The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-07-16 00:00:00

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The Highway Act Amendment Bill was read a third time. -The Brick Duties Bill, the Paper Duties Bill, and the Glass Duties Bill, severally went through committee, and were r'ported without amendments. The Ecclesiastic al Districts Bill was read a third time. HER MAJESTY'S ANSWER TO THE ADDRESS. The LORD CHANCELLOR had to inform their lordships, that the house had that day waited upon her Majesty at Buckingham Palace, and had presented an address, to which her Majesty had been pleased to return the following gra cious answer : " I duly appreciate your zeal for the interests of religion, and your care for the Established Church. " I am ever ready to receive the advice and assistance of the House of Lords, and to give to their recommendations the attention which their authority justly deserves. "At the same time I cannot help expressing my regret that you should have thought it necessary to take such a step on the present occasion. " Yon may be assured that, deeply sensible of the duties imposed upon me, and more especially of that which binds me to the support of the Established Church, I shall always use the powers vested in me by the constitution for the fulfilment of that sacred obligation. " It is with a deep sense of that duty that I have thought it right to appoint a committee of my privy council to su perintend the distribution of the grants voted by the House of Commons for public education. Of the proceedings of this committee annual reports will be laid before parliament, so that the House of Lords will be enabled to exercise its judg ment upon them ; and I trust that the funds placed at my disposal will be found to have been strictly applied to the ob jects for which they were granted, with due respect to the rights of conscience, and with a faithful attention to the se curity of the Established Church." The answer was then ordered to be printed. NEW POOR LAW. Earl STANHOPE brought forward one or two alleged cases of hardship to paupers in the Worksop union, the discussion upon and contradiction of which occupied much of their lordships time. The Duke of RICHMOND said, it appeared to him that his noble friend always, at the end of the session, brought for ward a number of cases, and yet, upon examination, not one of them was found to hold water. (A laugh.) Earl STANHOPE said, that notwithstanding all the pains and industry of the noble duke to confute him when he thought his opinions were mistaken, and all his endeavours to embarrass and confound witnesses who were examined before the committee, with a most pettifogging and quibbling kind of inquiry—(" hear," and a laugh),—yet the cases he had brought forward had been most fully and clearly sub stantiated (hear) ; and, if he had time and place, he was ready to discuss them with the noble duke. The Duke of RICHMOND rose to explain. His noble friend had, most contrary to the orders of this or the other house of parliament, charged him with conduct which, if he had been guilty of it, would have been unbecoming the character of any peer or gentleman of this house. (Hear.) He did not think his noble friend had any intention to do so ; but on every occasion the poor laws were mentioned, his noble friend appeared to become almost wild, and in this instance • had been more so thin usual. (" Hear," and a laugh.) He hoped the noble lord would remember, when he was charging a peer of this house with such conduct, that it was not the same as attacking the guardians, which indeed he was ever ready to do, who were not there to defend them selves; but he (the Duke of Richmond) would be always pre pared to defend them, and would allow no man in this coun try to impute to him motives which would be a disgrace to a gentleman and a peer of this house. (Hear.) Earl STANHOPE said it was not his intention to say any thing personally offensive to the noble duke. (Hear, hear.) He had said the noble duke had only pursued the same course of inquiry and examination which was always pursued in that committee—(" hear," and a laugh)—and that when any wit ness was brought forward, a number of questions were put to him to refute him, and to confound the opinions he had given —(hear) ; but he never said the noble duke wished to elicit from any witness anything that he did not believe to be true. (Hear.) Lord WHARNCLIFFE said that witnesses must expect to be exposed to a severe cross-examination; and if he went into a committee, he must examine them closely—(hear, hear) ; but he denied that, at any time during the sitting of the committee, on the part of the noble duke on the cross benches, there had been any such conduct as that spoken of by the noble earl It was true that most of the witnesses who had gone to speak of the facts stated by the noble earl, when when they were examined, could not bear them out.—(Hear.) BEER BILL. The Marquis of WESTMINSTER wished to ask the noble and learned lord near him (Lord Brougham), what was the nature of the resolution he intended to move to-morrow. Lord BROUGHAM said, the resolution would be a general one, and to this effect :—That it would be highly expedient, that beer-shops should be henceforth placed on the same foot ing with the houses of licensed victuallers, as to the sale of beer, both with respect of those hitherto licensed, and those that might be licensed hereafter, He considered that the most safe, and, upon the whole, the most prudent course to ask their lordships to take. PRISONS BILL. After a short discussion on the second reading of this bill, in the course of which Lord DUNCANNON said, he was at present in treaty for a piece of ground for a site for a model prison, and that it was the intention of her majesty's govern ment to proceed with the building with as little delay as pos sible, the bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed for Thursday.—The house adjourned at a quarter to eight o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-THURSDAY. CARLOW ELECTION. Mr. Gaora reported from the Carlow election committee, that the committee had determined that F. Bruen, Esq. was not duly elected a burgess to serve in parliament for the borough of Carlow at the last election ; that Thomas Gis borne, Esq. was duly elected, and ought to have been re turned; and that the petition against the return, nor the opposition to that petition, were either frivolous or vexatious. The Clerk of the Crown was ordered to attend on Friday to amend the return. %.0k THE NATIONAL PETITION. For the motion Against it Majority REDUCTION OF POSTAGE For the original motion .... For the amendment Majority The house adjourned to Monday N....... NJ. *4' .N% \, ~.~i ~. ~~ ~~ J 3 :.1 allb Nk., HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY. Mr. Gisborne took the oaths and his seat for the borough of Carlow. Lord J. RUSSELL, in answer to Colonel Wood, said that he proposed to proceed with the Collection of Rates Bill, to introduce some alterations, and to afford full opportunity for fair discussion. With respect to the Town Councils Bill (he added, in reply to Sir J. Graham,) his lordship said he did not intend to press it this session. He also said, in answer to Mr. Packington, that he could not fix a day for the further proceedings on the Sale of Beer Bill. Mr. LABOUCHERE said, in answer to Mr. Gladstone, that directions had been given to the Governor of Newfoundland to report on the memorial of complaints from that place. Mr. T. Arrwoon then brought forward his motion that the house resolve into a committee on the petition, called the " national petition," presented by him on the 14th ult. ; and in doing so he thanked the house for the patience with which he was heard when. he presented the petition, and for giving his present motion precedence of the orders of the day. Lord J. RUSSELL said that he was not at all surprised at the immense number of signatures the petition had received, looking to the great pains that had been taken to gain that purpose, and to the supposition by those who signed it that it would obtain some benefit to the people ; but he denied that the petition represented the opinions of the people at large, and believed that the great majority would be alarmed if its prayer were granted, and that the establishing by enact ment of the provisions of that petition would create confu sion and terror in the country, not only among the aristo cracy, but among the labouring classes more especially. A long debate ensued, after which the house divided. The numbers were : . 46 . 235 . -189 On bringing up the report of the whole house upon the Post-office acts, Mr. GOULBURN moved, according to notice, several reso lutions, to the effect that it was the opinion of the house, with a deficiency of revenue, that it was not expedient to adopt a penny-postage system at the present period of the session, when it could not command the deliberate attention it should receive from parliament. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER opposed the reso lutions, but required that a pledge should be given by parlia. , ment to make up any deficiency that might occur from the adoption of a penny postage. After some discussion, in which Sir R. Peel, Mr. P. Thomson, Mr. Warburton, and Lord Sandon took part. The house divided. The numbers were— For the original motion For the amendment Majority —loo Sir R. PEEL then proposed to leave out of the resolution all words pledging the house to make good any deficiency that might result, from the adoption of the plan. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that if the house agreed to the right hon. baronet's amendment, he should proceed no further in the measure. After some conversation the house again divided, when the cumbers were— 59 CARLOW ELECTION PETITION. CLOSE OF THE INQUIRY. This unprecedented and protracted inquiry was brought to a conclusion on Thursday last. Mr. Wrangham having been heard in support of the objec tion to the vote of Patrick Barry, the room was cleared. On the re-admission of strangeii, shortly before two o'clock, The Chairman said the committee had decided that the vote of Patrick Barry was a good vote, and ordered it to be re tained on Mr. Gisbome's poll. . This decision having placed Mr. Gisbome in a majority of one, Mr. Austin said he believed the only remaining duty of the committee was to declare that Francis Bruen, Esq., was not duly elected, and that Thomas Gisborne, Esq., was duly elected. Mr. Wrangham begged to say a few words before the committee separated. After the decision they had just come to it would be of no use to attempt to reduce Mr. Gisborne's majority, but there still remained charges and allegations of bribery and corruption on both sides, and the charges made by Mr. Bruen had been made advisedly. He did not, how ever, intend to offer any proof on the subject ; but he had an appplication of a grave and serious nature to make against an individual who would have been a principal witness bad he not absented himself. He alluded to Doctor White, who was in the committee-room on the first day of the meeting, but who subsequently had avoided the Speaker's warrant being served upon him, and all attempts to find out where he had concealed himself were unavailing. His (Mr. Wrang ham's) application, therefore, to- the committee was, that they would make a special report to the house, stating the fact of Dr. White absenting himself, in 'order that steps might be taken which would teach other witnesses that they could not with impunity evade the Speaker's warrant. Mr. Austin having been heard against the application, The room was cleared. On the strangers, The Chairman said the committee were of