The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-11-27 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS. We know nothing of the affair referred to by "T. J. M., the person he names is a respectable tradesman. We will endeavour next week to comply with the wish of " A Constant Subscriber." Etbrrpool &tanbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, NOY. 27, 1849 THE Bullionist organs have displayed considera ble ingenuity in attempting to underrate the quantity of gold to be derived from the Californian mines. The London Globe, about a fortnight ago, argued the question after this fashion :—Only so much has been coined by the mint of Philadelphia, and so much coined by the British mint : and, as the whole of the Californian supply was certain to be attracted towards this country, and the quantity thus far received is not considerable, ergo, the yield of the mines has been over estimated. We must demur to this conclusion on many grounds. It is by no means likely, in the first place, that had the yield of the mines been double the estimated amount, any considerable quantity could, as yet, have found its way to Europe. A new and exten sive trade has been created along the whole sea hoard, and amongst the islands of the Pacific, with a community composed of singularly discor dant elements, and not ruled by any settled laws. This community possesses no recognized money; and its transactions with the neighbouring coun tries are consequently carried on by barter, or rather by uncoined gold, as a commodity the least varying in value, being used as money, and as the only realised property suitable for hoarding and ultimate deportation. Large quantities of it, we know, have been taken off in every direction, in re turn for produce supplied to the diggings, or as the earnings of adventurers returned to their vari ous homes. It is, by this time, spread over the interior of western America, in the hands of roving Indians, Mormons, and others; and has been tem ppraril and China poured into the markets even of .India :We learn, during the last week, that returned to Sydney from California, Ist, after having sold her cargo there to with gold du advania ge; and that nearly £lOO,OOO worth was expected to be received in, and exported from Sydney, before the end of the current year. The will be its circuitous mode of reaching us from many other quarter So much for the natural tendency of an article cognised value, thus scrambled for ___ from every quarter and of every race, to take, at first, a diverging direction, instead of flowing, at once, in a continuous stream towards its ulterior and best market. But we maintain, further, that the same retention of specie in the region, or its immediate neighbourhood where it is raised, may continue for some time longer. A vast migration is going on, and a large population still flocking to California, requiring increased im ports of necessaries, and certain to create -a large commerce in a quarter of the world, where the philosophy of exchange, and a system of currency, sufficiently settled, to serve as the safe medium of such increased commerce, are not known. In such a state of things, it is highly probable that the bulk of the commodity, gold, which at present serves all the uses of money, will be retained for ' that at present, gold of generally r by adventu're exchange pc n miners, against goods, e ten or fifteen per cent. less n its recognised value in Europe : yet, so long ich goods more than covers is barte at a nominal rate, sor t' as the a preciat ion of such apparent 1 hold e trade will be urged on, and le unwilling to deprive them f that trade, by realising in nmunity as that engaged in Ts or the 'es of the sine mining operations in California, require more the Immediate necessaries of life than the products of advanced civilization; and the former are to be de rived from the proximate markets. Whenever an established monetary system is provided for such a trade ; when a mutual system of credit can be ; then the present rude currency, gold by weight, may be dispensed - 1 find its way to the standard then. 'or some time to come, wit- consisting with, and the m market We shall, no doub ness a gradual influx of gold into European circula tion ; and an impetus will naturally be given to European prices and the progress of its industry. But, as certainly as this gradual change is taking place, an accumulation of the precious metals will be going on in distant markets, which, at no dis- 3, will produce a serious revolution in the social ons of every country, which recognises standard of value. We cannot then as its measure the yield of these newly discovered mines from the quantity which at present finds its way either to the United States mint or to Europe. MR. BRODRIBB, at the recent meeting of the Financial Reform Association, touched a few sore points in the feelings of th e lib er al c l ass o f p o li- In attempting to rebut some portions of ntleman's views, the Journal, on Saturday massive mind." his tician upon his _ " earnest eloquence," and "the force and beauty with which he arranges an army of statistics." Mr. Brodribb would not Such fulsome complim'ent, hank us for; and our contemporary himself, with whose opinions we presume to differ—and we hope too presuming in doing so—must excuse the preliminary portion of our endeavour to nothing about " massive form of " soft sawder," wearer 'eply to him conta or any other Itoappe Mr. Brodribb, who is certainly one of the most and talented of the association to which remarked, at the meeting in question, ens imposed upon land. He in e spirits, nearly all - 1 from grain, amounting to £5,500,000; hops, £390,000 ; bricks, es, he said, it would be h, for the benefit of the the poor and other rates The Journal doubts belong stance "the duty on time malt tax 6.000." These tax to aboli to the consolidated fund and we shall give his opinions seriatim. ' " he says, " have not the re motest influence on the business of farming. Farmers and cotton spinners go to work under the influence of precisely the same motives—the ex pectation of a reward for personal labour, and an average reward for the capital employed." Does te say to the cotton spinner, " you shall million pounds, or fivepence, if you j your raw material into this or that Certainly not. All the world knows that _..;ise duty upon British manufactured spirits 'tended as a bounty upon colonial spirits. tax bears, to a certain extent, the same com- The duty upon hops is a direct tax upon -own article; and that on bricks is not These imposts, manutE fabric ? the es plexion only a An , and child occupying a house or a lodging in this country, and perfectly indefensible in a government professing a regard for the sanatory improvement of its population. Our contemporary proceeds :—" The gains of the farmer are, or at least were,"—we thank him for the admission,—" sufficing. They yielded an average return for his capital, attention, and toil. With this, under all ordinary circumstances, com petition would compel him to be satisfied." And after stating that by his present burthens his rent is regulated,—a proposition which, during the anti tithe agitation, he would scarcely have put for ward,—he proceeds to say :—" such payments would not in the least affect his relative condition. The farmer, in point of fact, manufactures grain and pork, mutton and beef, for the same reason that the cotton spinner erects a mill, and produces twist and cloth." But the farmer is not allowed to manufacture his pork, or his mutton and beef, as he chooses. The excise steps in, and says to him,— " You shall not malt your grain, unless you pay a duty to the