °re • •(1_„ _ Perform( nary „ I first saw Ii :qrs. 1 r \tit, an i,ttv.at.4 d r Li \ I i s s ~at r tot e ofihraPPearaheir t ri e e , l (I tiu ti , 4l " atre (e The ertod n Ay P E ;' , 1 "1 0 t() , l eXt, ri t rr ned C‘ l) hi! ti itoi tk le w;tiir%_ Je • t izscr n o i s C' • tbe CIO neti 4w:litort et o ./ , '„R /1.011.41: t4 (3 uter ema , „c ara - tt g ove rlca rrirnent, er eit or anon eXtraordi r. 4 7e of O. 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