opinion that sufficient ground had not been shown to induce them to make any special report to the house relating to the absence of Dr. White. The committee then resolved that Francis Bruen, Esq. was not duly elected to serve in this present parliament for the borough of Carlow, and ought not to have been returned; that the petition and the opposition to it were neither frivo lous nor vexatious. The committee then separated. THE APPROACHING REGISTRATION. (From the Bristol £tandard.) As the period of Registration approaches, we beg most earnestly to remind our readers, that upon the result of the next Revision the fate of the country, in all human probabi lity, depends. A general election, if it do not take place on the present Register, is inevitable in the course of the ensuing year, and it will be useless to defend the citadel then, if the enemy shall have already carried the outposts in the Regis tration Courts. We hold the Conservative who neglects to perfect or defend his franchise, to be equally an apostate to the cause with him who records his vote for a Radical can didate. That our Conservative friends may not lose their franchise through ignorance of the somewhat complicated provisions of the Reform Act, we subjoin some plain instructions for their guidance. CITIES AND BOROUGHS. FREEHOLDERS Cannot be placed upon the Register unless they have been in possession of a freehold, of the yearly value of 405., from the 30th of July, 1838, and unless they have resided within the city, or within seven statute miles from the Guildhall, for six months previous to the 30th of July, 1839. Freehold ground rents confer the like qualification with freehold buildings or land. ~ , ~. ~ ~.sS` ~~. -or GENCE. MASTERS OF ARTS. ECCLESIASTICAL AND UNIVERSITY INTELLI- MISCELLANEOUS. (From the Oxford Herald.) At a meeting of the Graduates in Divinity, holden on Saturday last, the Rev. Godfrey Faussett, D.D., and for merly Fellow of Magdalen College, was unanimously re-elected Professor of Divinity on the foundation of the Lady Margaret, Countess of Richmond, mother of King Henry the Seventh. Ina Convocation, holden the same day, the Rev. Henry Richardson, M.A. of Trinity College, was admitted ad eundcm. At the same time the following Degrees were conferred : Thos. A. Whitter, Brazenose College, grand compounder. Rev. Samuel Frederick Dickson, Brasenose College. Rev. Samuel Arnot Fyler, Trinity College. Rev. Joseph Walker, Fellow of Wadham College. BACHELOR OF ARTS. George Augustus Frederick Fitz-Wygram, Ch. Ch. _ BACHELOR IN MUSIC. George French Flowers, Lincoln College. ' On Monday se'nnight, the Rev. John Roberts Oldham, M.A., of Oriel College, was admitted ad eundem of the University of Cambridge. The Rev. Lockhart William Jeffray, M.A., of Balliol College, has been appointed the Incumbent of St. Thomas's New Church at Preston. The Rev. W. Cowley, M. A., of Christ Church, has been presented to the Vicarage of Rushall, Staffordshire, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. T. Whalley ; patrons, the sons and daughters of the late Rev. E. Mellish, Dean of Hereford. The Rev. William Henry Carwithen, M. A., of Worces ter LCollege, has resigned the Chaplaincy of the Union Workhouse, St. Thomas's, Devonshire, in consequence of his having been presented to the Rectory of Challacombe, in that county, by Earl Fortescue. The Rev. John Walter Moore, M.A, of Exeter College, Curate of Alderley, Cheshire, has been presented to the Rectory of Hordley, Salop, vacant by the death of Sir Edw. Kynaston, Bart.; patron, T. Parr, Esq. of Lythwood Hall. It is now said that parliament will not be prorogued till the beginning of August. The damage caused by the late storms in France is esti mated at 100,000,000 francs (£4,000,000). On Saturday last the keeper of James Hopton ' Esq., killed a very fine woodcock at Du las.—HerefordCounty Press. A schoolmaster at Ashton, named Wood, was last week sentenced to be imprisoned seven days, for giving false school vouchers to factory children. Lord Frederick and Lady Fitzclarence have been residing at Buxton Wells for some time past for the benefit of his lordship's health. A large flock of sheep belonging to Mr. J. Stanley, of Wesham, were attacked during the night by a dog, and 26 of them worried to death.— Worcester Journal. Count d'Orsay appeared in the park yesterday in the old costume of hessians and tights. This surely is too unbecom ing to become the fashion, although many think otherwise. —Post. A LONG NOSE AND NO MISTAKE.—Within a few miles of Wilsontown there lives a merry cobbler, whose nose is so very long that when he takes snuff he is obliged to walk for ward three paces to reach its point. The Bristol and Gloucester Railway .bill has passed the third reading in the Lords, and awaits the royal assent. It contains a clause empowering the directors immediately to pay interest on the paid-up calls. A VERY LITTLE DAD.—There is a certain gentleman, within ten miles of Lanark, father of a large family, who is so very short and dwarfish, that to enable him to look out of his windows he actually requires to stand upon his own shoulders. The Hon. Mr. Justice Ball attended divine service in the Roman Catholic chapel of this town on Sunday. This is the first time since the Reformation that such a circumstance has occurred in this part of the country.—Roscommon Journal. The seaman of H.M. steamer Medea, who had his leg shot off a short time since in the accidental encounter of that vessel with a French corvette on the coast of Mexico, has been awarded a pension of £55 per annum by the French government. The English agricultural society will hold its first annual congress at Oxford, on the 17th inst. ; the sittings will occupy congress three days. The Earl Spencer, the president, will take the chair : the Duke of Richmond is the president elect for the next year. A shop in the Strand, nearly opposite Agar-street, has a paper a th so e rt w n i z n en dr of with the f s o i l l taw ru in r g ses w o ri T y y en iQ thzeo e n ac : h — . Beeds warrented reel get 15s. 9d. Watches only £3. war ranted to go corecly. The Tasmanian, of Feb. 22, mentions the total wreck of the barque Children, on the night of the 15th of January, on the coast of New Holland, abouegeventy miles to the east ward of Portland Bay, sixteen persona, including the master, Captain Browne, having perished. A GOOD SHOT AND GOOD GUN.--A well-known sporting baronet of the upper ward, who is an excellent shot, last autumn, with a single charge of his matchless gun, brought down three brace of game • but what is still more wonderful, the shadow alone of this deadly shot in one instant killed his dog " Nimrod." The parishioners of Heswell, in the county of Chester, have presented the Rev. E. Bowman, with a handsome salver, bearing the following inscription :—" Presented to the Rev. Edward Bowman, from the parishioners of Heswall, as a testimony of his private worth and faithful ministry in the parish."-- Chester Chronicle. Letters from Bagdad announce an overflow of the Tigris which had laid the whole city nearly under water. It was stated that already more than 1000 houses had been destroyed, and that the whole population, without reference to age, rank, or sex, were employed in attempting to check the ravages of this inundation. SALFORD CATTLE MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—The show of stock was good to day, and the demand also was good ; nearly everything was sold, and at the full rates of last week. Num ber of cattle at market :-722 beasts, at sd. to bid. per lb. ; 2171 sheep, at 6d. to 7d. ; 3430 lambs, at 61d. to 7d. ; 53 calves, at 6d. to 7d. A shocking affair occurred at Trowbridge on Wednesday night. A man of the name of Napper, a mason, went home, and, not finding his wife there, went to seek her, and disco vered that she had been drinking with a tramp, whom he overtook in Back-street, and with a pair of tongs struck him a blow on the head, which produced instant death. — Wilts Independent. REPRESENTATION OF SOUTHWARK.—Mr. Harvey will shortly retire from the representation of Southwark. His election to the commissionership of police by the city authori ties is all but certain. A requisition has already received the signatures of nearly 1000 electors, calling upon Mr. Walter, late member for Berkshire, to come forward at the next elec tion, and pledging themselves to secure his return. COMMUTATION OF TITHES.—IMPORTANT TO LAND OWNERS AND FARMERS.—The tithe commissioners have de termined that any party refusing a surveyor to go over his estate, or not giving the necessary information, such as the quantity of cattle kept, &c., so as to render an adjournment necessary to ascertain these particulars, will be saddled with all the costs of the meeting. DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—On Monday evening last, Wm. Spencer, a man employed at Messrs. Blundell's new pit, fell out of the basket whilst ascending. He was found dead at the bottom of the pit, with his heels uppermost, his head being immersed in the water, and both arms dreadfully frac tured.—Wigan Gazette. HONESTY REWARDED.--GREAT LIBERALITY. --On Thursday morning last a boy, in the office of Mr. John Whit worth, solicitor, Manchester, in passing through St. Ann's square, picked up two £2O notes on the footpath. The lad had not proceeded 100 yards ere he met a gentleman who it appeared had lost them ; and on their being restored to him, he presented the lad with a shilling, but never thanked him I An accident.that had been nearly attended with a serious loss of life occurred at a pit, belonging to R. B. H. B. Blun dell, Esq., of Pemberton, called the " Adventure Pit," on last Monday afternoon. An explosion of fire-damp took place, and although a great number of men were employed, only two received any injury, and that so slight that they will be enabled to resume their work in a few days.—Wigan Gazette. ADVANTAGE OF A CHARTER.—The Manchester commis sioners of police, on Wednesday, laid the usual rate, under their act of parliament, the expenses of watching, &c., being included in the estimates. The mayor and corporation claim the right of attending to this department, and laying a rate under their charter, which the commissioners contend to be illegal. The inhabitants will have, therefore, the felicity of being called upon for two rates for the same purpose, in stead of one, as heretofore, and no little money will be ex pended on their behalf in contesting the legality of the charter. It is rather singular that so many of our dukes' fair ones, and those who must succeed to the rank of duchess, should previously have enjoyed no rank whatever, rather only the appellation of Miss. The present and future Duchess of Somerset, Miss Stewart and Miss Sheridan ; the Duchess of Montrose, Miss Beresford ; the Duchess of Roxburghe, Miss Dalbiac ; the Duchess of St. Albans, Miss Gubbin s ; the fu ture Duchess of Norfolk, Miss Lyons ; the Duchess of Beau fort, Miss Smith ; the Duchess of Hamilton, Miss Beckford ; the Duchess of Cleveland, Miss Russell. EMIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES.—An extraordi nary and favourable opportunity is at this moment presented to those who in early life have had their brighter prospects frustrated by unfortunate events, and over which human fore sight could not have interposed to prevent the dispensation, to overcome all difficulties, and see the setting sun reflect on and encourage their later struggle for good fortune. Mr. Geo. Robins announces the sale of 50,000 acres of land in Virginia, on the 23d inst, in lots that will enable a man possessed of even two hundred pounds to embark in a purchase free from risk, and just enough to secure him a comfortable indepen dence. The lands are in the commonwealth of Virginia, one of the fairest agricultural portions of the globe, and in a cli mate most invigorating and salubrious. Railways and canals pass directly through the estate, and, last not least, it may be observed, there is almost a total absence of taxes. We ask where can be found a parallel case to induce the indus trious with moderate means to emigrate ?