State. Neither shall you sell your malt for distilling, or brewing, unless you submit to the harassing regulations which it suits our purpose to impose upon you." Where do we now find such an infliction upon the cotton spinner. Our contemporary says :—" Mr. Brodribb is also in error in his belief that the duty on malt, hops, and home-made spirits affects the farmer peculiarly. He suffers, in common with others, from a bad system of taxation; but, as a farmer, it does not concern him in the slightest degree what duty the legislature may choose to impose on malt, hops, and spirits." This is a somewhat singular piece of political economy, and one to which the farmer will not very readily subscribe. Plain people, who have not the Journal's odd notions, conceive that if twice the quantity of barley was malted, twice the quantity of grain used for distillation, and the duty on hops repealed, to enable that article to be freely used for brewing, upon land, but a tax as well upon every man, wor instead of villainous substitutes, some sensible effect would be produced on prices, notwithstand ing the fact that the British farmer no longer possesses the exclusive privilege of supplying the home market with his produce. The Journa in forms us, however. with respect to one of these articles, that "spirits are taxed because the country must have a revenue." Would it not be desirable to raise such revenue by taxing some foreign pro duct, rather than one exclusively raised by British industry ? THE adherents and organs of the Church of Rome in this country, excited by the quasi support afforded to their encroachments by her Majesty's present government, and by the truckling policy of previous Conservative (I) governments, are evincing an amount of insolence and positive disloyalty to the sovereign, which few among the parties who have sympathized with them could possibly have anticipated. Particularly offensive have been their conduct and language in the matter of the recent Thanksgiving Day. The authority of the Queen to appoint such a day has been openly scouted ! The Romish organ in the metropolis—the Tablet —railed at her Majesty's assumption of such au thority most vigorously and most virulently. In the morning of the Thanksgiving Day, the Cathe dral of St. Thomas in the metropolis—as it is am bitiously and insolently styled—had no sermon in the morning; and in the evening the preacher - - "Begged his hearers to remember that they did not take their instructions from the temporal sovereign, but that they performed their acts of thanksgiving as directed by the ecclesiastical authorities, and not in obedience to any regulation or edict of a temporal governor. The Ca tholics of the metropolis had assembled there in great numbers that day, in compliance with the instructions of their ecclesiastical superiors, but it must be recolleceed that they had already returned thanks to the Almighty on three distinct occasions for his mercy in removing the pestilence from among them, and, besides those which had already been observed, it was intendee to have another final day for the Catholics of London to return their thanks in a more public and solemn manner. Neverthe less they had met there that day, not in consequence of any instruction from any temporal Sovereign, but because they felt that every day they had a duty incumbent upon them to return thanks for manifald mercies received from the Omnipotent." We give in another column, as a companion pic ture to this specimen of the bluster and inflation of metropolitan popery, a record of a few facts, de tailed at a recent meeting at Exeter-hall, by the Rev. A. Dallas; and as the facts in question resem ble more what we meet with in a narrative of the result of missionary enterprise amongst benighted heathens, than of such enterprise amongst a popu lation presumed to have been indoctrinated into some knowledge of the Christian religion, by the ministry of the self-styled "only true church," we may mention that Mr. Dallas is no wild enthusiast, but a gentleman of settled frame of mind and great experience in the ministry. We consider the facts of such unusual importance that we cannot refrain from reprinting here, in detail, a more ampli fied report of the reverend speaker's remarks on one or two points of his interesting facts : " About three months ago, the committee of the society of the Irish Church Missions received a letter from the Bishop of Tuam, stating that he wished the confirmation to occur in the autumn, and that somebody should come from London to be present. The committee deputed him (Mr. Dallas) and his colleague, the Rev. Mr. Wilkinson, and they had subsequently the satisfaction of meeting his lordship, who had put off fixing the day until he had con ferred with the deputation. Although there had been a general preparation, only one single week's notice was given that the bishop would attend and hold a confirma tion at Outerarde, at Lough Corrib, and Clifden. At Outerarde the bishop was met by Mr. Wilkinson and him self on the 18th of October last. It was a large, strag gling, fishing village, and the opposition they met with in that quarter would, possibly, illustrate what he had said to them in referring to the providence of God interfering for them. He entreated of the meeting to remember that he did not wish to say one unkind word towards the unhappy man to whom his story related. There had been origi nally three priests at Outerarde, but, in consequence of one of them having had much conference with the Rev. Mr. O'Callaghan, he was removed. In his place there came a man of very strong and violent feelings. For two months that man went on applying his great antidote to Protestantism—and what did they think that was ? Stand ing on the steps of thealtar, and denouncing the most awful curses against those who meddled with Protestantism — curses which he dared not repeat to them. He went on in that way for two months, and finding that his curses had no effect he told the few people who attended the mass that it was all their fault—that if they joined him they would soon get rid of the " Jumpers," for such was the term of opprobrium given to the missionaries—that before long either he would be down, down, down, or they, for God would put an end to the one or the other. The following Wednesday that young man, who was only 33 years old, and in the prime of health and strength, was seized with paralysis, and his tongue was in such a condi tion that it was fearful to those who ventured to come near him. Mr. O'Callaghan came into the village in order to give his usual lecture in the School-room, and the next evening, being informed of the fact, he put aside the sub ject on which he had intended to address them—he spoke of the poor young man—he knelt down and prayed in de tail for him, as a Christian would pray with earnest com passion for one in that state. The effect of that was, that the people who had come there under the influence of superstition, many Romanists, said " this is to bless them that curse you—here is Christianity—here is truth." It had great effect ; and from that day Outerarde was gained. It was the wonder of the people that at that station 70 persons were confirmed-57 Romanists and 13 Protes tants (hear, hear). Formerly the converts had been hooted and hissed ; but from that hour there was no more hooting or hissing, and the people were satisfied to look quietly on at the " Jumpers" going to church. From thence they proceeded to Castle kerke, the mountain scenery of the district through which they travelled sur passing in beauty anything he had previously witnessed, but which was then under the influence of a tremendous hurricane violent enough to deter any person venturing from home. Great preparations had been made to give a notable reception to the bishop; but when the morning dawned, the question that rose to their minds was, should they have the catechumens at all ? They would have to cross the lake—not at all a pleasant or a safe prospect ; but at eleven o'clock the school-room began to fill, and before twelve o'clock 400 were assembled. How they came there he knew not ; but there they stayed, enduring the crowd and the crush ; for it was impossible toabide the pelt ing of the pitiless storm. They filled up the space allottedfor the bishop. There were 100 on the list, but they confirmed 153 converts and three original Protestants. He might state that the good bishop, being unable to cross the lake, went round, a distance of 14 miles, to come to them. He (Mr. Dallas) had the happiness of being the pastor of a little flock. They loved him, and he loved them, and it was heart-cheering to see it ; but there was nothing ever seen in England like the thrilling earnestness of atten tion, something of which arose from the little stock of knowledge of the language with which the converts attended to the proceedings, and he could read in the, very expression of their eyes the strong feeling that they dared not even move lest they should lose a syllable of what was addressed to them. It was a heart-stirring scene, and, added the rev. gentleman, " May God stir our hearts also !"—(Loud cheers.) When they were asked if they were ready to confirm their baptismal vow, they all readily answered in the affirmative, but when the bishop turned to Mr. O'Callaghan, and said, " Read the question to them in Irish," there was a shout of ready and heartfelt response in their native tongue. From thence they proceeded to Clifden, the bishop having kindly consented to an arrangement which would avoid bringing their poverty and their nakedness into the town. They all knew that the poor people of England did not like to go to church in bad clothes, but what would they say of Irish poverty and nakedness, when it might with truth be said that they had no clothes at all ? The bishop being informed of that fact, at once consented to undertake a long and toilsome journey, saying, " I'll do it; never mind me." The Rev. John Conerney gave an interest inc account of the event—the people, when told of it, exclaiming, " Thank God, the true bishop has come at last !" Others said, " It is not the cursing bishop of Tuam." (Hear, hear.) Although the rain fell in torrents the people came from great distances—they took the masts out of their fishing boats, and hung inscriptions on them in Trish—" A hundred thousand welcomes," and drew the carriage of the bishop to the school-room. There were confirmed there 188 Romish converts and three Protest ants, making 191 in all. Some of the people had come eight, ten, and twelve miles!' We cannot but hail with satisfaction such de monstrations as these of the power of truth to pierce the folds of blinding error, and of the fact that even curses from the altar will not prevent its spread, when sincere and energetic men, with God's blessing upon their endeavours, become its bearers to our benighted fellow-subjects. AN additional source of complication has just been added to the question of water supply, the Marquis of Salisbury having given notice of his in tention to apply for an act in the ensuing session, to empower him to provide water for the tenants on his estate at Childwall, and the inhabitants of some of the surrounding townships. The advo cates of the Rivington scheme evidently regard this movement of his lordship as another burr under the wheel of the advocates of local supply. It is either, they contend, the forerunner of a de mand, on the part of his lordship, for compensation for the water abstracted from the strata under his estate; or that his lordship has a serious intention of constructing water-works on his estate ; the effect of which must be to withdraw a source of profit from the Liverpool Corporation. The Marquis, it is urged, has a fair right to pursue his proposed scheme, since the Corporation have abandoned their contract to supply his tenants and others from Rivington ; and the conclusion at tempted to be drawn, is that to carry out our present act of Parliament is the only course now left open to us. We certainly do not regard our position with these despairing feelings. We cannot discern the alleged " fix." Let the Marquis undertake the supply of Childwall, West Derby, and Woolton, if the works of the Corporation do not suffice for the purpose. Perhaps he may not find it to be a very profitable operation. His proposed bill includes powers to supply the inhabitants of Toxteth-park ; but Parliament will scarcely countenance such an interference with the existing rights of the Cor poration of Liverpool. Even presuming it to do so, however, and that some seventy or eighty thousand of our population in that locality, are supplied by the Marquis's works at Aigburth, his lordship cannot close up our present Toxtetb-park wells. Their yield will be added to our existing supply for a limited population ; and we shall be in a position to give all that Parliament requires without spending an additional shilling, either at Rivington or at home. We do not however look upon the Marquis's notice as any thing more than a demonstration, resorted to in order to give an additional locus standi to the Pike advocates in Parliament : a step, in which his lordship him self has about as much idea of persevering as he has at this moment of squaring the circle. But have the pro-Pike party any right to glorify themselves upon this claim of the Marquis of Salisbury to be enabled to avail himself of the sup ply of water to he obtained upon his own property ? It is an admission by the Marquis, in the first place, that he possesses a large supply in the red sandstone upon his own estate ; and, in the second place, it contains a recognition of the fact that, not withstanding any powers possessed by water com panies, proprietors of land have a perfect right to supply themselves from the strata underneath their property. There is no restriction as to the num ber, or position, of private wells to be sunk in the locality, except the possibility that the strata in some parts of the neighbourhood may have been already drained by the existing public wells. Sup pose, however, we proceed to Rivington, and cease pumping from our present sources—what would be the result ? By the operation of natural laws, the upper strata of the neighbourhood would become surcharged with water, to be had in abun dance at an almost nominal expense for sinking private wells would be multiplied indefinitely; not only the Marquis of• Salisbury, but the bulk of the proprietors of the soil, would bore for themselves, and the costly Rivington scheme, with its miles of piping, its embankments, tunnels and vast reser voirs, would be in danger of being so far robbed of its water tenants as to be able to do little more than pay its working expenses. We should see the pure element in some portions of the neighbourhood ac tually cropping out of the surface, and affording a supply to a portion of our population, without the cost of sinkings or the trouble of pumping. The perpetual curacy of Trinity Church, Warrington, value £l3O, is vacant by the promotion of the Rev. James Todd ; patron, Thomas Legh, Esq, HOOTON HALL SALE.