—Sun. THE SHANNON Jos.—This commission has cost the country £9OOO. The Sun says :—" We are well-wishers to the improvement of Ireland, but we dislike jobs of all kinds, and we, therefore, as impartial journalists, feel it our duty to call attention to Mr. Rice's effrontery in palming this Li merick affair on the country, to the injury of the administra tion of which he, unfortunately for the liberal cause, has too long formed a part. The affair appe ars t o us th e more glar ing, when we consider that it is not many days since Mr. Rice had the assurance to persist in his opposition to a se cond resolution of the House of Commons in favour of the shipping class of Danish claimants, who had a just debt against the treasury, into whose coffers the money for their indemnification had been thirty-two years ago. The minute on the subject of these claims has, we understand, just passed the treasury, and will, no doubt, judging from the private in structions which Mr. Rice acknowledged having given to the commissioners on a former occasion, turn out another at tempt to shuffle the claimants out of their just rights. If the House of Commons will tamely submit to the passing of such jobs, on the one hand, and such contempt for the privileges of parliament on the other, it is high time that a reform should take place, and the people have representatives who would see justice more impartially and effectually administered." DEPARTURE OF THE BRITISH QUEEN STEAMER.—On Wednesday morning, at 10 minutes before 12 o'clock, this vessel left Blackwall amidst great cheering from the multi tude of persons who had assembled. The directors of the spirited company to which she belongs were on board, in order to witness her capabilities, and to make all necessary arrangements for the comfort and convenience of the pas sengers. At five minutes past one she was abreast of Erith, and at Gravesend precisely at two o'clock. She reached the " Lower Hope" at about half-past two, and anchored. Dur ing her progress down the river she was saluted continually by cannon, and when off Woolwich a regular fire was kept from various vessels, as well as from the shore. Although the distance from Blackwall to the place of anchorage was accomplished in a very short space of time, yet it cannot be regarded as a fair criterion of her speed—on account of •the various difficulties which attend a river trip. We were much pleased with the readiness and ease of her steering, which equalled anything we have ever seen, and her whole perform ance, since put afloat, has proved most satisfactory. She was about to raise her anchor for Portsmouth when we left, and is expected thence to New York this evening. The re turn from New York will excite much interest, as the British Queen will leave on the Ist of August, being the same day as the great Western.—Standard. RIOT AT RAMSGATE.—This usually quiet and fashionable watering place, has for several days been a scene of excite ment and turbulence, in consequence of an attempt on the part of the commissioners under the local improvement act to enforce a clause prohibiting the hawking of fish in the streets. Several offenders were fined, and in fault of payment com mitted for a short period; but the fishermen assembled and rescued them from the constables, and demolished the win dows and window frames of the houses of the commissioners, who have since succumbed to mob law, and directed their officers to lay no more informations. HONESTY OF THE LIBERALS.—The London Standard remarks, in reference to the penny postage question,— " Though the change is desirable on every account, it can not be safely or honestly made, without at the same time providing for the deficiency which it will cause in the revenue. The Morning Chronicle truly says that by omitting to make this provision, while he at the same time acknowledged the necessity for it, Mr. Rice has done his utmost to insure the defeat of the measure ; and yet we find that at Ipswich Sir Robert Peel is represented as hostile to the penny postage, because he has merely repeated in parliament the complaint of the most zealous and constant supporter of the measure among all the public journals." THE MELBOURNE ADMINISTRATION.—In treating of the policy of the Melbourne Ministry, it is essential to bear in mind that they hold office without the consent of the country. They have of their own free will confessed that they do not possess the confidence of the people, which, to speak out, means nothing more nor less than that they defy the popular will. How then can they hope to govern the country efficiently? How can they expect acceptance for their mea sures when it is so palpable, that there is more than apatriot's aim in their forcible retention of office ? This circumstance deprives their political conduct of its salt, and leaves it rank, putrid, and festering. It justifies the most strenuous op position to all their proceedings, and entitles them to the execration of all honest men.—West of Bngland Con aervative, HALIFAX CONSERVATIVES.—The conservatives at Halifax are making arrangements to have a public dinner shortly in that town. One of the ministerial organs asserts that Sir John Con roy has a pension of £3OO a year from her Majesty's private bounty, in addition to hia, baronetcy. The pension, it is said, was granted on the day of her Majesty's accession to the throne, From a parliamentary paper it appears that the railway companies iu existence under act of parliament up to the 6th of April, 1839, are authorised to have a capital in joint stock of £11,610,814, and to raise by loan £16,177,630. EXPEDITION. — On Tuesday morning, a horse express worked by Mr. Whitworth, performed the distance between Manchester and Leeds, by Huddersfield, in two hours and 40 minutes, being a distance of nearly forty miles.—Leeds Intelligencer. THE Rai GELEY MURDER.—WC are happy to hear that Messrs. Pickford, the carriers, have liberally promised to give £3O towards the expense of prosecuting the men ac cused of the murder of Christina Collins, at the next assizes. —Staffordshire Gazette. Within the last eighteen months, the agriculturists near Arundel, have been using nitre as a dressing to their land, and which is found to suit the soil well. It is sown in the proportion of a cwt. to the acre, and is bought at from £2O to £3O per ton. • The patrons of the vicarage of Bradford, in Yorkshire, have presented to that important living the Rev. Dr. Scoresby, of Exeter, a gentleman not less distinguished for his scientific attainments than for his personal piety and ac five discharge of ministerial duties.—Birmingham Herald. NATIONAL GALLERY.—The Chancellor of the Exchequer has purchased for the National Gallery a painting of Velas quez. It was exhibited last year at the British Institution, and represents the arena of a bull-fight. It was bought from Lord Cowley ; and £4,000 is, we understand, the sum that has been paid for it. CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.—In the garden of J. Vero, Esq., at Craig Owen, near the Menai Bridge, a pair of snipes have formed their nest in a strawberry bed, about four feet from the walk, and about twelve yards from the front door. The nest contains four eggs.—Carnarvon Herald. Prince George of Cambridge arrived at Constantinople on the 18th ult., in one of the Austrian Lloyd's steamers. As the Prince preserved his incognito, he was not to be formally presented to the Sultan. His Royal Highness was treated with the greatest distinction, and has received a firman from the Sultan authorising him to visit the mosques.—Galignani. MILITARY MOVEMENTS.—Last week several companies of the 77th regiment arrived at Carlisle, and still remain billeted here awaiting further orders. This (Friday) morn ing a company of the 95th regiment marched from the Castle foa Wigton and Cockermouth, from which it is inferred that some disturbance is anticipated in those places.—Carlisle Patriot. DIABOLICAL OUTRAGE.—We are grieved to record one of the most diabolical attempts at assassination in this neigh bourhood which has perhaps ever occurred in a civilised com munity. On Tuesday, at midnight, two bullets were fired through the window of a collier, residing at Hope Green, near Poynton, passing through the door of another bedroom, for the evident purpose of destroying the life of some one. The room through which the bullet passed was occupied by the man's mother, and the room into which the bullets after wards entered he was sleeping in, the wall of which was struck with such force as to flatten them completely. This outrage, we much fear, has its existence in the present turn out of the Poynton colliers, as the man's house which was fired into is, occupied by one of the few at present at work. The turn-out, which has now lasted ten weeks, appears as likely to be compromised as on the first day.—Stockport Advertise. INTENDED DUEL.—We learn from a correspondent that a fearful recontre, not with mutton fists, after the old Eng lish fashion, or with shilelahs, but with pistol and ball, was to have " come off". at Windsford last week. The antago nists who were to have entered the battle field are named Albert and Reade, and the seconds appointed were Mr Cross and Mr. Ray. The hour of mortal combat was appointed— it arrived, but the antagonists did not meet. One of them not relishing the idea of a bullet entering his thorax, and the other being disgusted with the thought of one being extracted from his small gut." Reflection, happily, had its proper effect upon these would-be heroes during the hours of separa tion ; their imaginations mustered up pistols, balls, the fatal shot—the surgeon, the operating knife—death—the devil, &c. Under reflections of this kind, the combatants, like Bob Acres, found their courage " oozing out at their finger ends," and at the appointed hour the seconds were unable to find either of the pot-valiant heroes.—Chester Gazette. LISTON, THE COMEDIAN.—The king of English comedy has abdicated his throne. In the following letter sent by him to Mr. Webster of the Hay-market, he writes—" As I shall have no further occasion for them, you will be pleased to accept from an old brother any six wigs you may think proper to select from my stock, in the possession of Mr. Wilson, 277, Strand. On Saturday week the Duke of Buckingham gave a grand party at Blackwall • he hired a steamer and t oo k hi s gues t s with him to eat whitebait. Among the number were Lord Shaftsbury, Lord Ingestre, Mr. Baring, Sir T. Troubridge, Lord Lyndhurst, and Lord Brougham ! The last was the life of the party, and scarcely ceased abusing ministers the whole time. HULL MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.—During the present week, there have been two elections to supply vacancies in the Town Council occasioned by death. In each, the place of a Whig has been supplied by a Conservative. Thos. Ward, Esq. was elected for Lowgate Ward on Tuesday, by a majority of nearly 30 over Mr. Thos. Meggit ; and on Wednesday, Mr. John Wilkinson defeated Thos. Newmarch, Esq. the first sheriff of the borough under the new system.—Leeds Intel ligencer. Miss Clara Novello has just returned to town from visiting Berlin, St. Petersburgh, &c., after having completed some very lucrative engagements. At St. Petersburgh, this talented young lady's reception was most flattering, and she had the honour to perform several times before the Empress at the Imperial Palace. Miss Novello is engaged for the forthcom ing musical festival at Worcester. CHESTER AND CREW RAILWAY.