—A strong impression is abroad that this sale has been postponed. We are authorised to say, that the auction will positively commence to-day, and be contirued as announced in the advertisement. THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY'S.TELEGRAPH. —On Tuesday last, the telegraph instruments at the Ex change, at Manchester, were, to the great inconvenience of the public, obliged to be removed thence to the Victoria Railway Station, owing to the failure of the wires through the streets of Manchester. The instruments will remain there at a temporary office until the wires have been exa mined and repaired, or replaced where necessary. THE COVENANTS DISTINGUISHED.- It w i ll be seen, that a sermon, preached by the Rev. Dr. M`Neile, in St. e's Church, Bloomsbury, (of which the Hon. and H. Villiers is rector) is about to be published with title. The publication was requested by a nu- Ueorg iy of clergy who were present, and the subject is — arly interesting at the present moment, cent events in this town indirectly con- from several netted with it ST. SIMON'S SCHOOLS.—It will be seen that the claims of these very efficient schools will be advocated on Sunday next, by the Rev. G. Cuthbert and the Rev. Dr. M'Neile. About three hundred children are receiving a sound and useful education, in a district where they would otherwise roam about uncared for, and as the committee are embar rassed with a debt, we hope the appeals on this occasion will meet with unusual liberality. The worthy and inde fatigable incumbent of the district should not have his hands tied for want of funds. DESERVED TESTIMONIAL.—We are very glad to find that a beautiful and elaborate silver tea service (manufac tured by Mr. Jones, in his first-rate style,) is about to be presented to Mr. R. G. Jackson, the indefatigable and intelligent Secretary of the Conservative Committee of Exchange Ward for the last eleven years. The testimonial consists of a tea-pot, coffee-pot, sugar basin, cream ewer, and the usual appendages ; and will, we-understand, be on view in Mr. Jones' window at the latter end of the week. Mr. Jackson has richly earned this gratifying testimonial — costly as it is—for in no ward of the town, and that chiefly through his exertions, are the Conservative interests more ably watched over and preserved, as the recent elections have abundantly testified. MR. H. G. HARBORD.—We learn that it is the inten tion of this gentleman's friendp, by the advice of his• medical advisers, to convey him on Wednesday next, if happily he is able to bear the fatigue of removal, to the more genial climate of Clifton, rear Bristol, and that he may probably proceed ultimately to pass the winter in. Madeira or Malta. His state has hitherto been a little misrepresented in the accounts published by the press. He has never been in the properly called convalescent state, and the report of a serious relapse having taken, place, which has caused such uneasiness in the minds of his numerous friends, have been as much exaggerated in the other direction. His condition is now, as it has been since his first attack, of an extremely precarious descrip tion, but hopes are still entertained of his being spared to his relatives and friends. SUSPICION or CHILD MURDER.—A woman named Catherine Graley, now ill at the Workhouse, is detained on this charge. She was a passenger by the steamer Nimrod, from Cork to this port, which arrived about noon on Sunday. Another female who was on board said that on the morning of that day, about eight o'clock, her attention was called by a man on board, and she found a living female infant lying on the deck, without any one to attend it ; she took it up, washed it, covered it with such clothing as she could spare, and kept possession of it until the vessel arrived. previous to this, the woman Graley had confessed that she was the mother of the child, adding that it had dropped from her, and that she had thrown the afterbirth overboard. She denied (as had been stated) throwing the child into the hold., The in quest will be held this day—the enquiry hitherto being preliminary. ROBBERIES.—Mr. Jackson's house, at Aigharth Vale, was visited by housebreakers on Saturday night, at half past nine. The family were away, but the servant heard footsteps on the roof of the cottage, and on going out saw a man standing by the chimney, who dropped into the garden on the other side of the cottage, breaking a win dow in his fall. He was a tall man, with a cap and dark clothes. Two gardeners who reside on the spot went in pursuit, but the robber had a good start, and as the gar deners carried fire-arms they could not succeed in bring ing the scoundrel within distance. A series of house robberies, and stripping hen roosts, gardens, &c., has been going on for some time past in this neighbourhood, and the police-officers state that they are too few in num ber to scour the country. Now that winter is set in, it is hoped that the authorities will appoint one or two extra men to watch in the neighbourhood of the Vale and the fields which lead to the town through which plunder must be carried. Unless this be done the inhabitants will have to resort to fire-arms in self-defence, and for the purpose of protecting their persons and property. DENSE AND DANGEROUS FOG.—Yesterdav morning, shortly before dawn, this town and neighbourhood were visited by a dense fog, which continued, more or less, for two or three hours. The omnibuses from the various localities in the vicinity were necessarily driven at a slow pace, to avoid accidents, as the drivers, especially on the Bootle road, and northward from it, could not sometimes distinguish their horses' heads. The river steamers and others were much puzzled how to navigate, there being at all times numbers of vessels anchored in, or sailing on the stream. The Woodside steamer Morpeth, in crossing from the Cheshire side, about 10 a.m., came in contact with the ship Rienzi, (outward bound,) lying at anchor nearly opposite the north end of the great landing-stage, and carried away her figure-head. The steamer sustained some slight damage in one of her paddle-boxes and bul warks. The persons in both vessels were a good deal alarmed : several passengers from the steamer leaped on board the ship, and were left there, but no one was hurt. Some of the steamers were delayed some time at their respective ferries, and many passengers, apprehensive of danger, waited on shore until the mist nearly dispersed, about eleven o'clock. The ringing of bells on the river was for some time incessant. One steamer was delayed by getting on the wrong side of the landing-stage, under one of the bridges. A serious, though happily not fatal accident took place at the Walton junction of the lines of the East Lancashire and Lancashire and Yorkshire Rail way Companies, arising in some degree from the fog, in addition probably to an undue timing of the trains. A luggage -train of the latter company overtook a passenger train of the East Lancashire at 8 a.m., and a collision took place, which might have resulted most disastrously. The passengers in the overtaken train were knocked vio lently forward from their seats, and several of them bruized. Some gentlemen who were in the toupee in front were thrown with great force, and their faces coming against the glass, were dreadfully cut by the broken frag ments. [A correspondent complains of the East Lanca shire Company sending their evening trains off without a light in some of the carriages ; so that the passengers are in darkness, and pickpockets and disorderly characters are encouraged in their vocations. He considers the rivalry carried on between the two companies as scarcely consist ent with the safety of the pnblic, particularly during race weeks.) Yesterday afternoon and evening were clear, with a cold south-easterly wind, and an approach to freez ing. The weather during the previous three or four days was excessively