—On Thursday last, John Uniacke, Esq., and Chairman of the C.C.R.C., George Ste phenson, Esq. consulting engineer, Murray Gladstone, Esq. resident engineer, and a large party proceeded along the line, and inspected the works in progress. Every thing is proceed ing satisfactorily. There exists no doubt but the line will be open and in operation early in the spring. MIDLAND COUNTIES RAILWAY.—Thus far the traffic on this railway has far exceeded the most sanguine expectations of its promoters. From its opening, on the 4th of June, to the 6th instant, the average number of passengers has gra dually increased from 360 to 900 daily. This week, being the feast at Beeston, the number has been very great ; on one day upwards of 3600 were carried, and one train conveyed upwards of 600. The number calculated to travel upon this portion of the railway, before the parliamentary committee, was 240 per day.—Manchester Guardian. THE BOLTON CHARTISTS.—During this week, the char tists of Bolton have held meetings nightly for the purpose of expressing their grievances. The spot selected has been an open space of ground on Bolton . Moor; and, notwithstand ing the rain, which fell in torrents upon them, their ardour did not appear to be the least damped. They boast that they have gained a considerable accession to the number of their members ; and several blacksmiths in the town are said to have been engaged during the week in making pikes for them.—Manchester Guardian. SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.—Some time since, a spaniel bitch, the property a party at Bangor, Flintshire, had a litter of pups drowned. Yearning after her offspring, she scoured the fields in quest of them ; but disappointed in her object she found a nest of young leverets, which she brought to her kennel, and suckled them for nearly five weeks, when they died. She then displayed the most remarkable affection. This instance is one of the most curious on record, and may be relied on as true.—Carnarvon Herald. Colonel Pasley, of the royal engineers, whose abilities are so well known, has received orders to remove the wreck of the Royal George, by the same means so effectually employed in the Thames, in clearing that river. It is little cre dit a bl e to former governments, that this impediment, in the principal anchorage of the empire, should have been allowed so long to exist ; and their apathy is more surprising from the ex ample shown by the French, who have long since got up all the wrecks left at Toulon, by Lord Hood and Sir Sydney Smith, at the evacuation of that port in 1793 ; and we hope that this will be applied to other similar inconveniences.— Hampshire Telegraph. THE Hor-BINE.—A correspondent remarks that the in creased demand for bark, and consequent advance in price, will probably direct attention to the feasibility of employing the hop-bine in the process of tanning. The tanning pro perties of the bine are very strong, and its adaption to the purpose mentioned has been tested. It is therefore much to be wished' that some one in this neighbourhood would make a further trial upon a small scale by the way of further proof. Should it be found to answer, one beneficial consequence would be, an extension of the culture of the hop-plant.— Worcester Journal. A SINGULAR OCCURRENCE.—A goose belonging to Mr. Stephen Wardell, Kilham, after having enjoyed the company of another goose during a considerable portion of her incu bation, deserted her eggs, in consequence of the other hav ing preceded her in 'ushering into the world her young and tender family. Mrs. Wardell, not being disposed to lose the goslings expected from the forsaken eggs, took them, and, after having folded them up in blankets, and kept them moderately warm for three days, three issued from them the six goslings ; and they are now affectionately nursed by a springer dog and a cat, who have voluntary taken upon them selves the office of matron, which they discharge in a most efficient manner.—Hull Times. BEES.—A hive of bees, the property of William Stoddart, of Skinburness, has cast no less than five times in the course of twelve days. The first cast took place on the 17th of June, and the whole of the swarms, which have been safely hived, are strong and healthy.—On Friday last, one of the bedroom windows, at Mr. Wm. Little's, of Lowfield, near Wigton, being open, a very fine swarm of bees entered and took pos session of an empty basket, lying in the room, in which some old honeyoomb had been left. The bees were afterwards claimed by a person in the neighbourhood, to whom they were restored. In the course of the afternoon they had made a considerable quantity of honey in their new abode.— Carlisle Patriot. WHIG COMMISSIONERSHIPS. — In glancing over the finance accounts everything would appear to be managed by commissioners. There are commissioners to administer the poor laws ; commissioners for digesting the several statutes relating to criminal and other law ; commissioners for inqui ring into public charities ; ecclesiastical commissioners ; and commissioners for preventing the slave trade. There are, moreover, inspectors of factories—inspectors of prisons-- and revising barristers ; all of whom may be regarded as a kind of commissioners. There are, besides, Irish railway commissioners, and commissioners for inquiring into the state of the unemployed handloom weavers. —Herald. THE " SHABBIES. "— How strikingly does the experience of every day establish the unfitness of the present race of ministers to direct the affairs of this country. To say that they rule the empire, would be a bitter mockery. Whenever firmness, prudence, knowledge are required, they leave the empire to shift for itself. They are never active excepting in the work of jobbing. They are never successful excepting in some wretched intrigue. But for the gallantry and skill of Sir John Colborne, and of his brave companions in arms— but for the heroic sacrifices made by the British Cana dians—our North American provinces would ere now have formed part of the United States. The perils which they have so narrowly escaped, produce, however, no salutary effects on our wretched ministers. A new rebellion in Canada—a new and more formadahle invasion by marauders from the United States—would find the whig occupants of Downing-street as helplessly unprepared to vindicate the honour and interests of England, as they were a year and a half ago !—Herald. GLASGOW, PAISLEY, AND GREENOCK RAILWAY.—The Greenock Advertiser, refering to the recently published re ports of the Directors and Engineer of this railway, remarks— ' They are of the most gratifying description, and leave no room for doubting that the line will be in active operation in about twelve months—being only two years from the time the works were commenced. The total recepts from the sale of shares up to this date amounted to £162,055, 175., and the expenditure to £162,614 15. sd. ; and it is thought that when another call of £2 per share, due in August, shall have been paid, the rest of the money necessary to finish the line may be borrowed. Should that be the case, the major part of the proprietors will get off with paying £l3 per share. We congratulate our readers on the promising aspect of this most important undertaking," ONE OF JOHATHAN'S LATEST AND NOT WORST.—An in habitant of the vicinity of the Hudson, by way of proving how severe the last winter had been, said, "Why I had a cow on my lot upon the river, and last winter she got in amongst the ice, and was carried down the miles before we could get her out again. The consequence has been that she has milked nothing but ice-creams ever since." ARBROATH AND FORFAR RAILWAY.—One of the after noon trains yesterday brought from Forfar, with a single engine, no less than forty-three waggons, loaded with timber and pavement, and two carriages, containing forty passengers. The gross weight of the • goods' train amounted to two hun dred and thirty-two tons. This is an achievement to which no parallel can be found in the annals of railways.—Arbroath Herald. The weather, during the past week, has been very unsettled, heavy showers of rain, with occasional thunder and lightning, having repeatedly alternated with warm sunny'weather. The hay harvest in this neighbourhood has commenced, but owing to the weather it is far from general, most of the farmers pre ferring to take the benefit of the present rapid growth, and the chance of fine weather hereafter, to the risk of a hurried and probably prejudicial harvest at present.—Leeds Intelli gencer. A simple minded old dame, residing near the Water of Leith village, was attentively listening, the other evening, to her grandson reading a statistical account of the proportion of females to males in various countries of the world. She easily comprehended how that, in Britain, the women ex ceeded the men by six in a hundred, and Spain by one in a thousand ; but when it was stated that in Sweden the females exceed the males by seven and a half in every hundred, she exclaimed, " Goodness hae a care o' me ! hae they half women in Sweden ?" THE NEW POOR LAW.—On the monstrous iniquity and folly of the new poor law, we have often enlarged :—the in creasing expenses of the system bid fair to bring it into dis repute, in quarters where its cruelty might pass unquestioned. We are sure that the cost of the new poor law will be found, if fairly stated, to exceed the cost of the old system. The commissioners, at all events, would seem to spare no pains to produce such a result. The expense which these interest ing functionaries entail on the country is increasing at a rate absolutely astounding. In 1837 their " expenses" amounted to £12,582 9s. 2d., whilst in 1838 their " expenses" are set doivn at £41,250 !—Herald. HYDROPHOBIA.—A dreadful case of Hydrophobia has oc curred in Haverfordwest. A servant of the name of Thomas Jenkins, residing with Mr. Thomas Harris, of Market-street, was bit about six weeks ago, by a little dog, then in a rabid state. The symptoms developed themselves in the poor man on Saturday last. He grew worse, and although blessed* with the exercise of his mental faculties, and possessing a perfect consciousness of his approaching end, to which he was per fectly resigned, he continued to linger in great agony until Sunday afternoon, when he died. The above case having-oc curred, the Magistrates of Haverfordwest have, under the provision. of tho Local Act, cautioned owners of dogs to keep them confined, and have ordered the constables to destroy them if found at large after 12 hours from giving public notice to confine them.—Carmarthen Journal. THE JOURNEYMEN SHOEMAKERS OF STAFFORD AND THEIR MASTERS.—There has arisen, this week, a strong disagreement between the journeymen shoemakers of this town, and their employers. To so great an extent was it carried, that many of the operatives refused to work unless they were allowed an increase of wages. The masters re fusing to comply, several left the town, and those remaining refuse to work at the old rate of remuneration, having a fund of £lOO to fall back upon. Apprehensions being entertained of a disturbance, on Wednesday and Thursday a large body of the respectable inhabitants were sworn in as special con stables, but beyond large masses of men assembling in the streets, nothing particular ensued. We trust that on both sides some concessions will be made, and that the matter may be amicably settled.—Staffordshire Gazette. ARUNDEL.—EXTRAORDINARY SHOWER OF ICE.—The western coast of Sussex was visited on Sunday evening with thunder and lightning, remarkable for its awful grandeur, but happily unattended with any , accident from its immediate agency. At about half-past nine, however, it was accom panied by a shower of hail, or rather ice, of short duration, which did considerable damage. At the castle conservatories, &c. nearly 5,000 panes of glass were broken, and the glass of every skylight, green-house, &c. of the town and neighbour hood was demolished. The pieces of ice, which were of the most irregular shape, measured from four inches to five inches over, and in general incased a hailstone of large size, which, unlike the ice, were of course not transparent. The fruit treets and, all kinds of vegetation have suffered. Fortu nately there was no wind, or the destruction to windows and other property must have been immense.—Brighton Gazette. NEW ROAD OVER STANDEDGE.—The new line of road over the hills between Yorkshire and Lancashire, from Mars den to the top of Standedge (on the road from Huddersfield to Manchester,) is now on the point of completion ; and, we understand, it is expected to be opened in about a fortnight. This new road has been about five years in course of execu tion. Its length is three miles and a quarter, being half a mile longer than the present road ; but, instead of the steep hill from Manchester to the toll-bar, which is dangerous in the descent and painful in the ascent, there will he a uniform and easy inclination all the way from the top of the hill to the bottom, so that coach-horses may trot all the distance in the ascent, and we believe it will not be necessary to lock the wheel in descending. By a deep cutting at the summit, also, a fonsiderable saving will be effected. Coaches will traverse the new road as soon as it is opened. The formation of the road has been much more laborious and expensive than was anticipated, and has occupied three or four times as long as was contracted for.—Manchester Guardian. ASCENT AND DESCENT OF THE NASSAU BALLOON.—Mr. Green, in reference to the last aerial voyage, says, that the balloon quitted the earth at nearly half-past six o'clock with the wind blowing strongly from the south-west. The object of the gentlemen who were his companions on the occasion being more particularly to obtain a view of the metropolis and the country over which they might pass, he regulated his elevation as to afford them an opportunity of gratifying their wishes. On going over London, therefore, they were at such a height as enabled them distinctly to discover any point they might desire. After crossing the Thames, they commenced their passage over the city, between the Mid dlesex end of the Southwark-bridge and the bottom of Queen street, Cheapside. At this period the balloon was not more than 1200 feet from the earth. They continued their onward course, passing about a mile to the eastward of Fairlop fair, every booth of which they were able to see. In this direction they went on until they arrived over Chigwell-row, when an alteration took place in the wind, by which the balloon was propelled, the current carrying it somewhat more to the east ward. On going past Chelmsford the balloon was to the north-west of that town. Their course after this varied two or three times from north-east to north-east by east. Shortly after Chelmsford had been cleared; Mr. Green allowed the balloon to ascend until they attained an elevation of 6190 feet, or one mile and 110 feet from terra firma. At this period one of the passengers sang a song, remarking that he had never sang so high before. After a most delightful trip, the balloon, at ten minutes past eight o'clock, was brought to an anchor in a frllaw field, the property of a Mrs. Sherrard, in the parish of Toypesfield, 14 miles below Braintree, in Essex, a distance of 54 miles from the metropolis. The party were handsomely regaled and offered every assistance by Mr. J. Clay, of Hoses-farm, Toppesfield. Mr. Green's companions, we have understood, expressed themselves in terms of the warmest approbation, not merely at the able manner in which he had managed the balloon, but at the great gratification they had derived from their voyage. The barometer, which at the starting was at 29.70, at the highest elevation stood at 23.50.—Standard. AWFUL FIRE IN COLLUMPTON-132 HOUSES BURNT.— The town of Collumpton was visited on Monday last by a frightful occurrence. At nearly one o'clock in the morning flames were observed issuing from the roof of a thatched tene ment on the western side of the principal street in the lower part of the town, which communicated with desolating acti vity to the contiguous habitations, most of which being also thatched, were, owing to the influence of a brisk westerly wind, consumed with fearful rapidity. The fire then ex tended across the principal street, where it occasioned the destruction of a great number of shops and dwellings—the inmates of which were glad to escape without being able to save, in many instances, even the least portion of their goods or property. The flames then reverted to the opposite side of the street, and soon reduced to ashes a long line of cottages and houses, many of the latter being occupied by respectable individuals. Great exertion was used to stem the progress of the devouring element ; the parish engine was, as usually is found to be the case in provincial stations, quite inadequate for useful service ; but one from the neighbouring village of Bradnineh, aided,by the arrival of the engines from Tiverton assisted in combating the destructive course of the flames. The scene of distress attendant on this occasion baffles des cription, but may in some degree be imagined, when we state that one hundred and thirty two houses and cottages, many of them occupied by respectable tradesmen, have been re duced to ashes ! The authorities of the town exerted them selves with laudable solicitude in rescuing the property, and providing for the unfortunate sufferers. The bank is unin jured, although the contiguous flames spread fearfully around it. The whole of New-street is destroyed, and a melancholy chasm now presents itself where a few days ago were to be found the comfortable abodes of a multitude of individuals, many of whom have by this calamity been made to recognise no canopy beneath which to find a shelter but that of heaven, and no resource but in the hearts of the charitable. One life only has been lost on this sad occasion, and that by the sud den prostration of a wall. A large portion of the property destroyed is not insured.—Taunton Courier. THE POST HORSE DUTY.—The opening of so many rail ways leading into the metropolis has drawn a good deal of public attention to the claim put forward by the postmasters and innkeepers for some relief from their present grievous burdens. Their case is one that really appears only to re quire being plainly stated to convince everybody that they have a most equitable right to the relief they seek for. It will be short-sighted for the government to say, " the tax produces so and so, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer can't spare it," because whether he can spare it or not he is not likely to get it much longer ; and while there is a chance that, by reducing the tax one-half, something may be got, it is almost certain that keeping it at its present rate will be a total extinguisher. One party directly interested, we imagined, in this matter, was the public, and that fully as much so as the coach proprietors—but it seems we were in error. A de putation of the - trade who waited on Mr. Spring Rice the other day, was coolly told by him " that it was impossible to legislate for any particular interest." We suspect this is only the case where the legislation touches the exchequer, and that the statute book could prove most effectually that there is no such impossibility.— Worcester Herald. THE BOTTLING OF VOTERS.—It may be in the recollection of our readers that several respectable individuals were put to the expense of defending themselves at the Preston Quar ter Sessions in April, on an alleged charge of conveying away one of Mr. Ewart's voters—a man named Blomerly—and that the jury, after a full investgation of the matter, declared by their verdict that there was no foundation for the charge. Amongst the number included in the indictment, was an in dividual named James Halliwell, a plasterer, who could not be tried at the April sessions. Yesterday - week, however, Halliwell again appeared to answer any charge Mr. Bromerly, the modern Don Quixote, might prefer against him, but on his name being called, no prosecutor appeared. Whether the Don's Rosinante had played some trick with him, or whether some untoward event had happened, we have no means of ascertaining. Certain it is Mr. Blomerly did not appear, and Halliwell was declared not guilty. What must our readers think of Mr. Ewart, who made this case a ground of complaint in his celebrated bottling petition, but whose friends had not the hardihood to come forward and substan tiate the charge before a jury of twelve honest Englishmen. Of course, it would have been mighty convenient for Mr. Ewart to have heard the case before a select committee of the House of Commons, where the witnesses are not on oath, but to substantiate the charge in a court of justice on oath is quite a different affair.—Wigan Gazette. EXTRAORDINARY STATEMENT.—AS a commercial tra veller was passing from Wragby to Lincoln on Tuesday last, when about a mile west of the former place he came up with a party who were bearing to Wragby a female apparently in the last stage of exhaustion : on enquiry, he was told that she had been found in a hole in a haystack. The poor creature was scarcely able to articulate answers to his interrogatories,. but at length explained that some trifling misbehaviour had induced her to run away from her situation three weeks ago ; that she had hid herself in the stack, where she had remained ever since, coming out only at nights to satiate her extreme hunger, and that she had fed on the grass of an adjacent field : eventually her strength failed her, and for several days she had been unable to move from her hiding place. She was scented out by a dog, whose owner b e i ng attracted to the spot by the animal's barking and whining, discovered the girl in her deplorable state. She is 18 years of age, and states as a reason for her singular conduct that she feared Wog segt to the Union.—Lincoros paper, BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. Lord J. RUSSELL said, there was a notice on the paper for to-morrow, of a motion by the hon. member for Birmingham, that the house resolve itself into a committee to take into consideration the petition (called the national petition) pre sented by him on the 14th of June. It was certainly desir able that it should come on early ; and, if the house had no objection, it should be taken before the other orders of the day.—(Hear.) Afterwards, the question of a uniform penny postage would come on. Sir G. SINCLAIR inquired when the Irish Municipal Cor poration Bill would be proceeded with.