wet. THE " GOOD OLD TIMES " COME BACK AGAIN. A stranger accidentally visiting, on Saturday, the unfi nished town of Birkenhead, might very easily have ima gined that he had been transported back to the days of Justice Shallow and Dooberry, when rogues had their peccadilloes whipped out of them by the parish constable, and the stocks adorned every market place and village green. True, he might have reflected, these fine shops, with their plate glass fronts, the imposing square, the spacious market, and the well payed streets speak of an advanced state of civilisation ; but the spectacle witnessed in the public market-place spoke of the rude social con dition of a couple of centuries ago. On a raised platform might have been seen a human being seated, with hand cuffs on each wrist, and his legs fastened in the veritable stocks, surrounded by a group of idle men and boys, laughing, shouting, jeering, and enterin g i n to th e f u ll zest of the fun provided for them by their worships the justices. Not at all behind the spectators in appreciating, probably, the prominence of his position, seemed to be the culprit himself—a stolid, brutalized specimen of his species. The officials of the law itself seemed also pleased with the gala, and flourished their whips vigorously amongst the urchins, who formed the crowd, in order to keep a clear ring for any respectable folks who might feel disposed, on their way to and from the market, to take a peep at the exhibition. We ourselves indulged in the opportunity, thus kindly provided, of witnessing, for the first time, this disgusting sight, in the most public place of a large town, in this century of boasted civilization. From the bystanders we learned that the crime of the offender was his having been found drunk, on Friday night, and unable to pay the five shilling fine inflicted upon him on Saturday morning. For this offence he was adjudged to be placed in the stocks, for three different days, for six hours a day. Who were the justices who inflicted the sentence we did not learn ; nor whether our Birkenhead neighbours are to be regu larly favoured with a similar spectacle. We greatly doubt, however, whether it will contribute much to the improvement of their morality. From our own observa tion of the feelings which it excited amongst the specta tors, and from the fact that the constables had no difficulty in rendering the position of the culprit a profitable one, through the voluntary contribution to him of coppers by the spectators, we should think it very likely to have a contrary effect. POST-OFFICE REGULATIONS TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, am desirous of obtaining an explanation (if such can be given) of what seems to be an irregularity in the delivery of the mails between this town and Gates head. A correspondent of mine, residing a short distance from that place, writes to the following effect :—" Do you know how it is that letters to and from Liverpool have begun lately to take two days ?" It appears to me that there must be two routes by which the mails are trans mitted between the two places. My reason for such a supposition is, that occasionally my friend's letters come by way of Leeds, while at other times they do not bear the post-mark of ! that town. As a proof of what I have above stated, I may add that a letter which I wrote at four o'clock p.m. last Friday was delivered at my friend's residence the following morning, walk , one written a few days previously to the same place was two days in reach ing its destination. _ If by giving publicity to these facts you can obtain any explanation, you will greatly oblige yours respectfully, Liverpool, Nov. 26, 1849. B. A. COMMERCIAL AND MONETARY REPORT, EXCIIANOR NEWS-ROOM, MONDAY The reduction by the Bank of England Of the rate of discount to 24 per cent. is regarded on 'Change as the most important event, which has taken place for some months past, not only regarded in itself, but as affecting the very low rates at present accepted upon approved secu rities by private banking establishments. It will, in fact, have the effect of reducing the per centage on first-class paper to little over 1 per cent., which more than anything else must give additional imptus to the already healthy action of our commercial machinery, for,.if speculators will not come forward and ease the banks of their plethora on such advantageous terms, they deserve to miss the golden opportunity which lies before them: Another bubble has arisen on the political waters of the continent,.which it is to be hoped will not burst into vortex. The Austrian cabinet hes made a formal protes against the convocation of a German parliament at Erfurt, and blusters about the probability of an Austrian armed intervention in the affairs of Germany. The reply of a cabinet council held at Berlin has been forwarded to Vienna, which makes an energetic defence of the rights of Germany, and declares that Prussia is prepared to run the risk of any,.even of an armed intervention on the part of Austria. Thus Austria, like a true cur, barks and-bul lies as soon as he finds himself backed by a bigger brute than himself ;. but, however ready the Russian bear may be to put his paw into troubled water, when he is likely to appropriate something to himself for his trouble, there is little likelihood that he will assist in the present case, where it is next to impossible that he can make anything by it. His policy would be better answered by patting both parties om the back, and letting them fight it out. But the love of " German unity" will surely do away with squabbles originating in so foolish a specimen of German obstinacy. Our money market goes on impro ving, at all events. The further increase of .E 216.000 in the bullion held.by the Bank, and the favourable indica tions regarding the revenue furnished by the state of the Government deposits, have aided the firm tendency of the English funds, and Consols on Saturday closed at an advance of a quarter per cent. The first price was 94:1 to , and they left off at 90 to for money, and 94 for the account. Tne knowing ones begin to augur better days for the Share market. Prices continue steadily advancing,, and close this evening the best of the week. It is said, and, we believe, on high authority, that government have pro mised to take- into corrsideration the present depressed state of share property, with a view of affording relief in a manner likely to be effectual. This, in the present abundance of money, must advance prices materially. Money has poured in so rapidly upon the Midland people, that they have reduced their rate to 44. From this it is inferred that there will be no call on the Halves in January, and these shares are, in consequence, much asked for. The account about to close is a bear account, and the pinch is expected to be severe, no stock being offered, and the public buying being decidedly on the increase. To-day's quotations are—Leeds sths, 61 dis. ; Preston and Wyre, No. 4, 64 pm. ; London Stock, 1134; 4-shares, 4, lls. 3d., 2 pm. ; sths, 11, t pm. ; Sheffield Preference, 94; Midland Stock, 49 ; 4-shares, 22, 211, 4, z dis. ; North Union A, 223; Shrewsbury Preference, 154-; Dover, No. 4, 64; South Staffords, 34, I.; Dublin and Drogheda 2-shares, SI ; Dutck Rhenish, 7 dis. • Royal Bank, 240; ' Royal Bank Preference, 103 • Gas shares , 1764 to 178 2 ; Waterford and Limerick, 394 d. One Corn circular would almost suffice to describe the collected markets of the United Kingdom this week, and in very few worth:. The pressure of foreign imports and internal supplies. and the anticipation of further large receipts from the continent, weighing more and more heavily upon the respective markets, leave a very barren prospect for the contemplation of those sanguine indivi duals who have " hoped against hope," that long ere now the downward motion would have been checked. Another retrogressive movement has to be reported this week, in some cases of is. to 2s. per quarter in Wheat •, and when the drag is to be put on the wheel, nothing but a check to our imports, or a bad harvest, (which Heaven forbid,) can. determine. The decline in the value of Indian Corn (always an exception) has received a check in Ireland, the consumption having slightly increased in some parts,, par ticularly in Cork, although no actual rise has taken place ; Limerick is the only market where a further depre ciation (of about 2s. 6d. to ss. per ton) is reported.. With the exception of a moderate inquiry (on specula tion) for Indian Corn, more of which article has changed hands than appears on the market, Brunswick-street has presented a very placid appearance since Friday. Our imports from Tuesday to Saturday (inclusive) comprise a fair supply of Oatmeal and Flour from Ireland, some few parcels of Wheat and Oats, but nothing extensive ; about 6,000 quarters of Foreign Wheat, from all parts ; 5,000 barrels of Flour ; and 9,500 quarters of Indian Corn. The arrivals of Timber from British America during the past week consist of 9 vessels, 5,838 tons, and from the Baltic, 1 vessel, 112 tons. The market for timber is not so brisk as it was a short time since, St. John's Pine having receded to id. per foot beneath the average inches girth. Quebec Pine has been sold at 13d. to 131 d. per foot, and one cargo at the low figure of 12 1 d. per foot. Deals still exhibit a marked improvement, good Spruce selling in cargo at from £7 15s. to £8 per standard ; there is every prospect of a still further improvement in this article. Lathwood and Staves of all descriptions are also in good request, at an advance in price. The Cotton market to-day has been firm. A fair sprinkling of the tra !e was in attendance, and the sales amounted to from 4,000 to 1,000 hales (1,000 on specula tion and for export,) at more regular prices. On Satur day the market was steady, and about 4,000 bales were disposed of Out of 21,000 bales of Cotton sold last week the trade took only 11,000, and have consequently further drawn upon their stocks some 17,000 bales. There is some difference of opinion whether Cotton has seen its highest, but we must confess that with the limited stock, small shipments on the way, cheapness of money, and an undeniably extensive trade in our manufacturing districts, we cannot look to any other result than a still further ad vance in the value of this staple. On the 23rd inst., there was a public sale of Wool, which comprised the following descriptions, viz. :-400 bales Port Adelaide, 300 East India, and 800 ballots Peru vian. The attendance of buyers from the country was good, and the biddings spirited. The Port Adelaide wools (although not a choice lot) realised fully Id. 1,1- lb. above the late London sales. East Indians, as usual, met with a fair competition, and were all sold at late prices ; but the Peruvians were all withdrawn, except a few lots. Public sales of Colonial wools will commence in London on the 29th inst. The quantity which will be brought to the hammer will be 24,000 bales. There has been more inquiry for West India Sugar from the grocers the last day or two, and prices are fuliy supported. Coffee has rallied again, and prices are nearly on a par with what they were a fortnight ago. The fluctuations in the Tea trade have latterly been of so trivial a nature that any special notice of this item of produce has been uncalled for. But on comparing the import, delivery, and stocks in Liverpool for the years 1848 and 1849, made up from the Ist of January to the 16th November respectively, we find that the total import of 1848 amounted to 9,569,891 lbs., while in 1849 it only reached 8,106,120 lbs. ; the delivery at the same time having increased from 11,547,962 lbs., in 1848, to 12,123,411 lbs., in 1849 ; and stocks having been reduced from 11,355,946 lbs. to 7,293,260 lbs. Under these cir cumstances, it was natural to expect some advance, and we find that during the past month, with an increased demand for most descriptions, the value of many kinds ,on the bu Till LIVERPOOL STANDAR& hitherto neglected has experienced a marked improve ment. Messrs. Wm. Fry and Sons, in their monthly tea circular, published on Friday last, supply the following particulars : " Blacks : Common and good Congou may be quoted at about previous rates, and a fair business has been transacted in them ; in fine descriptions the trade have abstained from operating, owing to the daily expectations of the arrival of the new season's Congous. Scented Orange Pekoe and Caper have been readily saleable, especially the unglazed description of the latter. " Greens : An active demand has arisen for Twankay and Young Hysons of fair and common quality, principally on ape cllation, and has caused an advance of id. to Id. per lb. upon these sorts. The finer kinds of Hyson, Young Hyson, and Gunpowder being very scarce, and the new season 's supply being expected to be small, an advance of Id. to 2d. per lb. has been obtained upon these descriptions, though the amount actually sold is not large. "The Mencius and Aden have brought the first of the new season's Congou, some of which have already been sold at prices varying from Is. 9d. to Is. I0d." Nearly - all - kinds of American Provisions have lost a little in value during the week; the reduction in Bacon has, however. propitiated the consumption in Ireland, and sales have taken place to a fair extent on that account. The quotations are—Eastern, 30s. to 335. cwt.; Western, 25s to 28s. ; Shoulders, 193. to 20s. Cheese is Is. to 2s. cwt. lower, influenced by large importations. Tallow is 6d. per cwt. cheaper. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (BY EXPRESS.) LONDON MONEY MARKET.-YESTERDAY, The Consol market has been good all day ; but the high price at one time of the day-95* to 95—induced some specu lative sales ; closing, however, 95* *. LONDON SHARE MARRET.-YESTERDAY A continuance of good buying has improved Shares also. Stock was very scarce, and many orders, with limits, expired unexecuted. Londons closed 1121 1131. Midlands strong, 48 9. LONDON CORN MARKET, YESTERDAY. The market to-day was supplied with a fair quantity of Wheat from the near counties, and during the week the impor tations of Foreign have been extensive. Business, in conse quence, commenced languidly. Best descriptions of English white realised previous quotations, whilst English Red and others, in many instances, were purchasable at a decline of Is. per quarter. Little demand for Flour. Barley Ts. per quarter lower. Being liberally supplied with Oats, dealers operated with caution, and prices receded 6d. to Is. per qr. Beans and Pease sold slowly at a decline of Is. per qr Kentish and other Red Wheat 408. to- 445. 445. to 495. ARRIVALS English Wheat.... 2,223 Foreign.... 35,644 21,662 42,282 „ Barley.... 5,682 Malt 6,006 Flour BETTING AT TATTERSALL'S LAST NIGHT. WARWICK STARES. 7 to 2 agst Doctrine. 4to 1 „ Priestess. WARWICK STEEPLE CHASE.• 6to 1 agst Chandler. Bto 1 „ British Yeoman. 10 to 1 ~ Knight of Gwynne. 12 to 1 „ Venom. 14 to 1 „ Abdel Kader. 100 to 6 „ Little Fanny. 20 to 1 „ Little Houghton. All taken, CHESTER CUP. Peep.o%Day, Lady Evelyn, and Melody, each 50 to 1— Dough, ]OOO to 10" Vesta and Sir Richard, each, 1000 to Is—John Cosner, 4000 to 40—Ribaldry, 1000 to 10—all taken. DERBY. Sto 1 „. Bolingbroke-9 to 1 taken 11 to 1 „ Ghillie Callum—offered 12 to 1 „ Knight of Avenel—offered 16 to 1 „ Italian—taken 20 to 1 „ Sweetheart 25 to 1 „ Deicoon—taken 20 to 1 „ Cyprus-25 to 1 taken 25 to 1 „ The Nigger—taken. 