—Lord J. RUSSELL, On Monday next. Lord J. RUSSELL moved the second reading of the Cathe dral and Ecclesiastical Preferments Bill, which after a few words from Sir R. H. INGLIs was read a second time. LOWER CANADA GOVERNMENT BILL. Lord JOHN RUSSELL having moved the order of the day for going into committee on the Lower Canada Government Bill, Sir W. MOLESWORTH, after imploring Sir R. Peel to extend his protection rather to the suffering people of Ca nada than to the wretched government which it might not suit his convenience to displace, moved " That it is the opi nion of this house that every consideration of humanity, justice, and policy, demands that parliament should seriously apply itself, without delay, to legislating for the permanent government of her Majesty's provinces of Upper and Lower Canada." Mr. LEADER seconded the amendment. A long discussion ensued, in the course of which, Sir R. PEEL said, if he could have foreseen that the in. tendon of legislating would have been abandoned by her Majesty's ministers, he should himself have submitted some proposition to the house for the purpose of bringing the question to an issue. (Cheers.) It was not until an ad vanced period of the session that the government was under stood to have abandoned, for the present, all intention of lee slating. Lord J. RUSSELL said, that ministers had come to the opinion that the proposal of union offered the best prospect of a settlement, but not because it does not contain any great difficulty ; it was rather from a consideration of the difficul ties which attended any other view of the subject, that he (Lord J. Russell) had come to that opinion, than from any blindness to the difficulties attending this. They must go on one of two principles ; either the principle of the bill of Mr. Pitt, in 1791, of separating the two races ; or the prin ciple of uniting them. If they went on the principle of se paration, they could not so completely separate them as to prevent the British population from ever coming into colli sion with the French population. He believed that the adoption of the other principle was the best course. The difficulties were not entirely got rid of ; but still he consi dered, that it afforded the best chance of a permanent con nection with the British crown, and of promoting the welfare of the people of both provinces. He thought it better that the house should go into committee on the bill, to see whe ther any amendments could be suggested in the wording of the clauses. There was nothing in the view which the right hon. baronet took of the bill, or in his general objections, of which he had any ground to complain ; he recognised the necessity of granting to the government powers which, though odious, were necessary for the security of her Ma jesty s authority. Further discussion ensued, in which Mr. C. Buller, Mr. Labouchere, Sir E. Sugden, and Mr. Hume took part. The house then divided, when there appeared—for the original motion, 223 ; for the amendment, 28 ; majority, 195. The house then went into committee. Clause 1 was agreed to. On clause 2 being proposed, Lord STANLEY moved that clause 2 be omitted from the bill. After a short discussion, the committee divided—for the clause, 174 ; against it, 156 ; majority, 18. The clause was then adopted. Clauses 3 and 4 were agreed to with some verbal amend ments. The other clauses were then agreed to, and the house resumed. The report was ordered to be received on Monday. The second reading of the Poor Law Commission Conti nuance Bill was postponed. Mr. LABOUCHERE moved for leave to bring in a bill to continue and amend the act for the government of New South Wales. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned at half-past one. HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY. Lord LYNDHURST at the request of Lord Brougham, deferred the second reading of the Election Petitions Trial Bill from Tuesday to Friday next. Lord BROUGHAM, instead of pressing his Beer Act in part Repeal Bill at present, moving a resolution, declaratory that " it was the opinion of their lordships that, with the view to the improvement and happiness of the people, and the good order of the community, it was expedient, as speedily as possible, to place all beer houses on the same footing as were the houses of licensed victuallers in all respects whatsoever." He thought such a resolution would facilitate agreement be tween the two houses as to a measure. The Marquis of WESTMINSTER was against the resolution, as specious and unfair. Lord MELBOURNE opposed it, because they must be per fectly well convinced that the commons would not concur in it, and that it tended to bring back the old licensing system. He therefore moved the " previous question." After remarks from the Marquis of Salisbury, Lords Portman and De Lawarr, and the Duke of Richmond, their lordships divided. The resolution was carried by 41 to 34. Lord BROUGHAM afterwards stated (in answer to the Duke of Wellington) that he should embody the resolution in its bill, and moved the third reading of the measure itself on Thursday next—Adjourned. The above must be delivered to the Overseers, or one of them, and one shilling paid to them on delivery, on or before the 20th of July. A copy should be kept, up on w hi c h th e party who leaves it should write the day of service and the name of the person on whom it was served. The town council of Newcastle-upon - Tyne h ave d ec id e d upon the appointment of a stipendiary magistrate for that town. The Canadian question, in its various bearings, constitutes, as Sir Robert observed, the most perplexing problem in the science of practical legislation. The expediency of union between Upper and Lower Canada—the necessity that exist s for vindicating the rights of the British Canadian population, without violating the treaty, on the strength of which the French Canadians became subjects of the British Crown : these and similar difficulties beset the question on every side. Still these difficulties must be grappled with ; and the first measure of next session ought (as Sir Robert declared) to have reference to the state of Canada.—Herald. HOUSEHOLDERS. By the 27th sec. of the Act, every male person of full age who shall occupy " as owner or tenant, any house, warehouse, counting-house, shop s or other building, being either separ ately or jointly with any land occupied therewith by him as owner, or occupied therewith by him as tenant under the same landlord, of the clear yearly value of not less than £10.," is entitled to vote. Premises occupied in immediate succession, provided they be respectively of sufficient value, will confer a qualification. Two or more persons occupying premises will be entitled to vote, provided the rent, when divided by the number of such occupiers, shall give a sum of not less than £lO for each such occupier. You must pay, ON OR BEFORE THE 20TH OF JULY, all your Poor's Rates and Assessed Taxes payable for those pre mises previously to the 6th of April last. It will be no excuse for you that the collector of taxes or parish officer has not DEMANDED payment; Remember the evidence which was elicited as to the Bedminster rates, and observe this direction minutely. Ask to see the rate book be fore you pay the amount, that you may satisfy yourselves as to its correctness. If your name is not on the rate, claim to be rated, tender ing at the same time the amount of taxes, if any are due, upon the property for which you so claim to be rated. FREEMEN. If you have changed your residence since the last day of July, 1838, you may, upon application to the Town Clerk's Office, have the same corrected without charge. You will otherwise be objected to, or be compelled to claim. If not on the register, you may also, upon application at the Town Clerk's Office (upon proving your right), have your names placed upon the list to be published by the Town Clerk, without charge. If this be not done, you must claim. Examine the List of Voters of the parish or township where your premises are situated, which list will be placed on the Church door in that parish or township on the two first Sundays in August, and which may also be seen any day in the two first weeks of August, by applying to one of the Overseers of that parish or township. Such Overseer is bound to show the List, and allow it to be read, without be ing paid anything. If a Freeman, examine the List posted on the doors of the Guildhall, the two first Sundays in August. If you find that your name is not on the List, you must, on or before the 25th of August, deliver or send to one of the Overseers of the proper parish or township a claim to have your name put on the List.—lf a Freeman, and omitted, send in the claim to the Town Clerk on or before the 25th of August. That Claim must be in the proper form, and you, or some one for you, must attend the Revision Court to prove your right. If you find that your name is on the List, but that there is some mistake as to your name, or as to the description of the premises, in that case also you must attend be ore the Re vising Barrister, to have the mistake corrected. If you know of any bad Votes on the Town Clerk's or any Overseer's List, you should take care that these bad votes be objected to, and this must be done on or before the 25th of Angust. Examine also the List of Objections, which shall be placed on the doors of the church of the parish or township, where your premises are situate, on the two first Sundays in September, and which may also be seen on ap plication to any one of the Overseers of that parish or town ship, on any day after the 4th of September, and before the 15th of September. Such Overseer is bound to show the List, and allow it to be read, without having paid anything. If you find yourself objected to, you, or some one for you, must attend the Revision Court to prove your right. The Revision Courts will be holden between the 15th of September and the 25th of October, in the Guildhall. COUNTIES. All Persons not Registered should send in a Claim to the Overseers of the parish or township where the property is situated, on or before the 20th of July. The Claim must be as follows, or to that effect " To the Overseers of the Parish " I hereby give you notice that I claim to be inserted in the list of voters for the county of (or division of the county of - as the•case may be), and that the particu lars of my place of abode and qualification are stated below. " Dated the - day of , in the year 1830." Place of abode Signed (Christian name and Surname in full). Be particular in stating in the separate columns. 1. 2. 3. 4. Nature of Qua- Where situate Name of Pro- Name of occupy. lineation. in this-Parish. perry. tug Tenant. PROMOTIONS. Rev. Charles Harwood Poore, Minor Canon of Winches ter, to the Vicarage of Collingbourne Kingston, Wilts, vacant by the death of the Rev. Thos. Watkins ; patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Winchester. Rev.' Robert Fleetwood Croughton, to the Vicarage of Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. Rev. F. E. Tuson, M.A., to the Rectory of Southwick, Sussex, void by the resignation of the Rev. E. Everard, D.D.; patron, the Lord Chancellor. Rev. John Guard, M.A. to the Rectory of Langtree, Devon, vacant by the death of the Rev. Joseph Prust Prust, M.A., of Exeter College; patron, Lord Rolle. • Rev. H. Taylor, Curate of Christ Church, Marylebone, London, to be one of the Domestic Chaplains of the Earl of Powis. - flßev. T. Atkinson, M.A. late Senior Curate of Castle bar, Ireland, to the Curacy of Tourbridge, Salop. Rev. Robert Townsend Forester, B. A., Domestic Chap lain to Lord Forester, to the Vicarage of High Ercall, Salop, vacant by the death of the Rev. Archibald Alison ; patron, the Duke of Cleveland. (From the Durham Advertiser.) The Lord bishop of Chester held an Ordination in the Cathedral of this city on Sunday last, when the following gentlemen were ordained, viz.:— PRIESTS.—T. S. Coles, B. A., C.C.C. ; F. W. Harris, B. A., Trinity College ; R. D. Macintosh, B. A., Catherine Hall; T. May, M. A., ~ Catherine Hall; P. Maitland, 8.A., St. Peter's College ; E. Smith, B. A., St. John's College, Cambridge. H. Le Grand Boyce, 8.A., Worcester College ; J. H. Short, 8.A., Merton College • W. Whitelegg, Queen's College, Oxford. H. A. Ashe, 8.A., Trinity College ; E. B. Creek, 8.A., Trinity College ' • E. Burton, B. A., Trinity College ; T. Kirkbride, 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin. T. Robinson, St. Bees. DEACONS.—C. Arnold, 8.A., St. John's College ; P. W. Copeman, 8.A., Queen's College ; J. S. Dixon, 8.A., Mag dalen College ; J. Jones, 8.A., C.C.C. ; J. K. Kashaw, 8.A., St. John's College; H. Power, 8.A., St. John's College; C. St. George, 8.A., Jesus College; Joseph George Venables, 8.A., Jesus College ; 0. P. Vincent, 8.A., Magdalen College ; J. Whist, 8.A., Trinity College, Cam bridge. Thomas Crossfield, 8.A., Queen's College ; R. Postlethwaite, 8.A., St. Edmund's Hall; P. Robin, 8.A., Brasennose College ; A. Woodland, 8.A., Magdalen Hall, Oxford. M. Allan, 8.A., Trinity College ; yG . Brewster, B.A.,Trinity College; F. Hooper, 8.A., Trinity College; F. esson, 8.A., Trinity College; E. Luscombe, 8.A., Trinity College ; E. Luby, 8.A., Trinity College ; J. McGregor, 8.A., Trinity College; T. Whittaker, B. A. Trinity College, Dublin. PRINTING THE BIBLE IN SCOTLAND. We last week made sane remarks on the expiry of the pa tent for printing the Bible in Scotland, and we detailed the plan which we considered government might have adopted with advantage at this exigency. The best course to be pursued in this business is matter of difficulty we admit: But, on the principle that while tolera tion and liberty of conscience should be afforded to dissenters, the Established Church is the only organ of government with regard to whatever is connected with religion, we consider that till the General Assembly meets in May next—the Com mission of Assembly should have power in the interim to ap point a Board, and to regulate other matters connected with issues of the Holy Scriptures in this country. We consider that the accuracy of the Scriptures should be guarded by the law. Wherever the buyer of a Bible dis covered an inaccuracy in the copy he purchased, he should be entitled to recover the sum paid from the printer ; and, farther, he should be entitled to lodge an information on the subject at the same time, and authority should be granted, to the Sheriff Court for example, to fine the printer a certain amount, the mulct to go to a charity, to prevent the possi bility of misconstruction as to the motives of the informer. Not very long after our authorized version was published, Archbishop Laud had the Stationers' Company fined in a heavy sum for a portentous inaccuracy in printing one of the commandments of the Decalogue, in which, by some gross oversight, a prohibition was actually converted into a com mand, and that by the omission of the particle not. Of course, a standard Bible would require to be the authority on this subject; and we trust it will not be matter of insuperable difficulty to find which ought to be so. We consider it a grievous business that the details of a matter so important should crowd themselves upon the go vernment when the patent will in a very few days expire. Preparation should have been made sooner—confusion would thereby have been avoided—interim measures rendered unne cessary, and the adoption of a hasty, undigested—perhaps impracticable—plan, effectually guarded against. —Edinburgh Evening Post. DEPARTURE OF THE BRITISH QUEEN. The British Queen, after having taken in merchandise, coal, and Stores, left Blackwall, on Wednesday, at noon, amidst great cheering from the multitude of persons who had assembled to see her start from the Thames on her first Atlantic trip. She proceeded down the river in beautiful style. A few minutes past one she was abreast of Erith, and at Gravesend precisely at two o'clock. She reached the Lower Hope at half-past two, and anchored. During her passage down the river, she was saluted continually by cannon, and, when off Woolwich, a regular fire was kept up from various vessels as well as from the shore. She left Gravesend on Thursday morning, and came to, off Portsmouth harbour, about twelve the same night. Next morning, at five o'clock, she anchored off Spithead. Her engines made 14 strokes per minute on the passage from London to Portsmouth, though her wheels had upwards of 7 feet dip, the ship having on board 800 tons of coal and a large cargo of fine goods. They performed remarkably well on the passage, and would, there was no doubt, perform still better after the ship had been three or four days under weigh. Her consumption of coal was small, and, being Llangennech, she shows no smoke. The British Queen took her departure from Portsmouth on Friday, at half-past twelve o'clock. She had on board 144 passengers, the greatest number ever yet carried across the Atlantic by any steamer. Among the passengers were Colonel Mudge and Mr. Featherstonhaugh; Commissioners for settling the Boundary Question ; the Honourable S. Cunard, Contractor of the'Halifax steamers; Colonels Storr, Vernon, and Webb ; Major Chuse and lady ; Capt. Cumber land and lady ; and Colley Gratton, Esq., (the celebrated author,) her Majesty's Consul at Boston. She started with a. strong head wind : she went off well, however, at the rate of 104 to 11 knots per hour. Mr. Macgregor Laird, who, as we stated last week, had planned and modelled the British Queen, went out in her, for the purpose of generally super intending the vessel on her first transatlantic trip. When it is considered, that the British Queen's engines were tried, for the first time, on Saturday the 29th of June ; that she visited Liverpool on Monday the Ist of July, re maining here twenty-six hours ? and that she reached Lon don on Friday, the sth, after having steamed more than one third of the voyage to New York, including her trial trips and passage round,—taking in, meanwhile, her coal, stores, and cargo,—it is surprising, that she got away so early as Friday the 12th. Should she make as good an average pas sage as the Great Western and the Liverpool, a great point will be decided as to the importance of size and form in the construction of vessels, the British Queen having very much less power, in proportion to her tonnage, than either of those vessels. When she left Portsmouth she was at her deepest immersion. The British Queen is expected to reach New York on or before the 29th instant. It is fully intended, that she will leave that city on the Ist of August. The Great Western will leave New York on the same day : so that there will be a fair trial of speed between these two noble vessels on the return passage. LIFE IN THE WEST QUARTFR. The Western Times contains an account of an appeal against the decision of Mr. Kingdom, a magistrate of Exeter. The appellant is a cobbler, named Crabb ; his wife became charge able to the parish, and Mr. Kingdom condemned him to a month's imprisonment for having neglected to maintain her. The appeal was grounded on non-liability, because his wife had committed adultery. From what transpired before the court, it appeared, that, some time since, Crabb and his wife quarrelled, he beat her, and was for that offence sent to prison. While Crabb was in prison, his wife received visits of consolation from James Glendiling. When Crabb came out of prison, he did not return to his wife, but the pair agreed to seperate, and having, after much search, found " a scholar" who could unbind the nuptial tie, the following agreement was drawn up and signed : " Dec. 10. 1838,—This is to certify that me amea crab do year bye a agree by mutril content to be sold to a man by the name of James Glendiling. Wetes ouar hand. James Glendiling. Amea Crabb. John Crabbe. Witness our hands William Inch. Jno. Taper. Amelia was sold for a shilling, which was spent in half-and half and pigtail. It appeared, that, after the sale, the appellant and his wife had again met and lived together on good terms. The case occupied the whole day, and the Re corder did not deliver his judgment till the following morn ing. The Recorder observed, that no matter how the wife was led into adultery, nevertheless by the act she forfeited her legalzights, and the husband was discharged for ever from liability. In consequence of the connivance of the husband, he had lost all control over his wife, so that, though they were still husband and wife until separated by a divorce, he could not in any way control her, and she had lost all legal right as a wife. The conviction was, therefore, declared to be quashed. A case was required and given to be sub mitted to a superior court, and, at the request of counsel, the elegant bill of sale was preserved in the hands of the proper officer of the court, in case of its being considered necessary that ulterior measures should be taken. Mr. Bird, on behalf of the appellant, applied for costs, but the Recorder said, that he unquestionably would refuse them, for a more filthy or disreputable case he never sat upon. Mr. Martin, one of the Masters in Chancery, has resigned. Sir William Home is, we understand, to be appointed in his place ; the salary is £2,500. Lord Albert Conyngham and Mr. Villiers have announced their attention to again offer themselves to represent Canter bury: Mr. Grote has denied that he had, as was represented, any intention of contesting the borough.—Kentish Gazette. We have advices from Martinique to the 29th ult. The colony was tranquil. Freight was very scarce at 6 to 7 deniers, • clers t°°l At Comah, in the parish of Maughold, it Is tte n „ sec eteil that a rich vein of copper ore has been lately, to s ee very which promises to be ve pro d uc ti v e, and aalPl,eseesK nerate the spirited proprietors ; who have our best, their success—so intimately connected with t he pro Pc the island.—Mansv Liberal. soft yi d delic i o i THE WEATHER.—We had a heavy fall of e ve ous rain yesterday, which continued througho ut the esefieo the night. This will be p t roductive of the greates Drofest the growing corn and potato crops ; while it h °, to i a pre' severity or continuance to do any inju r y to hea gress of being cut or saved.—Dublin Evening - 11 e° . ,, ing ot, • FRAUD IN TOBACCO.—In New Orleans, on the ite of eia, a hogshead of tobacco was opened for the pure 3 5011e.' inspecte:!, and the heading was found to Iva" 0 , 1 0 0 '; being nearly one-third of what the whole tobaccomet, ; have weighed. The tobacco came from Green stGretil such frauds are said to be practised to agreat extent et River.—leetv York paper. that sg e We have just learned with perfect certainty, w oe. have been engaged to conduct the next Middleseeeies. behalf of Mr. Byng and Mr. Cavendish col-01;001 latter is, we believe, the same gentleman Suss '4. of Aylesbury some time back, and out ofx at tie election, and who now looks upon Middlesex as a con place of " refuge for the destitute."—Standard. awe, EFFICIENCY OF THE NEW POLICE.--Our DeY t id e tious fellow whoa ppears to take considerable interce_solo: doings of the " raw lobsters'" made the following .u.,"0 ro ' cation to us the other day, which we Saturday night last, one of the new policemen w `fr o sse Chorlton lockups in a helpless and beastly state ot. tion, with his unmentionables dangling about Me n' ens rier . too powerless to bite his own thumb."—Manchester;ool COPPER COlNAGE.—Yesterday week, in eh t e be sb Court, a bill for issuing copper money at 12d. to s o bc . and for selling liquids by the imperial measure, ~ ,", n d e2lb''' certain weight, and bread by weights of 2, 4, s , give verbaatees to was ordered to be printed and published. Theeeees to , vernment have ordered copper to the amount of use of coined in pence, halfpence, and farthings, island.—Manx Liberal. Pop e is WAS ROMAN CATHOLIC EMANCIPATIONted, and MEASURE ?