35 to 1 „ Pitsford—taken 35 to 1 „ John o' Gaunt—taken 35 to 1 „ Brother to Euphrates—taken. 900 to 100 agst Bolingbroke, and 1100 to 50 each agst Sweetheart and Cyprus—taken in one bet. POLICE COURT, YESTERDAY, STEALING MONEY FROM A HOUSE.—A woman named Mary Ryan, was charged with having stolen from the house of Elizabeth Walters, Sparling-street, four sover eigns, on Friday last. The complainant kept a lodging house, and the prisoner resided there. The money had been received from a male lodger, and in prisoner's pre sence was deposited in a box in an upper room. It was shortly afterwards missed, and was finally traced to a neighbouring public-house, where she had left it in a purse of her own, as she said " for safety," She was committed ,for trial. The money was reoorered from the publican. SUSPICION OF CHILD MURDER.—Some evidence was taken against a woman named Catherine Leary, who was detained on suspicion of attempting to destroy a child of which she had been delivered on board of a steamer from Cork. on Sunday last. As the child had since died, the case was referred to to the coroner, and some particulars will be found in another part of our paper. COMPLAINT AGAINST , A CAPTAIN.—A sailor (a black man) preferred a charge against the captain of the ship. Rienzi, of cruel treatment to himself and others, on board,, while abroad. It appeared, however, by the evidence,. that "blacky" had behaved very ill on board of that vessel,.and another with which the captain had something to do, and the case was dismissed. Mr. Rushton said, that had this been an application for wages, the complain— ant would not have received a farthing; and he advised the captain, and through him others in the trade, not to take the law into their own hands against any of their crews, in such cases, but to secure the offenders until they were delivered up to the authorities at home to be dealt with, making an entry of the facts in the log-book at the time of the occurrence.. By most of the captains adopt ing this legal proceedure, complaints like that•before them became rare, and the aggressors, if they appeared, were generally mulcted in the full amount of their wages. STEALING NAILS. —John Davies, an apprentice to Mr. Bromley, of Fleet-street, was charged with having stolen 241bs. weight of composition ship nails, from the 'premises of his master, who had from time to time missed great quantities of similar articles. The prisoner was sent for trial at the sessions. STEALING A WATCH.—A man, named Edward Thomas, was charged with stealing from Samuel Lennon, an old man. with whom he had lodged a short time, a silver watch, which, it was proved, he had pledged for £ll4s. 6d. He was committed for trial. ROBBERY OF A. £2O NOTE, &c.—Two rather coarse looking elderly females, Fanny Massey and Mary Har tegan, were charged with having stolen. a £2O bank note, which it was proved they had tendered for some goods purchased at Messrs. Jeffery and Morrishes, Church street. The prisoners (one of whom had before been 13 times committed) were found in a house in Basnett-street, and the note was produced, and sworn to as the same. In one of their boxes a sum cf £B4 in gold was found ; but as the robbery of the note had taken place in Man chester, they were both—old offenders—sent in custody to that town. THE LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.—The monthly meeting of this society took place last night, at the Royal Institution. The lecture-room was well filled ; and R. V. Yates, Esq., the President, occupied the chair. Some specimens were exhibited of curiosities in natural history ; also, a few rarities in ancient books. The Rev. Dr. Hume then read an interesting paper, or Dither the introductory chapter of a manuscript volume, which he is preparing for the press, on the origin, nature, and diversity of geographical names and terms, as a guide for teachers and pupils in that department of science. Many names of the more ancient places were traceable to those of the descendants of the family of Noah, after they went forth in tribes over the world ; others were from names of chieftains or heads of classes ; others from heroes or great men. There were also many names for the same places, in various languages, and all synonimous in meaning. The same prefixes and termination were also multiplied greatly ; and the same names were repeated for different towns or villages in the same country. Thus in the United States there were 138 towns or places called " Washingt96," and the names of Madison and Munroe were almost equally numerous. In England the termi nation, " town," occurred in geographical names about 2,000 times. He also showed that many articles of manu facture derived theirnames—now adapted as English words from the places, or a corruption of the names of the places from which they were introduced. He had prepared long lists or vocabularies of words, which would appear in his work, but could only be referred to in a lecture. He considered that a knowledge of geographical names and their origins enabled the student to derive consideraye knowledge of any country from the map alone. He was listened to with much attention, and rEceived a vote of thanks at the close. MR. RYALLS'S ANNUAL CONCERT.—We have pleasure in directing attention to this advertisement, in the hope of furthering Mr. Ryalls's appeal to the encouragement of his friends and fellow-townsmen, His merits as a citi zen and in professional capacity cannot but be admitted; and it is the duty, therefore, of all who admire vocal talent, combined with respectable demeanour in public as well as in private life, to give him their support. The entertainment which he has provided, and the distinguished performers whom he has engaged, will secure further satisfaction to the auditory who honour him with their attendance ; and the prices of the tickets for such a con cert as he has provided are so low, that a numerous at tendance can alone make the speculation profitable. As Mr. Ryalls has heretofore somewhat suffered in pocket as well as mind, from the apathy of his friends, it is to be hoped that his house, this tine, will be a bumper. Our eccentric friend, Wheli, is wonderfully clever as a pianist, though his talents have hitherto had little scope for their favourable developement in Liverpool. Herr Kholer is one of the first instrumentalists of the age ; and the at traction of Mrs. Sunderland and Miss Anne Romer, com bined with that of Mr. Ryalls and Mr. George Holden, will make this a first-rate affair. _ Nov. 27, SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES OF GAS EXPLOSION, About ten o'clock on Wednesday night last the Tee' dents of Childw a ll-street (P resco t- s t ree t), and its vieinirft were alarmed by a loud indescribable noise, louder tbss the report of a cannon, but in character a sort of cot ling sound, and on the neighbours going to the spot where the noise had proceeded, it.was found that an et plosion of gas had taken place in one of the house; 5 Childwall-street, occupied by a family of the name Lusty. The exterior of the house did not give eel decided indications of the structure having suffered me from the shock, if a quantity of glass from the front vrke: dows, which lay scattered about the pavement and road o excepted, this being the apparent extent of the damage' However, on entering the house a complete wreck pre' seated itself. The explosion took place in the front Per,.; lour of the ho u s e , w hi c h i s a sma ll one o f the gen te el class in the arrangement of its rooms , & c ., h av ing iv"`; dow on each side of the door, one being the parlour, an the other the kitchen li g ht. The gas in the parlour her not been lighted since Sunday e ven i ng , th e room no having been used after that day. On the evening of die unfortunate occurrence an unpleasant smell was discovered as of an escape of gas, by the family as they sat in til! kitchen (the door of which is opposite the parlour door); It became so disagreeable that the front door was opened se.'t left so for the space of a quart er o f an h our; u lt i mately 0 was closed, and no more notice was taken of the annoy ance. At ten o'clock, a young man (Mrs. Lusty nephew) took a lighted candle, in accordance with th e custom prior to the family retiring f or th e n i g ht, wen" the house, to see that all was secure, and in coulee opened the parlour door, for the purpose of examining the room. No sooner was the door opened, than the - apartment was filled with a blue flame, and the terri fic explosion above noted was heard. The hand of the pee° holding the candle was singed, though he experienced no more serious injury ; but Mrs. Lusty, who was close be' hind her nephew when he opened the door, was pree" trated, and part of the hair on one side of her head burnt off. She lay for a short time in a state of insensibility In the parlour, the room to which the explosion was COn" fined, the cornice is stripped from the ceiling, an d lies ie a heap on the floor. The front wa ll i s removed from the perpendicular, and bulges outwards; having a chasm, et it were, between it and the ceiling, which is otherwise rent and warped. The rending of the wall from the floors of the respective 'rooms is observed to the very top of the house, which is three stories high. On the first floor, party wall has been torn from the front wall, and has been rent from the doorpost, and stands at present in a very dangerous condition. Not a single room in the house liar, escaped without more or less dam age t o th e wa lls an d plaster. The shock has evidently pursued a course from the parlour upwards, as if seeking a vent either by . the roof or by the front of the house; and hence the serious damage experienced by the whole of the premises, whiel l „ appear so unsafe that little force would be required to pall the whole down. At first the spectator is struck with the resemblance the house presents to one on which the electric fluid has descended and done its utmost. The, injury sustained by the furniture in the parlour is estP mated at £lO. The dangerous state of the house has ren dered it necessary for the family to leave it ; indeed, in all probability, it will require to be taken down. Mr. W. Jackson, M.P., transacted business at the rail way department of the Board of Trade on Friday. On Saturday and Sunday London was visited by an un usually dense fog. Her majesty's ship Constance, from Brazil, arrived at Portspouth on Saturday, with a freight of 2,000,00040 1- lars of placer gold from California. Later accounts from the Cape of Good Hope state, that the excitement relative to the arrival of convicts continued unabated. A country gentleman, when he came to return a book , was asked what he thought of it. "Oh ! the style is veil' good," he said, " but I think there are rather too maul figures." He had been lent, by mistake, a railway guide- The Minerva, which arrived at Portsmouth on Saturdali after leaving Madras experienced very bad wea ther. She fell in with the wreck of the Dutch brig Gertrude. More than half her crew had been washed off; but the Minerva received seven men, the chief mate one of them, and landed them at the Cape. THE POLICE.—The police corps of Liverpool nevi numbers considerably above a thousand. The men or consecutively numbered, and officer 1000 gave evidence 10 court yesterday ; but there are frequent vacancies. There are amongst the force six superintendents, and a number of inspectors, bridewell-keepers, and their assistants, ll&C The body has latterly been slightly reduced, and in round numbers is at present about 1150 strong,—a pretty large regiment to keep the vicious and the refractory of our town in order or in awe. TERRIFIV CONFLAGRATION.-011 Saturday morning► shortly after one o'clock, a most destructive fire broke out on the spacious premises of Mr.. Muggeridge, perfume! , Union-terrace, Notting-hill. In.the course of a few mi nutes a number of females made their appearance in their nightclothes, screaming for assistance, and were rescued and carried to the opposite tavern. This hid been scarcely done when a loud and fearful noise was heard, supposed to arise from the explosion of the gas metre, and in an instant afterwards the flames burst forth from every part of the lofty building, and spread to the adjoining premises' of Mr. Hill, corn chandler. The neighbours immediately commenced removing the property of Mr. Hill, Mr. Hnme.- stationer, and Mr. Robinson. fishmonger. Four brigade engines, which were the first to arrive, were at once set to work, but it was nearly four o'clock before the fire was entirely extinguished. Several other premises were de stroyed. THE ACCIDENT AT THE BRITANNIA BRIDGE.—At the inquest held on Wednesday, at Carnarvon, before Mr. Poole, the coroner for the district, on the body of John Williams, killed, and who was one of the sailors working at the capstan, Mr. Clarke, the resident engineer, stated that the deceased was assisting in lowering the hydraulic press or cylinder, which was about 15 tons weight, the rope passing from the press through two three-part blocks led to a powerful capstan, manned by fifty men. The' press was being lowered by the backing of the capstan , the rope making three or four turns round it. Deceased was assisting in the coil of rope behind the capstan, serving it out as the men walked back the capstan bars- The press or cylinder was not descending at the time, but was hanging on the tackle. Jones, the foreman of the gang (who has since been suspended) had left the men to , attend to some other part of the tackle, and. he unfortu nately left the turns on the capstan on the bottom or largest part of its diameter ready to surge. Whether from the wetness of the ropes, the day being showery, or from relaxation on the part of the nine men who were holding back the rope, the line of rope surged unexpect edly up the capstan, and overpowered the men employed to hold it back. The cylinder then descended precipi tously a height of 132 feet into the straits, dragging the rope through the blocks and round the capstan, which was. enveloped in smoke and fire, ar i s i ng f rom th e rus h an d friction. Deceased was dragged out of the coil, and wilt thrown about with the other men, by the contortions of the rope. He was picked up near the capstan, sensible , but died from the injuries received, consisting of com pound fractures. None of the other men were seriously injured, and, with one or two exceptions, had resume ( ' work. They were taken to the Carnarvon hospital. 1 1113 cylinder glanced off from the stone shelf at the base of the tower, and fell into twelve feet of water, rolling about 3 0 or 40 feet down the slope of the st ra it s .. Th e t ac kl e being attached to it, it was easily taken out and safely conveyed to its destination, without the slightest injury either to the press or the tackle, which is the most extensive ill Europe, and sufficiently powerful to raise with safety fIV times as great a weight. Other witnesses corroborate ( ' this statement. SLEEP.—The poet Young says, "Sleep is great Nature second course,--the balm of hurt minds." Johnson says' "It is the parenthesis of human woe." 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