—As this is a question sometimes 'titiore riously answered, we subjoin an account of the Pe ...... r e titel, sented on the subject in the fatal year 18 29 against the Popish Emancipation Bill 2953, thePe the be , of which were numerously signed. Petitions 1 1 74; tow o from Papists, 644 ; from nominal Protestants, c it y of P e 918 ; most of which were scantily signed. Maio ° ' for the les It s tions against the bill, 2035.—Vindicator. at ics•P - ;30 GREAT AGRICULTURAL MEETING AT eatinees preparation for this, the first, meeting of the as r ,s e e i eyele t , now nearly completed. The noble President, r!',teiles,,,, arrived last evening, and dined with the Vice- 0 .7 1 . e s ip'e o l, meet the Judges and several members of the $ ' t o day, we believe, he dines with Dr. Bliss, at St. e. i . s isf e e suet" 3P' 3P' lege, where the Vice-Chancellor and Proctors, -e see- ee county gentlemen, and some of the most distingatereste.to culturalists in the immediate neighbourhood ofoe, O the r l• vited to meet him. On Tuesday, we understana,,, to Wejuer be an ordinary at the Star Inn, at five o'clock, stall geisbo nesday the grand show of cattle, &c. and the 5 1,e r banquet in Queen's College Quadrangle , take r r r the t h e front gates of Queen's College will be opened L°-,40113" co- i e e at three or four o'clock. It is hoped that els & b ie attend as early as possible, as Earl Spencer ha - Tee P n 0 0 his intention of being present at four precisely'e.n til l oS m e will be permitted to see the tables from din ner bl e d Wednesday. The following forms part of the n•geolto fare :-15 bullocks ; 15 to 20 calves ; 300 W ; ' )( " t is meat pies ;80to 90 lambs ; 100 hams tongae,e 400 lobsters ; 1500 ducks and fowls ; 2500 leti nve "set it° ' &c. &c. Many of the beasts which are t 0 be °° ,,b uj oocill; for the prizes, have already arrived in the neighb°tepassee the whole promises both in effect and utility', tr e stsc,' o s most sanguine expectations of the best friends °tu fa tbe ;Po members of the association. The arrangements• Ban and the dinner are on the most magnificent set" ;pen . ClO l5 s whole will, we doubt not, prove a most auspi e ment of operaiions to a society that has our best ore , shall have our warmest - be Al lee n support. -.there wi ss e of members on Tuesday, and members so elected, titled to dinner tickets.—Oxford Herald. has ` l ` ISLE OF MAN.—Since our last the weather note,, more ungenial than at any time for the precedieg aegr ee o , cold and gloomy atmosphere prevailing to O n e's ° usually experienced at this season of wet Ye e n a a one the greater part of the present week have ' r tuse l !'de sion of heavy showers, happening most inoPP°,e' t hro i for the hay harvest, that had become nearly get ter re, snoef out the island, which will thus be much rent rue many instances no doubt seriously injured. gries er°P‘ tl an rain has not been so excessive as to damage tweS e althl tiler which all accounts agree in representing t t ' s a ble lee° flourishing, requiring only a few weeks of seaseanoss to insure one of the most plentiful harvests th known for a number of ears. Manx Liber.a. , F 5 09 bee EDUCATION IN THE PRINCIPLES OF TEI. CHURCH.—On Wednesday afternoon, << a ineeunt'nel ones at the Parish Church Sunday School, " for the se; way extension of the National Society." The inee tin i'oole,Cse (ionf the most numerous and respectable that evewc, J a me Bolton, and excited general interest. Th e r e a - tfo rel s Slade, vicar, occupied the chair, and on thethe observed the Hon. and Rev. Horace Powis, "• Be.es Parkinson, W. Hilton, Esq., of Hulton par Es 1 ;• 0 0 1 ' S. Birley, the Rev. John Lyons, John Maweles7see Rev. E. Girdlestone, the Rev. R. C. Clifton, castle, Esq., all of whom addressed the ineetin tie g t illeig number of clergymen and gentlemen of the town A. bourhood,—Manchester Courier. THE QUEEN'S ANSWER TO THE LORD S ' paper boastfully states that it was enabled to the se* its evening contemporaries in the publicati on of tthesteliitlse answer to the lords' address. It is worthy of notil; 00;0' voured journal of her Majesty's ministers is at.r, " fi tical e ll th t the semi-official organ of the chartists, and the w e- o er '" 0 " ber which contained, exclusivel the Queen s n - of t b t e dir lords, also contained, exclusively, a proclamati°4o ae" i dt ;' dissant national convention to the men of t he P ,incein e , ger, in which document was the following " 118 " Resolved, that this convention is of opinion t ha t port" and whenever persons assembled for just and leg'" it o 'ol and conducting themselves without riot an d tu r :po n e e 1 / sailed by the police or others, they are justifieg f ejo cee principle of law and self-preservation, in i n r ee clinre force even to the slaying of the persons guilty 01 63 , 1 ,,' and ferocious assaults upon their rights and Per s° "ei then we have in one number of their chosen org, t eso f itte timents respectively of the two sections of rev°°,eth of In one column the whig liberals, through the n e 'ioes,:bee", Queen, denounce the peers, the zealous elia °l „,V,t 'JO" cause of religion. In another column the eintireriess/ declare war to the knife against the police, the °fa law. "No religion," cries one of the destructive te " No law," responds the other.—Herald. Of t i ;G 4 . D ee D o STEAM TO THE CONTINENT.—Of the it:o° l l , -5 ,00'd, new weekly communication to and from 11 ° 11- ere t tfr perhaps can speculate—it being like the great pof oe te i !, on Railways, merely in its infancy. AlreadY, elVitst results have been remarkable, for pwards of I ,° - v eelP;pse from the interior of Pomerania and Bavaria ' the s hort/0 1 ; few days ago by the Clyde Steam Ship, and iii ' % e issle s eel of a week (having crossed the let' by tk e eeeo s ' - 0 14; way, and Steam Boat from Carli 'to LiveYeef Al oe ist themselves on the passage to the United State s ° a wl °lse; and 4,000 more are expected between this time i d to 0 0 of September. What would our ancestors hay s e tee?' 0 4 nay, could we ourselves have credited such ace l°,ooolo ago ? Let not our readers suppose that tile ost be es adapted merely for passengers of this class. 'r il e the el ei is fitted up in the greatest style of splendour, 90seeleine is there being between 70 and 80, are in separate " the various arrangements being most comPlete a ceeni the second cabin also combine every comfort and of w ere/ tion ; and there are ample holds for the stowagereeeil ° dize. These steamers meet in fact, the merchants and manufacturers, the peer and the P - ri teele t e!' Wa nts o. eno st all at prices surprisingly low. That the publiputineeleit pany, who have placed this communication at de arli o are deserving of every support, will also be In a iu t o ss from an advertisement which appears elsescherec'e to I , they offer the tourist the opportunity of a voineratc s burgh and back, in the John Wood, for the rOu e :el t ° be' of Three Pounds'. Those also who may be slisP ° o 'd eve n o ef the interior of Germany, Berlin, Madgehurg b t' Lo °l l ' come familiar with the celebrated Harts / 4°- w ed' es' have the option of returning by the Clyde the.oyar,:irtbeci wards, or by the John Wood on her next return duos out any extra charge. Of the attention and 163 ,, o rte l eet Commander and Steward, we have had an °P i se Pl ° gts P judging, and those who may undertake the 04 1 te lce , le lee will, we are quite sure, find the most amele e s °° eeee fication in store for them. We trust the uotar - sarne the necessity of extending their liberality 3 iitt tal t r e ' granting a like privilege to the inhabitants of i • tie rs oP' tone, and that neighbourhood to visit Ne w e e t • 6r persuaded, they would find the advantage 0 ' 5-11 Or ment.—Newcastle Journal. traf 6e I ft BRANDLING JUNCTION RAILWAY. --I.`" b is - portion of the Branding Junction RailwaY w b ett ic t er sent open tO the public, is consideraiibllYthgeririo.eri,gqs,e. anticipated by the spirited projectors mates, and is found to be rapidly on the elitesin er ` b t i g;"l ceipts during the past week have been above ; yea 'A i original estimate, the number of passengers ee ' u v e eo been nearly five thousand, or between six and se e i o g t ease s' cieee tbe dail. he other ron of e line is aPP r es to towards completion, and when the full advantagia.hie plated by the promoters of the line are made °•aite plop public, it cannot be doubted that the undertalelloraereop..., highly satisfactory and profitable to the sha re s j r allY A; route by Shields to Sunderland is now veil gl, n r - dieg in preference to the old coach road, as 34 ,,; r3 bb r i c .:,,' ' both in expense and time, the fare being consi"; th e and more than an hour saved in travelliae jo of " 00 1 which, to men of business, is certainly del v , deration. The shares bear a premium of 1 6° Journal, , ;11Y tr 3. ° CHEAP TRAVELLING.—A person ca n a Dundee to London, per steam, for thr ee pence! viz. Leith, Newcastle, aud H ull! ,rry e upon the Leith and Perth iassag s, do all be c ool er f for nothing. A visit to the l metropolis can be B sebi ° ° FA the b est of eh at the small expense of one inrsc Bonnie Dundee aid Modern Athens, or in t133,101Y ledi. The steerage prices Gd and 3d resPeetre o ne 0 ; more astonishing. The fares to Perth agai°,, a , pas- d geo9 for the cabin, and four once for the ste eral "sed P s Teo lit to these astonishing low fares it may be s e ,°_,P.if ho rgli,. s eee s sti are very numerous. On M on day, the reste e pre . 0 -J900" were crowded to excess. A jaunt from IVlOe-se,' the fair city Courier. gar tile e O O BEET SUGAR.—The White Pigeon Beet Sl t ote to Pe for 9d ! when will wonders cea 401, in Michigan, are making preparation tog° in tb e ol facture of sugar in good earnest. The fariree„irit , to see have gone into the culture of the beet w ith i s o e te ,,e ..4 o o 'd learn, by the Republican, that the coulee -3 Y eas nufacture two hundred thousand pounds of sit c , i tY y , season. It is the first manufactory of the k v i° States. Success to the enterprise !--.A r ,e t° te, re ' t P 'tsd A MUSICAL ELOPEMENT.—Ther O fo e r tole- e te , ous rumours in the musical world for this yin U 94 it'd which we have not thought it prudent to r n % ° e ls . Me t i$ could no longer be doubted. It is with P° - c• diet that Mrs. Bishop has, without the consent or , her husband, left him and three childreo• Sl l o clls ° 0 " o reported, to the continent, accompanied by , der iog eeej highly-respected parents are left in a state b° s `i e e tb e tti letrd. traction. It is feared her mother will not siu t 9 0a, -P ce and the wretched situation of her indulge,°s_aibotoons, husband may be more easily imagined than ee' t• o, coi, ; blo t , D ad a THE TWEED FISHING. We are hatoPY whie ee ss ' 3 ,00 an improvement in the fishing on the Tw e , e eave 'er tinued during the present week. Th e g rilse- Tee „ o el o s their appearance in considerable number%ired. l i erY have not cleansed the river to the extent de ' the standing that they fell copiously, the land it s 0 so much dried by the previous drought, was eoedilitek mat share of what fell, so that the river rf er iOO t 1;1 3 . ently flooded as to carry off the slake and 0 , 7 • which render the river distasteful to the t i6 c t e esst u ' e er l cunistance is attributable the hitherto tn ° l 2a• The fish is now did. as follows :—Salinon, o°' 9d.—Trout, —Berwick Advertiselis for t , o Os) NEW PATENTS.—A ongst the list of Pl e l ' fi j e ld‘ i seefcle of June, we find—to William Vickers , S t e e l. I : he re °t cote. provement in the manufacture of Cast Ste e io ta lieso siso to the h 5 •0 • Iris says :—We have made inquiry. • sa" .0 0 Vickers' Patent, and find that the inveon,ettil, e • e ffelst re e municated by a foreigner to that gentle „l e o es 4 e, seen some specimens in steel, and as tools. ' ~e ti vineing proof of its value. 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